JD, Del, and Kait battle the COG’s robotic DeeBee soldiers in their attempts to undermine this new, authoritarian regime.īut a new threat emerges. After humanity’s victory at the end of Gears of War 3, the Coalition of Ordered Governments (usually just called COG) have installed a totalitarian government to control and repress the remaining population. Although most of them do still feature in these games, the focus is on Marcus’s son, JD, and his friends Del and Kait.Īnd the gang aren’t fighting Locust anymore. These excellent games signalled several departures for the series.įirstly, a departure from our favourite Delta Squad foursome. So many happy memories! The Second Coming: Gears of War 4 (2016), Gears 5 (2019) The tactical game play fascinated me, and still does!" "There was nothing out there like Gears of War. “ Gears of War was my first Xbox game and the one my brother in law and I played incessantly together while he was away in Korea.”
“I literally didn't go to college for a week when Gears of War was released. Pulling all nighters with 3 mates, fueled by cheap energy juice and determination, passing the controllers between us trying to beat RAAM on insane difficulty is still one of the memories that define my secondary school years." "The original Gears of War was my first experience of a next gen game, and it completely blew me away. I asked colleagues from Steamforged Games about their recollection of the original trilogy, and I got a number of glowing, nostalgia-drenched responses: The third game also brought us one of the saddest moments in gaming history, of course. These iterations really pushed the envelope of online gaming with stellar maps and tense, frenetic gameplay. Over the next few years, Gears of War 2 and Gears of War 3 developed on the sterling work of the debut, with a lush campaign taking us far below ground into the heart of the Locust capital in the second instalment, and the introduction of the crazed, explosive lambent in Gears of War 3. Honestly, watching it now takes me straight back to the years of being an angsty teen with a video game addiction… Ok, there’s still footage of Marcus spraying bullets at a Corpser, but the overall tone is melancholic, reflective, and weirdly moving thanks to Joseph Kosinski’s direction and Gary Jules’ ‘Mad World’ cover playing behind it. In an age of prosaic, on-the-nose adverts for shooters, you might’ve expected Gears of War – with its gritty setting and gruff, muscle-bound heroes – to follow suit.īut what they actually put out would change video game advertising forever: I can remember the television ad they ran like it was yesterday! The answer was obvious (well, to me, anyway): Gears of War. In fact, when I originally interviewed for Steamforged Games a couple of years ago, I was asked: “If you could have written one marketing campaign, what would it be?” It also had pretty memorable advertising! With its top-of-the-line graphics, tight, cover-based gameplay, and consummate polish, it helped usher in a new era of console gaming. The original Gears of War was a flagship game for the hugely popular Xbox 360, and released to a rapturous reception in November 2006. It introduced pretty much everything we know and love about the Gears franchise: the chainsaw-wielding Lancer rifle, the gritty, sepia-stained landscape, the freakishly muscular, taciturn heroes, and the rest. Gears of War ’s opening trilogy follows the OGs of Delta Squad – Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago, Damon Baird, and Augustus “Cole Train” Cole – as they face down the Locust threat against all odds. I’ll also give you some exclusive details about our new card game, including its mechanics and more!Īnyway, that’s 17 years of Gears history to get our teeth into… So, we better get cracking! The Original Trilogy: Gears of War (2006), Gears of War 2 (2008), Gears of War 3 Welcome to Gears of War : a heroic history!Īs a lifelong fan of the franchise, I’m taking a walk down memory lane (or – more appropriately – perhaps Blood Drive) and all the different Gears adventures over the years, culminating in our upcoming release of Gears of War: The Card Game !
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