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Insane 36-page Gears of War fan wishlist

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Say what you will about Gears of War’s shallow, overtly masculine bravado, but it’s the game that defined the last generation, convincing a multitude of gamers to jump in. There hasn’t been a game for this new generation so far with that sort of impact. As a series, as the game evolved, it’s collected a cult of die-hard fans. Most of them unanimously agree that Gears of War: Judgment took several steps backwards. some of the most insane ardent want to make sure that Black tusk’s new generation Gears of War game hits the right notes.

Gears fanatics Jovon White,  Ivy Stryker and John Williams together with help from the Gears of War community at large have written up a 36 page document (via neoGAF), detailing their wishes for the new Gears of War.

It’s mental.

“This document is a collection of notes, wants, issues and fixes that the community hopes to see in Black Tusk’s coming Gears of War title,” they say. “In some areas a loose wishlist, in others a concise design document for how things would be if we were in charge. Where story is concerned we touch lightly, offering suggestions of what may be an interesting area to explore. Where gameplay is concerned we both cover the broadstrokes and focus on specific issues. In this drilling down to game mechanic bedrock we hope to offer a potentially different view than someone close to the project’s development might see, and through this do our part to help correct any missteps from Judgment and games past that might try to creep their way into future titles.”

In their document, they detail all sorts of things they want to see in the new game, from the return of the favoured down-but-not-out and the return of human vs locust multiplayer. Judgement, for whatever reason, pitted human against human making the whole thing feel like a watered-down Unreal Tournament. their list of wishes details gameplay, balance, the story, the music..just about everything. It reads more like an early design document than an actual wishlist. It’s impressive in breadth, but starts coming across as bossy and entitled.

I think Black Tusk – headed by “GearsViking” Rod Fergusson – should make the Gears of War game they want to make and I have every faith they’ll do all they can to return Gears of War to its rightful spot as a premier AAA franchise. Still, I do hope they read it; despite the condescending tone (because gamers always know better than game developers) they do make some pretty good points. Plus, a little bit of bossiness is better than death threats.

If you’re a Gearshead, give it a read and let us know what you think.

If there’s one thing I want from a next-gen Gears, is for party chat to be nixed, in favour of the dead chatter that made Gears of War 1’s multiplayer so damned entertaining to return instead. What do you want from the new Gears of War?

Last Updated: April 24, 2014

31 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief in Space

    April 24, 2014 at 10:37

    I want PC version, yes

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  2. Hammersteyn

    April 24, 2014 at 10:37

    Wishlists comes before a game is released. Death threats comes after the release.

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  3. Norm the Horrible

    April 24, 2014 at 10:40

    When I got my Xbox 360, the first few games I played was Gears 1 & 2.
    I enjoyed them but can’t say I am a Gearhead.

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    • MakeItLegal

      April 24, 2014 at 13:39

      I rented a 360 from Craig hall video spot ( only place u could ) dead rising and AC was my first next gen games …

      All I can say after playing AC 3 is I wana play AC 1 again , the pure AC game , but , the game I bought from look and listen don’t like my windows 8.1 or what Eva , one would think that backwards compatibility would be number one on the developers list

      Ps I wen tweeted ubisoft asking for a simple patch so I can play AC 1 on windows 8.1 Alus nothing has been done ….

      Don’t really wana rebuy it trough steam I mean I already paid for the game , pitty I can’t enter the activation code on steam and then download and play it trough there

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  4. Hammersteyn

    April 24, 2014 at 10:40

    Also I didn’t find a it on the list but a machine gun with three chainsaws would be sweet.

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    • Admiral Chief in Space

      April 24, 2014 at 10:50

      Railgun for me

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      • Wincethis

        April 24, 2014 at 11:24

        Railgunsaw?

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          April 24, 2014 at 11:51

          I’m still trying to figure out why he wants a gun that shoots railway tracks.

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          • Jedi JJ

            April 24, 2014 at 11:56

            That sounds pretty awesome. The guy’s still standing there, aiming at you and the next thing he gets hit by a train! Boom!

