Gears of War is fucking BORING

[Himu]

I am (trying to) play Gears of War. This game is so fucking boring. Hardly any variety as now, it's nothing but shoot, shoot, shoot and the enemies don't have any deep attack patterns; they always reply with the same thing you're doing: shoot, shoot, shoot with boring cover system.  No variety that makes me want to switch it up. Shoot, shoot, shoot. Sometimes the enemies appear on the other side of the map so you have to shot them where you were 5 seconds ago. Shoot, shoot, shoot. ZZZ. I'm not anti-shooter or anything; I like multiple shooters: third person, first person, horizontal and vertical, on rails, whatever. But this game is fucking boring.

On top of that, the controls suck. I will hold A button and it takes forever for Fenix to take cover. Some times when I want to take cover, he'll do a damn roll. The shooting, overall, sucks. Why Epic thought it was smart to make a third person shooter without cross hairs I will never know, but this completely ruins the game for me.

Case example: If some turret is firing at me and some guy comes near me, and I need to aim at him, it's impossible to kill him without losing lots of health. Reason being, i have no cross hairs in normal third person mode. If I want cross hairs I have to switch it to Resident Evil/Splinter Cell view. Problem with that is that if I want to use that aiming mode, Fenix is going to STAND UP, making me exposed to the turret. Why can't I use cross hairs at all times? Every other third person shooter does it. I guess being an overly hyped game means that it has the right to not include basic features.

Finally, the story is boring, the characters suck, and every single thing in the game looks the same.

The number one suggestion folks tell me to do: play it on co-op. I see no reason why anyone should have to play any game on co-op for it to be fun. GRAW and Rainbow Six Vegas kick this games ass.

[CajoleJuice]

Rainbow Six Vegas kicks this games ass.

Pretty much. You're about a year late on this.

[Rman]

I disagree. 

[MrAngryFace]

I own it for the visuals, but thats about it

[TVC15]

OH LOOK ANOTHER BERZERKER!

[Enl]

Some of the enviroments are nice to look at, but yeah, you'll be doing the same thing over and over for the next five hours(with a brief vehicle intermission).

[Van Cruncheon]

Play coop or don't play it at all.

[demi]

I see no reason why anyone should have to play any game on co-op for it to be fun.

:scratch

GRAW and Rainbow Six Vegas kick this games ass.

That's a bit contradictory - those games are better when played co-op too... with boring single player. GRAW's co-op is the worst of the three games listed.

[hyp]

i liked gears of war, but yea... i mainly played co-op so maybe that's why i thought it was awesome.

[Himu]

I like GRAW's single player mode

[demi]

i don't get it - a lot of himuro's words can be copypasta to GRAW and R6 too, especially the first one (paragraph)

[Saint Cornelius]

I thought Gears of War was pretty fucking awesome.

[Himu]

i don't get it - a lot of himuro's words can be copypasta to GRAW and R6 too, especially the first one (paragraph)

they're still more fun

[Rman]

I thought Gears of War was pretty fucking awesome.

Yeah, I agree as well.  That game sold me on the platform.

[bork]

Gears was a great game.  Co-op is better because co-op ANYTHING is pretty much always better.  Gears' problems aren't in the campaign, but with the issues when playing multiplayer online.

And Himuro, TURN THE FUCKING DIFFICULTY UP.

[bluemax]

Play coop or don't play it at all.

QFT.

[Robo]

I don't get it.  Are you seriously bitching about not having a reticule when shooting from the hip or from behind cover?  Come on, Himu.  If you want to aim, you press the AIM button and it gives you that ability.  Otherwise you point the gun in a general direction and spray.  I don't particularly understand why you think it's TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE that someone not be able to blind fire accurately from behind cover.

Also, co-op or bust.  I would play with you, but I lent my copy out last week.

[brawndolicious]

It's better as a co-op game.  It just sounds like you suck at the controls though.  What difficulty are you playing on?  Your example of taking cover slowly sounds stupid, I never felt that since he basically throws himself at the cover.  You never shoot a person when not in cover so if you see enemies, take cover.  Also the game never had any part where you're in the line of fire of a turret but an enemy managed to sneak right up next to you.  Even if that did happen you can just use a chainsaw (you're invincible when you use it).

Also, it's totally different than R6.  In co-op, you don't wait 15 seconds for your partner to magically respawn, you have to actually go to the guy before he bleeds out and pick him up off the ground.  I like R6 more than GOW but that's because of the multiplayer.  I played through on realistic in SP and co-op and it's a totally different game.  It honestly feels more predictable playing R6 campaign because the ways you flank the enemies are easier (although the amount of health you have is also more realistic).

[abrader]

i love gears - single, co-op, etc...

[tiesto]

I thought Gears was pretty cool, though arguably repetitive, the much-hyped story was totally absent from the game, and the character design was terrible - you could hardly distinguish between the Locust and your troops. Multiplayer co-op is a blast, but the multiplayer deathmatch is shitty.

[The Sceneman]

yeah the character design is poop, but I quite enjoyed a couple of the characters. The VA and personalitles were pretty fun. The game is repetitive but its a great looking, quick to finish shooter. I definately enjoyed playing this game. Anyone wanna rock some co-op on insane? Im keen for the achievements

[Himu]

Okay. I'll play some co-op tonight if anyone wants to play after I've done my homework.

[CajoleJuice]

I'd play with you if I had it, Himu. I'm gonna borrow it from my buddy when he comes home for Christmas break.

[Valcrist]

i just wish it had better battleset pieces.  Co op is the game's selling point for me.

[Himu]

i played gow co-op with kimisan from gaf. It really is funner on co-op.

[Robo]

If you refuse to be gay about it, no one here would play with you either.