Gears 5

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  1. SedSays
    Dec 9, 2019
    0
    I would have enjoyed this game if it wasn't so buggy and broken. Got to the point where it won't load my save anymore in the final act. Very annoying. Your mileage may vary but for me, not being able to finish it means I can't give it any score, let alone a good one.
  2. sincubus
    Nov 21, 2019
    0
    Months in and still a train wreck of glitches and crashes. The shift from a great game into some micro-transaction nonsense really took away from the whole point of the series. I can not, in good conscienceless, suggest this game if you enjoyed the previous versions. Just remember the good games and leave this mosquito of a wallet drainer out in the cold where it can die an ingloriousMonths in and still a train wreck of glitches and crashes. The shift from a great game into some micro-transaction nonsense really took away from the whole point of the series. I can not, in good conscienceless, suggest this game if you enjoyed the previous versions. Just remember the good games and leave this mosquito of a wallet drainer out in the cold where it can die an inglorious death. For a franchise that started with a bang, this should be its whimper like death until better developers who want to make a great game over a quick buck can take the reigns.… Expand
  3. ByCesc
    Feb 5, 2020
    0
    Awfully optimized, there's a lot of performance issues which include fps drops and stuttering. Wallbounce is ruined since bullet magnetism is so notable which makes this game look noob-friendly ruining competitive. Gnasher consistency is nasty and unreliable, Campaign is boring (I didn´t even finish it) and characters are boring too. Gears used to be gold, but the Coalition killed it.
  4. psylife
    Sep 10, 2019
    4
    The game looks good, but nothing groundbreaking or up to the standards some have been advertising. Truth be told I find the material authoring and asset definition around the environment quite average, if not below expectation. Gameplay is pretty much the same as it has always been. There is really not much to say here unfortunately. Get it on game pass, play it and move on. Collapse
  5. yozuezito
    Sep 15, 2019
    4
    El juego tiene buenos gráficos, una buena optimización, y muchos tiros, pero como juego triple A, queda muy corto, sigue con sus mismos problemas que el gears 4, hay errores que persisten en este nueva entrega, pudieron haberlos arreglados, ya viendo su entrega anterior, pero no lo hicieron, hablando de la jugabilidad y los escenarios, muchas veces es lamentable, los escenarios de repitenEl juego tiene buenos gráficos, una buena optimización, y muchos tiros, pero como juego triple A, queda muy corto, sigue con sus mismos problemas que el gears 4, hay errores que persisten en este nueva entrega, pudieron haberlos arreglados, ya viendo su entrega anterior, pero no lo hicieron, hablando de la jugabilidad y los escenarios, muchas veces es lamentable, los escenarios de repiten mucho, sobre todo en la parte del desierto, parece que estas haciendo lo mismo una y otra vez, y en jugabilidad, quitando lo del robot, no hay nada de diferencia entre el Gears 4 y esta nueva entrega, como juego triple A se queda muy corto, pero ojo que la historio no es tan mala como la del 4, pero lamentablemente los errores que acarrea y lo repetitivo que es aburre, en el game pass vale la pena jugarlo, porque comprarlo a precio completo será botar su dinero, es lamentable porque se veía prometedor este juego y quedó corto y mal como la mayoría de las entregas de este año.… Expand
  6. Xennyxt
    Sep 11, 2019
    4
    El juego tendría un 8 (mas no, por que el mundo abierto le ha hecho mas mal que bien).

    La razón, el motivo por el que le doy un 4 es por una "cosita insignificante". Tras pasarme la campaña en locura, coger TODOS los colecionables, armas especiales, mejoras para Jack, y puntos de mejora (lleva tiempo, ademas de ser tedioso, y en las partes de mundo abierto, aburrido), el juego me dice    El juego tendría un 8 (mas no, por que el mundo abierto le ha hecho mas mal que bien).

    La razón, el motivo por el que le doy un 4 es por una "cosita insignificante". Tras pasarme la campaña en locura, coger TODOS los colecionables, armas especiales, mejoras para Jack, y puntos de mejora (lleva tiempo, ademas de ser tedioso, y en las partes de mundo abierto, aburrido), el juego me dice que los logros están incompletos, por que, por alguna razón, ciertas partes de cada logro están incompletas.

    No hay manera humana de saber que me falta, por que como ya dije, ya lo completé TODO, así que me toca volver a pasarlo ENTERO en locura, cosa difícil, para obtener el logro, y recoger TODOS las mejoras de nuevo, por que el juego no me ha marcado algunas.

    Me da igual que el juego sea de hace 4 días, es un fallo ENORME, que hace que tengas que repetirlo TODO.

    Como ya he dicho el juego se merecería un 8, pero la han cagado, y no se que pinta un mundo abierto en un shooter frenético, te saca de la tensión y el momento.

    LO BUENO:
    En los modos online no he encontrado problemas. Enfrentamiento esta muy bien, el modo horda.... es el modo horda, ¿que mas necesitas?, y el modo escape no es que me agrade personalmente, pero no esta mal, es distinto, y es una mecánica cuanto menos interesante.    … Expand
  7. srt8cat
    Oct 25, 2019
    0
    Lots of graphical glitches and bugs in the story mode and SJW politics all over the place.

    I'm a hardcore Gears fanatic. Well let me rephrase that, a hard core Epic Games Gears fanatic. The franchise pretty much died after Gears 3. Yet I was still pumped for Gears 5 as Gears 4 was alright, nothing groundbreaking but a good start for a new story arch, I guess. Gears 5's characters are    Lots of graphical glitches and bugs in the story mode and SJW politics all over the place.

    I'm a hardcore Gears fanatic. Well let me rephrase that, a hard core Epic Games Gears fanatic. The franchise pretty much died after Gears 3. Yet I was still pumped for Gears 5 as Gears 4 was alright, nothing groundbreaking but a good start for a new story arch, I guess.

    Gears 5's characters are so weird, especially Kait. While playing as her they make you question her. Why would you make the player question the character they play as?

    Oh and they try really hard to make you hate JD. You know, the ''white male bad guy''.

