What Happened To Gears of War Esports?

What happened to Gears of War esports?
Gears of War is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by The Coalition and published by Microsoft.
Launching with critical acclaim in 2006 for the Xbox 360, Gears of War sold millions of copies and became a house of hold in gaming breaking several world records.
While the franchise has never been one that immediately comes to mind when thinking of FPS esports titles, Gears of War was able to foster a dedicated community with a passion for competition. With the support from the developer, an official esports league would launch for several seasons.
Sadly, in the first quarter of 2022, The Coalition announced the end of their esports league:
“This marks the culmination of Gears Esports competition across multiple titles with thousands of players competing in hundreds of events across the world.
While the global pandemic cut short our plans for live events, we’re proud that through the support of our community and partners, we’ve been able to successfully continue the program throughout that time.”
The last season of competitive Gears of War concluded in June 2022 at the Summer Major championship.
In today's video, we will take a look at the Gears of War franchise and dive into what exactly happened to the game's esports scene.
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0:00 Intro
0:41 - What is Gears of War?
1:34 - Initial reception
4:13 - Start of the Competitive Scene
5:44 - Gears of War 2 & Competitive Decline
8:15 - Return of Pro Circuit
10:43 - Competitive Tuning
11:45 - Gears 5 and COVID
14:07 - End of Gears esports
16:25 - Conclusion
#esports #gaming #gearsofwar

[@Akshonesports]

Do you think we will see the return of Gears esports in the future?

yes

[@elijahbowers1]

I wish but I don't think so.

[@Neos_Stratos]

I am doubtful, maybe if GOW 6 went free to play.

[@nickdiaz4869]

Gears of war is one of the most unique e-sports, especially in the console scene. One of the few console games with exceptional skill expression on controller. This game, as an e-sport, has such an explosive and exciting format and moment to moment gameplay. I think the community needs to be more inviting in the next game and microsoft needs to make the right marketing moves. Even after all that, it'll be an uphill battle.

[@titanus261]

Gotta love how until 2:51 it play the theme of the act 4 of gears 4, when they're on the brigde and have to cross it before the storm comes by.

[@hulkman245]

Playing Gears 3 with 4 friends on the hardest difficulty was still some of the best times i ever had.

[@precise213]

No one cares about story mode

[@crownlesssking2812]

😢😢 Feels like so long ago man, it was great times we didn't know what we had

[@ricardotrevino2504]

​@@precise213i do

[@Eddman368]

Speak for yourself I love that single player, especially 3 story mode dlc where you can play as Ram.

[@Daggles-]

@@precise213without a good foundation of a story this series wouldn’t be anything. People tend to forget that.

[@Nick-ch8cf]

Gnasher gotta be one of the best video game weapons of all time. Lancer is great too. Also, underrated storyline.

[@cIoudbank]

ive always loved the longshot, that sound it makes when u hit that headshot. good lord that can make any man drool.

[@ravenant939]

Hitting a torque bow shot was always the most satisfying to me

[@aceofspades6542]

Gears 3 hammerburst hit different for me tbh But i always loved gnasher the most ngl

[@SomeJustice19k]

Clutching a 1v3 or 1v2 while your teammates are watching then you hear them yelling once the round ends.....some of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. The good Ole days before xbox parties and discord ruined online gaming communication.

[@low-budgefudge2164]

You know xbox 360 had parties too...

[@SomeJustice19k]

@@low-budgefudge2164 Gears of War came out two years before the 360 got party chat.

[@ghostsnipertrue]

​@@low-budgefudge2164nah, they had voice chat...you know nothing.

[@unr34L-]

@@ghostsnipertrue y u so aggressive for no reason fool no1 cares about ur virginity power level on video games go outside

[@johnathanl487]

@ghostsnipertrue “nah you know nothing” voice chat was just exclusive to one person. Why be a negative troll man. Smfh. Life must be good , Hu?

