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Rumor: Gears 6 likely to be open world?
- Thread starter Rhazer Fusion
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makaveli60
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I remember back in the day of GTA3 open worlds in games were the pinnacle. Nowadays I have PTSD of them.
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L*][*N*K
Banned
Gaming has always been about chasing trends
Can they try chasing the ‘make the game better’ trend?
Rather than the ‘let’s extend the time to complete by making you walk around a giant map and grab collectibles trend?
KXVXII9X
Member
Sigh...
I was just looking at earlier Gears of War gameplay videos and loved the tight linear approach. Almost every moment felt intense and full of atmosphere. Going open world will just turn it into another bland environment with things to do spaced out. Story beats will be stretched out which will ruin pacing, and each combat encounter will probably be bullet sponge-y with added RPG mechanics and crafting. I HATED Halo Infinite's open world. I never played something so dull.
I was just looking at earlier Gears of War gameplay videos and loved the tight linear approach. Almost every moment felt intense and full of atmosphere. Going open world will just turn it into another bland environment with things to do spaced out. Story beats will be stretched out which will ruin pacing, and each combat encounter will probably be bullet sponge-y with added RPG mechanics and crafting. I HATED Halo Infinite's open world. I never played something so dull.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
True, but I think it’s worst than ever now especially with the lack of creativity and risk taking from many companies. Seems like trend chasing now is generally detrimental to the product and consumers rather than being beneficial imo.
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diffusionx
Gold Member
Gears has been completely unnecessary since 3 and moving to full open world will not change my mind.
Sushi_Combo
Member
I wonder if we'll also have to climb towers to open parts of the map.
March Climber
Member
Here’s where I would rank Infinite’s campaign:
1) Halo 1
2) Halo Reach
3) Halo ODST
4) Halo 3
5) Halo Infinite
6) Halo 2
7) Halo 4
8) Halo 5
If Halo Infinite had better boss fights I would probably move it up 1 or 2 spots. That’s why I can only say it’s pretty good, because they came really close to a campaign that could rival my top 3.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I hope not. The more open these games get the worse they get.
Iced Arcade
Member
The openness and skiff of 5 is what I didn't care for in 5
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
God fuck that, I hope not.
Kings Field
Member
Give me a Gears 1-3 collection and fuck off with everything else.
Hawkeye2890
Member
Clearly im in the minority here but I think open world would be a nice refresh and new direction. Id love to start the game as a nobody, find and craft loot and gear, explore and fight with the GoW cover based system. Add RPG elements. Yea Id do that.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I hope not. Gears 5 is as open as I’d like to see it.
1. Halo CE
2. Halo 4
3. Halo 3
4. Halo 2
5. Halo Reach
6. Halo Infinite (The grapple is fun)
7. Halo ODST
8. Halo 5
At least we agree Halo 1s campaign is great
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Moriarty1889
Member
I wonder if they will also go the LIVE SERVICE route and really ruin this franchise like they did Halo. Gears was such a great series at one time.
March Climber
Member
I think your list is good, but I'll never understand why some people put 2's campaign so high. The multiplayer is what makes that game a 10/10 experience. The campaign literally did the worst thing a campaign could ever do, which is end right when things started to pick up/get good. It's the same reason why I didn't like Gears 4 as much because that game did the exact same thing. It's like that feeling when watching a movie and you can tell the exact moment when the budget ran out. I feel that way with most games that makes you jump out of your seat and say 'wait, that's it!?'
I would rank Halo 2's campaign lower, but what saves it are higher highs/memorable moments that Halo 4 and 5 just weren't giving as much of.
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Imagine an open world gears of war, you’d play that for months
JerryinSoCal
Member
That wasn't a semi open world that was just a wide road to get from one place to another while the characters gave us exposition. It was poorly done, a game designed around bigger spaces with bigger battles would be a lot more fun than what gears is now. The gameplay is dated and the story having such a small focus is just boring.
yeah the series need a good kick in the butt, from gameplay to story its way too archaic. cant even remember who is who from the new cast.
only thing going for it was coalition graphics/performance wizardry
What makes Halo 2s campaign so awesome is the story/lore stuff is probably some of the best of there series and its awesome going between the chief and arbiter, live the first time you take get on a scarab and all of the sgt johsson stuff. It may be the shortest and the cluffhanger sucks but its a blast.
cinnamonandgravy
Member
theyre still making those?
DeaDPo0L84
Member
I heard it's gonna have 1,000s of planets to explore
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
Who asked for this?
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Member
What is Gears again? I mean, when was the last Gears relevant to the general public? Wasn't it on the 360 like 15 years ago? Does ii mean sometihing in today's gaming space?
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Rhazer Fusion
Member
I could see them changing Gears 7 into a live service game which imo would be even worst.