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So, who's getting it?

Reviews looking pretty good, from the beta(and vids online) the gameplay is much snappier and faster than GoW2. Horde mode/tower defense looks awesome.

Should keep me pretty busy till Exterminatus for Space Marine comes out anyway

I will, and most likely, before release date again

Dammit, you made me look it up and I want it bad now. Exosuits with frontal armour, tower defense. I like.

Got it pre-ordered, read all the books, played the games, twill be a good day.

Will be looking for you guys online to play horde with (will probably be switching between that, Exterminatus, and Firefight (when Halo:Anniv comes out))

Can't wait to get my hands back on that hammerburst.

So gears2 on insane, alone... pretty rough.

Zomg, midnight tonight guys!

I just hope they are done milking this series after this game. Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed the series but there comes a time when enough is enough. These guys need to make something else good and not just cover-based shooters.

I am so looking forward to this tomorrow.

Horde mode looks awesome.

the waiting, the clocks ticking in my head, I've got to get it, soon, only 12 hours until I've got my precious, holding it close until I can get home and play the campian.

huh, what you saying, yeah, gonna burn through the campain soaking up all the juicy story goodness before hitting tower defence hoard 2.0. unfortunatly I didn't get to play the beta, so it'll all be new to me

The beta was actually pretty great, however my being bad colored my enjoyment of it, lol!

I feel like I've gotten better going through GoW2 on Insane by myself, heh.

Gonna do the whole campaign on hard co-op with a mate tommorow

Gonna do the campaign on Wednesday with the wife (going to try and get HER to play on normal, I'll be playing on hardcore).

So make sure you spoil stuff if you feel the need to post! I'm sure I'll have some horde impressions tomorrow, since I am getting it at midnight tonight.

Not sure if needing spoiler tags for this..

MrDwhitey wrote:Not sure if needing spoiler tags for this..

Spoiler:

The Vulcan Canon, in multiplayer does it ever require two players, does anyone who played the beta know? I've seen it used on a video by one guy, but he never seemed able to fire long bursts before seemingly reloading. It could just be how he was playing it. I would be heavily amused/enjoy a team portable weapon in GoW 3 multiplayer.

Vulcan Cannon wasn't in the beta (at least, for me it wasn't), but yes, it requires two players; one to hold the ammo, one to fire the gun.


My worry is how fething hard that thing will hit; the Mulcher ALREADY shreds people it looks at.


Tried to get my copy from gamestop early, no dice.

Slarg232 wrote:

MrDwhitey wrote:Not sure if needing spoiler tags for this..

Spoiler:

The Vulcan Canon, in multiplayer does it ever require two players, does anyone who played the beta know? I've seen it used on a video by one guy, but he never seemed able to fire long bursts before seemingly reloading. It could just be how he was playing it. I would be heavily amused/enjoy a team portable weapon in GoW 3 multiplayer.

Vulcan Cannon wasn't in the beta (at least, for me it wasn't), but yes, it requires two players; one to hold the ammo, one to fire the gun.


My worry is how fething hard that thing will hit; the Mulcher ALREADY shreds people it looks at.


Tried to get my copy from gamestop early, no dice.

Well if it needs two guys for it to work proppa in multi, I'm fine being the carrier, just to watch the fireworks.

I love it because it reminds me of those HMG teams in WW2 games.

I really like the ad on TV atm, but I won't be getting it, can't buy every game, and this one falls under, looks interesting, but my games budget is needed elsewhere. Not picked up any of the series either, so even if I did, would need to start with GoW.

There's only one thing I care about in Gears of War 3, and that's the fate of this guy.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:I really like the ad on TV atm, but I won't be getting it, can't buy every game, and this one falls under, looks interesting, but my games budget is needed elsewhere. Not picked up any of the series either, so even if I did, would need to start with GoW.

STORY SPOILERS!

Gears of War 1:



Gears of War 2:




Also, did anyone notice how Anya swears like a sailor compared to everyone else?

Dom:
"Gak, my guns jammed!"
"Too many of them!"
"Eat it!"

Marcus:
"Eat gak and die!"
"Whose next?"
"Friendly Fire!"

Anya:
"FETH YOU!"
"FETHIN HURTS!"
"Stupid peice of fething gak!"

halonachos wrote:There's only one thing I care about in Gears of War 3, and that's the fate of this guy.

If he dies I'm gonna punch a baby.

Coolyo294 wrote:

halonachos wrote:There's only one thing I care about in Gears of War 3, and that's the fate of this guy.

If he dies I'm gonna punch a baby.

If he lives, I'll punch two babies.

Slarg232 wrote:

Coolyo294 wrote:

halonachos wrote:There's only one thing I care about in Gears of War 3, and that's the fate of this guy.

If he dies I'm gonna punch a baby.

If he lives, I'll punch two babies.

So you're one of those people, eh?

Carmine must live, Carmine must live!

I'm not clicking that spoiler yet, since you give no context as to what it will be

Just played some horde after I got home with the game last night, feels so good. Got to wave 19 with randoms, at first I thought it being on normal would be easy... but once we got past like, wave 15... yikes.

The spoiler concerns the Lambent, but went on youtube and got my answer for my burning question.

I'm lacing up my gloves to fight Best Buy's shenanigans.

Apparently, many people who preordered the Limited Edition online received an email yesterday stating that it was "delayed in reaching our warehouse" and giving no estimate as to when it will release. There's also many, many people who have not received anything about the preorder bonus skin, so that resulted in many unhappy campers.

I expect this from GameStop. I do not expect this from Best Buy.

So, horde mode is fantastic. I really love the base building/tower defense stuff they have added to it.

Got to wave 19 last night online, boss waves are insane.

Got to wave 10 with a friend duo'ing it earlier, every 10th wave is a boss wave... and we got 2 berserkers, and a bunch of other guys. We did not survive.

I've had it for a day. Played all the modes to a decent extent. Best game I've bought so far this year.

Horde mode is pretty awesome.

Beast mode is amazing. Kantus Priest is my favourite until you get the bulletproof priest.