Battle of Aspho Fields | Pendulum Wars | Gears of War 4 | 4K UHD

[@russian_knight]

I like that throughout these missions you play as nameless, random soldiers who end up dying, it add to the impact and is way cooler than playing as any main character imo

[@Batou3]

And most of the people you play with are dead themselves. Dom. Anya. Kim. And we’ve still seen nothing from Bernie

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

All these years and I’m surprised they still haven’t made a GOW about the Pendulum Wars when this conflict was going for like 7 decades if I’m not mistaken

[@AttackonDragons]

79 years if I remember correctly.

[@MasterCrash123]

I think it would simply not have the same appeal as the original trilogy, since it's humans vs humans. Still, it would be cool to see.

[@AttackonDragons]

@@MasterCrash123 with any luck the next game will feel like Gears 2 all over again. We had a taste of that in the last act of Gears 5.

[@nickg4387]

Yes that would be cool I'm excited to play that kind of Gears game and also maybe make another gears where The first appearance of the locus Right after the war

[@khps0413]

It could be set in the one of last battles of Pendulum War, like Battle of Bonbourg or the assault of Furlin Republic, and then the game can take players fast forward to the early days of E-Day and fight the Locsut through UIR's perspective. IIRC, member and former member states of UIR were the first to be attacked by Locust. I woudl like to see the last stand of Ostri and Pelles Republic and the exodus of Gorasni.

[@Omen_Burrito]

I will never be satisfied until we get a gears of War game that is 100% about the pendulum wars

[@williamreeves709]

Seriously.

[@williamreeves709]

We must have it!

[@OMGtheykilledKenny42]

No chainsaw lancers then! But we should definitely have a section that involves young Marcus and Dom, and Dom's brother Carlos.

[@Omen_Burrito]

@@OMGtheykilledKenny42 I mean, it's also a chance to introduce weapons that never saw the locust wars due to being discontinued. Chainsaw lancers are more so associated with the locust war anyway

[@amandeepgill5206]

Well you're gonna die disappointed

[@sanlorenzo7896]

It feels weird seeing Hoffman, Cole, and Sam visibly aged. I’ve played the first three games since their release and with each title came their own experience. First game I was in junior high, second I was finishing junior high, and the third I was nearing the end of high school. So much was going on both in the games and my personal life that I feel like I’m old when I realize the fourth game was in 2016. And during that time, that’s a year after graduating college and I’m starting work at my second job. Crazy!

[@rubenlopez3364]

I always think of Gears 3 being the most modern GoW the reality hits that it’s been 10 years

[@MrHnm92]

Spectacular way to start a game. It places you in several of the main events of the previous trilogy (even some that never appeared in the games).

[@Burning-Twilight]

Still bummed Carlos Santiago wasn't even mentioned let alone featured. He played a big role in Aspho Fields.

[@jacobcoleman]

The reason Carlos wasn't in the mission was because Carlos wasn't a commando. He was standard COG Infantry. If i didn't get my lore wrong.

[@Burning-Twilight]

@@jacobcoleman Yeah you are right. Though thinking back i am certain there were other commandos along with Dom that weren't just standard background Gears. Think one of their names was Bak Tai or something along those lines.

[@jacobcoleman]

@@Burning-Twilight You mean Tai Kaliso right? The badass native who survived almost everything except being tortured n processed by Skorge. Who's torture n processing made him kill him self.

[@Burning-Twilight]

@@jacobcoleman Nah was referring to Bai Tak (my bad mixed up the spelling) he was definitely among the commandos that were involved in Aspho Fields.

[@jacobcoleman]

@@Burning-Twilight Yeah i know i remember reading about him the other day. Also The Coalition forgot to add the machete Hoffman got from Bak Tai.

[@slyllamademon2652]

I really wish that they would make a gears of war game based on the pendulum wars. Personally I think it would make them a lot of money. At least we could get a gears of war that’s played from the UIR POV, perhaps from the experiences of one major garron paduk?

