GlockSaint
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So as we know the halo master chief collection is giving us older halo titles on PC. While gears 1,4&5 are on pc the rest still aren't 2,3 and judgement. So do we know if they plan to port it? I personally hope so.
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Since Halo is getting the PC treatment, why not gears?
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Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Gears 2/3 not being on PC is a damn shame.
FrozenFlame
Member
Well, Halo got the Masterchief collection (remaster) for the Xbox One, therefore the PC port. Same goes for GoW 1. I don't see they would bother putting those games on PC unless they're also remastering them (which I doubt).
spons
Gold Member
Agreed. How hard would it be to port these games? It's Unreal Engine crud. Gears 1 was released on PC in 2007. I'm sure they could do the other games.
MiguelItUp
Member
It's pretty odd that they haven't done this yet, maybe they still will? I mean, I definitely feel like they should.
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Deep inside they’re console games
GlockSaint
Member
Yeah they look amazing, better than gears 1 (which was really really good). I wanna play them but won't buy an xbox just to play them.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
One of my favorite moments of last gen was playing Gears 3 in 3D.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
We still don't have word one about Halo 5 coming to PC, which is weird considering they claim they don't want to restrict where you play their games.
Codes 208
Member
Well with halo it’s easier because mcc already exists as an xbox one game which they could port over to pc for the individiual titles (considering it’s already a pc-based architecture)
Also I believe halo mcc coming to pc is directly related to halo 5 flunking, 343 needed to keep halo afloat between halo 5’s release and halo infinite and mcc is the better choice for porting against halo 5.
gears 2 and 3 are still just 360 games so optimization is further needed and I guess coalition decided the gains just aren’t worth it
Also I believe halo mcc coming to pc is directly related to halo 5 flunking, 343 needed to keep halo afloat between halo 5’s release and halo infinite and mcc is the better choice for porting against halo 5.
gears 2 and 3 are still just 360 games so optimization is further needed and I guess coalition decided the gains just aren’t worth it
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SliChillax
Member
But we don’t have Halo 5 on PC
Reindeer
Member
Let that trash suffocate and die on Xbox.
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GlockSaint
Member
Alright but where did i say that halo 5 is on pc? Atleast most of the halo series is on pc.
Cert.in.Death
Member
After how much I disliked Gears 2, I thought I was done. But I gave Gears 3 a chance and thought it was pretty good...until I went on the internet and learned I was wrong.
So, I basically gave up on Gears at that time. I had my fill by that point anyway.
So, I basically gave up on Gears at that time. I had my fill by that point anyway.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Halo has been around for 19 years now. Cortana is embedded into Windows 10. Gears of War is what 14 years with a Remastered version and two titles this gen. When do people start remembering 2006? I think it might come later on, but my guess is that Halo made a huge impact on the industry. Maybe Gears did too.
thelastword
Banned
Always said the same thing....I'd rather play Gears 2, 3 and Judgement on PC, than to revisit Gears 4 and 5......They were much better games with much better characters...
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Well Gears Tactics are PC only, so it goes both ways.
Truth, although Gears 5 is not as horrible as 4th one...
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Compsiox
Banned
Not a cover shooter with clunky gameplay. Literally anything but.
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Explosive Zombie
Banned
Doom Eternal? Metro Exodus? Far Cry 5? Destiny 2?
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
I see.
Compelling argument.
What makes any of the games gameplay "modern shooter" gameplay?
Doom seems pretty oldschool, there isnt even a reload button.
Metro and FarCry dont seem to be doing anything that Call of Duty and shooters of that ilk havent been doing for years.
Destiny probably the most "modern shooter" shooter listed, but the gameplay is still essentially the same shooter mechanics we have had since yesteryear
P.S I loved all those games, and if you told me I had to erase my experiences with one of the series, id have a very very very hard time choosing one.
I just dont understand the "modern shooter" statement because in my eyes as a pretty avid shooter player Im not sure what that actually entails.
