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Dom!

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and then the same happened playing Cole's level. I managed to get to the end of the Chapter which was a nice place to end it for the night

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And what was the whole Cole Train bomb in the stadium about? Was that meant to be funny? It just came from nowhere! Lasted longer than it should and then you exit the stadium and walk into the next cut scene. I stopped to look around and there was cover about, and it looked very detailed and a shame to leave it after about 20 minutes walking to the place. You do the bomb thing (which is essentially on rails anyway) and then exit quickly. I know it's a multiplayer map but it felt like an anticlimax not to stick around and get shooting some monsters. The escape was weird too with explosive barrels popping up for an impromptu cameo! Weird.

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The last boss battle was rubbish and not challenging at all. >:(

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Aaron Griffin, the erstwhile CEO of Griffin Imulsion Corporation-turned Stranded Leader.

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Aaron Griffin, the erstwhile CEO of Griffin Imulsion Corporation-turned Stranded Leader.

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After losing Marcus' brother (the only person with a decent voiceover) trying to find fuel for the submarine, and despite everyone dying except Ice-T and it being four against one, we simply let Ice-T walk off with the fuel needed to save the planet. What is one man going to do with all that fuel anyway? How's he going to cart it around since everyone is dead and the cable car only goes to the other building? Fortunately the sub had fuel some 200 yards from where it marooned and we certainly hadn't wasted any time...

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The most obvious is that they've teased us about the true nature of the Locust since the start of the series, but especially in the second with New Hope and Myrrah's very human form... but the game refuses to tell, and even has Adam Fenix about to spill the beans, but Marcus literally telling him to shut up. The other is Griff-T swearing revenge on Marcus... eh?

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Griff-T just screams out for a level or two of DLC. It's a big name for such a relatively small part AND the character is available in multi player. I reckon we'll see a "what happened next" sooner or later.

Author:	myp [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:14 ]
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KovacsC wrote: myp it wrote: KovacsC wrote: I will have a look in Gamestation later Would be good to finally play online with you, big fella. In what way Stop that.

Author:	KovacsC [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:40 ]
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Sorry...

Author:	Mr Dave [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:50 ]
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myp it wrote: Too much time travel in this story. I can't believe Marcus Fenix turns out to be his own Dad. Three screaming elmoes in my ear probably doesn't help me to understand what's going on. You were being an utter belm there.

Author:	Runcle [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 19:32 ]
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Has this got any DLC/Play Online code, that I'd miss out on if I got the game second hand? I've got £42 quid for CEX and nothing I want to spend it on.

Author:	Alberto [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 19:56 ]
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Runcle wrote: Has this got any DLC/Play Online code, that I'd miss out on if I got the game second hand? Don't fink so. I had trouble with Tesco too, the first one I went to didn't even acknowledge the existence of the game... fortunately my route back to work (I was out delivering stuff) took me past a second one which did have it, although baffling it devoted twice as much display space to "games coming soon pre-order NOW!" as it did to games that existed and you could buy. Coupled with my sour experience in Morrisons yesterday, I've remembered now why supermarkets are best ignored for this kind of thing, whatever their prices.

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Author:	Satsuma [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 21:01 ]
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Why can't I remember any of these yellow exploding monsters from Gears 1 or 2?

Author:	Alberto [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 21:06 ]
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Ian Fairies wrote: Why can't I remember any of these yellow exploding monsters from Gears 1 or 2? Because these are lambent, you haven't fought many of them before (although there were a few towards the end of 2)... they are the mutant Locust caused by the Imulsion, and essentially seem to be a third separate faction in the war.

Author:	Malabelm [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 22:14 ]
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This is fun an' all, but it's just 15 seconds of gameplay sandwiched between 45-second cutscenes every fucking time. There's absolutely no flow. None.

Author:	TheVision [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 22:33 ]
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Malabelm wrote: This is fun an' all, but it's just 15 seconds of gameplay sandwiched between 45-second cutscenes every fucking time. There's absolutely no flow. None. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this... Maybe it'll pick up?

Author:	MrHobbs [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 23:59 ]
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press the back button and voila, cut scene gone. Lambent wretches were in the last one, and tickers. The rest of them were locusts. They've varied the enemies, but not the gameplay in my opinion. It plays the same as 1 and 2, no real differences to speak of, variable enemies and a few new weapons so far.

Author:	Pundabaya [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 0:32 ]
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... .... ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Dom!

Author:	myp [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:21 ]
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FINISHED!

Author:	Malabelm [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:09 ]
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MrHobbs wrote: press the back button and voila, cut scene gone. That's not really the point. The cutscenes tell the story, but an awful lot of them could have been done in-game. And skipping them doesn't solve the problem of ‘right, cutscene over; where the fuck has the game placed me now?’ Getting your bearings every ten seconds is infuriatingly jarring.

