Yeah, this, I think, is why the Uncharted collection is single player only.
Microsoft has said all their first party titles will be BC, except those using kinect and have multi-discs (until multi-discs are supported). Besides, BC is not going to be generally available until at least October, and this version will be relased in August.
Also, those of you thinking Gears 1 looks better or just as good are insane. I tried it on my 360 this weekend and it’s doesn’t look that good anymore with its low resolution (everything looks smeary) and lack of any colors, especially compared to Gears 3 which still looks pretty great.
And there are some improvements besides textures and higher resolution:
60fps: the beta felt really good, and it definitely looks better in motion than the images above
Dedicated servers: gears 1 mp (like gears 2) was a laggy mess
More content: The console version gets 5 extra campaign missions and some maps (from the PC version), and both versions gets 3 new mp modes
So, as a Gears fan, I’ll definitely buy it even if it is available through BC at launch. Of course, getting access to the Gears 4 beta also helps.
Edit: Btw, the main reason for why it’s “expensive” ($40) is probably because not only did they remake the graphics, as in creating new models and textures, but they also redid all the cut-scenes with new motion captures. So the work done for this is more in line with the Halo Anniversary edition on the 360 than, say, the new $25 DMC 4 HD version.
I haven’t really followed the Gears of War series. Are they good single-player games, or do people buy them mainly for multiplayer a la recent CoD games?
Well, the campaigns pretty much set the standard for third-person cover based co-op shooters. If that’s good depends on if you like that sort of thing.
I just tried playing the original Gears 1 with bots and couldn’t find any options to add them, so are you sure it actually had any bots? I tried Gears 2 as well, and that one definitely had them.
I think you’re right Brakara. Gears 2 added bots. They weren’t there in the original. Gears 2 also added Horde mode, which wasn’t there in the original. Aaaah, Horde mode. I still get a smile on my face just thinking about it.
Gears 3 is my favorite too, but I doubt we’ll see a remake soon. There’s this in a couple of months, then Gears 4 next year, so maybe we’ll get a Marcus Fenix collection in 2017 or 2018, the latter which will be the 10 year anniversary for Gears 2.
The first one is really dull, in my opinion, even in coop. It’s been the archetype for cover shooters ever since, but it is an endless series of spaces full of unrealistic waist-high cover fighting protracted battles against boring bullet-spongey enemies with a bunch of very generic guns, with the most original feature of the weaponry being that the basic assault rifle has a chainsaw grafted onto it. Or anyway, that’s the basic formula for at least six or seven levels, which is as far as my patience extended.
The second one takes that basic formula but provides substantially more variety in weapons, enemy types, and particularly encounters. The one that stands out in my mind is the one where the waist high cover is actually a living creature moving around the battlefield, but there’s plenty of others. I still find the combat annoyingly sluggish and protracted, but that’s cover shooters for you for the most part. I have no idea if I would have stuck with it for singleplayer but as a coop experience it’s fairly great.
Pretty much echoes my sentiment, the first one seems like an odd one to remake. 2nd had Horde mode, which was great fun, 3rd had 4 player co-op campaign, which made it fun, and I think it got rid of all the stupid parts where you split the party, which always sucked. I can’t remember how many times we ended a co-op session in frustration after hitting one of those parts in the first game.
The one gears I might consider for PC would be 3 with the MP modes + Coop.
The video on 360/One comparison made it look worse in parts, or as not much of an upgrade. Cant remember it looked that bad back on the 360 tbh, but then again, it is 9 years old game.
I think out of all the campaigns, I liked the first game best. I just don’t particularly want to go back and play it again. Of course, when you throw in all the cool multiplayer options the sequels added, they were probably better overall packages.
Off chance? According to the Phil Spencer interview on IGN, they intend to bring all of their first-party games to the BC program (if possible, i.e. no kinect games and no multi-discs games until they make that work). And since Gears 3 is a single disc game already available digitally, I fully expect to see it sooner rather than later, and especially since it’s on the top 10 most voted list as well.
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The bit with Marcus with his back to the wall shooting at oncoming hordes of lokust reminded me of the Mad World commercial, but I was going off memory it’s true. I am not much of a fan of Gears MP unless it’s Horde mode, which was pretty fun.
