official Gears of War 3

[Vykranth]

Finished the campaign in Hardcore yesterday, this is probably the most intense single-player campaign I have ever played in a game.

I had a lot of fun and I am looking forward to replay it in insane, in arcade, in co-op, on the floor, up against the minibar ...

Story wise, there are a few weaknesses: some terminal clich?s, constant references to the books between Gears 2 and Gears 3 which makes some secondary characters pop up a little bit of nowhere and some loose ends that needs more explanations especially with the middle of the Gears 2 campaign.

What is the difference from regular campaign?

You have scoring and rankings at the end of each chapters so when playing with 3 friends, that adds a little funny competion

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

Finished the campaign in Hardcore yesterday, this is probably the most intense single-player campaign I have ever played in a game.

I had a lot of fun and I am looking forward to replay it in insane, in arcade, in co-op, on the floor, up against the minibar ...

Story wise, there are a few weaknesses: some terminal clich?s, constant references to the books between Gears 2 and Gears 3 which makes some secondary characters pop up a little bit of nowhere and some loose ends that needs more explanations especially with the middle of the Gears 2 campaign.

You have scoring and rankings at the end of each chapters so when playing with 3 friends, that adds a little funny competion

I have been playing Campaign Arcade Co-op wirh a friend on Insane, and it is just that Freakin Insane, the drudges ( i think thats what they are, the big ones that shoot ranged like the Halo 3 Covenent tanks ) are a pita, taking 8 boom shots to the face, followed by 6 sniper shots to the head and still not fall, only way i have found to actually do it is quickly boomshot the poplup before they drop down to the ground.

[Vykranth]

I have been playing Campaign Arcade Co-op wirh a friend on Insane, and it is just that Freakin Insane, the drudges ( i think thats what they are, the big ones that shoot ranged like the Halo 3 Covenent tanks ) are a pita, taking 8 boom shots to the face, followed by 6 sniper shots to the head and still not fall, only way i have found to actually do it is quickly boomshot the poplup before they drop down to the ground.

It is true: the difficulty levels differences are really marked: in Insane, the locusts are really going for the slaughter.

To play in insane mode, the 4 players co-op is the way to go: either in arcade hen you can respawn or in normal co-op with different difficulty level: one in insane and the three others in casual, the one in insane plyaing possum.

I have played Act 3 Chapter 2 with friends in arcade: it took us 45 minutes to complete the level

[Razorwing]

Arcade is just that much easier, just because of respawns.

[Ironman273]

Gears of War 3 Tops 3M Sold in One Week

Gears of War 3 sold more than three million copies in the first week since its release, publisher Microsoft said today. The Xbox 360 exclusive is now the top grossing game of 2011, a record that more than a few games will be gunning to topple in the coming months.

Source: Kotaku

[Ayepecks]

Yeah, Modern Warfare 3 will easily surpass that. Still, amazing numbers. (Y)

[Ironman273]

The Toughest Xbox 360 Achievement You Can Get, We Think

To get the hardest achievement on the Xbox 360, Marcus Fenix had to do more than just kill a few Locust. He had to get his hands dirty. He had to put in some time.

Those 100 points don't come easy.

The Achievement, Seriously 3.0 may well be the hardest Achievement to get on the Xbox 360—the hardest one that hasn't been rendered impossible by server shut-downs and glitches—because it requires such dedicated world-saving that the overall toil could take him years to complete.

To gain this Achievement, he'd need to reach rank 100, a rank earned through dedication in his mission and in his competitive contests (we call them multiplayer). But reaching 100 would be easy compared to what he'd have to do to earn all his Onyx medals.

The Onyx medals would be tough. He could kill his enemies with a pistol a hundred times and he'd get just a bronze. Five hundred would just get silver. He needed 6,000 pistol kills for that Onyx.

And that was just one Onyx medal. Seriously 3.0 would require him to get all of them. How much? The Epic Games forums had the daunting, unofficial tally: 6,000 kills with the Lancer, 6,000 with the Hammerburst, 6,000 with the Retro Lancer, 6,000 with the Gnasher Shotgun, and 6,000 with the Sawed-Off Shotgun.

That too would not be enough. He'd have to execute 6,000 enemies (including 500 nemeses), and take 1,500 enemy leaders captive. He'd have to participate in 30 Gears of War 3 events and be an MVP in competitive combat 500 times. He'd have to play at least 4,000 of those matches and win 3,000 of them, holding the enemy side to no wins in a multi-round match at least 2,500 times.

He could not be weary or sloppy. He'd have to score 6,000 headshots, 6,000 kills with heavy weapons, 6,000 with explosives and 6,000 specifically with weapons found on the competitive battlefield. With a sharp eye he'd have to "spot" 12,000 bad guys, kill 3,000 with fire and destroy 1,000 grenades. He'd have to kill 1,000 enemies while holding a captive. He'd have to win 500 rounds of Capture the Leader and never be taken captive in 1,500 of those matches (but he'd have to capture 1,500 opposing leaders).

He'd have to be slightly kind, reviving his downed allies 1,200 times and assisting them in their kills in competitive combat at least 5,000 times. In Capture the Leader, he'd have to save a captured leader 1,200 times, making sure to try that style of competition 3,000 times.

He'd have to spend the most time in cover in a match 600 times, perfect the reloading of his weapon 25,000 times.

