*Gears of War 2 Idea Thread*

I would like to see better servers for online play, a defense to the bayonet (chainsaw), the saw can be controlled to cut different body parts, a longer campaign, and allow for bigger maps + 2 more players availableonline. Thoughts...

Here's a snippet from a blog I wrote about Gears 2:

"...it's going to be great no matter what unless they totally screw over the system.The worst they can do, as I said, is just totally destroy the system with new content that ruins everything. To make it good, they're going to neednew content, characters,and story.

By new content, I mean guns. Especially guns with new concepts that could really change your thinking on how to deal with a certain situation. For instance, how would some kind of portable mortar/grenade launcher effect cover? You'd know you wouldn't be safe just hiding there and using attrition to wear the guy down. No, you'd have to keep moving and get in close where he's weaker.

I was also thinking about some kind of a harpoon gun. You load it in there and then you stick guys to walls. It'd make for an interesting mechanic if YOU were stuck toa wall. You would have to pull yourself out, but you'd be vulnerable to enemy fire. I was thinking that you would be able to fire your pistol while stuck, but you couldn't pull at the same time.

The other gun that I thought of would be what I would call the COG Carbine. It would take the Lancer's strengths and make them "weaknesses". For instance, the Lancer is very accurate and great at medium to long range with moderate firepower and it has a high magazine capacity. The Carbine would bevery inaccurate, great at closerange, havehigherfirepower, and have lower magazine capacity. It's wishful thinking further that the Carbine have achainsawon it, but if it would, I'd want it on theback of the gun for variety.

There would need to be story for Gears 2 to survive. Why notfill in the backstory better? Or why not add some character depth to Marcus Fenix? Ido believe thatthere would need to at least be new characters.I would want Dom and Baird to die and be replaced. Cole is an integral part of Gears and needs to live!"

I would also like some new online game types, rather than deathmatch every time; annex didnt cut it for me. Maybe somthing that is teambased on objectives, like CTF^. Some interactivity ofother enemies in matches like new monsters that attack spots at certain times, day and nightcycles, and bases with defensive attachments.

torque+sniper+chainsaw=sick hybridSorasGhost009

=too easy

That would just be ridiculous.

Definitely^^^

MP should include customizable CoGs/Locusts.. and they should add re-add the Morale Meter that they took out of Gears of War, but only include it during Insane.

For those who don't know the Morale Meter.. It was if you and your party of Gears were pinned down for too long on the same part your party would just start killing themselves, which made it even harder for the player.

Don't release the game, thiers an idea.snipeshot11

hahaha, i'm down with that idea.

Here's a snippet from a blog I wrote about Gears 2:

"...it's going to be great no matter what unless they totally screw over the system.The worst they can do, as I said, is just totally destroy the system with new content that ruins everything. To make it good, they're going to neednew content, characters,and story.

By new content, I mean guns. Especially guns with new concepts that could really change your thinking on how to deal with a certain situation. For instance, how would some kind of portable mortar/grenade launcher effect cover? You'd know you wouldn't be safe just hiding there and using attrition to wear the guy down. No, you'd have to keep moving and get in close where he's weaker.

I was also thinking about some kind of a harpoon gun. You load it in there and then you stick guys to walls. It'd make for an interesting mechanic if YOU were stuck toa wall. You would have to pull yourself out, but you'd be vulnerable to enemy fire. I was thinking that you would be able to fire your pistol while stuck, but you couldn't pull at the same time.

The other gun that I thought of would be what I would call the COG Carbine. It would take the Lancer's strengths and make them "weaknesses". For instance, the Lancer is very accurate and great at medium to long range with moderate firepower and it has a high magazine capacity. The Carbine would bevery inaccurate, great at closerange, havehigherfirepower, and have lower magazine capacity. It's wishful thinking further that the Carbine have achainsawon it, but if it would, I'd want it on theback of the gun for variety.

There would need to be story for Gears 2 to survive. Why notfill in the backstory better? Or why not add some character depth to Marcus Fenix? Ido believe thatthere would need to at least be new characters.I would want Dom and Baird to die and be replaced. Cole is an integral part of Gears and needs to live!"

darthzew

I like the carbine idea. I think they should change the shotgun. Make it a more realistic shotgun. Not a shoot the foot and decapitate weapon. Another AR and a chaingun would be cool. Longer storyline and a little more about how the planet was destroyed.

i love that whole idea about the harpoon that sticks you to walls but i always thought that the torque bow should have already done that with a proper shot. how about a less accurate version of the lancer that shoots grenades that stick to characters. i also would like to see customizable characters along with customizable weapons. Im not talking about duty 4 depth in weapon customization but more like if i dont want a chainsaw on my lancer and i want the grenade launcher i can choose that. if i want a sniper that shoots a singel but powerful shot or one that has multiple shots but are weaker. actually that doesnt sound to great, but if it were there it wouldnt hurt. i also would like it if A werent the action button for everything. If i want to sprint i should just have to push down on the left stick and my guy would break into a sprint, help with that whole sprinting and getting stuck on walls crap.

