Was 45th in the queue for the Singapore launch event, played the campaign and finished it from 11pm to 11am non-stop.
Overall, I came out pretty satisfied. I've followed every bit of the Gears fiction that I can (except for the comics, hard to come by here in Singapore) and man, the payoff is incredible.
Seeing Raven's Nest.
Seeing Bernie and subsequently hearing her call Baird 'Blondie'.
FUCKING UIR AND TRESCU COMING BACK WITH COLE AND BAIRD TO FIGHT AT AZURA.
Stuff like that, nice.
The main plot line was fine. Dom's death was handled magnificently I felt. Even though everything's gone to hell, the epic feeling and scale was retained and it shows. The siege on Anvil Gate and the fight with the Lambent Zerker was awesome. That fucking high speed chase down the highway thing was awesome. The entire section in Mercy was great.
The fights in Azura, especially when the old team and Jack come back together and just fuck shit up, were spectacular and appropriately epic.
I thought Griffin was amazingly ridiculous but man, I love that guy!
The idea of Adam Fenix crumbling into dust in marcus's hands and overall seeing a Marcus, who by the end of the game, is completely broken down was tear-jerking.
BOSS FIGHTS!
I loved them. Fighting the Brumak was cool. The Corpser encounter I thought was really exciting. The Lambent Zerker took me 30 mins to kill but felt great. Myrrah and Tempest were motherfuckers but still awesome.
Suffice to say, I really enjoyed the game and the story.
Though, annoyed that they didn't touch on two things:
1. Who the hell is Myrrah? She obviously ain't pure Locust. During the second stage of the final boss fight, she drops hints that Humanity and the Locust are somewhat similar. Anything to do with that? This ain't answered.
2. What was up with those Sires in Gears 2? The Locust looking thing in the human facilities. I thought Mercy was gonna build up to that but nothing happened.
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