Act Surprised: Gears of War 3 Will Have A Seriously 3.0

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Dan Webb

For all of those hoping that Epic Games would have grown out of the whole "Seriously" stuff will be pleased - and by pleased, I mean dismayed - to hear that Gears of War 3 will have a Seriously 3.0 achievement.

Uh oh. Here comes the grinding!

Rod Fergusson, Gears of War's Executive Producer, in response to a question regarding the achievement on Twitter replied, "Oh yes, there will be a Seriously 3.0."

Confirmation doesn't get much more concrete than that.

The news of Seriously 3.0 comes a day after the Exec Producer laid down the challenge for Gears fans to follow him on Twitter to determine the upcoming event XP multiplier. To keep a short story even shorter, the response was overwhelming and Fergusson had to put a 20 times multiplier cap on it to stop it getting ridiculous. Gears fans should hit that 10,000 follower target for Fergusson in the next hour or so.

I don't think anyone doubted Seriously would not make a return in Gears 3, although some of you had hoped it wouldn't, but there you have it, case solved. Seriously 3.0 is a reality and with Seriously being 10,000 kills, Seriously 2.0 being 100,000 kills, natural progression says that Seriously 3.0 will be 1,000,000 kills... *gulp* Surely not? Right?

[Thanks Christoffer!]