[@predetor911]

Maybe after they’re done with Gears of War E-day 🤞🏼

[@slyllamademon2652]

@madnox9538they could absolutely do this. They have vehicles, different kinds of troops, and powerful weapons that could be made into an RTS.

[@a.jthomas6132]

The Pendulum Wars is one of many parts in the Gears of War lore that hasn’t been explored other than the comics and novels. Hope Rob and the Coalition Studio would one day make a prequel that is set in events before Emergency Day, Gears of War: Judgement, and the first Gears of War. Sera have been under a 90 year war in combining with two conflicts this planet had for so long.

[@12LoLproductions]

That and an Emergence Day game, Locust at their full strength not after Hammer or Lightmass offensives

[@lateefboyd7902]

Guess what guys... They just did😊

[@farolanramadhani7218]

Man, seeing Dom again gives me flashbacks...and the feels too ;_;

[@cease25]

​@madnox9538No. Carlos was with Marcus and Bernie.

[@xxiwarrior250ixx6]

I hate how this is portrayed quite differently in GoW4 in contrast to the description of Aspho Fields and the Op Leveler's operational objectives, intended execution as well as supporting details in the book. Must have been Hoffman's misremembrance. Edit: Feb/23/2024 I re-read the book and will give props for them sticking to some details like the geographic authenticity of Aspho Point as described in the book (found along the coastline, pg. 143; though it shouldn't be as fortified as portrayed here, pg. 204), and some mentions of characters like the bot Bruce (pg. 204), and returning callsigns such as "Cleaner" (also pg. 204), but still downplayed most of what made Leveler in the book so great. Basically an abridged version with changes and a lot of character omissions (Pesangas, the scientists being extracted, and so forth). And the fact that Carlos's sacrifice was never even shown here is just a disrespect to the character, considering how his death reshaped what "bridges" mean to Hoffman (pg. 184). I do believe that they got Karen Traviss involved here, with some details here and there being retained, but largely had to modify Op Leveler's details to suit the more action-oriented audience.

[@aaronortiz1422]

Or the writers are just bad

[@patrickachille3529]

That would be because the Coalition Developer is to Gears of War what 343 is to Halo.. I almost hope they kill the series rather than shit on us with another disappointment that feels like Fortnite

[@OrokkGaming]

Agreed. Should have come in and gone out on the boats and had a stealth mission as Dom but also had a mission with Carlos and Markus in the Field with Markus witnessing Carlos's death. If they ran the missions like the novels. with Mataki and LT Stroud. Would have been an unreal start to the game.

[@devindalton4688]

Y'all are expecting way too much out of an anthology intro that puts you through three different scenarios in like 45 minutes. Maybe if the whole intro was about the Pendulum Wars they could have done all that, but they gave us a little taste because they had the whole rest of the game to create too, lol.

[@OrokkGaming]

@@devindalton4688 what ever it takes

[@AGuyNamedRicky]

I’ve been thinking a lot about this series lately. I’d love a gears game that is more like battlefield 1: with several mini co op campaigns telling multiple stories from all across the gears time line. Pendulum wars, e day, v day, the hollow, hell even some UIR stories; you can add more stories over time and have a half way decent horde mode and maybe even horde map editor and you’re good to go. Highly monetizeable gears game for years to come.

[@Ject-03]

Well your at least getting E Day buddy. Just hope they don't absolutely ruin the prequal cause that can do some REAL story damage if done wrong.

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

A GOW game set during the Pendulum Wars would be awesome, as long as it doesn't feel like Call of Duty.

[@predetor911]

Maybe after they’re done with Gears of War E-day 🤞🏼

[@cletusljackson2923]

Yeah man I hope its more like Forza.

[@xxbullriderkillx9301]

​@predetor911 Yeah, Gears of War should focus on creating games set before or during the original storyline. The newer storylines just don't feel right and shouldn't be considered canon at all. They completely undermine the closing of Gears of War 3. I'm so relieved they didn't carry on with the new narrative this time around. The new story just doesn't capture the dark and gritty tone of the first 3.

