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5er posted:Does that epic edition statue actually light up, somehow, or were the 'glow' effects on Epic games' site an embellishment on their part? It glows in the dark if you hit it with direct light for a bit.
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Does anyone want to play some Horde or Beast modes right now? Send an invite to: RoboJoe Prime, if you do, thanks!
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 18:52 |
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Admin Understudy posted:I am not good at this game at all. It took me like 5 matches to finally go positive. Any good youtube players to watch?
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 18:53 |
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Of the Horde maps so far, Overpass(?) seems the easiest to defend. The raised spot only has one route up to it and they get bottle-necked like crazy, and once you've bought the 2 control points near the stairs the Locust have to get through 3 barricades to reach you, under fire from 2 turrets the whole time. Trenches is insane, the central points are open to all sorts of angles, we didn't really use the sides much so they might be better options. Both Mercy and Old Town are pretty easy to defend at the borders of the map. The biggest change to Horde online is that when you die you can restart like you can offline. It does mean you can keep trying, but it's also way too tempting to keep plugging away to the point it stops being fun.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 19:10 |
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Sawed off and Retro's as far as the eye can see. Least its easy to spot them, all they do is wall bounce and charge you.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 19:11 |
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Really quick question about the gold Lancer/Hammer; is it 200 kills during launch week, or simply playing at least once during launch week? When I got my first lancer kill I could have swore I saw something about 200 kills and the word 'gold' but it went by so fast I missed it.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 20:17 |
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TJO posted:
meh, we never continue in Gears 2. Part of the fun is seeing how far you can get! Picking this up after work. Also picking up Dogfish Head Punkin Ale. I'm pretty psyched.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 20:27 |
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At this risk of sounding arrogant - does this game pretty much play itself? I'm on hardcore difficulty, act 3, and I haven't had a proper 'Game Over' yet. I feel like any situation can be overcome by just bruteforcing my way through and letting my squadmates prop me up.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:03 |
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I literally JUST finished Gears 2 last night and started Gears 3 today. I have a quick question because I can't tell if I missed something (I played no DLC for Gears 2..just the standard game). The whole court marshal/Marcus ending up in prison then abruptly waking up on the ship....was that something I missed from an expansion pack? Or was that some little flash forward that was a tease for something to come in Gears 3? Because the last thing I remember from Gears 2 was flying away as Jacinto sank.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:06 |
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BonoMan posted:I literally JUST finished Gears 2 last night and started Gears 3 today. I have a quick question because I can't tell if I missed something (I played no DLC for Gears 2..just the standard game). The intro takes place before the first game I think.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:10 |
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BonoMan posted:I literally JUST finished Gears 2 last night and started Gears 3 today. I have a quick question because I can't tell if I missed something (I played no DLC for Gears 2..just the standard game). It was a dream about what happened before the first game. Marcus got court marshalled for trying to help his dad and Gears 1 starts with you breaking out of prison. The boats just where the COG troops are located now.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:12 |
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BonoMan posted:I literally JUST finished Gears 2 last night and started Gears 3 today. I have a quick question because I can't tell if I missed something (I played no DLC for Gears 2..just the standard game). My impression was that it was a flashback to when (pre-GOW1) Anya told him to go and help his father, to set up the lost-father plot line and be a throwback to the start of Gears 1 when Dom or whoever broke him out of prison.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:13 |
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Awesome thanks for all the replies! I hadn't played Gears 1 since when it came out so I just must've totally forgotten!
