Voice of Reason
Banned
I have a feeling MS will start another trilogy of Gears next gen.
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Gears of War: Judgment Review Thread
- Thread starter MagicWithEarvin
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God of War has almost been around for 8 years and has 7 entities. 6 of which play virtually exactly the same. Gears of War has been around for for almost the same time and has 4 entries.
It's easy to see why somebody might look at one and see fatigue but look at the other and still think it's one of the best cover-based shooters on the market.
But he does have a point.
God of War with more of the same = bad
Gears of War with more of the same = Best Third Person Shooter this generation.
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
There were rumors this release is a way for Epic to fulfill the Gears IP exclusivity with MS. I have no idea if that is true.
WrenchNinja
Member
So basically it's a completely unnecessary prequel. Well this is happening a lot lately.
shinobi602
Member
4 maps...
On the other hand we have 4 Gears of war games on a single console. That's the difference. God of war had 2 on ps2, 2 on psp and 2 on ps3
I cant help but feel they took out the maps to sell as "DLC" later on, I hope some gamers have a brain and don't buy the DLC and further encouraging stuff like this happening.
The biggest problem I have with DLC ( especially online DLC) is that is splits the community way too much and somewhat ruin it.
The biggest problem I have with DLC ( especially online DLC) is that is splits the community way too much and somewhat ruin it.
WrenchNinja
Member
Actually God of War has six on the PS3.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
When no one was looking, Epic Games shipped with four DM maps. That's 4 maps. That's as many as four ones.
And that's terrible.
And that's terrible.
That's a fairly appropriate comparison, although for the most part, ODST's multiplayer was little more than a DVD of an old game tossed in for good measure.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Honestly this is reviewing better than I thought. I expected games journalists to really sink their teeth in to it and give it a 7.
Actually God of War has six on the PS3.
HD collection?
Sure. I'm not arguing about whether there's series fatigue with God of war..cuz there definitely is. But Gears has it too
Amazing how that worked out.
Probably will have similar sales numbers too.
To be fair, I'm not excessively excited about either. Still haven't purchased Ascension, and not sure I'll purchase Judgement. Still mulling over it.
4 maps is just silly though...
Voice of Reason
Banned
They had to have a few exclusives to fill up the end of the gen, and publishers obviously don't want to shell out the next big installment this late.
I don't really feel it with this game, though I wasn't ever really fond of the Gears series. They were all solid games, but I did feel like I wanted to play the previous entries, but this one, I don't think so.
lol
Actually God of War has six on the PS3.
lol
MagicWithEarvin
Member
As someone who played the first 3 games and wanted to know more about the events leading up to those games...
Poimandres
Member
I'm not a huge fan of either series, but I have to call you on this one...
God of War is only the second entry on the PS3, Gears is the 4th on the 360. The God of War series started almost 2 years earlier than Gears, and this is actually the 6th entry not the 7th (unless I missed something).
That said, personal preference could lead to someone being sick of one and still keen for more of the other.
It's easy to see why somebody might look at one and see fatigue but look at the other and still think it's one of the best hack-and-slash, action-adventure games on the market.
nailed it.
If a regular customer had said what was said in the first tweet the Entitlement SWAT Team would have mobilized.
Judgement sounds like it's doing a lot of different stuff, actually. The lack of MP maps seems to be the main detractor.
Voice of Reason
Banned
Exactly. And you think MS wouldn't have pushed a few more if they had a handheld device along with the Xbox?
BadAss2961
Member
Who did that? I see IGN gave this a 9.2, but I doubt it was the same reviewer.
Anyway, Ascension is way better than reviews made it out to be. I thought it topped GoW3 overall.
Are there people actually defending only 4 maps?
No it doesn't.
He wrote ' Despite my feelings that Baird is the most extraneous character in the Gears universe and a general feeling after Gears 3 that I was completely done with this franchise, Judgment is still a good time.'
Why should actual Gears fan have a consensus to be done with the franchise because Epic finished completed the trilogy?
