I foresaw that.
I loved that it used to be so gothic…
Now I’m just living in the past… wishing for the best…
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I was new to gaming until 2017 when I got an Xbox for Christmas. It came in a bundle with Gears of War Ultimate Edition.
I started playing, fell in love with the game, characters, story, music, you name it. In a span of few months I finished the trilogy, read all the books ( my favorite is The Slab), started playing Gears of War 4, met some great players who became good friends, became a clan member who competed in ranked modes and here we are now, in gears 5. I’m a master escapist, former Horder and versus player.
Also, Gears games are the only games that don’t make me sick ( as in motion sickness). 
Add - I have a 9 yr old son who is as passionate about gears as I am.
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The reason I got a 360 (Mad World trailer had me hooked) and the first online MP I played.
No story comes close, Halo is a close second but man the original is my favorite game of all time.
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I started playing Gears somewhat young too. Im 23 and started in 07 when we got our first 360, i always played with my older brother who liked Dom and i liked Marcus so i grew more on him. I love Gears for the characters and lore but im very attached to Horde.
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I seem to do this often, but I replied to many people in one, so skip whatever may not be relevant to you. But I did pick out lines I’d like to use in this project.
The Love-Hate “abusive” relationship is one I share with Gears and Star Wars, and boy–how true it is.
The slide in a TPS game really does set it apart from Mass Effect and Fallout. Other TPS games of a similar simple-shooter, cult-following nature. Never thought about it but yeah the cover and slide mechanics really do set it apart.
Also agreed, the personality each and every character shows, no two being the same (Exceptions of course with COG Gears) and even better that the Onyx Guards and Gears in Gears 3 were totally different characters even if filling a very similar role narrative-wise.
I don’t think it’s TC exclusively, but more their leadership. Gears 5 wearing seven different crowns for sure made it a bumpier ride than Gears 4 which didn’t have quite so drastic shifts across its lifetime.
This is similar to the path I remember taking. So in love with the characters and story at first, letting VS and Horde take a backseat until early 2016 with UE and 4. And even then still learning more and more about the deeper stories of the books, comics, and theories–of which I’ve helped with.
I think there are better written stories. But nothing beats Gears (at least 1-3) when it comes to solid Character beats and relationships. The fact that it’s all so subtle is probably one of my favorite aspects of say, Marcus’ relationship with the Carmines.
Solo Horde is where I live if I’m not eating up the Low-tier Silver 2v2 playlists!!!
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Very cool thread. I just wanted to start out by apologizing for you losing your girlfriend and going to the dark place you were in.
Gears of War is more than just a game, it’s my childhood. I played it for the first time when my parents bought me a 360 and gears 2 for Christmas back in 2010. My brain is just flooded with endless memories related to this game. It was a getaway from my toxic parents, but it also was a way to bond with my sister, who also played every now and then. I’ve met a number of people on Gears that I’m so thankful to call friends. 4 months after getting my 360, the Gears 3 Beta became available in April. My first game was a TDM game on Checkout and I had 10 kills and 0 deaths. That’s not that impressive, but come on, I was 11 - it felt great!! I remember crying when the beta ended. I just could NOT wait for gears 3 to come out in September. I went to the midnight release of gears 3 with a high school friend, and my sister. I grinded Capture the Leader Quickplay all the way to #1 on the leaderboard out of 1 million players! (#BringBackCTL ;D).
Fast forward to Gears 4, I was in college, but I’d play basically every single night with 4 other friends, playing horde and multiplayer. We called ourselves the dream team haha. I remember beating Inconceivable Ironman 50 waves of horde with nothing but barriers and completing all of the random objectives that would pop up.
I’m sorry for the long run on lol. Basically, what makes Gears of War so great is all of the memories it has created. Memories Make Us Rich.
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I will go with a short version,
What I loved about Gears of War universe (1-3), its all about war and the horror that come with it!
(Started with Gears 2) For me it was humanity facing extinction against an unkown species, Its dark, full of intriguing characters, enemies and world.
Then over the time I started collecting other stuff from Gears of War, belt buckle, comics, others.
