GOW tips, questions, cheats...

[rhysboi]

In this forum are hints, achievements, questions, easter eggs, cheats and anything else to help your Gears Of War experiance! Comment on this stuff and add more stuff if you can think of anything!

[rhysboi]

Achievements:

The Money Shot (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with a headshot.
Always Remember Your First (10) Finish playing a versus ranked match.
Don't Hate the Player (10) Finish with the highest points in a ranked match.
Mix It Up (20) Win a ranked match in every versus game type.
Around the World (30) Win a ranked match on every versus map.
Can't Touch Me (20) Win 10 ranked matches without losing a round.
Seriously ... (50) Kill 10,000 people in versus ranked match total.
Prison Breakout (10) Completed tutorial level on any skill level.
Completed Act 1 on Casual (10) Complete Act 1 on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 2 on Casual (10) Complete Act 2 on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 3 on Casual (10) Complete Act 3 on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 4 on Casual (10) Complete Act 4 on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 5 on Casual (10) Complete Act 5 on Casual Difficulty.
Mercenary (10) Complete all acts on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 1 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 1 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 2 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 2 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 3 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 3 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 4 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 4 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 5 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 5 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Soldier (20) Complete all acts on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 1 on Insane (30) Complete Act 1 on Insane Difficulty.
Completed Act 2 on Insane (30) Complete Act 2 on Insane Difficulty.
Completed Act 3 on Insane (30) Complete Act 3 on Insane Difficulty.
Completed Act 4 on Insane (30) Complete Act 4 on Insane Difficulty.
Completed Act 5 on Insane (30) Complete Act 5 on Insane Difficulty.
Commando (30) Complete all acts on Insane Difficulty.
Time to Remember (10) Recover one-third of the COG tags (on any difficulty).
Honor-Bound (20) Recover two-thirds of the COG tags (on any difficulty).
For the Fallen (30) Recover all of the COG tags (on any difficulty).
My Love for You Is Like a Truck (30) Defeat a Berserker on Hardcore Difficulty.
Broken Fingers (30) Defeat a Corpser on Hardcore Difficulty.
A Dish Best Served Cold (30) Defeat General RAAM on Hardcore Difficulty.
Zen and the Art of Reloading (10) Perform 25 perfect active reloads (on any difficulty).
Zen and the Art Part 2 (20) Perform 5 perfect active reloads in a row (on any difficulty).
Clusterluck (20) Kill 3 enemies at once 10 different times (on any difficulty).
A Series of Tubes (20) Host and complete 50 ranked matches.
Dom-Curious (10) Complete 1 co-op chapter as Dominic Santiago on any difficulty.
Domination (20) Complete 10 different co-op chapters as Dominic Santiago on any difficulty.
I Can't Quit You Dom (30) Complete all acts in co-op as Dominic Santiago on any difficulty.
Don't You Die On Me (10) Revive 100 teammates in ranked matches.
Fall Down Go Boom (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Boomshot.
Pistolero (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with a pistol.
The Nuge (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Torque Bow.
I Spy with My Little Eye (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Longshot.
Don't Hurt 'Em (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Hammer of Dawn.
It's a Massacre (10) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Chainsaw.
Curb Appeal (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the curb stomp.
Capital Punishment (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with an execution.
Is It a Spider (30) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with grenade tag.
All That Juice (30) Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Process multiplayer map
Green Thumb (30) Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Garden multiplayer map
Inconceivable (30) Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by fewer than 5 points
Mind the Gap (30) Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Subway multiplayer map
Nub Pwn3r (30) Win 20 rounds of multiplayer matches in Annex by shutting out the opposing team
Purdy Mouth (30) Win 20 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in any game type on the Bullet Marsh multiplayer map
THIS! IS! ANNEX! (40) Complete 100 multiplayer matches of 3+ rounds in Annex and capture 3 objectives in each match
You Down With E.P.I.C? (30) Win a multiplayer match of 3+ rounds in any game type on 6 different downloadable maps

[rhysboi]

Easter Eggs:

Gears Cereal!
On Act 5, when you are on the train and press the very first button you see, the berserker will magically appear. It will be expressed through a cut scene where it busts through a couple of box, and a lot of objects "explode" from these boxes.
If you manage to make it around the berserker, go to the very last car on the train, (the one the berserker appears on,) You will find a cereal box, I believe to be called "Gears Crunch." On the backside of these boxes, there is a fictional prize you could win (which happens to be a small fluffy pillow!)

[rhysboi]

Cheats:

I read somewhere about infinite ammo, invincibility and how to grow rapidly. I can't remember what it was or where I found them. If anyone knows what i'm talking about please post!

[rhysboi]

Hints

~If you want to do the insane achievements you can do this by completing an act on casual except for the last level (China Shop, Last Stand, Tip of the Iceberg, Entrenched or Pale Horse). Once you reach the last level you must quit then select 'continue campaign' and select 'insane.' You must have completed it at least once on casual or hardcore to unlock insane.

~If you havn't completed the game on hardcore or insane, you only need to complete it on insane (like above if you want) and it will do achievements for hardcore and insane.

~If anyone has anymore hints please post.

[rhysboi]

Questions

If you have a question just post and hopefull I or someone else will know the answer.

[rhysboi]

COG Tags

ACT 1
Prison area
COG Tag 1 - Right after you make your choice of paths (i chose
training) there is a tag straight ahead under the Gear logo. Can't miss it.

COG Tag 2 - In the room where the locusts cut through the door. If you
are looking directly at the door they cut through, you can find it back and to
the left. It's under the stairway across the room you came down.

COG Tag 3 - As you exit the above mentioned door into the courtyard,
there is a stairway to the left. Run up the stairs and turn left right at the
top. The COG tag is in the near side corner (if enemies are North, it would be
in the SW corner of the patio area.