[@thewoolycontacts]

When the prologue is better than the rest of the next two games

[@sorcererberoll4641]

It’s bloody disappointing the only good part of five is you could piss about as jack in co-op

[@thewoolycontacts]

@@sorcererberoll4641 I just... I just want to jump into a time machine and experience those first 3 games again. They can call me being biased for the nostalgia.. but if it wasnt for the new coat of paint the new games have.. from a character and story stand point .. can they REALLY say gears 4 and 5 was a step forward? They just felt weird and I honestly couldnt force myself to care about those games. It was more of me sitting there watching marcus and the old squad wither away.

[@Schaden-freude]

@@thewoolycontacts gears 4 and 5 just have no soul. they are games that are made to make money not entertain

[@doesnotconquerall4997]

@@Schaden-freudeplease shut up

[@marcosdgonzalez5270]

Nop

[@javiercardoso5669]

This 20 minutes of gameplay is way better than the whole campaign smh

[@gaminacthemaniac6444]

Getting a taste of the pendulum war was honestly my favorite part of the game.

[@hewhobattles8869]

If they make Gears of War 2 UE I hope it looks this buttery smooth

[@Man-dd2ct]

The prologue was the only thing I liked about 4

[@WizardGeneral]

Who else is seeing this now and is getting hyped up for the E-Day game?

[@youngshonshon]

This game was my very first GOW. It’ll always hold that special place in my heart.

[@JesusMartinez-vw1si]

Gears 4 ?

[@youngshonshon]

@@JesusMartinez-vw1si yessir

[@purifiedblaze5412]

@@youngshonshonyikes 💀 I’m sorry

[@youngshonshon]

@@purifiedblaze5412 don’t be. Starting with 4 turned out to be a blessing in disguise as I didn’t end up a cringey, OG trilogy diehard.

[@purifiedblaze5412]

@@youngshonshon I liked 4 and 5 a lot. I have so much time played on both games. I’m still playing gears 5 till this day lol. I say yikes cause from a story point of view it must of been confusing. But yeah the OG trilogy is written way better. But I’m glad a new audience can enjoy gears anyway.

[@ThLnr-eo6dm]

If coalition ever makes a game based off of the pendulum wars...holy shit that would be awesome. The Title...Pendulum Gears Of War. Free title coalition there ya go. Being Hoffman, Dom, Marcus, Dizzy and Paduk with his crew of Uri's . That'd be epic and crazy for a game in the gears lore.

[@wholesomevader338]

why dizzy?

[@xxbullriderkillx9301]

Does E Day still count in your book?

[@bitchpudding2945]

They completely fucked up the lord: Ashpho Field was supposed to be a covert operation. (at least in the beginning stage)

[@Batou3]

They took a little artistic license with it

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Oh what the hell...what happened to all the blood and gore when you cut into the Locasts with the lancer gun...COME ON!!!!!

[@AFGuidesHD]

gore turned off for youtube

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

@@AFGuidesHD oh right..I see...

[@sergiorosales1689]

An entire trilogy can be made with the pendulum wars

[@OrokkGaming]

Anvil gate with Hoftman's story would be pretty sweet. Seeing Bai Tak and the rest of those guys would be an amazing time as well

[@12LoLproductions]

@@OrokkGaming Hell yeah the Pesanga commandos are badass, damn shame Bai Tak was lost during Leveler, he'd have been a grub killer just like Clay and Tai ez

[@bothatguyyoudontknow]

The statue should've been of Dom, he sacrificed so much mentally and physically to find his wife. He was the main character imo.

[@briantarigan7685]

damn the man are all buffed out, even the news anchor are buff

[@omardavidr.s1236]

I love you Gears of war .

[@ColdFusion365]

Santiago!? Was that Dom’s older brother, Carlos? I thought he died at Aspho Fields.

[@BJJGamer]

No that was Dom. Dom played a big role in Operation Leveler (the hammer of dawn raid) and was awarded the Embry Star for his valor. Carlos was with Marcus at the time. And yes, he was KIA during the battle. :(

[@RahulDevanarayanan]

so weird to see you shooting locust and seeing copious amounts of blood and gore. that was the franchise's whole brand and uniqueness when it first came out

[@Mister_Superfly]

I don't remember seeing this at all in GOW 4, I'm honestly shocked. I wouldn't of noticed until I started playing the first one again the other day. Thanks for upload.