As far as single player goes, it would be sweet if more background was developed on our maincharacters along with some new ones, particularly a girl since my sister likes gears and she's always saying they should add a girl. Also i wouldnt want Gears 3 to be just a prequal, id like for part of the game to take place during the locust war and someo f it be a memory from either dom or marcus's perspective on E-day. My choice would be Marcus's cause i want to figure out how his father was killed by RAAM.

i love that whole idea about the harpoon that sticks you to walls but i always thought that the torque bow should have already done that with a proper shot. how about a less accurate version of the lancer that shoots grenades that stick to characters. i also would like to see customizable characters along with customizable weapons. Im not talking about duty 4 depth in weapon customization but more like if i dont want a chainsaw on my lancer and i want the grenade launcher i can choose that. if i want a sniper that shoots a singel but powerful shot or one that has multiple shots but are weaker. actually that doesnt sound to great, but if it were there it wouldnt hurt. i also would like it if A werent the action button for everything. If i want to sprint i should just have to push down on the left stick and my guy would break into a sprint, help with that whole sprinting and getting stuck on walls crap.

As far as single player goes, it would be sweet if more background was developed on our maincharacters along with some new ones, particularly a girl since my sister likes gears and she's always saying they should add a girl. Also i wouldnt want Gears 3 to be just a prequal, id like for part of the game to take place during the locust war and someo f it be a memory from either dom or marcus's perspective on E-day. My choice would be Marcus's cause i want to figure out how his father was killed by RAAM.

Kobewars87

Nice ideas. I think they should do that with the weapons. It'd be nice to put a scope on the lancer.

There's a board for this game.

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/gearsofwar2/forum.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;forums

Please use that in future. This is the reason we have boards for games.

We talk about the Xbox 360 console in general here, mainly hardware.

I would like to see better servers for online play, a defense to the bayonet (chainsaw), the saw can be controlled to cut different body parts, a longer campaign, and allow for bigger maps + 2 more players availableonline. Thoughts...

yaljarani

I would like to see more maps, remade maps, 6 vs 6, no defense to the chainsaw but it is fine as is, weaken assault rifle slightly, new weapons, 4 player co op, custom character, record short clips, Ranking system you care about, matchmaking better, priority searching, party system, updates frequently for things that need to be changed, More development in the story mode and make it more interesting with some kind of major plot twist.

I would like to see better servers for online play, a defense to the bayonet (chainsaw), the saw can be controlled to cut different body parts, a longer campaign, and allow for bigger maps + 2 more players availableonline. Thoughts...

yaljarani

I personally want more variety to levels, multiplayer, weapons, maps, game modes, and make it a little less linear, gears 1 was really linear

i'd settle for the exact same thing with no host advantage,no glitches,and no lag,and a matchmaking system so i don't have to wait for 5minutes for the game to fill up and another 3 minutes for the host to come back from taking a leak or whatever to start the game. herbie12282

I agree with that

I would like to see them add the ability to cut specific body parts with the chainsaw. That would rrrock!! I'd also like a longer single player campaign. And please, please a specific grenade button. Is there a way to keep kid-lets off the GoW servers? That would rock too. No more "no stupid, give me that gun!!"

they should have standard soldier classes and then u have to run to get the really good weapons.

Classes

Soldier: Lancer, Snub Pistol, Grenade

Demolition: Shotgun, Pistol, Mine

Recon:Long Range triple Burst Rifle, Silenced pistol, Smoke Grenade

Engineer: HammerBurst(fully auto), Turret Construct, Flash Grenade

There's a board for this game.

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/gearsofwar2/forum.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;forums

Please use that in future. This is the reason we have boards for games.

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Louis_Routledge

I don't understand why it's a big deal with some of you people when people post where you think they shouldn't. They just want ideas and are curious about what other games think. Give him or her a break. They are using this forum as they deem fit. If you don't like it, move on.

