View Full Version : Gears of War Multiplayer Details
G4H_KingNothing
10-10-2006, 03:15 PM
There is 10 maps, with more coming down the road. With no Deathmatch/Sharpshooter I am wondering if some people who love respawns won't like the multiplayer since its not similar to the standard shooters (quake, halo, doom, etc). More along the lines of a Tom Clancy game since there is no jumping.
He said he didn't want capture the flag or it to devolve into deathmatch.
War Zone - 4 on 4 elimination match where everyone gets one life.
Assasination - your team wins by killing the other team's designated leader.
Execution - you have to perform a close-up execution, curb stomp, chain saw, or point blank pistol in the head - to finish your opponent or he'll come back into play.
"If you have no fear of death, then you just run at each other, and it devolves into a Quake match. That's cool, but we're not that game"
Oh yeah, they also show the first sequence of images of a curb stomp in action (4 images). I haven't seen that before either.
DocHolidazed
10-10-2006, 03:19 PM
Sounds good to me really. I have never been a fan of the whole spawn kill issue that accompanies sharshooter modes. Obviously, sharpshooter doesn't work in multiplayer.
Kool how there's a mode to showcase the chainsaw!
wedgewu
10-10-2006, 03:26 PM
Sounds refreshing. I hope the gameplay modes work out well. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
G4H_KingNothing
10-10-2006, 03:35 PM
Yeah, I hate spawn killing. Doesn't really showcase your skills all that much doing that. These game modes sound good to me. Something a little different is always good.
Psyche_FD
10-10-2006, 03:42 PM
as long as the games does not turn into a camp fest it sounds pretty awesome http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Masakuni
10-10-2006, 03:46 PM
It probably will involve lots of camping though unless somesort of Offensive/Defensive team gametype happens to be made.
TeaVirusUK
10-10-2006, 04:36 PM
Theres a pretty decent "Hands on Review" of GOW here...
http://www.2old2play.com/News/Gears_of_War_Hands_On_Review
...where the guy has played the "War Zone" mode.
Magiz
10-10-2006, 06:21 PM
Sounds good so far. Regular deathmatch games are fun but, this is different and different is good.
Jes-ka
10-10-2006, 09:09 PM
That game is hot.
Borfase
10-11-2006, 01:54 AM
8 player multiplayer? horsesh*t
Hobbez245
10-11-2006, 06:16 AM
Originally posted by Psyche_FD:
as long as the games does not turn into a camp fest it sounds pretty awesome http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Yea exactly. From the way he makes it sound though...it shouldn't be a problem (I HOPE!).
Also...the whole 4v4 is lower than standard 16 but if the levels are smaller, I'm all for it.
Brimtown
10-11-2006, 06:34 AM
I understand where the developers are coming from, but I can also see this turning a lot of casual gamers off. It would be nice if they at least had a 'Deathmatch' option, with respawns. Otherwise, it seems like it could be a difficult learning curve for those people who aren't really 'great' gamers. Join a match, and within seconds you're sitting on the sideline watching - seems like that would get old pretty quickly.
And yes, I'll probably be one of those spending lots of time on the virtual bench! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/35.gif
mcmax3000
10-11-2006, 08:30 AM
Originally posted by Brimtown:
And yes, I'll probably be one of those spending lots of time on the virtual bench! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/35.gif
So would I but I'm still all for getting rid of the normal deathmatch. Deathmatches get very boring, very quickly.
Ghengis_John
10-11-2006, 10:38 AM
Unreal creators shying away from twitchy spamtastic frag-fests? I don't believe my eyes...
G4H_KingNothing
10-11-2006, 12:08 PM
I think the 4vs4 is the only thing thats going to be wrong with GoW. That means I can't play with as many friends at one time as in GRAW, which sucks. 6v6 would of been nice at least.
G4H_KingNothing
10-11-2006, 12:18 PM
Originally posted by TeaVirusUK:
Theres a pretty decent "Hands on Review" of GOW here...
http://www.2old2play.com/News/Gears_of_War_Hands_On_Review
...where the guy has played the "War Zone" mode.
In that article this caught my attention: http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/25.gif
Some cool things I witnessed during some of the rounds were a shotgun to the side of the head producing a headless corpse, plenty of chainsawing, and curb stomping to finish off a enemy. I also saw one instance where one guy’s skull detached and rolled down the steps. Pretty sick stuff.