Originally shipped on the 7th of November 2006, but was not released in places such as Walmart and Target until November 12th, also knows as E-Day.
The game takes place 14 years after E-Day, and you are to finish off the locust hoards by destroying their underground civilization. The game features three difficulty settings: Casual, Hardcore, and Insane. Insane can only be played once you have completed all five acts. Playing through on Casual will take 6-7 hours, Hardcore 8-9 and Insane 10-14.
Gears of War truley thrives in the multiplayer universe. Weather it be playing the campaign online side by side with a friend and nearl;y no lag, to playing a 4v4 warzone match. There are 3 game types to play online in versus (ranked and player matches) and 10 maps. The game types are:
Warzone- One life elimination. Simple.
Assassination- To win, you must kill the enemy leader. The leader the first round is determined by who joined the Locust or CoG team first. If you win, the leader becomes who ever kill the enemy leader. If you lose, the leader transfers over to who ever has the moist points. Also, the leader is the only person who can pick up special weapons.
Execution- In order to die, you must be executed. This can be acomplished by: Sniper headshot, headshot while you are bleeding out, grenade tag, shot gun to the chest, chainsawed, or curbstomped.
Points are determined as follows:
Kills: 20 for normal kill, 25 for execution.
Downs: Putting someone in a bleed out state is worth 10
Revives: Reviving a fallen comrad is worth 10.
Other: Doing high amount of damages and accomplishing multiple active reloads will earn you a small amount of points.
In general, the maps in gears of war are quick and fun. They do happen to be very semetric except for a few, such as elongation. The maps generally have at least 2 power weapons, often a sniper rifle or a boom shot.
The weapons in the game are:
Lancer - Automatic; 60 bullet clip; equiped with chainsaw. Note: Holding B revs the chainsaw, but if shot by anything, it will become unreved.
Snub Pistol - Semi-Auto; Small capacity, but fast reload.
Revolver- Semi-Auto; Powerful, but 6 shot capacity.
Locust's SMG- 3 shot burst; Unless you achieve headshots, very weak.
Shotgun- Pump-action; 8 clip capacity; Poweful only very close. The 'host' also recieves benifits of longer range.
Sniper- Single bullet loading; A single shot to anything but the head/neck puts someone near death, a headshot is an instant kill, and a neckshot puts them down. The sniper is very powerful if mastered, but if jammed when active reloading, it can put you in a lot of danger.
Toruqe Bow- Bow & Arrow; Must be drawn back all the way to be effective. If succesfully implanted into someone, they will explode. Note: If drawn back too long, you will let go.
Hammer of Dawn: Often refered too as the Hammer of Doom; When fired at the ground or a person, a small target will appear. If the laser is kept in the same general area for 2 seconds, a larger laser beam will shoot down from the sky a destroy anything it touches. The laser lasts 3 seconds once is has been shot and can be dragged back and forth. Note: The Hammer of Dawn cannot be used if the area being shot at is underneath something (Hanger, Roof, etc.)
Boomshot- Often refered to as the Rocket Lobber. If fires a single shot that lobs slighty. Often used to replace the shotgun, as the only way to get a kill with it is to kit someone directly.
Smoke Grenades-Self explanitory. You throw it, smoke goes up.
Frag Grenades- Also self explanitory, you throw, it bounces, it explodes. Note: Using the melee button, one can 'tag' the enemy, causing them to explode in a second.
Overall, Gears of War did live up to the hype, and I HIGHLY reccomended it to anyone who likes shooters.
The game takes place 14 years after E-Day, and you are to finish off the locust hoards by destroying their underground civilization. The game features three difficulty settings: Casual, Hardcore, and Insane. Insane can only be played once you have completed all five acts. Playing through on Casual will take 6-7 hours, Hardcore 8-9 and Insane 10-14.
Gears of War truley thrives in the multiplayer universe. Weather it be playing the campaign online side by side with a friend and nearl;y no lag, to playing a 4v4 warzone match. There are 3 game types to play online in versus (ranked and player matches) and 10 maps. The game types are:
Warzone- One life elimination. Simple.
Assassination- To win, you must kill the enemy leader. The leader the first round is determined by who joined the Locust or CoG team first. If you win, the leader becomes who ever kill the enemy leader. If you lose, the leader transfers over to who ever has the moist points. Also, the leader is the only person who can pick up special weapons.
Execution- In order to die, you must be executed. This can be acomplished by: Sniper headshot, headshot while you are bleeding out, grenade tag, shot gun to the chest, chainsawed, or curbstomped.
Points are determined as follows:
Kills: 20 for normal kill, 25 for execution.
Downs: Putting someone in a bleed out state is worth 10
Revives: Reviving a fallen comrad is worth 10.
Other: Doing high amount of damages and accomplishing multiple active reloads will earn you a small amount of points.
In general, the maps in gears of war are quick and fun. They do happen to be very semetric except for a few, such as elongation. The maps generally have at least 2 power weapons, often a sniper rifle or a boom shot.
