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Infinite grenades (Multiplayer)
To get infinite grenades in multiplayer mode, first get some smoke or frag grenades. Take out your Lancer and do an Active Reload, then immediately switch to your grenades and while you are switching press B. Press RB either 5 or 10 times depending on the game. Throw a grenade. The ammo counter will read zero but you will be holding a grenade.
Insane mode
To unlock insane mode, beat Campaign mode on Casual or Hardcore.
Quick Reloading
When reloading your weapon, watch the upper-right corner of the screen for a meter that counts down. Press the reload button a second time when the meter’s moving bar matches up with the stationary bar. This will give you a super fast reload and put you back in the fight quicker than normal. However, if you mis-time the second button press your reload will take longer than normal.
Avoiding the Kryll
In the second chapter of the game, you’ll be swarmed by enemy kryll if you so much as set foot in the dark. To avoid being attacked, stay in the light at all times. When there’s no light in sight, look for propane canisters you can blow up to create some flames that’ll scare off the kryll.
Regaining Health
You can regain all of your health in Gears of War without the need for health packs. Stay in cover for a few seconds and watch as the bright-red gear in the center of the screen fades away. When the gear has comlpetely disappears, your health will be completely full.
Fighting the Wretches hint
When fighting wretches, attack with melee strikes. The best melee strikes come from weapons other than your grenades and Lancer chainsaw rifle. The chainsaw attack is too slow to combat the swarming wretches, so stick to quick-hit melee punches for instant kills.
Finding Cog Tags hint
There are thirty hidden Cog Tags scattered throughout the game. They’re small and sometimes hard to find, but there’s a a mark you can look out for that’ll make finding the Cog Tags easier. Look for large, red Gear logos pasted on the walls–if you find a room with this large Gear logo, examine the room and you’re sure to find a Cog Tag somewhere.
New Gamertag Icons
Unlock three gamertag icons for your profile by performing the following tasks:
1. Beat the game on the Insane difficulty level.
2. Get 10,000 kills in ranked multiplayer matches.
3. Complete any ranked versus match.
Weapon Damage
This following is the damage each weapon does listed from Casual difficulty to Insane. After the firing damage is the melee damage listed in the same order.
Lancer – 20, 20, 20 – instant kill
Hammerburst – 28, 26, 26 – 34, 31, 31
Gnasher – 180, 180, 180 – 216, 540, 540
Longshot – 350, 350, 350 – 420, 420, 420
Boomshot – 525, 525, 525 – 315, 630, 630
Torquebow – 708, 708, 708 – 850, 850, 850
Snub Pistol – 50, 50, 50 – 60, 60, 60
Boltok Pistol – 150, 150, 150 – 180, 180, 180
How to Defeat Every Boss
SEEDERS
You should have the Hammer of Dawn, so just hit him with that. It should take about two hits, but watch out for the flying locusts they shoot out.
BERSERKER
Once she appears (by running through a wall) immediately jet right into the next room, then go to the end of that room and there will be a closed door. You’re going to have to angle it so she will charge and hit the door, so once you think you’re ready, pop a pistol shot into her and she will start running at you. If you move away too soon, she will turn to try to follow you, so you have to wait till she is about 6 feet away then do a dodge roll (Left stick left or right + A button) Continue to do that until you are outside, then get her to run towards you and do the dodge roll again, then take out the hammer and hit her with that… Rinse and repeat until she is dead.
CORPSER
I used the 6-shot burst rifle and the shotgun, so all you have to do is wait until he lifts up some of his legs (he will do it on either the left side or the right side) then go over to the lifted side and shoot him in his under belly (took 3-4 shots with the 6 burst gun) then he will like scream and raise his head up. You have to shoot him in the chin/neck and he will back up, follow him and keep doing what I said – after about two times of getting him to back up, wretches will come out, this is where I used the shotgun ( since the melee with the shotgun is a one hit kill to wretches). So do that, then go back to the corpser and shoot it in chest and then neck, so when he is at the very end of the giant hallway, he should be in a huge platform being held to the part that you’re on by clamps. Get his smash attack and have one of his leg s hit the clamp. Once both clamps are destroyed the cut scene will come, and the Corpser is dead.
2nd BERSERKER(green house)
All you have to do with his one is get her to hit apart of the wall – it will break and sunlight will come through. Get her to that spot (or around it) in order to use the hammer of dawn.
3rd BERSERKER(train)
Get to the end of the train, there is a way to get the back part to open, – it’s either with a button or you have to get the berserker to run into the back, I don’t remember which, but once you get the back off, just have her run into it and she will fall off.
RAAM
SINGLE PLAYER: Get the sniper rifle and when the Kryll come off him head shot him, when he starts to get close run out and tag him with a grenade then got to the other side of the train and do again, you can use the machine gun if you run out of ammo, also at the opposite of your entering point there is an ammo crate. Do this till he’s dead.