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:14 |
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How long do the $20 video game credit (+Kantus skin in this case) deals usually last on Amazon? I won't have time to play it for a few weeks, so not having it in my hand today isn't a big deal.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:20 |
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This game is fun as hell in co-op and beast mode owns, that is all.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:30 |
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:How long do the $20 video game credit (+Kantus skin in this case) deals usually last on Amazon? I won't have time to play it for a few weeks, so not having it in my hand today isn't a big deal. This is the email I got: quote:Dear Amazon.com Customer, The Kantus skin email doesn't say anything about an expiration date. Edit: Just realized I may have misread what you were asking. Oh well, leaving this info here anyway.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:42 |
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Cat Machine posted:At this risk of sounding arrogant - does this game pretty much play itself? I'm on hardcore difficulty, act 3, and I haven't had a proper 'Game Over' yet. I feel like any situation can be overcome by just bruteforcing my way through and letting my squadmates prop me up. The campaign is very lenient. Even if you do outright die due to a one shot or something, checkpoints put you very close to where you were. In most cases where enemies aren't within reaching distance of you, you'll be revived by the AI. The game is actually a bit harder with 3-4 real players as the AI seems to be more damage immune and can revive you under fire that would normally down anyone else. Trash Heap posted:TheCrusher, are you going to make a new thread for retail release? OP has improved a lot, but just curious. I don't plan to, unless you guys think it's entirely necessary. This thread didn't get disgustingly huge over the past year anyway.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:49 |
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Holy testicles wave 20 on Horde. Can't get past it even with a full group, a crop of locusts and 3 berserkers is a bit much.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:52 |
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:How long do the $20 video game credit (+Kantus skin in this case) deals usually last on Amazon? I won't have time to play it for a few weeks, so not having it in my hand today isn't a big deal. You'll be lucky if it lasts the week. I think Deus Ex's $10 credit lasted a week but $20 credits are much more rare. I'd hop on it as soon as possible unless you plan on waiting for it to go below 40 or aren't planning on buying any other games for a year.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 21:57 |
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I'm almost done with Act 1 on Hardcore. I don't like this nearly as much as the previous two games' campaign modes. However, team deathmatch with the limited spawns is so much fun. I didn't get a chance to play the beta, and I really like 1) the lack of two-piece, and 2) it's back to 4v4. Re: which starting guns to use, I found the retro to be pretty darn good. Still day one and all.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 22:08 |
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Alteisen posted:Holy testicles wave 20 on Horde. Yeah, wave 20 for us was a Brumak, between it covering the whole drat map with bullets and the ton of grinders and bloodmounts making a nuisance of themselves we gave up. I'm glad Horde is such a challenge. With Berserkers they also spawned a few free scorchers for us marked on the map, that made it a ton easier.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 22:21 |
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Trash Heap posted:and 2) it's back to 4v4. Unless the game you played had each team with 1 d/c'd member, All competitive modes should be 5v5 except for wingman, which is 2v2v2v2.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 22:25 |
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The Crusher posted:Unless the game you played had each team with 1 d/c'd member, All competitive modes should be 5v5 except for wingman, which is 2v2v2v2. poo poo, you're absolutely correct. There were definitely 10 players. Hmm, well, I guess it just seems to 'flow' like gears 1 did. Gears 2 felt cramped to me most of the time.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 22:34 |
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I am dying to every shotgun.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 22:38 |
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AngryBooch posted:You'll be lucky if it lasts the week. I think Deus Ex's $10 credit lasted a week but $20 credits are much more rare. I'd hop on it as soon as possible unless you plan on waiting for it to go below 40 or aren't planning on buying any other games for a year. Thanks, I'll probably order it today or tomorrow. Asnorban posted:I am dying to every shotgun. This is what I hated about 1 and 2. Seems that everyone online just rolled around with shotguns and gibbed me, while I couldn't do poo poo with it 
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 22:43 |
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Trash Heap posted:I'm almost done with Act 1 on Hardcore. I don't like this nearly as much as the previous two games' campaign modes. I'm in the same boat. Just finished Act 1 and while the campaign is good, it's just not drawing me in as much as the others did. It's probably just me though. I'm still going to play through the whole thing before I pass full judgement on the game. I like how you level up by playing the campaign. I'm already at level five. Four of those levels were gained through campaign. It's a nice way to get a few skins before you launch into the multiplayer full time. The multiplayer itself is pretty good. I only played two games of Warzone though. The games seem to be a bit more action packed than Gears 2's matches. People are actually moving around instead of them sitting around a corner waiting for you to run by before shotgunning you down.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 22:51 |