    I'm pretty much done with the franchise. Maybe I'm just getting too old for this. So is Marcus by the way, even though he and delta squad are about the only enjoyable part of this game.    … Expand
  8. P4inskiller
    Sep 21, 2019
    4
    Great graphics, good game..if it would work! Too many frustrating bugs and a ridiculous AI what causes only problems: in some levels I needed to revive all team members every 2 seconds! Gears 5 would be the best episode in the franchise. But with missing quality control this game is only frustrating. Also: the woman Kait is talking by far too much!! Why I cannot choose a male character,Great graphics, good game..if it would work! Too many frustrating bugs and a ridiculous AI what causes only problems: in some levels I needed to revive all team members every 2 seconds! Gears 5 would be the best episode in the franchise. But with missing quality control this game is only frustrating. Also: the woman Kait is talking by far too much!! Why I cannot choose a male character, why EVERY (!!) game in 2019 MUST have female main characters??… Expand
  9. PanzerFerraz
    Sep 12, 2019
    0
    Volta Cliff Bleszinski e a Epic Games por favor, para salvar esta magnífica franquia de uma vez por todas, a Dona deste magnifico jogo, está destruindo a mesma... Jamais vocês deveriam de terem saído deste inestimável jogo. Perderam a noção do que ser é ser uma empresa/criador criativa/criativo se inspirando em jogo da corrente que ganhou de melhor jogo do ano anterior. Porém não tem aVolta Cliff Bleszinski e a Epic Games por favor, para salvar esta magnífica franquia de uma vez por todas, a Dona deste magnifico jogo, está destruindo a mesma... Jamais vocês deveriam de terem saído deste inestimável jogo. Perderam a noção do que ser é ser uma empresa/criador criativa/criativo se inspirando em jogo da corrente que ganhou de melhor jogo do ano anterior. Porém não tem a mesma criatividade dos criadores que é do Cliff Bleszinski e da Epic Games. Só lamento.… Expand
  10. RapidasDaniel
    Sep 11, 2019
    2
    SÓLO TENIENDO EN CUENTA EL MODO CAMPAÑA:
    Puntos negativos:
    -De los primeros 40min de juego, 15min, son cinemáticas, aburridas y tediosas cinemáticas. -El gameplay está constantemente interrumpido por secciones de dar paseitos, charlas, o secciones largas aburridas, precedidas por una cinemática, o después de una de ellas. Pero es de forma tan constante, que se hace muy tedioso,    SÓLO TENIENDO EN CUENTA EL MODO CAMPAÑA:
    Puntos negativos:
    -De los primeros 40min de juego, 15min, son cinemáticas, aburridas y tediosas cinemáticas.

    -El gameplay está constantemente interrumpido por secciones de dar paseitos, charlas, o secciones largas aburridas, precedidas por una cinemática, o después de una de ellas. Pero es de forma tan constante, que se hace muy tedioso, destroza por completo la experiencia de juego... (tal vez si lo que quieres es ver videos sobre el gears, queda chulísimo, pero en cuanto coges el control es sencillamente aburrido).

    -No puedes moverte libremente por el mapeado. Se hace absolutamente frustrante. Todo son paredes invisibles, todo.
    ¿Ves que nada te retiene de seguir adelante? Pared invisible.
    Oye por aquí no hay ninguna pared, nada, ¿Por qué no puedo bajar del segundo piso a la calle simplemente saltando o dejándome caer? Pared invisible...

    -Para recargar hay una mecánica por la cual se crea una barrita debajo del arma, que si le vuelves a dar a la r en un buen momento recarga más rápido, si no, más lento. No sé en qué mundo en medio de un combate a tiros, tienes que estar apartando tu mirada de la partida para ver la barrita de recarga y darle. Recargamos todo el rato en un juego de estas características, y esto no es nada agradable tener que hacerlo constantemente...

    -Por último, me han derribado, y mientras espameaba el espacio para que me levantasen, el compañero decía: ya voy!, estoy yendo!, así todo el rato. Cuando él estaba a un metro, así hasta que morí (obviamente se había bugueado). Y aquí decidí parar el juego.

    Puntos positivos:
    Gráficamente el juego es una barbaridad, juego a todo en ultra, lo capo a 144fps y de ahí no baja (no tengo mal pc además, pero el rendimiento es bárbaro para lo bien que se ve).

    Conclusión:
    Para el que le guste todo el rollo gráfico con cinemáticas, películas de acción y demás. Seguramente lo disfrutareis mucho.
    Para los que os guste jugar, y si queréis ir a veros una película vais a ver una, no queréis que os interrumpan constantemente en la partida. Iros a otra parte, se hace demasiado aburrido.

    Nada de tonterías de hater, llevo pagando el game pass un tiempo y así seguiré, pero no para jugar al gears, al menos no el modo campaña (que era en verdad lo que me interesaba, me gusta más ese rollo). Seguramente pruebe el multijugador, que seguramente sea bastante mejor que la campaña... Y de ahí editaré la review con lo que vea.    … Expand
  11. P43YM
    Sep 10, 2019
    4
    What a waste ... I'm a longtime fan of the series. And the fourth part was good and promising, but this is a turn in the completely wrong direction.
    Yes, graphically it is excellent, but everything else is terrible. Characters do not cause any sympathy. They are not consistent, flat and boring. You cannot create a drama if a player does not give a damn about its participants.
    Fights are    What a waste ... I'm a longtime fan of the series. And the fourth part was good and promising, but this is a turn in the completely wrong direction.
    Yes, graphically it is excellent, but everything else is terrible. Characters do not cause any sympathy. They are not consistent, flat and boring. You cannot create a drama if a player does not give a damn about its participants.
    Fights are hellishly boring.
    Too many one-shots out of nowhere and too little enemy variety. There are a lot of enemies who are almost not dangerous, but require a long and tedious shooting at one point on their ass or somewhere else.
    Constant babysitting with ai companions, plus one-shots, plus checkpoints, plus boring shooting at large enemies at one point and you get at times the most incredibly hellishly boring repetitive gameplay.
    Open arenas are pointless timewasters.
    And oh god, hire good writers please.
     What is this miserable cliched “Luke I'm Your Father” plot? You destroy plot potentials for locusts! They could have had a centuries-old history, and now they have nothing.
    And, I laughed to the pain in my stomach over the choice that you suddenly give me. I see what you did here. You collect statistics and try to understand whether it is possible to bury old gears or fans are not yet ready to swallow your pathetic new gears. I'm not on your side on this    … Expand
  12. AceAscendus
    Sep 11, 2019
    0
    Terrible. Filled with bugs and glitches on top of HORRIBLE, anti-consumer, predatory micro-transactions. How far Gears of War franchise has fallen, no wonder they changed the name to Gears 5, this isn't true Gears of War and it doesn't deserve that name, this is just another terrible product from Xbox Games Studios.
  13. TheLelik
    Sep 11, 2019
    0
    Bought on Steam. And it simply wont work. I got CTD with GW502. They completely ignore to add latest Win10 build in system requirements! Don't buy this yet, if you have Win 10 build, early then 1903.
  14. unclefergie
    Sep 13, 2019
    0
    Very , extremely, put me to sleep story.... Seriously this is not Gears. .... it is a fun game for about 20 min and then its on to something else. such a damn shame.
    The maps are seriously the biggest joke ... they suck ass and are small and crappy.
  15. Mektu
    Sep 23, 2019
    4
    Having only played the single player I can say that from a technical and visual standpoint the game is fantastic, but that's where the positives end.