[@Luis-be9mi]

Surprised that that the UIR didn't have any contingencies to automatically purge all their computers of blueprints and intelligence and destruction of any paper files on the Hammer of Dawn weapon systems.

[@prollins6443]

In the books, they did. This was a "COVERT" assault, to steal the Hammer of Dawn plans, and to sneak away. This is garbage not listening to the lore of the story.

[@Luis-be9mi]

@@prollins6443 Makes since, if I was the commander of that base the moment the COG attack I would have ordered immediate destruction of all files and data. You would have to be VERY incompetent to not notice an attack after all that explosions and gunfire.

[@prollins6443]

@@Luis-be9mi I remember something about how they had captured all the scientists, to kidnap the main ones they could not afford to eliminate, and they overlooked a maintenance guy. He set himself up in a storage room, and was able to signal the UIR forces about the attack. Hoffman sent a letter to the president of the UIR, informing them of the man's ingenuity and said they should honor him for his courage.

[@Pathfinder118]

Here me out, new gears trilogy, where the second game hints at the locust, and the third game as your fighting the locust appear and the game ends on E-Day.

[@JQuizzler]

The third wont work because there was a few weeks difference between emergence day and the victory of COG vs the UIR, so they wont be fighting anymore.

[@Pathfinder118]

@@JQuizzler I imagine their could be remnants perhaps, forces that didnt surrender until right up to emergence day.

[@SkyCavern]

The entire opening was better than the game itself.

[@gavinlamp5426]

To think during this time, the Locust are underground building weapons of war.

[@microkarl]

I would LOVE to play the GoW prequel where COG vs UIR take place.

[@LordCybot]

Just noticed that the death noises for the UIR soldiers is just the same sounds from the generic COG Gear from Gears of War 3

[@Anwircry]

this intro was better that the rest of the game

[@PhoenixT70]

Did the writers even _read_ Aspho Fields?

[@spaceageGecko]

Probably.

[@patrickachille3529]

That would be because the Coalition Developer is to Gears of War what 343 is to Halo.. I almost hope they kill the series rather than shit on us with another disappointment that feels like Fortnite

[@spaceageGecko]

@@patrickachille3529 Yeah no, neither gears 4 or 5 feel ANYTHING like fortnite

[@glamrockbonnie5983]

No but one thing that I like is that Dom has his commando armor on

[@PKM9107]

Just like with Halo, after Gears had such a cathartic and lovely ending that wrapped everything up, rather than some new company butchering that they should’ve just focused on prequels or other stories set during the time of the main trilogies. Seriously the pendulum wars were almost 80 years long and the locust war almost 20 and the human covenant war was 30 years but no we’re going to ruin those beautiful endings and make sequels that are inferior in every way to originals aside from graphics. Shame what happened to these 2 legendary franchises. They share so many parallels for better or for worse.

[@TotallyNotALolicon]

Gears 4 had no right starting off this good

[@Im-the-greatest]

In the book Dom does a helicopter insertion into the ocean then they ride a rhib to shore. The actual battle doesn't start until after they get the plans and find out that the hammer plans are backed up at another location. The commando shit is pretty cool. Good read.

[@stephenandujo729]

COG: United States Army UIR: Russian army

[@TheOnlyTraitor347]

Union of independent republics=soviet union

[@MinhNGUYEn-uq2nt]

The COG is like Nazis Germany though without the racism.

[@zentofroez]

A gears of war prequel wouldve been a better move than G.O.W. 4 honestly. :^l

[@DB-ku7vu]

They made that you play as Baird

[@aviatorengineer3491]

This is more what I had in mind for any sort of prequel Gears game but E-Day isn't a bad option either. I do hope we eventually get a deeper hands-on experience with the Pendulum Wars era though It was pretty cool to get to play as just some nameless Gears, at least.