Achievements
Prison Breakout (10 points) – Beat tutorial level on any skill level.
Beatd Act 1 on Casual (10 points) – Beat Act 1 on Casual.
Beatd Act 2 on Casual (10 points) – Beat Act 2 on Casual.
Beatd Act 3 on Casual (10 points) – Beat Act 3 on Casual.
Beatd Act 4 on Casual (10 points) – Beat Act 4 on Casual.
Beatd Act 5 on Casual (10 points) – Beat Act 5 on Casual.
Mercenary (10 points) – Beat all acts on Casual.
Beatd Act 1 on Hardcore (20 points) – Beat Act 1 on Hardcore.
Beatd Act 2 on Hardcore (20 points) – Beat Act 2 on Hardcore.
Beatd Act 3 on Hardcore (20 points) – Beat Act 3 on Hardcore.
Beatd Act 4 on Hardcore (20 points) – Beat Act 4 on Hardcore.
Beatd Act 5 on Hardcore (20 points) – Beat Act 5 on Hardcore.
Soldier (20 points) – Beat all acts on Hardcore.
Beatd Act 1 on Insane (20 points) – Beat Act 1 on Insane.
Beatd Act 2 on Insane (30 points) – Beat Act 2 on Insane.
Beatd Act 3 on Insane (30 points) – Beat Act 3 on Insane.
Beatd Act 4 on Insane (30 points) – Beat Act 4 on Insane.
Beatd Act 5 on Insane (30 points) – Beat Act 5 on Insane.
Commando (30 points) – Beat all acts on Insane.
Time to Remember (10 points) – Recover one-third of the COG tags.
Honor-Bound (20 points) – Recover two-thirds of the COG tags.
For the Fallen (30 points) – Recover all of the COG tags.
My Love for You Is Like a Truck (30 points) – Defeat a Berserker on Hardcore.
Broken Fingers (30 points) – Defeat a Corpser on Hardcore.
A Dish Best Served Cold (30 points) – Defeat General RAAM on Hardcore.
Zen and the Art of Reloading (10 points) – Perform 25 perfect active reloads.
Zen and the Art Part 2 (20 points) – Perform 5 perfect active reloads in a row.
Clusterluck (20 points) – Kill 3 enemies at once 10 different times.
A Series of Tubes (20 points) – Host and complete 50 ranked matches.
Dom-curious (10 points) – Beat 1 Co-op chapter as Dominic Santiago.
Domination (20 points) – Beat 10 different Co-op chapters as Dominic Santiago.
I Can’t Quit You Dom (30 points) – Beat all acts in Co-op as Dominic Santiago.
Don’t You Die On Me (10 points) – Revive 100 teammates in ranked matches.
Fall Down Go Boom (20 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Boomshot.
Pistolero (20 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with a pistol.
The Nuge (20 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Torque Bow.
I Spy with My Little Eye (20 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Longshot.
Don’t Hurt ‘Em (20 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Hammer of Dawn.
It’s a Massacre (10 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Chainsaw.
Curb Appeal (20 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the curb stomp.
Capital Punishment (20 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with an execution.
Is It A Spider (30 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with grenade tag.
The Money Shot (20 points) – Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with a headshot.
Always Remember Your First (10 points) – Finish playing a versus ranked match.
Don’t Hate the Player (10 points) – Finish with the highest points in a ranked match.
Mix It Up (30 points) – Win a ranked match in every versus game type.
Around the World (30 points) – Win a ranked match on every versus map.
Can’t Touch Me (20 points) – Win 10 ranked matches without losing a round.
Seriously… (50 points) – Kill 10,000 people in versus ranked match total.
All That Juice(Requires Annex mode & Hidden Font Maps DLC) (30 points) – Win 20 multiplayer matches of three or more rounds in any game type on the Process multiplayer map.
Green Thumb(Requires Annex mode & Hidden Font Maps DLC) (30 points) – Win 20 multiplayer matches of three or more rounds in any game type on the Garden multiplayer map.
Inconceivable(Requires Annex mode & Hidden Font Maps DLC) (30 points) – Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by fewer than 5 points.
Mind the Gap(Requires Annex mode & Hidden Font Maps DLC) (30 points) – Win 20 multiplayer matches of three or more rounds in any game type on the Subway multiplayer map.
Nub Pwn3r(Requires Annex mode & Hidden Font Maps DLC) (30 points) – Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by shutting out the opposing team.
Purdy Mouth(Requires Annex mode & Hidden Font Maps DLC) (30 points) – Win 20 multiplayer matches of three or more rounds in any game type on the Bullet Marsh multiplayer map.
THIS! IS! ANNEX!(Requires Annex mode & Hidden Font Maps DLC) (40 points) – Beat 100 multiplayer matches of three or more rounds in Annex and capture 3 objectives in each match.
