Topic: Gears of War on the PC is awesome, but Micro$oft suck. (56k warning)

[MysterD]

Is there built-in support for headsets and mics so you can use a mic???

[Xessive]

Is there built-in support for headsets and mics so you can use a mic???

I know there's a key you can bind to "Voice chat" and I think it uses G4WL to connect.

[gpw11]

I'm not sure.  I haven't heard anyone talk, but I haven't been on PvP multiplayer at all really except for about 5 min. before I decided it was pretty lame.

[MysterD]

I'm not sure.  I haven't heard anyone talk, but I haven't been on PvP multiplayer at all really except for about 5 min. before I decided it was pretty lame.

Hmmm....Shit, you'd figure they'd be talking.

I hopped onto all kinds of servers yesterday on TF2 -- hell, you had at least 4 people using the game's built-in voice communication feature in any of those servers.

[Pugnate]

Well I came back to Gears of War after finishing Crysis, Episode 2 and Portal. The first thing I was struck with was its beauty, which is something to be expected after spending time with the Source engine.

Anyway I just wanted to say fuck off to the part where I can either drive my vehicle or use that light beam thing. Really stupid.

edit:

Thankfully that part was extremely short.

[Xessive]

Well I came back to Gears of War after finishing Crysis, Episode 2 and Portal. The first thing I was struck with was its beauty, which is something to be expected after spending time with the Source engine.

Anyway I just wanted to say fuck off to the part where I can either drive my vehicle or use that light beam thing. Really stupid.

edit:

Thankfully that part was extremely short.

Hahaha oh yeah that was annoying Great game though

I'm really looking forward to seeing more Unreal Engine 3 games!

[Pugnate]

The Tumbler has only enough power to move or use its ultraviolet light.

That's kinda like how you can either urinate or sneeze, but not at the same time. OK, not really.

[Xessive]

The Tumbler has only enough power to move or use its ultraviolet light.

That's kinda like how you can either urinate or sneeze, but not at the same time. OK, not really.

Haha good analogy though Ever sneezed and farted at the same time?

I'm going through the game again after I finish Crysis (again)

[gpw11]

Yeah, that whole concept was really stupid.  It's a bit more endurable in co-op, but probably even more stupid from a gameplay perspective.

[Ghandi]

Double taps killed me so much playing UT. I'd be trying to step up to a ledge to look down and shoot at someone but it took it as a doupletap and I'd launch myself off the cliff. Gah.

Haha, I used to do that all the time. I would be trying to do 10 things and once and this would happen.

[Pugnate]

Yeah, that whole concept was really stupid.  It's a bit more endurable in co-op, but probably even more stupid from a gameplay perspective.

While you may disagree, I felt that similar mechanics at least added to games like Doom or HL2, You could see what they were trying to accomplish by implementing that design decision.

Here you just ask why...

[gpw11]

Oh, I can agree with Doom 3 to a point, but I think we all know my feelings with this in regards to HL2.  But yeah, this is just stupid in this game.

[Pugnate]

Well the ep1 part

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where you are stuck in that dark bit near the elevator, I found worked in the spook factor.

But I agree with your earlier rant, about developers doing too much of this. Also I found that the guys at iD and Valve were trying to one up each other, possibly because they had released their competing engines at the same time.

While HL2 was all about physics, Doom 3 was about the lighting and how that added to the spook factor. Well in the Doom 3 expansion, they added a half assed gravity gun, that just didn't work without the physics of the source engine.

In HL2:Ep1 they added a total dark room level, with scarce lighting, as if to say "See, we have a bigger developer penis than iD."

While I liked it, I thought without the Doom 3 engine the horror factor didn't work nearly as well.

[Pugnate]

[gpw11]

Um, why did you post that?

[Pugnate]

Cause I hate that piece of shit. But also because the vehicle design is so good.

[gpw11]

My CRT is getting so dark that I can't even really see much apart from the lights.  I think I'll go order that LCD right now.

[Pugnate]

Yes. Yes you should. See that's why I randomly posted that screenie.

[Pugnate]

I am loving this game... but sometimes the auto save can be frustrating. I like it, but it in two points in the game so far, I wish it was more frequent.

