Gears of War 3

**9001** · Joined: 03 Sep 2008 Posts: 3690 Location: North New Jersey

I'm surprised that I didn't see a thread on this (inb4someoneshowsmethread).

I made this for 2 reasons:

1. What is everyone's thoughts on the games?

2. To possibly get some SH games together or play some Horde (since all the public ones are lame because after about 20 waves some jackass quits, which leads to a domino effect).

I really like the TDM gamemode, which is what I play about 99% of the time and a little disappointed that they took out Submission from Gears 2. The Horde 2.0 is pretty cool with all the upgrades and stuff like that, along with the boss waves. And right now, the Torque Tag weekend event is pretty fucking awesome, and it's also helpful if you're trying to get your Torque medal.

There are some aspects of the game that I really haven't explored yet (Beast Mode, for the most part, since it takes like 30 minutes to find a match), so I was hoping for some reviews on that along with some of the other game modes.

**Saru786** · Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 1650 Location: In a box...

I've only played the singleplayer aspect of the game so far. And I must say, thats the 3rd best story I've ever seen in a videogame. There's so much stuff amazing about the campaign can't even explain it. So much emotion put into it. Sadness, Madness, Kicking-ass...ness, etc.

Funny thing is I've never played any GoW games until now. All my friends kept telling me that the GoW series is just plain amazing. So a few days before the game came out, I decided to get Gears 1 and 2 in a double pack case, and I was amazed. I had GoW 3 pre-ordered before I even played GoW 1 and 2.
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**CorpusCollosum** · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 1823 Location: San Francisco

I think I've probably gone about 200-20 k/d in 15 or 20 games of Torque Bow Tag. I am loving it so much. It's neat that Epic appears to be doing events like this almost every week.

Before this weekend, I have been head-over-heels addicted to Horde. The new monetary and fortification system works really well. I'm a little more lukewarm on Beast. It's an interesting addition, and well-designed, but I tend to get bored of it rather quickly. I wish it was a little more difficult on normal (matchmaking difficulty), and contained more waves than 12. But playing as a berserker is one of the coolest things ever.

As for the campaign, I thoroughly enjoyed it, easily the best of the series. I'll be vague to avoid spoilers, but let's just say "that scene" in the middle of the game was pretty intense and emotional. Good, solid, understated ending, too. I actually felt like there was closure in a video game trilogy for the first time.
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**OpenYourEyes** · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject:

I like that the series ended with a happy ending... except not really all that happy. GoW is easily my favorite video game series of all time, and the story ended perfectly, in my opinion.
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**Sully** · Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 4570 Location: Tampa, FL

Playing like mad. Working towards Seriously at a medium pace- haven't let games run overnight or anything (yet). Finishing 3k matches in each gametype will take forever, considering I've pretty much exclusively played TDM quickmatch and I'm not even to 1k matches. I've dabbled a bit in Horde and Beast and I've Onyx'd all the campaign related medals.

There's been a ton of backlash over the Sawed-off Shotgun, but I love it. I've been playing since Gears 1 and I honestly never liked Gnasher duels.

**CorpusCollosum** · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 1823 Location: San Francisco

**WhYYZ** · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:18 pm Post subject:

The Hammerburst has been really good in GoW2 as well, a lot of people didn't use the lancer AT ALL.

So far I have 20 Onyx Medals

That Vengeful medal sucks balls BTW. You have to play bad in order to get that one

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**fUNC** · Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 3439 Location: Milwaukee

The multiplayer in this game has grabbed me hook, line, and sinker. I'm only at level 20 and have quickly realized that damn near everybody is far, far better than I am right now, but I love Beast and Horde. The only thing that I'd like the former to do is offer longer matches with a selectable (while not on Private) difficulty. There's no way that I should have a ratio of 36-1 in my first few days of playing.
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**THABEAST721** · Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 2000

I agree. This game is a gigantic step up from Gears 2. The lag is gone for me altogether (I literally can't recall lagging in a single match). This may be due to me having a good connection, but it is still going to be monumentally better than connection was for you on Gears 2. I really like Beast Mode and Horde as well. The new horde makes it a lot less repetitive, and the bosses make it more challenging. I really look forward to seeing how difficult it will be to beat it on insane (even though I will probably use infinite ammo and such). And I agree that they should update Beast Mode to make it last longer. While I feel like 12 waves is just not enough to satisfy my thirst for annihilating the COG.

Oh also, me and my cousin are trying to get two other people to beat the campaign on 4 player coop with, so if anyone is interested in that, that would be cool.
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**fUNC** · Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 3439 Location: Milwaukee

**Sully** · Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 4570 Location: Tampa, FL

Just finished my last two Beast Onyx medals- in the same match =P

As unlikely as it seems, I destroyed my 3000th fortification and unlocked the final tier for the 75th tier in the same match.

It took 944 waves (600 for Onyx), over the course of which I revived 2240 teammates (1500 for onyx), killed 2070 (1100 for onyx) humans, and earned $1,345,044 ($1 million for Onyx).

My general plan is Drone until Kantus, then if no other Kantuses (Kanti?) or not many heal-able teammates, stick with Drone until Grenadier. Then Kantus or Grenadier until Berserker (which I'd usually have available by wave 9 or 10, sometimes sooner). I'd often use tickers if I died with waves nearly complete. I rarely used other Locust- the occasional Boomer, but that's it:

I've got 20 total Onyx now, with all 8 from campaign done, too. Still have a lot of work to do in Horde (only at like 650 waves played) and a TON of multiplayer crap to grind through. I'm cringing at many of the multiplayer Onyx requirements- wish Horde and Beast counted for stuff like weapon kills, headshots, heavy weapons, etc.

**WhYYZ** · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 6:56 pm Post subject:

Good job getting those in the same match!
I had all Beast Onyx medals and then I still had to play to get final tier 40 times

I'm now at 26 Onyx medals. And damn it's slowing down. I'm close to my gnasher (got 5100) but that's it really.

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**ultratowel112** · Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 293

I got my 360 in the mail yesterday (Black Friday thing from walmart.com), so I've been playing this almost non-stop (I already played through Gears 1 and 2 with my uncle). I did the campaign on normal, and it was very satisfying. I really like how act 1 was set up. That scene halfway through and the end were great, I just put the controller down and watched.

I already played beast and horde with my uncle, so I knew what to expect there. I didn't know what to expect from versus, so I just played casual. I assumed it would be a little easier than other modes, but I was not expecting to be top scorer in almost all the matches I played. I got lucky in one of my first two or three matches and chainsawed a guy with Lambency (I think I got Lambency the same match I got Welcome to Versus).
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