[@gregross2532]

I remember the host advantage on online 360 to be INSANE - the game couldn't be competitive then as it was unbelievable

[@DrJayPlays]

LOL this is so true. The other day i thought to myself "Ive not said the phrase "who is the host" in years" in this context😂

[@Phantomhawk88]

@@DrJayPlays Now when you see somebody going 15/0, it's not cause they're host, it's cause they're cheating lol

[@Cagierpaprika68]

What kind of advantage did the host have? I never really played the Gears games

[@wabbit2099]

@@Cagierpaprika68I am just guessing but it would make sense the advantage would be classic latency things. Since they are the host, their experience of the game is the “real” version of events. When they shoot at you and it connects on their screen, then that counts as a hit 100% of the time. When someone who is not the host fires and it connects on their screen, it isn’t guaranteed to be a hit. Instead the info is sent as a packet over the internet where it needs to be checked against the server/host. Your packet might say, “I hit them at this time at this location.” But the server might look at that time and location info and go, “sorry, but player X was not at the exact location.” So, the hit doesn’t register. That would be a huge advantage. Your hits might not hit, the hosts always will. Your view of location of other players in the game might be slightly off, but the host always sees what the game will consider “true”. Again, I might be off. But I think it makes sense based upon what I understand about latency in online gaming.

[@OVER1994]

@@Cagierpaprika68 Host had a massive hit registration advantage and basically did more damage because of it. So in Gamebattles matches you would always take turns hosting maps, the person on your team with the best internet would host. For example the host pistol was incredibly strong.

[@graefx]

Gears is such a wild thing to look back on. That shooter defined a whole era and just as big as its impact seemed like as quick as it disappeared. Gears being such it's own unique beast was a blessing and a curse. There was nothing else like as it ushered in an era of cover shooters, but after there was nothing else like it and where does that energy and hook go. Competitive vs core was also a struggle that other games have but most of them die on the vine and you never hear about it. Competitive and casual/core are really different audiences, Gears was so popular that the difference between the two was apparent.

[@TrueYankeeFan]

Even as a former hardcore Gears player, I hated competitive tuning. High level team play isn't just about intense Gnasher 1v1s, but things like map control and power weapon domination. Weapons like the Lancer are support weapons, pressuring enemies into having to make decisions about whether to press the attack or retreat. Competitive tuning dumbed down the gameplay into only using the Gnasher to push for one-shot kills because every other weapon was too weak to meaningfully support your teammates. Even Gnasher 1v1s were worse for it in my opinion - keeping your distance and playing to down them took 2 or 3 clean shots in every other Gears game, but 5 or 6 in Gears 4 Competitive tuning. So even those were very one dimensional.

[@happymonkeyfish]

*laughs in Smash Bros Melee 20+ year competitive scene*

[@Justgarlicbred]

@@happymonkeyfishwhen was smash mentioned?

[@brett444]

Now halo is dead as well. It's crazy

[@NovocaineTV]

LOL? you must be young. Ever heard of Time Crisis(1995) for cover systems? Shit, GoW was just a visually nicer Kill Switch. Same game cept Kill Switch came out in 2003. Pretty sure thats where The Coalition got their inspiration.

[@Ms666slayer]

Gears is still really popular in Mexico, is one of the most popular game series her alongside Resident Evil, and King of Fighters.

[@guutenks2498]

im always saying that mexicans fucking love king of fighters lmfao

[@trippytri]

True, i can still find games on og gears of war albeit with terrible ping😅

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

As a Mexican, the lack of news about the future of the franchise is really concerning.

[@N3MAT0DE]

GoW 1-3 was such a core gaming scene for me. As the years go by, I know I can't be as good at other games bc my hands were built for dogging fools in gears. Playing claw for all those years is the sole reason my hands are fucked now. Worth it for all the war stories

[@Soulvior]

Never clicked on a video faster. Gears was my teen years growing up.

[@yayTerenceyay]

Same. Spent hours on horde mode and gnasher shotgun dueling online.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

As a Mexican, the lack of news about the future of the franchise is really concerning.

[@BebsHD]

One of my favourite memories from Gear 3 would be during a game of execution at the start of a round. I went to grab the sniper and the locust on the enemy team got it at the same time as me, we both zoomed in the opposite side of our sniper spawns and sniped each other at the same time.

[@Kaylila]

Thanks for showing the Gears community some love

[@trowabarton101]

Nothing feels like gears, favorite shooter franchise of all time.

[@BroskiMcBrosef]

This franchise was one of my mains, and I really miss it

[@gwp71]

It really sad to see such a great and unique game have it's entire eSports environment simply die out and shut down, it wasn't strong enough to withstand the pandemic and I think the comments on this video can show just how many people truly care for these games, if Gears 6 turns out to be good I'd really consider entering it's competitive space. Thank you for shining some light on this treasure of a series.

