The Escapist Presents: Exclusive Preview of Gears 3 Beta

[Karma168]

One thing I don't get though, how does that tracking thing work? Is it like Battlefields marking system and pretty much stays on forever?

I think from the footage that it works by making your tactical vision let you see tagged enemies through cover for a few seconds. At least that was the impression i got from the game footage and cliff saying it was a few seconds deal.

OT: looks awesome, might be the first game i buy on release in years. Got to to say my favourite feature has to be the scoreboard in thrashball, something that actually gives feedback about the score rather than just a boring number in the corner seems like a brilliant idea; maybe even have 2 different sounds so you can tell when the enemy scores a kill, if all you're hearing is the enemy buzzer you know you need to get your act together, sort of like the announcers in COD but less annoying.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I'm on board for everything except the 1 shot. The fuck is that? Instant death from a whole map away? That directly clashes with the "intimate violence" Cliff spoke about in the video.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

looks awesome, but i'll give the beta a miss, i'll be bored with it before it even comes out.

I'm on board for everything except the 1 shot. The fuck is that? Instant death from a whole map away? That directly clashes with the "intimate violence" Cliff spoke about in the video.

yh i thought that, seems quite overpowered, maybe it should only have one round/rocket thingy, not 3, thats almost an entire team gone, and if the user is good enough it will happen.

 

[RedRussian]

I'm on board for everything except the 1 shot. The fuck is that? Instant death from a whole map away? That directly clashes with the "intimate violence" Cliff spoke about in the video.

From the info given it sounds balanced enough. Its heavy like the mortar so you can run with it, it has an incredibly long reload, only comes with a couple rounds, and takes about half a second to fire instead of "as soon as you press the trigger".

But the benefits include blowing up cover and insta-gib

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Holy cow... that flamethrower execution...

So excited to finally get my hands on this beta. I bought Bulletstorm because I wanted to play Bulletstorm, but the Gears 3 beta early access is really cool. This was a really nice video too... got me excited again.

 

[Joshimodo]

looks awesome, but i'll give the beta a miss, i'll be bored with it before it even comes out.

I'm on board for everything except the 1 shot. The fuck is that? Instant death from a whole map away? That directly clashes with the "intimate violence" Cliff spoke about in the video.

yh i thought that, seems quite overpowered, maybe it should only have one round/rocket thingy, not 3, thats almost an entire team gone, and if the user is good enough it will happen.

That's the point. It's a huge risk/reward weapon.

Gears has always revolved around what I call "the opening move". Players know the weapons on the map, the routes toward it and the flanks/covering fire areas around it.

It's slow, it makes you a huge target, and is inefficient. Plus, the enemy will know that it's a threat, so even before you get it, your opponent will be pre-empting that and facing you down for it, thus increasing the risk. As a late-game changer (it's only use beyond a humiliation kill), it's actually less overpowered than the Boomshot or Longshot.

What I personally disagree with is the Digger. That shit seems dubiously unfair/unbalanced. A fire-and-forget insta-kill weapon that ignores cover? Not fun.

I just hope, gameplay-wise, it's more similar to Gears 1 than Gears 2.

 

[harvz]

i like the idea of ripping a guys arm off and beating him with the soggy end

 

[Killerbunny001]

Would have tried this if I had a Xbox. The graphics do look a lot better.

Question : Does eyerybody by law have to follow the XP model for MP CoD perfected ? Can`t the human race come up with something else ?

 

[Joe Greenbank]

He hopes the players find bug? hehe cliff finding bugs in an epic game is like finding corpses in a mass grave. Good thing about gears of war as bug laden as they are and remain they're still fun games so I totally polan on buying this glitch laden monstrosity.

 

[bawkbawkboo1]

What's with the new lancer being pink? Look at it at 2:34. I assume it's arbitrary to the player...

 

[FogHornG36]

OHHHH douche chills