Gears Of War - General info and Discussion #1 (MODS LOCK PLS)

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[quote name='Rei no Otaku']Because the company wants people to get mad and cancel their preorders, forcing them to give people a 5 dollar discount.

It's ok to be pissed, but be pissed at the right people. Though I have to say, the company using Fed Ex again was stupid. They do this all the time.[/QUOTE]

I don't think EB is doing this on purpose, I just think there is something else going on, maybe some sort of backlash from the gaming publishers for selling used games and purposely delaying shipping, hows that for a conspiracy theory, or should I have said Take That!
 
[quote name='nintendokid']It's not the $5 he's fighting for. It's liberty, freedom, and injustice. Bortle, you must have the game right now already. I'm assuming since you are very calm. Personally, this is what my mind feels like right now:


fuck YOU! fuck YOU BITCH! fuckING ASSHOLE BITCH MOTHERfuckER![/QUOTE]

Yeesh, pop a midol kid.
 
Hm, went by CC this morning at 10:30 and none yet, then went to BB and saw a shitload of people having them in their hands. I'm in class until 3:30 so I'll make another CC run after class to PM w/ the Fry's ad and the faceplate.
 
[quote name='Wombat']thats fishy only because they said the same thing about MUA, the exact same thing. One time I understand but twice in 2 weeks is shady, super shady[/QUOTE]

I got a call about a delay for CoD3 so and that one to the list as well! All the other EB/GSs had their copies of CoD except the one I pre oredered at. When I called to verify they gave me the whole GoW delay BS as well. If I didn't have both games paid off with credit, I'd hit CC up. They better not screw up those Wii pre orders!!
 
what makes this all worse is that im stuck at work.. irritated by this whole thing.. come 5pm (im gonna try to dip a lil earlier) i have to get on a damn bus to go home.. then borrow moms car to go to cc against a horirble 5 pm traffic..

how many faceplates do you think each store will have?
 
[quote name='obijuan71']Just to let you know Best Buy will have the Xbox 360 Core for $299.98 on Black Friday[/QUOTE]
:roll:
or any other day
 
Yep, I got gamestop fucked too. You can say it isn't Gamestops fault, but fuck that. My gamestop has the regular version in, but told me the CE comes in tomorrow.

They won't let me switch over to the regular version so I can have it now, because they said they are all spoken for. fuck that. They didn't even offer me $5 off but I wouldn't take it anyway, they can eat my asshole.

Luckly my local best buy has them in stock according to their website, bought, will pick up after work.

Edit: Oh and my CC has a sign up saying they won't be getting it till tomorrow.

Thanksbye
 
Just called the local Circuit City, they aren't getting it in at all today, surprise surprise, they are using Fed Ex and they said it was a problem with them so try back tommorrow.

The best part is that the guy was like "Oh, nobody has the game today, it's coming out tommorrow now" when the Best Buy across the street has tons.

fuck the free faceplate, I'm not waiting another day espically since I have class all day and night tommorrow and an early class on Friday... today is my one day to plow into it, and I intend to take advantage of that.

Guess I'll go to Best Buy and GGC it.
 
GAAAAH. My Gamestop got screwed too, and I have the damn thing paid for in full!! Is there any way I can get a refund if I find a copy somewhere else?
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']GAAAAH. My Gamestop got screwed too, and I have the damn thing paid for in full!! Is there any way I can get a refund if I find a copy somewhere else?[/QUOTE]

yes you can keep the store credit, I did that with MUA, I wound up picking it up at Best Buy the day it was released instead of waiting the extra 3 days for EB to get it
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']GAAAAH. My Gamestop got screwed too, and I have the damn thing paid for in full!! Is there any way I can get a refund if I find a copy somewhere else?[/quote]

I'm in the same boat. I have $50 in tradeins BUT it was part of the extra 30% trade in value towards GoW. In other words, even if I do cancel my order and take the credit, it'll roll back to the "trade 3, get 20%" promo. My $50 credit becomes less than $30 at the press of a button.

EDIT: we all mind as well pull our pants down, turn around, and ask which gamestop manager wants to go first...
 