[@captaint4587]

I came from the original GoW in 2006. Was on vVv second pro team, competitive scene and normal online multiplayer was amazing back then. You search for a custom online game type and there were so many hosts/servers. GoW will always be in my top 3 favorites of all time.

[@j03T3XAz]

Incredible unique shooter orphaned by its producers and swamped in toxicity.

[@dragjacobfgc]

Early gears esports days WERE FIRE. and its an classic to never miss them

[@frostman4152]

were*

[@dragjacobfgc]

@@frostman4152 DUDE!!!!!!!! Don't give me grammar fixes! what the fuck!?!?!

[@IRaoulDuke]

Gears 1-3 were some of the best gaming experiences i ever had, that was when i was young. Not much interest in multiplayer shooters anymore, most likely because i will never be as good as i used to be 😢

[@Focus716]

one thing people forget about this holy trinity of gears halo and cod at the time.. the games were first made for the campaign just as much as the mp, when they first dropped multiplayer gaming was still no where near as popular as it would become over the next 3-5 years. The campaigns were good FIRST and made people want to keep playing them and thats what the mp was there for

[@severussin]

📠

[@johnnyguzman6888]

I bought gears 5 just for the multiplayer and i love it. The sniper headshots and shotty kills are so satisfying.

[@LandoGrifith]

I remember being 13 years old really wanting this game. So I got a job during summer break and bought a 360, Gears and a network adapter with my first paycheque. Ahhh good memories

[@SUDAGANGTV]

Very good question. What DID happen to the best movement based 3rd person shooter of all time?! (My favorite game! 😅)

[@briansolis4500]

Gears 4 is still pretty active and it's still fun to this day years later

[@BRBgottaderp]

What a time. Side note: while Gears comp scene was gone the community held an event series called "Hypefestation" that lived until it was picked back up for Gears 4. I believe the person who created it was named Captn Barbosa.

[@courtneydozier1021]

There's a community comp scene for Gears 5 going strong in Mexico I know. I think they have a LAN coming up soon actually which is big.

[@InfiniteShmehh]

yeah, them not talking about Hypefestation is a big miss. Without Barbosa and the community during Gow3, Nothing afterwards would have probably happened

[@AnjewTate]

I made brothers I talk to this very day, almost daily on PC now, from GoW1. If you ran Sniper Battles or Game Battle scrims, you were a G. Shout out to all the GoW1 vets. We’re old and forgotten now😅. Some of us got rich, and many didn’t do much with their lives. Damn time flies!

[@SacredCASHcow]

You can't be that old. I was a freshmen in highschool when gears came out. I did a gamebattles once with some friends.

[@AnjewTate]

@@SacredCASHcow 29, going on 30. Obviously that’s still relatively young. But these goofy ass Gen-Zers would consider me a grandpa. Which obviously I could care less for. These little soy boys will never understand (or could handle) the amount of shit talk going on in Gears and CoD4/MW2 lobbies. The competitiveness of it was fun too. Gaming isn’t as fun now a days, you could never meet people as easily. And everyone is a complete pu55y, you get instantly muted, chat restricted or banned for a bit of “locker room trash talk”. Lucky for me I still have my GoW brothers who were at my wedding, and I at theirs, we’re locked in for life… today we play CSGO/Valorant, Rainbow6 and a bunch of co-op games on PC, that or just gamble online while enjoying a cigar and a drink, having “boys night”. Hell, even our wives have their own channel in our Discord server lol. I’ll always be grateful to Gears for introducing me to a family I wasn’t born with.

[@nikovz4719]

Gow1 dubs number one team on Gamebattles 😂😂❤

[@elxleonxsalas6192]

There was even montages of all the thrash talk you could see at the LAN events for Gears 4, and 5. What a time to be alive.

[@faradise3819]

It does feel like there's always a hypothetical at every step of the way, the game could've ended up in many directions. It's complicated and there's no easy answer. But that's what makes it a very interesting and engaging story. :)

[@MotivatedMan]

As someone whose a big fan of the games and I was probably recommended this video because I just finished watching every cinematic in the gear’s franchise from start to finish. I never knew there was an Esports for Gears

[@CADmakonnen]

Man this video brought back so many memories of all the gears multiplayer games I’ve played since I was a kid. Great video, thank you for showing Gears some love ❤

[@Rao6505]

Headshots in the gears games were the most satisfying thing.

