That doesn’t sound like Gears 3 at all. I think you played a different game, because the Gears 3 I played at launch had no RNG unlocks whatsoever, and never did.
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I looked up the achievements, You are correct.
It was Gears Judgement that had the RNG Gold Weapon achievements.
I completely blocked that game out of my head.
I guess that show the point of this thread… With time the good and bad all blend together.
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You have to remember the Gears community overall is considered the most toxic in gaming. Aside from Judgment I’ve loved every single game in the series and never wanted them to go back to a previous entry in terms of functionality, until 4. The medals and unlock system in 3 were absolutely amazing, there’s nothing wrong with a grind (you sound like everything should be handed to you because you played it a few times), and 90% of the content was available to anyone who wanted it.
Another key feature that makes Gears 3 the best in my opinion, you earned progression in private bot matches. Granted you earned less than if you played online, but the game never punished you for enjoying it, something TC don’t seem to understand. If they add that one feature to 5, I’ll have absolutely nothing to complain about with the game and it will quite possibly become my favorite Gears game.
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All of this. You have to be careful who you even compliment Gears 5 gunplay to.
This is the most ignorant thing I’ve read since mein kampf.
If you agree say ok
Read snippets, you’re out of your god damn mind and you comparisons are ■■■■ and fail so ■■■■■■■ hard. Gears 4 lootboxes through my own gameplay are more rewarding than Gears 5
Ok
Gonna continue to praise it…
Ok but after reading what you said Gears 3’s unlock system is still 200% better?
Lol can’t change facts
GOW3 had some ridiculous unlock requirement like Prescott. I think it was to unlock the Silver All-Fathers medal, or complete 300 matches of each game type. To ulock Griffin you needed to earn $5,000,000 in Horde, which could mean 1000 waves of Horde. There was also a broken achievement/medal (the War Supporter where you participate in events) which unlocked the Golden Gear.
On the positive, GOW3 had a lot of unlockable characters with simple or doable requirement, and many DLC characters like Team Zeta, Onyx Guard, Bernie, etc. In my opinion, GOW4 unlocked more characters for free (with some luck of the draw)
I miss GOW3, and some maps like Azura, Academy and Thrashball. I loved the rolling match KOTH lobby, and I used to play GOW4 Competitive Warm-Up alot: drop in, smash some heads, drop out. Also Horde mode was great before they introduced classes and running around collecting power.
How do you earn scrap in Gears 5?
You get supply drops for playing. These give random unlocks. If you already have the unlock it selected for you, then you get scrap. 5 for a green, 20 for a blue, 150 for a purple, and 600 for a legendary.
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2 years late to this post but to me, Gears 3 was the best in terms of multiplayer, gunplay, and the overall feel. People praise the unlock system because it felt more rewarding. When you saw a Golden Miner or Hunter in multiplayer in the earlier days of GOW3, you were like “oh ■■■■, we got a hardcore player right here” It’s almost as if your presence was noted and people knew what you had to do to get them and honestly, they respected you. In Gears 5, it just ain’t the same because everybody is able to get every character regardless of whatever grind and you can just buy most characters in the shop. When I completed the tour of duty and got the Cosmonaut, I was like dope and I played him for like 2 games realizing that there were like 3 other Cosmonauts in my game. It didn’t feel special at all. Not everyone got the Golden Hunter in the early days and that’s what made it more special. I still play GOW3 to this day and I prefer it over 5. Gears 5 ain’t the same at all. It feels cartoonish.
I would love to play Gears 3 again…when they remaster it with 120fps, no godawful camera shaking, and put it in 4K with new textures. I tried to play it last week and I had to cut it off after 10 minutes. The 15fps and the vomit inducing camera shaking makes the game literally unplayable for me, especially when you come from the buttery smooth Gears 5.
I fully get you and you are mostly right about how it can play BUT I still play it daily and love it. Even when I’m the only UK/Europe player against a wall of Mexicans, often sending me hate via messages.
Just finished playing actually, full lobbies on Sandbar,BM and DryDock.
If it were to get a “lick of paint” I would never play anything else ever 
Gears 3 DLC system is an always will be the peak of getting game content, and people disliked and still dislike sawed off and retrolancer and that’s why most people didn’t use them, we developed ways to counter those corner campers in gears 3 (which had more roundabouts maps to flank them)