"Do you remember the first Gears of War?" More like "Do you remember when games that were hyped up by AAA companies were actually good and microtransaction-free?"

Gears of war, Halo, and CoD 4 was the holy trinity of shooters at the time. No other game could match the gory goodness of the lancer, the euphoric sound of a head being stomped clean off a body, and a campaign that made you feel like an ultimate badass, Gears had the guts and glory to stand with those two games.

90% of game development spent on single player. Still my favorite multiplayer(lag and all). Really makes you think.

I spent ALL of 2007 playing only Gears of War. Met soooo many people playing that game and had hours upon hours upon hours of fun almost daily. Irreplaceable experience

lol everyone remember crab walking? Ninja jumping? Glitching out of the map on train station and gridlock? The general culture around the game that using the lancer and chainsaw was really only for noobs? Meleing to signify the beginning of a duel? Man this game brings back so many memories.

There are weird audio glitches starting at 36:26 and 37:14. Just so you know, man. Great video nonetheless.

I got gears when I didnt have a a high definition tv, I thought it looked great, then I got an HD tv, and I was blown away, I remember my mom walking by, and stopping; asking me what it was. Fantastic memory.

I had every single achievement in single and multi. Literally lived and breathed that game for a couple years. Good times 😁👌

The brumak fight was only added for the pc and ultimate edition

I remember being like 11 playing this game. I can honestly say it helped me get into story based, mature themed games after growing up on GTA rampages and smash bros lol

At the time, it was the most beautiful game I'd ever seen. The effects in the emulsion caves were astonishing.

There is a way to tell in Act 3 which planks will break. A cracking sound before it does.

My first Xbox 360 game I think, instantly my favorite game as a kid

*Imagine growing up playing Fortnite instead of Gears of War 1* Ya the game scared the shit out of me as a kid but hell it was worth it. Berserker still terrifying AF

It's crazy how I remember the levels after 13 years. That is the sign of a good game.

People used to make games for the joy and fun of making them, to share stories and ideas instead of money I miss that

For that scene where you're walking across planks over the wretches, there actually is a way to tell the right path. When you take a step on on a piece of wood, if it starts to shake then it will fall and you can step back quickly to avoid going down with it.

Currently replaying GOW 1-3, my fav series hands down

Do you remember the first gears of war?? *Shows footage exclusively of Gears UE*

Literally just finished replaying the campaign for it 3 days ago. It still holds up to this day, fucking loved it all the way through

Gears of war, halo, and call of duty My childhood

I gotta say I'm a little disappointed you're using the remaster for footage. It is more colorful and features flashier FX and lighting but I feel like it takes away from the inherent charm of the original presentation. The gray oppressive tone is meant to convey a world that's had it's life beauty and joy pushed into hiding by this war for survival. To me it's like giving Dark Souls neon colors... sure it'd be cool but it's not the vibe or vision originally intended. Also It seems to me the new cutscenes aren't utilizing the mockumentary "shaky cam" the original had which I believe was supposed to emulate an embedded war journalist film crew style to the presentation that's reflected in the roadie run. It also has several revisionist retcons, like the queen at the end. (and btw you don't remember Act V because they added the PC exclusive levels for Act V to the remaster.) The stylistic choices and sensibilities of the early 2000's game design and culture is a big part of the Gears experience to me and it seems strange that your channel uses VHS lines and "remember this" styling but you're playing the version of Gears that removes so much of the nostalgia triggers and early 2000's shameless cheesy grimdark edge.

Act 5 might seem weird because in the original game you didn't have the whole brumak part and just started at the train station *EDIT* : The Brumak chapters were first added to the PC version and then remade in the Ultimate Edition

The gears of war games were the best! It was one of the first games we got on the 360 and it was super fun to play with friends and my older brother! Great video man!👍 ⚙️ 💀 🔥

This brought me back to nostalgic time...Gears of War was my cousins’ favorite game when we were growing up. May he Rest In Peace.