[quote name='guyver2077']what makes this all worse is that im stuck at work.. irritated by this whole thing.. come 5pm (im gonna try to dip a lil earlier) i have to get on a damn bus to go home.. then borrow moms car to go to cc against a horirble 5 pm traffic..

how many faceplates do you think each store will have?[/QUOTE]

You better call your Circuit City first, it looks like all CC's used FedEx for this game and none of them have it in stock.
 
[quote name='nintendokid']I'm in the same boat. I have $50 in tradeins BUT it was part of the extra 30% trade in value. In other words, even if I do cancel my order and take the trade in, it'll roll back to the "trade 3, get 20%" promo. My $50 credit becomes less than $30 at the press of a button.[/QUOTE]

I've cancelled preorders where I used deals like that and it dosen't rollback... they have no clue how you got the credit you did, just that you have it.
 
[quote name='thrustbucket']They won't let me switch over to the regular version so I can have it now, because they said they are all spoken for. fuck that. They didn't even offer me $5 off but I wouldn't take it anyway, they can eat my asshole.[/QUOTE]

I asked about switching too and they guy got real nervous and started stuttering really bad. He said he only had two that were from another store and that if I hurry I might get one.
 
this game is one of the funnest games i have ever played multiplayer is flawless, no load times on maps, graphics are phenominal, and gameplay is amazing
 
Yeah, just got back from getting it from BB.

CC definetly got screwed. When I went there, they were unpacking their boxes full of COD3, THPS, etc. and they didn't have GoW in their boxes.
 
Damn it, another no go. I called Gamestop by my work and they only got enough for pre-orders. I stopped by Best Buy and they only have the regular edition. Might end up having to wait till Friday on this one...bummer!
 
[quote name='RonnieWrecked']i called my CC and they told me that they haven't recieved it yet, but plan to release it at 5.[/quote]

yea that makes sense..

wtf
 
I called my gamestop after reading the delay news in this thread and my Gamestop in WPB, FL is not getting them in today either. They will be receiving them tomorrow. They did mention that I would get a $5 rebate because of it. I guess I'll be playing COD 3 tonight.
 
[quote name='anomynous']:roll:
or any other day[/quote]

Sorry I was reading the Black Friday ad from another forum and tought that they were refering to the premium......

My BAD
 
aww WTF. you can't play 2 player split screen matches online UNLESS you have 2 XBOX live GOLD accounts signed in. What a bunch of bananas. So you can't sign in a guest like you can in Ghost Recon and PDZ. if i'm incorrect somone let me know, but I tried for a few minutes and it doesnt seem possible...............

That sucks ass..
 
[quote name='Zoglog']aww WTF. you can't play 2 player split screen matches online UNLESS you have 2 XBOX live GOLD accounts signed in. What a bunch of bananas. So you can't sign in a guest like you can in Ghost Recon and PDZ. if i'm incorrect somone let me know, but I tried for a few minutes and it doesnt seem possible...............

That sucks ass..[/QUOTE]


That would really surprise me. It's my understanding that it is a TRC that any game that does split screen over live has to allow guests. It's complicated, and that's why a lot of games don't implement that feature.
 
Best Buy is REALLY reaping the benefits of not using Fed Ex. I just went, and the guy working there told me they got the game in around 11 am and had 112 copies. At 4 pm they only have 7 left... he told me how Best Buy is really picking up where even EB / GS have failed.

The awesome news is that I threw down a GGC on Gears of War AND Best Buy price matched Circuit City's free faceplate, so I got the (imo) extremely badass Best Buy faceplate for free... I'm definitely keeping this one.

I think I'll put it on my 360 right now.
 
[quote name='Pratt75']I called my gamestop after reading the delay news in this thread and my Gamestop in WPB, FL is not getting them in today either. They will be receiving them tomorrow. They did mention that I would get a $5 rebate because of it. I guess I'll be playing COD 3 tonight.[/QUOTE]


got the same call as well. Basiclly GS is not happy with FedEx because customers aren't happy with GS... I'm glad to hear I wasn't the only one left out of this getting F'd over in an odd way. I made alot of free time today to play this game, but I guess I'll just make myself finally work on beating Okami and finishing some art projects.
 
fucked here in Tucson by the FedEx deal as well. What I don't understand is why UPS delivered the regular copies, and FedEx is doing the collectors. I want in this morning to find out what time the games were going to be in, as I was there the UPS guy walks in with 4 huge boxes. The employee opened them all up in front of me, tons of regular copies, no collectors. fuck FedEx!!!!
 