    Who thought it was a good idea to make the game semi-open world? Was it really the best they were able to come up with? It genuinely adds nothing to the experience other than to be an annoying, exhausting time sink. The dialogue... Oh    Having only played the single player I can say that from a technical and visual standpoint the game is fantastic, but that's where the positives end.

    Who thought it was a good idea to make the game semi-open world? Was it really the best they were able to come up with? It genuinely adds nothing to the experience other than to be an annoying, exhausting time sink.

    The dialogue... Oh god... Whoever was responsible for the dialogue: You're not funny. Your jokes are not funny and your writing is cringe-inducing. The protagonists act like characters out of a teen drama novel. God forbid there would have been a single line of dialogue where they don't apologize for something, act insulted, or attempt to show their gratitude in the most exaggerated manner imaginable.
    I got Mass Effect Andromeda flashbacks while playing this game; that should tell you something about the quality of the writing.

    It's time to bring Marcus Fenix out of retirement. I'm genuinely sick of the new protagonists.    … Expand
  16. Lotheravanti
    Oct 11, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So I was playing Act I, genuinely enjoying a solid Gears experience. The combat has been tweaked a lot better this time around compared to Gears 4. You no longer have to spend half an hour on a miniboss(that's what it felt like). Minibosses have health bars and take far less to kill than before. It's not all good, though. Jumpers can totally waste you with barrages unless you hide behind tall cover to gradually whittle their health. They weren't AS aggressive in Gears 4, here it's barrage after barrage with no delay between.

    So yeah, I was thoroughly enjoying just about everything, the gameplay, the graphics, the story, when the game went FULL WOKE. We had a character assassination moment, because men bad, then you start Act II with the girl and this REALLY bothered me. Del never shuts up about how great she is, constantly kissing her ♥♥♥ and praising her, the Great Feminist Savior.

    Also, tell me if you've heard this woke story before: she is the ONE, she is the KEY to EVERYTHING. The retcon in Gears 5 is mighty strong, they're insinuating the Locust were just a science experiment created by Men. Men BAD, do you get it? Oh and JD returns in Act 3 and starts kissing her ♥♥♥ as well. ALL PRAISE THE WOMAN.

    The first act is classic gears, but Act 2 and 3 are open world Ubisoft crap filled with.....filler side missions. Yes, side missions in a Gears game. So, rather than the well designed levels of past games, you now have your typical empty open world with around 10 side activities for Acts 2 and 3. It's utter ♥♥♥♥♥.    … Expand
  17. 4Cyberpunk
    Oct 5, 2019
    4
    Simply boring simple game.It's for kids maybe.Super lame characters and meaningless writing.Good optimization.Couldn't finish it because i didn't care about story or even enjoy the gameplay.
  18. WinrarDinrar
    Oct 1, 2019
    3
    70 hours in.
    Unfinished Game ☑
    Only 7 maps on release ☑ Micro-transactions ☑ Terrible De-sync on MP ☑ High Ping from connecting to the wrong server ☑ Unbalanced Multiplayer ☑ SJW Story ☑ No reward for re-uping after level 100 ☑ Incompetent Devs ☑ I really wanted to give this game a shot, It runs great, but its not a good game. Feels like a rushed game. Really miss gears 1 and    70 hours in.
    Unfinished Game ☑
    Only 7 maps on release ☑
    Micro-transactions ☑
    Terrible De-sync on MP ☑
    High Ping from connecting to the wrong server ☑
    Unbalanced Multiplayer ☑
    SJW Story ☑
    No reward for re-uping after level 100 ☑
    Incompetent Devs ☑

    I really wanted to give this game a shot, It runs great, but its not a good game.
    Feels like a rushed game. Really miss gears 1 and 2    … Expand
  19. djball
    Jul 16, 2022
    0
    Preteen demographic, horrible writing. Gameplay is unbearably clunky. Not even worth the free download on Gamepass. 4 hours deleted.
  20. CriticalEQ
    Oct 8, 2019
    2
    Pros: Improved fresh campaign compared to Gears 4.
    Cons: I've played every Gears game. And this game has made me decide I will instead be getting a PS5 next generation. Rod and Phil you guys are not smart and are failing at producing AAA must have 1st party games completely. This game is still just more corporate microtransaction bullsh*t. Do nobody should buy this game. The progression    Pros: Improved fresh campaign compared to Gears 4.
    Cons: I've played every Gears game. And this game has made me decide I will instead be getting a PS5 next generation. Rod and Phil you guys are not smart and are failing at producing AAA must have 1st party games completely. This game is still just more corporate microtransaction bullsh*t. Do nobody should buy this game. The progression system just like with Gears 4 is trash and not fun. TC and Rod lied to everybody that this game would be players first and it is 100% not. Fun should always be first but Microsoft continues to not understand that as a company. When a progression system pushes you hard to not enjoy the game or not make the best play but instead try to achieve a certain tasks in each multiplayer session you have f*cked the multiplayer. Also instead of Gears 4s grindy lootbox microtrasaction system they've replaced it with a convoluted microtransaction mess with nothing of value to unlock and with no reasonable or fun way to progress toward unlocking anything. The only way to unlock anything of value will cost you at least an extremely excessive extra $40. They clearly marketed this game and redesigned the microtrasaction system to confuse customers and make it difficult for reviewers to warn players all with the main goal to limit outrage during launch. This is unfriendly and unethical behavior. Like with Gears 4 this games player base will die massively as players are left with again a trash progression system that is not centered around fun and the multiplayer gameplay itself. Under no circumstance should you trust TC and Rod again and buy Gears 6 in the future. Gears of War is now a dead franchise that lies and manipulates you. Its not surprising at all that they made Gears 5 crossplatform with PC since they basically killed the franchises playerbase with 4s grindy lootbox microtransactions system. But after this I don't know what TC will do to trick players to buy 6. I believe this game just spent the last bit of trust players had with TC and Rod. For me this game was going to decide if I switched to PlayStation for next gen and this game has decided it for me Microsoft is not serious about creating Fun AAA games they are not PlayStation and they are certainly not a Nintendo. Microsoft has taken yet again another stupid pointless approach to gaming and blowing player trust. but for many this was Microsofts last chance. This game just one PlayStation 5 the gen console war.    … Expand
  21. Naddeist
    Oct 18, 2019
    0
    Juego incompleto
    Pesimo lanzamiento
    Solo 7 mapas en MP Micro-transacciones que te hacen preferir el sistema de sobres de gow 4 Terrible desincronización en MP, partidas llenas de bots Pesimo rendimento en Equipos de gama alta - En foros se reportan personas que solo pueden jugar de 10 a 20 min el juego se cierra sin informar el error o solucion Ping alto al conectarse al servidor    Juego incompleto
    Pesimo lanzamiento
    Solo 7 mapas en MP
    Micro-transacciones que te hacen preferir el sistema de sobres de gow 4
    Terrible desincronización en MP, partidas llenas de bots
    Pesimo rendimento en Equipos de gama alta - En foros se reportan personas que solo pueden jugar de 10 a 20 min el juego se cierra sin informar el error o solucion
    Ping alto al conectarse al servidor incorrecto
    Multijugador y sistema de Rank desequilibrado
    La i.a. en la campana tiene retrazo algunas misiones no las puedes completar porque tu companero se cae del mapa o se queda trabado en una covertura
    Historia aburridisima y predecible puedes verla en videos no compres el juego
    Lo mas interesante de toda la campana son los easter eggs "Para fans" y La muerte del unico personaje con sentido el Robot Jack

