Gears of War 3: Preorder Thread.

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[quote name='The Ebbtide']Didn't most people beat Raam on Insane through Cooperative play? Maybe that's why they made it so difficult, since it now has 4 player campaign mode. They had to raise the difficulty somehow.

Question:
While I'm aware that you can swap guns with other players in the game, can you swap weapons with Non Playable Characters like you can in Halo? Has anyone heard any information on this? I'm curious if you could give Dom, Baird or Cole a torque bow or boomshot in exchange for their lancer or shotgun if you were playing the game solo.[/QUOTE]

I heard you can give other players Ammo but nothing about Weapon Swaps with NPC's Weapons. If you could find a link for me I will add it in the next update. Speaking of update.

Today's update includes a brand new link from Kotaku and a brand new thread design that way I can comment on my own thread through my iPod Touch without Safari crashing every second. This is what the Target Practice and Wallpaper will look like. I downloaded it and I am using it right now. They also released the final Beta Stats.
http://kotaku.com/5806553/practice-your-marksmanship-with-this-gears-of-war-3-target-poster
 
Well, since no more Limited, I guess I'm going Epic. I'm getting a job this summer, and am determined to not just buy the regular edition, so.... here goes I guess. Might buy the lancer too.
 
I pre-ordered Gears 3 (standard) a while ago and it had the $20 credit, but I'm not sure about the character skin. Are the character skins new? If so, do I have to cancel my original pre-order and pre-order it again to get the skin, or will it be included with the $20 credit that I already have coming my way?
 
[quote name='ProggleRock']I pre-ordered Gears 3 (standard) a while ago and it had the $20 credit, but I'm not sure about the character skin. Are the character skins new? If so, do I have to cancel my original pre-order and pre-order it again to get the skin, or will it be included with the $20 credit that I already have coming my way?[/QUOTE]

It will be included -- Amazon is pretty good about that.
 
[quote name='Trance Addix']It will be included -- Amazon is pretty good about that.[/QUOTE]

A lot of us should email them that suggestion since it's not a guarantee that they'll do it.
 
I dont know what to do. I want the walmart pre order skin, but am worried walmart might cancel my order if they take too many pre orders on the LE. Has anyone had any previous experience ordering from walmart? Im also curious about the shipping speed. Any help?
 
[quote name='mac101010']A lot of us should email them that suggestion since it's not a guarantee that they'll do it.[/QUOTE]
Actually, it's their stated policy on preorder bonuses:
[quote name='Amazon']
This offer will be extended to all existing pre-orders.
[/quote]
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']I dont know what to do. I want the walmart pre order skin, but am worried walmart might cancel my order if they take too many pre orders on the LE. Has anyone had any previous experience ordering from walmart? Im also curious about the shipping speed. Any help?[/QUOTE]

Believe it or not Walmart is offering $1.00 Release Day Delivery. So you can get it on Day One. As far as what time you will actually get your game the next day depends on how they ship it. I have seen anywhere from 8AM - 6PM on RDD. Like I said it all depends on who the driver is and how they ship it. Good luck anyway. I still have my Epic Edition on Preorder from Gamestop.
 
[quote name='H3m1 R4m']Believe it or not Walmart is offering $1.00 Release Day Delivery. So you can get it on Day One. As far as what time you will actually get your game the next day depends on how they ship it. I have seen anywhere from 8AM - 6PM on RDD. Like I said it all depends on who the driver is and how they ship it. Good luck anyway. I still have my Epic Edition on Preorder from Gamestop.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, i just pre ordered the LE. IMO the savage grenadier elite is the coolest pre order bonus. Plus i think he will be less popular with most people going with amazon or gamestop pre orders. ;)
 
[quote name='H3m1 R4m']Believe it or not Walmart is offering $1.00 Release Day Delivery. So you can get it on Day One. As far as what time you will actually get your game the next day depends on how they ship it. I have seen anywhere from 8AM - 6PM on RDD. Like I said it all depends on who the driver is and how they ship it. Good luck anyway. I still have my Epic Edition on Preorder from Gamestop.[/QUOTE]

I don't see an option for release day delivery, just standard shipping. The estimated arrival dates are all screwed up too - even the 1 day shipping arrival is the 26th - what gives?
 
[quote name='Junkyard Jeff']I don't see an option for release day delivery, just standard shipping. The estimated arrival dates are all screwed up too - even the 1 day shipping arrival is the 26th - what gives?[/QUOTE]

I think they took it off.

[quote name='clickpow']Betweeen the $20 amazon credit and that savage kantus(selling on ebay) I'm going to have a very cheap game.[/QUOTE]

Good luck with that. Ebay removes codes anymore or so I heard. You might want to go back a few pages and read the comments about this.