You’ll probably never see this but I can attest to this being an amazing game because it built a connection to the characters for me that was so strong that dom dying is the only time I’ve cried over a video game death. A phenomenal series

Gears 3’s multiplayer ❤️ the good old days

25:51 you can tell if the boards will break by stepping on them a little, they will creek more than the others

I would really like to see you cover gears of war 2 arguably my favorite Gears of war game. Great video by the way keep it up!

To answer your title question. yes, I remember it as the game I used to watch my older brothers play together in split screen :)

All I do is go back and play old games lol I still get immersed by Diablo 2, Oblivion, koToR and Jade Empire!

These are the videos I think you do best, the ones that show what you love about gaming and how enjoyable these experiences can be. Keep up the good work dude.

I was in the hospital in 2006 when this came out. I was 17 and had been there for a month and a half. I was lying in bed at around midnight and my nurse came in. It was a guy that I had never seen before that was about 55 to 60 years old. He asked if I liked Xbox 360 and I told him yes. He told me to try Gears of War. It was his favorite new game. I got out of the hospital a week later. After a few days at home, I got really sick again and had to go back. This time I took my Xbox and the next time my Mom ran errands, she brought me a copy of Gears. I loved it so much I read the books and comics. The Xbox made time pass a lot quicker. It is now over 17 years later, and I am now waiting for a transplant. I haven't played video games in a while, but I am thinking about buying an Xbox Series X. I had stopped buying consoles and games because I got into collecting books and guns. I have been rereading the Halo and Gears books and have really missed playing. Thanks for the great video.

Oh yeah getting the grenade successfully into the emergency hole was so satisfying 🙂

Up so late grinding the multiplayer, getting those sniper headshots was satisfying.

I remember when I first played this game back in 2006. The graphics blew my mind. In fact, it was my first time 360 game.

Just replayed this original Gears on the 360. Can say this review nails all the points of why this game was and still is a masterpiece. Well written and edited. 👏

Thank you for this video. I was waiting for something like this 👌. Looking forward for the rest on the Gears series!

It may of been said but in Act 3 when you're walking over the weak wood, you have to listen for the distint cracking sound, and a slight vibration in your controller.

always top quality content thank you... i remember getting this game for Christmas and was blown away by everything this game had to offer my favorite Xbox franchise

Gears of War came out in an era where you had only a couple of major AAA releases per year. This was a perfect environment for making the game as good as possible, so it would review well and sell to a garaunteed market. Nowadays, there is so many choices in games, and even so many choices in platforms, that you see the current climate of developing a game that will monetize a smaller player base for a lot more money.

This is the best video on KZfaq about the greatest game of a generation. You and I feel the exact same way about this game and damn I appreciate that

Yea when Gears first dropped on 360 was like the golden age of multiplayer. We used to talk so much shit back then almost too fun

This video made me so hyped for gears 5. Honestly can't wait. Great video cleanprince👍

Awesome! Thank you for making this. Can’t wait for gears 2 :D

Gears 1 is special to me. That and rainbow 6 Vegas were my main online games and Gears 1 til this day is the only pvp game that I would say that I was really good at. I got accused of using modded xbox constantly and I got tons of game invites as soon as I would cut my xbox on. Great times until so many glitchers took over with the crab walk or whatever it was called. That's when I moved on. The other 3 games just didnt have the magic for me personally but I really loved the horde mode in gears 3. Only mass effect 3 multiplayer tops that experience. I didnt get an xbox 1 but I hate to miss out on gears 4 even if it isnt as good as the old one. I dont know if it is or not I'm just saying. Btw I was the gnasher king.

This was amazing!!! It was a very nice treat! Thank you!!