    Amaba esta franquicia pero Microsoft & TC lo mataron, No recomendaria a nadie comprar este juego desepcion total para Fans de siempre asi como nuevos, este juego mal desarrollado es un intento mas de sacar dinero basado en la nostalgia, no tiene identidad la nueva historia debio terminar con Gow 3, nada innovador un refrito o un dlc de gow 4, la mayoria de jugadores pierden el interes despues de 1 mes, inclusive a unos meses de su lanzamiento puedes comprarlo por menos de la mitad de precio en paginas de Keys en internet para el proximo ano costara $5 Usd, no pierdas tu tiempo ni dinero inviertelo en algo mejor este es solo otro intento por dar protagonismo a un personaje que no tiene sentido de existir solo para quedar bien con grupos externos y hacer lo politicamente correcto otra vez.    … Expand
  22. balddim0n
    Sep 15, 2019
    0
    Crashes during cutscenes (often) and during gameplay (not so often) playing single. Ok, let`s be honest — it crashes all the time. BSODS and sometimes just crashes to desktop.

    Coop is unplayable at all as it BSODS EVERY TIME every 5 minutes or more often. Crashes while loading, crashes while playing. Usually it is BSOD. Sometimes you just crash to desktop. Me and my buddy spent time    Crashes during cutscenes (often) and during gameplay (not so often) playing single. Ok, let`s be honest — it crashes all the time. BSODS and sometimes just crashes to desktop.

    Coop is unplayable at all as it BSODS EVERY TIME every 5 minutes or more often. Crashes while loading, crashes while playing. Usually it is BSOD. Sometimes you just crash to desktop. Me and my buddy spent time trying to play but just gave up. Unplayable in coop. BSODs.

    For now I`ve tried around some things hoping to fix it but nothing helped.

    While I was playing single I wasn`t expectin` the game to be in such a bad shape. I was mistaken.

    Coop is unplayable. It`s either a refund or you just have to wait hopin` for comin` fixes.

    Windows 10 last version. I7 4790s. DDR3 8gb. AMD RX 480 4gb last driver. Samsung Evo 860 SSD.

    Stop selling broken games. Give it for free or call it broken as it is otherwise    … Expand
  23. Steff86
    Sep 13, 2019
    0
    Very boring game! No improvements to the franchise and same loony toons graphics! There's nothing this game offers.
  24. matheusgrb
    Sep 26, 2019
    0
    Mais do mesmo TODO JOGO. É sempre o MESMO jogo. Palhaçada tem limite Microsoft!! Não aguento mais isso
  25. Kurrjur
    Sep 21, 2019
    4
    Campaign is amazing. Otherwise this would be a 0/10. Multiplayer is too broken to even go on a rant about it, because the game doesn't deserve the words. Also the game crashes periodically and doesn't keep accurate track of stats.
  26. Ditko
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    I would have honestly put 7.5 to this game. It's not the best Gears 5 out there, it's a little bit better than GoW 4 but definitely not a masterpiece. Single player story is meh and the open world moments are dull. Overall it's a good game but not what I would expect from one of the biggest Microsoft exclusive series. Gears 1-2-3 were way better!

    Still, I need to give this one a 0    I would have honestly put 7.5 to this game. It's not the best Gears 5 out there, it's a little bit better than GoW 4 but definitely not a masterpiece. Single player story is meh and the open world moments are dull. Overall it's a good game but not what I would expect from one of the biggest Microsoft exclusive series. Gears 1-2-3 were way better!

    Still, I need to give this one a 0 'cause I read some of the fake 10 rating reviews (which show it as a perfect game) from Xbox fanboys. This needs balance.    … Expand
  27. yellowleo
    Sep 10, 2019
    0
    Unplayable on NVIDIA 1xxx Series. How can you make such a big over site. Just because AMD gave you money to make it for them doesn't mean you should make NVIDIA cards crash when trying to play.
  28. Unreal011
    Sep 10, 2019
    0
    Couldn't finish a single round in horde mode. Enemies spawn underground so you can't kill them,
    players get stuck in the ground or on walls, servers are a nightmare and frequently kick you out.
    Quests are bugged and don't count your progress, games don't start after minutes of loading time. Overall i wasted hours of progress on this The list goes on and on. This is a Beta at best    Couldn't finish a single round in horde mode. Enemies spawn underground so you can't kill them,
    players get stuck in the ground or on walls, servers are a nightmare and frequently kick you out.
    Quests are bugged and don't count your progress, games don't start after minutes of loading time.
    Overall i wasted hours of progress on this

    The list goes on and on.

