hasonap said:
Well the taste difference between me and you is certainly big :P I just don't know but playing on Gears 2 Horde was just simply "simple!" and it was so straight forward and "old-stylish" - what I am trying to say is that you couldn't build stuff around your map to make your "hole" a better protected hole which simply made Gears 3 horde arcadish and too easy which kind of was the point if they wanted it to be more casual. Gears 2 had som excitement and it needed one hell of a teamwork to even have a succesful round(after some rounds of course) and the thing with Gears 2 horde was that you could DIE, I mean what tha hell after some rounds on Gears 3 you had a lot of money and if you were 5 persons you could just secure a position and sit there. As for Beast mode it was fun for 3-4 hours but then it became sooooo repetitive and boring |
I think the problem with Gears 2 Horde for me was if you failed a wave in the 7,8,9 or 10 range you were pretty screwed on higher difficulties. This wasn't a issue so much up to about level 30 but when you started getting to 37 onwards you would sometimes find yourself having wasted 1 hour getting there to have to start over again as it was impossible to beat a later wave without a good base to work from at times. If you lost your shields it was a pain getting them back and entrenching.
Gears 3 horde gives you a great chance to build a solid base then you have the boss rounds which can effectively walk through your base with impunity to keep you on your toes. You tend to find more people will work in the same area in Gears 3 too as you get the team spirit of investing in the base in public more rather than the idiots in Gears 2 who could wreck a well setup base by picking one shield up and running off on their own.
I went for the Beast mode ribbons which meant using all the characters and really spending some time getting to know the maps and gameplay. Initially it does seem quite a simple gamestyle until you start playing more and realising the maps change your play style and tactics dramatically if you want to be effective.
If I had more friends that had played Gears 2 seriously rather than playing a lot in public I think I might share your opinion as there are some things I loved about Gears 2 horde that you don't get in Gears 3. I fondly remember playing River with friends whereby we'd split into 2 teams and camp in the buildings so we could shoot down the road at the spawning enemies and always be able to fall back on one base should the worst happen. The mad cap dash round the map collecting ammo and weapons while avoiding the last bad guy was always fun. In that regard there was some lements that required more teamwork to be successful which is different about Gears 3 as you're not completely reliant on others all the time.
Not sure about your not being able to die on Gears 3 horde. I find even with Super Reload and Infinite Ammo enabled it is still very easy to die on a Insane horde game in later levels.
