{"id":9575,"date":"2011-10-04T16:42:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T23:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=9575"},"modified":"2011-10-04T16:42:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T23:42:19","slug":"you-can-buy-the-rest-of-gears-of-war-3-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2011\/10\/04\/you-can-buy-the-rest-of-gears-of-war-3-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"You can buy the rest of Gears of War 3 next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"9575\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Gears_3_DLC.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Gears_3_DLC.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Gears_3_DLC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I suppose I&#8217;m resigned to the November 1 DLC for Gears of War 3 adding three new maps.  I&#8217;ve still got plenty to do with the included maps, which I&#8217;m enjoying in horde mode and, to a lesser extent, in beast mode.  Come November 1st, it might feel entirely reasonable to fork over another $10 to the company that sold three million copies in a week.  That&#8217;s where we are today: $60 for a game with six maps, but $70 for a game with nine maps.  If you don&#8217;t like it, be happy with the six maps and spend your $10 on something nice for the wife and kids.<\/p>\n<p>But then I see that the DLC will extend the horde mode&#8217;s RPG system by letting you level up your defenses beyond the current limit.  It will even add a command center.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A brand new type of fortification that allows you to call in fire support from sniper teams, mortar strikes and even multiple Hammers of Dawn.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hey, I want that!  I also want the new decoy upgrade, and the rockets for my silverback mech, which I think is that robot thing up there on the right.  But shouldn&#8217;t I have gotten this stuff in the core game?  Wasn&#8217;t horde mode supposed to be a complete package included with the game?  Isn&#8217;t this a bit like buying a copy of Brink that stops your character at level 18, and then charges you $10 for levels 19 and 20?<\/p>\n<p>I realize the battle for DLC is over.  We&#8217;ve lost and publishers have won. It&#8217;s a bit late to complain about it, but I can&#8217;t help it.  If we could hash it out again, I&#8217;d rail twice as loudly.  Also, the South will rise again, Bush totally stole the 2000 election, and you can pry my laser disc player from my cold dead hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>You can buy the rest of Gears of War 3 next month - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2011\/10\/04\/you-can-buy-the-rest-of-gears-of-war-3-next-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"You can buy the rest of Gears of War 3 next month - 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