Gears & Beers Fridays

CptGlanton wrote:

Screw it, I am out. I had to remind myself what a gross cash grab this game was.

That's what is keeping me from buying into it. No horde mode is my biggest hitch, and if they add it as a paid DLC, I still won't buy in. That's about all I really wanted to play in 2 & 3 (except for throwing frags in competitive), so buying it for competitive alone just isn't worth it to me.

I may rent it, but RedBox didn't have it in tonight.

So is anyone playing? Radical Ans and I are looking to play.

trueheart78 wrote:
CptGlanton wrote:

Screw it, I am out. I had to remind myself what a gross cash grab this game was.

That's what is keeping me from buying into it.

Hasn't every single Gears been a cash grab? This isn't high art here.

I dunno. It really doesn't feel like a cash grab to me. Survival is a lot more fun than I thought it would be. Yeah, it can be compared to Overrun with bots, but the enemy density is there make it feel like you're really trying to survive and protect your objective. The class abilities add an extra element that has your party figuring out what they're good at and experimenting when you're looking for some change.

It also points out my major problem with horde: it's too damn long. A survival match goes as long as an hour as opposed to the two, three, or even four hours that go into an evening of horde.

I find myself trying to come up with a piece of mediocre content that I've played in the game and I'm coming up with nothing. Yeah, there may not be as much Gears content as the other games, but it does feel fresh and BETTER than the previous games. I cannot complain about that and I feel fine putting in the money I have.

ChrisLTD wrote:
trueheart78 wrote:
CptGlanton wrote:

Screw it, I am out. I had to remind myself what a gross cash grab this game was.

That's what is keeping me from buying into it.

Hasn't every single Gears been a cash grab? This isn't high art here.

Yeah, the point of them making any of these is to make money.

I'm glad people are enjoying it, but without a big contingence of goodjers playing, it's hard for me to buy into a multiplayer-focused game.

Considering I haven't bothered to play the campaign in 3, they're definitely not going to be able to sell it to me on the singleplayer.

As for being a cash grab, what puts me off almost as much as my beloved, missing, epic-journey horde mode, is the whole selling of double xp, and their use of that to sell the season pass.

Tldr: not enough goodjers to play co-op modes with for me to pay the $60 + DLC costs.

On second thought, wrong thread.

I will definitely be buying it and will definitely be back in for most Friday nights. See you there.

obirano wrote:
ChrisLTD wrote:
trueheart78 wrote:
CptGlanton wrote:

Screw it, I am out. I had to remind myself what a gross cash grab this game was.

That's what is keeping me from buying into it.

Hasn't every single Gears been a cash grab? This isn't high art here.

Yeah, the point of them making any of these is to make money.

The term "cash grab" is not synonymous with seeking a profit.

I'm currently booked for Friday, but I'll let Mejwellis know so he can possibly join everyone.

Edit:

He's out too.

CptGlanton wrote:
obirano wrote:
ChrisLTD wrote:
trueheart78 wrote:
CptGlanton wrote:

Screw it, I am out. I had to remind myself what a gross cash grab this game was.

That's what is keeping me from buying into it.

Hasn't every single Gears been a cash grab? This isn't high art here.

Yeah, the point of them making any of these is to make money.

The term "cash grab" is not synonymous with seeking a profit.

What am I missing that makes this a "cash grab"?

obirano wrote:
CptGlanton wrote:
obirano wrote:
ChrisLTD wrote:
trueheart78 wrote:
CptGlanton wrote:

Screw it, I am out. I had to remind myself what a gross cash grab this game was.

That's what is keeping me from buying into it.

Hasn't every single Gears been a cash grab? This isn't high art here.

Yeah, the point of them making any of these is to make money.

The term "cash grab" is not synonymous with seeking a profit.

What am I missing that makes this a "cash grab"?

Seriously. This game is really good.

trueheart78 wrote:

I'm glad people are enjoying it, but without a big contingence of goodjers playing, it's hard for me to buy into a multiplayer-focused game.

Considering I haven't bothered to play the campaign in 3, they're definitely not going to be able to sell it to me on the singleplayer.

As for being a cash grab, what puts me off almost as much as my beloved, missing, epic-journey horde mode, is the whole selling of double xp, and their use of that to sell the season pass.

