Gears of War

Started by Blaxican57 pages

It's you who needs to learn how to read. You said "Just another shooter", hence, average. If thats not what you meant to say then its your error for using the wrong word choice.

Originally posted by Kid Kurdy
Great graphics yes, but I was more impressed with Oblivion.

A gigantic world, full of mountains, trees, animals, dozens of different flowers, a day and night cycle, impressive thunder and lightning effects, gorgeous water, the setting sun that reflects in your sword, beautiful spells... Even the architecture is impressive.

What did I see in GOW ? Erm, well, a lot of grey ruins. You see the difference ?

Again, it is a good game with great graphics, but not the best graphics.


That's the biggest piece of bullshit I have ever seen. By that logic GTA 3 is better looking than Killzone, which it clearly isn't.

And all you saw was grey ruins? Are you still on Act 1 or somethin'? It's either that or you might go get some glasses. 😬

Originally posted by Kid Kurdy
Great graphics yes, but I was more impressed with Oblivion.

A gigantic world, full of mountains, trees, animals, dozens of different flowers, a day and night cycle, impressive thunder and lightning effects, gorgeous water, the setting sun that reflects in your sword, beautiful spells... Even the architecture is impressive.

What did I see in GOW ? Erm, well, a lot of grey ruins. You see the difference ?

Again, it is a good game with great graphics, but not the best graphics.

gorgeous water...don't make me laugh 🙂

Hmm screw the graphics for a second, and lets talk multiplayer goodness.

How about we say/argue about weapons to counter other weapons and specific strategies for maps and/or specific(annoying) players such as grenade taggers etc.

I'll go first...duh:

Longshot > Torque Bow. I find the best weapon to manhandle the Torque bow is the Longshot because while it takes the Torque bow user a while to actually aim you can headshot their brains off their skull.

Originally posted by Superboy Prime
Hmm screw the graphics for a second, and lets talk multiplayer goodness.

How about we say/argue about weapons to counter other weapons and specific strategies for maps and/or specific(annoying) players such as grenade taggers etc.

I'll go first...duh:

Longshot > Torque Bow. I find the best weapon to manhandle the Torque bow is the Longshot because while it takes the Torque bow user a while to actually aim you can headshot their brains off their skull.

actually.. while in cover you can hold R on the torque bow to pull back the arrow in blindfire mode, and then press L to jump to aim mode..cuts down on the aiming time alot... had to discover this while facing my snipe happy friend -,-

Yeah, I know about that but 8/10 times I've used the longshot or the Torque Bow I've found the longshot to minimize Torque Bow kills.

well with torque, stand up and aim (if ur on low cover) aim till u get the straight line right above them (well this is best on tyro station) then sit down, while in cover, they'll more and likely stand up. once they do, let go and off it goes to their head! usually the head, if not, then usually right over them, so i suggest once u go down in cover, to lower the aim down about a cm or something

I'm on right now if wants to play.

Gamertag: Assablanca

I've only played a little Live so far and I suck. It's pretty fun, but man, I'm horrible at online shooting games.

Originally posted by Blaxican
It's you who needs to learn how to read. You said "Just another shooter", hence, average. If thats not what you meant to say then its your error for using the wrong word choice.

If you quote me, quote the whole paragraph, not just one part of it.

No need to. I w2as only addresing that part of the message, not the whole paragraph.

Oh I forgot to complain about something : I enjoy myself while playing GOW, but one thing really bothers me : it's so freaking linear.

Beats me how people can think that such a linear game is so innovative.

(And don't get me started about the invisible walls, or doors that won't open again because you just reached a checkpoint).

Originally posted by Kid Kurdy
Great graphics yes, but I was more impressed with Oblivion.

A gigantic world, full of mountains, trees, animals, dozens of different flowers, a day and night cycle, impressive thunder and lightning effects, gorgeous water, the setting sun that reflects in your sword, beautiful spells... Even the architecture is impressive.

What did I see in GOW ? Erm, well, a lot of grey ruins. You see the difference ?

Again, it is a good game with great graphics, but not the best graphics.

Oblivion had great graphics but Gears of War blows it away... you seriously can't even compare it. There's one level in particular on multiplayer, I think its the mansion one... where the rain effect outside was just incredible. GoW has the best graphics ever

Does anyone actually think this game is innovative? I mean, besides the merging of hardcore action and tactical "take cover or you die" gameplay, it really doesn't do much new, but of course a game can be great without being innovative or new.

Originally posted by Spartan005
Oblivion had great graphics but Gears of War blows it away... you seriously can't even compare it. There's one level in particular on multiplayer, I think its the mansion one... where the rain effect outside was just incredible. GoW has the best graphics ever

Oblivion had much better graphics than GOW, but maybe it's just a matter of personal taste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4maZbl-AWKM

Just a very small piece of the world.

Originally posted by Kid Kurdy
Oblivion had much better graphics than GOW, but maybe it's just a matter of personal taste.

It certainly didn't. Oblivion's textures were not that good, especially in the distance. Also character textures were much lower res than Gears. The lighting was very exaggerated and washed out, as well. Plus the game ran much worse than gear, framerate hitches and slowdown were constant, while Gears constantly runs smooth as butter.

Originally posted by BackFire
It certainly didn't. Oblivion's textures were not that good, especially in the distance. Also character textures were much lower res than Gears. The lighting was very exaggerated and washed out, as well. Plus the game ran much worse than gear, framerate hitches and slowdown were constant, while Gears constantly runs smooth as butter.

You're exaggerating. And GOW has tiny levels compared to the world of Oblivion.

But I don't want to turn this into a "GOW vs Oblivion" thread. They are both good games.

I'm not exaggerating at all. Oblivion's textures are not as sharp and clean as GOWS, the lighting also isn't as organic, and the framerate is much worse.

If you didn't want people to disagree with your claim of Oblivion having superior graphics, than perhaps you shouldn't have made the comparison in the first place.

Any of you been playing online? I have, and I'm not doing too bad I guess.