    This is a Beta at best but not a finished game    … Expand
  29. BetaBrody
    Oct 13, 2019
    0
    It's sad to say, but this has to be the worst Gears game I have played (I've played all the games but GoW Judgement). The game was released over a month ago now and the game still feels like its in beta. The lag is high in this game nearly all the time, and the game is full of bugs that hurt game play experience and waste valuable time. This game feels like Gears of War 2 where to playIt's sad to say, but this has to be the worst Gears game I have played (I've played all the games but GoW Judgement). The game was released over a month ago now and the game still feels like its in beta. The lag is high in this game nearly all the time, and the game is full of bugs that hurt game play experience and waste valuable time. This game feels like Gears of War 2 where to play with low ping you would need to be host, in this case you would need to be very close to whatever random server is chosen. The movement is also very clunky especially with the current cover system which feels like it got worse from previous Gears as well. The character selection and map selection is the lowest I have ever seen, and the maps get stale quickly due to only 7 different maps to choose from. It is very hard to find good things to say about this game when I feel any other Gears of War did everything better.… Expand
  30. furyohfury
    Sep 29, 2019
    2
    WORST checkpoints ever. Even if you have beaten huge wave of enemies or one big enemy which takes a lot of time on hard difficulty (normal is boring because you don't feel any resistance at all) and die randomly from one grenade or rocket of last enemy (it oneshotes you no matter what which is REALLY frustrating) or there's another wave coming and you died at the end of it - you gottaWORST checkpoints ever. Even if you have beaten huge wave of enemies or one big enemy which takes a lot of time on hard difficulty (normal is boring because you don't feel any resistance at all) and die randomly from one grenade or rocket of last enemy (it oneshotes you no matter what which is REALLY frustrating) or there's another wave coming and you died at the end of it - you gotta start ALL of it again. There are many bugs when enemy just stops and does nothing and you can't go forward because he's alive and you have to search for him. I had a bug when in kraken fight it just didnt open last eye so i had to do all the fight AGAIN.
    Dumb matriarch fight. Everything what makes big enemies strong is their huge hp bar so you have to fire 300 bullets in one of them which is stupid old game design.
    People say graphics is good and most of the time it's true, but even with ultra textures its' ok but not everywhere.
    Plot is boring, relationships between characters are made SO BADLY that it makes no interest at all. And i know that we have this dumb feminism trend but playing 90% of the game as a boring girl in supposedly brutal shooter is't fun
    The only good thing in this game is optimisation, which is really good with this graphics, but game itself has so bad game design, plot, checkpoints and ancient gameplay.    … Expand
  31. GreyMatter121
    Oct 29, 2019
    0
    "Gears of Opinionated Alt-Chick" is not what fans of the series want. Get woke, go broke. If you want to be successful, you have to cater to the fanbase that brought you the success you had, instead of catering to SJW's who don't even buy your games. There is nothing cringier than being forced to play some feminist savior in a game that used to be about testosterone and war.
  32. tdebug
    May 31, 2020
    2
    Incredibly clumsy controls make the most of the game difficulty. Last boss is difficult only because of terrible controls, character stuck and fail to run properly. This makes it annoying and not challenging experience.
  33. Imhonest
    Jan 23, 2021
    0
    I remember playing gears 1 ... This one is worst on every aspect. Wtf is wrong situ Microsoft games these Daysi ??? Halo is Another example of the same history
  34. Exela
    Apr 27, 2020
    1
    Management is terrible, the game is terrible, the game is disproportionately light and heavy, there is no balance, skirmishes with the bosses are long necessary and monotonous. A very bad game.
  35. TehWaffleIron
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    To start off, I made an account to rate this game, I've never felt this way with a game before.

    Honestly this game is a pile of crap. First Gears game that I have ever played, I played with my friends who said the previous games were better. Anything would've been better than wasting 16 hours of my life to beat this campaign, that had a decent story that I probably would have cared for    To start off, I made an account to rate this game, I've never felt this way with a game before.

    Honestly this game is a pile of crap. First Gears game that I have ever played, I played with my friends who said the previous games were better. Anything would've been better than wasting 16 hours of my life to beat this campaign, that had a decent story that I probably would have cared for if the game didn't either: crap itself for me or a friend, or have 10000's of bugs in the campaign alone.

    I don't know how they could've released a game so halfed assed that Destiny 2 had a better year 1. I feels like there is no support from the Devs, none of the bugs have been fixed since we started playing this game and we played over many months to JUST finish the sad excuse of a campaign. Half the time the cut-scenes wouldn't even load for 1 or all of us. For me, I didn't even get to see the end of the damn game cause the cut-scene killed itself mid way through and left me hanging out in the world space.

