Winger

Now that the dedicated servers are open and the beta is playable to everyone, and for some reason they locked out the other two maps and modes I was playing the other day I am finally enjoying the beta.

I got about four people in a row with the gnasher, the connection is really good and I hope it stays consistent for everyone, can't wait to hear my first person say HOST!!!

I play defensively as dudley mainly, never really gone in to any projectile character territory, looking forward to arcade edition and might end my SF4 career there depending on balance.

You should be very happy with this game then, they basically took gears of war 1, put in gears of war 2's cover and movement system and upped the movement speed and added weapon balance.

Yeah...weapon balance...in a gears game, well to me arguably gears of war 1 was perfectly balanced, as all weapons could be used effectively under the right conditions, but gears 2 was a power weapon mess with sniper rifle shotguns.

Of course there are plenty of new additions to keep the game fresh, but this IS the sequel most gears 1 fanatics have been waiting for, and if they can't accept the minor changes and additions to what seems to be the best edition of the MP they should just stay with the first game.

Remember how the original release date for gears 3 was april 5th? Epic were ready, the game barely needs any feedback at this point, not too many balance changes and honestly my only problem is the ledge mantling and jumping off of ledges, its fairly glitchy and they should just let your roll or roadie run off of them.

CCFRO, i'll get it sometime during launch day, however i've only played the PS3 version and plan on maining Stryker first so I won't be so hot once i'm in.
Although maining characters is thought to be evil by most MK players, I feel MIK9 is different when all the characters have different fighting styles and only share the uppercut.

''Does the smoke grenade still stun and make you fall to the ground ?''

No, your character cringes for around three seconds, but you can walk around and do everything but shoot so it is a minor annoyance that really only advantages a person escaping.

" I liked both Gears games so far, but I never got into the online. I normal play at a competitive level in shooters, but all my experience with both 1 and 2 were of me getting steamrolled by people who clearly played much more than I did. Also, some poor decisions in the basic way matches were structured in Gears 2 at launch really turned me off it. I hope they make changes in Gears 3 to be something I can enjoy. I like the single player and I like online shooter in general. It's a shame the previous games felt totally inaccessible to me. "

The game is basically the good of both gears of war 1 and 2, it has the fast pace of gears 1 with the cover system and graphical improvements of 2 (Well, gears 3 graphics I suppose)