Always scan printed material at double size & size it down. It gets rid of the printed dot pattern. As exciting as the articles where, it was painful to read and look at.
That said, if the chainsaws are there it'll be fine.
Hahaha, I know right. "GoW2, now with 300% more stereotype kungfu action"
The ridiculousness of the new characters aside, I do hope they tell multiplayer to f*#k off and make an amazing story (not go the halo route and only develop multiplayer) Because gears does have a really good base to build a really awesome story on.
I can see the producers in one of the brain storming meetings:
"Ok, we need a fucking pirate, or a cowboy or some shit. People love that shit. And we need some kung fu cause kung fu is all the rage with the kids these days. Make it happen artists. No no no, not like that, thats not a fucking pirate cowboy, pirate cowboys have a southern drawl. And where is his cowboy hat? And all of them smoke so give him a blunt!"
I recall hawkprey shared some of the early concepts for the body armor. The first drafts looked like SWAT gear, and it just became more and more exaggerated until they were super chunky. I thought the thinner body armor looked a bit better.
Well, if you look at UT3's solo campaign and Gears of War together you realize that they must have some sort of checklist for what characters must be in a game. Guy with facial tattoo? Check and check. Religious guy? Check and check. Large black dude? Check and check. Pale creepy enemies that wear black armor? Check and check again!
hell yea a bunch of guys form the studio here are going tonight to pick it up. bonus at future shop where you get the exploding head locust action figure with purchase as well. should be dooooope shit for sure. sorry, fo sho'
actually it's definitely one of my favorite console games... just plain fun to jump in and rip shit up. I'm really excited for this as I've beaten the first enough times to be pretty bored of it. tomorrow night is gonna be a blast :-D
I just picked up my copy and I'd love to play it...if I could find out how to progress past the 'difficulty mode' screen. Press A to select difficulty mode....Okay, so I pressed A...now what???
*EDIT*
I reset the clock in my console settings and it seems to have fixed it.
the characters are fine, imo - u can have ur overrated innovation. gears is solid. that fills a gap, haven't seen much of that lately. it's safe to say gears 2 will deliver like it's predecessor had.
i will be picking it up, actually thinking of going to the event here in LA.. i might try and get cliff to sign my copy of R2, that would be awesome..i think it would melt fanboy's faces off.
I stayed up way too late playing this last night. Big improvement over gears 1 in the campaign (imo). The artwork is some of the best of the industry as expected, especially the environments and lighting, which was one thing i was consistantly stopping to check out.
Played with Jordan W & Kevin J for a bit. Then animatr, I and a bunch of his friends went until 7:44am and my wife made me coffee in the morning so we could finish all 50 waves of enemies on Horde.
yea this game is fucking awesome. and ive only touched horde for 3 hours and no campaign yet. haha with 4 guys on hardcore difficulty we only got to wave 11 in 3 hours. ridiculously outta shape :P. granted we were trying out a few different maps but we definitely got gangraped.
thanks to all the guys at epic who worked hard to make such a dope game. now just cant wait to pound through the story this weekend.
Ran out at lunch and got a couple copies. Played the tut and a couple levels of Horde. At first blush it comes across as 'more of the same' but once you start digging in you notice all the little upgrades and evolutions. Fun stuff! pew pew pew!
Major effin props to Epic for the progress bars on your achievements in game. This *needs* to become an MS standard for all future achievements that require some total tally of actions.
been playing horde for the past 4 hours or so, only got to wave 11.
gonna start the campaign tomorrow morning
was great fun.
the new enemy types intrigue me. look very medieval and stuff. keen to see how/ if that is a part of the locust hierarchy
edit: anybody have any clue at the rate gears 2 eats bandwidth up? my parents insist on kicking me off online play cuz they worry it'll go overboard of our 60 gig limit
edit: anybody have any clue at the rate gears 2 eats bandwidth up? my parents insist on kicking me off online play cuz they worry it'll go overboard of our 60 gig limit
Unless it's feeding maps down the pipe, it shouldn't be any more than most other online games. They only transmit coordinates basically, so it's very minimal actually. You're likely to use up more browsing around youtube all day
I hate when the release games at the end of the year for the xmas rush... I can't afford to get any of them right now because I need xmas money for the kids and family. No one else will get me these games because they're too expensive sigh... gotta wait until jan/feb to play it
Notman.. I can't say I "hate" per say how many games are coming out right now, but I'll just say that I'm partways into fable 2, barely scratched the surface of Fallout 3 (at 15 hrs of gameplay), just started up Gears 2, haven't even opened Dead Space, still have to installed C&C:RA3, and I've already got a friend hooking me up with Mirror's Edge from the EA store....
I'd seriously consider just taking a week or two off from work if I wasn't so busy there.