Tldr: not enough goodjers to play co-op modes with for me to pay the $60 + DLC costs.

Wait, so you paid $60 to literally play 1 mode of Gears 3, and you're calling this game a cash grab? Something about that logic doesn't add up to me.

I do agree that the VIP Pass seems like a cash grab, especially considering two things:

1) XP doesn't mean sh*t in gears. It only unlocks weapon and character skins (and achievements if you prestige)

2) they haven't come out and said exactly what else you are getting with the VIP pass besides early access to the content they are planning on releasing for free anyways.

Not to mention that they added DLC playlists this past weekend with the first MAXIM map, and those playlists all have double XP for everyone (triple if you're a VIP).

I agree about survival, it's much less tedious than horde, but the difficulty curve has been ramped up to compensate for the fewer amount of waves. It's also much more team based as you really have to coordinate who is going to play what class. Mej, Superdave, Radical, Quixotic and I played some the first week, and we were getting our asses handed to us on Normal.

nel e nel wrote:
trueheart78 wrote:

I'm glad people are enjoying it, but without a big contingence of goodjers playing, it's hard for me to buy into a multiplayer-focused game.

Considering I haven't bothered to play the campaign in 3, they're definitely not going to be able to sell it to me on the singleplayer.

As for being a cash grab, what puts me off almost as much as my beloved, missing, epic-journey horde mode, is the whole selling of double xp, and their use of that to sell the season pass.

Tldr: not enough goodjers to play co-op modes with for me to pay the $60 + DLC costs.

Wait, so you paid $60 to literally play 1 mode of Gears 3, and you're calling this game a cash grab? Something about that logic doesn't add up to me.

To be fair, there was also a huge contingency of goodjers playing 3, and I enjoyed versus mode a lot, but I've always preferred horde. Now? I just don't care for versus mode.

Also, nobody said I paid $60 for Gears 3 - I picked it up used off from Craigslist about a month after it came out.

I guess that the only good part of that is I don't have to be deathly afraid of seeing a pink sawed off anymore.

I guess that the only good part of that is I don't have to be deathly afraid of seeing a pink sawed off anymore.

trueheart78 wrote:

To be fair, there was also a huge contingency of goodjers playing 3, and I enjoyed versus mode a lot, but I've always preferred horde. Now? I just don't care for versus mode.

Also, nobody said I paid $60 for Gears 3 - I picked it up used off from Craigslist about a month after it came out.

Ah, fair enough then. I guess I'm an outlier in these parts as I have no problem diving in with the GP.

I will say though, that I hope more developers follow Bioware's lead and release map packs for free so as not to divide the player base. That was a spot of brilliance on their part with ME3.

obirano wrote:

I guess that the only good part of that is I don't have to be deathly afraid of seeing a pink sawed off anymore.

It's nice to be remembered, though

So anyways...

I plan on redboxing this Friday, will there a be a group on for some versus?

I plan to be

Assuming we're going to start in half an hour or so? See you then! Maybe sooner!

We are on now!

I'm in with nel and jolly. Where's all my peeps?

Great time tonight guys, thanks for jumping on! I really like the new Survival mode, and I'm looking forward to trying out the versus modes next time.

I'll be on and ready to play tonight... but not until 11 or 12 most likely. Maybe sooner, but gonna be having a S&T Bioshock infinite discussion at the bar with rabbit and McChuck and growat (among others) so we all know those guys like to talk.

Okay. So, is dead room back in? If so, I'll buy the game today.

I have yet to play Execution mode, let-alone much games at all. I tied up Bioshock Infinite just in time to get slammed by work again.

Are you guys playing beyond Friday night? I was looking for something to play with other Goojers semi regularly, besides COD.

I can neither confirm nor deny any dead room rumors as the couple public matches I joined did not have other people talking in them either way.

I CAN confirm that I will be online tonight in order to play and we can figure it out together! For anyone just getting on tonight, Execution mode is NOT enabled in the base game, you have to download the FREE DLC in order to activate it. For some reason the in game menu was not working for me and I had to go find it in the XBLA marketplace, but it is labeled there as free and downloads quickly once you find it. I think it's called "Haven" (It's a map AND the execution mode in the DLC).

Sure!