Beast Mode Roundup (Possible Spoilers)

Gears of War 3 Beast Mode Rundown
with Rod Fergusson lead producer of GOW3


Beast Mode is a standalone part of Gears of War 3 that can be played by up to five players.



"The biggest change is that Beast is now played for time. The game's Horde Mode, which lets a batch of players team up against waves of beasts can be a four-hour survival marathon."" Anyone can get through Beast Mode's 12 levels, but how fast can you do it? Half an hour? Maybe just 16 minutes, if you're a ninja Epic Games tester?"

The most important thing to know about playing Beast Mode is that you start with only one minute left on the play clock. In one minute, the Hammer of Dawn will strike from above and kill everyone on your team. That would be bad. Thankfully, you gain time on the clock every time you kill an enemy or destroy an emplacement.


The humans are computer-controlled and act like they would as if they were playing Horde Mode 2.0 (Traps, turrets, etc...)


-Earn Money per kill
Money grants you a respawn or to become a higher tier "beast"

The waves get harder, of course, and climax with a level-12 onslaught from 10 members of the elite Onyx Guard and the head of the Gears military, Prescott.

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The Beasts!

Tier 1

Wild Ticker 75$
Clear out spike fences and grenades

Ticker 75$
Think of him as a suicide bomber

Wretch
Basic Unit
Special: Scream to stun enemies (Strategies a plenty)

Savage Drone
Basic Unit
Wields retro lancer

Butcher
Slow moving tank with a big ass knife




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Tier 2

Kantus
Gorgon pistol and smoke grenades
Can heal downed allies for money


Bloodmount
Said to be hard to control and you are both the attacker(melee) and spotter for presumably AI rider.


Mauler
Tank with shield




Tier 3

Giant Serapede - 1350$
Attacks with pincer jaws
Weak spot on its tail




Savage Corpser
Burrow underground to heal



Savage Grenadier
Shotgun and slowly replenish grenades

Boomer - $1500
Tank with boomshot

Tier 4

Berserker - $5625
Partially black screen (they are somewhat blind so you know)
Ram through enemies


Armored Kantus
Armored version of the kantus, taking less damage and when rolling into enemies can possible stab




Savage Boomer
Shoot burrowing projectiles (Ticker Launcher?) although does not explode until an enemy is near.

Awesome post

Contains a few spoilers though might wanna add that to the thread title

All about the Wild Tickers.

damn thats pretty cool

never seen a wild ticker before but still:

i really don't see the difference in them they both explode but one could be bigger than the other

Savage Corpser for the WIN!