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That was the most ridiculous cast of characters I've seen in a looong while. And the graphic style is so generic it's making me ill. Gee, never saw overdimensioned body armour types with tiny, macho-looking heads before. And the weapons.. THE BIGGER THE BETTER. MORE UNNECESSARY DETAIL, PLEASE!! MAKE THEM STRIPED, DOTTED, HARLEQUIN SHAPED, WHATEVER, JUST MAKE THEM TOO MUCH. ALL OVER!!1!

 

Bah.

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Other than the graphics, why are people so interested in this?

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What Morgoth surely meant to write was: Co-op campaign is the only way to make console games.

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I love how the third character has a Korean name, and yet looks distinctly European. I mean, he couldn't be anything else. :huh:

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Gears of War is awesome because it has co-op? Hasn't this been done in about a million console games since Secret of Mana?

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Gears of War is awesome because it has co-op? Hasn't this been done in about a million console games since Secret of Mana?

Have you ever played a co-op campaign? I have and I can say it's beyond awesome, especially if the gameplay is as dynamic and fluid as it looks like in Gears of War. Of course, you can just pretend I monger after phallic tools of detruction if that's you thing. :p"

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kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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But...but...i wanted a set of the following characters:

 

Main character: A 17 year old white kid with no muscles, pretty-boy look, but somehow has the charisma and leadership of General Patton.

 

Sidekick #1: A 38 year old indian with an attitude that is more macho than commando, rambo and the terminator combined. Everything is solved with might and balls. Too bad the dude fancies the main characters sweet, untouched behind, which leads to Sidekick #1 betraying the party because of, or the lack of, love.

 

Sidekick #2: A 28 year old black woman with the body of a venus and the attitude of a woman from the ghetto. A demolitions-expert. Apparantly, she's had relationships with all the characters in the party, but ditching them all for being "not man enough". Still, she's the backbone of the party in terms of spirits, intellect and attitude.

 

Sidekick #3: A 20 year old irish hacker and part-time priest. Doesn't like Sidekick #1 and Sidekick #2, but stays in the party because of firm belief of redemption. Has a problem with older people though, because of his abusive, drunk father.

 

Sidekick #4: The main characters love-interest and the party's healer. An 21 year old asian woman with the innocence of jesus. Very clumsy but, light-hearted and funny. Sidekick #2 loves her as a little-sister she never had, but Sidekick #1 hates her for her love to the main character, while Sidekick #3 remains indeferent to her. The main character is ofcourse unaware of her feelings at about 80% of the game, leaving a lot of room for comedy.

 

Sidekick #5: A 58 year old white male, an expert in sniping. Mysterious and doesn't say much, but when he talks, everyone listens. Works as the main character's father-figure and mentor with his bushido-like wisdom. Remains indifferent to the rest of the party, only the main character seems important to him, for reasons later revealed in the game's big plot-twist.

 

 

 

 

 

Meh :p

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But...but...i wanted a set of the following characters:

 

Main character: A 17 year old white kid with no muscles, pretty-boy look, but somehow has the charisma and leadership of General Patton.

 

Sidekick #1: A 38 year old indian with an attitude that is more macho than commando, rambo and the terminator combined. Everything is solved with might and balls. Too bad the dude fancies the main characters sweet, untouched behind, which leads to Sidekick #1 betraying the party because of, or the lack of, love.

 

Sidekick #2: A 28 year old black woman with the body of a venus and the attitude of a woman from the ghetto. A demolitions-expert. Apparantly, she's had relationships with all the characters in the party, but ditching them all for being "not man enough". Still, she's the backbone of the party in terms of spirits, intellect and attitude.

 

Sidekick #3: A 20 year old irish hacker and part-time priest. Doesn't like Sidekick #1 and Sidekick #2, but stays in the party because of firm belief of redemption. Has a problem with older people though, because of his abusive, drunk father.

 

Sidekick #4: The main characters love-interest and the party's healer. An 21 year old asian woman with the innocence of jesus. Very clumsy but, light-hearted and funny. Sidekick #2 loves her as a little-sister she never had, but Sidekick #1 hates her for her love to the main character, while Sidekick #3 remains indeferent to her. The main character is ofcourse unaware of her feelings at about 80% of the game, leaving a lot of room for comedy.

 

Sidekick #5: A 58 year old white male, an expert in sniping. Mysterious and doesn't say much, but when he talks, everyone listens. Works as the main character's father-figure and mentor with his bushido-like wisdom. Remains indifferent to the rest of the party, only the main character seems important to him, for reasons later revealed in the game's big plot-twist.

 

 

 

 

 

Meh :(

 

 

man, i'd play that game

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Have you ever played a co-op campaign? I have and I can say it's beyond awesome, especially if the gameplay is as dynamic and fluid as it looks like in Gears of War. Of course, you can just pretend I monger after phallic tools of detruction if that's you thing. :("

 

I know co-op's awesome, but why is Gears Of War better than any other co-op game? It's being hailed as Xbox 360's saviour, for Pete's sake.

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You should get hired Messhugger to do character design for the sequel.

 

I tried apply as a game-designer at Epic, but was declined due to the lack portfoolio, meh.

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"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

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Have you ever played a co-op campaign? I have and I can say it's beyond awesome, especially if the gameplay is as dynamic and fluid as it looks like in Gears of War. Of course, you can just pretend I monger after phallic tools of detruction if that's you thing. :("

 

I know co-op's awesome, but why is Gears Of War better than any other co-op game? It's being hailed as Xbox 360's saviour, for Pete's sake.

I don't know, hype value and newness are probably big factors as to why it's hailed, but why I'm interested in it is because there's only so many times you can replay Halo 1 and 2 and Brute Force before you start to get itchy for a new scifi shooter with a co-op.

I think I've played Halo 1 through with my friend about 12 times. Which is in itself a testimony to how much it's' co-op rocks.

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kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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It's also evidence that you neet to get a life, mus. :D

 

But, then again, I could use a life too.

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I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.
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The wrench is your friend. :bat:

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I've been playing it at my pal's since 2002. 12 times in four years amounts to almost nothing since we can pretty much run through it in ten hours nowadays. :( See, the point here is that an otherwise bad game gets an enourmous lifespan just because it happens to have a co-op. Well, I guess the fact that the co-op is well done amounts to somehting too.

kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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Agreed.

 

If the upcoming Mercenaries 2 game has has even half of the features it promises in the co-op campaign too, I can safely say that I won't play another modern shooter for the next couple of years. It's that awesome.

kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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