Date played: May 16th
Platform: Xbox One
I felt like shooting shit last night, so I booted up Gears of War 4 and played through a good chunk of the game. We continued the mission, which was to extract a special device called a fabricator from a robot-infested facility. Oscar is still waiting outside, and Del is operating the elevator. JD and Kait go down a few levels with the elevator, but Del has trouble operating it.
This led to a few battles on the large elevator as Del scrambled to get us moving again.We got the fabricator and carried it back to the elevator, then of course, there was more fighting. The longer range weapons are pretty difficult to use, partly because of the game's iffy performance. I mean, the game looks pretty damn good and it runs well enough to play, but it's clear that the Xbox One is really pushing it's limits with this game. After playing Horizon on a PS4 Pro, the lackluster performance is even more evident...
Anyway, we fought our way way out of the facility with the fabricator in hand. Unfortunately, we had a special visitor waiting for us in. First Minister Jinn, the lady who gave the speech during the opening moments of the game, shows up. She isn't in person though, instead, she uses her robots as proxies, projecting a hologram of her face on the robot's head. Mysteriously, she accused us of "stealing her people", which are the remnants of the COG.
That's when things got super weird. Out of nowhere, a transport train rammed straight into Jinn, destroying her robot proxy. Then the cart stopped and opened it's doors for us, displaying the words "Get in" on it's monitor. We took the fabricator and got into the little train, puzzled by it's unexplained presence.
The next mission was more straight-forward. We just had to carry the fabricator through the facility, fighting enemies along the way. There were some new bad guys here, bigger and more dangerous robots. Some of them carry very large, heavy weapons, like miniguns. Others carry the Overkill shotgun, which is a savage weapon at close range. Finally, I encountered some snipers. They are pretty damn accurate and their shots hit really hard, but they don't have much health. Still, just getting into position to have a decent shot at them is pretty tough.
We managed to get the fabricator back to the village. The village chief, also Kait's mother, is a woman named Rayna. She's a real fighter and takes no bullshit. She doesn't exactly welcome our return and she blames us for Jinn's attacks on the village. There isn't much time to talk though as the COG forces are rapidly approaching the village.
This mission was a lot different than the others. I had to fortify the village's defenses then hold any attackers at bay. Using the fabricator, I was able to build some defenses, including some automatic turrets and some barriers to slow down enemies. There were about 3 waves of enemies, and I was able to rebuild defenses between waves, so that was fun. I even had to fight a new, very dangerous enemy type, the Kestrel.
Kestrel are kind of like a small helicopter or VTOL and are protected by a shield. The shield can be shot down rather quickly, then the vehicle can be shot. The shield regenerates also, so it's important to do as much damage as possible while it recharges. They are challenging, but lots of fun to fight. I won that battle without too much trouble, but it was a long mission.
There were a lot of cut-scenes after the fight. At one point, we brought the fabricator inside a building, but Rayna locked us inside to keep us safe. That's because a new type of enemy made it's appearance. There are mysterious, dark creatures that roam around the buildings. They are not fully revealed yet, but they seem to be savage beasts that want to attack anything that moves. In fact, JD, Kait and Del had to watch in horror as both Oscar and Rayna are captured by the monsters. It's not clear if they were eaten, killed or just transported somewhere else...
After a long time, the crew figures out a way to escape the building, but the battle has been over for a while. During the battle, Rayna managed to cut off one of the monster's hands, which is covered in small yellow crystals. When JD picks it up, he implies that only one person will know how to help. That person is none other than Marcus Fenix, which, it turns out, is JD's father!
Marcus lives in a derelict mansion, so the team heads there and find the old man in a small building. He's angry at first, since there's clearly some sort of long standing disagreement between him and JD, but he changes his behaviour as soon as he sees the monster's hand. But there wasn't much time for conversation as the COG followed the team to the mansion and attacks the old property.
This fight was really just a one on one against a Kestrel, but this time it's armed with rockets in addition to it's regular guns. The rockets are deadly and will kill JD in one or two hits at most, so it's pretty challenging. Still, the environment was easy hide in and I took it down quickly.
With no means of transportation available at the mansion, the team hunkers down and walks towards the estate's barn, where Marcus has a special little something hidden. There was a wind flare happening too... so we had to take cover through the forest. I even fought a few robots during the wind flare, which looked absolutely stunning visually. The robots stumble in the wind and their remains fly in the air after being destroyed. It was really spectacular.
At the barn, we were quickly surrounded by Jinn's forces, but Marcus still had his little surprise. This turned out to be a pair of motorcycles known as Mules, which the team uses to escape the estate. I spent the entirety of the next mission riding that sweet bike, avoiding obstacles and firing on random robots at high speeds. This is another mission that just looks so cool. At the end of the mission, I even had to fight a god damned bomber plane while riding the bike! I had to shoot out it's engines, weapons and secondary engines. I was then able to attack the engine's core to eventually destroy the giant aircraft. I loved it. I stopped playing as I reached Chapter 3, but I'm excited to see what happens next.
