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[Xbox/XBL] Battlefront II SP Sucked (but Gavankar was great): A Retrospective

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    If you haven't bought Control yet, there's a 6000 point punch card for doing so which would more or less make it $5 off if you redeem that for a gift card.

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    Gears of War 4 act 4 chapter 5 boss. Is all you have to do is blown up the nuts on his chin? We've been struggling with it for ours after dying on it multiple times last time we played this. Then, we blow up the nut blisters on his chin and he just dies?

    What about the switches I was pulling eaflier to electrocute him? I'm confused

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    Gears of War 4 act 4 chapter 5 boss. Is all you have to do is blown up the nuts on his chin? We've been struggling with it for ours after dying on it multiple times last time we played this. Then, we blow up the nut blisters on his chin and he just dies?

    What about the switches I was pulling eaflier to electrocute him? I'm confused
    You need to pull the switch to open a generator, then shoot the generator until it explodes and that'll reveal some blisters all over the Swarmak's body, and it'll also autosave. You then need to pop all the blisters; once they're gone, find another generator and repeat the process three more times.

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  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    edited September 2019
  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    Gears of War 4 act 4 chapter 5 boss. Is all you have to do is blown up the nuts on his chin? We've been struggling with it for ours after dying on it multiple times last time we played this. Then, we blow up the nut blisters on his chin and he just dies?

    What about the switches I was pulling eaflier to electrocute him? I'm confused
    You need to pull the switch to open a generator, then shoot the generator until it explodes and that'll reveal some blisters all over the Swarmak's body, and it'll also autosave. You then need to pop all the blisters; once they're gone, find another generator and repeat the process three more times.

    Unless it autosaved like it sounds like it might of, I don't feel like we went through the process? Maybe we did and got lucky? I legit Heard "shoot the blisters" during our 4th attempt while looking for switches.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    RickRude wrote: »
    Gears of War 4 act 4 chapter 5 boss. Is all you have to do is blown up the nuts on his chin? We've been struggling with it for ours after dying on it multiple times last time we played this. Then, we blow up the nut blisters on his chin and he just dies?

    What about the switches I was pulling eaflier to electrocute him? I'm confused
    You need to pull the switch to open a generator, then shoot the generator until it explodes and that'll reveal some blisters all over the Swarmak's body, and it'll also autosave. You then need to pop all the blisters; once they're gone, find another generator and repeat the process three more times.

    Unless it autosaved like it sounds like it might of, I don't feel like we went through the process? Maybe we did and got lucky? I legit Heard "shoot the blisters" during our 4th attempt while looking for switches.
    You don't need to pop the blisters to move onto the next stage, but since it autosaves when you blow a generator, it's a nice way to save progress during the fight. When I did the fight a second time on insane, I just blew every generator in a row, which was trouble as it meant I had to blow every blister on a single life, basically.

  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    My gf cried during gears 4. You did well game, you did well

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
    OK someone explain the ending to me.

    We ready for gears 5. Edit. Have a month of game pass free. When does it become available to play?

    RickRude on
  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    OK someone explain the ending to me.

    We ready for gears 5. Edit. Have a month of game pass free. When does it become available to play?
    Okay, so in old Gears you had the Locust, who were mysterious subterranean monsters (who might be mutated humans? It's never clarified for sure.). In Gears 2, you are given a mission to kill the Queen (who was present as a VO in the first game, but never identified as the Queen). When you finally reach her, it's revealed that she looks completely human (she has a weird tentacle thingy on her back but it's gone in the next game so it likely wasn't a part of her.) At the end of Gears 3 they fire off a super weapon that kills all the Locust (and other group of freaky tentacle mutants called the Lambent, but that's not important.) but the Queen survives, implying even more that she's completely human.

    The pendant Reyna gives Kait, who she says belonged to her grandmother, has the Locust symbol on the back, implying that Reyna and Kait are the Locust Queen's direct descendants.

    Gears 5 will be available to play at 9pm EST in the US.

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    OK someone explain the ending to me.