The weapons in the game are:
Lancer - Automatic; 60 bullet clip; equiped with chainsaw. Note: Holding B revs the chainsaw, but if shot by anything, it will become unreved.
Snub Pistol - Semi-Auto; Small capacity, but fast reload.
Revolver- Semi-Auto; Powerful, but 6 shot capacity.
Locust's SMG- 3 shot burst; Unless you achieve headshots, very weak.
Shotgun- Pump-action; 8 clip capacity; Poweful only very close. The 'host' also recieves benifits of longer range.
Sniper- Single bullet loading; A single shot to anything but the head/neck puts someone near death, a headshot is an instant kill, and a neckshot puts them down. The sniper is very powerful if mastered, but if jammed when active reloading, it can put you in a lot of danger.
Toruqe Bow- Bow & Arrow; Must be drawn back all the way to be effective. If succesfully implanted into someone, they will explode. Note: If drawn back too long, you will let go.
Hammer of Dawn: Often refered too as the Hammer of Doom; When fired at the ground or a person, a small target will appear. If the laser is kept in the same general area for 2 seconds, a larger laser beam will shoot down from the sky a destroy anything it touches. The laser lasts 3 seconds once is has been shot and can be dragged back and forth. Note: The Hammer of Dawn cannot be used if the area being shot at is underneath something (Hanger, Roof, etc.)
Boomshot- Often refered to as the Rocket Lobber. If fires a single shot that lobs slighty. Often used to replace the shotgun, as the only way to get a kill with it is to kit someone directly.
Smoke Grenades-Self explanitory. You throw it, smoke goes up.
Frag Grenades- Also self explanitory, you throw, it bounces, it explodes. Note: Using the melee button, one can 'tag' the enemy, causing them to explode in a second.
Overall, Gears of War did live up to the hype, and I HIGHLY reccomended it to anyone who likes shooters.
by MsgtRafe November 12, 2006
Gears of War, a fictional game created by Epic Games, for the Xbox 360, is some-what like Halo, but a tad different. It is based on Sera, not Earth, and the humans are being killed by the Locusts, who are definitely NOT aliens, however, it is unknown where they came from. (I believe that the Locusts are actually humans mutated by imulsion fumes.)
Imulsion, a fictional liquid in Gears. It is located underneath Sera, and seems similar to lava (only yellow), though what exactly it is, is never explained in the game.
Little is known about the Locusts too. All that's really known is that they look half lizard and half human (without tails).
The COGs (of War), also known as the Gears (of War), are the ones fighting the Locusts. Of course, they're human, and they're being wiped out by the Locusts.
The Carmines are a family of four brothers and a mother. In the first Gears of War, Anthony Carmine dies, and in the second, Benjamin Carmine dies. This has led many people to believe that their will be two more Gears games, one for each of the Carmine brothers.
Clay is most likely the next Carmine. His name is mentioned on Ben Carmine's COG tag collectibles.
Apparently it also believed that one of the Carmines will come back and become Super Carmine and glow blue. Yep.
Imulsion, a fictional liquid in Gears. It is located underneath Sera, and seems similar to lava (only yellow), though what exactly it is, is never explained in the game.
Little is known about the Locusts too. All that's really known is that they look half lizard and half human (without tails).
The COGs (of War), also known as the Gears (of War), are the ones fighting the Locusts. Of course, they're human, and they're being wiped out by the Locusts.
The Carmines are a family of four brothers and a mother. In the first Gears of War, Anthony Carmine dies, and in the second, Benjamin Carmine dies. This has led many people to believe that their will be two more Gears games, one for each of the Carmine brothers.
Clay is most likely the next Carmine. His name is mentioned on Ben Carmine's COG tag collectibles.
Apparently it also believed that one of the Carmines will come back and become Super Carmine and glow blue. Yep.
by Mawnzter April 24, 2009
A game developed exclusively for the most expensive platform ever created, the Xbox 360. The reason the game is not available for the PS3 is because Epic wanted users to have to pay to play online, even though Microsoft is the one that gets the money. Had Gears of War been made for the PS3, it would NOT require a paid subscription to anything, users would be able to play for FREE.
Rich guy: OOOO! I cant wait to get Gears of War! Then I can give Microsoft even more money for Xbox Live.
Middle class guy: With my PS3, I dont pay a cent, not a cent, for online play.
Middle class guy: With my PS3, I dont pay a cent, not a cent, for online play.
by God Hates Xboxes December 30, 2008
An excellent ending to an amazing series. I almost shed a tear several times in the campaign.
If you're good, multiplayer is more fun and addicting than any other Gears game. It's also a more serious choice for hardcore gamers too. Just because you have a KD of 10,000 in Call of Duty doesn't mean you'll be good at Gears of War (sorry, no camping here.).
Best game yet of 2011, as of the date this was written, and probably one of the best Xbox 360 exclusives that you'll ever play.
If you're good, multiplayer is more fun and addicting than any other Gears game. It's also a more serious choice for hardcore gamers too. Just because you have a KD of 10,000 in Call of Duty doesn't mean you'll be good at Gears of War (sorry, no camping here.).