Author:	TheVision [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:10 ]
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Also, it annoys me when he's talking on his radio with his finger in his ear yet you can still move.... just... really ..... slowly.

Author:	sdg [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:11 ]
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I'm just starting the second act I think and really enjoying it. It's more of the same really. Going back to a game we can play splitscreen is a bit weird, I might buy another copy come payday because the game suffers slightly from having such a narrow viewing angle. I don't mind the cutscenes because my main criticism of Gears 2 was the ridiculous attempt at telling a story and they have addressed this a bit with the cutscenes. It is the final one after all so you would expect they would want to explain things. The thing that does annoy me though is when they talk on the radio. I'm trying to wander about looking for ammo or cog tags or whatever and suddenly I'm walking at snails pace with a my arm up at my ear bloccking half the screen which is already small because it's split horizontally for coop. Very frustrating. Overall very good though, will play more tonight.

Author:	TheVision [ Sat Sep 24, 2011 18:59 ]
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I played Beast mode earlier for the first time. Interesting mix up on the usual game... its still just killing the enemy though isn't it? Also, I had a major part of the story line spoiled on twitter earlier. Great!

Author:	Grim... [ Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:09 ]
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TheVision wrote: I played Beast mode earlier for the first time. Interesting mix up on the usual game... its still just killing the enemy though isn't it? You were expecting to make them cookies, perhaps?

Author:	Malabelm [ Sun Sep 25, 2011 22:40 ]
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TheVision wrote: I've just finished this and I thought it was disappointingly easy. I played it on Normal and I think I only died twice in the whole campaign... but then again, who buys Gears for the campaign mode? Also... * SPOILER * Finished this also, and thoroughly enjoyed it despite the number of cutscenes. The end boss was an arse, not fun, but actually reasonably difficult on Hardcore. Got up to wave 47 in one sitting with Miss Malabar, Pundy, Wullie and a mate of mine. Shit be difficult at that level, not helped by Miss Malabar ditching us but being unable to drop out while splitscreening with me. Great fun, either way.

Author:	myp [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:05 ]
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TheVision wrote: Also, it annoys me when he's talking on his radio with his finger in his ear yet you can still move.... just... really ..... slowly. You can hold down A to jog at the sames speed you move normally.

Author:	metalangel [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 13:18 ]
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Tickers aren't Lambent.

Author:	Mr Dave [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 14:29 ]
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General impression :not as good as the first two campaign wise.

Author:	myp [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 16:27 ]
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Mr Dave wrote: General impression :not as good as the first two campaign wise. I knew Dimrill rummaging around in bins would be offputting.

Author:	Mr Dave [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 16:50 ]
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myp it wrote: Mr Dave wrote: General impression :not as good as the first two campaign wise. I knew Dimrill rummaging around in bins would be offputting. He did that in the first two too. Combat just seemed less tight. Probably about consequence of the difficulty of coordinating 4 people rather than 2,and that it wasn't needed to at that difficulty

Author:	Pundabaya [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 18:42 ]
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Combat seems fine to me. But I am playing mostly with the AI (with being Billy No-Mates and all) and they are probably much more effective than Myp.

Author:	myp [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 18:56 ]
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I wasn't the one rummaging in bins.

Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 20:44 ]
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You can probably measure how good a shooter is by how much fun you're having: I played for a good hour or so before I thought 'I've had enough now' after I'd got off the ship. It was a nice time to stop anyway, ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! and then the same happened playing Cole's level. I managed to get to the end of the Chapter which was a nice place to end it for the night but I'd had enough Gears by then. So, first impressions are wavering so far for me. The boat level was nice but too 'bitty' as mentioned above. I couldn't remember anything of the Lambent or imulsion for that matter and the "Previously on..." didn't refresh my memory enough. The opener was alright but somehow lacked excitement for me. I 'sploded some monster from behind cover and poured tens of bullets into enemies with exploding liver disease (apparently). The combat is identical to both other Gears in that it sounds good enough and looks good enough but doesn't have shooting that's weighty enough like, say, CoD and the like has perfected. Baddies take bullets while walking towards you or between cover without much as a look over their shoulder as bullets soak into them, only occassionally stumbling backward from twenty or so rounds. The handguns are piss poor again and utterly useless ('cept that Gorgon one that is like a submachine gun and suitably aces). Even the magnum is a waste of time as bullet after bullet fails to cause any substantial damage. It feels old school in the way in which bosses simply require a ludicious amount of bullets fired into them. Which isn't too bad anyway. It's reasonably enjoyable...just not exciting enough. And the banter and the characters? Alright but endless. There's too much of it - for example, when entering a deserted town where an ambush is only a cut scene away, someone HAS to say something witty. It's draining. I just want them to shut the fuck up and let something happen and react. Did I miss that bit in Aliens where they entered the hive and Weaver said "smells like yo' momma's pussy died down here" cracking joke after joke? No, cause it never fucking happened. Tension is allowed to escalate during the quiet moments rather than being perpetually punctuated by some nonsense blathering. ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! And what was the whole Cole Train bomb in the stadium about? Was that meant to be funny? It just came from nowhere! Lasted longer than it should and then you exit the stadium and walk into the next cut scene. I stopped to look around and there was cover about, and it looked very detailed and a shame to leave it after about 20 minutes walking to the place. You do the bomb thing (which is essentially on rails anyway) and then exit quickly. I know it's a multiplayer map but it felt like an anticlimax not to stick around and get shooting some monsters. The escape was weird too with explosive barrels popping up for an impromptu cameo! Weird. And then when I got to the bridge and wanted to execute some downed locust the feckin' AI team mates kept nicking the kills. And not just once either: five fucking times! Now tell me that that's not just a coincidence. I didn't waste all those bullets on their knees for nowt. So more of the same so far but in MUCH better environments that are chopped into bite sized pieces which aren't fulfilling enough.I can't be arsed to play tonight but I'll start Chapter 2 tomorrow. Oh one last thing: Horde - groovy as ususal, better even, with the defences and stuff but because of the downtime mean it took over an hour to reach level 17. Lord knows how long it'll take to get to 50 at that rate. Beast - tedious Dead Space clone and just as shit (actually that's not fair cause it's better than DS2's but it's still tiresome)

Author:	myp [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 21:19 ]
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You probably need to use the spoiler tag in there somewhere.

Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 21:30 ]
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I don't think I gave anything away, did I? I'm on the phone but if any mod feels it needs a spoiler could they do it please?

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 20:05 ]
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Anyone wanna co-op with me from 5pm tomorrow?

Author:	Craig [ Sat Sep 24, 2011 18:41 ]
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I'm on now for a bit.

Author:	TheVision [ Sun Sep 25, 2011 16:48 ]
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I've just finished this and I thought it was disappointingly easy. I played it on Normal and I think I only died twice in the whole campaign... but then again, who buys Gears for the campaign mode? Also... ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! The last boss battle was rubbish and not challenging at all.

Author:	Satsuma [ Mon Sep 26, 2011 23:22 ]
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Is that Ice-T I hear doing a voice over? I think so.

Author:	myp [ Mon Sep 26, 2011 23:29 ]
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Ian Fairies wrote: Is that Ice-T I hear doing a voice over? I think so. Yep, Ice-T plays ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Aaron Griffin, the erstwhile CEO of Griffin Imulsion Corporation-turned Stranded Leader.

Author:	Craig [ Mon Sep 26, 2011 23:40 ]
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Well I completed it on Normal (thought I'd save the harder settings for any co-op). It was entertaining enough. Being forced to sit through the end(less) credits was eased by the ridiculous GoW themed metal track (apparently written by Ice-T).

Author:	Satsuma [ Tue Sep 27, 2011 0:14 ]
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I must be nearing the end now on Chapter IV. I hope they've saved something awesome up cause that Anvil Gate bit was great and will need some topping. Also, this is probably the best looking 360 game I've played (I think). That sun bleaching through the fog effect looked The Shit and don't think I've seen that before. I've also tried skipping the door animation but no joy. No big deal though.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:54 ]
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So far, I've played about half an hour of campaggen which didn't grip me (I went back to Deus Ex instead, but then I often do this when I play two games at once). I'll save it for co-oppery goodness I think because co-op makes all things better. However, I've also played an hour of Horde with Dimrill last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. The new money system brings some interesting small-scale strategy choices, the boss rounds are tough, the new weapons are cool, and the visual makeover of the level we were playing (I forgot the name... the one with the crashed cars up and down a street where we usually hide in a small building on one side) was impressive. I was surprised how much nicer it looks than Gears 2. Oh, and I got to keep my gold Lancer from GoW2, which was nice. However, the weapons skins are an incredible ripoff. I think I'll get the Season Pass DLC because I'll doubtless end up buying all the map packs anyway.

Author:	Malabelm [ Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:04 ]
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Finished Horde on Normal last night with the help of Pundy, ending in Miss Malabar's little brother on his own against a Grunker on wave 50. Bloody great fun. Hardcore is going to be fun! Beast mode is alright, but it's piss easy and way, way too short. Only 12 waves? Rubbish.

Author:	myp [ Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:06 ]
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Malabelm wrote: Beast mode is alright, but it's piss easy and way, way too short. Only 12 waves? Rubbish. Are you free today? Let's play it on Insane.