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

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hmm, if this game sux, then I wont have to buy it right away and I can get rainbow six and COD 3... ARGH! WHAT SHOULD I DO!?!?! If ubisoft follows last gens example, the prices will drop 20 dollars fast, and COD 3 wont drop...
 
[quote name='rustyrage']I wish these developers would add exclusive gamerpics and themes in the CE's, it wouldn't be that hard and would help to determine if the extra $10 was worth it.[/QUOTE]

It would be comforting to say "Well , at least I got a theme and some gamerpics , out of it ."
Like Pefect Dark Zero .
 
[quote name='help1']hmm, if this game sux, then I wont have to buy it right away and I can get rainbow six and COD 3... ARGH! WHAT SHOULD I DO!?!?! If ubisoft follows last gens example, the prices will drop 20 dollars fast, and COD 3 wont drop...[/QUOTE]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but 360 GRAW has been really slow with the drop, hasn't it?
 
$59.99 for the regular, $69.99 for the CE if current regular / CE pricing holds true.

They are not doing the first party pricing on this one.

I really do like the metal case...
 
[quote name='rustyrage']I wish these developers would add exclusive gamerpics and themes in the CE's, it wouldn't be that hard and would help to determine if the extra $10 was worth it.[/quote]

Tell me about it. I think Perfect Dark is the only one thats done that, and its been almost a year. I figured it would have been a trend. Even if they do, preorder "X" game and get a free picture pack/theme, would be bad ass.
 
[quote name='sandrokstar']i saw the race to E3, it was very unintentially funny.
"i think she's the one for me..."
two weeks later, they break up.[/quote]?
 
[quote name='SteveMcQ']?[/quote]

There was a thing on MTV around the time of E3 for Gears of War and it was basically like 'The Real World: Cliffy B Edition' with shit about his girlfriend and all. I think during part of it they actually filmed him moving. It was kind of stupid.

Anyway the Gears CE packaging looks fucking sweet. I'm going to preorder it at CC to get the faceplate and use that 10% off coupon. Never heard of CC doing pre-orders before...
 
[quote name='orntar']why? like they might just be loose, banging around? i highly doubt it[/quote]

Yeah, that would never happen. :roll: I have the CE paid off at my GS. I got in on the trade 2 get one for $9.99. I can't wait. Novemeber is going to be a busy month of DS, Wii and Gears of War releases. Also Final Fantasy XII 10-31-2006.
 
[quote name='Kendal']Yeah, that would never happen. :roll: I have the CE paid off at my GS. I got in on the trade 2 get one for $9.99. I can't wait. Novemeber is going to be a busy month of DS, Wii and Gears of War releases. Also Final Fantasy XII 10-31-2006.[/quote]

ditto on having the ce paid off at eb.

i hope that they have it availible on ship day, and not stick to the rigid "emergence" day date. :wall:
 
Thanks for the link. Haven't seen that. But what does his personal life have anything to do with his (ex) girlfriend? Why would they not edit that. Stupid MTV.

And if it's any indication, I'm a bit worried about this game now. I just saw today that whole feature MTV gave for NBA Live 07 and we all know what a gem of a game that turned out.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Passing on it for now, they will over produce this just like every other LE set, unless the art book is truly amazing. Shit, you can get the Prey LE for as low as $35 now. I will probably never watch the bonus DVD, either.

Just the regular edition for me.[/QUOTE]

You think they'll overproduce this one though? I mean, I understand most other CE or LE sets are overproduced, but those never have more than an extra DVD, or a small booklet. This thing has that sweet-ass case, a hardcover art book, plus the DVD. I think this may be harder to find than most people think.
 
Has anyone tried to preorder this from Circuit City B&M using the 15% off coupon they put in the November OXM?
 
I switched my pre-order to the CE and paid the balance off at Gamestop yesterday.

The employee said that they will likely do a mid-night launch of the game. If this is indeed true and I have nothing going on the next day, I'll likely be there to get it.
 
A highly collectible embossed metal box which includes the following additional content:
Destroyed Beauty, the Gears of War hardbound art book
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Already read that.
Bonus special features DVD, including:
An inside look at the making of Gears of War
The "Art of Gears of War" trailer
Gears of War: The Race to E3
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The Race to E3 is on MTV Overdrive (albeit lower quality with commercials)

So all I'm really missing out on is the bulky case, and a couple DVD features I'll only watch once.

I'm OK with that.
 
I figured were due for a general GOW forum. So since this one got so much action, I'll just update it. Achievements revealed, updated op
 
The achievements seem to look pretty good, nice and well thought out. Not just some stupid lackluster crap that some games have ( That's right, I'm looking at you FIFA).
 
