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Gears of War: Judgment — achievement guide Standard Xbox 360/backward-compatible list: 70 achievements, 1,500G. This is a researched requirement-and-method guide, not a claim that I tested the servers or personally earned these. Before gett...
Gears of War: Judgment — all 48 COG tags There are 42 tags in Judgment's testimony campaign and six more in Aftermath. Earn 40 stars to unlock Aftermath. Before confirming a section's exit, check its tag; one Academy tag can be picked up at...
Gears of War: Judgment Judgment gives Baird a different place in the story. Instead of following Marcus and Dom again, you're with Kilo Squad: Baird, Cole, Sofia, and Paduk. The main campaign takes place early in the Locust War, and you're...
Gears of War 3 — all 132 original ribbons Companion to I've Done it All! These are the original combat ribbons, not later event ribbons. Numbers follow the original Stats & Awards grid, left-to-right. DBNO means down but not out. Start...
Gears of War 3 — all 65 Seriously 3.0 medals Onyx targets below; not the optional legacy/beta medals. Use the updated game: launch-era guides contain obsolete thresholds. This is the long grind, not a quick checklist you knock out in a week...
Gears of War 3: the weapons and the changes that matter The Lancer is still the Lancer, but Gears 3 gives it a different kind of competition. The Retro isn't just another skin for the same gun. The chainsaw and the bayonet ask you to approa...
Gears of War 3 — achievement guide Standard Xbox 360/backward-compatible list: 82 achievements, 2,000G. Researched instructions, not a claim of firsthand testing. Includes all four major DLC packs and their associated title-update achieveme...
Gears of War 3: written collectible checklist Main campaign: 42 documents/items plus 15 COG tags. The two counters are separate. This checklist is arranged by chapter so you can go back for missing entries without replaying everything. Rese...
Gears of War 3 Gears of War 3 has some of the moments that make this series so hard to forget. By this point you've been through a lot with Marcus and Dom, and that history matters. Heavy spoilers for Gears of War 3 from here. Dom's death i...
Gears of War 2: weapons and what changed Weapon roles, not a claim that one loadout wins every mode or difficulty. Gears 2 keeps the weapons that made the first game work, but gives you more ways to deal with what's in front of you. The cha...
Gears of War 2 achievement guide: standard Xbox 360 release researched October 30, 2026. This covers the standard 79-achievement / 1,750G list, not the separate Japanese 78-achievement version. Backward compatibility uses the original Xbox...
Gears of War 2: all 41 collectibles Xbox 360 campaign, including backward-compatible play. These are compact text directions, not a claim of firsthand testing. Chapter names are safer than the mistaken chapter numbering found in some old gu...
Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 is one of the reasons I keep bringing up the story when I talk about this series. There is a lot more going on than just moving to the next fight and killing whatever is in front of you. The cities are sinking....
Original Gears, Ultimate Edition, and Reloaded: what actually changes These are versions of the first Gears story, not three sequels. That matters if you're deciding which guide applies to what you're playing. Original Xbox 360: the origina...
Original Gears of War: weapons and when to use them Original campaign, with the same core weapon families in Ultimate Edition/Reloaded. Exact multiplayer balance and reload bonuses are version-dependent; these are roles and trade-offs, not...
The three extra COG tags in the expanded first-game campaign The original Xbox 360 game has 30 COG tags. The expanded Windows campaign, Ultimate Edition, and Reloaded have 33. The additional pickups come before the train section: - Comedy o...
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition / Reloaded achievement guide These versions share the same basic 56-achievement checklist, but they're separate releases with separate progress. Ultimate Edition on Windows also has an important online limitat...
Gears of War (Xbox 360): achievement guide Original Xbox 360 list, including its multiplayer additions. Not Ultimate Edition or Reloaded. The first thing to get straight is the version. The old Xbox 360 achievement list is different from th...
Original Gears of War — all 30 COG tags This is the original Xbox 360 campaign, including when you play that version through backward compatibility. It has 30 tags. The Windows release and the remasters have three extra Act V pickups; those...
Original Gears of War The first Gears of War put you in a world that had already been torn apart. Marcus is being pulled out of prison, the Locust are already there, and the war has been going on long before you get to do anything about it....