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Gears of War 4 - In depth details (Game Informer)
- Thread starter shinobi602
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And none of those old school shooters you are thinking about are TPS. Gears is inherently different from Unreal Tournament.
As it stands Gears is the fastest TPS as far as competitive TPS go, but the game design makes health pickup a bad idea. Mainly cause unlike UT, you cannot escape easily once you engage someone in Gears since you character doesn't have the manoeuvrability of a game like UT where you could move backwards, sideways and diagonally at (or at almost) the same speed as the speed at which you move forward.
Gears shotgun game is so strong because that is the most common playstyle among several playstyles, you can very well play the game and be a beast in it without touching the shotgun or ever being good at wall bounce/slide cancel combo if you want to, simply by focusing your game around power weapons. This is especially true in case of Gears 2 and Gears 3 where power weapons are even more powerful and your primary is absolutely devastating if used correctly. I say this as a slow player who is below average with shotguns, doesn't wall bounce/slide cancel much but still manage top score since I can use pretty much any pickup weapon effectively.
Equanimity
Member
Thanks for the in depth details. I'm excited to see some gameplay come E3.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Hopefully not. Dont want RNG packs in Gears.
You will see gameplay before E3
Beta
sammyCYBORG
Member
Local coop? Thank God.
Blue Ninja
Member
You'd think getting the hell off that rock would be their number one priority at this point.
AdventureRacing
Member
It wasn't a horror but it felt far more intimate and had more horror type themes. Just because there was some corny fun dialogue doesn't change that.
The setting was dark and you often couldn't see far in front of you. The music and the sounds played straight into that as well. There were spots like inside the reactor (or whatever it was in the first game) set up almost specifically to feel like a horror game. The gruesome deaths whilst way over the top certainly added to this as well. There are plenty of other things as well.
The atmosphere was basically a mix between resident evil 4 and pitch black. Now I don't expect gears 4 to be a horror game but I'd like it have a slightly closer feel to the original game.
Comfort Jones
Banned
The quote I was responding to in that post was saying health pick ups wouldn't work out specifically because you can easily get in and out of fire fights so uh, thanks for proving my point I guess?
Considering the success of Gears skins in the competitive scene, it's wholly likely to see The Coalition adopt 343's REQ system for Horde mode / PvE.
It's not a bad thing.
Scully Scully Scoo
Member
gears 3 is my fav, its the perfect balance between rifle and gnasher.
''Half the reason the shot gun is so strong is because regen health makes it such an all or nothing affair''
u bought shotguns into it not me. shot gun battles are supposed to be all or nothing affairs.
no point even discussing this crap idea anyway because no way rod sabotages his baby by putting medpacks in lmao
PetulantChild
Banned
In my opinion It's a bad thing if it's RNG slot machine system like Halo 5s. Having it be something like Halo Reachs would be great, I don't want to have to gamble with 1/100k odds just to get a skin I want, makes it feel like you're no longer working towards something and are instead working maybe have half a chance to get something you may or may not want.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
All the new stuff is sounding awesome. Looks like the new enemy could turn out really interesting. I did really like how the Pouncer looked in the E3 demo. That beast was fierce. If the full game looks like the E3 demo and at 60fps, that would be very impressive but I hope they go for 30fps and truly let UE4 shine on this bad boy.
NullPointer
Member
I wouldn't mind it in co-op, but I would in PvP and mixed PvP/PvE modes. I think tying that kind of microtransaction stuff to PvP is part of the psychology of getting those items to sell better, but they're are a more natural fit for co-op.
dragonelite
Member
Doctoglethorpe
Member
Pretty sure if there was wind strong enough to reverse the trajectory of a bullet back into my face, that same wind would have torn me apart long before I managed to take a shot.
So as long as they give the option to sell the shit you don't want lik with H5's REQ system, I'll be fine. It's easy enough to make back what you spend with all of the shit that're in the packs.
Gears is known for having a lot of cool unlockables too, so of course there will be something for that audience too!
LastChance2Frag
Neo Member
Sounds great. More survival elements and feeling weak. Bring on the beta
PetulantChild
Banned
I can see it working, but only as long as the Skins/characters/armor/whatever you're unlocking actually have good designs. Part of the reason I hate Halo 5 not having Reachs system is because there are only like 6 good looking armors in that whole game. Gears would be able to avoid that pretty easily since they already have a huge staple of good character designs.
Please no, let him rest, or if they really have to show him show him die peacefully in bed or something.
Steverulez
Member
And I'm
Now just please confirm PC version
Chobel, brah, its time for you to jump ahead and buy the Xbox One All-In-One Entertainment system from Microsoft for only $349.99
Make sure you get a Kinect too
Those are fun, but hopefully they manage to balance it because nothing but shotgunners gets boring fast.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
Nice details from GI (amazing how they get still get these megaton exclusives being a Print publication -- I love it), can't wait for the game.
But I seriously can't help but wonder when this game will really come out. Seriously doubting this year, Rod Ferguson even said in that video "We know exactly what we want to do, now we just have to do it", which to me implies things are going well but development is still fairly early, especially considering how good this needs to be.
Anyone else get that vibe?
But I seriously can't help but wonder when this game will really come out. Seriously doubting this year, Rod Ferguson even said in that video "We know exactly what we want to do, now we just have to do it", which to me implies things are going well but development is still fairly early, especially considering how good this needs to be.
Anyone else get that vibe?
Psychoward
Banned
I think it's highly unlikely you won't see it in Horde.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Ghost of Carmine (cloud based drivatar using data from all the times you died)
If only.
Chobel
Member
Can't my Windows 10 PC be my All-In-One Entertainment system from Microsoft?
And I'm not your brah, bruh.
The local co op makes 60 fps seem highly improbable for SP. Maybe just MP
Doug Heffernan
Member
I want a grizzled bearded Marcus.
PanicFreak
Member
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Rumors only so far but ms seems to be going in that direction.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
It's not bad it's horrible. That shit doesn't belong in gears.
Mr.Fletcher
Member
Loving everything I'm hearing. Really intrigued to see how the cover system has changed.
PeskyToaster
Member
Damn sounds amazing. Gears multiplayer is my fucking home. I gladly bought a console just for Gears.
Miles Quaritch
Member
If they play it right and with the setting, it could be a pretty good horror game. Imagine shining your torch through the brush and seeing some fast moving grunt that decides to toy with you.
Noises from all sides, throwing shit at you, etc. Could be great.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Yep, pit stains the size of dinner plates after some of those 1 vs 1 sudden death matches.
