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Gears of War 3: DLC #3: Fenix Rising Next Week, Compounding Horde Reward Weekend!

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    i didn't get a 2 day trial! but i did get a radd sticker sheet which i will be using on my car because i like having tacky game stickers on my car

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  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Willeth wrote:
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    Yay I got it, anyone have any Xbox live trail codes I wanna get my multiplayer/co-op on tonight

    Shouldn't need a code. If you sign up for a silver account, there should be a "Get gold trial" thingy built right in to the UI.

    You only get a limited number of those per console ID ill try but I think we used all of ours

    You get a two-day trial in the box of Gears.

    I didn't , neither did anyone I know

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    i didn't get a 2 day trial! but i did get a radd sticker sheet which i will be using on my car because i like having tacky game stickers on my car

    I would of rathered a real manual instead of stickers.

  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    i don't open manuals and haven't seen the inside of one in years
    so yeah

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    Hm. I got the Limited, and had a card for a trial in there. Maybe they only put them in the higher editions? Seems a weird choice.

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  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Willeth wrote:
    Hm. I got the Limited, and had a card for a trial in there. Maybe they only put them in the higher editions? Seems a weird choice.

    yeah that seems to be the case? wanna help a broksi out?

  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    Sorry dude, already used.

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  • dalitubadalituba Registered User regular
    My Kantus sold for $33. Crazy world.

    Throwing up the Adam Fenix + Infected Omen now (Thanks Nocren for verifying). I originally was going to sell the second controller that came with the system to recoup the extra cost, but after selling all this DLC I'll nearly come out ahead already.

    Been checking out the 3D in multiplayer so far. Nice that it is available in all the modes. It seems to be pretty well implemented. The only mistake with it I've found so far is that when you shoot a Flamer in the can and a stream of fire comes out, the stream appears to be far in the background regardless of the Flamers location.

  • FreiFrei A French Prometheus Unbound DeadwoodRegistered User regular
    in the grim darkness of the far future, preordering games has become a money making scheme. nerds prey on even bigger nerds, using their own obsession against them. what can men do against such reckless goosery?

    this game is good. I'm not very far in, getting tired of fighting lambent. it's like fighting a bunch of big red video game barrels. I'm sure the Locust will probably be back pretty soon, though.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    Man, I really want to just go down to my local store and steal one of those infected omen codes. I don't think I'd even use them, but completionism

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    or just buy a controller, remove code, and then return it

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    A possibility. I just kinda wish I'd bought one when I was in the US. I would have got a cheap controller, IO codes and at that point Adam Fenix as well because whoops, and then could have sold my Adam code that came in-box.

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    err why didn't my Beta flaming weapon unlock skins transfer over into retail??

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  • AumniAumni Registered User regular
    Hardtarget wrote:
    err why didn't my Beta flaming weapon unlock skins transfer over into retail??

    Beta data is a save file. Did you swap 360s or format/delete the HDD?

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    I actually did swap 360s funnily enough from a old style to a new slim BUT i'm using the same hard drive so the save file is on there :\

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    check and see if it got corrupted, if so that sucks.
    it was cool to see upon loading up the game all the unlocks and challenges pop up from the beta/achievements

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  • Future BluesFuture Blues Registered User regular
    So anybody know about the Gears season pass? It's 2400pts, so that's something like $30 for how many maps/characters? I know that the word around the net is 4 "packs" of DLC, but I kind of wonder how those packs break down. Any info?

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  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Due to what I imagine is extreme luck on my part, in a single game I popped the Lambency achievement. I honestly thought I would never get Lambency, especially not this early.

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  • Shady3011Shady3011 Registered User regular
    SirUltimos wrote:
    Due to what I imagine is extreme luck on my part, in a single game I popped the Lambency achievement. I honestly thought I would never get Lambency, especially not this early.

    I got it in my first match. Isn't it a viral achievement?

  • AllforceAllforce Registered User regular
    Yeah it's viral, I got it too, first achievement on the first kill I got.

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    So anybody know about the Gears season pass? It's 2400pts, so that's something like $30 for how many maps/characters? I know that the word around the net is 4 "packs" of DLC, but I kind of wonder how those packs break down. Any info?

    The first DLC will hve 2 characters skins dont know what else though

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    I do have XBL gold dont know how but I do,

    Also I just bought the Deadly Cute weapons with the little bit of points I had

  • BebopSamuraiBebopSamurai Registered User regular
    Beat'd after playing for about 4 hours last night, then about 7-8 today. Wow. Just wow.

    I've always had fun with the series, don't get me wrong. But I think Gears 3 fixed pretty much every issue I have ever had with it. The writing is GOOD and the color palatte is vibrant and the environments are beautiful and it really does feel like a proper conclusion! That NEVER happens! Also really liked how it added some shades of grey to the COG/Locust-- aside from them trying to kill you all the time, their motivations are pretty sympathetic X) Only REAL issue is that while I really liked the logical way each level fed into the next and the clear, overarching sense of goal and progression, it didn't REALLY have a straight-up HOLY FUCK moment like, say, riding a Brumak :) Clayton Carmine being freaking fantastic

    (okay, some threads were left hanging, but at least then it's not like MGS4, where EVERY POSSIBLE GODDAMN QUESTION MUST BE ANSWERED REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDS TO (or, in fact, people WANTED to know).

