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''Gears of War'' is a tactical [[Third-Person Shooter]] video game developed by [[Epic Games]] and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game uses a [[Take Cover|"stop and pop" approach that heavily emphasizes the use of cover]]. There isn't a jump button and everything is angled towards making the combat as personal and violent as possible (the main gun used has a chainsaw built into the grip, called the [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]] [[Bayonet Ya|bayonet]]).

 

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{{quote| '''Dominic Santiago:''' Welcome back to the army, soldier. <br />

The game was praised for its beautiful visuals and innovative gameplay system. The most common complaints were a dull color palette but most especially an uneven storyline.

 

 

 

{{quote| '''Marcus Fenix:''' This is it, Dom. This is everything we've been fighting for.<br />

The second game received similar accolades, with many complaints of the first game addressed. The graphics are better than ever, a larger weapon variety is given and the story is epic while more personal. However, it still holds many slight flaws, but that doesn't reduce the amount of fun there is in playing the game. The multiplayer set-up has also been cheered, with the new "Horde" mode receiving the most attention; while it didn't invent the concept, ''Gears 2'' is the reason [[Follow the Leader|most shooters have a wave-based mode now]].

 

 

 

{{quote| '''Augustus Cole:''' "Do you ever feel like you're dead, but nobody ever told you?"}}

With the added benefit of a multiplayer beta to iron out the kinks (including [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|dedicated servers]]), ''Gears of War 3'' ended up the best reviewed of the trilogy with a very bright color palette, crisp visuals and fluid gameplay. A very full game release, it has a very long campaign where you can play with four characters at all times (including a co-op online arcade version), Horde Mode 2.0 (with some [[Tower Defense]]-like strategy), Beast Mode (a reversed Horde Mode where you play as Locust creatures attacking the COG), loads of features to track your gaming history and a single leveling system that works under all modes. The game was also built to be heavily modifiable, with a [[Downloadable Content]] pack called "RAAM's Shadow" containing an entire mini-campaign.

 

 

 

A prequel from fifteen years before ''Gears of War'' focusing on Damon Baird's time as a lieutenant in Kilo Squad, with Augustus Cole and others under his command. In the tale, taking place early in the Locust War, the squad is accused of treason for stealing COG experimental technology on a mission.

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* [[Abandoned Hospital]]: The New Hope facility and the multiplayer level "Blood Drive".

* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Nemacysts are huge, [[Flying Seafood Special|flying, squid-like creatures]] who constantly vent toxic sludge, and are fired as flak or hunter-killer missiles from Seeder arthropods. The Ink/Smoker grenades are actually baby Nemacysts tied to a Bolo Grenade handle. The Digger Launcher in the third game fires a small burrowing creature which digs through the ground ignoring any cover in its path, popping out from the ground if there's any enemy in its trajectory then detonating itself.

* [[Necessary Drawback]]: The Hammer of Dawn is easily a [[Game Breaker]] if there wasn't a few things holding it back. The target has to be outdoors and not under cover so that "[[Hand Wave|the satellites can be aligned]]". In multiplayer, there's a limit to how long you can use it.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: The "Ashes to Ashes" trailer. Features the group fighting in Char. {{spoiler|Dom never made it there in the game.}}

* [[Nerf]]:

** Smoke Grenades in multiplayer; at launch for ''Gears of War 2'', these grenades instantly drop players to the ground, much like the Kantus scream, to allow for an easy kill. Following title updates, they momentarily stun players to stop them from firing or moving away, but recover much faster than the former effect.

* [[Once an Episode|Once A Game]]: Every game so far has featured one "horror movie" level, with plenty of tense atmospheres, foreboding scenery, and nonstandard enemies. It was in the Lethia Imulsion Facility in the first, the New Hope Research Facility in the second, and Mercy in the third.

* [[One-Hit Kill]]:

** The One Shot in the third game; [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|it's faithful to its name]].

** In multiplayer, Boomshots, One Shots, Torque Bows, Mortars and Frag and Incendiary Grenades will [[One-Hit Kill]] if impacting close enough to a player. [[Boom! Headshot!]] is a guaranteed kill with the Longshot sniper rifle.

* {{spoiler|[[Zombie Apocalypse]]}}: The Lambent, {{spoiler|more so once the infection is discovered to spread to humans}}.

 

* [[Animal Reaction Shot]]: Bernie's dog Mac gets a few of these.

* [[Ate His Gun]]: General Bardry Salaman, who was unable to live with himself after having helped carry out the Hammer of Dawn counterattack.

* [[Crapsack World]]: If the games didn't make it clear, the horrible event in the books really will show how terrible a place Sera is, even before the Locust emerged.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: A lot of the characters, but Baird does it the most.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]:

** While the townspeople of Pelruan and the Gorasini have every reason to hate Stranded, thats no reason to be mean to and attack Dizzy and his daughters.

* [[You Say Tomato]]: Bernie is questioned about her accent several times, mostly about saying "arse" instead of "ass".

 

* [[Badass]]

* [[Disposable Pilot]]: Delta's Raven pilot gets blown up in his cockpit, prompting Jace Stratton to take the controls and sort-of land the chopper.

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