Will Gears of war 3 story fail?

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#1 TheUnchartedFan
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I mean, one wasn't bad. I just didn't feel it was fleshed out enough, Gears of war 2 was horrendous. They ruined any positiveness the franchise had story wise. Now I'm wondering, will the story for Gears of war 3 flop with the workings of Karen Travis? I've already read all her Gears of war books and can safely say they were awesome. So, what do you think? My personal opinion is the stereotype will continue that Gears has a terrible story, though three will put it at a good point.
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#2 Ironbash
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My personal opinion is the stereotype will continue that Gears has a terrible storyTheUnchartedFan
Looking at your name i'm not surprised
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#3 theuncharted34
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Probably not. It looks like Epic is pulling out all the stops for Gears 3.

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#4 Bread_or_Decide
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The first two games promised epic stories and they fell short. I doubt they are somehow going to come up with a story worth telling in the third. Good thing the gameplay is awesome.
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#5 Chutebox
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Of course lol

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#6 Bread_or_Decide
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Of course lol

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Story has never been the series strong suit. That's okay and all.
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#7 TheUnchartedFan
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[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

Of course lol

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Story has never been the series strong suit. That's okay and all.

Now I'm wondering, will the story for Gears of war 3 flop with the workings of Karen Travis? I've already read all her Gears of war books and can safely say they were awesome. So, what do you think?

I stated with the workings of Karen Travis, she's a phenomenal author and wrote the Gears books. Coalitions end the recent one was a 5/5 out for and she's creating Gears of war 3s story.
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#8 Bread_or_Decide
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[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"][QUOTE="Chutebox"]

Of course lol

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Story has never been the series strong suit. That's okay and all.

Now I'm wondering, will the story for Gears of war 3 flop with the workings of Karen Travis? I've already read all her Gears of war books and can safely say they were awesome. So, what do you think?

I stated with the workings of Karen Travis, she's a phenomenal author and wrote the Gears books. Coalitions end the recent one was a 5/5 out for and she's creating Gears of war 3s story.

If the game proves me wrong then great but I still have my doubts. This is GEARS...I barely even remember the story for the first two games.
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#9 TheUnchartedFan
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[QUOTE="TheUnchartedFan"] My personal opinion is the stereotype will continue that Gears has a terrible storyIronbash
Looking at your name i'm not surprised

I've got an X-box 360 you know? Just bought it. Never played Gears but read the novels and am anticipating three. Heard stories previously flopped though.
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#10 theuncharted34
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I've definitely noticed a more serious and less comical tone in Gears of War 3, and I heard Epic has better writers working on Gears 3.

Even if the story was bad, it'd be fine because Gears has never been about the story, but I actually think Gears 3 will have a pretty good-decent story.

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#11 tormentos
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I hope not but gears story has never been than great to begin with.
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#12 Ironbash
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[QUOTE="Ironbash"][QUOTE="TheUnchartedFan"] My personal opinion is the stereotype will continue that Gears has a terrible storyTheUnchartedFan
Looking at your name i'm not surprised

I've got an X-box 360 you know? Just bought it. Never played Gears but read the novels and am anticipating three. Heard stories previously flopped though.

They didn't flop but they weren't cohesive enough, were presented crudely and emotional scenes were cringable. The plot was a great premise though.
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#13 TheUnchartedFan
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[QUOTE="Ironbash"][QUOTE="TheUnchartedFan"][QUOTE="Ironbash"] Looking at your name i'm not surprised

I've got an X-box 360 you know? Just bought it. Never played Gears but read the novels and am anticipating three. Heard stories previously flopped though.

They didn't flop but they weren't cohesive enough, were presented crudely and emotional scenes were cringable. The plot was a great premise though.

That bad eh? I agree the premise is excellent though.
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#14 heretrix
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If you are playing Gears for the story, you are doing it wrong.

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#15 SteamedBennet
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Both Gears and Uncharted's stories are predictable and bland. Play the games because there fun, not for the stories.