[@Starkiller1215]

This woulda been cool and all but it’s missing marcus, carmines first words to marcus in the first game was “are you the marcus fenix? The one that fought at aspho fields?” But we get his partner cmonnnnn lol

[@Kabutoes]

the second gears to feature humans fighting humans

[@xBodiezz]

But this is way better than judgment

[@christianchristiansen1471]

I recommend you play all the gears 1 campaign in insane difficulty with the longshot and you will feel the others gears like a friv game and more judgerment judgement is like a army of two the devils cartel.

[@neerajgaming7349]

Nice and awesome game 👍🔥

[@GodsRighthandman]

this is gonna be awesome! - dom

[@ShaiAmos]

You know, I may not be a fan of Gears of Wars 4 - I never finished the game - but I did love this opening sequence. I cared more about playing as random soldiers in the flashback sequence, than I did playing the main story 😅.

[@nagger8216]

Oh my God, they're actually built like real people and not grotesque mountain men

[@Lawgamer411]

We’re getting an emergence day game, maybe we might get a Pendelum Wars game… eventually lol

[@xBodiezz]

Didn’t Eday happen after the pendulum war? They’d prolly make a sequel to it

[@Lawgamer411]

@@xBodiezz yeah its after, thats why I'm saying we should get a pendulum wars game

[@teacherdavidbriones3351]

The mission described in the book is way more impressive than this.

[@MikMoen]

I saw that last ticker tape news blurb. "Funds for Space Exploration Program reduced." That might be a mistake considering the planet is steadily turning inhospitable.

[@renereyes5580]

I loved how I was a gear soldier in this.

[@tristanrodriguez3653]

AFG did you turn of gore for youtube monetization?

[@AFGuidesHD]

yes

[@lganeshan86]

Makes me miss Dom so much 🥲😭...

[@kingofmonsters14]

Anvil Gate got really fucked up during the final days

[@tronmaster5704]

I have, issues regarding the prologue, and none of them are about the gameplay.

[@hadiorujizare9564]

How u run it on win 10 latest versions?

[@maximusdecimusmeridious3784]

Damn humanity tore itself apart and weakened itself before E day which made it easier for the enemy to

[@wiikillsu2535]

Do people still play gears of war 4 online ? It was perfect.

[@travisreed1730]

These parts were the ONLY REEDEEMING QUALITY of "4".

[@NarkoHamponTV]

Kim DOESNT know what a red zone is ???

[@shadowrobot7708]

Its sad that the best part of this game is the first 20 minutes.

[@thenewadventuresofhenry6998]

I hope Gears of War E-Day has at least one mission set during the Pendulum Wars.

[@patrickachille3529]

The Coalition royally fucked up the Gears of War canon with this prologue. This is completey inaccurate to the books that go into great detail on these events. I wouldn't even be surprised if they never even read the original 5 Karen Traviss Gears novels.. Which is so unfortunate considering how incredibly well written those novels were. Unfortunately, the Coalition is to Gears of War what 343 is to Halo.. I almost hope they kill the series rather than shit on us with another disappointment that feels like Apex had an incestuous failed abortion with Fortnite & Back 4 Blood #BringBack #CliffyB

[@LM-1378]

That's really unfortunate. I only played the first level of Gears 3 with a buddy as a young teen, and now I'm trying to get into the franchise (I've gotten a bit burned out on Halo and Star Wars due to their crazy fan communities). I'm currently reading Traviss' "The Slab" (which from what I understand is a prequel), then I'm planning on playing Gears 1, 2, and 3 cuz I thrifted them all for a few bucks. In what order would you recommend that I read the other Traviss books? The Gears timeline has been pretty confusing to me so far...

[@PhoenixT70]

@@LM-1378 I think they came out in order. The Slab, then Aspho Fields, then Jacinto's Remnant, then Anvil Gate, and finally Coalition's End.

[@evilnet1]

Im entertained by how the brutality typically seen in the games gets toned down somewhat for this level

[@Bacon9064]

Did you have gore turned off?