Trial By fire
COG Tag 4 - your team points this one out to you. In the first small
courtyard, look to the right of the Gear logo.

COG Tag 5 - You cross a bridge over a road and enter a building. Once
you enter the building with all the pillars and the two emergence holes, it's
just behind the second emergence hole in some weeds.

COG Tag 6 - You fight through the roadways witht he Trioka guns and get
to the open area with the fountain in the center. THere are 4 emergence holes
here. The COG tag is in the far left corner (your left as you enter the area)

Knock Knock
COG Tag 7 - You're told to gain entrance to the house of sovereigns.
You'll enter an open area with stairs leading up to the building. To your far
left you'll see a white van with the Gear logo painted on it. Follow the
massive hole in the street on the left all the way up, sticking to the edge.
The COG tag is in the corner made by where the wall extends over part of the
stairs.

COG Tag 8 - In the hallway where Jack has to open the door, there are a
ton of annyoing wretches. If you're facing the door that Jack is opening, it's
in the far left corner. Alternatively, you can follow the wretch footsteps on
the floor right as you enter this hallway and they'll lead your right to it,
just to the left of the door you came in through.

COG Tag 9 - there's a small room that you enter where you'll find the
body of Rojas. As you come down the stairs into this small area, turn right
immediately. THe COG tag is behind the pillar to your right.

China Shop
COG Tag 10 - Beginning of the China Shop chapter - The Berserker kills
a soldier. Go back into the area where he was killed, and you can pick up his
dog tag near his body. It's in a dead end alley on the left, near some flames.

COG Tag 11 - There will be 3 smashable doors. as you proceed through
this area. You may feel a bit of stress as you're doing this. To the left of
the third smashable door, in a little alcove, immediately before you exit the
Tomb area.

COG Tag 12 - Just after COG Tag 11, you exit into an open courtyard.
Follow the semi-circle wall and head left. The tag is on the other side of a
block just after you see the logo. If the room was a clock, the Tag would be
between 8 and 9, right against the semi circular wall.

ACT II

Tick TIck Boom
COG Tag 13 - After your choose a path (either one, doesn't matter) and
reunite, You'll enter a small room with two stairways in it, one in the very
middle of the room that leads down to a couch. Shoot up the couch, and it's
underneath.

COG Tag 14 - There's a room with a catwalk that square shaped. WHen you
exit, you head down some stairs into the street. Turn around and run back the
alley formed by the stairs you came down and the wall of the next building.
The Tag is at the end of that alleyway, behidn a rock.

COG Tag 15 - Just before you enter the Settlement, you come up the
stairs where the Boomer was and its behind a newspaper machine. Facing ahead
as you come up the stairs, it'll be to the back and left (the exit area will
be to your right).

Outpost
COG Tag 16 - On your way to checkpoint 2, facing the first emergence
hole, you'll see a propane tank in a shed to your left. Shoot the tank and
enter the shed.

COG Tag 17 - When you enter the area where you have to use the
spotlight, after you guide Dom through, move the spotlight to the far left (as
you're holding the light) area near where you entered. The COG Tag is in that
corner area. just to the left of the lit room of the blown out buidling, on
the street.

Dark Labyrinth
COG Tag 18 - This one is hard to explain. There's a car with a propane
tank in the trunk. You've gotta be quick. Facing the car while still in the
light, look right, and you should see the tag up against a wall. You've got to
shoot the tank in the car, grab the tag, and run.

ACT III

Downpour
COG Tag 19 - In the open, rainy area next to the sea, there is a dock
behind the buidling with the elevator in it, on the far right. Get down on
this dock and follow it all the way out. Tag is at the end.

COG Tag 20 - In the room with the rotting floorboards, the Tag is in
the far right corner (as you enter the room).

Evolution
COG Tag 21 - When you enter the room with the carts, go down the stairs
to the car area and turn around. The Tag is to the left of the stairs as you
face them.

Darkest Before Dawn
COG Tag 22 - After you ride down the drilling platforms, stick to the
wall on the right. There will be a path leading down to the right, follow that
to find the COG tags and some grenades.

COG Tag 23 - In the next area after Tag 22. you'll enter an open area
with a small building on the right side. Just to the right of the stairs
leading up to that buildling, you'll find the tags.

COG Tag 24 - After you choose your paths, and reunite, you'll fight
through a narrow hallways with a lot of cover. Just after the hallway and
before you exit the area, turn around and the tags are on a narrow ledge over
the pool. (to your right as you leave the hallways, or to your left after you
turn around)

ACT IV


Campus Grinder
COG Tag 25 - As you enter the first area, on the right there are two
small staircases. The Tags are behind the second small staircase.

Bad To Worse
COG Tag 26 - As you enter the second area, before you go down the
sidewalk with the columns to enter the conservatory, there is a rusty car on
in the street. If you're facing the columns, it's back and to your right
behind that car.

Imaginary Place
COG Tag 27 - In the second section of the estate, there's a shield
shaped room (square top, semi circle bottom) with 4 columns in it, and a desk.
Destroy the desk. Tags are underneath.

ACT V

Train Wreck
COG Tag 28 - It's on the left side of the 5th train car, after the last
door is opened.

COG Tag 29 - in the third passenger car on the right, before you go up
the ladder.

COG Tag 30 - There's a room on the left side of the fifth and final car
in the third part of the train. It's at the end of that room.

[cadetchik]

The best way to get your clusterluck achievement:

On ACT 3 at the point where you have to walk across the planks, make sure you fall through to the bottom. They dive around and wait for 3 or more enemies to follow you then frag tag them before blowing yourself up in the process. The checkpoint is just before so just repeat 10 times to get it.