Binary Domain vs Gears of War 3: Which wins the 3rd person shooter war?

OXCGN:

"With the recent release of Binary Domain, which has in many reviews and articles been compared to Gear of War 3, we thought it would be a good idea to put them up against each other and see just how similar they actually are.

For those of you that don’t know, both of them are 3 person shooters and at first glance do look and feel rather similar.
We’re going to break it down though and see which is worth more of your time and more importantly, your money!

[gaminoz]

Binary Domain just didn't seem interesting to me. I probably missed out on a good game, but there are just so many shooters I can do!

[NYC_Gamer]

Played the demo and it just didn't catch my attention

[godzilla72]

Youre missing out, dont go by the demo. Great graphics, alot of action. Similiar to Vanquish. Another nonstop action game that was way underrated!

[thereapersson]

Haven't played Vanquish but it did look like something I'd love. It's a shame that the game is apparently really short.

[ABizzel1]

It was actually pretty good. If you like Gears you'll like Binary Domain, it's a Japanese Gears of War.

Gears is still the better game, but Binary is a best clone out there.

I'm looking forward to Inversion, and it seems like a better Gears clone, mixed with Bulletstorm. However, I've seen great gameplay videos and mediocre ones, so hopefully it the better ones are of closer to final product.

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

BD must be rather decent, going by this person's comparison's, to be going against the king--and having this person admitting if it had more polish, it could be just as good as Gears.

[ritsuka666]

lol @ disagrees..

So, this game it looked unbelievibly bad,silly, tired rip off of the Terminator mythos with embarassing stereotyped characters, laughable dialog and sub-par visuals compared Gears 3.

[madjedi]

@ritsuka Rip off of the terminator mythos, did you even play the damn game. "embarassing stereotyped characters" And gears isn't right.

"laughable dialog" Funny never had gears pegged as having mass effect/kotor lvl dialogue.

Here is a little hint fool, the bad guys aren't necessarily the robots.

It won't get anywhere near the exposure as your precious gears of war 3, but that still doesn't make it a bad game by any means.

Terminators which want to wipe out mankind, right brilliant comparison to the the enemy's goal in binary domain. That proves you haven't actually played the game.

People need to realise this a low(compared to many other games)budget title that was catered to the japanese market and not us.

@badcircuit "Binary Domain looks like a bland sci fi shooter." Funny because i remember people being excited that gears 2 or 3 was going to have colors other than brown, black and grey in it.

So gears can have ruined city environments but binary domain is penalised or called bland for it?

And yet you people wonder why game companies rarely try new ips anymore.

@wraith if you like tps cover based games, try the demo it is a solid single player campaign, the multi isn't that great to me.

If they do a sequel they have a day one buy right here.

[lastdual]

BD isn't a bad game. It's a fun and competent 3rd person shooter.

That said, it comes nowhere near the polish of Gears. Not in the core gunplay, nor the variety of enemies and arenas, and certainly not in presentation.

It's not just a matter of budget. Epic has been making Gears games for a while. They've obviously fine-tuned the gameplay to a high degree.

[BadCircuit]

One of the things I liked, particularly in Gears 1 and 3, were the gameplay environments.

Binary Domain looks like a bland sci fi shooter. I know I shouldn't base everything on looks, but new IPs will get missed if they don't do something with the atmosphere like the awesome-looking upcoming shooter Dishonoured.

[sarshelyam]

But the combat mastery is far more engaging in Binary Domain. Gears, not so much. Leveling up your weapon in Binary, actually forming a cause/effect relationship with your partners as fantastic.

The enemy damage was great too. Being able to pick away at an enemies legs, to have it crawl after you, or take out its head and use that against their allies was a nice touch.

[thereapersson]

Based off what I've seen and off of other user reviews, and having played Gears of War from start to finish, I'd give the slight nod for story and writing to Binary Domain.

edit:

Sarshelyam, you're right on that last aspect. I like the fact that just because you down an enemy in BD doesn't necessarily mean you're in the clear. Attacking various locations on the enemy results in a different approach to combat. You can shoot legs and arms off and they'll still crawl after you. The cinematic trailers from Binary Domain were more engaging; a bit cheesy, but in a good way. There was still an air of serious science fiction, like iRobot or Ghost in the Shell.

[Dark11]

Vanquish win.

[GamingPerson]

gears.

[capjacksparrow]

Uncharted 3 xD!

[Ness-Psi]

uncharted wins.

[BadCircuit]

Uncharted is more of an adventure game than a shooter.

