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Gears of War

Pheran

Pheran

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Wow, I wasn't expecting this at all. I finally another one of the flagship 360 games (GoW 1). I'm playing the single player game on Hardcore and it's making me want to pound my head against the wall. I'm not the best gamer, but I can normally play on middle-difficulties (I finished Halo 3 on Heroic without too much trouble). Not only are the some incredibly difficult and frustrating areas, but checkpoints in stupid places are making me want to punch the developers in the face. Yes, I really wanted to see that cutscene/dialog twenty times as I try to get past an area! GRRRR.

Through shear perseverance I've made it to the end boss battle (General RAAM). This is freaking ridiculous, I've died more times than I can count and as far as I can tell I've barely put a dent in the guy (yes I understand the stupid birds make him invulnerable).

I was really looking forward to playing this series, but if GoW2 is this craptacular I won't even bother with it.
 
Originally posted by: peritusONE
Newsflash!!! The hardest difficulty on GoW is really fucking hard.
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Reading comprehension - Hardcore isn't the hardest difficulty. That would be Insane, which I have absolutely no intention of playing.

I finally killed RAAM on Hardcore. Blech.
 
Perhaps you're not used to 3rd person shooters like GoW?

I mean..hardcore isn't that difficult at all - took me a few tries, but no where as difficult as you make it out to be.
 
Originally posted by: Pheran
Originally posted by: peritusONE
Newsflash!!! The hardest difficulty on GoW is really fucking hard.
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Reading comprehension - Hardcore isn't the hardest difficulty. That would be Insane, which I have absolutely no intention of playing.
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Fine then, reading comprehension on your part. Hardcore means hardcore. Quit yer bitchin'. Also, Halo difficulty != GoW difficulty.
 
you simply aren't very good.

i mean it's tough but it's far from "impossible" to finish. i played it on that my first time through solo and didn't have a problem, you just have to play smart and take your time.

it was harder on hardcore solo than it was on insane co-op, but it was fairly easy on co-op in general. kind of like halo 3 on legendary co-op was a joke.
 
I play on easy mode because that way it's fun. I've enjoyed it so far. Only put in a few hours a month, but that way the story lasts a long time. And there are still several areas where it takes several tries and some good planning (such as killing those blind monsters that charge you if you run or fire, and insta-kill you if they touch you).
 
To the OP, there are tricks to beat the last boss, where he sometimes gets stuck somewhere and you can blindfire (is that the right term?) him to death. You can search for them on youtube. Of course it may not be "honorable", but it works.
 
Yeah, there's a trick to get him stuck on a wall in front of you and you can blindfire him to death.

I beat it on Insane, but I think Hardcore is a perfect difficulty setting for GoW. I think GoW2 has an extra difficulty level, but I beat that one on Insane, too. 🙂
 
If you were having trouble with the middle difficulty, move to the easier one. It's there for a reason. Don't whine when somethings too hard when it's your own damn fault it's that hard to begin with. This is one of the stupidest complaints I've ever seen.
 
GoW on wasn't too bad even on Insane.. I thought it was a lot of fun. Maybe try playing with a coop partner?



 
I played through GoW 1 and 2 with a friend on coop hard mode. We had a ton of fun and there were a few places that were just wtf hard.

On a side note, I can't stand GoW single player. I actually returned my first copy because I tried playing it single player and just got bored to tears.
 
I definitely agree with the cutscenes issue. I remember there was one part underground that I had to play like 20 times, and each time I had to watch the same stupid 5 minute intro scene. I got so annoyed that I had to mute the TV during it.
 
Originally posted by: pennylane
Man you guys are brutal.
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Nah, someone calling a game craptacular because they say it's too difficult on "Hardcore" setting deserves what they get. Sometimes you have to drop the ego when playing a game, admit that a difficulty level is too much for you, and drop it down a notch - that is if your goal is to actually have fun. I will agree on the checkpoints in GoW though. There are a few checkpoints that could have been better placed.
 
I thought I was going to off myself trying to get through the Theron guards at the end of Act 3 on Insane

That game is way harder than it was meant to be, from what I've read of interviews with Epic.

I agree with the suggestion to play with a friend, they can help you up/revive you. They allow NPC's to do this in Gears2, which makes a huge difference.
 
Originally posted by: nitromullet
Originally posted by: pennylane
Man you guys are brutal.
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Nah, someone calling a game craptacular because they say it's too difficult on "Hardcore" setting deserves what they get. Sometimes you have to drop the ego when playing a game, admit that a difficulty level is too much for you, and drop it down a notch - that is if your goal is to actually have fun. I will agree on the checkpoints in GoW though. There are a few checkpoints that could have been better placed.
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Hm I guess I missed that last line about how craptacular the game is. Okay, carry on.
 
Originally posted by: Pheran
Originally posted by: peritusONE
Newsflash!!! The hardest difficulty on GoW is really fucking hard.
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Reading comprehension - Hardcore isn't the hardest difficulty. That would be Insane, which I have absolutely no intention of playing.

I finally killed RAAM on Hardcore. Blech.
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Most (all?) of the bosses have some cheap, easily exploitable glitch in their AI that makes them a cinch on any difficulty. The bosses aren't out of unreal tournament or something, they follow a pattern that once you know it, there's no problem at all.
 
Originally posted by: Kev
I definitely agree with the cutscenes issue. I remember there was one part underground that I had to play like 20 times, and each time I had to watch the same stupid 5 minute intro scene. I got so annoyed that I had to mute the TV during it.
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Yeah, I guess I didn't make myself very clear, because most people are missing the point. Most of the game difficulty on Hardcore was fine, there were just a few huge difficulty spikes coupled with horrible choices in checkpoint placement that really pissed me off. The prime example is probably what you are talking about - there's an underground pumping station at the end of Act 3 that is just full of Theron Guards that will 1-shot kill you. After the last checkpoint before this, you have to listen to a conversation about the Imulsion value, then you have to go grab a Torque bow, then listen to another conversation about the pumping station, then go through a conversation/cut scene about a Theron Guard. Would it have killed them to put another checkpoint AFTER all that stuff? That is just plain bad game design.

The other thing that bugs me about this game is that the plot is the most paper-thin incomplete thing I've ever seen. I never would have had any idea why Marcus was in jail had a I not read the three-paragraph blurb in the manual (they can't even be bothered with a starting cutscene with background?). I had no idea where the Locust came from or even that I wasn't on Earth until I read it in some game review. Even worse, Marcus goes through his own home and never comments on it or his father, not even to offer tactical information about the floor plan. I don't expect a novel in a shooter, but Halo 3 beat this plot by a mile.

I wouldn't even bother to rant about this if it wasn't for the fact that this game is considering a flagship title on the 360 and it has a bunch of review sites giving it 10/10. I guess I shouldn't have believed the hype, because I would probably give it a 7 at best.

Oh well, ignore my rant and return to your regularly scheduled gaming.
 
Originally posted by: chitwood
I thought I was going to off myself trying to get through the Theron guards at the end of Act 3 on Insane

That game is way harder than it was meant to be, from what I've read of interviews with Epic.

I agree with the suggestion to play with a friend, they can help you up/revive you. They allow NPC's to do this in Gears2, which makes a huge difference.
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Exactly, and that is interesting. So for those of you who understand what I'm talking about about and have played GoW2, did you find it to be a better experience?
 
You gotta play it with a friend at much harder levels. Not only is it more fun, but it gives you an adv. GoW1 was kind of you die you're screwed. It's less of that in GoW2, but still unfun in that respect sometimes.
 
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