Meet the new Gears, same as the old, only with a lot more microtransactions.
I played the first three gears of war and I know these are heavy co-op games, if you aren’t playing with a buddy, you’re missing out on the game, so I ended up getting my buddy to play with me, we played through the first game a decade and a half ago. And after playing for two hours, we both were ready to stop. Gears 5 feels like the Gears franchise has barely changed, and after fifteen years that’s a bad sign.
The story in Gears 5 just wasn’t that interesting, admittedly neither of us played Gears 4, but it was the gameplay more that bothered us. Two hours and three chapters in Gears 5 were just going through the same motions as the prior games. Walk a bit, have random discussions, find collectibles, shoot a bunch of stuff, walk on, and the fact is, nothing appealed to us. If you’re already a fan of the franchise, that’s what it’s there for.
But we need to talk about this. Game of the Year Edition means what? To me, it should mean everything is included. I get that there might be future season packs and more, but in Gears’ case it’s just the expansion, the game is FILLED with requests for more money and that’s distasteful. The fact the game doesn’t even download the full game so you’re sitting around the store waiting to play looking at everything you can buy feels scummy.
Pick this up if you’re already a massive Gears fan and can recite the lore by heart, I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of this one or already have. But I liked those first three Gears of War games but found this to be just too similar to the previous titles, I couldn't find a reason to play on. I didn’t care about the story, or characters enough, and they all were doing unlikable things.
If you want to see more from me: Check out my video on this month of Game Pass games: https://youtu.be/vUqrUn1HrwQ
I played the first three gears of war and I know these are heavy co-op games, if you aren’t playing with a buddy, you’re missing out on the game, so I ended up getting my buddy to play with me, we played through the first game a decade and a half ago. And after playing for two hours, we both were ready to stop. Gears 5 feels like the Gears franchise has barely changed, and after fifteen years that’s a bad sign.
The story in Gears 5 just wasn’t that interesting, admittedly neither of us played Gears 4, but it was the gameplay more that bothered us. Two hours and three chapters in Gears 5 were just going through the same motions as the prior games. Walk a bit, have random discussions, find collectibles, shoot a bunch of stuff, walk on, and the fact is, nothing appealed to us. If you’re already a fan of the franchise, that’s what it’s there for.
But we need to talk about this. Game of the Year Edition means what? To me, it should mean everything is included. I get that there might be future season packs and more, but in Gears’ case it’s just the expansion, the game is FILLED with requests for more money and that’s distasteful. The fact the game doesn’t even download the full game so you’re sitting around the store waiting to play looking at everything you can buy feels scummy.
Pick this up if you’re already a massive Gears fan and can recite the lore by heart, I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of this one or already have. But I liked those first three Gears of War games but found this to be just too similar to the previous titles, I couldn't find a reason to play on. I didn’t care about the story, or characters enough, and they all were doing unlikable things.
If you want to see more from me: Check out my video on this month of Game Pass games: https://youtu.be/vUqrUn1HrwQ