Gears of War Guide
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By Michael Monette Cheats | Hints | Walkthroughs | Questions | Forums
The Basics Controls Active Reload Weapons Enemies
Campaign Walkthrough Act 1: Ashes Act 2: Nightfall Act 3: Belly of the Beast Act 4: The Long Road Home Act 5: Desperation
COG Tag Locations Achievements
Gears of Wars - Controls
A quick overview of the DEFAULT control style...| R Trigger | Shoot current weapon/throw grenade. |
| A button | Hold to aim. |
| L Trigger | Reload (Press again for Active Reload). |
| L Bumper | See objectives and squad status/orders. |
| L Thumbstick | Move character around. |
| R Thumbstick | Look. Click to zoom. |
| A button | Evade, Get into/Out of cover, Mantle (climb), Cover slip, Make swat turn, press and hold for Roadie Run. |
| B button | Melee, hold for chainsaw. |
| X button | Use/Interact. |
| Y button | Look at point of interest (Look for the prompt at bottom of screen) |
| D-pad Up | Switch to Frag/Smoke Grenade. |
| D-pad Down | Switch to Snub/Boltok Pistol |
| D-pad Left | Switch to left weapon. |
| D-pad Right | Switch to right weapon. |
| Click LT + A | Perform evasive roll. |
| Start | Pause the game and bring up the pause menu. |
| Back | View multiplayer scoreboard. |
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