Gears of War died when the human shoulder out-performed a shotgun.

shameless self bump so /v/ has something besides Rage comics, Dwarf Fortress and shitty Alt Art threads

They thought that they won the war with the Lightmass Bomb at the end of Gears 1 too. The Locust will be back for sure.

The series died with Gears 2, forget about it and move on.

Any mentions of Clay Carmine in it?

GEARS OF WAR GENERAL
FUCKN'COCKA
SUCKNSWALLOW
HANG!

so the dude with the cowboy hat is really dead?

>>44490954

Truer words have never been spoken.

>>44491037
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU JUST SAID, LIL KID....but you special. You reach out, and you touch a brothas heart.

>It's not a bad story, but Gears of War 3 will be some weird shit considering that all the Locust are considered extinct and they're biggest threats are considered to be Stranded.

There will another Gears of War novel, focusing on the stranded and the Lambent Locust.

>>44489961
>>44489961
I am gettin it for x-mas, and I can't wait to read it. I saw it at Barnes and Noble tonight, and was geeked about it.

>>44491193
That should be GoW 3

>Gears of War novels
You gotta be kidding me right?

I like the actual gameplay of the games, but Christ almighty the story is just "blarg underground aliens are killing people go shoot them."

>>44491108
No, he comes back in the book so that's one loose end tied up.

>>44491312
Yeah, but that's why I like the novels. They manage to flesh out the story and make it more than just
"GRAHHH!"
"ARGHHHH WHERE'S MY WHIFE!!!!!"
"KILL GRUBS"

>>44491312
if you read into it, its a bit more in depth than that. Unfortunately, gamers today are all about "LOOK AT ME!! AH HAS A CHAINSAW BAYONET AND IMMA GUT THAT NIGGA!!" 30 year old ancient gamerfag here.

>>44491427
I still lul at that flash

I... like Gears of War. I really do. As games, they are the best things to come out in a long time, at least in it's own genre.

>>44491483
Gamers today? Are you forgetting the classics of yesteryear were fucking Megaman, DOOM, StreetFighter and Mario?

the second ones out?
i loved the first one

>>44491596

Do yourself a favour and don't play the second.

>>44491564
Gears of War is just Doomguy for the 2000's. Except nothing can beat Doomguy

>>44491564
I would never forget those. But considering the story behind those is absent at best, I think it's a shame that the plots in newer games (granted some are tissue paper thin) get overlooked in an obscene manner. Many newer titles have relatively good storylines that people just skip to get back into the fight, and wen they are mentioned they are flamed for being...well...not there. Just because in most cases they were skipped. Mario, The Blue Bomber, and Street Fighter have no real storyline, but they are great games to say the least.

>>44491792
>>44491792
here...
>>44491564
>>44491564
>>44491564
Oh and Doom had a novel series...and I read all four of them. We don't talk about the travesty.

>>44491863
Op.

I think I just love vidya novels in general, even though they are disgusting examples of writing. The story just always seems to be engrossing and it's like this massive nerd-on once you connect bits and pieces of the games to what is written on the page.

>>44491734

Why not?

It's just as good as the first one.

What is your deal?

>>44491863
Hey, I read goddamn Starcraft, Warhammer and Mass Effect novels so to be fair, lets not hear anything bad about Doom and the cyberdemons.

>>44492255
such a good movie :D

>>44492072
>I think I just love vidya novels in general, even though they are disgusting examples of writing.

Not so much. the Halo books (save for The Flood) were pretty good. Aspho fields was a damn good read. It's a shame that we aren't seeing more decent authors doing this. However, if this were to happen, the bookstores would be deluged with shitty novels of WoW, Kingdomhearts, and side stories to Final Fantasy. What kills me is there hasn't been a Legend of Zelda novel. If the story is there, then run with it. If not, then let it go the way of Crash Bandicoot.

>>44492255

Multiplayer is way smoother in the second one.

>>44492262
The first and second books of Doom were okay....just don't read three and four.

and I do mean JUST OK.

>>44492394
icwatudidthar.jpg

>>44492379
Yeah, I liked the Halo ones too even though the plotline now basically resembles 17 retards in a clusterfuck. With Aspho Fields and Gears in general though, it's like Epic have set themselves up for this massive saga but they only have one more game to wrap up all the remaining plot points and other bullshit and they've left all these really big details out. Like what exactly happened when Marcus deserted his post to go save his father, and how the fuck does his father know the Locust Queen?

WHEEEEEEEEERE'S
MYYYYYYYY
WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!

>>44492828
i followed the Halo books rather well. As for Adam Fenix knowing the Locust Queen, we'll just have to wait for the next game. It intrigues me.

gears of war 1 is a classic in my heart. still play the multiplayer. gears 2 doesnt even deserve to be talked about.

>>44492828

>>44492828
I thought it was because they found his moms body?

>>44492379
There is that other one with those Spartans that were far way from reach during Fall of Reach. The cover art has a dude in a Mk6 with a space station in the background. Halo Cole Protocol, right?

It fucking sucked horribly. Contact harvest is great thought

>>44493730
No, Marcus found her by himself when his squad were looking for Imulsion Crystals for the Hammer, but that might have been what he was going to tell Marcus. But he died before he got to him so maybe it's just another plot fuckaround

Next topic: What the fuck is up with the New Hope research facility? Any one take a guess what the Sires are and why they even exist in a COG facility?

>>44492828
>>44492828
And as for knowing the Locust queen...

They talked about a peace...an alliance of sorts. But Humas were too hell-bent on immulsion, and power, and the Locust weren't about that and they saw human nature, so they decided to end it