I don't really think gears of war is to realistic, and i dont much care for games that are or are not. Doesn't effect my opinion of the game. I just like active reload because its fun to see people struggle when they mess up, and its just something else to master.
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active reload i think is one of the greatest ideas ever i don't know why but it just makes gears feel more freaking awesome for some reason ..............
The active reload is just an added annoyance. It doesn't add to any sort of realism any more than say the engine-over-rev at the beginning of a race in Mario Kart if you hold down the accelerator too long before the green light. The game is ridiculous in scope, so to say that it enhances reality is a bogus claim. Game dev's just included reload to make the game more complicated. It's been that way since the days of Operation Wolf in the arcade.
You see, I grew up with arcades full of games like Galaga, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Pac Man, Gorf, Joust, Zaxxon, Frogger, and Pole Position. Reality was not really stressed in those games. Rather, it was a series of repetitive and basic skills that challenged your attention span and your dexterity so that you could get your three initials in that high score banner up top.
That's why I like the purity of this game. It doesn't waste its resources putting together a one-player campaign. UT3 focused on multiplayer frag fests. I liked the old "Domination" format, but Warfare is still pretty fun. It's certainly better than King of the Hill in Gears. The graphics engine is still first rate, the controls are logical, and you can still find un-mod'ed games to join.
i actually thought the reload on gears was pretty cool. Having to time it just made it a little more instinctive. You get use to it after a while, i don't even look at the bar anymore when i do it lol. But id have to agree, gears one had better campaign although, the one map where there is a cut-scene in the middle and you can't skip it, annoys me to no end.
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I think Gears 1 is the better 1 player game. Gears 2 is the better multiplayer game, but since I don't like 3rd person perspective, I hate having to reload, and I REALLY hate having to duck for cover. That's why I don't play Gears anymore.
UT3 has logical controls and doesn't have too many cut scenes if you decide to play the 1p game, two things that its competitors in the genre do not have.
It's the only console FPS worth playing. It's a shame that more people don't agree, especially since you can pick up this game for less than 20 bucks.
gears 1!!!! to much noob weapons and the custom all sniper servers are more fun than uncostomised match making plus matches take an our due to the 19 round fights =)!!!!!
I am a huge gears of war fan, one of the better games even though its not to realistic -for those who use that argument-. I personally like gears of war 2 more but, i want to know your opinion about the two.
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