Is Gears Judgement one of the best examples of milking a series?

1,2 and 3 isn't the whole story. Pendulum Wars was huge. Not to mention the sh!t that happened between every game.freedomfreak

and the only point in the Pendulum Wars they reinforce was Colonol Hoffman at Anvil Gate.

the books cover what happened between the game and the Pendulum Wars.

it is milking but who cares. the games are fun and the lore is good. I'll buy it day 1.

Pretty much every Nintendo franchised has been milked so much that they were milking a dead cow years ago.

lild1425

Pretty much every Nintendo franchised has been milked so much that they were milking a dead cow years ago.

lild1425

they can keep milking until the cow runs dry.... if the series is good and I like it, keep'em coming!

because theres still a good lot of Cole's story to tell.

Same could be potentially said for Killzone, i'd love to see a prequel and i'll always stand by the ideology if the milks good why complain.

razgriz_101

Wow I actually agreed with you on something for once. >.>

This is not a hate thread. I played all three of the previous Gears games and enjoyed them for the most part. Under all the ultra violence and bromance a interesting and sometimes deep story was to be found. The gameplay was fun and the multiplayer was different. With that all being said, why does Gears Judgement even exist? It can't be a fan service, I was excited to continue the main story with Marcus, but who wanted a full game featuring the annoying sarcastic baird? Gears 3 wrapped up the story, and even released a prequel-esq DLC at one point(Rams shadow?). So why do we really need to go back again? Maybe there is just something I ain't seeing.

Killzonage

Cover peak repeat pew pew pew is what gears is all about. and copy paste franchise and thus its already milkedSNIPER4321

because theres still a good lot of Cole's story to tell.

Same could be potentially said for Killzone, i'd love to see a prequel and i'll always stand by the ideology if the milks good why complain.

razgriz_101

More like they ignored Baird for all of Gears 3, So they give him his own game with Cole.

Here are some more milked series:

Ratchet and Clank

Resistence

Killzone

God of War

Jack and Daxter

Metal Gear

Here are some more milked series:

Ratchet and Clank

Resistence

Killzone

God of War

Jack and Daxter

Metal Gear

timbers_WSU

Hardly Milked.

And if it is? If the end quality is high, I don't really think that fans mind if a series is "milked."

Why come out with a new franchise when the masses buy the ones already in place by the millions. Halo and Gears sell like crazy and it is what 360 fans want more of, so why change a formula that has worked all generation?

All successful franchises are milked, just look at Assassin's Creed, Mario, Zelda, Call of Duty, Halo, and God of War.

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"]

Here are some more milked series:

Ratchet and Clank

Resistence

Killzone

God of War

Jack and Daxter

Metal Gear

LegatoSkyheart

Hardly Milked.

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"]

Here are some more milked series:

Ratchet and Clank

Resistence

Killzone

God of War

Jack and Daxter

Metal Gear

LegatoSkyheart

Hardly Milked.

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"]

Here are some more milked series:

Ratchet and Clank

Resistence

Killzone

God of War

Jack and Daxter

Metal Gear

locopatho

Hardly Milked.

nah. GoW:A would have been a better example.

[QUOTE="locopatho"][QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

Hardly Milked.

rjdofu

Yes. Gears Judgement, Halo ODST, Uncharted spinoffs, any Mario game that isn't a platformer, every COD, all these odd R&C games like All 4 One, God of War Ascension, Fable Journey, the list goes on and on.

Neither is GOW. in 7 years there's been 3 games on consoles, 2 on handhelds. That's fine. People just call it milked cos Sony keeps releasing them and bundling them in different ways.locopatho

No GOW is milked. Three collections have been released This generation, and one collection repackaged a major title for the franchise that was made THIS GENERATION.

It's not a bad thing love God of war, but you're blind if you think it's not milked.

[QUOTE="Cranler"][QUOTE="SNIPER4321"]Cover peak repeat pew pew pew is what gears is all about. and copy paste franchise and thus its already milkedSNIPER4321

Collections may be milkage but it's not like they're bringing down the franchise. On top of that, God of war saga, Ratchet Collection, Sly collection, Jak collection etc are all incredible deals so customers are benefiting too.