[@johnnyguzman6888]

Factual ❤

[@graveblanket]

That MLG+Dr Pepper sponsorship deal takes me back. Around 2009, MLG briefly sponsored Brawl and at one of the tournaments, there apparently bottled water was like $5. However, Dr Pepper, was free. Lot of people got sick and dehydrated and a lot of them played like shit. Water should be free but it still cracks me up to this day

[@graveblanket]

you can see the ad at 5:11

[@kapitolp7460]

You had to genuinely be good at the game to be even semi competitive online in OG Gears. My highlight was making it to the top 1500 players on Execution playlist. Still the most fun I ever had online

[@FabschOblivion669]

The 1st three games are classics.

[@catmoonkenobi]

As much as I wasted a lot of after-school hours to Gears multiplayer, it never really felt like a game built for multiplayer. The core concept of it's gameplay, centered around shooting from cover, doesn't transition to multiplayer. The most effective way to play was to rush someone in cover and hope to get in range for the shotgun before they killed you. It was effective, more effective than being the guy firing behind cover - so much so they added the stopping power feature. Gears 1 however turned into a shotty-fest with people seemingly ignoring cover, or using it for maneuverability, dive-rolling all over the place hip-firing. Certainly different from the campaign gameplay experience, it was still fun af and stopping power shouldn't have been implemented for the multiplayer. It took out the key mobility that people used when playing. Features added to strengthen the single-player, or co-op, experience don't need to make it to multiplayer. The players ultimately have a better read on the best way to play multiplayer, and playing behind cover wasn't it. I understand there's a gameplay ideology surrounding Gears, and it's cover system, but allowing players to ignore that for multiplayer wouldn't have hurt the campaign legacy.

[@thadex454]

They used the pandemic as an excuse to pull the plug. Many esports did fine and survived because the developers believed and supported their game

[@Whitebread999]

Yeah I was looking for this comment to me it was less pandemic and more fortnite and warzone taking over

[@dereknowak1978]

it was an excuse. Gears 5 just well kind of sucked imo

[@Whitebread999]

@@dereknowak1978 believe it or not I enjoyed the campaign and gameplay - multiplayer just isn’t fun anymore as I’ve gotten older and shittier at video games

[@johnh4952]

gears 5 was awful

[@maxruffini6329]

Multiplayer of 5 is awful

[@box3y]

My last Gears was 3 on the 360. I lived with rural internet, so my entire experience was on the couch with friends… mainly in the Horde mode. It was a brilliant game, and I’d be interested in a series revival.

[@courtneydozier1021]

Toby Campbell is such a legend, I'm glad he's in this video. He's one of the best people suited for talking about competitive Gears.

[@AngryFPSGamer]

He's so handsome also! 😉😉

[@gnardawgyt]

Great video, hope to see competitive GoW make a return some day

[@Craighgbnn]

Nothing will ever beat Gears 1 for me

[@dizzyrasclart1013]

Optic were so dominant in this game

[@Hi-NuAetherling]

I think the biggest reason and most glaring reason is the fact that the studios making Gears after 3 have all tried to do gears their way. That's why things failed. You need players, then a scene, then pros, but after gears 3 the games were bleh so nobody stuck around so interest in pros was never there.

[@courtneydozier1021]

That's not fair at all. Anyone familiar with the multiplayer side of the series will tell you that the worst thing to happen to it was Gears of War 2, which is still a mess especially after tu6. Like, you don't even have to listen to me, just watch the video lol. Epic was the one who added stopping power, not TC. The scene got revived when The Coalition took over. It wasn't huge like COD but few games are, especially for a game as niche as gears which is an arena-style 3rd person shooter. Say what you will about the campaign but you can't take away the effort TC has put into the series.

[@Zerviam]

@@courtneydozier1021very true. People hate on Gears 5 and it had its fair share of issues, but the current tuning it has is the closest we’ve been to perfect imo.

[@johnathanl487]

@Zerviam your opinion is why only 100-350 people play gears 5. Tuning sucks.

[@Zerviam]

@@johnathanl487 yea, where’d you get those random numbers from? Because far more people play than that Lmao and the tuning is great. Get rid of shot delay and speed it up a little bit and perfect.