[QUOTE="Kobewars87"]

i love that whole idea about the harpoon that sticks you to walls but i always thought that the torque bow should have already done that with a proper shot. how about a less accurate version of the lancer that shoots grenades that stick to characters. i also would like to see customizable characters along with customizable weapons. Im not talking about duty 4 depth in weapon customization but more like if i dont want a chainsaw on my lancer and i want the grenade launcher i can choose that. if i want a sniper that shoots a singel but powerful shot or one that has multiple shots but are weaker. actually that doesnt sound to great, but if it were there it wouldnt hurt. i also would like it if A werent the action button for everything. If i want to sprint i should just have to push down on the left stick and my guy would break into a sprint, help with that whole sprinting and getting stuck on walls crap.

As far as single player goes, it would be sweet if more background was developed on our maincharacters along with some new ones, particularly a girl since my sister likes gears and she's always saying they should add a girl. Also i wouldnt want Gears 3 to be just a prequal, id like for part of the game to take place during the locust war and someo f it be a memory from either dom or marcus's perspective on E-day. My choice would be Marcus's cause i want to figure out how his father was killed by RAAM.

X-7

Nice ideas. I think they should do that with the weapons. It'd be nice to put a scope on the lancer.

the lancer is good enough the scope should be on the hammer burst and it should have a knife not a chainsaw so the lancer would be like the assult and hammer burst like the BR

[QUOTE="X-7"][QUOTE="Kobewars87"]

i love that whole idea about the harpoon that sticks you to walls but i always thought that the torque bow should have already done that with a proper shot. how about a less accurate version of the lancer that shoots grenades that stick to characters. i also would like to see customizable characters along with customizable weapons. Im not talking about duty 4 depth in weapon customization but more like if i dont want a chainsaw on my lancer and i want the grenade launcher i can choose that. if i want a sniper that shoots a singel but powerful shot or one that has multiple shots but are weaker. actually that doesnt sound to great, but if it were there it wouldnt hurt. i also would like it if A werent the action button for everything. If i want to sprint i should just have to push down on the left stick and my guy would break into a sprint, help with that whole sprinting and getting stuck on walls crap.

As far as single player goes, it would be sweet if more background was developed on our maincharacters along with some new ones, particularly a girl since my sister likes gears and she's always saying they should add a girl. Also i wouldnt want Gears 3 to be just a prequal, id like for part of the game to take place during the locust war and someo f it be a memory from either dom or marcus's perspective on E-day. My choice would be Marcus's cause i want to figure out how his father was killed by RAAM.

neneman

Nice ideas. I think they should do that with the weapons. It'd be nice to put a scope on the lancer.

the lancer is good enough the scope should be on the hammer burst and it should have a knife not a chainsaw so the lancer would be like the assult and hammer burst like the BR

Isnt the lancer a little more accurate than the hammer burst? If so the scope should go n it but be a little bit better.

There's a board for this game.

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/gearsofwar2/forum.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;forums

Please use that in future. This is the reason we have boards for games.

We talk about the Xbox 360 console in general here, mainly hardware.

Louis_Routledge

Personally, I'd like to see the Hammer of Dawn redone, that gun is confusing to a vast majority of the peopleI play with, myself included. I have all my weapons achievements, and only 1 kill with that weapon. I'd also like to see more achievements able to be obtained in both story and multiplayer. I haven't gotten Clusterluck yet because I've yet to go back through the story recently, but if I could get it in multiplayer I would already have it.

Don't release the game, thiers an idea.snipeshot11

[QUOTE="snipeshot11"]Don't release the game, thiers an idea.KriBaby151

Are you kidding me, I have Gears of War, I'm just not as obsessed as others here. I like to play a variety of games, not Gears of War online for the next 3 years. I have a gamecube, wii, ps2, ps3, xbox, and xbox 360 so if you call that a cow or a fanboy then so be it. Just my opinion on gears of war.

Another cool thing that would work would be like in turok for certain maps. Instead of dinos you can have different types of GOW monsters. The reason for a day night cycles would be like this: one half of the map outside and the other inside somewhere, when night hits the krill come out and feed on everyone. It would be awsome fighting, seeing the sun set, and everyone sprints for the inner place where they can duke it out. That would be interestingl imo.yaljarani

the krill thing is a decent idea but you should get a timer on the side of your screen

6 vs 6

or

8vs8

And a Carbine is a lightweight usually semi automatic weapon only good for a few hundred yards. So a semi auto 15 round rifle would be cool, along with a SMG