The Order: 1886: Sony's Soulless Answer to Gears of War - IB Times

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Kratos said:

Nem said:

Gears invented the cover based 3rd person shooter. You had plenty of third person shooters before it came out. For example, Resident evil 4.

I don't think Gears of War was even the first cover based 3rd person shooter. But it definitely made the mechanic popular though.

I don't think any game got cover down like Gears to this date.

I played Spec Ops: The Line a month ago. While it was fun, the cover mechanic was horrid and I could understand why not multiplayer.

Gears game mechanics excell on gun control and the transition from cover to moving in action.