    If I could get a refund for this game, I would take it in a heart beat, sadly it was a gift from a friend. Still hope he can get a refund for this game.    … Expand
  36. StarkAgentos
    Mar 27, 2022
    4
    Поиграл 1,5 часа. Игра очень скучная. Сюжет никакой, музыка тоже, геймплей неоригинален и однообразен. Не понимаю, почему эта игра такая популярная.
  37. CJIaBa
    Mar 7, 2022
    1
    Поставщик услуг не выполняет свои обязательства на территории России и Белоруссии отключи сервера игры.
  38. Jorchking
    Apr 12, 2020
    4
    ¿Cómo se puede escribir esto después de una malísima experiencia? Crasheos, bugs en todos lados y desconexiones, campaña corta, micropagos excesivos, mal multijugador con enormes desbalances... Y lo lamento mucho, pero es que es una decepción si es que esperaban a los nuevos jugadores que se introdujearan a Gears con este juego. Y más allá de eso, el juego en sí es decepcionante y más este¿Cómo se puede escribir esto después de una malísima experiencia? Crasheos, bugs en todos lados y desconexiones, campaña corta, micropagos excesivos, mal multijugador con enormes desbalances... Y lo lamento mucho, pero es que es una decepción si es que esperaban a los nuevos jugadores que se introdujearan a Gears con este juego. Y más allá de eso, el juego en sí es decepcionante y más este port.
    Podría insultar o tirar cosas de la rabia, pero han dejado pasar una enorme oportunidad. GRAN retroceso del Gears of War 4, que me pareció un juego EXCELENTE.
    Calificación: 5/10. Bien MEDIOCRE, olvidable y MUY mejorable.
    This review based on the Windows 10 store version, no Steam.    … Expand
  39. Destrukt
    Jul 12, 2020
    0
    This game is broken on PC, avoid. Rotating camera using mouse causes huge stuttering and makes it unplayable in already lag, glitch and microtransaction infested multiplayer. This is reported by many players and I tried proposed fixes, (except uninstalling GPU drivers and installing some 2 year old, seriously though). I tested it on PC far surpassing recommended requirements and withoutThis game is broken on PC, avoid. Rotating camera using mouse causes huge stuttering and makes it unplayable in already lag, glitch and microtransaction infested multiplayer. This is reported by many players and I tried proposed fixes, (except uninstalling GPU drivers and installing some 2 year old, seriously though). I tested it on PC far surpassing recommended requirements and without rotating the camera the game runs 100+ fps on highest settings. Supposedly it is not present when playing on gamepad but I do not want to play PC game on a controller. As others said, single player is boring and unsatisfying. I did not finish the campaing but from what I played I could tell that the story writing is bad.… Expand
  40. parallax_84
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    the game is full of options but it runs like crap... you lower settings and barely makes a difference except with shadows but the game without them looks awful, also you can't use the damn resolution scale because it crashes all the time., it has serious stuttering issues and fps drops that completely ruin the experience and even worse there are people saying that this is one of the bestthe game is full of options but it runs like crap... you lower settings and barely makes a difference except with shadows but the game without them looks awful, also you can't use the damn resolution scale because it crashes all the time., it has serious stuttering issues and fps drops that completely ruin the experience and even worse there are people saying that this is one of the best ports ever made, of course those are paid reviews.… Expand
  41. pavel2
    Apr 11, 2020
    0
    Game was unplayable on my Windows 7 computer. It ran as slideshow. If I ever buy a Microsoft game, it will have to be on Xbox, not on PC.
  42. nurii29
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    **** game i ever played so glad i played with gamepass wouldnt wanna spend 1 cent on it
  43. Dagger95
    Dec 11, 2019
    4
    Mi dispiace dover lasciare 4 stelle ma il gioco ha diversi bug gravi, sia di salvataggio sia che impediscono il proseguo della campagna. L'ultimo è stato la goccia che ha fatto traboccare il vaso, un muro di pietra invalicabile che appare in una grotta dove il giocatore deve necessariamente passare; questo bug mi ha impedito in qualsiasi modo il proseguio dell'avventura (che mi stavaMi dispiace dover lasciare 4 stelle ma il gioco ha diversi bug gravi, sia di salvataggio sia che impediscono il proseguo della campagna. L'ultimo è stato la goccia che ha fatto traboccare il vaso, un muro di pietra invalicabile che appare in una grotta dove il giocatore deve necessariamente passare; questo bug mi ha impedito in qualsiasi modo il proseguio dell'avventura (che mi stava piacendo molto). Altri bug "minori" ma sempre gravissimi si sono verificati in precedenza. Salvataggi corrotti e interazioni impossibili fra i maggiori. Nel migliore dei casi dovevo rincominciare da 2 minuti prima, nel peggiore ho dovuto rifare 2 ore la stessa parte di campagna. Ma la pazienza ha raggiunto il suo limite. Sono contento solo di non aver pagato questo gioco a prezzo pieno ma di averlo giocato tramite game pass, sono scontento perché il gioco è molto bello in sé ma i bug rovinano tutto.… Expand
  44. Pecone
    Oct 19, 2019
    4
    Where do I begin? The single player campaign and the graphical aspect of the game are awesome. But this is where it ends. Multiplayer is a broken mess and the TC greed has no boundaries.
    Multiplayer damage, matchmaking and servers are a joke. The inconsistent gameplay break the whole experience. I stopped counting how many time my character just sits there to get shot, because of how the    Where do I begin? The single player campaign and the graphical aspect of the game are awesome. But this is where it ends. Multiplayer is a broken mess and the TC greed has no boundaries.
    Multiplayer damage, matchmaking and servers are a joke. The inconsistent gameplay break the whole experience. I stopped counting how many time my character just sits there to get shot, because of how the servers handle lag. My connection is top notch and my ping is never over 60, yet damage doesn't register, character just sits there to get shot, it is a joke.
    The next big thing that breaks everything with the game is the ''micro'' transactions. TC is greedier than Activision. Their requirement to grind for items is just plain ridiculous. For a character online you have to grind for a week if not more, and even them it is not guaranteed you will get it, since they put a bunch of small things you have to do in escape and horde, which has to do with special character bosses, which may or may not spawn. Or spend $5 per character...see how easy this is. Disgrace! Greed and incompetence. There is no variety in multiplayer. There are 4 maps on rotation. That's it - 4! WTF is this? It's a joke.    … Expand
  45. robogeisha
    Oct 24, 2019
    3
    This is the first Gears (Of War) game that I've played so I can't say how it compares to previous entries, but by god it is boring. It's essentially a long cut scene interspersed with occasional bursts of frustrating shooting - frustrating if you're playing with a controller, anyway, since there is no aim assist unless you set the difficulty to minimum, and no cursor when you're in coverThis is the first Gears (Of War) game that I've played so I can't say how it compares to previous entries, but by god it is boring. It's essentially a long cut scene interspersed with occasional bursts of frustrating shooting - frustrating if you're playing with a controller, anyway, since there is no aim assist unless you set the difficulty to minimum, and no cursor when you're in cover to give you a clue where you'll be aiming when you pop up to fire. Unless you've marked the centre of your TV with a pen the chances of you actually hitting anything when you pop out of cover without a tedious interval of nudging the thumb sticks (whilst you get peppered with bullets) is virtually zero. I would have expected a series that originated on the XBox to have shooting mechanics that were well tuned for an XBox controller, but it feels like it is built for keyboard and mouse.

    Beyond the barely present gameplay the story and characters are profoundly uninteresting (as far as I've progressed so far anyway ... some way into Act 2). I'm so tired of wise-cracking Americans in games, give me something different. Or at least try to make the wise cracks interesting or amusing?

    The game is beautiful, of course, can't deny it that, and it runs at a rock solid 60FPS on my rig. Unreal Engine certainly shines and the artists have put a lot of work into getting the most out of it.

    By god it's boring though.    … Expand
  46. soldiermxdeath
    Feb 23, 2022
    2
    The game was broken on launch date, till today there's some achievements don't track properly. Many of them are too much time consuming and very boring, repetitive, doesn't enrich the gaming experience.

    Putting that aside, the campaing was only ok, the open world areas are a waste, trying to be a filler to an uninteresting campaing. It has some good firefights but overall aren't worthy.    The game was broken on launch date, till today there's some achievements don't track properly. Many of them are too much time consuming and very boring, repetitive, doesn't enrich the gaming experience.

    Putting that aside, the campaing was only ok, the open world areas are a waste, trying to be a filler to an uninteresting campaing. It has some good firefights but overall aren't worthy. The difficulty on this game is based on how many want to screw/punish you on Campaign/horde/escape.

    Graphics are good but the general performance at least on PC is irregular, random stuttering during matches 'cause probably it loads custom weapon skins when they're pick up, if the game is on HDD like on Xbox One, there's a high time response causing such stuttering, also when bosses spawns, is annoying. The first years was horrible with random crashes and most sometimes BSOD, alongside the GW502 error, the only game with worse performance was Gears of War 4, common denominator: TC poor programming.