[quote name='doodmandood']Went to blockbuster a few days ago, saw that they had Fallout New Vegas at 24.99 on PS3 and 14.99 for xbox. I told the manager and he matched the prices at 14.99.I went on to buy 2 copies of Fallout NV and I knew a friend at work REALLY wanted it so I told him to pay me 15 and it's his. He countered with trading it for Red Dead Redemption.Quite the deal. RDR and Fallout NV for $16.05. Thank you thread![/QUOTE]

Ok... Lol...
 
[quote name='Junkyard Jeff']I don't see an option for release day delivery, just standard shipping. The estimated arrival dates are all screwed up too - even the 1 day shipping arrival is the 26th - what gives?[/QUOTE]

I pre ordered last night, didnt see any options for shipping to be honest, though i never order from walmart so maybe i didnt click the right link? Anyway it said estimated deliver date sept 20th for my order. 97 cent shipping. Hopefully its correct.
 
I work at gamestop and the lancer replica itself, no bundles showed up as a reservable sku. Wondering if anyone else noticed meaning this isn't online only?
 
[quote name='andglassman']I work at gamestop and the lancer replica itself, no bundles showed up as a reservable sku. Wondering if anyone else noticed meaning this isn't online only?[/QUOTE]

Hey there! You are correct, it seems that the Lancer is available in-store for ordering but at the full $100 price. The Lancer bundles are available on-line only at a $20 discount.
 
[quote name='drktrpr1']Can you pre-order the lancer bundles and select in-store pickup? I'm probably going to go at midnight.[/QUOTE]

When I pre-ordered the Epic Edition Lancer Bundle, it was in-store and I still got the $20 online discount. Stupid Gamestop website won't ship to my UPS private mail box even though EVERY other website including items needing sigs work just fine. I never ship anything directly to my house, as I love to be out chasing these deals, so hate being tied down at home waiting on something;) The manager at my store said they were authorized to give the online bundle price in-store and that's where I'll be picking it up as well, so head on down to your local store and avoid the hassle on GS.com.
 
[quote name='GreenSpark']When I pre-ordered the Epic Edition Lancer Bundle, it was in-store and I still got the $20 online discount. Stupid Gamestop website won't ship to my UPS private mail box even though EVERY other website including items needing sigs work just fine. I never ship anything directly to my house, as I love to be out chasing these deals, so hate being tied down at home waiting on something;) The manager at my store said they were authorized to give the online bundle price in-store and that's where I'll be picking it up as well, so head on down to your local store and avoid the hassle on GS.com.[/QUOTE]

I am going to call my Gamestop and ask if they say the same I will update the thread.
 
[quote name='H3m1 R4m']I am going to call my Gamestop and ask if they say the same I will update the thread.[/QUOTE]

Cool deal as I would like to know if the manager was really going above and beyond simply to help me out. I know Gamestop gets a lot of slack and I have my gripes with them as well, but I've been using the same store for the last few years trying to establish a good relationship and I honestly believe if you're a great customer, you can get some pretty good service there just the same.
 
[quote name='GreenSpark']Cool deal as I would like to know if the manager was really going above and beyond simply to help me out. I know Gamestop gets a lot of slack and I have my gripes with them as well, but I've been using the same store for the last few years trying to establish a good relationship and I honestly believe if you're a great customer, you can get some pretty good service there just the same.[/QUOTE]

Me too. I have a great relationship with my local Gamestop. I often stand there for a while trading stories and discussing games and systems. Maybe I am fortunate to have some local guys that are just gamers like me. Any ways, I have never had an issue with them and they have been very helpful and accomodating.
 
I notice in the poll, that most are buying the standard edition, with the limited edition lagging behind like at 20%. Maybe Gamestop knows about how to allocate the games as the limited edition sold out some time ago. I for one, bought the limited edition with the lancer.
 
[quote name='deantjeep']Me too. I have a great relationship with my local Gamestop. I often stand there for a while trading stories and discussing games and systems. Maybe I am fortunate to have some local guys that are just gamers like me. Any ways, I have never had an issue with them and they have been very helpful and accomodating.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='GreenSpark']Cool deal as I would like to know if the manager was really going above and beyond simply to help me out. I know Gamestop gets a lot of slack and I have my gripes with them as well, but I've been using the same store for the last few years trying to establish a good relationship and I honestly believe if you're a great customer, you can get some pretty good service there just the same.[/QUOTE]

Same here. I forgot to call tonight so I will in the morning.
 