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            April 24, 2014 at 11:56

            Indeed

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            April 24, 2014 at 11:57

            And that, is why you fail 😛

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            April 24, 2014 at 12:02

            🙁 I prefer to think of it as reverse-winning.

        • Admiral Chief in Space

          April 24, 2014 at 11:57

          GingerLauncher?

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            April 24, 2014 at 12:01

            Biological warfare is illegal.

  5. Alien Emperor Trevor

    April 24, 2014 at 10:41

    Heh. Chris Roberts touched on this type of thing in his last video. He said they listen to community suggestions, but the words “it’s not a democracy” came out of his mouth. Which, quite frankly, I support.

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    • Umar's Sin

      April 24, 2014 at 10:42

      Of course, gamers don’t always know better

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 24, 2014 at 10:44

        But we know what we want for the most part.

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        • Umar's Sin

          April 24, 2014 at 10:47

          True true, we have good ideas sometimes

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    • Spathi

      April 24, 2014 at 14:09

      Have you pledged yet? Part of an org?

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        April 24, 2014 at 14:18

        Yip, I backed during the KS campaign. Not particularly interested in being part of an org though.

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        • Spathi

          April 24, 2014 at 14:34

          Ah cool. I only recently decided to back, wasn’t planning on upgrading my PC but could only resist for so long…

          Anyway, a few friends and I have a syndicate for piracy and smuggling purposes, purely for the fun of it. We’re currently 4 members and we don’t plan on going “public”, only trying to keep it local. “Schadenfreude”, if you feel like playing with some guys.

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            April 24, 2014 at 14:46

            PHRASING! O_O

            I was planning on upgrading at the end of this year so it’s worked out pretty good, especially with Witcher 3 being delayed. If they’re only released half way or later through next year even better.

  6. Jedi JJ

    April 24, 2014 at 11:00

    Played the first, didn’t really see the appeal. Haven’t tried another one since.

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  7. Wincethis

    April 24, 2014 at 11:03

    How sweet. Like the devs are going to give a crap 😛

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    • Hammersteyn

      April 24, 2014 at 11:04

      Wish in the one hand crap in the other. See which one fills up first.

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      • Jedi JJ

        April 24, 2014 at 11:06

        They’ve got crap coming out of their mouths also though.

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  8. Wincethis

    April 24, 2014 at 11:25

    I want the opportunity to drive Cliffy B’s car off a cliff while snorting copious amounts of coke sitting next to a blond model.

    Reply

  9. Ryanza

    April 24, 2014 at 12:13

    Gear 1 was good. From Gears 2 onwards it got shit, mainly down to the shotguns.

    So simple changes, run and be able to shoot the shotgun, roll forwards or roll sideways and be able to shoot the shotgun. Not run then stop running then stand up and only then can you fire the shotgun.

    And for the story, don’t make an emotional soppy boo woo fucking story.

    Can’t stop the train baby. whooooo

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  10. MakeItLegal

    April 24, 2014 at 13:35

    Can I pick up gears on pc ? Not this one but the ones that came before ? Or is it 360 exclusive only ? Also any idea if there is still a multiplayer community playing ?

    Of all the game I played last gen ( 360 and ps3 included ) this is one of the games I wish I could play online

    Playing hoade mood broke my 360 ( gears 2 I think ) and then I moved onto ps3 with uncharted 2 … And and cause it was so much easier to play online was my first online multiplayer experience since bf at the old waterfront ….

    Uncharted would be the only reason I pick up a cheap ps 4 in next few years , would seem all the bones games will be ported for pc , so not concerned about missing out there

    On another note ladies and gents , is everyone registerd to vote ?

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      April 24, 2014 at 14:19

      Only GoW 1 was released on PC. Don’t know if you can even buy it anywhere anymore.

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  11. GooseZA

    April 24, 2014 at 15:30

    Dead Chat. That is all

    Reply

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