I genuinely believe that every AAA game to ever be a blatant ripoff of Gears of War - even the ones most critically panned, like Dark Void, Quantum Theory, Hunted: The Demon's Forge, Inversion or Kane & Lynch 2 - is actually better than any Gears of War game, because they objectively bring more to the table, offer more things to do, than even the latest Gears of War does.
Even after a decade and a half, Gears of War is still so barebones in gameplay and design that you can only improve on it by adding onto it.
Gears gameplay was practically perfected with the first game. I can't think of better TPS at all to me its perfected the TPS formula. Now as for the stories that is another issue. Thanks for reminding me of Dark Void.
Michael Gomez
Such a bizarre attachment. To Gears of all things?
Yes, AAA devs still can't get over sticky covers over the shoulder dodgeroll (uh oh!) 2 weapons barebones parody of a TPS. And except gameplay depth they add more cutscenes and openworldsurvivalcraft. Play some real TPS, faggot. Gears did not invent the genre, it ruined it.
>Yes, AAA devs still can't get over sticky covers over the shoulder dodgeroll (uh oh!) 2 weapons barebones parody of a TPS. I actually like the kind of gameplay Gears pioneered, I just think every other game that copied it did it better. Third-Person shooters before Gears of War were just FPS games were you saw your character or outdated autoaim shit.
And I like cutscenes. I like it when there's more to think about a game than just the gameplay.
Ryder Rogers
I could never stand multiplayer in Gears of War. It's just the opposite of everything I'd want in a multiplayer shooter.
Jason Price
>Gears did not invent the genre
No but it did make it the best I've ever played to this day. No I will not play some "real TPS" I have played plenty of them with many being far before GOW got released fag. Don't talk shit to me. I remember when TPS didn't even rely on OTS like they almost all do now so don't tell me I haven't played enough of them. Gears 1-3 are my favorite TPS and that was a very satisfying trilogy of games that should have ended there. Gears 4-6 should have been on an entirely different planet tbqh.
Jonathan Taylor
And yet RE4 is its inspiration Really makes you think...
Ayden Walker
Gears of War is just a RE4 ripoff.
Noah Garcia
>Stand in one place firing bb guns at retards RE4 sucks actually
Brayden Smith
Halo and GoW failed nailed combat engagements, and it worked for solo, co-op, and pvp. Those few seconds of combat were just unmatched, even to this day (Destiny is, but obviously it is just persistent Halo).
I remember when Halo 1 and 2 were so big and every other developer was struggling to be the company that woudl make the "halo-killer" because it was the standard. We got a bunch of cringe bullshit like Killzone and Resistance, and fucking MS get GoW and it is the thing that dethroned Halo 2. It was great.
Dylan Scott
Kill zone & Resistance are better than Halo but w/e.
Not that it matters anymore.
Brandon Nelson
the only good killzone games are 2 and the handheld ones
Grayson Evans
3 is awesome because you can play it with the PS Move. Like Resistance 3.
Josiah Parker
I only played Gears of War 1 recently, I disagree. It's pretty funky and fun, hard to keep a straight face when you're taking space marines on rollercoaster rides and waterslides. Lot of Gears of War type shooters are really repetitive and that's never remotely an issue in the one I played.
Even if it's totally completely ripping off Pitch Black.
