It has the best feature, dedicated servers (which the time these last without subscriptions is always a concern) but other than that I felt it was a huge step down. I really don't care about single player and when I do I usually play games with good stories lol. I played through the first 2 and thought that aspect was largely forgettable, which is how I expect shooters to be.




Gears 2 initially had horribly designed smoke grenades but other than that it was pretty much on par with Gears 1. When they were done patching it the bullshit randomness of the shotgun was toned down a lot. The only problem was the host was the lord of every game. Gears 2 was still a shotgun game. Gears 3 is a lancer game. SOS, along with lancers, made the traditional shotgun battle that gears was famous for obsolete. Why practice wall bouncing when they can have a shotgun that has practically 180 degree spread and is almost always a kill if you're anywhere near them? Why even put yourself in that situation when you can stand a couple character lengths away, hold in the trigger anywhere on their body, and down them faster?

Gears 3 has such a low ceiling compared to almost every other shooter available. They did what bungie did with reach: scrub up the game so the casuals will buy it even if they don't stick around.

edit: I could go on about how fucking lame WARZONE RULES and TDM are along with 3 ROUND EXECUTION but I've already ranted enough lol.

This post was edited by axshen on Oct 3 2011 08:47pm

The title updates made gears 2 more terrible than it already was. The gnasher has like a 30 foot range.

The updates made the spread of the shotgun blast wayyyy better. Ragdoll smokes was also a bonus.

I really don't see how anybody can argue gears 3 > gears 2 in anything other than the dedi's. Gears 3 is a game that casuals take preference to since they don't need any reactions, teamwork, or strategy to win. Just grab a lancer and go on auto-pilot behind cover.

itt butt hurt kids

I'm like 2.3 k/d even though I spent the first few days retro charging for lulz. Not everybody that hates aspects of a game does so because they can't overcome them. I think what I mentioned brought down the quality of the game. Of course I wouldn't expect someone with an anime fetish to see the difference.

This post was edited by axshen on Oct 3 2011 09:09pm

I think no one cares what you have to say, but yet you keep spewing out nonsense.

This is a topic about gears 3 and I'm talking about what I think they should change in gears 3. If you don't care what people have to say about gears 3 then don't read a topic about gears 3.

No one cares about what you have to say and that makes you mad.

Ya because nobody in the last couple pages has responded to me at all. What am I supposed to post in this thread? "WOW I LOVE THIS GAME AWESOME GJ EPIC"

Epic dosen't even care what you have to say.