How did such a mediocre game become a huge franchise? It wasn’t even the first over the shoulder tps either as RE4 did it a year beforehand and far better too

>>634979195 (OP)

xbox had no original games besides gaylo

it was a great game, get over yourself

It had clunky controls, graphics with way too much bloom and brown and the enemies were all bullet sponges and the melee mechanics are terrible

This, it’s been almost 20 years now

>>634979195 (OP)

The combat in Gears ripped off a PS2 game called Killswitch that was actually fun. Fuck Gears.

>>634979195 (OP)

This game was a cover based shooter, and Resident Evil 4 wasn't. Within one genre many styles can exist.



It became a huge franchise because it was good. Easy to learn, hard to master. Tight single player campaign with plenty of spectacle that didn't waste your fuckin time (i'd argue this is it's most Resdent Evil 4 like element) and intense multiplayer.



It is a good video game.

good multiplayer. this thread is weird though, it's no longer a huge franchise, the series is dead and has been since gears 3

>ripped off

Literally hired the game designer of Killswitch for Gears 1.

>that was actually fun

No it wasn't, it was pretty shit, with neat cover system.

Holy shit I never knew they hired the same guy. I'm a bit less irked at Gears now.

Gears of War is a platforming tps.

>The combat in Gears ripped off a PS2 game

>been mad at game for 20 years 

>never bothered to check if what you’re mad about is retarded or not 

Quintessential /v/ enjoyer

Wait til you learn Zelda took it's new fusion mechanic from Alone in the Dark 2008.........

>>634979195 (OP)

>Enjoyable characters

>Machine guns with chainsaws

>Cool gore

>Cool looking enemies

>One of the few TPS games in existence to not play like absolute dogshit

>Impressive graphics for the time

>>634979195 (OP)

Stupid phone poster

I genuinely found the lore interesting. Also had lots of friends to play it with. Horde mode was great.

I played through the campaign trilogy co-op with my brother.

I thought it was a ripoff as well, but Cliff literally cited it as an inspiration. It's better mechanically, though. It's too easy to line up shots behind cover in kill.switch before popping out (Rogue Trooper has the same issue). Gears makes you do it without the crosshair.

>>634979195 (OP)

It's a solid cover shooter, and it's heavy on the dudebro. The acting isn't great, but it has a cheesy action movie feel to it. They fucked all that up in 2 with the scene where Dom had to kill his wife, as the acting couldn't carry it. The scene ended up being hilariously bad.



I think the moment I decided I loved it was when I realized this guy was in it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tooY9nLezL0 [Embed]

Nobody ever played a N64 game.

>>634979195 (OP)

The first 3 gears games are pure kino. Some of the best tps gameplay and tightest campaigns of all time. Unlike resident evil 4 you can actually move and fire at the same time lmao. You’re a dipshit op.

Why have there consistently been so many threads with an OP determined to shit on Gears of Kino? Is it just one guy with a pathological hatred for good games?