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From very short private match loving around with Ah Pook today, I've confirmed the following: -the sawed off's gib range is slightly farther reaching than the gnasher's -The hammerburst does slightly less damage point blank than it does at mid range -The Lancer is only slightly weaker than the hammerburst and probably the best weapon against a sawed off (hip fired)
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 22:57 |
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TJO posted:Yeah, wave 20 for us was a Brumak, between it covering the whole drat map with bullets and the ton of grinders and bloodmounts making a nuisance of themselves we gave up. I'm glad Horde is such a challenge. Well it makes sense since its the only thing that can weaken her super armor. Man its game like this that make me realize that when I say I'm not competitive, I'm lying out of my rear end. Matches have been weird for me, I do good, I do AWFUL, there's just no in-between, hell the last one I died tons of times then rallied back and got 5 uncontested kills and the game winning one. I'm liking the shotgun for once, its actually consistent, all bullets seem to hit regardless of range but it barely does anything if its to far, only at close range does it do good damage, sawed off is still gay but also seemingly consistent, I'm not getting insta downed by it, just completely gibbed which is the point of it I guess. Mercy, I dunno, seems like a big goddamn map for 5v5 and there's perch in the middle that people love to camp with the longshot, reminds me of pubbie hill from Black Ops.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:00 |
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Is the Lancer chainsaw still like a vacuum? This is my preferred method of killing.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:01 |
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I have a dedicated team for the competitive game types, but they usually won't play Horde/Beast so add me! GT: TIME FOR PONIES Really liking the Immulsion skin. Thunderstorm is also really good.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:04 |
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Is the Lancer chainsaw still like a vacuum? This is my preferred method of killing. The vacuum effect was mostly due to bad lag. With the dedicated servers, you'll probably feel less of that effect. With that said, the chainsaw cannot be interrupted with bullets when you have it fully revved. You can only be interrupted the first half second when you press B as you do the pulling animation to kick on the motor.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:06 |
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I am having some hardcore lag issues. This is a first for me. I was playing horde. maybe the servers are overloaded? Anwyays, if a goon wants to hit me up. I am looking for a good horde partner: Polish Persuasi
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:07 |
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IIRC Horde/Beast/Custom and I think Campaign don't use dedicated servers
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:10 |
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Polish_Persuasion posted:I am having some hardcore lag issues. This is a first for me. I was playing horde. maybe the servers are overloaded? dedicated servers are for competitive ranked matches only. Horde/Beast/Campaign/Social is all on a player-based host The Crusher fucked around with this message at Sep 20, 2011 around 23:14 |
| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:10 |
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Ugh. I apparently pre-ordered from Amazon on September 25th, 2010 and then pre-ordered from Amazon again on September 1st, 2011. I'm an idiot 
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:14 |
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drat. that sucks. I was wondering why it took forever to get on a game. This game is sweet tho. I am enjoying my $59.99 purchase.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:15 |
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For anyone playing this solo online and not enjoying it, play it with groups. I did a match or two on my own and thought it was alright, then a bunch of my mates hopped on and we managed to slam team and team for 7 consecutive games. loving brilliant.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:17 |
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This new 360 disc format loving eats. My 3 year old Xbox won't play this game at all. Like I'm going to buy a goddamn FOURTH Xbox. Piece of poo poo console. EDIT: Cursing it out online seemed to do the trick. Phew. Qaz Kwaz fucked around with this message at Sep 20, 2011 around 23:21 |
| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:17 |
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If you've never seen a Brumak clip through the walls of a building to get to you, you're playing Horde on the wrong map. Good times tonight RoboJoe. Wave 37 was sort of too much for two people.
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| # ? Sep 20, 2011 23:24 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 20:49 |
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I'm about to head to the gym, but I do want to start on the campaign when I get back. Anyone down for starting up a campaign on Hardcore? Gamertag is intrinsic. Feel free to add me, and drop me a line if you're up for some campaign play in about 45 min.
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