Manly Vs. Macho in Gears
Yahtzee examines two recent male characters and finds both lacking.
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Yahtzee examines two recent male characters and finds both lacking.
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They are the ones shooting at you. Therefore, they are evil...Zhukov said:That reminds me, why exactly were the Locusts in Gears evil?
Sure, they didn't exactly treat their pets nicely, but beyond that, what gave them the "bad guy" label apart from being slightly uglier than the average human soldier?
And this is where I feel like Beast Mode fell short. Sure it's fun and all, but it could've been so much more than just 'fun distraction'. It could've been, "These bastards screwed us!" and had some story to it. Instead it was merely inverse horde mode.hermes200 said:They are the ones shooting at you. Therefore, they are evil...
It's not his fault. With that neck looking over his shoulder would be very difficult, I guess.Pyramid Head said:Wait... wait... he lures an entire swarm of Locusts to a town and causes a massacre? I'm sorry, but isn't Fenix supposed to be a professional? HE NEVER LEARNED TO CHECK HIS FUCKING TAIL?! NO ONE ELSE ON THE TEAM KNEW TO MAKE SURE THEY WEREN'T BEING FOLLOWED?!
Ok, that worth a lots of Internets!!! *gives wrapped Internets*Sixcess said:It's not his fault. With that neck looking over his shoulder would be very difficult, I guess.Pyramid Head said:Wait... wait... he lures an entire swarm of Locusts to a town and causes a massacre? I'm sorry, but isn't Fenix supposed to be a professional? HE NEVER LEARNED TO CHECK HIS FUCKING TAIL?! NO ONE ELSE ON THE TEAM KNEW TO MAKE SURE THEY WEREN'T BEING FOLLOWED?!
I have the utmost respect for Epic as game designers, but storytellers its not their strong suit.Frostbite3789 said:And this is where I feel like Beast Mode fell short. Sure it's fun and all, but it could've been so much more than just 'fun distraction'. It could've been, "These bastards screwed us!" and had some story to it. Instead it was merely inverse horde mode.hermes200 said:They are the ones shooting at you. Therefore, they are evil...
I get your point and I agree with you (although I think R&C is slightly better in that regard), but that was not my point.Sexy Devil said:It's more that they treated gameplay and story as completely separate entities; all they expect you to do while playing is blow stuff up and they leave any story and characterisation to cut scenes. While it is immensely fun, I don't think Insomniac has ever quite grasped that their writing could be a hell of a lot better if they just made use of that time for something other than explosions. As such they never bothered with development which would make some of the more perplexing cut scenes like the spoiler Yahtzee mentioned make a lot more sense.hermes200 said:On Resistance 3, I feel like the entire game was kind of rushed, like there are entire chapters in the middle were simply removed... Glad to see I am not the only one that noticed it.
They should've stuck with their original idea of having a laugh-track like on a sitcom.hansari said:How have so many people failed to realize that Gears of War is a comedy???
They were the non-human party, because as well all know, humans are always the bastions of good and righteousness.Zhukov said:That reminds me, why exactly were the Locusts in Gears deemed evil?
Sure, they didn't exactly treat their pets nicely, but beyond that, what gave them the "bad guy" label apart from being slightly uglier than the average human soldier?
Lures isn't exactly accurate. It's not like he purposely says "Hmm, I'm going to bring these locust here to this settlement." and they weren't right on his tail when he goes to that settlement either. Furthermore, the leader of the settlement isn't completely blameless either,Pyramid Head said:Wait... wait... he lures an entire swarm of Locusts to a town and causes a massacre? I'm sorry, but isn't Fenix supposed to be a professional? HE NEVER LEARNED TO CHECK HIS FUCKING TAIL?! NO ONE ELSE ON THE TEAM KNEW TO MAKE SURE THEY WEREN'T BEING FOLLOWED?!
You know, actually playing the games would really help with clearing that up.Zhukov said:That reminds me, why exactly were the Locusts in Gears deemed evil?
Sure, they didn't exactly treat their pets nicely, but beyond that, what gave them the "bad guy" label apart from being slightly uglier than the average human soldier?
On E-Day they appeared out of their little holes and slaughtered every man, women and child. Pretty darn evil if I say so myself.Zhukov said:That reminds me, why exactly were the Locusts in Gears deemed evil?
Sure, they didn't exactly treat their pets nicely, but beyond that, what gave them the "bad guy" label apart from being slightly uglier than the average human soldier?
Lure isn't really the word for it. Locust are absolutely everywhere and this settlement actually has locust polyps in containers. Its not like Marcus went "fuck it, i want to fuck these people over".Pyramid Head said:Wait... wait... he lures an entire swarm of Locusts to a town and causes a massacre? I'm sorry, but isn't Fenix supposed to be a professional? HE NEVER LEARNED TO CHECK HIS FUCKING TAIL?! NO ONE ELSE ON THE TEAM KNEW TO MAKE SURE THEY WEREN'T BEING FOLLOWED?!