It's a great mode, very tense and exciting, and completing five matches nets you the Urban skin for
the Retro Lancer.
As for Assault Rifles, there is the classic «Lancer», the «Hammerburst» and what might be everyones new favorite, the «
Retro Lancer» with a bayonet rather that a chainsaw.
Once unlocked, you must get 100 kills using the Gold
Retro Lancer to have it carry over to the full game.
Gold
Retro Lancer — You unlock the Gold
Retro lancer by playing 90 matches in the beta.
Retro Lancer Urban Skin — Play 5 match's of Capture the Leader (CTL) Gold
Retro Lancer — Play 90 match's of any game mode in the Beta Gold
Retro Lancer on Retail Game — 100 kills with
Retro Lancer
Familiar weapons from the previous games return such as the Hammerburst with a few new ones as well such as
the Retro Lancer.
Embracing a Markza Rifle is like holding
a Retro Lancer that has been enhanced for long - range shooting combined with a blade to hit near - by enemies for quick assaults.
The beta concludes on May 15th, but won't do so without featuring three new modes, four maps and numerous unlockables (Beta Tester Medal, Thrashball Cole, Gold - Plated
Retro Lancer, Flaming Hammerburst, Flaming Lancer, Flaming Sawed - Off Shotgun, Flaming Gnasher Shotgun) which will barry on to Gears of War 3 when it launches later this year, in September on Xbox 360 only.
And speaking of the shotgun, those hoping that the shotgun domination of Gears 2 online is still present are in for a nasty surprise; maps now have more open areas and lines of sight giving plenty of opportunity to gun down shotgun welders, and
the Retro Lancer pretty much means charging an enemy with a shotgun is a complete suicide mission.
Gold - Plated
Retro Lancer — Show your ultimate Gears of War fandom by unlocking the Gold - Plated
Retro Lancer.
Not exact matches
But between its refined mechanics, Gears of War 3 is excellent at introducing new weapons and features; there are new heavy weapons, a
retro counterpart to the
Lancer with a bayonet equipped, new vehicles such as the Silverback and the Loader and vibrant, exquisitely detailed environments to battle in.