Tonight I'm talking about Gears of War 3.
The game has been out for 3wks at the time of this post, and I have to say best game Epic has put out by far, and a game to try to beat for future trilogy finales. From the open cinematic to the finale before the credits roll, it is an exciting game.
Before I dive into my review, I will not be spoiling the games story for anyone.
Gears of War 3 opens up with a cinematic Epic labelled as "Previously In Gears..." with Anya Stroud giving a run down of what has happened in the Gears universe since the first game. This includes little mention of what happened at the end of the book Gears of War: Coalitions End. I have to say, excellent way to start a game fans have been waiting 3 years for. After this, the game starts and like mostly every other game, you select campaign difficulty. For Gears the settings are Casual, Normal, Hardcore and Insane. I'd suggest playing Insane with the 4-player co-op and REALLY work as a team.
Like the previous Gears of War games, the campaign is split into Acts, and those into chapters. The amount of chapters per act in Gears 3 varies between them, so some acts will be longer.
New to Gears of War 3 is the aforementioned 4 player co-op campaign, along side the Arcade mode. As well as Beast mode, basically a shorter reverse version of Horde, in which you play as Locus Beasts to wipe out COG/Stranded forces and fortifications.
Lets get more into Horde and Beast mode, as Horde has some upgrades that are worth knowing about and Beast is entirely new to the series.
HORDE MODE
Horde mode from Gears of War 2 was pretty basic. Survive wave after wave of Locust as they get tougher through out 50 waves. Horde 2.0 in Gears of War 3 is not to dissimilar as there are 50 waves and the Horde get 2.0x boosts every 10 waves such as in the original Horde.
But what sets Horde 2.0 from Horde is the addition of fortification building. Which include barriers, sentries, turrets and decoys. All change as you level up each fortification level, and you do that by spending money earned during each wave of Horde.
At every 10th wave(Wave 10, 20, 30, 40 and finally 50) it is a Boss wave which consists of infantry/heavy Locust or Lambent, then a Boss. The bosses varie from Beserkers(x2), small fleet of Reavers, or even 1 or 2 Brumaks. Beserkers being the hardest to take down if you don't work as a team.
BEAST MODE
As mentioned before, Beast Mode is similar to Horde in which you work as a team of 5 to clear a wave of enemies. But in the is mode you play AS the Locust against the humans, in 12 waves, as well you have a time limit to finish the wave. When you progress in waves in Beast Mode, the amount of humans increases, as well after the first wave, Heroes are intreduced. These are main, playable characters from the campaign and must be kill via an execution(i.e. curb stomp, gnasher golf swing).
Like in Horde though you earn cash depending on your kills/assists/or fortification destruction. You then use the earned cash to buy a beast at the beginning of each wave or when you die. The more kills and destruction points you earn, the more playable beasts you unlock. There are 4 tiers of beasts ranging from small/light(Ticker and Wretch) to heavy(Beserker). All costing different amounts, and each plays differently. Experiment with each of the beasts to find on that works for each tier.
VERSUS
The versus modes havn't changed from Gears of War 2. They have stay pretty basic, except for the change to the Meat Flag from Gears 2, they have called it Capture the Leader in Gears 3. Plays just like meat flag, jsut a different name.
Well that does it for my review of Gears of War 3, a basic run down of the game. As a fan of the series, I do have to agree with all the critics on that this is a 5-Star, a 10/10, 5/5 or what every different ways of giving a top rating are. An epic game to end an epic series.
-Ken "One Broke Gamer"
Just working so I can play.
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