The flashback in the book "Coalition's End" when Cole announces his enlistment to the COG not long after E-Day to a crowd of his fans at the Hanover stadium, made me love him even more, if that was even possible. From the very beginning of the locust conflict, he wanted to inspire people and give them hope. He was already regarded as a hero. But he knew he had to become more. Cole's unbreakable optimism is such a core element to Gears of War. Because they portray it so fucking well. He takes every situation as seriously as the rest of Delta. But as dark as things get, he knows it's his job to be the shining embodiment of the human spirit that reminds every soldier around him what they're fighting for. Great vid, looking forward to more.
Love this analysis, Cole is the unbreakable spirit for humanity! Even after 17 years of fighting, he still cheered people up by being "The Cole Train", no matter how dire things were he knew people needed hope and happiness to keep going! Thanks so much for watching and sharing your insights!
even though the sequel games (4, 5) are barely discussed through this video, it actually gave me a new appreciation for them and how they continue these themes (especially in the brotherhood aspect)
I wanted to add some examples in there (albeit I probably should have during the Hammer of Dawn section) but I felt that since the trilogy isn't over yet I didn't want to speak too quickly about its themes and relationships! I enjoy the games and their stories, sure it had some issues, but they are still fine, fun games!
@@CarmineForever I'm just glad there are still people that enjoy these games, as I am currently enjoying the new games. I'm also glad you aren't treating the new games as if they are the worst things in existence, like some other people do. I know they aren't perfect, but it feels like the new games are overhated. You have earned a subscriber :)
@@phantomsanic3604 Thanks for supporting the channel! Yeah, I also dislike all the overhate towards the new trilogy, they aren't perfect but they are still good games overall! They didn't ruin the series or even stray that far from what made the original trilogy so beloved!😅 I hope you enjoy the new games through and through!
Bro Carmine, seriously best video yet dude. Great visuals on this one through and through man. You already know this but dude you’re so knowledgeable about the full Gears history and lore. I can’t wait to see more Gears 6 stuff.
@@CarmineForever nah dude thank you! I personally think you’re keeping something “alive” here and with that - a community is growing. Just glad to see it man
@@Desty-D That was my plan from the beginning, to try to keep the community going and (hopefully) bring in new people! I think E-Day could be a good starting point to almost "reset" the franchise!
Micropaleontologists of Sera: Imulsion can be used as a cheap and clean burning fuel! Imulsion: But wait, there’s more! Lol I love this video man so much lore
This is a fine analysis, my guy. You hit the nail and entirely on the head with what I would argue is the core appeal of the gears universe. The whole symbolism of the locusts being far more human than anyone within the setting would care to admit and how they mirror and exaggerate the most brutal elements of humanity is something I’ve really come to appreciate. I think I would definitely look forward to other video essay like uploads from you. If I might suggest a potential topic, it would be on Anya as a character both in terms of her characterisation and what she symbolises. Call it something like “No one’s more ride or die than Anya Stroud” or something Cus God did she put up with a lot before she got what she really deserved with Marcus lol.
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah I definitely someday will talk about Anya, maybe a video about Marcus and Anya's relationship because like you said, she put up with a lot of BS from everyone 😂 but she was a good, loyal woman for my mans Marcus 🙌
@@CarmineForever grows up not knowing who her father is, has a mother who is often absent due to deployment, is rendered infertile by emulsion poisoning, has to listen to mother’s dying moments as she acts as support during the battle of Aspen Fields, falls for man who while being a quintessentially good and righteous person who would never allow harm to come to her is also the definition of emotional constipation, tolerates this arrangement for 10 years whilst having to keep it a secret due to military regulations, the man she’s in love with goes to jail with a 40 year sentence, chooses to stick with him and the general fight regardless because “the alpha female is entitled to be alpha male”. Also, because of mommy issues but considering the legend that her mother was that was never not going to happen lol. And don’t forget the greatest indignity of them all, the fact that her Regular uniform at control had mandatory heels that she was still having to wear during the evacuation of Jacinto. 💀 Marcus is the Goat, but he borderline doesn’t deserve that man.
Would be maybe interesting in E-Day to play as a Gorasni soldier while Karn’s forces invaded, unveiling the Gorasni forces throwing everything they had at the locust before being overrun and defeated as a way to display the sense of unstoppability the locust were creating all over Sera.