Fed Ex is also raping GameCrazy. I picked up the CE there this morning, they had one extra (mmm shiny) and there was supposed to be more normal in the box but there was none. They said there might be more back in the afternoon.. no worries from me, hello shiny CE..

//edit ^^ that's funny.. they got tons of regular and no CE.. my GC got 6 CE and no regular.. weird.
 
[quote name='thrustbucket']That would really surprise me. It's my understanding that it is a TRC that any game that does split screen over live has to allow guests. It's complicated, and that's why a lot of games don't implement that feature.[/QUOTE]

TRC? I find it hard to believe they aren't doing it. The only thing I can think of is forcing you to get 2 Xbox Live GOLD accounts if you want to invite friends over to play online. That's just not very nice =(

And we should have 2 sepearate threads, one for discussing the game, and one for discussing obtaining the game ;)
 
Yea, come to think of it, my Best Buy had no copies of the CE whatsoever either.

But still, selling 112 copies and the store is still open for another 5 hours, that's insane. It was flying off the shelves when I grabbed mine.
 
So I played one MP round and got about 10 kills with the chainsaw alone.

It was so freaking easy. Everyone's playing stop and pop style, so I get wise, sneak around, and take a few guys out with the chainsaw. It was pretty stupid.
 
[quote name='Zoglog']aww WTF. you can't play 2 player split screen matches online UNLESS you have 2 XBOX live GOLD accounts signed in. What a bunch of bananas. So you can't sign in a guest like you can in Ghost Recon and PDZ. if i'm incorrect somone let me know, but I tried for a few minutes and it doesnt seem possible...............

That sucks ass..[/QUOTE]
You can play with guests.
 
[quote name='zewone']You can play with guests.[/QUOTE]

how? I never get the multiple login system like in Ghost Recon or PDZ.
 
that's fuckin gay...i preorder GoW in full at EB...as all you have said..none today...and i live in fuckin NC too...even the same city as EPIC :roll:

anyway, i went to the nearby BB and bought a copy
 
The Fed Ex guy better come in disguise, and sneak those boxes in through the back tomorrow morning. He doesn't want to run into any of the customers...
 
Dedicated to those who are in the same situation as I am, at home without GoW...

"Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tommorow, no tommorow..."
 
[quote name='Zoglog']TRC? I find it hard to believe they aren't doing it. The only thing I can think of is forcing you to get 2 Xbox Live GOLD accounts if you want to invite friends over to play online. That's just not very nice =(

And we should have 2 sepearate threads, one for discussing the game, and one for discussing obtaining the game ;)[/QUOTE]

TRC = Microsoft rules you have to obey if you want them to publish your game. I know for a fact that guest is required in XBLA games, so I'm not sure why it wouldn't be in retail games. (The fact that it's required keeps a lot of devs I know from doing it, because it's a HUGE pain in the ass to implement the way Microsoft says you have to)

And I agree, we need a new thread, I don't want to read spoilers.
 
I still think the special edition is not a must buy unless you dig the game alot. If it had some exclusive game stuff, then heck yeah I'd buy it (like what Lost Planet is doing)
 
I can't find this game anywhere. They're eitehr sold out because of pre-orders, didn't get enough, or haven't gotten it in period. Err...
 
God, I hate FedEx. I was told the game would be in by 11 today, since it was coming priority or whatever. I get to the mall at around 11:15, and the guy at the counter says they still dont have it yet. So I walk around the mall for maybe an hour doing some shopping and come back, and I'm told "FedEx left our boxes on the loading dock, so the game wont be here till about 3". So I call back at 3. "It should be here by 5". I call back at 5. "It should be here by 7, if not, it's guarenteed to be here tomorrow morning". ARG!!
 
[quote name='Zoglog']how? I never get the multiple login system like in Ghost Recon or PDZ.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure, because I'm not ever going to play with a guest, but I've played in multiple rooms where people have guests.
 
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