Major effin props to Epic for the progress bars on your achievements in game. This *needs* to become an MS standard for all future achievements that require some total tally of actions.
Who cares. They need to be standard. They are perfect. I love the way they show progress while playing, its just so much better.
Also, the game was great. VERY short though. Dont like beating games the same day I buy them, even worse when its launch day The ending chapter was epic though But I have to say I liked the ending to the first game more. Guess it was the music
Anyway, I found a hidden cheat mode to get First Person view *cough*
Not really, no. They DO flash like weapons and items, but its quite hard to see them. In fact, even the cog tags are no longer glowing blue cogs, but just basic metal ones
Having a great time with the campaign, the pacing is great as it doesn't get repetitive or boring. Graphics are quite nice, especially the areas later in the game which are really nicely detailed and lit. I did think the locust base does look very UT3ish though, probably not the same assets, but a similar style. Dialogue is soooo cheesy but i guess that's to be expected for such an over-the-top game.
The bonus disk has some nice insight into the different areas of art production in the game, gears would be nothing without James Hawkins' design talent!
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Hahaha, I know right. "GoW2, now with 300% more stereotype kungfu action"
The ridiculousness of the new characters aside, I do hope they tell multiplayer to f*#k off and make an amazing story (not go the halo route and only develop multiplayer) Because gears does have a really good base to build a really awesome story on.
YOU FAIL AT CHARACTER DESIGN!
"Ok, we need a fucking pirate, or a cowboy or some shit. People love that shit. And we need some kung fu cause kung fu is all the rage with the kids these days. Make it happen artists. No no no, not like that, thats not a fucking pirate cowboy, pirate cowboys have a southern drawl. And where is his cowboy hat? And all of them smoke so give him a blunt!"
First time I've seen a "YOU FAIL AT CHARACTER DESIGN!" directed at hawkprey by the way. Oh wait, it's upper management and the game designers fault!
Let the chainsaw fest begin!!!!
gamertag is jernst if you all want to play some horde.
I took tomorrow off, so I'll be up all night.
The new horde game mode is amazing, been pretty much hooked on that with 4 mates for the past 6-7 hours.
Story seems good too, though the multiplayer is just too much fun right now. Nice one Epic
oh yea gamer tag is TS Falcon8789 is my GT
Gamertag = Mutantspoon
Gamertag = HarleyQ
(i wonder if the sales of Gears2 will break the previous record)
THERE I SAID IT!
Still stands as the by far the best looking console game by quite a margin IMO.
actually it's definitely one of my favorite console games... just plain fun to jump in and rip shit up. I'm really excited for this as I've beaten the first enough times to be pretty bored of it. tomorrow night is gonna be a blast :-D
*EDIT*
I reset the clock in my console settings and it seems to have fixed it.
after i get a hold of the game, though, im gonna go all night till i collapse from fatigue!
just activated the free gold month i got, jus to test out this game online =D
might become a regular golder soon lol
gamertag - indian boy90
One hour or so until i go pick mine up. It´s gonna be a loooooooooooooooong day at work *whine whine*
Beers and co-op buddy ready at least. Today the world will be filled with chainsawy-gorey love
EDIT: and now i have it. Add Wahlgren to your list if you feel like sawing me.
gamertag: stimulated
Picked it up on the way into work this morning without even having to preorder it.
I'll be playing at lunch and tonight.
Wave 45 kicked our asses bad!
now for hardcore
thanks to all the guys at epic who worked hard to make such a dope game. now just cant wait to pound through the story this weekend.
not surprising of course.
and i like chainsawing people to death still.
that aside:
AWESOME WORK by epic
been playing horde for the past 4 hours or so, only got to wave 11.
gonna start the campaign tomorrow morning
was great fun.
the new enemy types intrigue me. look very medieval and stuff. keen to see how/ if that is a part of the locust hierarchy
edit: anybody have any clue at the rate gears 2 eats bandwidth up? my parents insist on kicking me off online play cuz they worry it'll go overboard of our 60 gig limit
Your parents are :poly105:
I hate when the release games at the end of the year for the xmas rush... I can't afford to get any of them right now because I need xmas money for the kids and family. No one else will get me these games because they're too expensive
I'd seriously consider just taking a week or two off from work if I wasn't so busy there.
Valve had 'em first! Just sayin'.
Ubisoft had them before that.
Also, the game was great. VERY short though. Dont like beating games the same day I buy them, even worse when its launch day
Anyway, I found a hidden cheat mode to get First Person view *cough*
i'll see how much i kill this month by using a few hours a day.
hope its not murderously overboard
oh and:
just started campaign mode. is there no way to tell that one of those 'collectors' items is near by? like the crimson omen in the first game?
The bonus disk has some nice insight into the different areas of art production in the game, gears would be nothing without James Hawkins' design talent!