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Both Gears and Uncharted's stories are predictable and bland. Play the games because there fun, not for the stories.

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At least the leads in Uncharted have personalities and emote realistically.
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#17 SteamedBennet
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[QUOTE="SteamedBennet"]

Both Gears and Uncharted's stories are predictable and bland. Play the games because there fun, not for the stories.

Bread_or_Decide

At least the leads in Uncharted have personalities and emote realistically.

I'll agree with that. Gears characters have been designed so overly bad-ass they've become a parody (not the humorous duke nukem kind... the annoying kind where you're laughing at them, not with them.).

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#18 mmmwksil
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There was a story in Gears 1 and/or 2 :?

I thought there was something strange going on when my shooting sessions were being paused every hour or so.

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#19 silversix_
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What story? Gears has none. All in has is co-op blowing ****up fun.
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#20 Bigboi500
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It already failed unless you're a big fan of B-movies. Who plays Gears for the story anyways?

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First one was a bro story about killin them big bad subterraineans by way of chainsaw. Simple premise that worked because it was'nt trying to be too ambitious.

Second one had the ambitions and was a mess as a result.

Third one seems to continue the tradition of Gears 2 and good authors don't necessarily make good game writers imho.

I recall Crysis 2 having an acclaimed writer as well.

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#22 deathtarget04
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No, I like Gears's storyline. Granted it's not the best and a bit corny but it's entertaining.

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#23 Funconsole
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I was gonna take this seriously until I saw: 1) You're a level 1 with 4 posts 2) Your name :|
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[QUOTE="Funconsole"]I was gonna take this seriously until I saw: 1) You're a level 1 with 4 posts 2) Your name :|

Why?
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#26 madsnakehhh
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Let's be honest guys, who play this for the story?

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#27 TheUnchartedFan
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i enjoy gears' story, i cannot wait to find out what happens. there is a myth around that just because there isn't a lot of talking, it means the story is crap. the ruined buildings, the stranded, the equipment and weapons all tell the story.

if people think the story is rubbish, maybe thats because their mummies and daddies are still reading them bedtime stories and they need to hear words to work out what is happening and what is driving characters etc. or perhaps they expect too much.

during gears 2 i felt really sad when you find doms wife, if you actually have a wife and put yourself in his position, you feel emotion. if you laugh at that scene or think its rubbish, perhaps you are just to young to understand.

look i am not saying its the greatest story, its an action game after all, of course it wont win any prizes for literature.

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I disagree, I just looked up the cut scene footage for "Dom finds Maria". And thought it was utter crap compared to the books writing. Like I said, just failed execution. But good voice acting at least.
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#28 brennanhuff
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I mean, one wasn't bad. I just didn't feel it was fleshed out enough, Gears of war 2 was horrendous. They ruined any positiveness the franchise had story wise. Now I'm wondering, will the story for Gears of war 3 flop with the workings of Karen Travis? I've already read all her Gears of war books and can safely say they were awesome. So, what do you think? My personal opinion is the stereotype will continue that Gears has a terrible story, though three will put it at a good point.TheUnchartedFan

What are you talking about? Gears 2 story was just fine but I am sorry, if you are playing Gears for the "story" you might want to sit back reconsider gaming as a hobby.

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#29 FoolwithaLancer
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I don't play Gears for the story.

Though Karen is working on it, and her books were fantastic. I like the new "We're not an army anymore, we're just a couple of humans tring to survive" approach for Gears 3 as well. :)

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#30 TheUnchartedFan
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I don't play Gears for the story.

Though Karen is working on it, and her books were fantastic. I like the new "We're not an army anymore, we're just a couple of humans tring to survive" approach for Gears 3 as well. :)

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Makes it seem more original.
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#31 millerlight89
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Gears has never had a good story, I'm sure this one will suck to in that regard.
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#32 Stevo_the_gamer  Moderator
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The writer apparently is good, so perhaps not this time.
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#33 Miketheman83
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Gears is about gameplay and graphics, I don't think anyone cares about the story. If I want a good story I read a book or watch a movie, I sure as hell don't play a video game.
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#34 turtlethetaffer
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How in God's name are we supposed to know?