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I love the multiplayer for how much you can express yourself through gameplay.
Once you get to a certain skill level you learn how to communicate through just gameplay.
You can just stand there, menacingly…
Or if the match has come to a lancer camping stalemate you can do silly things to bait the enemies into doing something. My favorite is to stand there hipfiring lancer, or the “swooping” from cover to cover. (Side-a off a corner into a parallel one)
Or you can wallbounce like a crackhead if you want. Or you can just strafe and still win the game either way.
And finally, that nice little dopamine rush when you fight a long match and win, guiding your lesser teammates by using good teamwork. Its subconscious to me at this point. Just analyze your team and complement their actions.
Even if you have that one guy who just doesnt stop rushing the enemy team trying to 1v3 them. You gotta adapt to that and maybe help him out sometimes.
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I love…
The third person perfection.
The Gnasher and the glorious ballet kills you get with it.
The Lancer. I mean a chainsaw on and machine gun, who doesn’t want it!?
The grit, the monsters, the far away place it can take you.
And most of all, Guardian!!!
Long Live Gears & Guardian!!!
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PVP, Gnasher Duels, the fluidity of the modern movement.
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Bro I assumed you were like 40, no idea why.
I’ve played Gears most of my life. I was 13 when I first played the original one. Me and my brother played it a lot together, and have bonded over the years with the subsequent ones also. There was nothing quite like the grit and the presence of the first game in its time, especially in versus. And beyond that I grew to love the fast, smooth movement of Gears 4 versus as well.
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Maybe because I always introduce myself as the 42 year-old who sounds like a 12 year old.
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Aha that’s probably it
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usually it frustrates me but i for some reason keep coming back to it…maybe i just like self harm?
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Gears is the only good abusive relationship I’ve ever been in.
I was Young when I got Gears of war(OG). It kept me sane while my parents were divorcing and helped me through my depression. I’ve made a lot of buddies and friends through the campaign and PvE. Gears will always hold a special place in my heart, I yell at it and get angry at it, but don’t we do that with most of the things we love?
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It was always more than a meat and gore party
The characters had depth and emotion to them.
The story line was actually quite realistic with the initial resource war. Along with the weapons if mass destruction.
It gave you the real sense of dread and hopelessness of the situation. Paired with a lot of very well times emotional moments (RIP Dom).
To me it actually held a fabric to it unlike a lot of the games today. However I don’t like Gears 4 or 5 story wise because it feels a bit forced down your throat.
However that does not subtract the fact that they are still very fun campaigns to play (albeit kinda lengthy)
However I do have my little bit of salt when it comes to the current more recent games of course.
Overall though I’d say this franchise was one of the best ever created.
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I love the world they’d built and the aesthetic of it all. Game wise, i’m terrible at FPS’s and can’t lead for crap. HERE, i actually have a decent grasp and can do well enough in a group. Over time, i’ve been enjoying the games and the slow evolution (minus the grub to swarm change, as it feels too much like WHY they push new star wars characters over old and popular ones), but the series has always been an enjoyable experience for me.
As a personal note, i’m a nut for character creation and customization, so seeing all of the unique looks and armors, even since gears 2 (where i started), i’ve wanted to build my own characters and their looks. Between the old cog gear, the new Baird Industries equipment, the UIR stuff, the stranded and the lost, everything, it’s always had such a great and fun, cool look to it all. Getting the additions of classes, fortifications, ultimates, and everything, it KILLS me that they don’t let you do that for multiplayer. More so, if they’re running 3 people campains, that fourth character slot would be perfect for our own custom character to silently tag along.
Tactics added a base version of this, but i would love to see a more fleshed out version in gears 6. Unlikely but i would love it. there are just so many great concepts and designs to flesh out the world they’ve made, and i just enjoy the games.
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3rd person perspective
Cover system that no other game really had at the time.
Graphic level
wall bouncing/movement
game has lost me personally at this point. Too much competition that it didn’t have before. But this is still one of the first multiplayer games that I gravitated towards…so i still care for it.
but it is almost dead to me nowadays
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