Single Life?

[Chainsaw Guardian]

I was wondering if GoW is strictly one life for Multiplayer? Sure, this is good some times, but in my opinion it is not. That is one of the main reasons why I don't like Ghost Recon games. If there is only one life per round I'm sure it will be better than Ghost Recon becuase it takes a lot more to die.

Discuss. 3 2 1 GO!

EDIT: If thsi has been covered in a different thread someone link me and a mod can lock this.

[HELLFIRE V1]

It will be abit crap if that was the case BUT I know for sure that if it is one life than I will try harder the next time.

[RIGOR_MORTIS]

In Ghost recon multiplayer, that feature is editable to respawns... Most likely will be the same way in Gears.

/end thread.

[Kydd BlaZe]

I actually like having only one life. It makes the matches much more intense and skill based. This is one of the reasons I enjoyed Counter Strike and PDZ's Eradication mode so much. Once you get the hang of it all, and become skilled at the game, it won't be much of a problem. Put an emphasis on teamwork, cover, and accuracy and you should do fine.

[Chron0Crusader]

Well if there is, Im sure there will probably be a mode where its unlimited, just like in GRAW where you have the Sharpshooter, and Last Man Standing. I dont think they would handicap us to that one specific mode of gameplay, and if they were, they would make it infinite respawns. At least, thats what I would figure.

[Kilo]

One life is the best, like blaze says more skill and strategies...

[Shifty]

Dude, I cant believe you put Sweden's Best as your sig. Others here wont know what I'm talking about but you do. You're crazy Chron0.

[Uday23]

hopefully the have a regular respawn game type, but single life elimination is kinda how cliffy wants it(thats how he talks about it in some interviews) and it wont be like other games that have it, like CS or GRAW, where u die really fast, in GoW u have alot of heath and it is regenearting.........

[chsirish73]

single life is the best. one of the greatest xbox live games ever was rainbow six 3, which was strictly single life, but you learned to work as a team with your friends and it made you communicate with everyone constantly

[Uday23]

single life is the best. one of the greatest xbox live games ever was rainbow six 3, which was strictly single life, but you learned to work as a team with your friends and it made you communicate with everyone constantly

^^^what GoW is all about!

[Spector07]

Man I think one life is all you need plus it will keep all the kids that suck away cuz their be like this game sucks

[seph]

By saying that you have one life... does that mean that when you are shot and killed and the round is over, the game ends? That's ****e tbh.

I have yet to encounter that in a multiplayer event.

[Spector07]

no man its like this well it will be easier to explain if you played GRAW but if you die your mates(By the way I am from OKlahoma but I use all kind of dialect) can either come and try and heal or you die and you have to spectate

[seph]

no man its like this well it will be easier to explain if you played GRAW but if you die your mates(By the way I am from OKlahoma but I use all kind of dialect) can either come and try and heal or you die and you have to spectate

Oh right. Sure, I have GRAW. But that is how it really works isn't it? I thought it was confirmed already. By looking at the MP screenshots and the Demos' I would imagine it worked just like that.

[Reconciliation]

I think one life owns all, like someone said earlier about Rainbow Six 3 (ah good times) and that it was strictly single life scenarios. Those matches were intense and very well done I thought, easily one of my favorite live experiences.

[Andrew carey]

having one life is better because most porple won't go straight shooting knowing that they respawn but its not going to stop them.

[Reconciliation]

Indeed. They wont be so willing to run out and blaze their projectile fury because they dont want to die, and if they do something like that they will.

[j-wrell]

^^ good point i never thought of that. but i would also like to see a deathmatch with respawns

[Reconciliation]

Though in most games I tend to prefer one life, I wouldn't mind seeing deathmatch too :)

[Spector07]

nah this game from what I have seen doesnt seem like a deathmatch kind of game it seems that it just isnt bulit that way

[IlLiCiT]

Chsirish i dont want to sound belligerent but i want to slap you lol. Counter Strike Is the KING of the FPS.

