Why didnt you get Gears of war on pc

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#1 Miles0T0Prower
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Ok I got this game and I have one little problem.

There is barely anyone on the servers. This game looks and runs great but barely anyone was on.

Its a awhole lot of nothing. WHy didnt you buy it it has alot of features

updated textures

new maps

new weapons

its longer

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#2 Citan76
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Because I have it on the 360 and I don't play it on that anyway.
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#3 foxhound_fox
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Because its basically the same boring game I played once on 360 and never wanted to play a second time. I really don't understand how both versions of the game scored so well.
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#4 HardcoreKiller2
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I didn't get Gears because I don't got the money. :(

I'm thinking that a lot more servers and people will be on after the holidays come and go.

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#5 DucksBrains
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I won't be playing Gears online until I can fix my PC's network card.
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#6 Mochyc
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Too many other games to get; already finished it once alone and another on co-op on the 360 version; even with added content sp is still short; and if I wanted a multiplayer game I would just continue playing CoD4 or TF2. I might get it later when the price drops.
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#7 IMP_ACT
Member since 2005 • 221 Posts
Give it time, ppl are prolly playing the single player first & it ain't been out that long. Only thing is, CoD4 may overtake it...
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#8 sgtbambam
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Cos I got it on 360, and completed it in less than a week. Still an awesome game.
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#9 Grantelicious
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Theres hardly anyone playing the multiplayer because...

- Theres no dedicated servers so you have to make your own games and once you closed your game down you close the server too, which is complete BS because we should have dedicated servers. What if we wanted to make like 16 player maps? We're expected to host it off our PC?

- Server browser sucks.

- Most people can't even get the game running and alot of people havn't worked out that the game doesn't run if you have a virtual drive on your PC.

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#10 Arthas045
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Because I have it on the 360 and I many other games I rather get right now...
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#11 usule
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cause I have it on 360 and crysis is coming out next week, and a few days later, ut3... that should cover my pc game money for now...
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#12 mrbojangles25
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Oh, a bunch of reasons.

1. Already spent 90 bucks this month on games (The Witcher, Hellgate)

2. Already played the game on 360, found it a lot of fun but the true joy of it is sitting next to your friend playing co-op. Just like R6 Vegas. Plus the campagin is awful short. If I can beat the game in 6 hours with a controller, I can beat it in four with a mouse and keyboard, even with the added content

3. Microsoft scamming. I knew this was gonna be an issue, even if Vista wasnt required (which it isnt). Its just too much of an ordeal, not to mention morally questionable. Why? Tell me why do we need those silver, gold, purple, pink, fucia or whatever "services" when Steam does it for free?

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#13 the_leet_kid
Member since 2005 • 9951 Posts

I want to get it

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#14 CnC_Freak
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I've never liked GoW and I refused to buy a game ported from Xbox to PC.
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#15 delirin
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Oh, a bunch of reasons.

1. Already spent 90 bucks this month on games (The Witcher, Hellgate)

2. Already played the game on 360, found it a lot of fun but the true joy of it is sitting next to your friend playing co-op. Just like R6 Vegas. Plus the campagin is awful short. If I can beat the game in 6 hours with a controller, I can beat it in four with a mouse and keyboard, even with the added content

3. Microsoft scamming. I knew this was gonna be an issue, even if Vista wasnt required (which it isnt). Its just too much of an ordeal, not to mention morally questionable. Why? Tell me why do we need those silver, gold, purple, pink, fucia or whatever "services" when Steam does it for free?

mrbojangles25

on number 3... one of the main reasons you are not buying this game is because of live! service?? And you bought HG:L? I'm with you and against the services but c'mon... HG:L's subscriber fees are much more of a ripoff to consumers,and you made that purchase. It's almost the same damn thing;)

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#16 BLKR4330
Member since 2006 • 1698 Posts

I didn't get Gears because I don't got the money. :(

HardcoreKiller2

Same here.. Might be a while till I pick it up too since the witcher and orange box are a little higher on my wish list.

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#17 Simechak
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The simple answer is Call of Duty 4. The game blows gears away both SP and MP. No reason to play Gears any more.

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#18 FrozeN__54
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Because of Live.
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#19 mrbojangles25
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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

Oh, a bunch of reasons.

1. Already spent 90 bucks this month on games (The Witcher, Hellgate)

2. Already played the game on 360, found it a lot of fun but the true joy of it is sitting next to your friend playing co-op. Just like R6 Vegas. Plus the campagin is awful short. If I can beat the game in 6 hours with a controller, I can beat it in four with a mouse and keyboard, even with the added content

3. Microsoft scamming. I knew this was gonna be an issue, even if Vista wasnt required (which it isnt). Its just too much of an ordeal, not to mention morally questionable. Why? Tell me why do we need those silver, gold, purple, pink, fucia or whatever "services" when Steam does it for free?

delirin

on number 3... one of the main reasons you are not buying this game is because of live! service?? And you bought HG:L? I'm with you and against the services but c'mon... HG:L's subscriber fees are much more of a ripoff to consumers,and you made that purchase. It's almost the same damn thing;)

Im not subscribing to Hellgate. They were nice enough to give me an option in the matter. And the game is plenty fun without the extras.
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#20 delirin
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^They were nice enough to give you anoption in Gears as well. Just no ranked play or achievments. Frankly, you miss out on less by not having gold in gears then you do by not having elite in HG:L.

