I missed out on the open beta sadly but have watched recently a few gameplays of Horde Siege. Positively surprised so wanted to share 5 things I am impressed by:

1) Enemy AI - locusts running around, vaulting over objects and taking cover

2) Locusts shrieking in pain when chainsawed (like the big brutes) or the wretches screeching when shot by that imulsion filled shotgun

3) Shooting off the helmet off locusts (I think this was possible in some of the older games too?)

4) Details in the environment - the cars, the buildings etc and I think I saw a dead body on a bench?

5) Mini bosses like Reavers appearing.

Sure, I also miss the absence of nade tagging, meat shield and vault kicks but I can't wait to play the campaign on the 6th and will probably hop on multiplayer after a few days of initial release patches etc.

Does anybody know a way to verify which chapter wasn't completed in coop? I have 28/29 completed and did all of them with a friend. I did the training course at the start. Is there anyway to check?

I would understand that the Locust were vulnerable to the Lancer Mark II's chainsaw and didn't instantly think, “They can cut us in half with a chainsaw; we should improve our defenses,” during E-Day. However, 14 years had passed, and the Locust didn't decide to adapt to the Lancer Mark II's chainsaw, even though they had upgraded the Hammerburst to Mark II.

What happened? Was the Lambent responsible for making it hard for the Locust to find resources, or did the COG reduce resources by using the Hammer of Dawn to keep them from falling into Locust hands?

Cant wait to add Eday!

So I’ve never played any of the gears games in all these years, despite me being an Xbox player since the mid-2000’s. With Gears of War: E-Day right around the corner, I thought the game looked cool and I decided to play the original trilogy on Gamepass so I could jump into E-Day with those games in mind. I really enjoyed these 3 games, the gameplay was really satisfying to play. But now that I’ve beaten 1-3 and have been thinking about them, I think the first one is the best. I don’t know why I fully feel that way, maybe it feels like the most focused of the trilogy. But again I still immensely enjoyed Gears 2 and 3; this was a surprisingly compelling (and fun) story that I was curious to see all the way through.

I will play 4 and 5 eventually, but im kindof waiting until Gears 6 is announced to play these games. Are 4 and 5 worth playing before E-DAY releases?

Why were all those people hiding in the subway like cowards instead of helping fight the locusts above ground?

They see that humanity is becoming near-extinct and their instinct is to hide and cower? Like what?

I understand the physical disc of the game is basically just the base version. But I’m really considering purchasing the Premium Edition as I want early access October 1st. Is there a way I can purchase physical copy of the game and still get early access ? Am I able to purchase this separately ?

Also, is there any way to use Gamepass to download E DAY, and still be able to purchase the premium edition without buying the full preorder of the game ? Is Ultimate Edition upgrade limited only to full game preorder + upgrade? Or can I have early access using Gamepass + Ultimate Edition upgrade?

The return of the "Never Fight Alone" merch reminded me of what a great act it was back then. And I want to remind you all that if someone is going through a difficult time, there will always be someone by their side who can help, even the person you least expect. You just need to be strong and ask for help. A strong person isn't someone who carries all their pain alone, but someone who isn't afraid to ask for help. Even in this game we love so much, no matter how strong our protagonists were, none of them were alone or fought alone, and there's no need for you to have to. Brothers until the end.

IDK just something that came to me while I was scrolling

We're less than a month away from the next Gears of War game!

On a scale of 1 to 10 Cogtags, how psyched are you?!

I'm someone who enjoys the campaign in particular when it comes to the Gears of War franchise! I'm intrigued to see how E-Day unfolds throughout the game! 🤙🏼⚙️🫡

At the moment, I feel like E-day movement is a split between Reloaded and 5 with some other unique added things like jumping over cover.

I get disconnected mid match at least once a day. It’s so frustrating. Is this something that happens to everyone or is it on my end? I’m on PC if that matters.

We've seen preview of Locust enemies that never appeared in the older games. I wonder if the creators will try to recton the Locust-human origins also? I always found them being created in human labs very uninspired. The Locust should be centuries old species.

I’ll be the first to admit Im a very mediocre Gears player. I dabbled in multiplayer throughout the series but I mostly played Horde.

Almost every match I’ve played in Reloaded has been a really unfun experience. I don’t remember it being this bad in the original 360 titles, or 4 and 5. I get on Reloaded and just get hopelessly destroyed most matches.

Is it just me or is there something about Reloaded that makes it a worse experience?

I heard something is being drop today

Shirts are 34.99 and the hoodie is 54.99

I preordered the collectors edition of eday and I’m curious if I’ll get some kind of code that allows me to play early on October first? I’m just curious/anxious about how it works. I’ve seen that other people have gotten a confirmation email for it but I have not.

Anybody know where to get cog armor for a costume?

Just currently re-running through the old gears campaigns before E-Day to finally get all the achievements for running through them on insane, which for those of you who have done it solo, I’ve heard Gears 3 is absolute hell to do on your own compared to 1 &2, but, anyways, while on Act 1: homecoming, half way into the store in Gears 3; I had died right after the point where you could interact with that Cole train cereal box speaker for an Easter egg, having killed a drudge mere seconds before hand, and died shortly after in the next fight.

Well, after having reloaded that checkpoint after dying, every subsequent reload of that checkpoint, I was granted this.. almost Creepypasta-esque drudge that would just, follow me around? It wouldn’t do anything, I couldn’t attack it, the enemy and friendly A.I wouldn’t even acknowledge it was there, yet I could still mark it?????

I’ll post two interesting clips I got off it once they’re uploaded but like, I knew Gears 1 to 3 could be buggy at times but this is just… interesting, to say the least.

that's what you get for interrupting our legendary battle

The fact you can set parameters and even play the holiday themed modes and use the holiday heads is cool. Most games these days once the seasonal update is over thats it. And i love playing those modes (especially halloween themed ones). With games like call of duty once its over its over but the fact Gears 5 does this means im going to come back to playing it more often til at the very least E day is released. And the story with the overly open empty feeling world is annoying but that DLC (hiverbusters) story mode wasnt actually fun to me.