[Flak]

Back on topic, or this will be closed. Illicit, please read the rules (http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/announcement.php?f=15&a=1) again and pay attention to #3.

[IlLiCiT]

Affirmative, Intill Gow lol

[Spartan-034]

I believe Gears wont have single life that would suck in a game like this and in all of the videos i have seen they so the screen after someone dies and it says click R to respawn so i doubt one life unless you can decide like in GRAW. Plus this isn't rainbow six or counterstrike this is gears of war i am almost 99% sure that there won't be single lifes the game is like halo in scoring whomever has the most kills by the end or reaches the set amount of kills is the victor!

And stay on topic this is gears of war not, Counterstrike I mean WTF?
Gears of War related only please!

[Uday23]

I believe Gears wont have single life that would suck in a game like this and in all of the videos i have seen they so the screen after someone dies and it says click R to respawn so i doubt one life unless you can decide like in GRAW. Plus this isn't rainbow six or counterstrike this is gears of war i am almost 99% sure that there won't be single lifes the game is like halo in scoring whomever has the most kills by the end or reaches the set amount of kills is the victor!

And stay on topic this is gears of war not, Counterstrike I mean WTF?
Gears of War related only please!

cliffy has already said that there will be one life, this is the only game type we know of, it is quite possible(hopefully) that there will be other game types that allow respawn, but so far GoW only has Single life team elimination game, and i dont know what videos ur watching but non that i have see say "click RT to respawn", they say "Click RT to Spectate"............

[Pistola-ma]

I'm really hoping GoW multiplayer will incorporate more than the 1 life mode. All games that do that are lifeless and too quick. The match would be too "oh lets hide and wait for someone to come". I realize that's what epic wants, well, atleast the canceling of 'run and gun' parts, but it's still possible to incorparate the cover and hide with 50 kills. If it to be only one death, one cannot make a mistake, or else they are dead. Mistakes will happen, and that's why you are able to respawn and get another chance of sniping that *** (that got lucky) from across the map. Skill is always shown through many kill matches. In a 1v1 match, would you want to have a game up to 1 or 10? "oh that guy just sniped me randomly from the other side, that was gay, i lose". The one death only mode would clearly defer many gamers into staying away from this title. Epic needs to, if they haven't already (or maybe they already have and haven't shown it to us yet) incorporate team deathmatch games that go to 10, 20, 50 whatever!

[HyperTitan]

I think the 1 death is a good idea. Granted I think they should have other options in different games. If they want to limit the run n' gun play they should just have a limited number of respawns, maybe say, 5 or so. Even so with what I've heard you have quite a bit of health and it regenerates anyways, so I think that will keep the camping and waiting to a minimum.

[Uday23]

I think the 1 death is a good idea. Granted I think they should have other options in different games. If they want to limit the run n' gun play they should just have a limited number of respawns, maybe say, 5 or so. Even so with what I've heard you have quite a bit of health and it regenerates anyways, so I think that will keep the camping and waiting to a minimum.

welcome to the forum, btw i agree with the new guy completey!:) nice post!

[MacheteMan7]

Yeah i hope it's kinda like GRAW in that you can change the number of respawns each person gets. It would kinda suck if you only got one and died right away but one would probly work fine and make for a good length game because of the amount of health and the regenerating health system.

[UnrealWars]

I believe Gears wont have single life that would suck in a game like this and in all of the videos i have seen they so the screen after someone dies and it says click R to respawn so i doubt one life unless you can decide like in GRAW. Plus this isn't rainbow six or counterstrike this is gears of war i am almost 99% sure that there won't be single lifes the game is like halo in scoring whomever has the most kills by the end or reaches the set amount of kills is the victor!

And stay on topic this is gears of war not, Counterstrike I mean WTF?
Gears of War related only please!

Actually, this game is closer to R6 or counterstrike then it is to Halo. Which in my opinion is better since i like the one kill format. You need skill to survive. But they probably make an option to have respawns.

[MacheteMan7]

I'm kinda looking forward to the single life thing actually. It makes it feel almost like a paintball game. Plus it makes it much more strategical and tense if you only get one chance to live.