[@jimmyohdez]

“All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out places” the first gears of war commercial was incredible! It made me want to buy and Xbox and the game. Amazing

[@mdb1010]

Ive never played a game as fun as the gears of war. The first 3 were amazing masterpieces. I miss those gaming days.

[@lawlessx9]

Gears of war and halo 2-3 on xbox live was truly a glorious time

[@alcohosh]

I'm not big on comp for any game. I'm a casual player. That being said, I'm an active player on Gears 5 and have been for awhile. It's sad to see how few people play this. It's always been really fun and I love the campaigns too, especially hivebuster...I think hivebuster is slept on its so good

[@shootthejay7002]

Gears 3 is still active. I played the other day and man it brought back some good memories

[@LilMiss.922]

Gears is my FAV series, i remember being so blown away by Gears 3 and its Horde mode in 2012, i spent tons of hours playing that. i love 4 and 5 Horde mode as well

[@Anarcaeful]

IDK how you did this video without mentioning Barbosa and Hypefestation, that was such a fun time to watch this esport.

[@faradise3819]

Yeah I'm quite disappointed they didn't mention anything grassroots. Maybe they were blindsided by just interviewing the current personalities in Gears esports. I also heard Gears is still relatively big in Mexico.

[@nikovz4719]

Forgot to mention the LACK of dev support and constant hating of competitive settings for Gears all throughout gow 1-gow3. What team where you on?? Lmao no mames my gt MistaaPiBB Believe we got 3rd on the second hype event. Definitely highlight of gow3 was hypefestation. Especially Kenny’s streaming/announcer calls 💀

[@fyour1st527]

Cliffy B never wanted the game to be gnasher battle game. He wanted it to be a take cover and shoot type of game that's why Gears 2 was too different

[@SirSiegrist]

Gears 2 for me was the best in that it was easier to counter the gnasher. Then 3 came along and added the double barrel on top of the gnasher, and the multiplayer went downhill from there.

[@Leon_2777]

Being a Gears fan kind of feels like an ant that had it's anthill stepped on and had to scatter to find another colony to join. No game for me has ever hit as hard as Gears of War, I have never played another game as long and consistently as Gears, 2,3, and 4. ALL of my online friends I met from Gears, most of which I still talk to and am friends with to this day, 14 years later.

[@LilMiss.922]

HA well said i agree!! nothing can beat Gears IMO

[@henseltbrumbleburg3752]

2 game modes I'd love to see in other games is Wingman and Guardian those were so much fun. man i miss this game

[@nWo_remiix]

i've been playing gears since it debuted back in 06 at 13 years old i entered high school in 07 & holy crap if everybody in school didnt refer to me as a gearszzzz player now with gears 5 (maybe even a gears 6 soon) im still playing this game at 30 years of age this is by far 1 of the best games to ever come out

[@LilMiss.922]

i agree 100%

[@FatalStryke]

Solid video. Ashes and Toby represented the game well. Thanks for showing gears esports some love.

[@courtneydozier1021]

You're a legend bro. You gotta come back when 6 drops.

[@FatalStryke]

@@courtneydozier1021 Thanks for making my day. Really appreciate the kindness. In 2024 I'll be making content consistently in multiple languages to give information to help players all over the world improve their game leading up to gears 6 release date.

[@nikovz4719]

@@FatalStrykeas much as I respect the old days. Idk the game seemed butchered after cliff and Ferguson never paid attention to the feedback(which is funny when you look at competitive gaming) their reasoning was competitive gaming sucks. Hope you’re good! Was fun playing against you, winning/losing throughout Gears from g1-g3. What’s dope to is how artyc helped create Fortnite and was stupidly hyping it during gow3 😂

[@sbernaslam3062]

I still think about the gears 2 days waiting to get home from school practicing with my team getting ready for events

[@blah43]

man i wish gears was more popular and thriving, but the competitiveness of the shooter game market plus the complexity of gears compared to its competitors make it challenging for gears to do so

[@krono5el]

Not forgotten just was old as hell after the 3rd and it ran its course and now is legendary status.

[@guillermoborjas7528]

There´s still a big competitive scene with LAN tournaments on Mexico

[@choloeseguay]

I totally forgot that gears had a esports scene. Damn, takes me back

[@iph2]

Gears is one of the few games from my child hood that had your cheeks clenched trying to clutch after your teams dead

[@marqueseason6360]

How could you guy's not mention horde mode? I fell in love with co-op based shooters because of it.

