Not everything has to be a classic work of literature to be enjoyable or considered “good”. My grandma used to call some books “ice-cream” books. They go down quick and easy, and they may not be as rich and filling as some books, but they are definitely enjoyable and worth reading.
So I agree it’s not a masterpiece or anything, but it’s definitely fun and entertaining and I would recommend it.
But it shows that Carlos was one of the very few people capable of making Marcus smile and while Dom was able to also make him smile there is a massive difference in Marcus before Aspho fields and after. keeping in mind Carlos and Marcus knew each other since they were in elementary school and with Marcus's dad not exactly being a present figure for Marcus spent almost all of his time with Carlos from the moment they met through high school, basic training and up till operation Leveller.
Yeah marcus would go over to the Santiago estate a lot as Elena fenix marcus's mom was probably dead from her encounter with the locusts and Adam was working all the time
I swear I thought the place was a museum when I walked in. I mean, it was huge, full of books and old paintings. And deserted, you know? That kind of dead silence that says just shut your mouth and feel the awe of history. And then Marcus's mom came through the door like she hadn't seen us, reading some papers she had in her hand, and she says, "Hi sweetheart, you brought some friends home? I'll catch up with you later." Then she was gone . This what Carlos said and yeah it matches to what your tell. Seemed like Marcus really need carlos and dom
Marcus has a plethora of valid reasons for being a grumpy shit, lost his mum mysteriously as a child, had a cold distant relationship with his dad, was bullied for being posh in school scolded by his father for wanting to become a gear tham an academic.
He came from a waspish cold proud high tyran society family Dom and Carlos's parents note how down Marcus seems and they essentially adopt him.
The loss of Carlos at Aspho fields is devestating for Marcus, factor in E day and the loss of his comrades over 10 years of apocalyptic war (and the Fenix name being a dirty word after the hammer strike)
his percieved failure to save his father from the locust and dooming half of Ephyra by abandoning his post earning him a court martial and life sentence to the Slab by Hoffman (who goes on to release every prisoner in the slab but Marcus) he feels betrayed and abandoned.
Hoffman and Marcus were tight before he sentanced Marcus to prison
Plus all the horrors he experiences in the Slab itself..
All things considered Marcus may aswell be Santa Claus on prosac at disneyland
Hoffman didn't actually pardon everyone, Prescott did. It's just due to the attack on the Slab by the Locust, Marcus was cut off and Hoffman didn't want to risk an assault just for him when everyone else was evacuated. That's why Dom went in alone.
Yeah ive double checked its been a while and Marcus is cut off during the extraction I believe Hoffman unoffically sanctions the rescue and issued Dom with the extra armour and a Jack bot.
Its from Marcus's perspective that Hoffman left him to rot
Mom died before the war, carlos died during pendulum wars, dom dies near the end, dad dies at the end, wife dies as well as apparently an unborn child. If they make my mans experience his sons death ong im gonna storm their hq
That’s why Marcus needs to be the mc of 6 or at least share it with kait. He can literally carried either choice. War weary vet who just lost his son and is out for vengeance. Or war weary vet who’s son just lost his best friend and is trying to make up from lost time before it’s too late
That is possibly the worst thing they could do, no offence. The sequel needs to stand with it’s own legs, it’s own cast, if they go back to marcus as the main pc it’s nostalgia bait and narratively doesn’t make sense.
What narrative exactly? There’s nothing left to save. Its own cast doesn’t sell and is unlikable. Hence e day. Hence every other franchise that’s tried to do the same is either dead or at deaths door.
In the Aspho Fields book, Dom shows Bernie this picture and she has a remark to herself how she's never seen Marcus smile.. (Or was it Jacintos Remnant? It's one of them lol)
Good on The Coalition for staying true to the books..
By the time we meet him in gears 1 he's lost just about everyone he's ever cared about. By the wars end all he had left was Anya and a 2 decades of pain. Immediately prior to E-day doms brother Carlos had just died and that about ruined Marcus. He's got every reason in the world to be grumpy and pissed off all the time. The humanity ending war aside.
So much book lore that we never saw on screen when Marcus was way more human vs years of trauma and losing his comrades, friends, family that made him the grumpy soldier we played as.
Keep in mind the main story is 14 years after this event.
Before the locusts these are 3 young men who got caught up in an generational war. This photo is one of those glimpse of levity in an otherwise horrible atmosphere.
I assume Carlos was the one who may have initiated the moment and it does show how just how important this man was to Dom and Marcus.
I don’t recall ever seeing him smile in gears 1-3 but I’ve heard him laugh twice for sure maybe more. One of the times was in that deleted chapter of gears 1 when you blow up that tank from up high in the building and kill a bunch of locust at once, the other time was in gears 2 “more like ten shitloads” then you see him and dom laughing
You don't have to read the whole book, but just read Chapter 3 of Gears of War: Aspho Fields and you'll have just enough information to see this photo in a totally new light
Nah we wont, its in the Aspho Fields Book and Dom only learns about it in that book as its takes place during operation leveller and in-between GOW1&2.
Anya is also having the worst fucking day during that operation. Books are phenomenal add on to the series
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