I appreciate the time and effort into these long videos. Keep up the good work

Man, the Beserker fights in Gears 1 are so much better than in the followups. It adds a sense of terror and skill needing to bait the Beserker into an area you can use the Hammer on it, and only being able to use the Hammer. It felt like it cheapened the Beserker in the later games when you were able to heat it up with a flamethrower then shoot it.

Love these videos bro, keep it up!!

I think it was smart to take away the aiming reticle while blind firing . As it makes it more realistic . A lot of games give you pinpoint accuracy through a reticle when blind firing and it was very smart , not to do this . And I love the feeling of intensity that is felt throughout the game , especially when the enemy rushes you ! Gears is a great game and perhaps one of my favorite 3rd person shooter series ! I only hope we see this series grow more and more !

Amazing video can not wait for pt 2

You better talk about my boy Benjamin in that Gears 2 video.

The super special gamer pic you get for beating gears 1-3 on all difficulties is a good mention. You get some custom avatar stuff too. When i got the gamer pic that small token was worth so much to me. I have been counting down the days until the next gears game. Especially after the major cliffhanger at the end of 4.

gears of war was a marvel upon release. the only way i can describe it, it was like going from an xbox 360 to the xbox one. the art style, the tech it was built on, the gloomy mood (got you downright in a depressing mood). it was just fantastic. the multiplayer was fun (and even creepy, especially on dark maps) god it was a blast. i remember spending the whole summer playing nothing but gears multiplayer, when i was a pre teen, listenting to grown adults trash talk me and own me and just smiling the whole time LOL. it was right around when i finaly had good enough itnernet to enjoy online games to. it was a perfect storm that got me into online games.

Where's my Gears 2 video?!!! hahah good video dude.

36:24 Audio mixing on point

Thanks for finally fixing your lighting and audio dude. Gears of war was the game that made me want to upgrade to a 360 back in the day. The ad campaign for that game with the song "Mad World" is something that'll stick with me forever.

I could cry watching this. So many great memories playing this game as a kid. Time really does fly.

Gears of war has aged well. Comparing it to heavy micro transaction games of today. I love jumping for an hour or two from time to time and just enjoying the original trilogy. No need for additional purchases or frustration behind an unnecessary pay wall

Gears 1-3 will always be some of the best shooters I’ve ever played. Fun universe and addicting gameplay. The online gnashes battles gave you adrenaline that really wasn’t matched by anything

the way the locust know where Delta is going, is when you see RAAM with the cog soldier he listens in on his helmet and hears through anya where they are going to capture the train and lower the bridge

I hope you keep this gears video trend going, I love the games every one of them and hope you like gears 5 coming out soon. Because I'm so hyped for it! Keep up the good work!

Anyone else absolutely LOVE the beats in the background of these videos?

I love your retrospective(?) videos! Maybe some metal gear ones would be cool. But keep doing what you’re doing man.

Yeah I played through Gears 1 with my friend about 15 times back in the day, awesome, awesome game.. great vid dude..

The mechanic’s in this game was butter. The way you moved, took cover threw grenades etc was amazing. There hasn’t been a game like this.

That Forrest Gump Frank Ocean instrumental at the end was worth the jump scares in audio editing around 36 minutes in. Good work

HELL YEAH! it was 2006, I had just got my first xbox 360 and this was the game I got for it. Great fucking day.

Great vid!! Would love to see you tackle the 2nd GOW next! Audio balance gets messed up from 36:25-36:54

The Beserker's first appearance made me shit myself... It's 2nd and 3rd later on made me shit AND piss myself... Horror isn't my cup of tea when it comes to games, but the terror I felt for that enemy was something I miss in the GOW universe.

I remember playing gears of war on release, and my dad thought he was watching a movie at first. Gears was never one of my favorite series, but I love that it continues to exist and pump out releases. Ill keep playing them, even if only for the campaign

It's funny, the wretches attack scene in the hallway, which you said the Lancer was not the best choice, is actually the very much the best weapon there Because you can cheese the engine there because they have no projectile weapons. You just hold down B (rev Lancer chainsaw) and hold left. Hold B and left, you spin on the spot and the wretches just run into your chainsaw. They can't interrupt the chain saw sequence! They just stand there waiting their turn for evisceration! 🤣🤣🤣

Ooh! A Gears video!

