[Stilton Disco]

Dude, I don't care what any man or woman identifies as but there is nothing woke about the trailer.

"Fucking woke shit blah blah" broken records day in day out.

That'd be a fine argument if we hadn't had over a decade of these people getting put in charge of every kind of modern media and fucking up 99.99% of it.

This would be no different to finding out they wore a tinfoil hat 24/7, to stop aliens from Jupiter hearing their thoughts and controlling their mind.

Sure, maybe it won't effect their work, but being fundamentally detached from reality and forcing everyone around you to play along with your delusions or be fired, isn't exactly conductive to high levels of competency.

 

[CloudNull]

After thinking on this I have come to the conclusion they will gay Marcus up. They will allude to Marcus being gay with Doms older brother which is how Marcus meets Dom.

No way they allow 2 alpha bros to fuck shit up and figure out how to kill locust.

 

[OuterSpace]

Well, graphics are fine.

Need to see the gameplay though. Despite my enjoyment of the original trilogy, "more of the same" did not work out for 4+5. The fact that this is a prequel really gives the impression this series has nowhere to go or at least a lack of vision for what to do with it. We'll see though...

 

[Concern]

Well, graphics are fine.

Need to see the gameplay though. Despite my enjoyment of the original trilogy, "more of the same" did not work out for 4+5. The fact that this is a prequel really gives the impression this series has nowhere to go or at least a lack of vision for what to do with it. We'll see though...

Plenty of people had been asking for an E-day game since after Gears of War 3. Then 4 and 5 were utter trash storywise. Only surprising thing is they finally went this route now.

 

[gameragodzilla]

Plenty of people had been asking for an E-day game since after Gears of War 3. Then 4 and 5 were utter trash storywise. Only surprising thing is they finally went this route now.

Let's hope they really play up how unprecedented the Locusts are, since one issue I always had with Halo Reach's campaign is the Covenant's introduction is surprisingly muted for something so significant.

 

[Concern]

Let's hope they really play up how unprecedented the Locusts are, since one issue I always had with Halo Reach's campaign is the Covenant's introduction is surprisingly muted for something so significant.

I was never huge on Halo's story but Reach was fuckin great imo. I honestly didn't give that any thought.

I just hope this is really dark. And of course I hope they can do something with mp to bring back all the hardcore fans.

 

[Polden]

I was never huge on Halo's story but Reach was fuckin great imo. I honestly didn't give that any thought.

I just hope this is really dark. And of course I hope they can do something with mp to bring back all the hardcore fans.

Either bring back GoW 1 style Execution mode or count me out. Been on this philosophy since Judgement and it's worked out well.

Don't care about the story after the Marcus and Dom arc. Don't care about an origin story either. I just want my toxic MP back.

 

[SpartanN92]

Just a few dark plot points they may touch on with this game being set on E Day:

*The death's of Dom and Maria's Children
*Dom/Maria photo scene (the picture he carries with him)
*Maria's disappearance/abduction
*Using the Hammer of Dawn on cities to deny the Locust the territory
*The switch from knife bayonet to chainsaw lanser (surprisingly grim reason why that was needed)

 

[J-Roderton]

Just a few dark plot points they may touch on with this game being set on E Day:

*The switch from knife bayonet to chainsaw lanser (surprisingly grim reason why that was needed)

I need dat lore.

 

[SpartanN92]

I need dat lore.

Imagine you're a highly trained CoG soldier (and the bayonet charge which for whatever reason is a part of standard combat doctrine in this universe) and for the first time in your life you see a 7' tall Locust drone crawl out from beneath the dirt and is now standing 20 feet in front of you.
Aside from immediate instinct to shit your pants you saddle up and prepare to run that hulking monster down with your bayonet the way you were taught in basic… only to find that the drones hide is so thick that the bayonet literally snaps off and now suddenly you're within strangling distance of a 350lb grub who just suffered a minor scratch and is equally annoyed by it as you are terrified.