[@kagisomkhabela3373]

Horde mode on the craziest difficulty was our go to for me and my big bro particularly Gears 2

[@bbqchipspls]

all i know is that i miss FFA in all maps

[@30ajgo]

Ikr, probably people got tired of shotgun vs shotgun.

[@berengerchristy6256]

I know it turned me off in the day. in retrospect I just wasn't good enough to understand how they were moving around or keep up

[@nikovz4719]

@@berengerchristy6256😂 happens bro. At least you admit it. It wasn’t the shotgun v shotgun. It was the devs Mostly cliffy b bitchass and Rod Ferguson who were against competitive gaming up till UE even then not listening about separating rules being bad 💀💀💀 Sucks but what can you do.

[@Roniboney]

Well done. Great video

[@shiningfilmzph]

Another Akshon esports originals video yes!

[@N0RT0X]

I remember GoW 1 online. Golden era

[@richarddehoop2824]

Gears of War 2 was really what killed a lot of competitive scenes. I remember in The Netherlands when Gears 2 was released, almost everyone hated the online multiplayer soo much, that the whole scene that was thriving for 2 years died down within half a year. It was a great game for casual gaming, but for esports it was terrible. The frustration I experienced with those smoke grenades, stopping power on Lancers, wall tagging grenades, inconsistent shotgun and weird maps was something I'll never forget. I also remember the feeling of falling out of love with your favourite game, you wanted to like it soo bad, but it was just very different. What made Gears 1 such a perfect fit for Esports was the simplicity: not too much weapons and symmetric maps without random events, it was such a joy to play that on a high level.

[@butanium6567]

Coming from someone of gears 3 esport scene in australia I gotta point out 2 events 1 is that xbox one in general was a huge blow, I remember all of my mates couldn't justify purchasing an xbox one because it sucked compared to ps4 or pc gaming which a lot of us switched to. and secondly judgement I remember ended up fragmenting the community like cs and cs source, but it ended up killing our scene due to the size. Also Gears 4 was so underwhelming that I remember a lot switched to cs or lol. I think gears could make a comeback, but its got to be free to play multiplayer and people gotta step up and go grassroots no big orgs like esl.

[@ToxicTurvey]

I love gears of war!!! So many memories. Hyped for gears 6

[@fernguti1095]

I think Gears can make a comeback. Us fans get anxious and are impatient to see something from Gears 6. However, we have to allow them to work on their game with no pressure. Also, give them time to make tons of content so when it is out we won't see a bare bones game and us fans start complaining. I think if we do these things it'll payoff in the long run.

[@robertoanaya2600]

I loved Gears3, I had an unoffical rival that i would constantly run into and sometimes I miss teabagging each other. We were pretty equal and were always the best of our teams.

[@ewanfraser]

I relay the campaign of gears 4 and 5 regularly. It’s always fun.

[@elroyhoyabembe4828]

Also, how did you forget to mention host power?

[@robertoanaya2600]

I love how they slightly acknowledged the obessesion Mexico has with Gears lol

[@THETEMPLEWILDCATS]

Gooddd this brings back so many memories

[@penguinjay]

Only real OG GOW fans remember weapon sliding that boomshot out of there so they didnt have to take the lancer they should. Devs really do not balance maps like this anymore. Everything is meant for the short attention span. Sucks. Bc that was fun! You needed to have a partner come w you to get the power weapons etc, people wore headsets bc we really needed to. NO more!

[@MrNoFace]

Lets go its my main man Toby!

[@machina5]

Gears 5 multiplayer is still a ton of fun, but the only players left are the obsessive hypercompetitive players, so I get my ass whooped all the time lol

[@reoperez]

same bro

[@simbadg13]

it sucks cause I was late but it was a year before gears 3 when i started playing. Got gears 2 cause my friends loved the series and were hyped for 3 so i got 2 but ive played every game in the series except tactics. Gears to this day couldve been the greatest team shooter. Had the map weapons like halo which added depth and complexity to map control. Also had cool movement techs like wall bouncing. Not perfect but most weapons felt like they had specfic roles with strengths and weaknesses that usually all require a level of skill. Teamwork is also very important, anybody who has faced a coordinated higher level gears team knows how much playing as a team decides the winner. I would love to see gears come back to the former glory it once was but honestly as an old veteran of the series I dont believe it can reach those old glory days. Dont even get me started on the story/campaign

[@I_am_a_cat_]

I miss playing gears 1-3 on the hardest difficulty with my old best friend.... man, we looked so forward to the release of 2 and 3....