I would LOVE to play as a UIR squad and get some much wanted lore, characters and story arcs! Their basically the last faction that is still a bit of a mystery!
@@CarmineForever taking part in a last stand as the endless forces of Karn’s army slaughters the Gorasni, the radio full of different squads demanding support or being overrun. Would be perfect to bring a grill presence back to the game.
@@CarmineForever it’ll be like lone wolf in halo reach where more locust continue to emerge and it won’t end until your character is ready to either go down but not out or die, implying their desperate ditch to survive before the cutscene plays showing your forces finally being overrun as gorasnya finally falls to the locust horde.
@@EldenBluntyes!!! I haven’t played Halo like that, but I know about the final stand and the way you described the scene is full of immersion like no other. I would love to see the desperation, because it would show just how much fear and unprepared the humans were for another onslaught of brutality
Thanks a ton for the support, it means a lot really! Yeah, I plan on making more videos similar to this one, trying to think outside the box of videos that not many people have done quite yet! 🤔
I would argue they are still bad but not AS bad as the COG when it comes to overall achievements...like you said, the COG created the damned Locust 😂 hard to beat something like that!
We all shed manly brotears at Dom's sacrifice but it was hard for me to take maria's death as seriously as I wanted to because when he mercy kills her he uses a boltok to the head which can instantly pop a locust drone's skull into meaty chunks. Which if we remember that they had to invent chainsaw bayonets because the locust had incredibly thick skin.... that is some absurd overkill and it would have been more of a sane decision to use a single lancer shot or his knife
I really feel like gears of war should have ended with number 3 they had so many options for prequels whole games on pendulum wars with Marcus n dom. Bc gears 4 and 5 basically makes everything they scarified was for nothing marcuses dad dom all of them died for nothing
While I have enjoyed Gears 4 and 5, I think prequels could only last so long especially in the Locust War era! I think off-shoot games work like Judgment, E-Day, Tactics, but trilogy type games would have to be something in the future! It just adds more tension since you are unsure of the outcome! Please I wouldn't say Adam's dad failed or anyone, humanity still survived and the world's biggest threat (The Lambent) were defeated for good!
Especially gears 5 with the whole “they are designed for intergeneratomal combat”-angle. Because this basically means that humanity is fucked no matter what
I am a simple man I see big muscles up people trying to keep each other alive I cry and smile ! But when I found out that qeen Myra had been tortured and tested I can feel why she used the locust to kill almost every human they met including children and citizen . But just like darth vador that’s no excuse for your actions now you die . I really hate how most of the characters are either fighting to keep their home to get to or fighting for family . Really is ….a sad 😔story in the end for everyone .
Any idea how gears of war Eday started were first mission start and what kind of ending we see in gears of war Eday I think marcus fenix go to salab prison 😢 and I hope lambent are present in gears of war Eday and I really wanted to see adam fenix in gears of war Eday because new gears of war games never mention him what you think please comment me please
I think it'll start with a long prologue cutscene, maybe a Pendulum Wars battle towards the end of the war! Then I think it'll end with us losing Kalona District (the city the game takes place in) only a few days after E-Day! I could envision us seeing Lambent in a cutscene of the Locust down in the Hollows, but doubt we'll fight them in the campaign! Adam will for sure be in the game I bet, but he was also mentioned in the Gears 5 story I think! But his story ended so it makes sense it would be subsided for the new characters!
@@CarmineForever how many city's we lost in gears of war fancier you make a video on this topic too every city in gears of war fancier what do you think
@@NanakPrasad-be4yi Oh man, basically every last one of them was officially lost by the end! Unless you consider there still being some Stranded left, otherwise yeah all of them!
I am sure I will get around to that eventually! I have a Shorts series right now on the Locust creatures but I think it would be cool to do like an exposé on each human character too!
I threw in some clips of those games in the video, but since the trilogy isn't done yet, I didn't want to comment on it thematically in this video since their arcs aren't done yet!
Why people hate gears of war 4 and gears 5 they really not bad games man halo 4 and halo 5 are really bad but please gears of war 4 and gears 5 gameplay and story are 1000 times better than 343 industry nonsense games
I think it just wasn't what people expected, but its hard to make new games for long-standing franchises as you need innovation but people seem to hate innovation at the same time lol It's a strange phenomenon, but I hope The Coalition gives us a great game with E-Day!
