Still not a single negative review, that's pretty damn impressive, but the day is young...
I'm expecting another drop to 85 before eventually settling on 87.
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Gears 5 Review Thread
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Still not a single negative review, that's pretty damn impressive, but the day is young...
I'm expecting another drop to 85 before eventually settling on 87.
86 seems good and kind of where I figured Itd land based on the previews, I'm excited to play it, the graphics look amazing.
I'm not the only one to point it out. Anyway, dropping it for now.
I have this theory that Gears is going to end up being the Quake (or Unreal) of the third person shooter genre. Both games were incredibly popular when they first came out, but gradually fell out of the mainstream once more "accessible" competitors arrived. The casual audience doesn't like the wall bouncing and the old animations, whereas the hardcore fanbase knows that it's the core foundation of the gameplay.
People who don't like Gears don't want Gears to be Gears. Hence the divide where some players want it to be more like Uncharted or The Division. It's interesting how fighting games get a free pass to iterate, but other genres don't.
People who don't like Gears don't want Gears to be Gears. Hence the divide where some players want it to be more like Uncharted or The Division. It's interesting how fighting games get a free pass to iterate, but other genres don't.
So your letting 4pts on an average of 37 reviews dictate your decision?
This makes little sense to me.
Most of those are from the first act. It looks even more stunning in act 2 and parts of act 3.
There's just too many games, unless it's a must buy goty level, you have to understand that I have to buy the console too lol
Being dynamic 4k and 60fps puts it over the edge for me.
Other games may look good but at 1080p or 30fps
I realize that everyone has their opinions on the rankings for a series, but myself and my big Gears friend at work both rank them currently as 3 > 4 > 2 > 1. I was first introduced to the Gears series when I bought my Xbox One X at launch and really loved Gears 4. I have since played through the series on Game Pass, and I don't have much doubt that based on the reviews and insane graphics to include amazing HDR (man oh man it sucks that Control didn't have HDR) that it will likely be right up there near the top for me for the series.
So just because some different era review scores happened to be higher for one of the games doesn't mean that many won't feel differently, and heck IGN scored the Gears 5 campaign 8.8 with praise that sure sounded like it was better than Gears 4 which IGN scored a 9.2. LOL.
So just because some different era review scores happened to be higher for one of the games doesn't mean that many won't feel differently, and heck IGN scored the Gears 5 campaign 8.8 with praise that sure sounded like it was better than Gears 4 which IGN scored a 9.2. LOL.
I feel like the best and worst thing that can happen to a franchise is that its online component catches on in competitive circles. It's the best thing in the world for obvious reasons, but on the flip side - it basically locks your franchise's gameplay behind an impenetrable shell for all of eternity which becomes more and more of an issue as time goes on and games evolve.
God I can't wait to play this on my PC.
There was a clever idea, not to have any campaign trailers, I guess. But if this can get worse score than Gears 4, which has absolutely abysmal campaign, I am not sure if I rather don't save my space on HDD.
This review thread is no fun, not any big meltdowns. Nothing like that whole review thread of that crazy posts and memes from The Order 1886 time. Or if ND could be legally sued (I think this was Polygon) for giving The Last of US 8/10. Especially The Order 1886 thread was classic. Seems like Xbox fans are no longer those 12 years old, but those who had 2 jobs and could get spare console. (X1X main platform by the way)
This review thread is no fun, not any big meltdowns. Nothing like that whole review thread of that crazy posts and memes from The Order 1886 time. Or if ND could be legally sued (I think this was Polygon) for giving The Last of US 8/10. Especially The Order 1886 thread was classic. Seems like Xbox fans are no longer those 12 years old, but those who had 2 jobs and could get spare console. (X1X main platform by the way)
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I've read this 3 times and I still have no idea what is being said here
"It's a shame MS doesn't have a masterpiece this gen aside from the masterpiece I just acknowledged "
And no, Gears 5 didn't give a mediocre impression of the Campaign and main MP modes at E3 because none of those were showed. All post-E3 showings of those modes have been extremely positive.
As far as technical polish is concerned, I'm not sure when last we had a game as good as this, delivering 4K 60fps on the X.
Wait Gamespot gave it a 7?
But had near no complaint.......beyond saying it feels like Gears?
Do they give Call of Duty games the same harsh treatment of comparing COD to COD?
But had near no complaint.......beyond saying it feels like Gears?
Do they give Call of Duty games the same harsh treatment of comparing COD to COD?
Thats a new graphics benchmark right there.
Can't wait to see in all it's glory on my tv.
And people jumped on me because in the past i dare to say something about the game having a samey feelings from gameplay videos...and then reviews comes out and say basically the same thing even on very positive reviews...
Sorry if i giggle for a moment here...
Sorry if i giggle for a moment here...
Laymen Gaming review :
"It's harder to meme Xbox when they make games this good!"
"It's harder to meme Xbox when they make games this good!"
Maybe next year when it lulls but who am I kidding, the whole next year is a bloodbath lol
Yeah on Insane settings on PC it is especially pretty - Coalition did great work here.
It's really stupid to say "uhhhh that game looks similar to the one before it" for a sequel, isn't it?
Yeah, it is.
thank god it's not just me lol Like, I'm drinking a Monster, trying to wake up, and the statement is still skullfucking me
Windows store traumatized me, is it on Steam? I didn't check since I was planning on X + gamepass
1: Xbox app on PC beta is pretty good/decent. check it out
2: yes it's on Steam
Sorry, haven't slept more than a day and non native speaker, it's time to stop, posting I know, but I will try to fix that.