Gears 3 too easy?

[brianthe boring]

Just finished Gears 3 and in most respects it's been well worth the wait:
superb graphics,great weapons and action,good plot and varied scenarios
on land,sea and air BUT is it too easy?
I played on hardcore and found it was almost impossible to get killed-as soon as you're hit the computer instantly responds to the 'revive me' call and you're back in action. Except for the last couple of minutes which are really hard ,i'ts a breeze. I've noticed that one or two reviews say the gameplay is'forgiving' for which read 'easy'.
It's still a wonderful game but for a real challenge give me Dead Space one and two, Ninja Gaiden and the unforgettable Bayonetta!

[voodoo spaceman]

(03 Oct 2011 16:26 PM)brianthe boring Wrote:  I played on hardcore and found it was almost impossible to get killed-as soon as you're hit the computer instantly responds to the 'revive me' call and you're back in action.

Which is as it should be, I get fed up of unitelligent AI in games, better than them running straight past you and ignoring.

However I agree that it certainly seems that the level of ease has been reduced as I have completed it on Normal without little resistance. Something I certainly struggled with on Gears 1, not so much Gears 2.

[RetroAEROSMITH]

only a couple of times did i get downed and that was usually by the big big bosses like the lambent bezerker and the thing the queen flies on. other than that it was a tad piss easy. im guessing though it was easy to unlock insane which im hoping is more of a challenge.

there were no instant death enemies..there was that razor rain stuff in the first one and the monsters bones banging together in the second game when your inside the beast but i didnt see anything in this one.
there were times in the 3rd where i said to myself that this part will cheese me off on insane.. but not many.

[MancMonkeyDave]

We played some on insane last night and the gunkers spring to mind for instant death, many times!

On the whole it is easier than the other two, in a couple of places the other two were unfairly difficult, mainly down to stupid AI though.

[IgTerminals]

The Leviathan in the first Act causes instant death; if you're standing too close he eats you.
Can't think of any others though.

(03 Oct 2011 16:26 PM)brianthe boring Wrote:  It's still a wonderful game but for a real challenge give me Dead Space one and two, Ninja Gaiden and the unforgettable Bayonetta!

I've not played Ninja Gaiden, but I had no real problems with Bayonetta, and both Dead Spaces were fairly easy. Played the second one through on Hard the first time I played it too.
Devil May Cry 4 was harder than Bayonetta.

[MancMonkeyDave]

Bayonetta on the higher difficulties is ridiculous.

[360 GAMER_Ian]

If you want tough, I've got two words for you: Dark Souls. Death is your friend in this one - had Will playing it for review and he was dying all over the place - and quite often in the same place, over and over again. But it's what the game is, learning through mistakes and it's oddly addictive and enjoyable as a result.

As for Gears 3 - I agree that the revival thing does eliminate the fear of death (I mention this in our review - on sale tomorrow!). I figure the system was implemented with co-op in mind, and because the AI wasn't great at reviving you in Gears 2 (and it got some mild criticism as a result) the devs made sure they were super-helpful this time around.

But it can get a bit nuts. I had one point where imulsion/fireballs were raining in and I was downed, revived, instantly downed again, revived and so on - about 7 or 8 'deaths' in a matter of seconds. All a bit daft and annoying really.

I think Epic are aware that it's easier. We had a review event before being given our own copies of the game, and Epic themselves advised everyone to play it on Hardcore. But that absence of any fear of failure or having to head back to a checkpoint if you die does make it harder to really care about any sense of self-preservation.

[DARKESTLION]

Just finished Gow3...yep on harcore...and it was tooooo easy.....the few times i died was when i blew my self up with the boomstick when i was defending the gate....woops

and got surprised in by the preety light...whats that?....oh F**k..its a train...my silverback didnt stand a chance...but for frantic action...its still a very great game with a tight story....will be trying it on insane...

one other personaly annoying thing was when i shot grubs in the legs so i could go and excute them..my delta team..were like linford bloody christie..and always got there first to stomp em....

[RetroAEROSMITH]

ok, im guessing that people who finished this on insane have done so on co-op.
i played it for 2 hours to get to coles story. There is no "down" in single insane only instant death. in the whole time i played it insane single player i wasnt downed once but instsantly killed numerous times. enemy shotguns are 1 shot kills almost and checkpoints seem spiteful even... for instance when the goliath monster comes at the end of the first level and you are in the silverback having to shoot his face, that was fine, then those exploding spider things came and killed me instantly.

getting passed this part the goliath comes back twice as do those spider things...no checkpoint.

I dont know whether theyve removed single player 4 co-op wherby the ai will get you up but not once did it happen...this gives me the impression of cheap and spiteful gameplay.