Gears of War 3 - Release Date Sept. 20
#61
CABear
Posted 13 April 2010 - 08:33 AM
#62
Sipping hot tea like a sir with my pinky out!
#63
The Vengeful One
Posted 13 April 2010 - 11:09 AM
Features
Story
- Rod confirmed 4 Player Co-Op in the Gears IRC, with 4 unique characters. Rod confirmed that co-op includes Marcus, Dom, Cole, Baird and a "variety of other characters"
Weapons
- Set 18 months after Gears of War 2, and after the fourth Gears of War book
- The location shown in the "Ashes to Ashes" trailer is a location nicknamed 'Char', where the remains of victims from the Hammer of Dawn strikes are heavily present.
Characters
- The Pendulum Lancer is in Gears of War 3
- A Double Barrelled Shotgun was spotted in the Ashes to Ashes trailer. Lee Perry expands:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee Perry
FWIW, that weapon didn't exist until several hundred pages of the shotgun mechanic thread. That doesn't really give much away, considering the VAST amount of conflicting opinions in that thread; but the opinions in that thread definitely helped shape the weapon.
Haha, I wonder if we could have made a trailer with basically a slow camera pan down a new shotgun and had about the same amount of interest from existing players, hahha.Enemies
- Dom is now heavily bearded. According to Rod, this is due to his problems dealing with the loss of his wife.
- Anya is the female COG soldier seen in the "Ashes to Ashes" trailer. We will learn more on her transition from pencil pusher to soldier throughout the books.
- Lambent Locust: These enemies mutate and transform as you fight them.
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#64
Ghostrider In the Sky
Posted 13 April 2010 - 01:00 PM
4. Player. Co-Op.
Please.
Check.Features
- Rod confirmed 4 Player Co-Op in the Gears IRC, with 4 unique characters. Rod confirmed that co-op includes Marcus, Dom, Cole, Baird and a "variety of other characters"

#65
Already a Demon
Posted 13 April 2010 - 01:27 PM
#66
Well.Went.Wild.
Posted 13 April 2010 - 01:59 PM
Stop trying to Scooby-Doo this. We're not going to solve this mystery for you.
#67
Keepin it cheap
Posted 13 April 2010 - 02:27 PM
As for multiplayer, GoW1 was full of competition and some trash talking. In this game everyone just talks in Xbox party mode and the teams can't even talk to one another once the rounds are over. Maybe it's just me but I like for it to get a bit personal so that getting killed is a matter of pride...thats what made GoW 1 much better for me.
#68
My ambitionz az a Ryder
Posted 13 April 2010 - 02:48 PM
#69
Zombie Hunter \\*//
Posted 13 April 2010 - 03:53 PM
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Thanks, Trakan!!
I just saw the Cliffy B clip on Jimmy Fallon. Thanks for adding the details.
I couldn't believe how much Dom aged in the trailer. Only 18 months have passed? Geesh, I thought it was several years. Nice to see Anya take to the field. And there's four books? I'm only on the second; Jacinto's Remnant.
I hope Epic doesn't make female soldiers run faster than the guys because they're lighter. This logic applies to vehicles. With human-form limitations, men generally run faster than women; even with both genders carrying armor. [<<obvious balancing issues in multi-player]
1) in the clip Marcus is sporting the new double-barrelled shotty!! (shown twice in tight shots, but multiple times in the clip)
2) is that the pendulum lancer Anya hands to Dom?
Here's the HD trailer:
anyone else think Dom and Sam Fisher are twins?
Edited by Mospeada_21, 13 April 2010 - 04:22 PM.
added youtube trailer
#70
LEO
Posted 13 April 2010 - 04:35 PM
Formerly known as slickkill77
#71
CAG-tastrophe!
Posted 13 April 2010 - 04:48 PM
Did they all go to a gay club or something? Why are are Dom and Marcus going with the Cole (No under shirt. Just top armor) look all the sudden in this one?
Oh, be nice.
#72
Zombie Hunter \\*//
Posted 13 April 2010 - 05:02 PM
Did they all go to a gay club or something? Why are are Dom and Marcus going with the Cole (No under shirt. Just top armor) look all the sudden in this one?
I think this has more to do with the COG resources being depleted. In the second book, Jacinto's Remnant which is canon, their situation is getting really bad.
Baird has always been gay, anyway.
#73
LEO
Posted 13 April 2010 - 05:04 PM
Formerly known as slickkill77
#74
not as happy as you think
Posted 13 April 2010 - 06:30 PM
It was a nice emotional touch to see Dom with the grizzled beard, seeing him get knocked down, seeing the "ash" woman which obviously reminds him of Maria, and have the Locust roll up on him, where you basically see him ready to die and give up.
#75
Is Making A Comeback!
Posted 13 April 2010 - 08:10 PM
Woot!

