official Gears of War 3

[techbeck]

3 friends and myself played Horde/Private for a few hours, got to around Wave 30 with loads of cash stored up / fortification upgrades... we then went out for the night assuming we'd be able to continue where we left off. However, the only way seems to be to start a new Horde/Private match and choose to start on wave 30, but you start from scratch without any money/fortification upgrades putting you at a disadvantage. Is there no way to save a private local horde matches?

No, you dont keep your money or anything. Thats how it is. Yea, its a little harder...but you get more money faster since the enemies are harder and there are more of them . Plus, if you have any of the mutators...that helps A LOT. Like unlimited ammo and super reload. A few friends and I completed Horde on Insane easily with those mutators.

[compl3x]

Rar! giant neck muscles! I got my copy today. Idiot in the store put a copy of the original GOW in the case and I had to go back. They changed it without issue, thankfully.

Well, off to kick some ass.

[HardyRexion]

:angry: Well what a gang of ass-fu****g bandits EPIC are.

I love the game and bought the season pass thinking that any map pack releases would be a definite purchase for me.

I now hear the Map Packs are FREE and the "DLC" is already on the disc and I just download an unlock for a mode I never use!

Didn't save me 25% at all. I would never have bought a DLC for Horde mode. I simply don't play it. I tried it, and it is just inferior to TDM or Execution IMO.

Right that's that of my chest. B'stards! :angry:

[(Spork)]

:angry: Well what a gang of ass-fu****g bandits EPIC are.

I love the game and bought the season pass thinking that any map pack releases would be a definite purchase for me.

I now hear the Map Packs are FREE and the "DLC" is already on the disc and I just download an unlock for a mode I never use!

Didn't save me 25% at all. I would never have bought a DLC for Horde mode. I simply don't play it. I tried it, and it is just inferior to TDM or Execution IMO.

Right that's that of my chest. B'stards! :angry:

huh breath

[Ayepecks]

:angry: Well what a gang of ass-fu****g bandits EPIC are.

I love the game and bought the season pass thinking that any map pack releases would be a definite purchase for me.

I now hear the Map Packs are FREE and the "DLC" is already on the disc and I just download an unlock for a mode I never use!

Didn't save me 25% at all. I would never have bought a DLC for Horde mode. I simply don't play it. I tried it, and it is just inferior to TDM or Execution IMO.

Right that's that of my chest. B'stards! :angry:

The maps for horde can only be selected by people with the paid DLC, but if you don't use it, it's worthless. Plus anyone can play the maps if someone else selects them. It's just silly, especially for on-disc "DLC."

[Razorwing]

The maps for horde can only be selected by people with the paid DLC, but if you don't use it, it's worthless. Plus anyone can play the maps if someone else selects them. It's just silly, especially for on-disc "DLC."

also ontop of that you also have the other 3 DLCs paid. Ontop of that you have more character and weapon skins.

[Ayepecks]

also ontop of that you also have the other 3 DLCs paid. Ontop of that you have more character and weapon skins.

It's worthless for him if he doesn't play Horde. Gives no discount, and buying on-disc DLC is beyond lame.

[what]

Tbh, you know the risks of buying DLC in advance. You know they're going to screw you over somehow.

Is it bad that I've left my console running private bot matches nonstop since Saturday trying to unlock Chairman Prescott? <_< Only a few matches to go and I'll have him, seems like an awful lot of stuff to do to unlock him (Silver Allfathers medal = 300 matches in each game type).

[Ayepecks]

Tbh, you know the risks of buying DLC in advance. You know they're going to screw you over somehow.

Is it bad that I've left my console running private bot matches nonstop since Saturday trying to unlock Chairman Prescott? <_< Only a few matches to go and I'll have him, seems like an awful lot of stuff to do to unlock him (Silver Allfathers medal = 300 matches in each game type).

Eh, I know tons of people that do that. Some people are going for Seriously 3.0. I doubt I'll ever play Gears of War 3 even near enough to get that achievement, but if I get close (again, doubtful), I'd do it. But it's a waste of your life trying to get that damn achievement. :laugh:

[Razorwing]

It's worthless for him if he doesn't play Horde. Gives no discount, and buying on-disc DLC is beyond lame.

