Hello EF mates, you know , i'm a big fan of the Gears of war series , and i thought that an strategy game based in that universe would be really cool . Why not doing a mod for Company of heroes about Gow? (it could be called Company of gears) . I know its very difficult ,in fact , im not good at all with all this stuff , but i have lots of ideas :The COG (the human army) would be an army based on a mechanised infantry , with many upgrades (such as everything that you can find in the gears of war universe) , also it would have tanks (but not many) and helicopters .The Locust army would have all the different types of locust,mainly based on meat troops such as drones (infantry) , boomers(equivalent to tanks) , and reavers (equivalent to airplanes).We could be able to add other armies too :The UIR (human enemies of the COG before the locust invasion) , the Lambent (mutant locust and mutant humans) , the savage locust and the stranded .
I'll put my idea of an army tech tree and all that, if somebody is interested .Also i want to say that there are many tech tree ideas around internet (but as an stand alone game) for example :
http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/660297-Gears-of-War-RTS-Locust-amp-COG-Forces Here i have some images of drone squads and veterans squad for COG (this are images from the original game):
THIS IS NOT A MOD THAT I WILL DEVELOP , IS JUST AN IDEA TO SHOW YOU WHY THE COMPANY OF HEROES GAMEPLAY STYLE WOULD FIT VERY WELL IN A GEARS OF WAR RTS GAME.
Anyway here it is my concept of the COG army:
-HQ:as many other factions in the game , the COG army will dispose of a house taken as forward base . From here you will be able to deploy Engineer units , an squad based on 2 mens ready to build construccions and defenses .They can be UPGRADED with a jackbot and demolition charges.
-COG army tent: from here you will be able to deploy :
.-Recruits : 5 men squad with low combat experience equiped with 4 retro lancer's and 1 Lancer.
.-COG motorbike:fast recognition unit (it's like the wehrmacht motorbike or the american jeep)
.-Heavy Mulcher: a 3 man squad with one heavy machine gun .
-COG support pool : from here you will be able to deploy :
.-Gears:the legendary ,experimented and well trained infantry units of the COG .the backbone of this army will be a four man squad equipped with 3 retro lancers and one lancer .they can throw frag grenades and they can be UPGRADED with 2 gnashers or 2 more lancers .
.-Mortar :120 mm heavy mortar ready to kill every locust standing close to the area . this will be carried by 3 mens.
.-One shot:high caliber rifle made to destroy everything that moves (better against boomers thought).This will be carried by 3 mens.
.-Sniper: a Gear with exceptional aim equiped with a longshot rifle .he can use camouflage .
.-army truck* or pack horse* : the main function of any of these 2 is to transport infantry . You may say who is more convincing.
COG army factory: from here you will be able to deploy :
.-Commander :he is the leader of your troops , giving them hope and valor to the end .He is equiped with a snub pistol and it can be UPGRADED to Lancer plus the support of the onyx guards, and the ABILITY "watched hammer of dawn strike".
.-Veteran Gears :a 3 man squad based on a group of experimentated soldiers equiped with 3 retro lancers .UPGRADES :lancers .ABILITIES:smoke, frag and incendiary grenade.
.-Armadillo:light support vehicle .
.-Centaur:Heavy tank that is able to kill every locust in front of him.
COG industries :in here you will be able to make some upgrades .
