GOW 3 still looks amazing as does GOW 2, this is because of the graphics engine they used, it’s very impressive.
Metro 2033 and Last Light last gen are the only games I would say hold up like the GOW games because of the high quality graphics used, plus attention to detail.
I don’t mind having SOME remade maps. I have my favorites for sure, but we fail to realize one very important thing in this discussion every time a new game comes out. That is these maps play differently game to game.
This is especially true of GoW2 maps. GoW2 did have great maps but it also didn’t have rifles that were super effective like they were in 3 and 4. Like, playing Security, which was probably my favorite GoW2 map, is awful in Gow4 because you just can’t move around the map hardly at all. Rifles rifles everywhere. Which is fine, I’m not hating on rifle gameplay, but if the map isn’t set up for it it blows.
River is a map that is constantly brought up in this conversation. I loved river but it would be awful in GoW5, ASSUMING that the rifle play is equal to that of GoW4. If it’s not then all bets are off, but I’m assuming the impact of rifles will be similar. Imagine charging down the spawn streets through five lancers. Camp city. Of course they could make changes to it like they did to Jacinto between 2 and 3, but as is it just won’t work. I’ll also add the caveat that I didn’t spend much time in the tech test so I don’t really know how GoW5 rifles feel.
Let’s also remember how mad people were when they realized how many maps in gow4 were recycled from previous games, or from gow4 itself. If gow5 winds up with 30-40 maps, id genuinely prefer that 75% of them be new.
Notice that leaves like ten maps to be brought back. I DO like classic maps, I just think we need to be careful what we wish for. Some maps that I loved that I think would also work in gears 5, assuming rifles are similar to GoW4, are:
Memorial
highway
Allfathers garden
Trenches
Academy
Grind yard
Hail (if they made it symmetrical, otherwise I hated that map)
Sanctuary
Ruins
I think it’s all about structure and attention to details.
While some people hated It , I loved Diner for this exact reason.
It’s visually amazing.
The care on the details is HUGE , just remarkable.
I also don’t mind its structure.
I’d love to see Mansion, Nowhere and River come back.
RIVER IS A MUST!!!
My WISH is for 20 Maps at launch, 10 new and 10 classic maps from Gear 1-2 . So far the original gears maps are still the best and would hopefully keep me interested beyond the first two months of release.
Now that the games out and I’ve played all the maps… gotta say, I hope new maps are on their way soon.
In KOTH, of the 7, two I always avoid (Bunker & Vanguar), two I always vote for (District & Asylum) and the other 3 are bearable but each have flaws (Icebound & Training Grounds are Lancer fests & Exhibit is a chore to get from ring to ring due to the map layout imo)
And the sooner we get some classic maps thrown in, the better!
Have The Coalition announced when we should be expecting new content (as in a specific month)?