[@AFGuidesHD]

yes

[@Bacon9064]

@@AFGuidesHD who turns gore off on GoW? Are you 12?

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@Bacon9064 no, im a youtuber

[@GodsRighthandman]

@@AFGuidesHDfuck dude got roasted 😭

[@emiliowilfredo3780]

Anya McQueen

[@fredhollis3999]

Why don't they do a series of the Gears of War pendulum Wars that's been talked about since the first Gears of War it can be like the prequels to the Gears of War that we know handheld Marcus and Done and all them came together as we know them today. Using the unreal engine 5 to do it all in. I hope I got Marcus's brother's name right??

[@EA_SP0RTCENTER]

*has gore turned off* *corpser still explodes into red mist in the cutscene*

[@easterbunny3850]

They toned down all blood and gore

[@AFGuidesHD]

i turned it off

[@Gray_Man117]

0:30

[@KazDX]

Here after E-Day got announced

[@SharkWrestler]

What bothers me most is that they had all of these enemies in the gears 4 intro and they didnt bother to add any of them to horde mode for variety at all, so youre just stuck with the same enemies forever. HUGE missed opportunity to have a "mega horde mode"

[@AZGamingMaximum]

I dont know why this scene bugs me so much; I read aspho field when it first came out and this is nothing like that. Might be the purist in me but either way I appreciate what they did with this.

[@Glorfindelfan1234]

This was the only good part of Gears 4

[@dignusdingus3709]

I swear I remember the female Gear from the E-Day segment having some sort of Hispanic accent

[@fredhollis3999]

Why don't they do a series of the Gears of War pension Wars that's been talked about since the first Gears of War it can be like the prequels to the Gears of War that we know handheld Marcus and Done and all them the king who we know are there today. Using the unreal engine 5 to do it all in.

[@slumgod6409]

wheres the blood and guts

[@Groovy_Bruce]

I don’t remember this mission

[@HOMER8517]

this game should have ended after 3

[@Ritiwayra]

Wish we would've played as Dom instead.

[@vijaysigh5098]

Damn kim still a copral

[@emiliowilfredo3780]

Lightning McQueen

[@simonkwan8140]

I would just ditch the retro lancer.

[@5rhg]

did anyone notice there IS NO BLOOD in the chainsaw animations? is it THAT kid friendly Gears 4?

[@wholesomevader338]

the guy from the video turned off the gore due to youtube, the game has gore

[@RaynorTheOne]

BOOOOOM

[@cletusljackson2923]

Sometimes I regret not playing any gears after 3. Then I see things like this. What a waste of the first playable pendulum era.

[@declangaming24]

Bro the game is censored you turned off dismembering

[@OPFOR556]

Where is the gore?????

[@AFGuidesHD]

turned off for youtube reasons

[@OPFOR556]

@@AFGuidesHD ah that makes sense. I haven't played a Gears game since Judgment and this is the first video I ever watched of Gears 4.

[@Trunkeddetcord995]

Scratch one grub

[@emiliowilfredo3780]

Cars Gears of War 4

[@Yonatan-BneiYisrael]

A COG vs UIR multiplayer mode would be cool with the option to play against Locust like what everyone wants, maybe a 5 v 5 v 5 or something like that Locust COG & UIR I highly doubt that one but they could do something like that, like how battlefield V has a Pacific theater game mode, instead of fighting white National Socialist your fighting Yellow Nationalists.. hahaha! Just thought I'd explain how something could be implemented if they wanted to please both the original fans and the fans who loved the idea of fighting the UIR in one game.

[@zaelgarviel9766]

Still mad theu retconned aspho field Would have been good lorewise and gamewise to introduce stealth kills THERE and not with fucking robots

[@Firefox13A]

Fun game

[@paradoesntcare7275]

such amazing intro missions to a terrible game

[@elesgerhuseynov5830]

❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@andreeguigure9295]

who the fuck plays gears of war with gore turn off

[@predetor911]

Some trying to avoid KZbin monetisation.

[@mohammedamine25114]

🟦👨🏻😡 vs 😡👨🏻🟨