[360] Gears of War 3 - Garr's Grenade Erection Delivery Service

So how is there not already a thread for this?

How's everyone enjoying it so far? Thoughts on the campaign/multiplayer? Does anyone else hate Jace as much as I do, especially after the end of Act 3?

Regarding the story:

Spoiler:

Quite a few questions were answered, like why Marcus was in jail until the beginning of Gears 1 and where the hell Adam Fenix was this whole time, but just as many went unanswered. Like how did Adam and Queen Myrrah meet and why the hell does Myrrah look human? Maybe those answers are in the books?

Dom's sacrifice was the saddest moment in the game by far. Hell probably one of the saddest deaths in video game history, even if it did cheese it up a little with the Mad World instrumental. My best friend and I had followed the games since the beginning, with him as Marcus and me as Dom and after that scene, we almost didn't even want to play anymore, we were so sad. And then it has you playing as that waste of a character Jace right afterward. I was pretty upset.

Adam's death was sad, but only because he's Marcus's father. I sort of feel like it was shoehorned in there, just to give the game another emotional aspect. There wasn't nearly enough development in his character to really form any kind of attachment to him, unlike Dom.

All in all, it's a decent enough end to the story. I didn't much care for the Deus ex Machina, kill every Locust in the world weapon, but after dropping Lightmass Bombs into their tunnels and sinking entire cities to flood them, there's not much else you can do to get rid of them, I suppose.

I'm having a lot of fun with multiplayer so far, but I think we could've done without the Sawed-Off Shotgun. The Gnasher is powerful enough as it is, and as close as you have to get to do any damage with the Sawed-Off, you may as well just use the Gnasher. I suppose it's good for taking out multiple targets at once, but I've yet to see two people close enough together for that to happen. And if they are, most of the time they've already seen you and are unloading clips to put you down before you can get close enough to do it. Otherwise, it seems a lot more balanced than 2. I have games where I get utterly destroyed, but I'll have just as many where I'm at least in the top three at the end of a round.

Beast Mode is fun, but I feel like it was a wasted opportunity. It's an interesting reversal of Horde Mode, but I think it would've been much more fun with human players instead of AI, sort of like the versus mode in Left 4 Dead or Dead Space 2. Maybe something for Epic to consider in future patches.

Horde Mode is greatly improved over 2's, which was already great fun to begin with. I love the new tower defense elements, and having to spend money to pick up the more powerful weapons adds a nice extra challenge to it. I've only seen the first boss wave so far, but after two brumaks, I can only imagine how much more insane it'll get.

Most amazing jew boots

COLE TRAIN RUNS ON WHOLE GRAIN, BABY. WHOO!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

We've got a four day weekend this week, so I'm good for pretty much whenever over the next four days.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Play the chapter in Act 1 where you play as Cole/Baird, and get to the part where they start shooting mortars at you. When you go to kill them, aim for the legs.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Don't know if you've gotten that mortar execution yet, Zip, but I've just remembered another great spot near the end of Act 5. Shouldn't be hard to miss, as he's pretty much all by himself in the middle of the area he's in. Just work your way around to him and rush him down.

I was speaking idiomatically.