    I DID actually like Marcus here, or at least he felt more relatable and reacted in a HUMAN WAY to alot of the stuff that happened. And MAN, I never thought I would really like Cole, but Act 1 really changed my perception of him. Baird of course, was reliably snarky the whole way through, which is fine with me :)

    Also loving alot of the little touches, like how you ACTUALLY REV UP the lancer rather than it just raises, magically revved like in the last 2 games, or that you can sprint during the walking-while-touching-your-ear parts (FINALLY) or that even while using a lancer, you'll just do a quick melee against the tiny explodey ones rather than having to switch to something else (FINALLY FINALLY)

    I... was kind of disappointed with how much they oversold the 'Pulp-Fiction-style-separate-timelines-with-different-groups' angle, though. Epic made a big deal about how OHHH YOU SEE THE SAME EVENT FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND TIMELINES START TO CONVERGE AND IT'S ALL SUPERCOOL... and then they toss it aside after Act 1. :/

    But yeah, overall, great game, and TONS of stuff-- like, Mortal Kombat-level tons of stuff. Definitely worth 60 bucks.

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  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    I'm actually betting their will be different viewpoints for DLC. There's an option in the menu for DLC campaign missions.

  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    Tied for first on the leaderboards for Insane Beast.

    MOTHERFUCKIN' TICKERS REPRESENT.

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  • BizazedoBizazedo Registered User regular
    I think Space Marine MP is better.
    ...but, damn, this is vastly improved over 2. Fun shit.

    We actually laid down suppressing fire for teammates as they advanced.

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  • Renegade WolfRenegade Wolf Registered User regular
    Thank for the overview of the books Scottsman!

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    pabloodyroarxx add me for some horde or tdm i have no mic though

  • Tridus1xTridus1x Registered User regular
    Tied for first on the leaderboards for Insane Beast.

    MOTHERFUCKIN' TICKERS REPRESENT.

    TICKERS4LYFE!!!

  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Haven't even tried horde or beast yet, was busy playing execution when I was by myself and TDM when I was with friends . All hail the Lancer/Gnasher combo!. I also played enough to know that I would be playing the MP for some time so I went ahead and got the pass. Hopefully the selection of maps ( don't much care about anything else) has as much detail and effort put into them as the others. Plus Liquid metal is a fun skin , it makes the enemy team focus on doing nothing but killing me to take me guns.

    If anyone wants to play execution with an average player look for me in the meta tag and invite me. If I don't accept it just means im with friends atm or playing singleplayer.

    P.S.- I still hate wingman

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  • BansheeBanshee Registered User regular
    Game is really fun. Played mostly horde with friends and it rocks. Lots of stuff unlocks,which is neat. Got one of those weapons skins (haze) and IMO the ones you get in-game are better. Not gonna spend any more on those.

    Now I just need to finish gears 2.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    Gotta say, love the colors in this one. I think I've played on all the maps in one mode or another.... (except maybe Overpass? Whatever it's called.) and I love how each one looks and feels different.

    Hotel has the nice indoor/outdoor areas.
    Drydock actually looks like it's namesake.
    Trenches feels like something from WW1.
    Sandbar has a nice coastal theme.
    Old Town is freakin' awesome.
    Checkout is also great.

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    Hardtarget wrote:
    err why didn't my Beta flaming weapon unlock skins transfer over into retail??
    to everybody who replied
    on first time bootup it turns out the fetch feature is slightly... weird. If you specify your hard drive again in settings OR just relaunch the game and choose the HD it'll rescan and them boom all my beta stuff appeared. Super happy because it almost made me real sad
    also apparently i somehow missed playing in week 3 of the beta and didn't get one of the flame skins :(

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    So the Vulcan is fucking hilariously fun to use. Everyone loves a crank-fed portable GAU-8.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    If I spend 35,000 on decoys in Horde mode, I unlock an automated turret? Oh ho ho, I know what I'll be doing from now on.

    And Versus mode still sucks. Thankfully the campaign and the Horde and Beast modes are so fun.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    YO FUCKIN

    THE END OF FUCKING ACT III


    YOOOOOOOOO

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    I dunno, played a few games with Nickle and....you I think, and it didn't seem so bad.

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  • Foolish ChaosFoolish Chaos Registered User regular
    What wrong with versus?

    I haven't touched anything else yet and I'm having a blast.

  • Professor SnugglesworthProfessor Snugglesworth Registered User regular
    Beast Mode could easily be the best feature about this game.

    Sucks that it's so short though. I really hope they expand on it.

    I would especially love a version that included human players playing as the COG.

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    So, even though I never dug Gears when I played it back in '06, all this talk of Gears 3 really gave me the urge to try it again and then give Gears 2 and 3 a try as well (though 3 might have to wait, I'm borrowing the first two from a friend)

    I do remember one of my complaints now that I'm playing it, and I have to ask if it improves in Gears 2: do enemies react at all to being shot in the face? It's kind of weird but it almost feels like I can't tell if I'm aiming correctly or not, and things take a long time to die. Gets kind of frustrating.

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