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Gears of War Ultimate Edition Beta - Review
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Gears of War Ultimate Edition Beta
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Game Information
Release Date: June 15th, 2015
Developer: The Coalition
Publisher: Microsoft Studios
Platform: Xbox One
Genre: Shooter


Synopsis
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a remastering of the original, acclaimed first game in the Gears of War shooter franchise. Painstakingly remastered in 1080p and modernized for Xbox One, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is packed full of new content, including five campaign chapters never released on Xbox, as well as early access to the Gears of War 4 multiplayer beta.


Gameplay
Gears of War Ultimate Edition is a remaster of the first Gears of War, possibly one of the best 3rd person shooters ever made. This remaster beta doesnt only have features of the first one but has also incorporated some of the other gears of war tactics into this one such as spotting from Gears of War 3. In this beta there were lots of bugs and glitches as expected. Some of these glitches were game breaking and really annoying but there was always a fix on it some how and got better throughout the beta. This beta really has so much features from gears of war 1 obviously it really makes me excited to get the real game. There was no retro lancer or sawed off shotgun but instead the original weapons, Lancer and Gnasher. The lancer seems a bit powerful in this game which I think could be reduced slightly, but the weapon does provide some good crosses getting the enemy trapped. The Gnasher was a piece of trash at first but once you get used to it, it actually isnt that bad. The reason it was bad to every one cause not everyone was used to the center of the screen shooting. In this beta there were two game modes, Team Deathmatch and King of the Hill. Team deathmatch is a game mode where you just kill the opposing team until all lives are out, found in almost every game. And king of the hill is you capture the objective that last 75 seconds and first team to 120 wins. Each team consists of 4 people with similar matched players. On each map there are a set of weapons that are even on each spawn side. If you get to the power weapons first you have an advantage on the other team to kill them quicker. This game just generally has the Gears of War one feel. In the beta we got new camos each day that are only available to those who played the beta. Overall the gameplay was really fun reminded me of the old times I played with friends on Gears 1.


Graphics
I wasnt really expecting the graphics to be amazing as this is just the beta but for the beta it was fantastic. The game ran really smooth, I expected it to have a gears of war 3 feel of it being laggy in lots of areas but in all it didnt. I mean of course it was a beta it had few bugs but it isnt the end product. Most of the guns looked really smooth and had great texture to it with high detail. Other guns seemed a bit rigid and had a really bad sound to it when fired. You can definitely tell they changed the design of some guns to make it have the Gears 1 feel, for example hammerburst. The guns overall looked great for a beta, could be a few changes here and there. The maps looked awesome but from a close up on some walls it looked smooth and had no texture to it at all, just a gray wall per say. That can easily be fixed but another thing with maps is I didnt really see a lot of environmental actions. I didnt see walls blowing off as much, no sand really shot out of sand bags. I really hope they incorporate it in the finished product. The lighting on characters was pretty annoying. You could in some situations think that your friendlies were enemies and you would waste ammo. They need make sure they fix that. Overall the graphics were pretty good considering it was a beta.


Controls
The controls werent any different from the other gears of wars in the series. I cant really remember anything that was different but all controls are well placed making easy to maneuver your way around cover, wallbounce, and aim. With every control you can distinctly tell what you are doing and it wont jumble you up while in a gun fight. However some of the controls like pressing B to plant grenades could not be planted on walls but instead only on people. I dont know why this has happened but I definitely wanna plant grenades again. All controls are really set like any other shooter, RT is to shoot, LT is to aim (not used often), A is to rodie run or get on cover, and D-Pad in any direction to change weapons. One control I find myself using a lot is LB, you can see where weapons are and where your teammates are, extremely helpful. Overall the controls you cant really mess up with anything unless you arent coordinated. They are all well spread out from getting messed up in any situation. You cant really forget any of them as you only use like 3 controls the whole game.


Rating
Gameplay 9/10
Graphics 7/10
Controls 9/10
Overall 8/10

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Nice review but gears sucks.

bbn)
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Halo wrote Nice review but gears sucks.

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*cough* go away *cough*



Great review. Will you be redoing it once the full game comes out?
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Halo wrote Nice review but gears sucks.

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*cough* go away *cough*



Great review. Will you be redoing it once the full game comes out?


I will probably keep this one up and then do a separate one for the real game. That will basically be more about the campaign and what they fixed probably. If you can beat me to it go for it!
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Dammmm nice review bro
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damn. It's so detail. I want to review my game, don't I?
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I can't wait to play this, i love gears and this should be good, great review tho man.
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KyloRen wrote nice review, a lot of details. Might get this game now.


Can you stop spamming all the posts with the same exact line? stop boosting ur post count pls.
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Great review, always loved Gears Of War. (GoW judgment)
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