Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "GEARS OF WAR RELOADED HITS 1 MILLION PLAYERS IN 3 DAYS"

Episode Date: September 4, 2025

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Now, first off, I do have to say that when it comes to the Sony ponies, they have caught yet another dub. Shepard. Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Sad day in history for Xbox gamers, as when it comes to in a historic 20 years of Xbox exclusivity, safe to say, that is no longer. Shepard. As when it comes to first ever,

Gears on PlayStation, the time is now as 2025. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Gears of War, Reloaded Edition is the eighth most played game on the PlayStation platform. So aside from that, right, getting into the home team as far as Xbox, it did achieve phenomenal numbers, as currently it is the most engaged with game on the Xbox game pass. and then had a remarkable launch milestone by surpassing one million players in just three days so when it comes to that obviously the game has boosted this visibility about a lot because if you look at pc um not saying there's not a lot of people playing the game because the all-time peak was definitely five days ago as it was a whopping 480 4800 people playing on pc as far as gears of war reloaded and then And as of right now, there's around 600 people playing it.

But to be fair, the 24 hour peak is around 2,600. So when it comes to that specific fact, the main thing I was wanting to let y'all know is that this is all leading up to Gears of War E-Day, which if you don't know, is the next installment of this franchise as it's set to release in 2026 on Xbox series X and S and PC. So when it comes to that, this is all leading up to that prequel. As Gairs of War I-Day is a prequel, set 14 years before the original game, and it follows Marcus Phoenix and Dom Santiago. Oh, this Russ?

Hold up now. I ain't know Russ was, had his own franchise. Whole time, I've never even played Gers-W-W-War. Who would have thought that Russ was out here rapping and shooting it out and in Gers-Wore? Anyways. So with that being said, when the Locusts, Horde, invades Sarah, and then ultimately the game is built on Unreal Engine 5, but it's

emphasizing horror and linear gameplay, unlike Gears 5 open world elements. And the game sets to recapture the series' gritty tone with enhanced visuals and refined combat. Now, of course, we haven't seen any real gameplay footage, but of course the trailer was revealed in 2024, which I believe I cover it. Let me see. I cover that one. I don't know if I did. No, I did not. So when it comes to that, a lot of people are waiting for Girs of War E-Day, but of course, right now they have the reloaded edition to dive into

and basically relive the glory days. As if you don't know, this, as far as the ultimate redefined edition, right, which is why they call it reloaded. It's from the original 2014 release of this franchise, because people playing the game all the way back then to now they want to relive the glory days they want to see if they still got it if they can still wall bounce with the best of them pause you guys see that's the problem now that being said the developer of this franchise is of course the coalition and then you have sumo digital for the cross-platform ports and then you have a disbelief for the optimization but ultimately the publisher's Xbox game studios which is why Dom as far as Gears of War has always been one of the mascots for Xbox, which is so surprising that they let the game come to PlayStation. I don't even care if it's the reloaded edition. You never thought we would see that in a million years.

And, you know, interestingly enough, as far as my coverage of the entire gaming industry, it's very interesting how every single Xbox game that comes to PlayStation does phenomenal on the top charts as far as PlayStation. Like as soon as PlayStation players get their hands on the Xbox game, it seems like they've never played that type of game ever in their life, right? They play Gears of War Reloaded. They'd be like, man, just forget Call of Duty. They play Forza. I don't know what type of racing games they got on PlayStation, but guess what? It was the afterthought after Forza hopped on PlayStation.

Anyways, when it comes to that, and it's being the first Gears title on PlayStation, I'm going to keep repeating that because this is a huge feat. 20 years of exclusivity and then in 2025 is when it initially comes to another platform that's a huge deal so when it comes to the gameplay obviously for people who already know you already know what the gameplay is but for people who are new to the Xbox for the gears of war franchise like myself i've never even played gears of war the story or anything like that i remember growing up watching my friend be a huge fan of gears of war and watching it and thinking the game play was intriguing and the story i was like dang people really having real life consequences start this story

reminding me a Mass Effect. But ultimately, Mass Effect is better. But, you know, that's just me being a little biased. You know what I'm saying? Shepard. All right, my fault. I'm going to chill out. So when it comes to that, getting back into Gears of War, ultimately you just need to know

that as a third-person cover-based shooter over-the-shoulder, right? Very interesting how Gills of War and, what's it, Horizon Zero Dawn, their exclusives are over-the-shoulder and it's very critique for that. But Gers-of-War seemingly popularized that overall. over the shoulder but hey that's just me pointing out the obvious the weapons as far as in the game you have four slots you have two primaries which is the lance and the lancer and the lancor and the nashire uh you have one grenade one pistol and then you have the iconic chainsaw bayonet which instant melee kills active reload is perfect timing equals faster reload plus damage boost

miss equals jam gun so that's very interesting i remember watching uh people play the game and i think their strategy was they would shoot and then they were active reload before they go into a battle i don't know why they did it but apparently now i understand because it gave them a damage boost so apparently the meta and all line is to shoot a little bit before you engage and active reload as you get into that combat and then obviously you'll have a damage boost and you'll probably come out on top well you know if you're better at wall bouts you know what i'm saying you guys see that's the problem anyways as far as the multiplayer is up to eight players with war zone execution and an annex i don't know what annex is but um the performance on consoles right now is

doing pretty well it's 120 fps on consoles 240 fps on pc 60 heart servers and then there's still couch co-op where there's two players full crossplay that's another thing especially where they come in the the crossplay perspective was definitely needed because if it came to PlayStation but there was no cosplay the whole console war which i think is crazy in the first place but the whole console war would continue as far as like oh you got a PlayStation we can't play with you on gear it's like come on man you got to get an xbox and then vice versa so nice to see that just crossplay definitely helps out as far as people wanted to play with their friends and then like i said it's on the unreal engine uh three as far as the modified unreal engine