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#35 TheUnchartedFan
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The writer apparently is good, so perhaps not this time.Stevo_the_gamer
I hope you're correct. IGN stated the story was apparently much improved in the first act and beat of Gears of war 2 as a whole. Though it's IGN.
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#36 FoolwithaLancer
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Gears is about gameplay and graphics, I don't think anyone cares about the story. If I want a good story I read a book or watch a movie, I sure as hell don't play a video game.Miketheman83

Maybe a game can have Great gameplay and graphics, plus a great story.

A great story is always a welcome bonus. :)

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#37 Stevo_the_gamer  Moderator
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How in God's name are we supposed to know?

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Looking at who's writing it, and her record would be a good start. Here you go.

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#38 turtlethetaffer
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[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

How in God's name are we supposed to know?

Stevo_the_gamer

Looking at who's writing it, and her record would be a good start. Here you go.

She is usually a good writer. But it could still fail. All of these thrreads saying stuff like "will (game x) win GOTY?" "Will this game fail?" There is literally no way of knowing until the game comes out.

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#39 Stevo_the_gamer  Moderator
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There is literally no way of knowing until the game comes out.

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There is no inherent guarantee, but that doesn't mean you can't reasonably speculate.

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#41 TH1Sx1SxSPARTA
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tons of games lately have had respected writers writing the story and they still turned out with a crap story. telloing a story in a game is a bit different then in a book. i dont think having a good story really matters tho. good story telling is what ya want in this kind of game. i mean it be nice to have both but be realistic its gears i doubt it will happen. look at UC2, the story wasnt that great, but people praised it cuz of the story telling, thats what gears needs, gears's story is such a cliche, so i doubt they could impress with a story, just have some good story telling
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[QUOTE="Miketheman83"]Gears is about gameplay and graphics, I don't think anyone cares about the story. If I want a good story I read a book or watch a movie, I sure as hell don't play a video game.FoolwithaLancer

Maybe a game can have Great gameplay and graphics, plus a great story.

A great story is always a welcome bonus. :)

That would be nice but all video game storys are pretty much corny as hell.
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When you have a game with chainsaws attached to guns...do you really need a story?:P

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#44 TH1Sx1SxSPARTA
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[QUOTE="Miketheman83"][QUOTE="FoolwithaLancer"]

Gears is about gameplay and graphics, I don't think anyone cares about the story. If I want a good story I read a book or watch a movie, I sure as hell don't play a video game.Miketheman83

Maybe a game can have Great gameplay and graphics, plus a great story.

A great story is always a welcome bonus. :)

That would be nice but all video game storys are pretty much corny as hell.

theres plenty of games with good storys
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[QUOTE="Funconsole"]I was gonna take this seriously until I saw: 1) You're a level 1 with 4 posts 2) Your name :|TheUnchartedFan
Why?

That and he keeps calling it X-Box. :lol:

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#46 campzor
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no, i enjoy the story of gears... i dont need it to be some Shakespeare masterpiece like a lot of system warriors standards expect
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I don't know.

The books are really good though.

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#48 Master_ShakeXXX
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I've definitely noticed a more serious and less comical tone in Gears of War 3, and I heard Epic has better writers working on Gears 3.

Even if the story was bad, it'd be fine because Gears has never been about the story, but I actually think Gears 3 will have a pretty good-decent story.

theuncharted34

I view that as a bad thing :(

Gears never needed to be serious.

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[QUOTE="Ironbash"][QUOTE="TheUnchartedFan"] My personal opinion is the stereotype will continue that Gears has a terrible storyTheUnchartedFan
Looking at your name i'm not surprised

I've got an X-box 360 you know? Just bought it. Never played Gears but read the novels and am anticipating three. Heard stories previously flopped though.

your in luck. the author for the gears novels is doing the storyline for gears 3