[Uday23]

I'm kinda looking forward to the single life thing actually. It makes it feel almost like a paintball game. Plus it makes it much more strategical and tense if you only get one chance to live.

lol thats almost exactly what cliffy said, i am thinking that too, but a regular respawn gametype wouldnt hurt:)

[MacheteMan7]

lol thats almost exactly what cliffy said, i am thinking that too, but a regular respawn gametype wouldnt hurt:)
Yeah, i completely agree, but i think i'm going to stick to mostly single life games. It keeps the noobs away too. Plus, the matches are much quicker and aren't as boring.

[RIGOR_MORTIS]

It's the "REVIVING" you didn't put in the original post. That's the chocolate and peanut butter of life control. Don't you see?

Why sit there to be revived if you can respawn? BECAUSE, if you can, the whole REVIVE concept is defunkified.

[Chainsaw Guardian]

Oh! I didn't even think about that. I guess then there will be no respawns, the only way you can get back in the game is if you get help from a teamate within 15 seconds of dying/getting your head bashed in.

That would incorporate more team work, don't you think? If there were respawns don't you think that the 'down but not out' feature would be kinda useless?

[seph]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that there won't be any respawns, just rounds. I was thinking the exact same thing as Rigor. Respawns makes the whole reviving concept useless and that would pretty much suck since it is a very cool system.

[Flaming Hornets]

I believe Gears wont have single life that would suck in a game like this and in all of the videos i have seen they so the screen after someone dies and it says click R to respawn so i doubt one life unless you can decide like in GRAW. Plus this isn't rainbow six or counterstrike this is gears of war i am almost 99% sure that there won't be single lifes the game is like halo in scoring whomever has the most kills by the end or reaches the set amount of kills is the victor!

And stay on topic this is gears of war not, Counterstrike I mean WTF?
Gears of War related only please!

This game will be nothing like Halo. Which is a good thing. If you had multiple lives, why would anyone bother taking cover? Everyone would just run about trying to chainsaw people. The fact that you only have one life, means you have to think about everything you do. You don't just charge into the base, if an enemy is by the door, you have to go in a different location.

[HyperTitan]

I think I posted something like this earlier in a diff thread buuut. Since you are able to be revived (I'm assuming this to be true in MP) then there is no reason to have more than 1 life. Seeing that this isn't a run n' gun game then there's no reason to need more than 1 life. That's where team stategy comes into play.

[yoggie]

Single life is the way to go for me. It just means more work by the developers. Its way easy to go for something std. with respawns like UT but for this type of game one life IMO is the only way to work.

Respawns = frag fest
1 life = tactics and more skill

IMO of course

They just need to go for short rounds and good speccy mode. i.e. Basically rip off CS and then add thier own Epic polish and features. Speccy mode can be fun if done right esp with voice comms. Personally I have confidence in Epic to get single life right.

[Crazy Danix]

I'm sure there are going to be multiple game modes, some will be single ans some will be multiple such as a team deathmatch type scenario. Both have their pros and cons, and I look forward to both.

[Tenspeed]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that there won't be any respawns, just rounds. I was thinking the exact same thing as Rigor. Respawns makes the whole reviving concept useless and that would pretty much suck since it is a very cool system.
Yeah but you see, both of those options are just that, optional. Reviving won't be in every single game just like respawns, and i'm gonna take a gander and guess there is more then one game type so there is a good possibility there will be a team death match type game.

[KhaoZ/Se7n]

They had already confirmed it's a 1 life type game like Counter Strike, America's Army, etc.

[xTNx cRySis]

I agree with most poeple, one life just makes you work harder next time. Plus this game is so beautifull i dont mind spectating :)

[VaporXX91]

They had already confirmed it's a 1 life type game like Counter Strike, America's Army, etc.

where did they confirm that, do you have a link?

I think that multiplayer should have the option of 1 life for a specific game mode, but if it's team deathmatch and free for all and CTF games, why would you want only one life? It wouldn't work out too well.

