What is the best Gears of War game?

Considering we had one for Halo, it's only right that Gears gets one.

Gears of War 3 > Gears of War 1 > Gears of War 2 > Gears of War Judgement (imo)

Gears of War 3 was the most content-packed game in ages with a campaign that ended the Marcus saga perfectly plus four KILLER multiplayer modes (traditional, Horde, Beast and Coop). Gears of War 1 was amazing because of its tightly paced/horror-filled singleplayer but multiplayer was a bit of Gnasher/Shotty fest compared to Gears 3. Gears 2 campaign was fun but gimmicky, horde mode was a first and it was great; multiplayer was decent after a few updates but it just doesn't compare to the first two. Gears Judgement was alright, nothing too bad.

Trois, followed by two.

2 , all the rest is trash.

I'll go with Gears of War 3. By far the best version then the rest.

I'd say 2 followed by 1. I grew fed up of the characters by 3

You've never even played them, cow.

Probably 2.

I was somewhat enjoying 3 till they made Marcus cry about his daddy issues. Then I laughed.

2, the campaign was awesome and the graphical changes from 1 was great.

add in Horde mode and enhancements to multiplayer, was by far the gears I spent the most time on

Try harder , lem.

You wouldn't cry if your dad died?

Gears 3 rules!!!

The only one I truly enjoyed was 2, and that was because it had bot-multiplayer.

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3 is easily the best.

And it gave us Horde Mode if memory serves.

3 was the only good game in the series

1, it's a masterpiece in atmosphere creation and a classic video game that does several things extremely well in spite of its meathead, dudebro aesthetic. Multiplayer is so simple and fun here, in that Halo 1 way. It's been outclassed but it's a unique beast.

I like 2, but its story is way serious for its own good and it trashes so much of the tension from the first game when it reveals at the beginning that there's actually a huge amount of platoons ready to fight the Locust. Horde was a great premise back in 2008 and honestly the game's campaign has a few great parts but it's not nearly as good as the first's. The multiplayer is great when it worked though.

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Love.

Avalanche.

Gears 3 is eh. Again like Gears 2, the filler is way too overt and I don't like how far the campiness and the more small feeling of the first is replaced with bombastic set pieces and colorful terrains. That being said though, it was a technical showpiece, the multiplayer was easily the best in the series, and there's a lot of good to counter the bad in the campaign. That defense of the base midway through is awesome. Stupidass ending though.

Edit: would also like to add the Lambent suck. Terrible enemies.

Never played Judgment.

@Blabadon: And speaking of Lambent, I felt that the Queen of the Locus was such an underwhelming villain in the series and nothing exciting at that. But I'll give her credit though, for being the most played in MP for being the only Humanoid female Locus.

@davillain-: they basically pull a "your princess is in another castle" when you confront her at the end of Gears 2 and her Gears 3 boss fight is whatever.

Never really tried her in MP (she was in MP? Haven't played the series since 2012) but the creepiest part was hardcore Gears fans trying to make lore out of her like she was Marcus' mom or something. Like no, the closest thing the series had to proper lore was Gears 1 and then Epic fucked that up, let it go now.

In a video game with Marcus? No. He about shed a tear for Dom too. Shit was too funny.

The first one. It was iconic at the time.

3 > 1 > 2 didn't play Judgement

That Horde mode in three was just...yeah good times.

Gears 2 for it's time was my favorite, but to play them in 2015? Gears 3 by a long shot

I played Gears 1, didn't care much for it but I played it because it is what my friends played. Once Rainbow Six: Vegas came out I never touched Gears and then when Halo 3 and CoD 4 released, Gears as a series was dead to me because the slow moving tank type controls, wall bouncing, and host advantage were just so bad that I couldn't warrant purchasing another game in the series, so I can't give an honest opinion. The game just never did anything for me outside of the graphics which were the best on the market at the time it released. I'm not hating the series, I just don't care for it.

The fact the Epic wanted to give the dlc for Gears 1 away for free but MS wouldn't let them also bothered me when it came to this series.

The first game. I played that campaign multiple times which is something I can't say for the terrible one in Gears 2 and the non-memorable one in Gears 3. MP wise, they're all about the same to me.

3 was the best graphically, and probably story wise and gameplay wise. The multiplayer was so much fun on 3.

The first game.

3 is the best by far on any objective scale. It has the most content, best graphics, and most proficient multiplayer.

Subjectively, I still go with 3, the campaign is incredibly fun and varied and has 4 player co-op. The story is still silly but has better production value and has it's moments. I didn't honestly play the multiplayer much in any of the games but 3 was definitely superior on that front.

I liked the story of the second one

Gears 3 for sure.

3 for everything especially multiplayer. Gears UE is really reminding how much they evolved over two games.

Hmmm hard to choose between 1 & 2.