Best game yet of 2011, as of the date this was written, and probably one of the best Xbox 360 exclusives that you'll ever play.
*SPOILER ALERT*
For those who aren't concerned about the campaign but are curious about how it ends, this is what happens:
Dom dies saving the crew from the Locust/Lambent, the crew finds out immulsion is a parasitic life form that turns whatever comes into lengthy contact with it into a mindless zombie, Adam Fenix (Marcus' dad) dies after setting off a neutron-type bomb that kills only immulsion after injecting himself with it to see how it spread, The Locust Queen dies, Marcus and Anya repopulate the world together, and Carmine survives. There, you now know the major plot points of the Gears of War 3 campaign.
For those who aren't concerned about the campaign but are curious about how it ends, this is what happens:
Dom dies saving the crew from the Locust/Lambent, the crew finds out immulsion is a parasitic life form that turns whatever comes into lengthy contact with it into a mindless zombie, Adam Fenix (Marcus' dad) dies after setting off a neutron-type bomb that kills only immulsion after injecting himself with it to see how it spread, The Locust Queen dies, Marcus and Anya repopulate the world together, and Carmine survives. There, you now know the major plot points of the Gears of War 3 campaign.
by CaptainHurpDurp October 03, 2011
The highly anticipated xbox 360 exclusive that was accidentally announced april 9th 2010 on the xbox dashboard. The announcement was soon deleted but it was to late before a screen shot was uploaded on the web. Gears 3 is planned to be released April of 2011 and is a sequel to gears of war 2 from 2008. I'm hoping that it will have an even better story mode from the improved first one to second one and have the awesome multiplayer like the first one mixed with the the elements that where good in the second one and awesome new things. Gears 3 is going to be awesome.
Guy: Did you know Gears of War 3 was announced?
Dude: What?! No, way!
Guy: Yea! Go checkout the Ashes to Ashes trailer.
Dude: Oh, shit. It looks really epic.
Guy: Yea, I know.
Dude: What?! No, way!
Guy: Yea! Go checkout the Ashes to Ashes trailer.
Dude: Oh, shit. It looks really epic.
Guy: Yea, I know.
by TheGuyThatHas7Toes April 13, 2010
1.) For the true hardcore gamers
2.) Dom Dom Dom oh mahn
3.) Gameplay, graphics, design, campaign, xbox live = simply amazing.
4.) From locust to lambent to berserkers to brumaks n gunkers. da fkk izz dat? ;
2.) Dom Dom Dom oh mahn
3.) Gameplay, graphics, design, campaign, xbox live = simply amazing.
4.) From locust to lambent to berserkers to brumaks n gunkers. da fkk izz dat? ;
annoying guy: let's play mw3!!!!!! ima rape all these muthfuckas!
cool guy: nah man i gotta hit up that gears of war 3. thats thaa real rape.
cool guy: nah man i gotta hit up that gears of war 3. thats thaa real rape.
by soulfaithful November 18, 2011
A decent game that was a let-down to a lot of hardcore players, It uses an updated Unreal engine unique to itself, supports 5v5 matches and a couple of new modes and improvement on previous modes, an entirely new mode called hoard pits players in a team of up to 5 against the locust hoard in in waves with increase in damage, health, and accuracy to the locust,
The campaign is very satisfying, but the multiplayer seemed like a real letdown. Changes such as slowing down while getting shot had mixed reception, whereas one shot down active-sniping has been elimanted, were greatly accepted. (Noo135 who one shotted active to the body were never any good and did not deserve snipe) crawling was a nice feature (to prevent n00bs from getting ch33p kills with an active snipe) shotgun was toned down, lancer whoring is easier, chainsaw is unstoppable, excecutions are pleasing (torque decapitation FTW), Matchmaking was changed to a find player type of system rather than a player find you. It takes fucking forever to find a match though, no more host advantage.
Overall both pleasing and unsatisfying game. Any player worth his weight in gold knows that the first gears has a better multiplayer experience.
The campaign is very satisfying, but the multiplayer seemed like a real letdown. Changes such as slowing down while getting shot had mixed reception, whereas one shot down active-sniping has been elimanted, were greatly accepted. (Noo135 who one shotted active to the body were never any good and did not deserve snipe) crawling was a nice feature (to prevent n00bs from getting ch33p kills with an active snipe) shotgun was toned down, lancer whoring is easier, chainsaw is unstoppable, excecutions are pleasing (torque decapitation FTW), Matchmaking was changed to a find player type of system rather than a player find you. It takes fucking forever to find a match though, no more host advantage.
Overall both pleasing and unsatisfying game. Any player worth his weight in gold knows that the first gears has a better multiplayer experience.
Gears fan : hey bro, wanna play some excecution on Gears of War 2?
Gears true fan : fawk no, the multiplayer has been ruined, ima go play gears 1.
Gears fan: but only like 6 people play that now!
Gears true fan: *saddened* I know...
Gears true fan : fawk no, the multiplayer has been ruined, ima go play gears 1.
Gears fan: but only like 6 people play that now!
Gears true fan: *saddened* I know...
by General R44M December 16, 2008