    Campaign DLC is very short, tasteless, you're about to get action too late. Too many sections where you only walk without sprint, you can't skip some of those dialogues ingame.

    Escape mode is entertaining but abuses on pretty generic assets, if isn't on ice levels, are factory levels, too boring see the same maps accommodated in different ways. The majority of claases aren't suitables for many hives, forcing you use some specific classes, for those skilled players isn't a issue, but actually if you like for example some class and want to use it on hives with huge disavantage, it won't be enjoyable after all. Those who beat all hives with the "worst" classes doesn't represent the average player trying to have fun in a sense not everybody have the same skill.

    Horde mode with daily modifiers present the same problem with only using certain classes to beat it more easily, despite that, is a disaster play a team based game with people that play the opposite, for example, an assault class that uses explosives, some players use it entirely as engineer, all because this bad game design is so open causing any player do whatever they want, not matter if they do it to the detriment of the team.

    Versus is a total mess, I didn't mention that PVE had several changes, some positives, other were for worst, in versus was the worst, the gunplay doesn't feel enjoyable, all related with competitive like earn rewards, rankings, etc. feels more like a full time job than actually enjoying a game.
    Maps designs only improved with the latest released, the rest are just generic artistically.

    The service model on this game is predatory, exclusive expensive skins and the majority of them are incomplete due the scorcher was added after. If you don't buy them, you can earn coins in an insane grind. The Iron is useless, only if you want to get the skins asap 1 week before the rest can earn them through playing, and you can't use it to get those exclusive skins like Chrome Steel.

    Talking about coins and iron, TC made something called boost, mainly to make more players addicted on focus only on level up asap, they made less events to make players buy this boost, otherwise it'll take a lot of time to level up, and there's some achievements for level up, so, basically pay for earn it.

    The grind to level up classes and cards are ridiculous, some necessary cards are unlocked after a lot of hours playing, if you want to go on faster, you need to play on Master, but of course if you play it without cards you'll be punished horribly, so playing in lower difficulties doesn't help due the horrible reward system, giving you repeated cards you don't need. In the first years of this game it was worse.

    Overall game only can be enjoyed with a close group of friends, but after all disasters there's no real incentive to play. TC made a bunch of players only focused on unlock stuffs, play for rewards instead of play for fun.

    In conclussion, is a irregular game, but with a very bad developer behind, poor costumer support, poor treatment to the user, random stuttering/crashes on high end PCs but being a minority, who cares? And finally the constant changes since the game was launched, different versus tuning, the change from heroes to classes, adding/removing stuffs in skill cards, etc. It just shows they have no f#@!cking idea on what to do. One of the worst studios I ever seen. I'll never confident    … Expand
  47. WreckWren
    Aug 17, 2022
    2
    Pretty mediocre rip-off of gears. 4 was pretty bad, relegating all the good characters we like to 2nd rate support roles, but this one which replaces big gruff wise cracking Marcus with a whiny annoying passive aggressive girl is just offensive. Who can honestly say they thought this character was likeable?
    Gameplay is uninspired and adds only gimmicks while cutting down on the core cover    Pretty mediocre rip-off of gears. 4 was pretty bad, relegating all the good characters we like to 2nd rate support roles, but this one which replaces big gruff wise cracking Marcus with a whiny annoying passive aggressive girl is just offensive. Who can honestly say they thought this character was likeable?
    Gameplay is uninspired and adds only gimmicks while cutting down on the core cover based tactics of the series Visuals are nice, but not very gears of war at all. The aesthetic is gone now.

    Feels like a bad fan project. Also, many technical issues such as being incompatible with headset mics. Never fixed of course.    … Expand
  48. Sandre
    Sep 7, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Full of bugs Full of micro-transaction and other licenses items. Dull game play. Horde is now one of the big shame in any gears of wars history. This game is awful avoid like hell N°4 is way way better and N°2 and 3 are the best. I was a fan, now i will avoid this franchise like the plague. As usual devs take us for goats and sell an unfinished product with an awful game play and say to the player it is one of the best game ever. And by the way devs do not care at all about players. Look the forum you will understand.… Expand
  49. Valance23322
    Nov 3, 2019
    3
    This game is extremely bad. It fails at almost everything it tries to do, from a quasi open world level structure that just wastes time and development resources while adding nothing to the experience, to technical glitches that make it one of the least polished games of the year (sound, graphics, gameplay, AND progression glitches). Narratively it's a mess with new enemy designs notThis game is extremely bad. It fails at almost everything it tries to do, from a quasi open world level structure that just wastes time and development resources while adding nothing to the experience, to technical glitches that make it one of the least polished games of the year (sound, graphics, gameplay, AND progression glitches). Narratively it's a mess with new enemy designs not really making sense within the world, with one of the main characters from the previous game being effectively ruined then unceremoniously being killed off. Adding to the poor quality it is also by far the shortest gears game of the main series.

    I would not recommend that anyone go out of their way to play this game.    … Expand
  50. Biscotum
    Dec 4, 2019
    4
    Gears 5, at least as far as the campaign is concerned, is unquestionably the worst in the series by a considerable margin. The Gears series as a whole is nothing if not consistently mediocre, making me wonder if there was something going on behind the curtain to cause the baffling issues present in Gears 5.

    The lack of meaningful gameplay iteration has never been more prominent than in    Gears 5, at least as far as the campaign is concerned, is unquestionably the worst in the series by a considerable margin. The Gears series as a whole is nothing if not consistently mediocre, making me wonder if there was something going on behind the curtain to cause the baffling issues present in Gears 5.

    The lack of meaningful gameplay iteration has never been more prominent than in 5. There are three new enemies, none of which are particularly threatening or interesting to fight. The general bullet-sponginess of the enemies, a long-standing personal criticism of the series, is the worst it's ever been. Two new guns were added, one of which is a clunkier Lancer and the other of which is irredeemably awful, to the point of being nearly unusable.

    However, credit where credit is due: now your robot friend can do things in battle. He can shock enemies, heal you, act as a mobile flashbang, temporarily bring enemies to your side, and do a few other things I can't be bothered to list. This added some interesting dynamics to fights. Unfortunately, the upgrades are unbalanced, and things like the heal and the enemy hacking upgrade are so good that you'd never want to use anything else.

    The other gameplay "feature" are open world segments, which bring absolutely nothing to the table. They come with side quests and optional areas to explore, none of which I bothered with because there's nothing the game could possibly reward me with. This is a Gears game. I don't earn EXP, there are no weapon upgrades, and I just don't care enough about the story. The open world segments serve as nothing more than a tedious "go from point A to B to advance the plot."