Rest would still not be an option. He'd have to compete in King of the Hill 3,000 times and Warzone in another 3,000; the same for Execution and Team Deathmatch. He'd have to be the last man standing on his team 3,000 times. He'd also have to get the first kill 3,000 times.

The Seriously 3.0 warrior would have to fight the Horde. He'd have to beat all of its 50 waves at their Master difficulty; conquering 2,000 waves of that Horde during his career. He would have to start a base 500 times, build 1,000 fences, turrets or what have you and earn $5,000,000 while completing 100 mid-Horde challenges.

If all of this seemed easy to him, he'd be a madman and presumptuous. There's more. He'd have to finish Beast mode at Killer difficulty, knocking through 600 waves overall, chomping through 3,000 fences, turrets or what have you and reviving or healing his pals 600 times. He'd be killing 1,100 people, earning $1,000,000. He'd have to unlock the chance to control the most beastly beasts 75 times.

He'd have to re-fight his war, for points. In Campaign Arcade mode, he'd need to earn 7.5 million points and be the top point-getter of his party 240 times. He'd have to hit his max multiplier 100 times. He'd have to play that Arcade mode 500 times overall. He would be expected to finish one of his campaign's chapters 240 times, ripping through the whole campaign on its hardest, Insane mode at least once—maybe that twice, because he'd have to do it on Arcade. Oh, and he'd have to manipulate object in the campaign 2,000 times.

He would just have a ton to do, including stomping on bad guys' heads at least 3,000 times.

But at least he'd have an advantage if he was or pretended to be a she, because he'd (or she'd) have to fight as a woman in multiplayer 1,000 times.

Then and only then, our hero would have Achieved Seriously 3.0.

Source: Kotaku

[spenser.d]

Had this game reserved since Bulletstorm and then got busy/unmotivated getting to its release. Finally picked it up two days ago and finally played it yesterday. Initial impressions after the first chapter are of good old fashioned gears fun, so I can't wait to continue on in the story. It would appear that they've done a lot to make MP compelling as well so I'll be looking forward to checking that out :D

[Ayepecks]

Multiplayer is amazing -- you better check it out! ;)

[Razorwing]

I played a lot of multiplayer.. in private. LOL.

[Ayepecks]

I played a lot of multiplayer.. in private. LOL.

Get in the public games, yo. They're crazy fun.

[freak180]

Just got done playing campaign mode... very emotional for sure :(

[neoadorable]

what's going on with the MP here? only 20K people worldwide playing it on the weekend?! or is there something wrong with my settings?

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

what's going on with the MP here? only 20K people worldwide playing it on the weekend?! or is there something wrong with my settings?

Thats per gametype i think, each game type has a diffrent playercount

[Ayepecks]

Did the names of all the DLC get leaked?

http://buypoe.com/co...ers-leaked.html

So, I'm going to assume this means I was right and Epic had all this made and are only releasing it on a timing schedule... lame. I hate what consoles have done to DLC (looking at you, Activision).

Three of the maps are supposedly on the disc already, too...

[freak180]

Jacinto?? Awesome!! best map on gears 2!

[Dessimat0r]

GoW3 is spectacular. One of the best games ever made.

[Vykranth]

That would be 23 more maps?????

Nothing from Gears 1? Depot? Mansion? Subway? Bullet Marsh? Damn!!!!!

[Ayepecks]

Some of those maps may be the map names for the singleplayer DLC levels.

[freak180]

That would be 23 more maps?????

Nothing from Gears 1? Depot? Mansion? Subway? Bullet Marsh? Damn!!!!!

Did you bother reading it?? *sigh* doubt it.. Subway is on the list.

[Razorwing]

No River either. It was my favourite Horde map. lol.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

Did the names of all the DLC get leaked?

Three of the maps are supposedly on the disc already, too...

So what if they are already on the disk. And just cause they are named doesnt mean they are done, juat means the just have the locations or storylines penned out.

Personally i would rather the DLC be spaced out, gives more life to the game, instead of pigging out on everything at once then getting bored with it,,, then proceding to flame and crap because there is nothing else left

[Vykranth]

Did you bother reading it?? *sigh* doubt it.. Subway is on the list.

Well, I missed it.

Still, with the ten maps on the original game, that makes it a whooping 33 maps to play multi/horde/beast ....

[Ayepecks]

So what if they are already on the disk. And just cause they are named doesnt mean they are done, juat means the just have the locations or storylines penned out.

Personally i would rather the DLC be spaced out, gives more life to the game, instead of pigging out on everything at once then getting bored with it,,, then proceding to flame and crap because there is nothing else left

So I don't want to pay for something that I've already paid for. :blink:

I've never heard of DLC being that planned out so far in advance. I stand by my assertion that all this DLC was likely made before the game even shipped. My assertion is even more valid when you search for information on these maps and characters online -- seems a lot of them have already been found.

[HardyRexion]

The first few days of this game's Multiplayer were amazing. But for the last week or so I seem to struggle to find a game immediately (no suitable Game found etc...)

Also the once in a game the gameplay feels more like p2p than dedicated server. It's really annoying. 1 game lastnight I finished 27kills with 2 deaths. On the very next map I was 7 Kills with 14 deaths, playing against the exact same players :-\

Seems like whoever loses round1 gets a boost for round 2 too. Its really frustrating grrr.

All this has taken place on TDM/Quickmatch. Just wondered if anyone else from uk has a similar complaint