A shotgun in an fps or CoD isn’t the same as the Gnasher in Gears.
Again, the multiplayer literally became popular and a thing of it’s own because of the Gnasher. People coming from other games always think it should play like a regular shooter, where Rifles dominate but that’s not the case.
Gears’ primary weapon online is the shotgun because it used to be up close, in your face and the adrenalin rush provided was and is still unmatched by anything else so far.

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