gears of war....

Post by **Doombrain** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:36 pm

you got a 360?

Post by **andyman** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:51 pm

yeah i got one in april. is it hard to aim in gears of war? all the videos i have seen show people with their crosshair flying everywhere but their target.

Post by **Sevensins** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:09 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:Anyone who wants to join us tonight just add meh... 11:00 PM EST

I'll probably be on. Whoever is hosting should make a private game and do invites. Then if we need more players we can open the game up.

Post by **Sevensins** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:11 pm

andyman wrote:yeah i got one in april. is it hard to aim in gears of war? all the videos i have seen show people with their crosshair flying everywhere but their target.

I find it better than GRAW's, but I only play GRAW online like once a week. I've only played HALO once and I sucked so I can't give you a comparision from that...

Post by **-Replicant-** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:12 pm

FUCK, i just bought the game. there goes my weekend plans

Post by **Sevensins** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:14 pm

-Replicant- wrote:FUCK, i just bought the game. there goes my weekend plans

Post your tag here and/or in the tag thread :P

Post by **Foo** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:15 pm

Alas, it's gonna be months before I can stump up the cash for a HDTV + 360 + Gears + Live Subscription.

I have to buy dull shit like beds and tables and sofas beforehand

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:20 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:
shaft wrote:
xer0s wrote:ggs

It's 3:00 AM. I've been playing for several hours straight...
You kicked some ass, I take it this isnt your first console fps? Whats the trick to the chainsaw...I'm always getting killed by it...and I cant seem to get anyone with it myself.

Also..whats the deal with the chat...its only team while the match is going, then everyone when youre dead? Can you hear the dead guys? Because the guys we were playing with last night were talking as if you could.
With the Chainsaw you just need to rev it up by holding B for a second before charging at someone. xer0s was pretty hardcore last night...

Team chat in game, other team cannot hear.
The lobby (dead guys) can chat with other dead guys, regardless of their teams and the living players cannot hear.

would be cool if you could hear an enemy's dialog when you're close to them. that way you can still taunt someone after a kill

like in Splinter Cell. that ownz

Post by **-Replicant-** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:28 pm

no can do on the gamertag until i'm home for break- uni blocks console access to the internet

Post by **Tormentius** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:45 pm

Seeing the trailers for this game just changed my choice of console from a Wii to a 360. Can't wait.

Post by **Doombrain** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:01 pm

Post by **shaft** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:10 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote: With the Chainsaw you just need to rev it up by holding B for a second before charging at someone. xer0s was pretty hardcore last night...

Ok thats my problem...Im trying to hold down B. And its hard to run around and aim without my thumbs on both sticks :icon32:
I think I held my own last night...considering my only other online console experience was a few games of GRAW with DB. We were beating on some trash talking kids last night...few more nights to learn the maps and weapon placements and I'll be set.

Really takes teamwork and some strategy....few rounds I noticed that we were splitting up to much, and we would get owned.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:25 pm

Sevensins wrote:
Giraffe }{unter wrote:Anyone who wants to join us tonight just add meh... 11:00 PM EST

I'll probably be on. Whoever is hosting should make a private game and do invites. Then if we need more players we can open the game up.

Yup same as last night, invite only I usually host because I have the biggest pipe

and my Xbox networked properly

Post by **Doombrain** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:28 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:
Sevensins wrote:
Giraffe }{unter wrote:Anyone who wants to join us tonight just add meh... 11:00 PM EST

I'll probably be on. Whoever is hosting should make a private game and do invites. Then if we need more players we can open the game up.

Yup same as last night, invite only I usually host because I have the biggest pipe and my Xbox networked properly

i'm up for it as soon as i get it.

Post by **Foo** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:30 pm

Is lag much of a killer for transatlantic sexboxing?

Post by **Doombrain** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:35 pm

Foo wrote:Is lag much of a killer for transatlantic sexboxing?

i've never come across it in XBL. the games with lag normally fail

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:42 pm

andyman wrote:yeah i got one in april. is it hard to aim in gears of war? all the videos i have seen show people with their crosshair flying everywhere but their target.

I don't find it hard at all, I can keep a bead on someones head as they are running around. It is much easier to aim than GRAW and Halo2 for me. Spraying bullets over a wall is a sweet added feature, and the fucking finishing moves are great

I really thought being locked into 3rd person view would be a pain, but I hardly noticed the difference, and the advantage of 3rd person view is a nice bonus...

Foo wrote:Is lag much of a killer for transatlantic sexboxing?

most of the time it's timing issues, it's 5am GMT when we start playing.

Post by **andyman** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:53 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:
andyman wrote:yeah i got one in april. is it hard to aim in gears of war? all the videos i have seen show people with their crosshair flying everywhere but their target.
I don't find it hard at all, I can keep a bead on someones head as they are running around. It is much easier to aim than GRAW and Halo2 for me. Spraying bullets over a wall is a sweet added feature, and the fucking finishing moves are great

I really thought being locked into 3rd person view would be a pain, but I hardly noticed the difference, and the advantage of 3rd person view is a nice bonus...

Foo wrote:Is lag much of a killer for transatlantic sexboxing?
most of the time it's timing issues, it's 5am GMT when we start playing.

EASIER aiming than halo 2? im gonna blindside you guys so hard.

Post by **xer0s** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:56 pm

shaft wrote:
xer0s wrote:ggs

It's 3:00 AM. I've been playing for several hours straight...
You kicked some ass, I take it this isnt your first console fps? Whats the trick to the chainsaw...I'm always getting killed by it...and I cant seem to get anyone with it myself.

Also..whats the deal with the chat...its only team while the match is going, then everyone when youre dead? Can you hear the dead guys? Because the guys we were playing with last night were talking as if you could.

Well, as you can see from my gamer score, all I played before this was Halo 2 (which doesn't give you any achievement points). And I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty salty with a Battlerifle in Halo 2. But I really dont think being good at Halo 2 will make you a good GoW player. The gameplay is just too different, yet equally fun.

As for the chatting. Its team chat while you're in actual gameplay. Then when you die, peeps from both teams can hear you chat. Alive people can't hear the dead and the dead can't hear the alive.

Post by **xer0s** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:59 pm

And as for the aiming compared to Halo 2. For me, it seems more difficult to aim in GoW. I can put it right on their head in Halo 2 and keep it there until their down. In GoW, when you zoom in to see the crosshairs, it slows the sensativity way down. And I usually play a very high sensativity in Halo 2. So it was a little hard to get use to. But the game is still new and i'm still getting the hang of it. So it might change.

Post by **tnf** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:28 pm

i can't make it far in hardcore...getting my ass kicked.

Post by **-Replicant-** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:31 pm

thats the beauty of co-op :icon30:

Post by **xer0s** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:53 pm

tnf wrote:i can't make it far in hardcore...getting my ass kicked.

I think I'm on Act 3 on hardcore. I've been playing more MP. But I do need to finish the SP...

Post by **o'dium** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:08 pm

Guys, I know that most maybe all the achievments are won by COGS hidden in the levels. But are there other points too?

I'm hoping none, or very very few, on MP based (I hate those), but are there ones for like beating the game on easy/normal/hard and stuff?

(BTW, CoD3 is ok, its not amazing. Graphics are miles better than I thought but its just another damn WW2 shooter after all. Nothing new, but at least the gamer points are thick and heavy lol)

Post by **o'dium** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:12 pm

Yeah, half are MP, half are SP, I hate that, MP points are crap...

I mean come on:

"Seriously ... - Kill 10,000 people in versus ranked match total."

All for 50 points? So I have to play the game for a month straight just to get 50 points