@@michaeldority9282 I always tend to say the stories were fine, the dialogue was lacking! The main trio are a bit too similar as is so hopefully the next game expands on what makes them unique!
@@michaeldority9282 shut up gears of war 4 and gears 5 stories are good only problem everybody characters are not good I agree but they are better than any other games like halo 4 and halo 5 understand or not
The flashback in the book "Coalition's End" when Cole announces his enlistment to the COG not long after E-Day to a crowd of his fans at the Hanover stadium, made me love him even more, if that was even possible.
From the very beginning of the locust conflict, he wanted to inspire people and give them hope. He was already regarded as a hero. But he knew he had to become more. Cole's unbreakable optimism is such a core element to Gears of War. Because they portray it so fucking well. He takes every situation as seriously as the rest of Delta. But as dark as things get, he knows it's his job to be the shining embodiment of the human spirit that reminds every soldier around him what they're fighting for.
Great vid, looking forward to more.
Love this analysis, Cole is the unbreakable spirit for humanity! Even after 17 years of fighting, he still cheered people up by being "The Cole Train", no matter how dire things were he knew people needed hope and happiness to keep going!
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your insights!
Lol cole showing up ans saying " whats up ladies" cracks me up each time
He's just so smooth even in deadly firefights 😅
The Brumak coming out saying “Wrong!” Had me cracking up
Brumak: "Surprise motherfucka"!
The Cole Train rhymes with whole grain WHOO!!
"Runs on whole grain" not "rhymes with whole grain"
@@kerrykgraham2391 both is good
even though the sequel games (4, 5) are barely discussed through this video, it actually gave me a new appreciation for them and how they continue these themes (especially in the brotherhood aspect)
I wanted to add some examples in there (albeit I probably should have during the Hammer of Dawn section) but I felt that since the trilogy isn't over yet I didn't want to speak too quickly about its themes and relationships! I enjoy the games and their stories, sure it had some issues, but they are still fine, fun games!
@@CarmineForever I'm just glad there are still people that enjoy these games, as I am currently enjoying the new games. I'm also glad you aren't treating the new games as if they are the worst things in existence, like some other people do. I know they aren't perfect, but it feels like the new games are overhated. You have earned a subscriber :)
@@phantomsanic3604 Thanks for supporting the channel! Yeah, I also dislike all the overhate towards the new trilogy, they aren't perfect but they are still good games overall! They didn't ruin the series or even stray that far from what made the original trilogy so beloved!😅
I hope you enjoy the new games through and through!
Men never cry but every man cried when dom died it’s something no man should go through
Only in death will I forget that moment...poor Dom haha
I'm playing the series with my step-son, we just finished one. I'm not ready for three again 😫
Bro Carmine, seriously best video yet dude. Great visuals on this one through and through man. You already know this but dude you’re so knowledgeable about the full Gears history and lore. I can’t wait to see more Gears 6 stuff.
I appreciate your words a lot, thank you a ton! Thank you for taking the time out of your day to watch my video and letting me know your thoughts! 🙏
@@CarmineForever nah dude thank you! I personally think you’re keeping something “alive” here and with that - a community is growing. Just glad to see it man
@@Desty-D That was my plan from the beginning, to try to keep the community going and (hopefully) bring in new people! I think E-Day could be a good starting point to almost "reset" the franchise!
I see gears of war as: buff men fighting buff lizard people
I prefer Buff mole people
Micropaleontologists of Sera: Imulsion can be used as a cheap and clean burning fuel!
Imulsion: But wait, there’s more!
Lol I love this video man so much lore
Thanks so much, I appreciate that! Imulsion was the imposter the whole damn time 😅
This is a fine analysis, my guy. You hit the nail and entirely on the head with what I would argue is the core appeal of the gears universe. The whole symbolism of the locusts being far more human than anyone within the setting would care to admit and how they mirror and exaggerate the most brutal elements of humanity is something I’ve really come to appreciate. I think I would definitely look forward to other video essay like uploads from you. If I might suggest a potential topic, it would be on Anya as a character both in terms of her characterisation and what she symbolises. Call it something like “No one’s more ride or die than Anya Stroud” or something Cus God did she put up with a lot before she got what she really deserved with Marcus lol.
