EPIC GAMES EPIC FAIL
no war zone and execution
No getting up or getting knocked down in combat (meaning goodbye curb stomp)
Only a pistol and one other weapon to start (not lancer, pistol, and shotgun)
No grenade plants
2 piece to the Max since the melee seems to stagger a lot more then it should
Shotguns are really really inconstant and seem often to give the advantage to the person stuck on a wall or barricade
Long shot zooms in twice and is easier to get head shots (miss Gears one still took skill)
New weapons… they suck
This Cog vs. Cog multiplayer sucks
And so much more. This game is a pick up and play/kill. People either camp in groups or run around in groups. The Maps, although nice due to size, are really nothing more then double the hiding and without plants seems a waste of space. Gears of War will always be one of the greatest and most innovative games of all time and since then subtle changes have been made to bring it more into mainstream shooters, but taking out so many factors that made the game what it was to begin with and replacing them with crap and less skill isn't working. Yea it sets up for a next Gen reboot, but we would have been happy with GOW 3 game play new maps, etc. This feels like a cheep imitation. Campaign clearly set up to be multi player and a lot of same old same old combat fight 3 waves move on fight 3 more waves… Survival is nice for the first few times around then it gets old like Horde. You can only do the same thing so many times. Free for All, who cares. Players are everywhere with bad spawns ten feet from one another, everyone will get a kill. I honestly hope patches galore come out for this or at least a retro mode that has more of the game play we saw in past gears. The entire concept to adding GOW one digital copies with this game will tell you all you need to know. Its like crap next to gold, just old gold.