Gears had the most satisfying headshots. Popping someone’s head off and watching them stand there for a second headless was so good

Hey! I know I’m just one dude but it’s really cool to see these kinds of videos because it seems like every “game” video now a day seems to shit on what’s going on now. It’s great to revisit the past.

The fight with the Brumak was actually unique to the PC version for years until the release of Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 and Xbox One - which is why you didn't remember the sequence going into it.

I love Gears of War so much that I have lost count of how many times I have finished Gears of War 1, 2, 3 and Judgment, co-op or by myself. Gears of War 3 is still on my top 3 online games I played the most on XBox 360, lovely times

Could you do the same nostalgic type of video for Kane & Lynch series? There is a lot that can be said about this franchise starting with a determined obsession of IOI to stick to a grounded realistic tone to their immense cinephile background which, in most part, was a definining factor in how the series looked

Nice thorough analysis of the game. Great job

What a fantastic video !!! Gears of war was what got us an Xbox 360, remember seeing the Mad world advert for the first time and thought what was that !!! ever since then Gears has become part of life, have met some amazing people through the game and still this day talk and play with them still on Gears 4. We loved Gears so much we started our channel just to show and support the Gears of War community which at the most time is very salty and toxic but deep down we all love Gears. Our biggest highlight has been being recognised by Rod Furgesson himself and also getting to meet the guys from Coalition studios it's been an honour to represent Gears of War and we hope the franchise continues. If you're a Gears fan then 2019 is going to be an amazing year !!

I loved this game so much , the co op aspect was outstanding . When horde mode came out in part 2 I couldn’t get enough .

Just recently replayed this and it's still awesome thanks

Pretty wild to think back to the mythical, pre-historic age of games being a full package at release with split screen as a feature.

Halo 3 and gears of war 1 and 2 made me get an Xbox 360!!! That made me an Xbox fan

I remember getting Gears and was shocked how good it looked! These big chunky characters moving with weight slamming into cover and filling locust with lead! U felt like u were really hitting a creature made of flesh, I don't like the robots in Gears 4 btw, campaign I played Gears for but enjoyed horde in later games

The atmosphere in the first game is absolutely amazing.

I Really like your videos like this!

i love your videos!

My first Gears was Gears 2 and I have to say this is one of my favorite game series of all time. Made it through a 50 round horde mode with 1 friend over a summer and it’s one of my fondest gaming experiences

Gears of War. Been playing for for 15 years now and they can keep em coming. I love all the lore. Such an amazing world.

Gears of war was one of my favorite franchises. It had a beginning, middle, and end with Gears 3 (the best gears of war). I lost interest with Gears 4. It was a blatant milk of the franchise and felt hallow and contradicted everything in the previous game.

The reason you were confused remembering Act 5 differently was because the remastered Ultimate Edition included the chapters that were orginally only featured in the PC version. I for one thought it was cool that they added that in there. Until I tried beating that cut out section on insane. What a pain the ass...

"The squad is your weapon!"- Republic Commando

I love Gears I actually loved Gears 4 theres still a good cult following but I really wish the fan base was larger.

One thing I disagree with is showing Queen Myrrha at the end of the remaster. If you play them all in order, it takes away from the reveal in Gears 3

not your usual stuff that i watch but great nonetheless. keep it up

Great video; minus the audio issues near the latter half of the video.

Great video! my feelings exactly. Can't wait for G0W 5. Kait is one of my favorite characters.

I was in grade 10 or 11 when Gears 1 came out in 06. Halo 2, Gears 1, Halo 3, Gears 2, Halo Reach, and then finally Gears 3 were the true glory days of Xbox LIVE.