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Gears of War 3's multiplayer beta is now open to more people as gamers who pre-ordered Gears 3 now have access. Gamers who bought Bulletstorm's Epic Edition got an extra week with the beta beginning on the 18th. Epic's Gears of War 3 beta might not be like other game betas you've participated in. To learn more about the items you can unlock in the beta check out our Gears of War 3 Unlockable Guide I'm sure you have some questions about it, and we've got some answers.
DETAILS: Impressions On The Gears 3 Beta
Q: Who can gain access to the beta?
- A: The beta is exclusive to anyone who has pre-ordered Gears of War 3 from a participating retailer. Gamers who bought Bulletstorm Epic Edition already have access.
Q: Will I need a Gold account to play?
- A: Yes, an Xbox Live Gold account and internet access is recquired to play.
Q: Does XP and unlocked items carry over to the finished copy of Gears of War 3?
- A: XP gained during the beta does not carry over. Unlocked weapons, characters and medals do carry over.
Q: Will the beta support split-screen co-op (couch co-op)?
- A: No. The beta will only allow one player per console, however the final build will have horizontal split-screen.
Q: Which characters will be playable in the beta?
- A.
- COG Members
- Marcus
- Dom
- Anya
- Cole
- Baird
- Thrashball Cole (Complete 50 matches in any game type to unlock for the Beta period. To permanently unlock, complete 10 matches as Thrashball Cole during the Beta period.)
- Prescott (CTL only)
LOCUST
- Standard Drone
- Savage Grenadier
- Flame Grenadier
- Kantus
- Savage Theron
- Myrrah (CTL only)
Q: How will consoles with two gamertags on them play the Gears of War 3 beta. Will you need a code for each gamertag?
- A: Only one beta code is needed for multiple gamertags on a console. Once the Beta has been downloaded, any gamertag that has access to the HD will be able to play.
These are just some of questions that have been answered in the Epic forums. Head over there if there are questions you still have.
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PotatoDuelist
Luckily I was able to get my hands on a beta key not five minutes ago... I missed the initial giveaways due to being at work, but I just found a legitimate blog handing them out. I found some other giveaways that were scams so I was wary, but this one has panned out and I've received my key.
I don't know if any more keys are remaining on the site, but for those still needed one, here's the site for you guys to try:
http://freegearsofwar3beta.b logspot.com
JeeshusChrist
@Reefer
I played a lot of it so I could get a definite feel for the game and I didn't have much of anything else to play. Yes the guns need to be tweaked a ton. And I seriously don't see how this game requires skill. All you have to do is take a shotgun run up to someone and shove it in their face and pull the trigger. That is not very difficult at all. The game is completely 1 sided. Shotguns are overpowered and Assualt rifles are underpowered. Yes the retro lancer is about the only good Assualt rifle in the game but its a mid-range weapon not a long range and its completely pointless to use because you'll have better luck using a shotgun. The spawn systems are totally messed up. King of the Hill spawns are even worse. But basically the game doesn't reconize you are at a spawn point and they spawn the enemy team on top of you and right behind you so they basically do the easy thing which is shove the shotgun in you behind your back while your not looking and than you die. The fact that if you ever encounter a 1v2 situation the chance of you living is very slim. So basically everyone in the game runs around with their buttbuddy partner because they need someone to hold their hand around the map. The game has no consistency what so ever. Sometimes the gnasher takes 1,2,3,4,5, or even the entire damn clip. I was playing games yesterday and I was charging with a retro lancer and I had enough run speed up and I hit a guy and they literally just bounced away from me. Than there is huge commando lunges where you can be like 10 feet infront of someone with the retro lancer and you just glitch infront of them and stab them. Than their is the glorious sawed off which is completely over powered. Example: King of the Hill Trashball-Hey lets put a hill where the frag/incendary grenades are which is literally 2 feet big filled with nothing but extremely tight corner access. I am going to try to get in there and break the ring and take it. BOOM your dead. Oh wait I can't because their entire team is sitting in their with sawed offs so even getting anywhere close to it is impossible. And they are sitting on the only power weapon that can really be used to kill them in there. Besides the digger but the scoreboard is always down so you hardly ever get to use that weapon. Campers always win in the game which is annoying. There is much that rewards lame tactics that bad players use such as camping which just breaks the game down into being more broken than good. The game needs to encourage movement and flow across the maps and the maps have to be able to accept the flow. Trenches is complete crap of a map. The Mortar is completely over powered on the map because the entire map is so tight and narrow so you just get your team to clean them out and they spawn on the left, mid or right and you just continously trap them in their with mortars. The fact that they put that stupid box in the way to block the one shot from being able to stop the mortar just sucks because it just makes it even more impossible for the mortar guy to be taken down. Its completely one sided and their is no flow to the map. You can't put objective gametypes on maps with no flow because than its just spawn trap heaven or camping heaven on top of objectives. The only reason I see this map being good is for execution or warzone when its about just running into the middle of the map to fight like in Gridlock from GoW1. Shooters are what I know and what I do. I know when something is broken and when something is unbalanced and when something is balanced. I am not some idiot who thinks this game sucks because of personal reasons. A lot of people agree with me especially skilled players who actually play competitively and not for fun. This game is not solid right now and it really needs tweaks. I am saying these things so they game can get fixed and get better. I want this game to be great because I love GoW. GoW the original got me into console multiplayer gaming and GoW2 was horrible compared to it. And its still not as balanced as GoW1. And the maps from GoW1 are the best maps they have ever made. Trashball and Trenches are horrible and broken. Checkout and Oldtown are great maps. Especially Oldtown that is such a greatly designed map. They are great because they allow so many ways for players to enter and escape and the map has a circular flow with breaks through the middle which allows great transitions of battles. Also King of Hill they need a system that spawns hills the middle of two teams and not in the next place in the cycle because than people just camp on it and wait for it to come which is camping and camping makes games boring because their is less action and campers win all the time in this game. I am voicing my opinion so they actually fix the game. I really don't care if you disagree with me because I know I am right. I understand these types of games because its what I do. I disect them to understand them in every way.
SmmGibson
Is the beta code only at the gamestop preorder?
ReeferMuncher
@JeeshusChrist
Why would you play that many games if you don't even like it?? The only thing I agree with you about it that the damage for a couple of the weapons needs to be tweaked alittle, but all in all it is a very solid game. Each weapon is good, you just need to know how to use it effectively. And almost EVERY game you play requires some degree of skill to be good at it. And no, Gears 3 is not worse than Gears 3....goofball
crocodilius
I'm not sure what gears of war is or why you need 3 gears...
i remember this puzzle in tomb raider where you needed 3 gears to turn the water off and had to kill a trex and raptors to get them...
arctic00
Beta is open to GameStop pre-orders. No other retailers have beta codes.
ninenightmares
almost done with the gold retro lancer, i already got thrashball cole now waiting for the rest of the weapons.
JeeshusChrist
Its even worse than Gears 3. And don't say even dare to say that the only reason I think this game is horrible is because I am bad at it. I have a 100+ MVP awards (Most Points on the team) and Smooth Operator awards (best K/D ratio in the game). Its more like you enjoy this game because you need overpowered weapons so you can actually do well in this game. Its not even fun because it takes literally no skill to play this game. The only strategy to this game is to use the overpowered shotguns and just run around the map with your entire team as one big cluster f___.
Liquid Swords
It better not be as bad as Gears 2.
WarpedEcho
1 medal, 1 character, and 5 weapons that carry over.
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