You Down With E.P.I.C?(Requires Annex mode & Hidden Font Maps DLC) (30 points) – Win a multiplayer match of three or more rounds in any game type on 6 different downloadable maps.
Tips on Killing Any Race of Locust
Drone- All Drones have a burst-fire weapon and announce when they must reload. The best thing to use against all drones is thte “Gnasher Shotgun” listen for them to say they need to reload, roadie run over to them, and introduce him to your friend.
Grenadiers- Grenadiers lack common sense. They carry around a few frag grenades and a shotgun. Thinking they are so “powerful” they run over to you, ran back and since the shotgun can is most effective at a length the 3 meters, will produce minimal damage. Waste about a clip or so on their legs, and curb stomp them.
Theron Guards- These Locust know what they’re doing. Carrying a Torque Bow , Theron Guards are very dangerous. Depending on what difficulty setting you are palying on, a Torque bow can kill you in 3 or 2 shots on Casual 2 or 1 on Hardcore, and 1 on Insane. 3 weapons proved most useful to me while playing the game on Insane.
1. The Lancer- When Theron Guards run over to you, cover slip and shred them to pieces, or, though powerful, Theron Guards also surrender to being shot in the legs. And, then you curb-stomp them.
2. The Gnasher- This shotgun comes in handy, it is useful for dropping human-sized Locust to their knees as well, including Theron Guards. The Gnasher can also kill Locust very fast, shot in the knees or not.
3. The Torque Bow- Give ‘em a taste of their own medicine. Charge the bow up in blindfire mode, and before shot, slip out of cover and shoot your target. Theron Guards are all powerful and mighty until they get an exploding arrow jammed into their stomach.
Boomers- Are and VERY powerful. On the bright side, they’re stupidity is their weakness, along with their strong build. Their build makes them walk a bit faster than a snail, and are vulnerable after shooting. Boomers don’t get their name out of random. They actually do carry a rocket-launcher that proves very powerful on every difficulty. You will know a Boomer is in your presence when and about to fire when you hear a big voice say, “BOOM.” If you hear this, get out of your current cover and move somewhere away from it. If a Boomer gets to close, which they will, though big a dumb, they are bloodthirsty, and will walk towards you and fire until you are blown into pieces. If one gets to close, it’s THE END, they will walk around your cover, and force you to go somewhere else, but before that they will shoot you and you will either be severely injured or dead. The best way to kill them is after you have seen a big rocket fly past your head, get out of cover, and let loose a whole round of Lancer on them. Rinse and Repeat.
NOTE: You can also blind fire a grenade, this proves very handy as well.
Reavers- Thought you only encounter these in Act 5 [DESPERATION] they are annoying pests. On top of them are to Drones, one with a a Torque bow or other gun, and the other riding it, they will also do whatever it takes until you are dead. In Act 5 you are on a train, so with windows, when the Reavers pop up, run, and get to the nearest cover you can find, from here, blindfire the Drone riding it, and the Reaver will fall.
Berserkers- Berserkers aren’t necessarily “dumb” they just have some disabilities. Berserkers are blind, and can easily sense you behind cover ot not with hearing and smelling. When they rat you out, get ready to roll. They will charge with great speed and kill you instantly on every difficulty! There is only one thing that kills them, the Hammer of Dawn. GOW gives hints as to when a Berserker will pop up after the first one, with a lot of Hammer of Dawns lieing around, take one, trust me, you’ll need it. Two things that GOW challenges you with in Berserker encounters are for the Hammer of Dawn.
1. Open sky. [Outside]
2. Satellite coverage. [Anya's Job]
The coverage is easy, Marcus will contact control and inform them, and she will grant him the coverage. Open sky is a bit trickier, you will need follow the game until it leads you to an outside location. Act 4 it is in the 2nd or 3rd room in the Conservatory, where windows are broken.
General RAAM- RAAM is the strongest force Marcus and Dom will ever encounter in the game. Luckily there is only one. In Casual and Hardcore, RAAM is easy. In the preparation room, before fighting RAAM, take the torque bow hidden on the right side of the train behind a couple of wires. Get 660 [max] ammo for your Lancer, and proceed. RAAM has a protective shield formed by Kryll and a Troika as a weapon and is semi-fast, too, oh goody. Luckily, you are at the opposite sides of the cart as one another, but not or long. He will charge straight at you and Dom, blindfire charge the bow, get out of cover and fire, his Kryll shield will scatter, switch to your Lancer and fire a whole clip on him. Take cover once his kryll are back, and repeat. After you inflict enough damage, he will mumble something and his Kryll will come swarming at you, just stay in well-lit cover and you will be fine.
Now, on Insane, this is where it gets extremely hard. This time RAAM has a total of 7,000 health, and is one tough cookie. His troika turret will take you out in 3 or 4 shots. Just try doing the same thing, and with luck, you’ll be fine.
Enjoy these little tricks and you’ll make it just fine.