Now the entire military is faced with a dire need to immediately find a suitable replacement for a problem that for HUNDREDS of years of warfare had NOT been a problem. They had to R&D, field test, mass manufacture and rewrite and retrain battle doctrine at a global scale while simultaneously fighting off genocide from underground alien monster things and having little to no remaining infrastructure basically overnight.

 

[Dacon]

Just a few dark plot points they may touch on with this game being set on E Day:

*The death's of Dom and Maria's Children
*Dom/Maria photo scene (the picture he carries with him)
*Maria's disappearance/abduction
*Using the Hammer of Dawn on cities to deny the Locust the territory
*The switch from knife bayonet to chainsaw lanser (surprisingly grim reason why that was needed)

The death of Dom's brother, possibly ending the game with the drama at Marcus' Dad's house and Marcus being arrested.

 

[gameragodzilla]

I was never huge on Halo's story but Reach was fuckin great imo. I honestly didn't give that any thought.

I just hope this is really dark. And of course I hope they can do something with mp to bring back all the hardcore fans.

Ironically I like Halo quite a bit but not Reach all that much. Only Halo I truly dislike is 5, though.

 

[Concern]

Ironically I like Halo quite a bit but not Reach all that much. Only Halo I truly dislike is 5, though.

I fuckin hated 5. Quit after like 2 levels. Biggest pos campaign .

 

[regawdless]

The Coalition will push UE5 to new heights just like they did with previous UE generations.

Curious about performance here as a flat 60 fps is very hard to achieve with UE5 on current gen consoles, especially when using Lumen and Nanite.

 

[Grinchy]

The Coalition will push UE5 to new heights just like they did with previous UE generations.

Curious about performance here as a flat 60 fps is very hard to achieve with UE5 on current gen consoles, especially when using Lumen and Nanite.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope they push it as hard as they can and are forced to do 30fps on console. Let's see how shiny these giant boots can get!

 

[regawdless]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope they push it as hard as they can and are forced to do 30fps on console. Let's see how shiny these giant boots can get!

I'd be fine with them making it scalable enough for PCs to go nuts.

 

[Dacon]

Just a few dark plot points they may touch on with this game being set on E Day:

*The death's of Dom and Maria's Children
*Dom/Maria photo scene (the picture he carries with him)
*Maria's disappearance/abduction
*Using the Hammer of Dawn on cities to deny the Locust the territory
*The switch from knife bayonet to chainsaw lanser (surprisingly grim reason why that was needed)

We have confirmation on the transition from the Lancer Mk.1 to Mk 2 featuring in the game.

https://www.dualshockers.com/gears-of-war-e-day-is-a-story-of-many-origins-including-the-chainsaw-lancer/

The Coalition will push UE5 to new heights just like they did with previous UE generations.

Curious about performance here as a flat 60 fps is very hard to achieve with UE5 on current gen consoles, especially when using Lumen and Nanite.

Say what you will about Gears 5's mediocre collage of elements, the graphics look fantastic on a good system.

 

[Dacon]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope they push it as hard as they can and are forced to do 30fps on console. Let's see how shiny these giant boots can get!

I honestly don't mind 30fps in a game like Gears which isn't super fast paced or a twitch shooter. When it comes to graphics I don't mind 30fps either as long as it's REALLY pushing the envelope like Cyberpunk path tracing does, and looks super good doing it.

 

[gameragodzilla]

I honestly don't mind 30fps in a game like Gears which isn't super fast paced or a twitch shooter. When it comes to graphics I don't mind 30fps either as long as it's REALLY pushing the envelope like Cyberpunk path tracing does, and looks super good doing it.

I can tolerate 30FPS on a console with a controller, but not on mouse and keyboard.

Though just having both options like 99% of modern games would solve the issue. Downgrade the graphics significantly for 60FPS and go all out for 30FPS. Jedi Survivor looks pretty good at 30FPS mode on Xbox Series X and I typically play that way.