Thats right, having just beat Gears of War the day before on casual, I decided it was time to rack up those addicting achievement points and go through the game on Hardcore. That was the plan, but after player 1 or 2 chapters of Act 3 on Hardcore with gamespots very own Phazer, we found that we were up for more of a challenge...and even more points.
So we decided to get started on insane. We ended up plowing through the first two acts in the game, but had to stop there because it was like 2am where i live. Anyway, heres the random notes from the sesssion:
-Insane isnt too bad, except for a few tricky spots. For w/e reason it took us like four or five tries to get the beserker to the outside in the end of Act 1. Does that thing run fast or what?
-You run out of ammo...alot. I didnt use the pistol at all during my solo run through the game, but it was vital in smacking down those wretches on insane.
-Phazer's tactic of choice: the Hammer of Dawn. It might be the most random situation and he'll pull that thing out and start shootin laser beams at unsespecting Locust
-O_K's tactic of choice: Blindfiring I tended to die a bit more in the first few chapters, so I started making blindfiring my primary way of shooting, which only increased my uselessness

Co-op is a good deal more fun than playing solo, so check it out if you havent already. Hopefully we can get the last three acts done sometime to see how the difficulty ramps up towards the end of the game.

In non Gears news, I'm still lvl 20
TomKat is getting married. But does anyone really care anymore?

I guess thats all, thx for reading



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