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Active Reload, as seen in Gears of War
Reloading is pretty much a one-button job done in every game. Gears of War pioneered a much more involved process of reloading which doesn’t seem to have caught on in enough games since. When reloading in Gears, players have option to tap the reload button again to attempt and active reload, which, depending on where on the scale the corresponding progress bar was tapped, has chance to dramatically increase reload speed. Of course, there’re strategic benefits to a fast reload, but an inopportunely timed active reload risks weapons jamming.
