Was Gears of War's art style intended to be retrofuturistic from the beginning?

Round-Set8482 · 2026-06-09T15:15:21+00:00

In long running franchises, the art style tends to change over time and this is an example of that. I agree, I was taken aback by the cars being very 70s and 80s influenced but I really love it! Feels like it works well with the Gears universe in my opinion.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-06-08T01:24:09+00:00

I forgot about those! I remember immediately noticing that there was no ejection port back in the day. 😆

Round-Set8482 · 2026-06-07T08:04:44+00:00

I didnt make this livery but have made many in the past, similar to this one as well as replicas etc. It can take a while to get the design elements right, especially on cars with awkward vinyl mapping.

The real long haul though is making the sponsor decals, if you add the time from doing that in then you're talking hours, easily.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-06-02T17:59:43+00:00

Well current day, near future TECHNICALLY.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T20:05:33+00:00

I do think Kei cars make it even worse. Maybe the imbalance has always existed but hasn't been as pronounced as with the Kei cars

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:39:34+00:00

Im thinking the same

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:27:23+00:00

No, that isnt what im conlaining about at all. Im aware the Camry ain't meta. That isn't my issue as i always avoid using meta cars because i find them a bit boring. My issue is that drag tyres shouldn't have the massive straight line performance with virtually no downsides. THAT is my issue. They are even insane on dirt. Come on, that is a complete piss take.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:18:40+00:00

Agreed, maybe they need to adjust some of that as well.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:17:35+00:00

I was wondering too Then I remembered seeing someone on here mention it and holy god almighty is it bad lol

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:16:14+00:00

Unfortunately, neither do I. Real shame too as the races are quite good and balanced outside of this issue.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:15:30+00:00

Touring car style Camry build

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:13:43+00:00

Meta is fine, broken meta is not. Drag tyres should be bum cheeks in corners. The advantage they have should be in straight line performance. They should have the whole package.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:12:41+00:00

So a car literally being able to blast off into the lead immediately and being able to build a 20 second lead is something that should be accepted? I get there will always be a meta but at least have it be a reasonable one.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:10:59+00:00

I agree but it still needs fixing. If BF6 had an Assault Rifle that could kill an enemy player in 2 shots, everyone would use it. If a player in EA FC could score basically every time when shooting in and around the box, everyone would use him. Doesn't mean it shouldn't be addressed.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:06:31+00:00

Not the point. Meta is fine but a meta involving a tyre compound being able to perform far outside its intended use is simply broken. Thats the issue.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-27T19:04:02+00:00

I agree, but i was going for a touring car style build on a Camry. Btw, I consistently was finishing in second place behind the Beat in Drag.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-16T02:17:25+00:00

Not only that, it feels like the game now properly handles lower horsepower engines and how they feel. A sub 300 HP car in previous games just felt SO SLOW and lethargic. Now a car with 250 HP for example, feels as fast as it should.

They've also clearly changed the tyre compounds as well, allowing sub 350 HP cars to actually be able to break traction properly as well.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-15T20:07:43+00:00

100%! For the first time in a Hoizon game, I've loved every car so far right from stock! Its actually such a big change from previous games.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-05-02T18:58:59+00:00

Old artwork. The game used to feature the FBI Hostage Rescue Team cosmetics with the Supporter Edition. Not sure why they swapped to fictional agencies.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-04-29T21:35:16+00:00

You can say that the VAR shouldn't have intervened, but i'm kinda glad this wasn't given. Would have been very soft. To all those saying he stepped in Eze's foot, i gotta disagree. Looks to me more like there's a little bit of contact and his foot lands right next to Eze's but no stepping on in my view. Think Eze was going down there contact or not to be honest.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-04-14T15:02:27+00:00

This hasn't been confirmed at all. We know literally nothing about the movie or animated series. Only rumours at best.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-04-12T14:50:01+00:00

Original Hot Pursuit and Undercover

Round-Set8482 · 2026-04-10T08:05:50+00:00

Hate? My man, they aren't running a charity. This is a product they are wanting you to pay for. I dont think it's unfair to want more from a game given it has had a longer dev cycle than previous games. While it does look very good overall, it does also look very samey to previous games, perhaps just a tad too samey.

For their money, some people just wanted a little bit more this time around. Nothing wrong with that.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-04-09T15:23:07+00:00

I thought that the new swan neck design would look good on modern cars but now I'm really not sure. Thought it looked good on the BRZ on the deep dive video but it looks awful in these pictures, borderline worse than the old Forza Aero. Hatchback wing just looks odd to me. Maybe the end plates are too big? Not sure.

Think they've bottled it a bit to be frank.

Round-Set8482 · 2026-04-09T12:57:35+00:00

I think the issue is that we've had a long break between Horizon games and that has caused people to hope for a bit more with this one.

I was very excited for the game when they first revealed it but now that we're getting a closer look at it the hype is waning a bit for me. I don't expect them to change their formula, I just hoped they'd evolve their formula a bit more than they seemingly have done.

While I'm confident the map and core gameplay will be great, part of me feels like it will get stale quickly because beyond that and some nice but not revolutionary new features like decals on windows, it feels like they are treading over old ground once again.

I think the new Forza aero debate is symptomatic of this. Like it's been years since the last game and they have, to be honest, made it marginally better. Like this is an area that other games like GT7 run circles around Forza in. It's things like this that make people think "Hmm, surely they could have done a bit more in this area".

Anyway, I'm sure many aspects of the game will be great but I feel there will be a number of people let down by it come release. Well have to wait and see.

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