Gears 5

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  1. Top1saraya_
    Mar 24, 2023
    3
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  2. 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
  3. djball
    Jul 16, 2022
    0
    Preteen demographic, horrible writing. Gameplay is unbearably clunky. Not even worth the free download on Gamepass. 4 hours deleted.
  4. 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.
  5. CJIaBa
    Mar 7, 2022
    1
    Поставщик услуг не выполняет свои обязательства на территории России и Белоруссии отключи сервера игры.
  6. Crocodyldo
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Russophobes and nationalists Russophobes and nationalists Russophobes and nationalists
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. nurii29
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    **** game i ever played so glad i played with gamepass wouldnt wanna spend 1 cent on it
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. 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.
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. matheusgrb
    Sep 26, 2019
    0
    Mais do mesmo TODO JOGO. É sempre o MESMO jogo. Palhaçada tem limite Microsoft!! Não aguento mais isso
  29. 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
  30. 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.
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#46 Best PC Game of 2019
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#22 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019

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Metascore
82

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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