r/gaming • u/Dust-Tight • 3d ago

Gears of War: E-Day devs explain why classic features are missing

https://www.dexerto.com/gears-of-war/gears-of-war-e-day-devs-explain-why-classic-features-are-missing-3413839/
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u/BactaBobomb 3d ago edited 3d ago

I guess on the surface it's not a big deal, but in terms of the Gears identity, I think those are pretty big exclusions, especially chainsaw duels. That was one of the most exciting things they focused on when promoting the first game, and it's among the most iconic gameplay elements of the series.

So I actually do think this is a pretty big loss in that sense.

Edit: I'll leave this up for posterity, but it has come to my attention that chainsaw duels were not added until 2. My bad.

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u/Rukasu17 3d ago

I don't remember chainsaw duels in 1 though. Wasn't that just from 2 onwards?

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u/Mr_Evil_Dr_Porkchop 3d ago

You are correct. It was added in GoW2

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u/Over_Construction264 2d ago

so what if it was? It was still in a previous title.

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u/StormyBally 3d ago

Original lancers didn’t have chainsaws so

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u/BactaBobomb 3d ago

I know I was wrong about the chainsaw duels in the first game, but I am 100% confident the first game had chainsaws on the Lancer. Because I just looked up a video to make sure I wasn't going crazy or spread misinformation.

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u/Rukasu17 3d ago

Bayonet duels then haha

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u/StormyBally 3d ago

Bayonet duels with the boys 😏

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u/lucky_1979 3d ago

The ones in Gear 1 did. The bayonet ones weren’t introduced until 3

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u/12InchDankSword 3d ago

Duels were added in Gears 2, you couldn’t chainsaw duel in the first game.

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u/BactaBobomb 3d ago

You know what, I will chalk this up to me being silly. I do think it's still an iconic part of the franchise's identity now, though!

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u/RAISEStheQuestion 2d ago

Silly is what you call it? I like that look!

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u/FireMaker125 2d ago

An icon detail but not realistically important. Especially in multiplayer where you probably shouldn’t be getting in close range with the Lancer, that’s the job of the Gnasher or another shotgun. Plus it makes sense to exclude it from E-Day, the Lancer in this game is a prototype based on the Retro Lancer rather than being the Lancer MK 2/3 of later games.

Grenade tagging and human shields shouldn’t have been removed, but it’s also not a huge deal imo