I don't know what to say about this one. Somehow they managed to do it again... do the one step forward one step backwards thingy for me...
Firstly, I have to warn all of you again because of my obscure opinions. Because there are also points and subjects you may not like, I just wanted to start with a warning
Now, I have to say this game looks somehow like next generation xbox one game. I liked that. Also feels more smooth, it's hard to explain but when you turn the character, it feels like there's more animations to make it feel even more smooth, also there are more weapons and old weapons modified a bit, also finally it feels more singleplayer solo friendly so no more bad balanced moments! Also... yeah that's it.
Compared to the gears of war1 and 2, this game feels like focused only one thing and that is focusing only on the bare essentials that is cover to cover shooting. Less gimmicks and less setpieces. Just more and more cover to cover shooting. At least that how I felt. There are some sections where a strong enemy hunts you or you defend a big vehicle, or you kill a big giant enemy part by part again but they are more rarer and shorter than the other games I felt like. That results with a bit sameness in my opinion. Like I have to force myself to remember what happens in the game. Because when you do the cover to cover combat too much, it gets indistinctful, blurry in my head. Like I am fine with it and it blood pumps when it needs to but it isn't that memorable to me compared to the previous titles some of the levels.
Now if this game focused more on the cover to cover combat than anything else, then how they manage to keep the game fresh? That is with the new enemy types, more different arena types and with the new weapons of course. Hey that's nice right? More refined gameplay, more weapons, more enemies. What could I want more right? There could be no wrong things right? Like... An infuriating new enemy type for example???
Yes. Call it nitpick or not I don't care. But when %80 of the new enemy types we fight also are self explosion enemies when they die... I just hate this. Not just that, game filled with enemy spawners at every corner and they spawn what? This new self explosion enemies of course! Oh also they color your screen in a pee color. Did they do this because we don't see pee color on the environment not enough maybe? Pee color everyone! Here get this all!!!!!
Sorry, but I only accept self explosion enemies in some gimmicky sections, not in the %80 of the game. It get to the point I just wanted this game to end!
To the point I can say dlc raam's shadow is better than the main game even tho it's hecking short because you fight with normal enemies ONLY. Not with their pee colored variants.
Oh also story is... gears of war 2 but weaker in my opinion. It's the same story about taking down the queen and finding a way for how to do so, but in this one I felt like tone of the game was lighter than gears1 and 2. I think they did this to make us care about the characters but jokes or comedic moments just don't land for me, I am sorry but they don't. Not just that, the suppossed emotional moment of this game is somehow weaker than the second one. Why? Because it feels hamfisted in my opinion. In the second game that scene had purpose with motivating you to taking down an entire fortress. In this one... It's there to save the group from a critical place, but after we return to civil base, we learn that they didn't have to get stuck in that place in the first place, because they could solve their problem with an alternative way??? Then what purpose it did serve? To shock us? To repeat the second game? I don't know. Also, there are some romantic undertones near the end this time. At least it was fine with not forcing to your face. But just to add girls to the game, newly added female gears armor looks really weird to me tho.
Also for some reason game focused more on showing you different factions of the world. Tbh I would rather get more stronger moments rather than adding more side lore to the game
Now story is fine of course, but what I meant is it could be much much better and impactful with a better writing. That's it.
Sorry for getting angry a bit, but for me refinement and adding new things to this game isn't enough when you put one of my most hated enemy types on most of the game. That is just... No... Sorry. This is not for me. This opinion isn't here to change your favourite game. It's just... like I said... this game is just not for me. That's all.
Firstly, I have to warn all of you again because of my obscure opinions. Because there are also points and subjects you may not like, I just wanted to start with a warning
Now, I have to say this game looks somehow like next generation xbox one game. I liked that. Also feels more smooth, it's hard to explain but when you turn the character, it feels like there's more animations to make it feel even more smooth, also there are more weapons and old weapons modified a bit, also finally it feels more singleplayer solo friendly so no more bad balanced moments! Also... yeah that's it.
Compared to the gears of war1 and 2, this game feels like focused only one thing and that is focusing only on the bare essentials that is cover to cover shooting. Less gimmicks and less setpieces. Just more and more cover to cover shooting. At least that how I felt. There are some sections where a strong enemy hunts you or you defend a big vehicle, or you kill a big giant enemy part by part again but they are more rarer and shorter than the other games I felt like. That results with a bit sameness in my opinion. Like I have to force myself to remember what happens in the game. Because when you do the cover to cover combat too much, it gets indistinctful, blurry in my head. Like I am fine with it and it blood pumps when it needs to but it isn't that memorable to me compared to the previous titles some of the levels.
Now if this game focused more on the cover to cover combat than anything else, then how they manage to keep the game fresh? That is with the new enemy types, more different arena types and with the new weapons of course. Hey that's nice right? More refined gameplay, more weapons, more enemies. What could I want more right? There could be no wrong things right? Like... An infuriating new enemy type for example???
Yes. Call it nitpick or not I don't care. But when %80 of the new enemy types we fight also are self explosion enemies when they die... I just hate this. Not just that, game filled with enemy spawners at every corner and they spawn what? This new self explosion enemies of course! Oh also they color your screen in a pee color. Did they do this because we don't see pee color on the environment not enough maybe? Pee color everyone! Here get this all!!!!!
Sorry, but I only accept self explosion enemies in some gimmicky sections, not in the %80 of the game. It get to the point I just wanted this game to end!
To the point I can say dlc raam's shadow is better than the main game even tho it's hecking short because you fight with normal enemies ONLY. Not with their pee colored variants.
Oh also story is... gears of war 2 but weaker in my opinion. It's the same story about taking down the queen and finding a way for how to do so, but in this one I felt like tone of the game was lighter than gears1 and 2. I think they did this to make us care about the characters but jokes or comedic moments just don't land for me, I am sorry but they don't. Not just that, the suppossed emotional moment of this game is somehow weaker than the second one. Why? Because it feels hamfisted in my opinion. In the second game that scene had purpose with motivating you to taking down an entire fortress. In this one... It's there to save the group from a critical place, but after we return to civil base, we learn that they didn't have to get stuck in that place in the first place, because they could solve their problem with an alternative way??? Then what purpose it did serve? To shock us? To repeat the second game? I don't know. Also, there are some romantic undertones near the end this time. At least it was fine with not forcing to your face. But just to add girls to the game, newly added female gears armor looks really weird to me tho.
Also for some reason game focused more on showing you different factions of the world. Tbh I would rather get more stronger moments rather than adding more side lore to the game
Now story is fine of course, but what I meant is it could be much much better and impactful with a better writing. That's it.
Sorry for getting angry a bit, but for me refinement and adding new things to this game isn't enough when you put one of my most hated enemy types on most of the game. That is just... No... Sorry. This is not for me. This opinion isn't here to change your favourite game. It's just... like I said... this game is just not for me. That's all.