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah I definitely someday will talk about Anya, maybe a video about Marcus and Anya's relationship because like you said, she put up with a lot of BS from everyone 😂 but she was a good, loyal woman for my mans Marcus 🙌
@@CarmineForever grows up not knowing who her father is, has a mother who is often absent due to deployment, is rendered infertile by emulsion poisoning, has to listen to mother’s dying moments as she acts as support during the battle of Aspen Fields, falls for man who while being a quintessentially good and righteous person who would never allow harm to come to her is also the definition of emotional constipation, tolerates this arrangement for 10 years whilst having to keep it a secret due to military regulations, the man she’s in love with goes to jail with a 40 year sentence, chooses to stick with him and the general fight regardless because “the alpha female is entitled to be alpha male”. Also, because of mommy issues but considering the legend that her mother was that was never not going to happen lol.
And don’t forget the greatest indignity of them all, the fact that her Regular uniform at control had mandatory heels that she was still having to wear during the evacuation of Jacinto. 💀
Marcus is the Goat, but he borderline doesn’t deserve that man.
Great point about its "Big Men, Big Explosion but more than that." Gears is VERY well written.
Would be maybe interesting in E-Day to play as a Gorasni soldier while Karn’s forces invaded, unveiling the Gorasni forces throwing everything they had at the locust before being overrun and defeated as a way to display the sense of unstoppability the locust were creating all over Sera.
I would LOVE to play as a UIR squad and get some much wanted lore, characters and story arcs! Their basically the last faction that is still a bit of a mystery!
@@CarmineForever taking part in a last stand as the endless forces of Karn’s army slaughters the Gorasni, the radio full of different squads demanding support or being overrun. Would be perfect to bring a grill presence back to the game.
@@EldenBlunt Ooooo THAT would be a cool way to start off the game! Make a dire situation before switching to Marcus and Dom!
@@CarmineForever it’ll be like lone wolf in halo reach where more locust continue to emerge and it won’t end until your character is ready to either go down but not out or die, implying their desperate ditch to survive before the cutscene plays showing your forces finally being overrun as gorasnya finally falls to the locust horde.
@@EldenBluntyes!!! I haven’t played Halo like that, but I know about the final stand and the way you described the scene is full of immersion like no other. I would love to see the desperation, because it would show just how much fear and unprepared the humans were for another onslaught of brutality
you should drop more videos about lore in this fashion. i like your content more than most gow creators so it’d be nice to see some more videos
Thanks a ton for the support, it means a lot really! Yeah, I plan on making more videos similar to this one, trying to think outside the box of videos that not many people have done quite yet! 🤔
Honestly I really love this video essay. I can’t wait for E Day, also subscribed just now.
Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it! 🙏
@@CarmineForeverno problem
Once we got To Doms part of the video the tears started falling
Happens to all of us 😥
Honestly when you think about it. The UIR aren’t the bad guys. They weren’t experimenting on children. Cog created the locust 😂
I would argue they are still bad but not AS bad as the COG when it comes to overall achievements...like you said, the COG created the damned Locust 😂 hard to beat something like that!
We all shed manly brotears at Dom's sacrifice but it was hard for me to take maria's death as seriously as I wanted to because when he mercy kills her he uses a boltok to the head which can instantly pop a locust drone's skull into meaty chunks. Which if we remember that they had to invent chainsaw bayonets because the locust had incredibly thick skin.... that is some absurd overkill and it would have been more of a sane decision to use a single lancer shot or his knife
Thankfully the Gears are crazy bastards and gave us the awesome chainsaw Lancer! One of the greatest video game weapons ever created!
I really feel like gears of war should have ended with number 3 they had so many options for prequels whole games on pendulum wars with Marcus n dom. Bc gears 4 and 5 basically makes everything they scarified was for nothing marcuses dad dom all of them died for nothing
While I have enjoyed Gears 4 and 5, I think prequels could only last so long especially in the Locust War era! I think off-shoot games work like Judgment, E-Day, Tactics, but trilogy type games would have to be something in the future! It just adds more tension since you are unsure of the outcome!
Please I wouldn't say Adam's dad failed or anyone, humanity still survived and the world's biggest threat (The Lambent) were defeated for good!