A game like Counter-strike uses the one life but that's because there is an objective.

[UnDeRøAtH]

no man its like this well it will be easier to explain if you played GRAW but if you die your mates(By the way I am from OKlahoma but I use all kind of dialect) can either come and try and heal or you die and you have to spectate

Where from in Oklahoma? I lived there for 14 years.

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Yeah, the game will have 1 life per round, but with revivals so allys can revive their team members to keep their numbers up. Once all the members of a team are dead the match will reset and everyone will be in the starting location again with everyone alive.

Or so I assume.

[Kilo]

Just think about Socom, but thats true Vapor, maybe for some modes its one life and for the other its respwan.

[Crazy Danix]

That's my guess, that the spawning system will depend on the game mode. Because I am a fan, one way or the other of both spawning systems, so variety would be great.

[I BlaCkFoXx I]

man i hope its like SOCOM: US NAVY SEALS for the ps2 where its more tactical not like halo2 where its run then gun then die then do it all over... in socom there was one life and rounds. It was best out of 12 rounds that were like 5-6 minutes long and you could have the best clan wars. and i hope its not matchmaking and has servers where you get to choose what game you wanna join instead if just having to join ur friends game. I hope it would be compatable to gamebattles where you win tournaments for money..

[Urza]

I don't like the single life idea because I see everyone camping waiting for someone to make a mistake and then there's no action.

[relyt9]

I don't like the single life idea because I see everyone camping waiting for someone to make a mistake and then there's no action.

I'm a tactical gamer, always have been, and I can tell you that you don't get as many campers as you think... and if your good at the game, you start to 'reflex' cover, and you'll start to look for enemies while your peeking out from cover, so you'll be able to spot out campers, safely. I'm thinking that's gonna kill their numbers substantially.

[Gameplay]

Listening to your guys ideas puts me right into the fray, really not a fan of respawning, but the whole thing of people just camping out for someone to make a mistake would be a real drag. Come on this is next gen 360 baby lets get ready voice chat the ability to communicate terrian and location, let us use all the options available tactics true tactics should make this the ultimate multiplayer. No man left behind. Revive method rules!!

[yoyo209]

As soon as your on live it should say if you want single life matches or not so you can do what you want. In respawn matches I guarantee everybody will pointless try to always run up to you w/ chainsaw. Thats why I'm doing single life.:D

[Gameplay]

Single life will be the chose for me if you can chose. Everyone has their own style to play but I would like to really take advantage of the team tactics this game offers and the only way one can do that is with consquences for their mistakes. You bullrush my support team takes you out, your to interested in getting into the fray without using proper cover my snipers puts you to sleep, and if you have not perfected reloading your weapon before jumping online I tear you a new one "GUT CHECK!"

[yoyo209]

Single life will be the chose for me if you can chose. Everyone has their own style to play but I would like to really take advantage of the team tactics this game offers and the only way one can do that is with consquences for their mistakes. You bullrush my support team takes you out, your to interested in getting into the fray without using proper cover my snipers puts you to sleep, and if you have not perfected reloading your weapon before jumping online I tear you a new one "GUT CHECK!"

Right on brother, I'm with you.:o

[Kilo]

The reason that some ppl think that 1 life will suck is because yall are not used to it, but once you get the hang of it I am sure yall will love it. Just my opinion.

[Gameplay]

True, I bet once they get a taste of actually having to be conscience of your decisions on the battlefield their exp can only be enhanced. It offers for true bragging rights not just adjusting to someones game rhythm or who gets the overshield and better weapon. You'll only be as strong as your weakest link, and the concept may cause some dissention at first it'll strengthen the clans.

[HyperTitan]

Single life is the only way to utilize how you're supposed to play GoW. Enough said, don't like it? Play another game. :p

[yoyo209]

Hey, I was just wondering from watching the in-game video's and they never went prone. I guess that means you can't go prone. You can duck down and personally I like that. Puts emphises on finding cover when you can't go prone. Plus going prone just seems to ruin tactical games.