This is Mack, for Pixel Enemy, here to confess my love for what seems to be one of my favorite
ever game modes.
After spending the last few years almost wholly invested in PlayStation games, I missed out
on the Gears of War 4 hype and so didn't really play it much at launch.
However, I've been giving it a good play this past couple of days and have discovered
the fantastic Arms Race game type.
Now I've always loved me some Gun Game, where players have to earn kills with a set
list of weapons, ranking up through the tiers.
Many games that feature Gun Game, do so in a deathmatch variant.
So it's every man for himself, free-for-all style.
A team vs team Gun Game has been featured in the Battlefield series, with Gun Master,
but there's rarely any teamwork involved.
There's still a big focus on that player who comes top.
Your teammates just act as a kind of distraction, or a way for your kills to be stolen.
So what does Arms Race in Gears of War 4 do so well, and why do I want to see more shooters
inspired by this type of mode?
Well, in Arms Race, getting through the list of weapons is a team effort.
You must get three kills as a team, and then the entire side changes to the next gun.
This means that if you're particularly gifted at sniping, you could well get those three
kills yourself, and make up for any bad players on your team.
Or if you're awful at using a shotgun, then you can at least rely on your teammates to
cover your weakness.
Whereas Gun Game is often more of a lone wolf experience, Arms Race offers a kind of natural
synchronization of strategy.
If everyone on your side has a close-range weapon, then grouping up in tight corridors
is the wise thing to do.
Rocking a long-range gun, instead?
Then high-ground with a good line-of-sight on the enemy is best.
Of course, the fast pace of rapidly switching between weapons can cause things to quickly
become disorganized, but Gun Game modes have always been a very frantic affair.
As with all of these modes, each side has the same weapon list and must achieve the
same objective, so OP guns may well be present, but they are present for both teams.
It keeps things balanced.
Arms Race is something I'd love to see in other games, especially those that boast an
active playerbase, as despite me loving this mode in Gears of War 4, the lobbies just won't
populate with real players.
So yes, all of this gameplay has been against bots.
It's a mad, lonely world.
Does Arms Race sound like a blast to you?
Want to see it in Battlefield or Call of Duty?
Let us know in the comments down below.
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This has been Mack, for Pixel Enemy, goodbye!
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