[quote name='cgarb84']The achievements seem to look pretty good, nice and well thought out. Not just some stupid lackluster crap that some games have ( That's right, I'm looking at you FIFA).[/QUOTE]

I kind of feel the achievements are weak sauce... half of them it seems you get from just playing the game.

I like the achievements that are things outside of the norm (like the perfect reloading one)... I mean, do we really need an achievement for each act completed on each difficulty?
 
Yeah, looking at the achievements I see a great way to replay the single player, co-op and online over and over to get all of these.

A great balance, Epic.
I salute you.
 
I hope its not like GUN where you actually have to replay the game in every difficulty in order to get all of the story achievements.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']I hope its not like GUN where you actually have to replay the game in every difficulty in order to get all of the story achievements.[/quote]You mean if you beat it on hardest, you want that to transfer to the achievements as if you had beaten the other two difficulties as well?
 
[quote name='Tha Xecutioner']You mean if you beat it on hardest, you want that to transfer to the achievements as if you had beaten the other two difficulties as well?[/quote]

Exactly.
 
[quote name='Tha Xecutioner']You mean if you beat it on hardest, you want that to transfer to the achievements as if you had beaten the other two difficulties as well?[/QUOTE]

That's how I'd want it to, because if I can beat the game at the hardest difficulty setting, obviously I can beat it on the easiest ones.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']That's how I'd want it to, because if I can beat the game at the hardest difficulty setting, obviously I can beat it on the easiest ones.[/QUOTE]

Eh, I don't mind so much. I like SOME reason to replay a game. Especially one that we know is only 10 hours long. As long as the points for each level scale with difficulty.

I like the achievements, seem really nice to me. I especially like "I can't quit you Dom"
 
Does anyone know if the CE is availble for pre-order at BB? Or should I just go and pre-order at EB/GS? Also, when is the ACTUAL release date?? Is it emergence day, the 12th, or is it the 7th?
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']Does anyone know if the CE is availble for pre-order at BB? Or should I just go and pre-order at EB/GS? Also, when is the ACTUAL release date?? Is it emergence day, the 12th, or is it the 7th?[/QUOTE]

Emergence Day is officially the 12th. However, the game will be available at game stores on the 7th and all other places (BestBuy, Circuit City, Walmart, etc.) on the 12th. I'm not sure if BestBuy will have the CE version. Anyone else know?
 
[quote name='halfbent']My Love For You Is Like a Truck - hands down my favorite achievement name so far.[/quote]

I like the Money Shot myself
 
[quote name='guessed']There is no way this is getting ported. It is being published by MS.[/quote]
Well I'm sure it will come out for PC at some point.
 
[quote name='Randy Orton']So, I hear you can rip creatures faces off and shit like that. Is that true?[/QUOTE]

I don't think so...however you CAN stomp on an enemy's face in SP and MP to finish them off. If you've seen American History X, it's like the curb stomp.
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']Does anyone know if the CE is availble for pre-order at BB? Or should I just go and pre-order at EB/GS? Also, when is the ACTUAL release date?? Is it emergence day, the 12th, or is it the 7th?[/QUOTE]

Emergence day is officially the 12th. However, supposedly the game will start hitting stores on the 7th or 8th.
 
Anyone else planning on not opening the game and waiting for reviews? Though it does look awesome, I'm worried the stop-n-pop gameplay could get tiresome fairly quickly. The hype behind the game hasn't been seen since the likes of Halo 2. Anyone else afraid that it will under-deliver? I mean, I already laid down the $70 for the CE...but there's that voice in the back of my head that just says "wait".
 
Just listening to Major Nelsons new podcast today. CliffyB makes a passing reference where he says something like "Just before we went gold a couple weeks ago..."

So I guess gears really has gone gold.
 
[quote name='thrustbucket']Just listening to Major Nelsons new podcast today. CliffyB makes a passing reference where he says something like "Just before we went gold a couple weeks ago..."

So I guess gears really has gone gold.[/quote]

Yet he denies it on his blog:

My job as designer of Gears of War is, well, more or less done. I can't speak to the status of gold or shipping but those of you familiar with development know that at a certain point you've just got to let your baby get on the school bus and hope for the best.

The days of shipping a game and hopping on a plane for someplace warm to get the heck away are long gone. I've got a busy few weeks ahead of me filled with promotional events; a pair of them in everyone's favorite town of LA. Microsoft knows they're not launching a game anymore, ever since the smash of Halo 2 I think they've realized that they're launching entertainment itself. It's not just a game, it's a fucking EVENT.

Let the hype machine burn into overdrive!
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http://www.cliffyb.com/

But he does pretty much say it without saying it.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']Yet he denies it on his blog:


http://www.cliffyb.com/

But he does pretty much say it without saying it.[/QUOTE]
He didn't deny it. He just said he could neither confirm, nor deny.

That pretty much means, yes, it is gold.
 
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