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Gears 5 Review Thread
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XD Where are these hot takes coming from? There's nothing about Gears 5 that says "expansion pack", except for those people who expected this to somehow become like a detective noir or something lol. It's a Gears game.. that evolves the formula.. and clearly generally succeeds at doing it according to these reviews.
bruh imagine if it actually changes that much in the end and either tanks or boosts the metacritic lmao
Because some people want Gears to follow Uncharted, instead of you know... just playing Uncharted?
Yes. The rodeo run and cover was cool for a while, but games have moved on, you don't need a heavy rodeo run for the same feel, and other TPSs have a much better and dynamic feel.
It's not bad at all. If it settles in the low 80s THAT would be a bit disappointing. I think some people hoped this game would sort of reinvent the series like GoW.
Not really but why resort to this stupid fanboy warring crap?
For some reason metacritic links frequently don't work it load properly on my iPhone using chrome. Anyone else experience that?
It's not bad, but it's definitely disappointing. Microsoft's first party stable really needs a standout title. And given the chances at it are few and far between (or have been over the last few years given limited AAA releases), it's particularly disappointing when another one fails to meet that standard. It's also particularly disappointing because Sony and Nintendo's first party efforts have been on a hot streak, and have fairly consistently reached higher standards. People like me just want to see Gears or Halo achieve something on the level of GOW 2018 or Zelda BOTW, basically. Does it need to? I guess not, but it sure would be rad.
Reviewers like new things now. Even if they're not great, they have to be new.
Lol. This is hilarious.
No matter how you change those animations, you'll still be hit with the same comments in reviews.
"It plays like Gears"
People keep complaining about familiarity when there's limited room to change. It's a third person cover shooter, and you can't drastically change things up without ruining your customer base and alienating fans. It's as simple as that.
Looks like reviewers pretty much reserve honors for predominantly story driven, SP games.
How many shooters have crossed the 90% benchmark this gen?
People expected 9's and 10's so.... :)
You know this will become crazy town
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It just seems to happen in every review (especially Xbox games) thread
That would be something my friend. It's out for GMe Pass Ultimate on Friday and for all else the 10th I believe.
Yeah, people shouldn't bring U4 here, it's a game with totally different focuses, you just happen to shoot things in both games.
This.
No other game plays like gears. Why the fuck would they change that? Make a new IP if they want to change how gears plays. There are enough people - myself including - who still year for that sweet gears gameplay. Makes no sense to deviate too much from that and I love the changes they have done for 5 so far. Just hope the MP maps all play well.
Yours was "to break 90mc Gears has to control like a completely different game that I happen to like".
Your argument is also shit, so I joined in.
I agree that traversal has gotten better in general, but I love the roadie run. It makes Gears, well, Gears for me.
Yep. Running is super awkward. Jumping over cover is too and picking up ammo is old ass shit nobody wants. Throwing grenades is clunky too. I have so many issues with TD2s loot system but the game plays so well. Gears needs to get better no excuses.
so now that the first rush of reviews are out it seems that by and large yes, you should definitely play this game.
if you search "horde" "pvp" "escape" you get no hits in that review and it's not "in progress". You're reviewing less than half the game, wtf is up with this? So many of these reviews completely ignore then multiplayer side of things.
I think it's more that outlets don't use the full numerical score anymore starting in they 360 gen. A 7 is what a 5 used to be. Now anything below 70 is untouchable which is silly
I only played first gears back in the day and it was pretty challenging and i am getting this one, but are you saying each game was getting easier and easier?
More like the last flicker of the Xbox One's dim candle. There won't be any more first party releases of this magnitude until Scarlett comes out.
Lol, your missing out on all the reasons why I said it needs a more dynamic control scheme.
Music to my ears then. Have absolutely no problem with that! Had the whole thing been mostly open world however....but it's not. Great!
Thanks =)
Looking at the reviews so far...I just think to myself, WHAT THE HELL DO PEOPLE WANT FROM THE GEARS FRANCHISE? From what I have watched and read, it has everything in it and it runs at 60fps with amazing graphics? It's play anywhere, it is in Gamepass on PC and Xbox, it plays amazingly, it has tons of content, both single and multiplayer....
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If higher reviews translate into better sales....
Companies should make sure a review isn't out until reviewers get to play the multiplayer.
The multiplayer should or could add up to .3 to .5 on scores.
Companies should make sure a review isn't out until reviewers get to play the multiplayer.
The multiplayer should or could add up to .3 to .5 on scores.
"Some of y'all" literally means "some of you all". Which could very well be 3 people. Lol.
Still zero reasons why that would magically make it review higher lol.
Then that's all it will ever be. And will never get really high review scores.
People still really like guitar hero and call of duty.
Call of duty is quite the anomaly, but it has not been immune to the same issues.