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A little background on the game..
Gear of war 3 takes place 18 months after the fall of Jacinto, or Gears of War 2.
The Gears, along with the stranded, were forced to the island of Vectes, living on the ravens nest. The COG and all government operations have disbanded. And as if things couldn’t get worse, the precious energy source that was once fought over in the Pendulum wars, immulsion, is now mutating locusts and making them stronger than ever.
Gears of War 3 is going to answer all of the questions that we are dying to know from the previous 2 games. it will be very interesting to see how everything ties together. This game has a lot of exciting new stuff to offer to gamers. everything from weapons to new game modes!
Weapons..
For starters, the new weapons in this game are spectacular. You have the Retro Lancer which is just like the original lancer from the first 2, but with a bayonet at the end of it instead of a chainsaw. It is more powerful than the chainsaw lancer, but a little less accurate. so if your in more of a Jason mood (Friday the 13th) than a leather face mood (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), then this weapon is perfect for you! The next weapon is one bad ass sniper rifle. It is called the One Shot, and as the name refers, this gun only take one shot anywhere on the body to obliterate the enemy. so don’t feel bad if you’re not a pro at head shots, this gun will help you out! Another new addition is the Sawed off Shotgun. This gun is brutal, but requires you to be in melee distance to do major damage. the reload time is also painfully slow. Not the best gun, but still fun to use. the next gun is the Digger Launcher, which is one of the more creative guns. It actually launches little creatures into the ground that blow up upon enemy contact, at a very fast speed. It is definitely one of my favorite guns. Finally there are self explanatory guns like the Flame Thrower and Incendiary Grenades. Also be prepared for some new, disturbingly violent executions!
Characters..
The next thing to talk about is the characters! We are seeing a lot more variety in characters as the Gears of War story continues. In Gears of War 3, you’ll be seeing many new characters and of course all of your original favorites too, like the beloved Carmine, risen from the dead again, well actually just another brother of the Carmines, Clay. There are now four playable female characters in the game, which is very exciting to me! These characters are the previous character Anya Stroud with a badass new look, Samantha Byrne, Bernadette Mataki, and Queen Myrra, leader of the locusts. Some other new characters such as Griffon, leader of the stranded and voiced by Ice-T and Jace Stratton, voiced by Michael Jordan will be included as well. But the humans aren’t the only new additions to enter the game. Now you have to worry about Lambent Locusts. They are mutated locusts that are even harder to kill. And to make matters worse they explode when you kill them!
Maps..
The new maps on the game are looking very promising, judging by the beta at least. They are bigger than in the previous two games and the user interactivity adds an exciting game experience. They also show what, in my opinion, Gears of War 1 and 2 didn’t, and that is civilization. They show a little more about the people of Sera and a little more background on the way things were before E-Day. You will also notice a lot more detail in the maps.
Horde & Beast Mode..
Horde has a new hardcore look in Gears of War 3: Horde 2.0. Just like the previous Horde mode, you are battling waves of increasingly stronger locusts, but now you have a more strategic advantage over those nasty bugs. Horde 2.0 is like Nazi Zombies from Call of Duty, you earn money by killing locusts and use it to build defenses and protect yourself. But you’re not just repairing windows, you’re building turrets, wire and laser fences, and decoys. With all of these defense mechanisms, be ready to fight a boss from the campaign every 10 rounds.
Lets forget about beast mode. It is a reversal of Horde mode, that’s right you actually get to be a locust! Now all of our dreams have come true. This will be a very interesting game mode and I can’t wait to try it out.
Online Play..
Now lets talk about the most important part; The multiplayer. So let me start by saying Gears of War 3 will run on DEDICATED SERVERS!!!!!! So that means no more faceplams or random acts of violence because it takes you 20 minutes to find a game or theres too much lag. The multiplayer will pretty much run just like the Black Ops multilayer, which is a great hosting system in my opinion.
Now on to the other important part. There are 3 new game modes in Gears of War 3 including the ever popular Team Deathmatch. Don’t expect it to be the same old Team Deathmatch, because this is more like the extreme version. Your team gets 30 lives and each time a teammate dies, a life gets taken away. The team last standing wins. There’s also Capture the Leader, which is very similar to capture the flag, but more violent! One player from both teams is randomly selected to be the leader. The opposing team must capture the leader and hold them for 30 seconds. But beware, the leader can and will fight back, but can you blame them? The last new game type is King of the Hill which is pretty much Annex with a new name. You will be playing these game modes with 5 people on your team instead of 4, which is another great new feature to the game!
Let’s hope it’s as good as it sounds!
I really have high hopes from the game. I think the campaign will be amazing along with all of the new features. Just the facts that I can be a girl on multilayer and that Carmine is going to be in the campaign alone make me already like this game. I also really like the unlockables and customization. It has a lot of features that Gears of War 1 and 2 needed and I’m looking forward to this game! Its release day is September 20th so make sure you check it out, and come back to GamersWeb.net around that time to see the actual game review!