[quote name='deantjeep']I notice in the poll, that most are buying the standard edition, with the limited edition lagging behind like at 20%. Maybe Gamestop knows about how to allocate the games as the limited edition sold out some time ago. I for one, bought the limited edition with the lancer.[/QUOTE]

Not quite sure if I understood the manager correctly, but I think he said they were selling so fast because of some possible DLC that may come with the LE/EE akin to the Zombie maps for the latest COD. He said people didn't want to pay Ebay prices later, so they were ordering the LE more as a pre-caution in not getting left out this time. And of course with the LE being $70 cheaper, that would explain why those are gone and the EE is still available. Take this with a grain of salt...
 
HELLZ YEAH I CAN'T WAIT 4 THIS STUFF!

I preordered the Epic Edition and the Replica Retro Lancer separately at my local GameStop - and just for shits-n-giggles I also ordered and paid for the UK Exclusive GOLD Retro Lancer!

For the Gold Retro Lancer I had to Western Union some money to a friend in the UK so he could order it and have it shipped to his house - then I'm arranging for FEDEX or UPS to pick it up at his house and ship it to me! Now I just have to wait for September, it'll be like a early Christmas - I don't know if I'll be able to wait!!!

Great post BTW to the OP! I got ALL my info from this post!
 
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[quote name='VAL@CAG']HELLZ YEAH I CAN'T WAIT 4 THIS STUFF!

I preordered the Epic Edition and the Replica Retro Lancer separately at my local GameStop - and just for shits-n-giggles I also ordered and paid for the UK Exclusive GOLD Retro Lancer!

For the Gold Retro Lancer I had to Western Union some money to a friend in the UK so he could order it and have it shipped to his house - then I'm arranging for FEDEX or UPS to pick it up at his house and ship it to me! Now I just have to wait for September, it'll be like a early Christmas - I don't know if I'll be able to wait!!!

Great post BTW to the OP! I got ALL my info from this post![/QUOTE]

No problem. Your welcome. Hope your friend is trustworthy and wont rip you off. Be safe and be careful. If you think this thread is great now wait until E3 is over with. This will be the ultimate Gears of War 3 thread. With that being said I will now update with Day 1 coverage of Gears of War 3.
 
[quote name='Ray5555']my only question is will the link cable be able to transfer our saves from one slim to another?[/QUOTE] i would say yes because its an upgrade to a bigger drive but it really doesnt matter it the cloud saving feature is out by then...im not a huge gears fan but omg i want that console
 
ok so guess i'm selling my console and a kidney for that console lol. am i'm not even a big xbox fan i have like 4 games for it lol but gow 3 is defitnitly on my radar to play this year...
 
[quote name='chubbyninja1319']Really? I was holding out to get a slim to see what this looked like and I think it's a bit garish.[/QUOTE]

I must say I agree with you - it looks ok just because it's Gears and as far as a collectible goes it's cool but they could've done better.
Why not have swapped the red and black, I think it has too much red. Black console - with the Gears logo and blood splatter red would've been nice. Same goes for the controllers.
Also I would've taken off the Gears of War print on the very front of the console - you will know it's Gears by simply looking at the console.
Either way it might be worth getting your hands on 1 or 2 of these and then reselling on eBay!
 
already have two slims for the two most used areas in the house... can afford, but can't justify a third.
Correction: can't justify a third to the wife.

Maybe if the IPTV service is a reality, available in my area, and at a competitive price, I could pass it off as "adding a DVR to the house". At least it better have DVR functionality...
 
[quote name='velvet396']already have two slims for the two most used areas in the house... can afford, but can't justify a third.
Correction: can't justify a third to the wife.

Maybe if the IPTV service is a reality, available in my area, and at a competitive price, I could pass it off as "adding a DVR to the house". At least it better have DVR functionality...[/QUOTE]

LOL! I'm kinda in the same boat you're in - I have 2 Slims and a PS3. One of my Slims is the Halo Reach LE Console which I had modified with a plexiglass window so you can see the disc spinning and with Blue LEDs on the inside glowing out, Blue LEDs for the power button ring and Blue LEDs on both controllers power button rings. It looks sexy! And no, I don't think the Gears console looks sexy like I said in a previous post - too much red. If I did anything I would get 1 or 2 and resell on eBay for profit.

How about this?! Hardware modding it! Cutting out most of the splatter effect that surrounds the Gears logo and putting RED LEDs inside to glow through the spatter effect! And RED LEDs for the power button. But the main color of the console would be Black with the logo red - not the other way around. And i would have to remove the 'Gears of War' writing on the FRONT OF THE DAMN MACHINE. Looks cheap and tacky. I'll be honest - I'm not too impressed with it, which is a huge disappointment to me being a big Gears fan.
Oh well, at least I'll be getting the Epic Edition with Replica Retro Lancer from the US and I'm getting the UK Exclusive GOLD Retro Lancer - what else do I need Gears-related???
 
I want that controller. But it comes with the Adam Fenix skin, doesn't that already come with the Limited Edition game? I'd rather have something exclusive...
 
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