    We ready for gears 5. Edit. Have a month of game pass free. When does it become available to play?
    Okay, so in old Gears you had the Locust, who were mysterious subterranean monsters (who might be mutated humans? It's never clarified for sure.). In Gears 2, you are given a mission to kill the Queen (who was present as a VO in the first game, but never identified as the Queen). When you finally reach her, it's revealed that she looks completely human (she has a weird tentacle thingy on her back but it's gone in the next game so it likely wasn't a part of her.) At the end of Gears 3 they fire off a super weapon that kills all the Locust (and other group of freaky tentacle mutants called the Lambent, but that's not important.) but the Queen survives, implying even more that she's completely human.

    The pendant Reyna gives Kait, who she says belonged to her grandmother, has the Locust symbol on the back, implying that Reyna and Kait are the Locust Queen's direct descendants.

    Gears 5 will be available to play at 9pm EST in the US.

    Ty!

  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    Yeah I will say that playing at least Gears 2 was probably the only way someone would get any emotional impact from the cliff hanger ending, otherwise it kind of ends on a moody, wet fart

  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    In news far less interesting than that Game Pass reveal, Microsoft is going to deploy console-independent XCloud streaming testing in South Korea.

    Considering South Korea may have the best, or some of the best, internet coverage in the world, that probably makes sense. It's also thought that it might give Microsoft some desirable insight into the South Korean marketplace too.

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  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    OK someone explain the ending to me.

    We ready for gears 5. Edit. Have a month of game pass free. When does it become available to play?
    Okay, so in old Gears you had the Locust, who were mysterious subterranean monsters (who might be mutated humans? It's never clarified for sure.). In Gears 2, you are given a mission to kill the Queen (who was present as a VO in the first game, but never identified as the Queen). When you finally reach her, it's revealed that she looks completely human (she has a weird tentacle thingy on her back but it's gone in the next game so it likely wasn't a part of her.) At the end of Gears 3 they fire off a super weapon that kills all the Locust (and other group of freaky tentacle mutants called the Lambent, but that's not important.) but the Queen survives, implying even more that she's completely human.

    The pendant Reyna gives Kait, who she says belonged to her grandmother, has the Locust symbol on the back, implying that Reyna and Kait are the Locust Queen's direct descendants.

    Gears 5 will be available to play at 9pm EST in the US.

    If you are on PC and have Game Pass ultimate its actually available now if you change your region to Kiribati


    Why yes Gears 5 I WILL play as Sarah Connor in multiplayer

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  • BlackDragon480BlackDragon480 Bluster Kerfuffle Master of Windy ImportRegistered User regular
    Give me the full tactical gear SC that attacked Dyson's house in T2 and I'm there.

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  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    So now I finally have access to optic fiber broadband, installing the UWP version of Gears 5 was surprisingly hassle-free. In days of yore it was incredibly inhospitable towards low-bandwidth downloaders in that W10 store would reset progress after a few days.

    That instability doesn't seem to be a problem for me anymore, though I do wonder if it might still cause problems for those with insufficient network speeds

  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    I really need to watch a recap video of the Gears series before I play 5. I've played 1, 2, and 4, and all I can really tell you is that the Locust are bad and the Cole Train is a smooth ride. And that Marcus is such a badass that he makes his own son look like a pansy, despite the fact that said son is also a roided-out-looking monster of a man and a murder-machine.

  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    Give me the full tactical gear SC that attacked Dyson's house in T2 and I'm there.

    You don't want to use a character that hypes an upcoming movie?

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Oh right, my bad. Gears 5 is available today if only if you buy the Ultimate edition or have Game Pass Ultimate.

  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    What time does Ultimate edition unlock in the US, anyone know? East coast.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Crippl3 wrote: »
    What time does Ultimate edition unlock in the US, anyone know? East coast.

    9pm est for the us.

  • OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    Give me the full tactical gear SC that attacked Dyson's house in T2 and I'm there.

    Forget that. I want Night Club Sarah Conner from the first movie.