[@prophetascending9021]

Gears 2 was the first game I played in full HD 1080p, and I couldn't believe how good it looked.

[@orclord5719]

How much time you got? I could go through a few reasons in detail why Gears of War fizzled out over time after the release of Gears 4.

[@alienatedslayer]

Gears 1-3 is the best experience playing co op with a friend. Never touched the others.

[@drewedwards1056]

My favorite shooter of all time. If they remaster 2 and 3 it would be enough to get me to play competitive shooters again.

[@Whatacomedian_]

I was a teammate with the creator doominator of gearsopedia if anyone remembers the weekly top 5 clips from the community. Lol one of the most toxic times in my life. Plenty of kids trying to bully me on interent forums. What a time lol

[@nikovz4719]

Yaaaa diiiiiiiggggggggg

[@muu26]

Gears of war 1 and 2 will always be my favorite.

[@armorbearer9702]

Perhaps Gears of War produced so many talented streamers(<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="850">14:10</a>) was because they let them go wild. It was mentioned at the beginning that there was a lot of trash talking(<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="291">4:51</a>). It looks like they had a great deal of freedom to say and do what they want. This allowed them to develop talented competitors and entertaining personalities.

[@gabrielwest2584]

I miss the good ol days of crabwalking around gridlock while playing a o like butter o vid in the background 😢

[@Dannymon]

You should make one of these "underrated eSports games " videos with trombone champ.

[@KazeShikamaru]

Gears even produces my good friend Hoodless who is a strong DOA player who is the DOA5 Grand Champion.

[@themexicanjesus335]

Gears3 was my favorite installment . fast paced, TTK was insane

[@justinlacek1481]

Gears of War's biggest problems are that it has a very high entry bar, and it's very niche. 3rd person shooter games in general aren't that popular these days, let alone a cover-based MP one like Gears. Tack onto that the fact that it's an arena-style game, which is also a niche style of shooter in today's market, and you see why every Gears game after the "Golden Days" is fighting an uphill battle, no matter how good of a game it is. And like I said, the barrier of entry is high. The game isn't just mechanically difficult with a steep learning curve around its systems/weapons - the core flow of multiplayer is vastly different from what you normally experience most other shooter games. Like was said in the video, in Gears, fights involve a lot of timing, distance judgment, maneuvering, and so on. You also generally have to be very aggressive in gameplay style, which isn't common for most shooters. The closest thing I can compare it to is Apex Legends. So long story short, most new people who jump into Gears MP don't really understand it and struggle badly, and a lot of them blame the game itself and give it up. We actually saw this when drdisresprct tried to play Gears 5... Which is arguably the easiest Gears multiplayer in the series. A small side point is that it's hard to make content for Gears of war.

[@deathshead556]

“Never enough, WE WANT MORE! Body parts and brains, RIGHT ON THE FLOOR! Never afraid, WE BEEN HERE BEFORE! We are, THE GEARS OF WAR!”- Bodycount.

[@Eraseh]

bro didnt even mention judgement XD dont blame you

[@armorgiraffe]

I loved watching gears esports. It was frikkin awesome. While Ive always been hella meh at playin it I simply got a huge softspot for it. Its sad to see it slowly go down to nothing (which is extra sad since its always been a niche game when it comes to esports and playerbase in later years)

[@courtneydozier1021]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="564">9:24</a> That guy at the forefront on the left, Mentz, is a fucking legend

[@mixnflix101]

All I want is a Gears 2 remake

[@mixnflix101]

RIP Wingman best game mode

[@moretoastedthanatoasterstr9773]

Im honestly quite sad i didnt get xbox live till maybe 2011 or 2012 wasnt to far to where i didn get to experience gears of war 2 and 3 online mostly 3 though, gta 4 and red dead 1 online, halo 3, cod mw2 and 3 but fuck I wish I had online in 2008 that really early internet/xbox libe days are so classic to me hell i didnt have xbox live but i remeber the old old o.g original xbox live look with the gray and orange so nostalgic

[@batmanforever_]

Forgotten? Gears still goes hard ans they have a great community still going strong.

[@Matteo73M]

I think the return is possible along with a new game