Gears of War: E-Day

[Nag]

Due to all the whinging we can play multiplayer this weekend... 😂

[Maf]

People are playing this now, somehow. It looks fun from the clips I’ve seen, but will wait for the proper release 

[Maf]

Oh, so the beta went live for 1 hour for a stress test 

 

 

It looks really fun to me. I like the fact you can climb on stuff and adds a new layer to team shooting. 
 

I’ve always struggled to like Gears multiplayer. I think because it plays so differently from the single player. But the more I’ve been watching recently the more I want to learn it. Still not going to play the beta with Tokon out, but looking forward to playing for real in October 

[Nag]

So I've spent a fair few hours with the beta (mainly today)... and I like it, I like it alot actually. 

 

The new control scheme and movement options add quite alot compared to the older Gears both in PvE and PvP... having a dedicated jump button seems really weird to begin with as does clicking the thumbstick to sprint as opposed to holding X. Even with being able to climb, slide and leap around it still feels weighty like Gears should.

 

Siege is a nice twist on Horde mode with various different things going on in the huge map and it gets you moving round on them organically... seeing other squads involved in battle from a distance (that you can go and help out in if you choose) is really cool.

 

If this has a good campaign there's a fair chance for this being my GotY by a large margin.

[Maf]

Climbing is cool but also makes people a target. There’s also the want to do the cool thing when at the opposite end of cover from someone, jump up and run along the cover to them to get your kill, but get blown away by a shotgun.

 

I think the verticality will help with team shooting and maybe in something like Siege help make an area more defensible. But also it’s one of those mechanics where the coolest thing you want to do with it is not really viable 

 

Also they need to tone down smoke grenades. They’re too good. You don’t confuse the enemy you just give them a great opportunity to run away (or maybe that’s what they’re for, I guess) 

[Nag]

You'd be surprised... I've seen climbing used to great effect in some of the matches I've been in.

[Sly Reflex]

6 hours ago, Maf said:

Also they need to tone down smoke grenades.

 

You just unlocked some PTSD I had for when smokes used to ragdoll people about instead of making them cringe. Online used to be an absolute clusterfuck when you had 10 smokes all heading to the capture point.

[Nag]

 

Fuck yeah... looks gorgeous. 

[one-armed dwarf]

omg they killed Carmine

 

sorry, spoilers

[Maf]

omg dwarf how could you ruin the game for me 

I was just about to say DF has a breakdown and it’s looking like the 2nd best game of the year. But now what’s the point? Cancel and bin it

 

 

[Nag]

What's the first?

[one-armed dwarf]

Mewgenics

[Nag]

Pffft... 😂😂

[Maf]

Denshattack is #1 GotY

 

Gears is putting in a good effort. But it won’t beat Denshattack 

[Nag]

Get the fuck outta this topic... 

[Maf]

I only speak in truths 

[Nag]

Been reading a few previews and they all seem very complimentary... I just hope it's not the normal build them up and tear them down on reviews which seems to happen way too much nowadays. 

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/preview-gears-of-war-e-day-might-be-remembered-as-the-best-gears-story-ever

[Maf]

This is a tiny detail but I’m happy they’ve returned to calling it Gears of War instead of just Gears. I get that God of War kind of stole the whole GoW thing which is why I assume they backed away and tried to change the name (Gears 5, Gears Tactics) but fuck that. Gears of War is much cooler