  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
    Dirty wrote: »
    I really need to watch a recap video of the Gears series before I play 5. I've played 1, 2, and 4, and all I can really tell you is that the Locust are bad and the Cole Train is a smooth ride. And that Marcus is such a badass that he makes his own son look like a pansy, despite the fact that said son is also a roided-out-looking monster of a man and a murder-machine.

    I haven't actually checked it out but the Extras menu for Gears 5 has a "state of the universe" video that seems designed to catch players up to speed

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Owenashi wrote: »
    Give me the full tactical gear SC that attacked Dyson's house in T2 and I'm there.

    Forget that. I want Night Club Sarah Conner from the first movie.

    Waitress Sarah Connor.

    With ice-cream grenades.

  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    Dirty wrote: »
    I really need to watch a recap video of the Gears series before I play 5. I've played 1, 2, and 4, and all I can really tell you is that the Locust are bad and the Cole Train is a smooth ride. And that Marcus is such a badass that he makes his own son look like a pansy, despite the fact that said son is also a roided-out-looking monster of a man and a murder-machine.

    I haven't actually checked it out but the Extras menu for Gears 5 has a "state of the universe" video that seems designed to catch players up to speed

    Plus, if you want something more intimate, Kait does the whole Last time on Gears thing specifically for the fourth game.

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  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    Man, the matchmaking servers for Gears seem to be pretty fucked!
    At least I got one game of Escape in, it's hard. Also Sarah Connor seems really really good in Escape and Horde.

  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    Man I think maybe gears took down Xbox, can’t seem to sign in

    Undead Scottsman
  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Prohass wrote: »
    Man I think maybe gears took down Xbox, can’t seem to sign in

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    God that's frustrating I was literally playing, went to go get my kid, and then came back and can't sign in and he wanted to watch more gears...

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    This is pretty weak, I can't even get my save file for Metal Wolf Chaos to play, I don't care about your stupid Gears Linkin Park game.

    I thought the default was to save to the hard drive, am I doing something wrong or does it all go to the cloud with your account? Scrap it all, go back to cartridges.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
    That's weird, it's supposed to do both.

    EDIT: Also I'd be surprised if this was actually Gears related, given much bigger releases have come out just fine. We haven't even gotten to the full launch yet.

    Undead Scottsman on
  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    Yeah it's probably another DDoS or something along those lines

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited September 2019
    It's possible. There was some hubbub in some circles over a game that has always had a white male protagonist changing gears (Pun wasn't originally intended, but I'm totally sticking with it.) to focus on a latinx woman. That said, I hadn't heard that much hubbub, because outside of Gears fans I feel like nobody gives a shit about Gears.

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  • baudattitudebaudattitude Registered User regular
    I read kotakuinaction on a regular basis, and they don’t seem to be up in arms over Gears. If there’s a DDoS, it’s probably from some other perceived slight.

  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    Still remember that hilarious time where they literally had a fire burn out one of Microsoft's server rooms

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I have to say people on twitter are losing their damn minds over this and its like "holy shit its been down for an hour calm down."

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    Oh,
    It's possible. There was some hubbub in some circles over a game that has always had a white male protagonist changing gears (Pun wasn't originally intended, but I'm totally sticking with it.) to focus on a latinx woman. That said, I hadn't heard that much hubbub, because outside of Gears fans I feel like nobody gives a shit about Gears.

    There's also like... 16 different unlockable Pride banners so who knows, maybe the anti-gays are crusading against the essjaydubbuhyuhs again

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Or it could be just some shitty server stuff happened. No need for dick heads to be involved.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Or it could be just some shitty server stuff happened. No need for dick heads to be involved.

    It's the internet. Dickheads are probably involved.

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  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    I've seen enough networking failures at launch points not to assume that it's some organized conspiracy when simple inaction or human error can explain it. Diablo III didn't need a Gamergate-attributed DDOS attack to fuck up at launch, Blizzard was entirely capable of doing that on their own.

    I was able to log in, and played several chapters, though I did get dropped after dying once (since I was still hosting an campaign lobby).

  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Or it could be just some shitty server stuff happened. No need for dick heads to be involved.

    Yeah, it couldn't possibly be a massively major release that people don't really ever buy but can access because $1 Gamepass dropping.

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