3 and we already talked about the performances and things of that nature uh the campaigned at 60 fps like i said with the multiplayer is 120 fps and no loading screens which is a huge deal and one of the more interesting things promised in this which is technically the current gen as far as the ps5 Xbox series x and this i kid you not every single showcases of these consoles were oh uh i know y'all can't wait for no loading screens and guess what the the consoles came out and guess what we're still dealing with guess what we're still dealing with in video games shepherd just look at the state of gaming like what is going on sometimes i think to myself what is going on to where these developers and these marketing teams behind these releases which is

blatantly lying your face and tell you that there's going to be no loading screens that'd be the main focal point of the marketing strategy the consoles come out and they can't even do that correctly i mean it's crazy so anyways um as far as this game and getting back into that's the debate play time right because a lot of people want to know how long is it going to run me as far as my quality time that's this you know it's priceless right so as far as your time being spent on this game the main story will take you around six to seven hours very linear as far as this entire franchise the there's five acts right and then as far as main plus bonus acts it's a seven to nine hour play through now i don't know if that's the entire that that can't be the entire franchise that can't be the

entire franchise let me see how long does it take to play the entire we got to know the entire like come on now because what if somebody was trying to run through this before gears of war edith gears of war right guys let me see so as far as how long it takes to play the entire franchise okay so gears of war the original 2006 takes about nine hours for the main story right Gareth of War ultimate edition has a similar length, not hours. Okay, what about the rest? Gersibor Reloaded, remaster follows the original structure. Oh, so it really takes that long.

Wonderwell? Campaign across the franchise typically range from 7 to 12 hours each, would Gareth Fah being notably longer? Oh. So considering the mainline entries, a player could expect roughly 50 to 70 hours to play through the entire main campaign with additional time for multiplayer and extras. So what it seems like to me is the first four games is very short.

And then the fifth game, like I said earlier, as far as open world aspect, it's much longer. Interesting. I know this story mode was that short. But, you know, a lot of people do enjoy the multiplayer mode. I'm not going to say it's like a call of duty type of fake, but people really do enjoy the multiplayer just as much as a single player. Which, you know, as me as a massive fake fan,

I don't think that's the same type of thought process as well. a lot of Mass Effect players. Like, we could care less about the multiplayer because the main campaign is so well done as far as the multiple options, as far as the dialogue, the, your recruits, as far as who you get to come on in the Normandy. There's a lot of different options you have in the campaign. As far as Giles of War, it seems like it's a similar campaign for every single play-through. So, you know, not knocking it.

I'm just saying, you know, that's why Mass Effect is the best. Shepard. All right, my fault. I had to get my mass effect by itself. with that being said uh that's basically all i wanted to cover there's a lot of uh controversy surrounding this game as far as how it brand because like i said earlier as far as 120 fps i did watch people who ultimately after the fact came out and said that the game did not run as well as they wanted it to as far as the pc versions now as far as the console haven't heard anybody complained about it which i do not know

i mean i guess i do know but you know as far as pc you want the frame ring things that nature but as far as as multiplayer games i was still clear of any pc port but that's just me being ignorant because i feel like people find the most egregious ways to cheat on video games on pc platforms that i really don't see on console like if you compare the cheaters on pc to console i mean it's just it's just leaps and bounds the pc is like the NBA and the consoles is like the wmba when it comes to the levels of egregious cheating that goes on so anyways uh gears of board reloaded just came out did a phenomenal job on remastering and polishing the 2006 classic. I did say 2014 earlier.

I wonder what that was for. So the Coalition, the Gears franchise since 2014. I guess the Coalition been working on Gears of War franchise since 2014, but the original Gears of War came out 2006. Man, that is. We almost two decades in. That's crazy. So anyways, a lot of people are using this as promotion to get up to

not promotion but as knowledge to get up to speed for when gears of where e day comes out and if you was one the actual release date for that guess what there is none when it comes to the game it's set to come out 2026 but we do not have any specific month we haven't even seen gameplay we don't even know if it's going to get pushed back i know what gt 6 is doing for these game developers out here they're running them through you know what so when it comes to that that's basically the main thing i was want to get into so with that being said click my link tree my bio let me know on one of my social medias what do you think about gears of war reload it what do you think about the franchise as a whole like what is your favorite

gears of war out of the entire franchise and what are you most what are you most looking forward to when gears of where e-day comes out in 2026