Finally every single god of war game has been great and when you look at the fact they have been spread across 3 systems its really not that bad. Still it would be nice to see a new ip from Santa Monica. Ratchet on the other hand is pretty excessive but for the most part the quality has been high in that franchise too.

Anyways I'm looking forward to both judgement and ascencion.

Everyone knew they'd eventually do a prequel to Gears of War 1 and this one isn't even being made Epic Games. SAGE_OF_FIRE

judgement's not a prequel.

I love Gears of War, the first one being my favorite. It was one of the reasons I decided to buy an X360. However, Judgement isn't really pulling my heart strings this time.

Just not sure if I'm down for one featuring my two least favorite characters, but I'll look closer at it as the release date nears.

This is not a hate thread. I played all three of the previous Gears games and enjoyed them for the most part. Under all the ultra violence and bromance a interesting and sometimes deep story was to be found. The gameplay was fun and the multiplayer was different. With that all being said, why does Gears Judgement even exist? It can't be a fan service, I was excited to continue the main story with Marcus, but who wanted a full game featuring the annoying sarcastic baird? Gears 3 wrapped up the story, and even released a prequel-esq DLC at one point(Rams shadow?). So why do we really need to go back again? Maybe there is just something I ain't seeing.

Killzonage

Isn't Baird a fan favorite? :?

I love Gears and im sure ill love Judgement :)

I can't wait for Judgement. Gears is my favorite online multiplayer game.

This sir is milking

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This is not milking

gears of war ,1,2,3, pre

I dislike it because they ended support for geoW3 for this cash in, why cant campaign and over run dlc? Besides, Im not one to complain about casulaztion in games because it doesnt really affect gameplay, but the blid fire has a reticle, and thats going to mke everything way to easy:/ Honestly Im not hyped for it, and I loved GeoW3. But, I hope the people that are looking forward to it enjoy it and get a much better game then it seems to me. Persoanlly I want PCF to work on another Painkiller...im excited baout the remake btw, dont have rig to run so have to wait for port:P

Isn't Baird a fan favorite? :?

NeonNinja

All released within 5 years... Enough said

Samus3D

^ this

but I do feel like Gears: Judgement is a bit of a cash grab.

Here are some more milked series:

Ratchet and Clank

Resistence

Killzone

God of War

Jack and Daxter

Metal Gear

timbers_WSU

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"]

Here are some more milked series:

Ratchet and Clank

Resistence

Killzone

God of War

Jack and Daxter

Metal Gear

Ragnarok1051

[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]

Isn't Baird a fan favorite? :?

Bardock47

Baird > Cole

Although I do love their bromance 1000x more than Fenix and Dom.

[QUOTE="Samus3D"]

All released within 5 years... Enough said

moistsandwich

^ this

but I do feel like Gears: Judgement is a bit of a cash grab.

If it's a prequel that actually adds something to the rest of the story, then no. As it is though, it does seem kind of pointless, especially since they just capped off the trilogy.

It doesn't help that the lead writer is kind of an idiot (I'm missing Karen Traviss already :()

With God of War they're releasing a collection of a collection with another collection in one collection... In a year are they going to throw in Ascension?

Here is on this is going to go.

1. You going to have people who going to agree with this, yet ignore their beloved series that have probably gotten way more sequels and spinoffs than what the 4 in this series..

2.You going to have those who disagree and try to point at another so called series and call it milked beyond belief.

Cover peak repeat pew pew pew is what gears is all about. and copy paste franchise and thus its already milkedSNIPER4321

This is not a hate thread. I played all three of the previous Gears games and enjoyed them for the most part. Under all the ultra violence and bromance a interesting and sometimes deep story was to be found. The gameplay was fun and the multiplayer was different. With that all being said, why does Gears Judgement even exist? It can't be a fan service, I was excited to continue the main story with Marcus, but who wanted a full game featuring the annoying sarcastic baird? Gears 3 wrapped up the story, and even released a prequel-esq DLC at one point(Rams shadow?). So why do we really need to go back again? Maybe there is just something I ain't seeing.

Killzonage

That would be FF13 or Zelda SS and TP that were nothing like the older games and a mere shadow of their former self