A dynamic duo of details dropped yesterday at the Gears of War 2 panel at the San Diego Comic Con 08 regarding Epic's epic new installment in their well-received locust-splitting franchise. The first of these announcements, revealed by Cliff Bleszinski, was that the title will utilize "linked achievements" to unlock in-game content -- basically, if you have certain achievements from the original Gears of War on your profile, it will unlock certain bonuses (like extra playable characters in the online mode) in the sequel.
The second, and arguably less thrilling announcement, came shortly thereafter -- the obligatory "collector's edition" of Gears of War 2 was unofficially announced at the panel. It will supposedly include a "miniature replica model" of a Lancer, the iconic chainsaw-infused gun from the series. Sure, the special edition's legendary price of $130 may seem a tad unreasonable, but who said that transforming your cat into a futuristic super soldier was going to be cheap?
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Posted: Jul 28th 2008 2:33AM jhowlett said
cross game achievements are new but i've seen cross game unlockables before. i unlocked almost everything in Mark of Kri by the time i got Rise of the Kasai and the save file gave me costumes. jak and daxter games did cross platform and had another game company with R&C. atv offroad fury 2 had unlockable atvs if you had a previous save from the first. there are probably more examples and i hope to see more stuff like it in the future.
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Posted: Jul 28th 2008 10:19AM (Unverified) said
Metal Gear Portable Ops did it with Metal Gear Acid 1 and 2 save data too.
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Posted: Jul 27th 2008 3:19PM Deprincer said
looks my $130 is going to epic :D
Posted: Jul 27th 2008 3:45PM hsol said
I fucking hate the collector's edition for games. Absolutely worthless.
Posted: Jul 27th 2008 4:07PM MarkHawk said
Great idea but god damn it those ranked achievments are hard for me to get.
Posted: Jul 27th 2008 4:14PM Lord Minogue said
The extras unlocked by Gears achievements can probably be unlocked through other means. I'm not complaining because I have a 760 gamerscore in Gears.
Hypothesis: The 'Seriously' unlock will let you play as the briefing chick.
Hypothesis: The 'Seriously' unlock will let you play as the briefing chick.
Posted: Jul 27th 2008 4:35PM (Unverified) said
looks like i'll have some unlocks when i pick this up, i'm 1250/1250 for gears-1 achievements
Posted: Jul 27th 2008 4:43PM Psychoplasm said
you know, chances are if you're buying/anticipating the second gears, you've accomplished a magaton in the first. *rolls eyes*
Posted: Jul 27th 2008 5:56PM (Unverified) said
Hmmmmmmm
$130 for an exact replica
OR
about $100 to buy the game then make a NERF replica
What exactly would be the size of said "miniature" replica, and will the chainsaw work? Because I'd really like an excuse to buy a new NERF gun
$130 for an exact replica
OR
about $100 to buy the game then make a NERF replica
What exactly would be the size of said "miniature" replica, and will the chainsaw work? Because I'd really like an excuse to buy a new NERF gun
Posted: Jul 27th 2008 6:13PM spin cycle said
Good job guys, you just reduced the chance I'll buy the sequel.
Posted: Jul 27th 2008 8:32PM (Unverified) said
I pity you, you are so caught up with your cynicism and hating of the world that you see anything that is being offered to, for you to make a choice, a choice with more than reasonable alternatives, that you fail to enjoy anything anymore, save maybe your right hand.
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Posted: Jul 28th 2008 12:24PM mergedwarrior said
Will the PC achievements count!?
Posted: Jul 27th 2008 11:51PM kagai said
That's like paying $130 for Peanut Butter Captain Crunch because it includes the baking soda powered submarine. Pass.
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 12:04AM Keithustus said
I'll just wait until Amazon sells this bundle at the same price they sell the regular game, e.g. Halo 3 Legendary Edition's sales plan.
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 8:24AM baby sea tuna said
My cat! He's back! And apparently branded by some other website...
Stupid Internet.
Stupid Internet.
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 10:49AM CraigularB said
http://www.gearheadsofwar.com/story/2008/7/27/142823/944
Under the first picture is a statement regarding the misinterpretation of what Cliff said.
The LANCER is $130.
The SPECIAL EDITION is $70.
No bundle according to this.
Under the first picture is a statement regarding the misinterpretation of what Cliff said.
The LANCER is $130.
The SPECIAL EDITION is $70.
No bundle according to this.
Posted: Jul 28th 2008 12:14PM (Unverified) said
Um well I have mixed feelings.
For one this is great I got a few Online achievements and all the Single player ones but I hope you can unlock it in other ways because unless you cheated the achievements or you are Fenix over here Gears of War achievements were annoying as hell for 2 reasons.
1-Xbox live f*gg*try and this covers a lot of ground; from people being douchebags to people doing glitches, clan matches, Host that disconnected when they were about to lose etc etc.I could talk about this for hours but I feel is not necessary.
2-The second problem is the system itself. Well first you couldn’t get the achievements in normal play with friends so we return to problem 1 or A if you prefer. The system didn’t count you the kills you got unless you completed the match and with problem 1 or A I say 300 kills were not counted in my case.
All the true skill bs just ruin the game.TF2 is a blast to play online and you can get the achievements anywhere at any time.
(Sadly Valve is doing the same mistake as many developers in the past with the new pack, most of those achievements need to be farmed. Seriously when are you supposed to get “Got a light?” First good Spies don’t taunt and if they do they don’t do it with the cigarette flick)
130$...Um oh what the hell I wasted 130$ in a Ferret Helmet I might as well complete the set.(I checked no cat could ever feel comfort with that helmet on ,is more for a ferret.)
For one this is great I got a few Online achievements and all the Single player ones but I hope you can unlock it in other ways because unless you cheated the achievements or you are Fenix over here Gears of War achievements were annoying as hell for 2 reasons.
1-Xbox live f*gg*try and this covers a lot of ground; from people being douchebags to people doing glitches, clan matches, Host that disconnected when they were about to lose etc etc.I could talk about this for hours but I feel is not necessary.
2-The second problem is the system itself. Well first you couldn’t get the achievements in normal play with friends so we return to problem 1 or A if you prefer. The system didn’t count you the kills you got unless you completed the match and with problem 1 or A I say 300 kills were not counted in my case.
All the true skill bs just ruin the game.TF2 is a blast to play online and you can get the achievements anywhere at any time.
(Sadly Valve is doing the same mistake as many developers in the past with the new pack, most of those achievements need to be farmed. Seriously when are you supposed to get “Got a light?” First good Spies don’t taunt and if they do they don’t do it with the cigarette flick)
130$...Um oh what the hell I wasted 130$ in a Ferret Helmet I might as well complete the set.(I checked no cat could ever feel comfort with that helmet on ,is more for a ferret.)
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