M1chl
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I wanted to try a co-op with my GF of first 3 games in GeoW series (we already played the 4th and 5th and she never played the OG trilogy). I always hold those games in high regard and suffice to say that they didn't disappoint. We sit through all those 3 games one after the other (well as much as free time allowed). First game is kind of meh, even in Ultimate edition, however 2nd and 3rd are really good games, which we enjoyed even after all those years.
I would say that even playing them today, does not feel dated, controls are tight and even for 30 FPS titles, surprisingly responsive. I was also surprised how much more involved were EPIC games in the art style of the game in comparison to The Coalition. Everything seems way more detailed and that it actually had some art vision. The stories or rather story presentation in these games cannot really be compared to new ones (4th and 5th). they are way better. Also the encounters are way more fun. Also there is more fun stuff happening in the campaign, with more set pieces and it just felt more like a journey, not random ass encounters slapped together. Especially 4th is really fucking poor in this manner. It's simply far better written and yeah it's Gears of War, but still it was entertaining to say at least.
Graphically Ultimate Edition is fine I guess, Gears 2 runs at 4k on XSX and it looks great, but it's dated, Gears 3 is also 4k enhanced and that looks and feels like an Xbox One title. That res boost and AF boost did wonders, but there are washed out colors in this game, probably because X360 could handle the framebuffer at full color depth. Just a speculation.
So like I mentioned these games are well worth to revisit, it's a great fun and just shows that The Coalition doing pretty shit job with the IP. Gears 5 was fine, but nothing more than that. Only thing on current gen close to OG trilogy is Gears 5: Hivebusters, but that's only 1 act DLC, but hopefully we see more of such Gears experience in the future and yes I want more, I really like gameplay in these games.
Why so late to play these games? Well in our household we only have PC and one Xbox, so it wasn't possible to play those games, because outside of first GeoW there hasn't been a PC version of 2 & 3. However with xCloud coming to EDGE browser, there has been a solution for that. I was kind of reluctant, but GF is more on a casual side of gaming, so meh if there is some lag, she is not going to notice as much as me and it all worked beautifully. Almost without single hitch and straight to the game without worrying about saves and shit. Only downside is that those blades are X1S, which does not bring many enhancement, which is shame because all games are BC boosted (with first it's remake). But it works well, played with controller through old notebook on 5G wi-fi connected to old 1080p TV, which I found at the garbage place, brought it back and fixed it myself. Pretty good for economic bachelor, if I say that myself.
Thanks for reading my insomnia thoughts.
I would say that even playing them today, does not feel dated, controls are tight and even for 30 FPS titles, surprisingly responsive. I was also surprised how much more involved were EPIC games in the art style of the game in comparison to The Coalition. Everything seems way more detailed and that it actually had some art vision. The stories or rather story presentation in these games cannot really be compared to new ones (4th and 5th). they are way better. Also the encounters are way more fun. Also there is more fun stuff happening in the campaign, with more set pieces and it just felt more like a journey, not random ass encounters slapped together. Especially 4th is really fucking poor in this manner. It's simply far better written and yeah it's Gears of War, but still it was entertaining to say at least.
Graphically Ultimate Edition is fine I guess, Gears 2 runs at 4k on XSX and it looks great, but it's dated, Gears 3 is also 4k enhanced and that looks and feels like an Xbox One title. That res boost and AF boost did wonders, but there are washed out colors in this game, probably because X360 could handle the framebuffer at full color depth. Just a speculation.
So like I mentioned these games are well worth to revisit, it's a great fun and just shows that The Coalition doing pretty shit job with the IP. Gears 5 was fine, but nothing more than that. Only thing on current gen close to OG trilogy is Gears 5: Hivebusters, but that's only 1 act DLC, but hopefully we see more of such Gears experience in the future and yes I want more, I really like gameplay in these games.
Why so late to play these games? Well in our household we only have PC and one Xbox, so it wasn't possible to play those games, because outside of first GeoW there hasn't been a PC version of 2 & 3. However with xCloud coming to EDGE browser, there has been a solution for that. I was kind of reluctant, but GF is more on a casual side of gaming, so meh if there is some lag, she is not going to notice as much as me and it all worked beautifully. Almost without single hitch and straight to the game without worrying about saves and shit. Only downside is that those blades are X1S, which does not bring many enhancement, which is shame because all games are BC boosted (with first it's remake). But it works well, played with controller through old notebook on 5G wi-fi connected to old 1080p TV, which I found at the garbage place, brought it back and fixed it myself. Pretty good for economic bachelor, if I say that myself.
Thanks for reading my insomnia thoughts.