We have had 8 Call of duty campaigns in 8 years and there will be a 9th. We've had 5 Assassin's Creed camapigns since 07. Both of those franchises have new games in 2013.
In the prequel department we have seen Halo reach and this year Tomb Raider. God of War finished it's trilogy and now has a prequel only one week prior to Gears: Judgement.
I have no doubt that those guys are going to give a fair review, but I do think there is a divide between fans who love these franchises and anticipate these releases and reviewers who review from the standpoint that another game shouldn't exist in their eyes.
Either way, I applaud all 3 prequels releases in the last 3 weeks and have enjoyed Tomb Raider and GOW: A.
Look forward to picking up my 2 copies of Gears:J.
mickcenary
Member
So, these 2 hot and sexy Maxim maps that are coming... Execution only, or will it bump the TDM/FFA count up to 6?
I'm guessing the 7th game is that phone game
mullet2000
Member
I know it's not traditional MP, but overrun mode looks like a lot of fun and has its own 4 unique maps.
I wish there were more traditional maps too, but saying "4 maps" is disingenuous. There are 8 maps, they're just separated by modes. Plus 2 free traditional MP maps are coming two weeks after launch for free.
It's far from ideal but it's also far from "4 maps."
I wish there were more traditional maps too, but saying "4 maps" is disingenuous. There are 8 maps, they're just separated by modes. Plus 2 free traditional MP maps are coming two weeks after launch for free.
It's far from ideal but it's also far from "4 maps."
Jake Tower
Banned
I don't play competitive multiplayer modes... did they replace Horde with another type of co-op mode?
If you're going to include Judgement, which is certainly on the same console as the other three but its also by a different development group, then you have to include Chains of Olympus and Ghosts of Sparta as well.
But God of War did add online multiplayer and a co-op survival mode. And from what I seen from Gaf and other forums, people actually enjoy the multiplayer. I can't speak because I have yet to play GoW:A. But that is a major addition to what was a single player only series.
Poimandres
Member
No wonder I bloody well missed it. I'm a real gamer, I don't play games on my phone!
Because I have a Windows phone
Alebrije
Member
Amazing how that worked out.
Probably will have similar sales numbers too.
Both games will suffer for the end generation siydrome, I still think Sony should had keep GOWA as a PS4 launch title.
I think a lot of GEARS and GOD of war fans are tired of current generation a will wait fo next.
Lysander91
Banned
Wow. What's with big games not living up to their potential this year? Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, GoW Ascension, Lego City and now this. IMO, not even Tomb Raider lived up to it's potential, although it was still a great game.
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
Why are people talking about God of War in this thread?
Umm, this is exactly how I feel about GEOW, the stupid moving camera to make it look dramatic, same old cover style, same shooting etc...
mullet2000
Member
Yes. There's a 10-wave survival mode that is 10 rounds long, but each round is much more challenging than the typical horde round.
Honestly, I think that it's a good change. It would be nice to have the typical 50-round horde as an option, though.
Syphon Filter
Member
too much exposure,these franchises need a nice long break.
nailed it.
Silly IMO for Jeff or anyone to whine that MS advertises Gears on the XBL Dashboard, like it's a crime. It's not the first or last DLC or Pass that's been advertised on the Dash. The same 'fairly aggressive' advertisement was recently for BattleField 3's Premium Season pass. Did that feel 'Slimy' as well?
The fact that he took to twitter for this kinda looks like he's going out of his way to influence other reviews that are after his. Feel kinda Slimy as well. Wouldn't you normally just review it and then write that you felt like there werent enough multi-maps?
Yeah it's interesting Jeff took offense to it.
Here's what Joystick wrote earlier this month about the multiplayer
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/04/gears-of-war-judgments-multiplayer-comfort-food/
Overrun is competitive and has 4 additional unique maps for it. it's sort of like BF3 having 4 maps for conquest and 4 maps for Rush.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
GoW prequels releasing in March after the trilogy is over, with new multiplayer modes and similar Metacritic scores