Gears of War 3

[Papa Burgundy]

f***. so simple...thanks! i kept going to that geras 3 section in the marketplace and was expecting it to say download beta...wouldve made sense

 

[Jesster32388]

Been hearing nothing but good things about the Beta. I wanted to partake but unfortunately I'm broke so I can't put any money down for a pre-order. But I'm defiantly going to be playing this when it comes out, really want to finish the trilogy. What's your guy's favorite part so far about the multiplayer?

 

[jacobed]

My favorite part of the beta has to be how finished the game feels. If they had released the online like it is now, no one would have complained and we would be praising how Epic was able to come back from the crap fest opening of Gears 2 and delivered a satisflying awesome multiplayer. Also the game is no longer a roll and shotgun fest like the past 2 games were, rifles actually do damage to people.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

I believe it's player 1 Marcus, 2 Dom, 3 Anya Stroud and 4 is Jace (from the comics) then when we switch stories, it's player 1) Baird, 2) Cole, 3)Rebecca? (The other Chick character) and 4)Somone else, maybe the dude Ice T is voicing :P

 

[jacobed]

Yeah Wolvie you are right. I think where it is all explained the most is when it was the cover story in Game Informer.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Which is sitting on my desk right now. Just re-read the article, and that's pretty much how it works. The first chapter of the campaign starts with you just as Marcus, walking around the ship. Then you go meet up with Dom, who has a vegetable garden. Then Anya meets up with you, then Jace. As each characters meets up, each player joins in. Then **** goes down on the ship, and it's all hands on deck. Sounds like an awesome, immersive way to start the game :P

 

[ProjectPat2280]

What's your GT? I can't get on until the weekend, but it'll be nice to play with you. In fact, if anyone wants to play just add me & tell me you're from here. My GT is in my sig.

IIII 47 IIII

Like i said, ill see what i can do about that code. Ill check back with ya later today.

 

[MadVillainy]

I believe it's player 1 Marcus, 2 Dom, 3 Anya Stroud and 4 is Jace (from the comics) then when we switch stories, it's player 1) Baird, 2) Cole, 3)Rebecca? (The other Chick character) and 4)Somone else, maybe the dude Ice T is voicing :P

I think youre right about Marcus and them
I think the 2nd squad is Baird Dom Samantha and Bernie

But Im pretty sure it rotates around too

 

[Iceman]

I believe it's player 1 Marcus, 2 Dom, 3 Anya Stroud and 4 is Jace (from the comics) then when we switch stories, it's player 1) Baird, 2) Cole, 3)Rebecca? (The other Chick character) and 4)Somone else, maybe the dude Ice T is voicing :P

I think the other woman is Sam (she's in the E3 campaign footage) & the other dude (voiced by Ice T) is Griffin, leader of the Stranded.

Going to be great to be able to play as all these different characters on 4-player co-op.

 

[Benstamania]

I want to play as the 3rd Carmine brother and he BETTER survive!

 

[Iceman]

He looks awesome!

 

[Benstamania]

Agreed.

 

[jacobed]

I'm pretty sure they are going to toy with us fans on Carmine's fate throughout the game. Like a cutscene or 2 where it looks like he dies but survives. I don't know how they could resist not having some fun with the situation before ultimately either killing him or letting him survive.

 

[chaseter]

I hope they have best of 3 or 5 rounds in the game shipped. I like this deathmatch but it gets old having the other team have 3 or 4 more respawns if you have one person on your team that gets 1 kill and dies 9 times leaving you the only one left on your team...so it's basically you vs 8 or 9 people.

In other words I liked the old deathmatch based rounds so I hope they have that too...one life each round.

 

[Iceman]

Well they're keeping the Execution & Warzone gamemodes which have no respawns if that's what you mean?

 

[Iceman]

I'm pretty sure they are going to toy with us fans on Carmine's fate throughout the game. Like a cutscene or 2 where it looks like he dies but survives. I don't know how they could resist not having some fun with the situation before ultimately either killing him or letting him survive.

That could be quite funny! Not sure which route they'll go. The Carmine death from Gears 2 was comical while the Gears 1 death was more serious, just the guy getting sniped.

 

[jacobed]

After putting in more hours than I care to admit into the beta. I have 2 nitpicks that I'm sure will be fixed when the finished product comes out. The spawning on Thrashball is really bad, I don't find the spawning to be terrible on any of the other maps but Thrashball is terrible. It might just be me on this one but I really think the mortar needs to be taken out of Trenches. Spawn camping can get bad on Trenches and it doesnt help when the other team is charging your spawn and you cant leave because of the mortar going off all the time. Take out the mortar and there will not be spawn camping as badly.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Wolvieboy if anyone wants to game. I've been playing the hell out of this beta. Tried Gears 2 with Pat tonight... It wasn't the same, I missed my bayonet

 

[Benstamania]

The Mrs' actually picked up that Gears triple pack for me today. I feel like jumping back into Gears 2 since it's been uberpatched.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Wolvieboy if anyone wants to game. I've been playing the hell out of this beta. Tried Gears 2 with Pat tonight... It wasn't the same, I missed my bayonet

Lol, dude i felt the same way. I cant believe how much more polished that Gears 3 beta is compared to the full game of 2. It was a lot of fun tho man. Love that horde mode.

 

[Benstamania]

Is horde in the beta now?

 

[tard_kart]

Is horde in the beta now?

No...It's only team deathmatch and king of the hill.

 

[chaseter]

Well they're keeping the Execution & Warzone gamemodes which have no respawns if that's what you mean?

Yes awesome.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Is horde in the beta now?

Nah, i was referring to GoW2 that wolvieboy and i were playing earlier. Cant wait to try it when GoW3 drops.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

I know. Man, I would be happy with just one level of Horde mode from Gears 3 to be able to play in the time between the beta ending and Gears 3 coming out.

Hey Pat, longshot, but anymore beta codes? :P :P