Gears of War got a patch a couple of days ago which fixed a couple of the issues people were having, including some glitches that hindered fair gameplay. The real big deal with what came with the patch, though, is the new gametype called "Annex". And holy crap, it's amazing.
Annex is like a territory game, except you don't have to stand in the territory to keep the claim. If the opposing team gets past your team once you have a territory, you have to rely on your team to take them out. I like it since it's still team-oriented but you can still be alone and take out a bunch of people. Only one territory can be controlled at one time. And for all you still stuck on Halo, you get infinite respawns in this gametype only.
Also, if you're going for Leaderboards, stick with the normal gametypes, because the kills in Annex are only 2 points, not 25. The kill count stays the same, though, so it's good to rack up the for the "Seriously..." Achievement.
Word of advice: Don't play more than five rounds or you'll be in a match for well over an hour. Bigger maps take longer, obviously. Some maps have more territories to cover, so you'll do a little bit of running.
[QUOTE=Vampiro V. Empire;566064]I can't recall the last territory game that made you physically stand in the controlled area.[\QUOTE]
One of the more recent James Bond games, I forget which though.
I don't really remember, but didn't Halo have that problem?
Anyways, Annex is by far the best gametype on Gears.
I'm honestly not a big fan of this. I played two matches and it mostly comes down to just non-stop shotgun battles and the team with the host is most likely gonna win.
I'd play some Gears. I suck, but I'd play.
p.s. I hate the shotgun.
YEAH LET'S PLAY SOME GEARS
Ima' add Fate or something.
She better be on :mad:
I'll be on all day tomorrow.
I'm ranked in the 600s in Annex right now. Tough ****. :(
I'm not gonna be on tomorrow or Saturday. :(
Wow, so Annex sucks. Stinger and I just had a go out at it... not that great. It just reconfirmed that Gears sucks.
Was about to edit my post. Yeah, Annex... best gametype? Try worst. Gaaaaaaaarbage.
Seriously, ****ing garbage. It was so bad it made me go back to CoD2. Turns out, that game is still ****ing awesome.
Wow, you guys are totally not part of the 360 community. Faggots. :(
Have you seen the 360 community? That's a compliment, if anything. I'll still play Gears though. All games ended around 27 to 300 in favour of the opponents, but it's still fun assuming I have someone to laugh at Gears with.
Territories with four people? FUN STUFF!
You're still gay. :(
Okay, in that moment I host an unranked match, it's on. You can be on my team so you could see how it's done. :)
I'll make sure to drag your entire team down.
Remember, Shotgun > Chainsaw, unless you can't aim worth a ****.
Yeah... I know how to play I just never play it. Which is, like, 90% of the equation.
So we're actually not so bad at Gears now.
Turns out, when you're using the shotgun don't aim.
But seriously, we stopped playing Rainbow Six because we saw you get online, Fate. We get into Gears, and you're suddenly all "lol pinata!" and don't even bother playing at least one game with us? I see how it is. You'll probably delete us both off your list now because "we never play any games with you." Yeah, it's cool. Whatever, champ.
But Gears still sucks.
Haha, you were using the LT? Wow.
The Lancer is starting to become more useful, especially with an active reload before a fight. It drops people ultra quick if you actually land the shots, but it's hard to because of the gay latency problems.
And Fate isn't on my friends list. lol
Oh, POINT STANDS
And yeah, I kinda thought, you know, AIMING would be more accurate than just shooting from the hip. lol real-world logic my mistake
It is more accurate, but it makes you a sitting duck in a shotgun fight.
aiming in a shotgun battle lol
I ****ing love Viva. Little animal hitty things. :(
It's not accurate at all. It at least doesn't do as much damage. Seriously, the first few games I played that's all I used and it took a few shots to even do anything. Then I never bothered with the last few games and pretty much ever shot was a kill.
Well, if you aim with a shotgun it's best if you are coming up by surprise or facing someone relatively ****ty at the game. I don't think it does more damage while you aim. The damage is dictated by your own shot accuracy and active reloads.
Also, if you're hosting a match, every shot you get should be a kill or you suck.
Wouldn't be too much worse than playing on a NJ host. Well, maybe in Rainbow 6. I'd have to lead my shots 7 feet in Gears. ;_;
edit: seven video game feet.
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You only ***** about lag when you're doing bad. I never hear "oh *** the lag is so bad" when you're 36 and 7.
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I only do bad when it lags.
Your logic shows no flaws.
So yeah, your buying the map pack tomorrow, k? And we're playing Gears soon. I'm in the mood for it.
Buying map packs?
Hey guys, so I forgot to buy me some shame bucks today. Again. I can play Gears though. Yeah. Gears.
Oh, and I played some Rainbow Six 3 last night. Way too hard of a game to play. Especially without tracers, jeez.
I was going to invite Vampiro to a game, but he's gay and plays Rainbow Six. :(
I swear I was gonna buys some today, but I forgot. I always forget. **** me. ;_;
I wish you could transfer points to other people. Because I totally would. I have about 2,000 still and I doubt I'll use them any time soon.