Gears 5

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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  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. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. Top1saraya_
    Mar 24, 2023
    3
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  20. 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.
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. CJIaBa
    Mar 7, 2022
    1
    Поставщик услуг не выполняет свои обязательства на территории России и Белоруссии отключи сервера игры.
  30. 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
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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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