Don't get me wrong, I dispise both subscription tiers, but you have not chosen the lesser of the two evils imho. Your other points are plenty valid though ;)

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#21 LagMan_pt
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hihihi ordered gears of war and crysis, ill have then by next week, then ill play with you. Cant wait to try them

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#23 bauslaugh
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1 simple explanation. The game is nothing new for the PC. Like others have said we have COD4. Just like Halo was huge on XBox the game blows on the PC because it isn't new. FPS have always rocked on PC they just suck with a stupid controller.
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#24 captalchol
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I bought gears but haven't played online. 8 player MP seems kind of lame to me. I bought it for single player mostly, I might try the MP eventually but TF2 is just too damn good now.
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#25 Swiftstrike5
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Its system requirements are pretty high to run on a decent setting (360 is better bang for the $ as far as graphics) so most people don't see it worth paying $50 for playing on shieter graphics with a little more content.. It also requires LIVE, which is quite a pain in the ass to get set up.

I'm still working on the singleplayer campaign.

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#26 Spindoc_SEI
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I have it on 360. I was thinking about getting it, but it should be $30 at most, not $50.
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#27 thanatose
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I just don't have the money for it yet, and I alredy have it for the 360, I may get it later when I have the money to buy it.
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#29 kakishi1
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Crysis is coming out in a few days, so im guessing most people (like myself) are more eagered to play that then GOW, but im getting GOW for xmas FER SURE :)
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#30 jollyriot2k1
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I've bought it but I'm never going to play multiplayer online. Bashed out a large chunk of the game on coop with my bro today (2pc's in same room). I played it once on the 360 and thought it was cool, so since I don't own one I got it when it came to PC.

I'm still never going to play it online multiplayer. Why would I want to, the movement is actually pretty dire for a PC shooter, it's third person so you can see round walls, and I just can't imagine it being remotely exciting given the style of combat of the game.

If it's true that you can't run dedicated servers, then it will likely never take off online, since we've been using dedicated servers on PC games for a very, very, very long time (oldest game I can remember was quake 2 but that was also the first online game I played). It's a bit of a joke if you can't use them :P

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#32 Metroid2006
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i was gonna order it but after hearing from my friend there isn't hardly any one playing online thats suks big time for gears of war i was expecting lot of going to play online guess not rather get cod4.
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#33 GodLovesDead
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Gears of War is a bad game. It's not that hard to understand.
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#34 ElArab
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Lol, alot of people got it and can't install it. There are alot of people online, it just doesn't show a list of full servers.

No dedicated servers, and the Live service makes you pay, so people stuck with Silver can't do that much online. DON'T BUY GOLD, OR MS LIVE WILL WIN! IF 1 PERSON BUYS A GOLD SUBSCRIPTION, WITHOUT USING THEIR FIRST LIVE ACCOUNT, THEN THE ENEMY HAS WON! STICK WITH SILVER!!!!

Oh yeah, and people say the SP is short, but it's a little above average, especially if you play on Hardcore and not Casual first. I found casual WAAAY too easy, so I jsut did it on hardcore. So once I beat that, I'm gonna start going online again, cuz I have less problems with online play then single play, for some reason single play just lags, randomly, I already posted a thread about my problem, so I won't put it again in this one.

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#35 Deihmos
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The game wouldn't tell you how many are playing. If no servers show up just create one and you will see how fast it fills.

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#36 cametall
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I have it for 360. Beat it, hate the online. Now it is collecting dust.
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#37 Greg_888_v8
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im getting it in a few weeks, here in Australia
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#38 nutcrackr
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not out yet
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#39 Spunky1119
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ALOT of people are having crash issues with the game. as soon as epic releases a patch to fix it, the multiplayer will be full of people
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#40 jamserver
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Because im not paying that much for a ported title lol, 29.99 is the max i'll spend on this....
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#41 Roris0A
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no moneys =( otherwise I would've picked it up on the day it released. also when I do get the green, theres still orange box, witcher, crysis, etc etc to choose from now lol
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#42 mo0ksi
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Why I don't have GoW? Well... CoD4 + Multiplayer = I think you get it already.
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#43 Minder22
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Because i have it on the 360 and it would just be pointless to get it for the pc
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#44 Qixote
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I wasn't impressed with it on the 360. Unless the PC version comes with a free annual supply of ice cream, I doubt I would be impressed by it either.
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#45 dayaccus007
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I don't get it because it is boring and I'm not a fan of third person shooter, for me it is so hard to control the player on TPS
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#46 modai119
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played it for 360 it wasn't great. Gets old fast. If I want GoW for PC I'd probably download it cause I hate to pay another $50 for "special edition"(PC version) when I own the original
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#47 Kantroce
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The only redeeming feature for Gears of War on Xbox was the co-op play. I couldn't have played through by myself as I would have gotten bored. The multiplayer is once again a ho-hum experience and the only reason I played it on Xbox was because it was split screen with my roommate.
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#48 EntwineX
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1. No demo, so I have no idea whether it will run or not, most likely not.
2. Live game. I don't feel like supporting that whole concept, and it has other cons too like no dedicated servers, prolly no support for xfire etc.
3. Too many other great games out right now; Orange Box, The Witcher etc.

I might pick it up later tho, once I've upgraded my computer a bit and the game has dropped in price, early next year prolly.

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#49 Realmjumper
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A lot of people bought it they're just having trouble playing it. People can Fly the polish dev that ported it did a piss poor job of testing it. Don't worry servers will ramp up eventually. On the brightside if it has a smaller tight niche community people will get to know each other better :D.