I still find myself playing CS and thats as old school as it gets and i dont get some "this is outdated" vibes.
When Unreal Tournament was part of the UE launcher I played that shit to death even though it hadnt really evolved since i dont even know when.
Quake Champions was a hell of a fun experience.
Gears series is in the same boat, I still get very satisfied playing through the series, I did a run through for the Gears 5 launch, and still play the MP and Horde.
I would need someone to explain exactly what they mean by outdated shooter and modern shooter when I havent seen shooters advance all that much based on the plethora of games I actively play.
P.P.S I now want to play Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Explosive Zombie
Banned
The lack of a reload button is because of how they balanced the combat. Doom 2016 introduced us to a type of shooter where you didn't hide from threats and Doom Eternal evolved that idea with even more ideas for how to keep you going at the enemy instead of hiding.
Comparing Far Cry and Metro to Call of Duty is beyond disingenuous. Metro/Far Cry are games based around open combat interactions that allow for multiple approaches, with Far Cry even vehicular approaches to combat (Metro also has vehicles but their use is more limited). In a Call of Duty game you go down a linear corridor and do what the game wants you to do when it wants you to do it. The emergent events you can create in a game like Far Cry are scripted in CoD and happen the same way every time you play. Metro is also giving you a lite survival experience as well with scarcity problems especially on higher difficulties and enemies you can't actually attack at all and must simply avoid.
Destiny is an evolution of Halo gameplay mechanics, it's the same dudes who made Halo. While a lot of the gunplay feels like Halo the abilities and movement go beyond what Halo was doing by far. Nothing from yesteryear plays at Destiny's level, just because something is more evolution than revolution doesn't mean it isn't further forward for the genre than Gears, I mean... that's such a weak argument.
Even games like the newer Tomb Raiders and Uncharted show us what an evolved Gears could be like, where going into and out of cover is more fluid and you spend much less time in cover. That said if you wanted a game where you're mostly in cover most of the time you could still evolve on what Gears offers but the games really haven't.
Counter-strike is old but nothing has really come close to what it does, it's unique and being unique is timeless... until something does what you do better than you, it just hasn't happened for CS yet.
Stuff like Unreal Tournament and Quake Champions don't really have many other current day analogues, especially with Doom Eternal not having real deathmatch.
Being modern has no bearing on your ability to enjoy the experience. Retro gaming would be in trouble if so.
01011001
Banned
I wouldn't even put it in the top 3... but ok
1, 2 and 5 are better imo, especially 2... I'd put 3 right next to 4
Barakov
Member
And you're better for it. All you need is Halo 1,2, ODST and 3.
Strider Highwind
Banned
I'd like judgement to hit pc gamepass. thats the only sp mode gears I never finished
Compsiox
Banned
Halo 5 multiplayer was as fun as Halo 2. I swear the people shitting on it have never played it.
manfestival
Member
I did actually get to experience gears and halo finally all on PC and it is really nice. I have been left wanting after experiencing gears 1. 1 felt more visceral than 4 or 5 and the story was arguably better. It tried to do less and what it did it was more successful to me.
GlockSaint
Member
Ikr I've played gears 1 last month and i loved it so much. Don't wanna play 4 and 5 till i play the other 3. The combat was so good i was looking forward to every encounter and for once you don't have to upgrade anything or look for something to upgrade, just fight the baddies. I really missed linear gameplay with all the open worlds these days.
GlockSaint
Member
what's wrong with the remake? It's basically the same game with better graphics, it ran pretty well on my pc and I'm running a gtx 1160.
stranno
Member
You fight General RAAM at daylight, to begin with. It makes zero sense since he is using a kryl shield. Kryls must be using sunglasses or sunscreen it seems.
The remake is terrible, imo. People Can Fly's port is still the best version of the game.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
I don't like the style. It lacks something but I can't put my hand on it. And the brumak level sucks. It was not included in original release for a reason.
And the pc port of ultimate now is broken. Can't do 60fps on any system. It was working on release but something want wrong along the way