Especially gears 5 with the whole “they are designed for intergeneratomal combat”-angle. Because this basically means that humanity is fucked no matter what
@@marcelmayen1871 Means humanity has to do it the ol fashioned way 🔫🔫
17:54 its too damn early in the day for me to be crying again.
I am a simple man I see big muscles up people trying to keep each other alive I cry and smile ! But when I found out that qeen Myra had been tortured and tested I can feel why she used the locust to kill almost every human they met including children and citizen . But just like darth vador that’s no excuse for your actions now you die . I really hate how most of the characters are either fighting to keep their home to get to or fighting for family . Really is ….a sad 😔story in the end for everyone .
To think in such a world, a few families were all alive by the end while 99% were gone and destroyed forever...
GREAT VIDEO !!!
Thanks so much!! 🙌
Any idea how gears of war Eday started were first mission start and what kind of ending we see in gears of war Eday I think marcus fenix go to salab prison 😢 and I hope lambent are present in gears of war Eday and I really wanted to see adam fenix in gears of war Eday because new gears of war games never mention him what you think please comment me please
I think it'll start with a long prologue cutscene, maybe a Pendulum Wars battle towards the end of the war! Then I think it'll end with us losing Kalona District (the city the game takes place in) only a few days after E-Day!
I could envision us seeing Lambent in a cutscene of the Locust down in the Hollows, but doubt we'll fight them in the campaign!
Adam will for sure be in the game I bet, but he was also mentioned in the Gears 5 story I think! But his story ended so it makes sense it would be subsided for the new characters!
@@CarmineForever how many city's we lost in gears of war fancier you make a video on this topic too every city in gears of war fancier what do you think
@@NanakPrasad-be4yi Oh man, basically every last one of them was officially lost by the end! Unless you consider there still being some Stranded left, otherwise yeah all of them!
Can you do an E-day play through when it comes out 👀
I plan on it!! I am for sure taking a few days off of work so I can play it nonstop 😂
Can you talk about each otigins of the characters both human and locust
I am sure I will get around to that eventually! I have a Shorts series right now on the Locust creatures but I think it would be cool to do like an exposé on each human character too!
Brothers To The End 😎❤
Humanity is no more destructive in Gears of War than in real life 😅
Ain't that the damn truth 😆
@@CarmineForever Straight Up. Also thanks for replying to your commenters! Not everyone does that.😎
Good video
Thanks so much!!
Hey what about gears of war 4 gears 5 story and what about swarms man
I threw in some clips of those games in the video, but since the trilogy isn't done yet, I didn't want to comment on it thematically in this video since their arcs aren't done yet!
Plus 4 and 5 suck terrible story and forced characters
@@michaeldority9282Yeah. But at least Hivebusters is the only better campaign in Gears 5.
@@RRai2000 gears of war 4 and gears 5 are good games they are better than halo 4 and halo 5 understand or not
@@NanakPrasad-be4yi I am a bit conflicted on it that all. No offense btw
Why people hate gears of war 4 and gears 5 they really not bad games man halo 4 and halo 5 are really bad but please gears of war 4 and gears 5 gameplay and story are 1000 times better than 343 industry nonsense games
I think it just wasn't what people expected, but its hard to make new games for long-standing franchises as you need innovation but people seem to hate innovation at the same time lol It's a strange phenomenon, but I hope The Coalition gives us a great game with E-Day!
4 and 5 story was forced and characters lack anything that made me care about them... even marcus son was a douche lol
@@michaeldority9282 I always tend to say the stories were fine, the dialogue was lacking! The main trio are a bit too similar as is so hopefully the next game expands on what makes them unique!
@michaeldority9282 LOL. The son was a douche indeed. Always complaining.
I prefer Barid sarcastic complaining and it makes me laugh.
@@michaeldority9282 shut up gears of war 4 and gears 5 stories are good only problem everybody characters are not good I agree but they are better than any other games like halo 4 and halo 5 understand or not
I like Baird and Cole’s friendship 😅great team
Delta Squad really had the best Gears in the entire army 😂
your channel has literally been the greatest thing to come to gears TH-cam🥲🫶
Thank you so much!! ❤️ got my tearing up in the club (my room) right now
@@CarmineForever sending lots of love and good fortune from my mansion (my toilet)🫶