P.S. If you are wondering, the US release date will be three days earlier then the EU date.
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Here are a few screens from the trailer.
Double Woot!
Edited by Thekrakrabbit, 13 April 2010 - 08:29 PM.
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#76
Is Making A Comeback!
Posted 13 April 2010 - 08:32 PM
Thanks, Trakan!!
I just saw the Cliffy B clip on Jimmy Fallon. Thanks for adding the details.
I couldn't believe how much Dom aged in the trailer. Only 18 months have passed? Geesh, I thought it was several years. Nice to see Anya take to the field. And there's four books? I'm only on the second; Jacinto's Remnant.
I hope Epic doesn't make female soldiers run faster than the guys because they're lighter. This logic applies to vehicles. With human-form limitations, men generally run faster than women; even with both genders carrying armor. [<<obvious balancing issues in multi-player]
1) in the clip Marcus is sporting the new double-barrelled shotty!! (shown twice in tight shots, but multiple times in the clip)
2) is that the pendulum lancer Anya hands to Dom?
anyone else think Dom and Sam Fisher are twins?
I also noticed the shotgun. I do believe that is a double barrelled shotgun that Marcus has. I don't quite know what Anya hands to Dom, but it doesn't look like a standard Lancer or anything else I've seen before.
P.S. I have a weird feeling that everyone dies in this one...anyone with me? "Brothers To The End"..."The End".

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#77
Is Making A Comeback!
Posted 13 April 2010 - 08:34 PM
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#78
SKYRIM!
Posted 13 April 2010 - 08:43 PM
anyways, hopefully they do something cool with the 4-player co-op to make it work really well, but as far as Cliffy not wanting to do 4 player, I think it was a smart move. That is the direction so many games are going, and it can make for a deeper experience if done right.
Now, for a game like Bioshock, there should not be co-op.
But, as stated, most of the scenes in the Gears of War SP campaign's generally contain 4 players, and I think the first two in the series could have been a ton of fun with 3 other team members. I welcome it and am looking forward to it.
#79
SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT
Posted 13 April 2010 - 08:49 PM
#80
Is Making A Comeback!
Posted 13 April 2010 - 08:54 PM
holy triple post!
anyways, hopefully they do something cool with the 4-player co-op to make it work really well, but as far as Cliffy not wanting to do 4 player, I think it was a smart move. That is the direction so many games are going, and it can make for a deeper experience if done right.
Now, for a game like Bioshock, there should not be co-op.
But, as stated, most of the scenes in the Gears of War SP campaign's generally contain 4 players, and I think the first two in the series could have been a ton of fun with 3 other team members. I welcome it and am looking forward to it.
The first two Gears of War I thought were great with two players, and I have to agree (right now) with Cliffy B. that four player co-op would disrupt the experience of the game.
I mean, everyone knows how moronic most people online are, especially in team-based or co-op modes/games.
P.S. SUPER excited to see what they do with the MP. Maybe bump it up to 6v6 multiplayer? 4v4 is still somewhat small, especially when compared to 100% of other MP games.
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#81
Daddy Fat Sacks
Posted 14 April 2010 - 08:09 AM
#82
CAG Club Nintendo
Posted 14 April 2010 - 08:11 AM
Also, transitioning Anya to a soldier through the books instead of the game is really stupid. It's kinda important, don't you think?
#83
Daddy Fat Sacks
Posted 14 April 2010 - 08:14 AM
I know it's too late but lag issues seem to have gone the way of the dodo.
#84
CAG Veteran
Posted 14 April 2010 - 04:36 PM
Custom Trailer I made for the game.
#85
Zombie Hunter \\*//
Posted 14 April 2010 - 10:31 PM
Custom Trailer I made for the game.
all you did was use another soundtrack...

so we're calling this a 'custom trailer' now?

(I'm gonna refrain from dropping harsh insults in case your brother accidentally accessed your account, too)
#86
Guardians Make Their Own Fate
Posted 16 April 2010 - 08:48 PM
Really excited to hear about the 4 player co-op. I loved playing co-op campaign in the first two games. Always was alot of fun with friends or with randoms. I have really enjoy Horde mode as well. I don't like the vs. MP at all in either game, but that isn't really my cup of tea anyways.
I will be interested to see how they decide to kick us in the nuts with one or two pain in the ass achievements. Gears 1 had Seriously, which set the stage for other games to do 10k kill achievements. Even worse the achievement is glitchy as all hell, sometimes requiring people to do thousands of kills more just to get it to unlock. Gears for Windows made it twice as bad having 10k kill achievements for both Ranked and Player matches. Now Gears 2 has Level 100, which is just a cruel grind. I'm at level 50 and only have like 800k XP. I think I need something like 8 million more xp to get to Level 100? Forget that.
#87
Sipping hot tea like a sir with my pinky out!
#88
CAGiversary!
Posted 16 April 2010 - 09:31 PM
#89
Is Making A Comeback!
Posted 17 April 2010 - 05:05 AM
I hope they do something drastically different with the MP. Gears 1 MP showed a lot of potential, but Gears 2 pretty much ruined it.
Well, for everyone saying the Gears 2 multiplayer was trash, I sure do see a TON of people that are very high level players. You don't get that high playing a game you hate.
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#90
SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT
Posted 17 April 2010 - 05:09 AM
horde gives xpWell, for everyone saying the Gears 2 multiplayer was trash, I sure do see a TON of people that are very high level players. You don't get that high playing a game you hate.