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Captain_Tom on 13 October 2014
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Munkeh111 said:
Captain_Tom said:
toastboy44562 said:

I'm trying to imagine Gears of War 3 with more enemies, better lighting, higher resolution, and better framerate. Gears of War 3 is still very pretty by todays standards (hell so is Gears 1). The next Gears of War on Xbox One is going to be UNREAL homies. Any news on Gears 4? Last I heard the game was being development since the beginning of 2014. hopefully we can see some gameplay this coming E3!

Edit: Gears 4 graphics will be rendered with unreal engine 4, the same as Fable Legends. We all saw how pretty the new fable looks. Imagine a much prettier game than fable legends due to a better team and more dev time and better dev kits.


Gotta disagree with you there.  Borrowed my friends 360 to try gears of war 1 and I found it to be utterly ugly and lacking any form of interesting gameplay.  I think the Gears series is one of those games like Goldeneye 007 that was amazing when it came out for its graphics and revolutionary gameplay, but doesn't age well due to it being entirly outclassed at everything it does by games that came after it.

I must say I loved the decayed beauty look, but graphics are always going to age

But I think the gameplay still holds up fairly well. I maintain that no other game has done a cover system as well as Gears 1 (let alone 3!) and I love active reloading. The sink hole dynamic is also quite interesting, encouraging positive play to blow it up before too many can come through

It's also got a pretty good variety of weapons. Obviously the lancer was fantastic, but I love the feeling of the longshot more than any other gun I can think of. The Torque Bow also adds a bit of extra variety in there.

Then of course the enemies. This is an area where I felt they improved each game, with greater variety coming in

Personally, I feel 2 was the best, but I still maintain 1 is a classic


I mean its not just the graphics.  It's the terrible dialogue, the bad voice overs, and the (Now) cliche combat scenarios.  These aspects of games have made BIG strides from the time of G1's release and they show.

I am not saying Gears isn't a classic, because objectively speaking it is.  However that doesn't mean the things that make it a classic are special in a new game.

 

I guess my point is this: A new Gears game can be good, but it can't just be a prettier version with new features anymore (The last Gears proved this).  If it is good, it will be because it got a MASSIVE overhaul to the point that is nearly a different game.  Think of the difference between Metal Gear Solid games.  The general themes are the same, but the gameplay mechanics are completily different.  That's what the next Gears needs.