Platform: Xbox One
I felt like shooting shit last night, so I booted up Gears of War 4 and played through a good chunk of the game. We continued the mission, which was to extract a special device called a fabricator from a robot-infested facility. Oscar is still waiting outside, and Del is operating the elevator. JD and Kait go down a few levels with the elevator, but Del has trouble operating it.
This led to a few battles on the large elevator as Del scrambled to get us moving again.We got the fabricator and carried it back to the elevator, then of course, there was more fighting. The longer range weapons are pretty difficult to use, partly because of the game's iffy performance. I mean, the game looks pretty damn good and it runs well enough to play, but it's clear that the Xbox One is really pushing it's limits with this game. After playing Horizon on a PS4 Pro, the lackluster performance is even more evident...
Anyway, we fought our way way out of the facility with the fabricator in hand. Unfortunately, we had a special visitor waiting for us in. First Minister Jinn, the lady who gave the speech during the opening moments of the game, shows up. She isn't in person though, instead, she uses her robots as proxies, projecting a hologram of her face on the robot's head. Mysteriously, she accused us of "stealing her people", which are the remnants of the COG.
That's when things got super weird. Out of nowhere, a transport train rammed straight into Jinn, destroying her robot proxy. Then the cart stopped and opened it's doors for us, displaying the words "Get in" on it's monitor. We took the fabricator and got into the little train, puzzled by it's unexplained presence.
The next mission was more straight-forward. We just had to carry the fabricator through the facility, fighting enemies along the way. There were some new bad guys here, bigger and more dangerous robots. Some of them carry very large, heavy weapons, like miniguns. Others carry the Overkill shotgun, which is a savage weapon at close range. Finally, I encountered some snipers. They are pretty damn accurate and their shots hit really hard, but they don't have much health. Still, just getting into position to have a decent shot at them is pretty tough.
We managed to get the fabricator back to the village. The village chief, also Kait's mother, is a woman named Rayna. She's a real fighter and takes no bullshit. She doesn't exactly welcome our return and she blames us for Jinn's attacks on the village. There isn't much time to talk though as the COG forces are rapidly approaching the village.
This mission was a lot different than the others. I had to fortify the village's defenses then hold any attackers at bay. Using the fabricator, I was able to build some defenses, including some automatic turrets and some barriers to slow down enemies. There were about 3 waves of enemies, and I was able to rebuild defenses between waves, so that was fun. I even had to fight a new, very dangerous enemy type, the Kestrel.
Kestrel are kind of like a small helicopter or VTOL and are protected by a shield. The shield can be shot down rather quickly, then the vehicle can be shot. The shield regenerates also, so it's important to do as much damage as possible while it recharges. They are challenging, but lots of fun to fight. I won that battle without too much trouble, but it was a long mission.
There were a lot of cut-scenes after the fight. At one point, we brought the fabricator inside a building, but Rayna locked us inside to keep us safe. That's because a new type of enemy made it's appearance. There are mysterious, dark creatures that roam around the buildings. They are not fully revealed yet, but they seem to be savage beasts that want to attack anything that moves. In fact, JD, Kait and Del had to watch in horror as both Oscar and Rayna are captured by the monsters. It's not clear if they were eaten, killed or just transported somewhere else...
After a long time, the crew figures out a way to escape the building, but the battle has been over for a while. During the battle, Rayna managed to cut off one of the monster's hands, which is covered in small yellow crystals. When JD picks it up, he implies that only one person will know how to help. That person is none other than Marcus Fenix, which, it turns out, is JD's father!
Marcus lives in a derelict mansion, so the team heads there and find the old man in a small building. He's angry at first, since there's clearly some sort of long standing disagreement between him and JD, but he changes his behaviour as soon as he sees the monster's hand. But there wasn't much time for conversation as the COG followed the team to the mansion and attacks the old property.
This fight was really just a one on one against a Kestrel, but this time it's armed with rockets in addition to it's regular guns. The rockets are deadly and will kill JD in one or two hits at most, so it's pretty challenging. Still, the environment was easy hide in and I took it down quickly.
With no means of transportation available at the mansion, the team hunkers down and walks towards the estate's barn, where Marcus has a special little something hidden. There was a wind flare happening too... so we had to take cover through the forest. I even fought a few robots during the wind flare, which looked absolutely stunning visually. The robots stumble in the wind and their remains fly in the air after being destroyed. It was really spectacular.
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| The motorcycle level was really fun! |