[cstyle]

more of a movie too.

[Ness-Psi]

i wasnt being serious lol you guys....

[suicidalblues]

But you weren't being funny, either.

[jc48573]

bad example

[godzilla72]

Both are great games!!!

[TheMutator]

Binary Domain have better story than Gears of war 3

[ritsuka666]

Actually Nope...

[EmperorDalek]

Gears 3 beats the living crap out of BD.

[Paul85]

Gears !!!

[squidyj]

Reviewer doesn't get it, not to mention there is no way Gears has a story on par with Binary Domain, just no fucking way.

Binary Domain is jut a more complete experience, from directing your teammates to targeting your fire it's got a lot more going on than just Gears style "shoot a bunch of shit"

[spicelicka]

"shoot a bunch of shit"?? you friggin serious... you realize Gears basically revolutionized the TPS genre that binary domain utilizes.

Gears has a better story premise, perhaps the story is really well executed in BD, but the gears campaign itself is insane. Gears is not about directing your teammates, it's about a visceral, perfect, satisfying, and tactical combat experience. Yes in binary domain you can command teammates, but the experience doesn't match the fluidity and pure skill of gears of war.

And you must be forgetting gears 3 has 4 player seamless co-op, horde mode, beast mode, and the best pinnacle multiplayer experience (for a TPS). Talk about a "complete experience" lol.

Ordering teammates doesn't mean shit when you and 3 of your friends can strategize in open combat throughout the campaign. Seriously, on harder difficulty the way you have to conserve ammo, share weapons, split the different types of enemies up is amazing. Not to mention how much strategy you have to use for horde mode.

I'll stop at that because going into multiplayer will just embarrass Binary domain.

[jc48573]

No no no. Before Gears, there was Resident Evil 4 who did wonders.

[Gamer3000]

Binary Domain
for me
deep story amazing gameplay and nice gfx
and i will pick it up again for pc

[CYBERHATER]

No contest Gears.

[r21]

imo starhawk wins, there's just so much your character can do.

[Baka-akaB]

Binary Domain seems easily more interesting imo in both gameplay and its setting.

It however got a mediocre multiplayer

[HacSawJimThugin]

Who ever thinks BD is the better game needs to dive face first into a million revving chainsaws...there is really no question as to which game is better. Gears is the reigning champ of TPS...it has been since the first game.

This debate is best saved for a game that can either match or surpass Gears gameplay in both campaign and multiplayer, pound for pound it's the champ. Look at the XBLA activity for this week, I believe Gears is at 7; matter of fact it the highest ranking TPS on the charts. How long has it been since launch? SMAO

[jc48573]

whatever man. I prefer Mikami style of TPS over Gears anyday.

[spicelicka]

This has to be a joke. Gears is one of the most important games of this generation, why compare it to binary domain??

vanquish and binary domain woul make sense, but this is just bullshit.

[Ness-Psi]

i know weird comparison.

[ShinraE5]

Is this a joke? Or should I be taking this article and most of the comments seriously?

Add: I read this (sad on my part) and what a joke, what was the point of comparing two titles when he felt one was so inferior? Kudos to him for drawing me in.

[BadCircuit]

He did say he really enjoyed both, but that Gears just was that little more polished in most of the categories.

[ChocalateDog203]

They're kidding right? Comparing these two is just unfair, BD was alright, but the demo barely held my attention, needed more polishing if you ask me.

[TheBioLover]

Gears is obviously going to get voted more because it is an AAA title and a third in the series...imo BD is better though.

[DigitalAnalog]

GeOW have a AAA budget development behind them. Meaning more tech, polish and capital to make the game it is today. Binary Domain is a AA or even a A budgeted title and despite it's flaws, is able to produce a decent title with only a year of development.

Can't wait to play this 60fps/1080p on STEAM as judging the PS3 gameplay demo, they actually nailed down the 3rd person shooter aspect of the game.

[madjedi]

It's done by the same studio i believe as the yakuza series, but a majority of the commentors have probably never heard of that series.

I do love the big budget tps cover based all star vs the low budget tps cover based spin off, of a niche game series. That is priceless.

The sp campaign is good, you might be able to address a oversight with the lack of a new game plus mode on pc.

[DaPrintz]

Gears. Nuff said

[Eske]

Didn't Binary Domain sell poorly? Wouldn't know it from the comments here; a lot of people seem to really like it. Honestly, I had dismissed the game early on, and never looked back.

Perhaps I should give it a second chance.

[josephayal]

Binary what?