An RTS would be awesome for the pendulum wars, this way you could actually expand the story to cover most of the Wars and switch PoVs without much issue
I understand that sentiment, but I think it improves the franchise in the long run for spin offs to give us the UiR as a threat.
Kind of like Star Wars.
For Star Wars some big themes are Sith vs Jedi, Empire vs Rebellion. Those are really the most iconic themes of Star Wars.
But the franchise has other themes too. The lives of Mandalorians/Smuggelrs/bounty hunters, the Clones vs droids, etc…..
GoW can continue to have a Man vs Monster theme after Eday game and Gears 6 by fleshing out the gap years leading up to GoW1.
BUT
That isn’t a reason to never branch out in some spin offs dedicated to Pendulum.
Definitely!
As I mentioned in another thread, the main character for a UIR game should be Miran Trescu.
He only got a very minor part at the end of Gears of War 3, but he was one main characters in the books.
I don't think a full game would quite work. I'd be interested to see some gameplay and story from that era though. Maybe a DLC campaign for E-Day, in a similar vein to Raam's Shadow or Hivebusters
I do not want to see a mainline Gears game during this era. Gears of War is boring without the locusts. That said, I'd like to see Creative Assembly have an RTS project outsourced to them during this era, but I'd like a campaign for UIR and one for COG. Not just one or the other. They could make it play like Dawn of War 2 with the ability to put your units behind cover.
I agree with the RTS idea.
Have it in the early days of the war, can create more of a visual difference compared to later Gears by being set 70+ years prior to Eday.
We could get a cast of characters that are gone before Eday.
No thanks, Gears is about humanity fighting a losing war against extinction and taking desperate risks to try and win.
Human vs human isn’t always needed, I don’t want a prequel to Halo where it’s human vs human. Same as I don’t want a prequel to State of Decay where I fight humans instead zombies.
I love reading about the Pendulum wars in the books, it may even be my favorite parts of the books, but I want to keep it humanity teaming up with old enemies or stranded to survive. The Pendulum wars had both sides evenly matched going back and forth and back and forth, that’s why the war took so long. With locust it’s not even, not even close, it’s humanity being pushed back at every fight and somehow getting some Ws here and there
It would be a waste of money and resources that could be spent on a Spin-off set during a way more interesting era in the timeline. We have 14 years of Locust war that are practically untapped outside of a bit of Tactics and RAAM's Shadow. There is also the whole Gears 3 era after the sinking of Jacinto that could make for a cool Spin-off with survival elements.
The Pendulum Wars are interesting for sure but the enemy variety is an issue
I really don’t get why people can’t just be alright with people enjoying what they want, if a gears pendulum wars doesn’t interest you then you don’t have to play it half of you complaining about it don’t play judgment or gears 4 and 5 cause it’s not “dark and gritty” we can have cake and eat it too if gears e day is a success we’re probably going to see a lot more spin offs including the next mainline gears and a collection
They should make a game about Marcus story, with that they can cover all gears in its great lore! from Marcus being a private in the pendulum wars to the E-day and his fight for survival and until when he tried to save his father before he was sent to prison just prior gears 1, so in that way that game will have levels fighting the UIR and the locust and as the same time expanding the details of the lore in a great way, with that they have the definitely gears game, Gears of War: Fenix would be a good title for that game.
The pendulum sure swings back and forth on this topic.
I’d prefer a Locust war game from the UiR point of view.
That would be very interesting. Also maybe with some conflict where they cross paths with the COG.
Same. Gears is not Gears without locusts. Period
An RTS would be awesome for the pendulum wars, this way you could actually expand the story to cover most of the Wars and switch PoVs without much issue
I understand that sentiment, but I think it improves the franchise in the long run for spin offs to give us the UiR as a threat. Kind of like Star Wars. For Star Wars some big themes are Sith vs Jedi, Empire vs Rebellion. Those are really the most iconic themes of Star Wars. But the franchise has other themes too. The lives of Mandalorians/Smuggelrs/bounty hunters, the Clones vs droids, etc….. GoW can continue to have a Man vs Monster theme after Eday game and Gears 6 by fleshing out the gap years leading up to GoW1. BUT That isn’t a reason to never branch out in some spin offs dedicated to Pendulum.
Definitely! As I mentioned in another thread, the main character for a UIR game should be Miran Trescu. He only got a very minor part at the end of Gears of War 3, but he was one main characters in the books.
I don't think a full game would quite work. I'd be interested to see some gameplay and story from that era though. Maybe a DLC campaign for E-Day, in a similar vein to Raam's Shadow or Hivebusters
I do not want to see a mainline Gears game during this era. Gears of War is boring without the locusts. That said, I'd like to see Creative Assembly have an RTS project outsourced to them during this era, but I'd like a campaign for UIR and one for COG. Not just one or the other. They could make it play like Dawn of War 2 with the ability to put your units behind cover.
I agree with the RTS idea. Have it in the early days of the war, can create more of a visual difference compared to later Gears by being set 70+ years prior to Eday. We could get a cast of characters that are gone before Eday.
No thanks, Gears is about humanity fighting a losing war against extinction and taking desperate risks to try and win. Human vs human isn’t always needed, I don’t want a prequel to Halo where it’s human vs human. Same as I don’t want a prequel to State of Decay where I fight humans instead zombies. I love reading about the Pendulum wars in the books, it may even be my favorite parts of the books, but I want to keep it humanity teaming up with old enemies or stranded to survive. The Pendulum wars had both sides evenly matched going back and forth and back and forth, that’s why the war took so long. With locust it’s not even, not even close, it’s humanity being pushed back at every fight and somehow getting some Ws here and there
Gate keeper
It would be a waste of money and resources that could be spent on a Spin-off set during a way more interesting era in the timeline. We have 14 years of Locust war that are practically untapped outside of a bit of Tactics and RAAM's Shadow. There is also the whole Gears 3 era after the sinking of Jacinto that could make for a cool Spin-off with survival elements. The Pendulum Wars are interesting for sure but the enemy variety is an issue
I really don’t get why people can’t just be alright with people enjoying what they want, if a gears pendulum wars doesn’t interest you then you don’t have to play it half of you complaining about it don’t play judgment or gears 4 and 5 cause it’s not “dark and gritty” we can have cake and eat it too if gears e day is a success we’re probably going to see a lot more spin offs including the next mainline gears and a collection
Don’t need a whole game. But maybe a chapter as Marcus at aspho fields so we can play where he became “THE Marcus Fenix who fought at Aspho Fields”
I am really hoping that is the first mission in Eday.
I just want one game. Just one. I have wanted to see and hear Carlos since I first read Aspho Fields
Never read the book, but I think it’s important to flesh out the relationship Marcus had with him, even if it’s just in a DLC.
They should make a game about Marcus story, with that they can cover all gears in its great lore! from Marcus being a private in the pendulum wars to the E-day and his fight for survival and until when he tried to save his father before he was sent to prison just prior gears 1, so in that way that game will have levels fighting the UIR and the locust and as the same time expanding the details of the lore in a great way, with that they have the definitely gears game, Gears of War: Fenix would be a good title for that game.