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Campaign
Two Player Co-op -
- "...via both online and split screen play." - GI
Setting -
- Planet Sera, 25 years after Gears of War 3
- Set over the course of one Seran day (26 hrs)
Protaganists - "JD, Del and Kait form a quick bond... they come face to face with a hideous new threat." - GI
- JD Fenix [Liam McIntyre] - Main protagonist. Son to Marcus. Lieutenant in the COG until a classified incident forced him AWOL.
- Kait Diaz [Laura Bailey] - Born and raised as an outsider but capable survivalist. Kait's mother is an Outsider leader named Reyna.
- Del "Delmont" Walker [Eugene Byrd] - Ex-COG soldier who has followed JD much of his life. Went AWOL with JD after the incident.
Support Characters -
- Reyna Diaz - Reyna is Kait's mother and the leader of the Outsider village.
- Oscar Diaz - Oscar Diaz is Kait's uncle and Reyna's brother-in-law.
Dynamic Weather [pic] -
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- "During a category four storm, players must dodge lightning flurries." - GI
- "In a category three windstorm, players feel the wind pushing against them, and projectile weapons, get dragged off course." - GI
Traditional Control Scheme -
- "...away from the fps-style controls laid out in Gears: Judgement." - GI
Close Combat System -
- Pull opponents over cover onto your side before performing a knife execution.
- Depending on your angle you will perform different animations while performing knife executions.
Redesigned Mantling [pic] -
- "Vaulting over cover is much more fluid." - GI
Shoulder Charge -
- "When moving out of cover players can shoulder charge which knocks enemies off balance..." - GI
Resolution -
Past Cameo's -
Miscellaneous -
- Rod Ferguson's answers to GI -"No Jack... No imulsion left... Thrashball is kind of around...Stranded aren't stranded anymore... Enemies use lancers... Potential HOD...Campaign length potentially longer than Gear 1... Curbstomps... Overrun is underrated... Favorite map is checkout... Carmine dynasty lives on... Gears 4 on PC is a possibility..." - Rod
Weapons
- Buzzkill [pic] - "takes a few seconds to warm up... spits out a stream of circular sawblades that ricochet around the environment." - GI
- Dropshot [pic] -"...explosive charge attached to a drill that can be lobbed across a battlefield... fills a hole left by the digger." - GI
- Combat Knife [pic] -"...perform a quick melee kill using Gears 4's new combat knife." - GI
Weapons from GI pics:
Gnasher
[Confirmed]
Lancer
[Confirmed]
Hammerburst
Torque Bow
Longshot
Boltok
Snub
[Confirmed]
Frags
Weapons Not Returning -
Digger
[Replaced by Dropshot]
Ink Grenade
[Source]
Enemies
Juvie [pic] - "Much like wretches... fast moving, melee based creatures." - GI
Drones [pic 1, 2, 3] - "...a Juvie might eventually evolve... homage to its doppelganger in the locust army." - GI
- Imago -
- Grenadier -
- Sniper -
- Hunter -
Pouncer [pic] - "...giant mole rat-like creature... shifts its role based on player strategies." - GI
Snatcher - Not much known. Spider-like? Snatches people?
Screamer - Not much known. Possibly a Juvie variation that will pop all pods close by.
Miscellaneous - Juvies were designed to push people out of cover as a training for multiplayer.
Enemies move more naturally. They jump from cover to cover, fan out and are aware of each other.
Multiplayer
Design Team -
Combat Knife -
- "In multiplayer, faction has its own knife design." - GI
Take-down System -
- Allows players to initiate a series of close-combat melee take-downs.
- Players on the receiving end have several ways to counter the attacks.
Game Modes -
- "...the team did acknowledge the importance of modes like Horde..." - GI
Human vs Beast -
- One side will play as the new Swarm enemy, while the other side will play as either COG or Outsiders.
Resolution -
Environmental -
- At this time the team isn't planning on incorporating wind flares into the game's multiplayer maps.
eSports -
- "What were trying to do now is treat eSports as a brand. We started that with the Ultimate Edition where we partnered with the ESL, and worked to created different seasons in of a pro league as well as an open series that spans North America, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. During our championships, we had over 130,000 unique viewers on Twitch, and we sold out of tickets for a live event down in Burbank." - Adam Fletcher aka TC PezRadar
Thoughts on Casual and Pro players -
- "When I was at Epic, we didn't really value pro players. We were always focused on accessibility and how to get more recreational players. We let pro players do whatever they wanted and tried not to overdevelop for them. Now we're trying to find that balance." - Rod