Comments
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  • lol, Im glad I cba with stuff like that XD
  • Lol i dont think it will follow the natural progression, 1mil kills is just too many!
  • You're right Webb: here comes the grinding (AGAIN)
  • i aint even done the first serious yet i cant b arsed
  • *act supries* I didn't know they would do that D:
  • Yea I saw that tweet yesterday, and for 1 million kills I would hope there was an event in the story like "Detonate a huge ass bomb in the lambent kings winter home" or something like that lol, that yields tens of thousands of kills or something! And I boo the 20x cap, he should have known what he was getting into!
  • o_o I'm still trying to get 2.0 done
  • If it is going to be a million kills, I suppose it would be fair to assume that there will be sections where you can rack up lots of kills in a short space of time. Still don't fancy grinding it though.
  • I'm not even gonna say it... As long as there isn't a Veteren Gear 2.0, we'll all live.
  • i'm glad they're including a third seriously. had a good feeling they would. i'll definitely be getting it.
  • Why complain.. You have all the tmie to get it now as its the last in the series! No rushing caus there's no follow on! 1Mil it is then!
  • The first seriously is the hardest, since you have to get all the kills in online matches.
  • 1 million... BRING IT ON!
  • I hope its more along the lines of 200,000
  • This is gonna hurt... I can't wait for that 20x XP, must be a slaughterhouse of levelling... ^^ Good thing since I still have to play any MP game of Gears except the split screen games...
  • As Night45Fox mentioned, unless there is a point in the game that will allow to commit genocide that yields tens of thousands of kills in a single motion, I will have to take a pass. It is bulls#!t that developers institute assanine achievements as such...
  • As long as this one doesn't glitch like 2.0 did il be ok with it.
  • I Hope You Get A really cool Gamer Picture For Seriously 3.0, Like Seriously... for Gears 1.
  • I think a cool idea, but also to make it very challenging is to combine kills for the achievement. I think they should do, get 20,000 kills in multiplayer and 280,000 in campaign =300,000 seriously 3.0. Or something like that...
  • out of all the gears cheevos the only ones im missing is the seriously ones! im just to lazy... i played the first gear till i was #4 on the warzone board with 9700kills lol! THATS how lazy i am
  • I don't even have Seriously 2.0, which is really lame to grind out. I can only imagine how high the kill count will be for this one.
  • I want the seriously guy to return only with blue flames and angel wings.
  • I doubt it will be a million kills just like I doubted Gears 3 would be released in Nov 10 to follow the 2 year trend. I'd like to see a combination of x amount of kills in multiplayer along with x amount of kills in all game modes. Perhaps Seriously 1.0 + 2.0 or something like that.
  • Watch it be 'Get 1 kill - lolz, you thought it'd be more!' I haven't got any of them and I doubt I ever will
  • Tak Fuji @ E3: ONE MILLION TROOPS ;D
  • I think it should 1 billion kills.
  • Gears of War 7 - Seriously 100.0: Get 1 Kabillion kills - 20G
  • Bring...It.... ON!!!!!
  • #27 - lol at the 20G. But I assume if it is a million kills, then there will be some spot in the campaign for faster grinding, maybe getting a couple thousand kills everytime or something.
  • one small thing there was progression of where you got them also Seriously-ranked versus Seriously 2.0-whole game Seriously 3.0-gears of war career?
  • An addition to my previous post (see above): I do realize that this is the last in the series so there is no need to explain that to me.
  • thumbs down...... this is really lame.
  • If Epic had any decency, they'd keep the 20x cap permanent. For those of us that CANNOT connect to Live, Veteran Gear is a HORRIBLE achievement because if you can't connect because of your location...well, lets just say, 60,000 waves of horde is not my idea of fun. Or at least make it so the XP counts in local/bot games. Then at least you can kind of boost it...right?
  • We all knew it was coming. Cliff always brags about these achievements and he loves them, so it was no question that he wouldn't throw it in for his final iteration. My guess? If it's 1,000,000 kills, there'll be plenty of baddies and grindable levels, just like in GoW2, but probably a little more insane. Or he'll be a jackass and make it something laughably low, just so we can have it on our tags. Chances are if he does something ridiculous like that, there'll be several even meaner 'chevos in the cards. Gears has never been an easy 100% and likely never will be.
  • I saw an interview with cliffy b and he said that his favourite achievement was Seriously... So it was always gonna be in gow3. I just hope it's not a million cos that would suck. So when does this 20x xp start? May go back and try for veteran gear now
  • I dont even have seriously...
  • Dude, a million is stupid. lol, if they want Seriously 3 to be a million kills, then here's what they need to do. Clear ALL other achievements, and make that one worth 1000G.
  • They should pull a 'Far Cry 2' on this achievement and make it worth 5G, just to see how many people go for it. I believe the one I'm speaking about on 'Far Cry 2' was collecting 300-some diamonds for only 10GS? Ridiculous.
  • I don't understand achievements like this, grinding=boring:(. I thought achievements were supposed to be fun not dull and make you fallout with the game, don't get me wrong i love gears but i wish epic would do better achievement lists.
  • they think people will play their game for many many years?
  • Cliffy B is the Uber-douchebag of all douches. He would keep the progression of 1M just so that Epic Studios can say that they have X amount of online gamers and keep claim of the #1 online spot for a while. Then he can go sit in his Lambo and pleasure himself and laugh at our tortured souls.
  • 1 million, aslong as there is a mission with the like of 500 kills at the start like the last gears2 mission
  • So long as they let you do it the cheap way like they did in Gears 2, where it counts in any mode. Plus I'm sure there will be a part in the campaign where you can slaughter up to 1000 locust at a time like the Brumak part in 2. Only really intersted in where Gears ends now storywise. Beast mode does sound intruiging. Gears has always been the sole Horde provider in my heart. Transformers Escalation is the only other one that provides as much challenge as fun. Wave 14-15. UUUUUUUUGHHH!!!!