I know, I'm just compounding the factors that he can also use in MP. Besides, there might not even be any more Horde DLCs. lol.

[Ayepecks]

I think Kotaku summed it up best.

This is the first Gears franchise DLC that I've felt isn't even arguably worth the price.

[HardyRexion]

Tbh, you know the risks of buying DLC in advance. You know they're going to screw you over somehow.

:huh: No I don't. I have never bought DLC in advance before.

As always assumption is mother of all F**k ups. I assumed that like all the DLC before in this game and in other online MP, it would be centered round new MP vs MP maps. Not MP vs Bots! :|

[DR3AMxCATCHER]

This game is the sole reason I bought a brand new Xbox 360 and almost sold it within a month. I love Gears 1, Gears 2 was alright. Gears 3 is a great game but they are money hogs now and I'm sad to it like this.

The free DLC does look good though.

[what]

Eh, I know tons of people that do that. Some people are going for Seriously 3.0. I doubt I'll ever play Gears of War 3 even near enough to get that achievement, but if I get close (again, doubtful), I'd do it. But it's a waste of your life trying to get that damn achievement. :laugh:

Yeah, Seriously 3.0 is out of the question for me. I might be able to get the Embry Star one day but I'm not going to go out of my way to get it. I just wanted a character no one else had :p

:huh: No I don't. I have never bought DLC in advance before.

As always assumption is mother of all F**k ups. I assumed that like all the DLC before in this game and in other online MP, it would be centered round new MP vs MP maps. Not MP vs Bots! :|

You never understood the risks of laying down money for something you hadn't seen yet? You know there was no time limit on the season pass, you could have waited to see what was going to be included.

They already said before the game came out there'd be four packs: one for campaign, one for VS MP, one for Horde and one for Beast. There was nothing there about umpteen map packs for versus MP.

[Ayepecks]

Epic's admitted what I said was the case long ago -- that the DLC they're releasing has already been made.

[compl3x]

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what happened to the x2 xp event says nov 4-14th still nothing

[neoadorable]

nice one complex, it's funny.

as for the events, not sure what's going on with the double XP, but the halloween event was hilarious, loved it. this is by far my favorite Gears game, love the MP, but it seems not so many people play it online. not overly interested in the DLC, they need to be more considerate of the user base and not charge too much for those things with so many big MP titles doing the rounds this season.

[Ayepecks]

what happened to the x2 xp event says nov 4-14th still nothing

I never saw that on the event calendar :blink: When'd they post that?

[what]

what happened to the x2 xp event says nov 4-14th still nothing

Play a versus game and you'll get a lot more XP than usual...

[(Spork)]

I never saw that on the event calendar :blink: When'd they post that?

http://localhostr.com/files/AwkZwPx/IMG_20111108_233051.jpg

Play a versus game and you'll get a lot more XP than usual...

i do play some but mostly we play horde

[neoadorable]

gotta say the SP campaign is really nice this time around, not just for the twists, but for the overall progression of it. i personally find it actually less emotional than Gears 2, but better written in terms of dialogue and logic.

[DR3AMxCATCHER]

gotta say the SP campaign is really nice this time around, not just for the twists, but for the overall progression of it. i personally find it actually less emotional than Gears 2, but better written in terms of dialogue and logic.

Even though I knew somethings were coming since they leaked and got ruined for me, I still cried. I had a few good laughs with the jokes from the awesome Baird and Sam. I think it was the best of the 3 in all departments.

[ckempo]

gotta say the SP campaign is really nice this time around, not just for the twists, but for the overall progression of it. i personally find it actually less emotional than Gears 2, but better written in terms of dialogue and logic.

I finished it last night so can finally enter this thread safe in the knowledge I'm not going to see something I wish I hadn't.

Think it's a good solo campaign, though am sure it's easier than the previous two. Doesn't quite hit the same level as Gears 2 (Dom finding Maria is a fantastic scene in that game that nothing else has equalled in my eyes, yet) but am looking forward to blasting through it on co-op now.

[what]

The emotion in GoW2 and 3 is just too forced for me to take seriously. I ended up laughing when Dom put a damn Boltok to Maria's head in 2, and

his suicide

in 3 was a little OTT as well.

I'm glad that

it was Dom who died in this game and not someone else I cared about. If Cole had died as the rumours suggested I would have been devastated.