    Speaking of the plot, it's terrible. Like, Gears has never really been lauded for its deep, complex storyline, but the plot of 5 reads like a bad fanfiction. Nothing really happens, the plot is stagnated by constant (sometimes literal) roadblocks, there's a massive revelation that the plot skates right past and then never mentions again, the characters are less likeable than ever, everyone's response to everything is a snarky comment, and there's never any sense of urgency or tension or anything. Nobody feels like they have any idea what they're doing, there never feel like there are any stakes, and the characters are all so unlikeable that many story beats just don't land.

    Gameplay wise... it's a Gears game. It plays exactly the same as it did in the first. And that's fun, except when it's not, because Gears games have a bad habit of occasionally feeling very frustrating due to the numerous instakill mechanics. 5 is no exception, except the number of frustrating encounters was much higher than any of the other games. To add to it, there were a number of times where a combat encounter was teased and then... trivialized for comedic effect? It was baffling and broke what little tone the game had already established.

    And the last, and most strange part: the game suffered from numeous technical issues. There were many cases where enemy AI got stuck in a loop or broke entirely. Textures failed to load properly on several occasions, cutscenes bugged out in more than one case, and at one point a strange lighting bug caused everyone's hair to appear neon orange. There was also a baffling FOV bug that I have never seen in a video game before, where every time the first player in splitscreen was grabbed, his perspective narrowed inwards and stretched vertically until the next forced perspective change, rendering his screen unplayable until it fixed itself.

    In short, there is often little point in writing a review for a Gears of War game, because the reviews already came out in 2006 with the launch of the original game. For Gears 5, it is necessary to make an exception: it is a bad game, and a bad Gears game.    … Expand
  51. Sepherim
    Dec 16, 2021
    3
    Jugué en su momento al Gears of War 1 y me pareció que su jugabilidad era aburrida y su historia poco interesante. Ahora, con la quinta parte, y tras haber disfrutado de Gears Tactics, decidí darle otra oportunidad a la saga y ver qué tal había evolucionado, y ha sido un error. La jugabilidad está algo mejorada, pero en buena medida sigue siendo el mismo coger cobertura-disparar-moverse aJugué en su momento al Gears of War 1 y me pareció que su jugabilidad era aburrida y su historia poco interesante. Ahora, con la quinta parte, y tras haber disfrutado de Gears Tactics, decidí darle otra oportunidad a la saga y ver qué tal había evolucionado, y ha sido un error. La jugabilidad está algo mejorada, pero en buena medida sigue siendo el mismo coger cobertura-disparar-moverse a siguiente cobertura y poco más. Añade a eso que, si lo juegas en singleplayer, tienes que lidiar con que la IA de tus compañeros es extremadamente estúpida, a niveles de pegarse un tiro. La historia no está mal, pero tampoco es nada del otro mundo. El multijugador me ha parecido más interesante, especialmente el modo hordas y el sistema de progresión, pero acaba haciéndose repetitivo muy rápido.

    Gráficamente el juego cumple, pero personalmente nunca me gustó demasiado el diseño de personajes ni enemigos del universo Gears. El sonido también cumple bien. Y entonces llega la peor parte: los bugs. En PC, la optimización es nefasta, haciendo que el juego consuma una cantidad de recursos locos, se buguea de vez en cuando, los personajes se traban, etc. Y llegó al punto absurdo de que la cinemática del comienzo del acto 3 literalmente me cuelga el juego, aunque cambie la configuración y todo, haciendo imposible avanzar en la campaña pasado ese punto. Añade a eso unos controles que, en el mejor caso, se podrían definir como "caprichosos" y tienes un juego que, sin duda, se queda muy lejos de ser un buen juego.

    Por todo ello, yo recomendaría no acercarse a él. Un 3.    … Expand
  52. Marcz3ra
    Mar 5, 2021
    0
    Gears of Opinionated Alt-Chick" is not what fans of the series want. Get woke, go broke. If you want to be successful, you have to cater to the fanbase that brought you the success you had, instead of catering to SJW's who don't even buy your games. There is nothing cringier than being forced to play some feminist savior in a game that used to be about testosterone and war.
  53. Oscillus
    Aug 22, 2020
    1
    I give it 1/10 because that which I got to see of the story, I liked. But I've never seen graphical glitches this sever not this aggressive, ever, in all my years of gaming. Every now and then an object would glitch hard and suddenly exist 5 times at once slightly shifted over eachother with different transparencies. But then Act 2 Chapter 5 happened and it applied to my entire screen. TheI give it 1/10 because that which I got to see of the story, I liked. But I've never seen graphical glitches this sever not this aggressive, ever, in all my years of gaming. Every now and then an object would glitch hard and suddenly exist 5 times at once slightly shifted over eachother with different transparencies. But then Act 2 Chapter 5 happened and it applied to my entire screen. The whole screen was just getting teared up and pasted 5 times over and over itself slightly shifted each paste and it also came with extreme flickering. After 3 reboots I had to uninstall the game while suffering sever headaches from this glitching. Never in my life, have I seen something like this.… Expand
  54. ces_monkey
    Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Another Gears game. It's a lot like the previous Gears games, but with updated graphics, a few new gadgets to play with, and more story development. I would have been happy if they had made it a little shorter and spent that time fixing bugs. This is probably the last Gears game I will play. Life is short and there are too many other choices out their offering more originality andAnother Gears game. It's a lot like the previous Gears games, but with updated graphics, a few new gadgets to play with, and more story development. I would have been happy if they had made it a little shorter and spent that time fixing bugs. This is probably the last Gears game I will play. Life is short and there are too many other choices out their offering more originality and unique game play.… Expand
  55. gears5sucks
    Feb 22, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "Yeah, Cole, and your mega feet!"
    "Yeah, Cole, and your mega feet!"
    "Yeah, Cole, and your mega feet!"
    "Yeah, Cole, and your mega feet!"    … Expand
  56. Crocodyldo
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
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  57. Top1saraya_
    Mar 24, 2023
    3
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 6, 2019
    87
    Introduction of open world led to action slowing down a little, but new lore and world-building more than make up for it. [Issue#241, p.30]
  2. Giant Bomb
    Oct 23, 2019
    80
    Gears 5 plays around with the formula a bit, but it's still at its best when it's just being a solid-ass Gears of War game.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Oct 12, 2019
    85
    This is an intense blockbuster which delivers its brutal action just as advertised.
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