  • If you need to kill 1 Million, there better be some serious gamerscore attached.
  • Thats sounds like a horrible joke.
  • Damn, this is going to be my first Gears of War game .... but seriously? (No Pun intended)
  • if its 1 million kills, the TA ratio will be 10.0+ Before i can consider that kind of grinding I want to finish 1.0 and 2.0
  • maybe - seriously 3.0 - 5G - kill 1 enemy. with the tag line "were sorry for all the other crap."
  • 1 million is nothing for Gsmittyunit
  • Same gsme, save achievements. How original. Borrrring!!
  • Never got the other two. I still see the number slowly chirp up when playing Gears 2.
  • if they do something ridiculous like that, they better not release the game with a bunch of bugs or have it possible for your progression to be reset because of some update!
  • i make like 5 kills a game.....i'm gonna have some grey hair at the end of this one!!
  • Epic can fuck off...I bought the first game but will never buy another Gears with their shitty achievements. There are plenty of other good games to play.
  • Damn! Not again, oh well.
  • I agree with #52 they better not have problems with resets in GOW3. My rank got reset three times...so freaking annoying. I did end up getting my 100 recently though, thanks to the XP events and boosting.
  • A realistic take on Seriously 3.0: Seriously 3.0 (50G): Kill 10,000 of each faction; Locust, Lambent, and Gears (any mode).
  • I'd wouldn't mind seeing a 1,000,000 kills achievement, with the caveat that the campaign a) has even bigger kill-generating events than the Brumak scene in GOW2, and b) has an event in-game (ending?) that gives a large number of kills (100k?) but only registers if you do a full playthrough (not just a scene replay). I don't like the kill grinds, but if we're going to have them, let's make it interesting.
  • i still haven't gotten seriously 2.0. honestly if you achieve seriously 3.0 you have no life and you should probably sell your xbox and take up another hobby
  • Seriously? ...see what I did there? OH so so funny... ^_^
  • For the love of God, not 1,000,000!
  • 1 million Kills! great Ill be playing this game for months!
  • 1 million? are you kidding me? that's one achievement I'll never earn.
  • He also tweeted that they are considering turning Seriously 3.0 into more of a gauntlet then just a number.
  • @ #54... Gears of War has some of the best achievements out there. They reward you for playing co-operatively, playing through acts in the campaign, playing horde, playing multiplayer and then they add extras like gun achievements. Lots of games stick to just one mode which is really boring.
  • Love how the people are bugging out about this and didn't see it coming. These are absolutely just as bad as the "Collect X Amount of X" Achievements.
  • #50, Get the fuck off. You haven't even played the game. So how could you possibly saw same game, same achievements. Seriousl is a part of GoW... so what if they make one for each game. Get off your fucking high horse.
  • People are acting like 1 million has been confirmed. Man, you people are retarted and its hilarious to see all the PS3 fanboys comment.
  • they should have a description beside seriously 3.0 when it pops-as"you have proved yourself the ultimate saddo-get a life"
  • think I gave up after 25k for serious 2.0 bleh.
  • Oh sheeeeeeet! This will be one hell of a grind D';
  • @68 it's retarDed well if it does end up being that much they might make it where your kills from GOW1 & GOW2 go towards the achievement or something just food for thought
  • 100,001 would be best.
  • NO! 1 mil is too many! NO, NO, NO, NO, AND NO!!!
  • Bring it on. It will separates the men from the boys. Actually, I know it's coming, because Epic is obviously loving the fact that due to natural progression they've established with the Seriously achievements, they have an achievement that A) people will strive to get, and B) is completely ridiculous, and won't be possible by any other game period. With that said, I also expect there will probably be an epicly epic final battle with literally hundreds of thousands of Locust and Lambent bent on the total annihilation of the human race where you kill literally shittons of shittons of enemies. Like, seriously.
  • 1,000,000 kills...YES!!! BRING IT ON!!!
  • Seriously 2.0 for Gears 2 and we all know the times when the screen was filled with enemies. For 3.0, will be have double the enemies on screen? Only time will tell
  • worst achievements in the world gears seriously, i dont know why anyone would put so much time in for them
  • lmao honestly its funny listening to you kids cry about an achievement. OH NO IT HAS A HARD ACHIEVEMENT IM NOT GONNA BUY THE GAME -wimpers- its an achievement that barely affects the game.if you like the game sure go for the achievement.
  • Stick something up your arse Epic Games if it's 1,000,000 kills!!! Let's see you get it legit!!! Or make that worth 100GS!
  • @78 People who like the game? I got both Seriously achievements in both Gears 1 and 2 legit. Are you going to call me a no-life now? Cry some more.
  • @39 Actually, achievements are challenges. The Seriously achievement is probably my most favorite achievement of all time.
  • great game but gow multiplayer sux online apart from co-op or hoard it shouldn't take a 100 bullets to kill someone
  • "Seriously 3.0: Grind this!" Kill 1 enemy with the grinder: 5GS That would be funny.
  • Wow, a 20x exp cap... that sucks! At this rate we were looking at an 80x exp multiplier!
  • They really should give you a fancy gamer picture if you achieve Seriously 3.0 as any amount of gamerscore that you could get in one game is NOT worth the time for me.
  • if you don't like gears because of the achievements, just go play avatar or whatever sort of carebear bullshit you've filled up your gamertag with.
  • Maybe they will make it like an accumulative kills for the whole co-op party. I mean, if you're playing with three other guys then their kills will also count as your kills and vice versa. And beast mode probably won't hurt getting a lot of kills in no time. 1 millions sounds insane but plausible.
  • I'm done with Gears. Between their annoying achievements and boring multiplayer, I don't think I'll be picking up the third one.
  • I think Seriously 3.0 should be -Get 1 kill at any point in the game in any mode! =1g..........Called-Your shittin Me!
  • I don't get why they have to continue the seriously thing. I think it's pretty lame and it just makes people wast hours of their life grinding a level over and over and over. Very stupid to me, give me something fun and worthwile achievement wise then I would love the game even though I haven't played it yet.