[gpw11]

I just played around with it a bit more, and it has the worst MP ever.  Or the best.  See, apparently it does have voice chat.  Add that up with the type of people who are playing this online when they could be playing a dozen far better MP shooters out there and you have hilarity. 

I suck and no one is talking except for two guys on the other team, who are just chirping.  So, I figure it'll be fun to pretend like I killed them after every time they killed me.   I was so right. 

Some Dude: "Gpw...can I ask you a question?  Why are you so fucking gaaay?!"

Awesome, but not as awesome as this:

Me: "You're only gay if you take it.  Like you just took my boot to your face while you were bleeding on the ground.  After I dominated you...  with my gun."

Some Guy: "Fuck you, that was you.  You just died.  You haven't even killed anyone."

Me: "Look man, this is serious business and I don't need amateurs like you trying to have fun while I'm at work.  My job is showing chumps like you what it feels like to get shot by motherfucking aliens".

Some Guy 2: "What the fuck is wrong with you?"

Me: "I HATE FUN"

By itself, worst MP game ever.  Combined with chumps it might be the best.

[Pugnate]

We have to meet up online sometime (Where I get a decent ping) and then team up muhaha.

[Xessive]

HAha that would be fun!

That kinda voice chatting reminds me of Halo and Half-life/Counter-Strike when you'd have these 13 yr olds just cussing their brains out senselessly!

I have yet to play GoW multiplayer. I really really wanna play coop, and I wouldn't mind versus matches either, just any kind of interactivity!

[gpw11]

I should clarify that it was all the more funny (to me at least) because these two guys were talking and I was typing. 

But I've actually found Voice Chat to be a huge factor in TF2 (as it's a class-based team oriented game, that makes sense).  As medic I'll usually be sure to stick close to someone with a mic, so I can let them know I have uber and they can tell me when to go for it.  Other wise, a lot of time (And ubers) get wasted.

[MysterD]

Epic's President Mike Capps complaints the lower GoW PC reviews.

Epic Calls Bullsh*t on Lower Gears of War (PC) Review scores
Aug 08, 2008 at 1:03 PM - Robert "Apache" Howarth - 42 Comments
Epic President Mike Capps was a little frustrated at the lack of love the PC version of Gears of Wars got:

    “I think it’s bullshit,” he told MundoRare. “Because what we did was take a great game, Gears of War 1 for Xbox 360, made it run at higher resolutions and added three new hours of really good gameplay and it got lower reviews. I think that’s bullshit, and I don’t understand it. I can’t figure out what it is.

    “Like, ‘It’s an old game.’ Well, yeah, but it’s new on that platform, so I was really surprised to see lower reviews for what I think a much better game. It had new multiplayer modes, new levels, three hours of gameplay you never saw on 360 that the 360 guys are still upset we haven’t given them, right? So to get lower reviews for more game that’s good? It just doesn’t make any sense.”

Here was the problem(s):

1) It used Windows Live for multiplayer -- However you want to spin it, unless you were a paying member, GFWL made for an ass-sucking experience trying to set up matches and finding games. Windows Live is now free, so assuming all of the "Gold" crap is now unlocked for everyone to use, might be decent now.

2) Bugs & Crashes - I don't know how well they eventually patched Gears of War on the PC, but at the time of its release, you were lucky to even be able to load the game much less play the new chapters.

If the matchmaking stuff has been unlocked and the game is all patched up, GoW PC might be worth another look. It's pretty cheap now as well -- check your local bargin bin -- so that's a plus too.

I think pretty much Voodoo Extreme put the nail in the coffin.

Oh, and let's not forget the "stutter" issue that Epic has NOT fixed yet for GoW PC...
If they fixed that issue, I might be able to stick w/ this kick-ass game...

[scottws]

Yep, the stutter is still a common, unpatched issue.

[MysterD]

Yep, the stutter is still a common, unpatched issue.

Maybe if Epic didn't have this stutter issue and have the other annoyances that comes with GFW , this PC version would've been reviewed a hell of a lot better.

Yuh, so Epic, go fix the damn issues!