  • I got the first Seriously... during the natural progression of getting all the other achievements in GoW.. I haven't even reached 10k for Seriously 2.0, because I haven't found myself in a mood to sit and grind out those kills in the campaign, which I played through only twice, once on Insane and the other for the co-op cheevos. The new Seriously should be like a joke achievement, like get 10 kills in campaign or something. Especially for all the whiners that will complain if it's a big number, when they don't realize that an achievement isn't something easily obtaind or something that should just be handed to you, it should be earned.
  • I actually like these type of achievements. developers are becoming more aware of the achievement/boosting community and it kinda caters to the die hards out there. and im sure they get a laugh out of all the people complaining about it too, hell i do and im one of the people trying to get it. Im just noticing alllllot more of these time consuming achievements but i dont really mind it i guess, add a little more reward for the big waste of time and the relief of getting it done. ps im coming off a high and i tend to ramble so ya ill stop typin now
  • Maybe it'll be 250,000 kills! But really, let's be reasonable! 10000 was too many and I had a crazy thought with Gears 1 to try. 100000 was ridiculously too high and unless I played the game constantly for ages, I won't get it. Now they're willing to make it higher!? Realistically, how many people here have ACTUALLY got Seriously 2.0?
  • @75 It would separate the normal gamers from the fags...
  • I tend to cater to both sides on this. Although I think the seriously achievements, both of them, are one heck of a grind it really gives something for the die hard fans to brag about when/if they actually get it. Even so, let us all pray that it wont be 1.000.000 kills (unless there are some creatures that are incredibly easy to kill, like bugs in packs of 100 or something like that)
  • would be funny if it was 1 million kills for 1GS would still go for it too
  • I have seriously 2.0 and it's easy as hell, alls you do is replay first like 40 seconds of brumak rodeo over and over. When I got level 100 I was at 70,000 kills. The next day I had the achievement doing the brumak thing.
  • 3.0 will be "get 10.000 killd in every game modes" or something. Meaning 10k for campaign + 10k for MP + 10k for horde + 10k for beast...
  • How about fixing Seriously...in Gears 1. Naw never will happen. Glitchy piece of junk.
  • gears is a very good game, the multiplayer with the new patch is kind of addicted (now is quicker and normally all exp is X2) and the achievements they are nice: natural progression, wepon kills, multiplayer rank and horde they make you play the complete game. Gears of War 3 will be awesome; stop crying you fags because you didnt got previous Seriosly achievements
  • god damnit.... i wanted to 100% this game .. i hate that sort of grinding... it will be bad enough when i get around to doing seriously 2.0.....
  • if it ends up being 1'000'000 for seriously 3.0, im going to kill myself... fuck THAT, i've only just got Gears 2 and already i've had enough...
  • If its 1,000,000 OMG i aint even got to 10,000 kills in the first two games yet that will take decades! i hope ends up being a smaller amount like 10 kills :D
  • Seriously -- Complete, Legit too. Seriously 2.0 -- A grind fest not worth while. Seriously 3.0 -- I hope is legit like Seriously 1.
  • 1 mil. kills is gonna hurt @(¡—¡)@
  • damn. looks like i won't be 100%-ing this game!
  • 1,000,000 is a tad too much if you ask me. Getting seriously in the first one was a pain. Haven't even got 2.0 in GoW2
  • It's an achievement, to a certain extent you should have to "work" for it. However, I wouldn't bother. If it was 1 million kills I don't think I could, even if there was a big event netting a couple of k at a time. I like achievements, but I'd rather be having fun while getting them. If someone can be arsed with 1 million kills then fair play to them, they earned an achievement that I haven't. Besides, we have no guarentee it'll be 1 million, we just expect it will be.
  • id put in that much time to kill1 100.000 locust cuz they need to DIE. End of story
  • if there is not grinding spot i am not going to go for it
  • @#48 LOL that is so awesome. Speaking from someone who 100% both gears without boosting or cheating, I would love this.
  • jesus christmas, ive still yet to get 1.0, and im at 62,000 with 2.0 and i really dont even wanna finish that but ive come this far i feel i have to one day otherwise its wasted hours. 1,000,000 kills, thats ridiculous, 500,000 would be a little more reasonable
  • Bring it on Cliffy B I love these achieves..
  • For reals isn't was good enough with the 2.0,You guys are crazy it better be more then 100+ gamer score.BTW i hope to see DIZZY too.WOW im gonna have to work on the 3.0 as soon as i get it.
  • Okay for everyone who thinks its going to be 1,000,000 kills for seriously 3.0 its probably NOT. What it may require (according to this website i found) you to do is get to level 100, complete the campaign on insane, earn every medal/ribbon, AND complete waves 1-50 on all 10 maps on the horde on gears 3 and complete the beast mode waves 1-60 (Yes 60 waves) on all 10 maps. One of the medals you have to get to level 100 on gears 2. I know this cause I've played the beta and there was a medal requiring level 100 on gears 2 SO I'm assuming it means that that same medal will be on gears 3 so play up gears 2 if you want that chevo. Heres the link to the website AND THERE ARE SPOILERS ON THE CHEVO'S... NOT JOKING I WAS KINDA SAD THAT I FOUND OUT SOME BIG ANSWERS BUT ONLY A FEW ONLY ABOUT 1/3 OF THEM. http://www.thisisxbox.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=934:gears-of-war-3-achievements-leaked&catid=35:news&Itemid=87
  • Seriously 3.0 100 G You've done it all! Level 100, campaign on insane, earn every ribbon/medal, complete Horde/Beast on all 10 maps.
  • If still not fucking done with the first 2 Seriously achievements. FML...
  • I actually went on the gears of war website where it mentions every achievement that is on GOW3 and seriously 3.0 is Reach level 100 and earn every Onyx medal.
  • This is link to the achievemtns that are on GOW3 http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/en/news/article/2011-06-achievements-reveal
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