Gears of War 4

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  1. NihiRagnarK
    Oct 29, 2016
    6
    I began to feel bored for GOW3 and considered Judgment Day as very tedious.
    Now what we have here as the GOW4 is the same old stuff with new unattractive protagonists, a very very poor story line and recursive and repetitive combats.
  2. Melgacius
    Aug 8, 2018
    7
    Consider this a 6.5.

    My initial idea was to skip the review for this game, but when I noticed that most of the reviewers gave him great scores, I could not let it go. Gears of War 4 is far from being a masterpiece. Gears of War 4 is a third person shooter where you continue to use the usual cover mechanism in the vast majority of fights. This time there was a new producer behind the    Consider this a 6.5.

    My initial idea was to skip the review for this game, but when I noticed that most of the reviewers gave him great scores, I could not let it go. Gears of War 4 is far from being a masterpiece.

    Gears of War 4 is a third person shooter where you continue to use the usual cover mechanism in the vast majority of fights. This time there was a new producer behind the story, which makes everything more difficult, because it‘s not always easy to catch the momentum of previous productions. The secret was not to change much. Move on to the new generation of characters, keeping the previous ones on secondary roles. This has kept the plot secure, but often the story enters a swamp of poorly explained connections from where it takes time to leave, and most of those moments with no apparent purpose in the game. However, that did not ruin the gameplay.

    Graphically I’ve loved the game, which ran virtually flawlessly on my PC. I think it was for this reason that I’ve enjoyed it so much. So much detail everywhere, I really did not expect that. Especially the storms ... well, all-natural phenomena were very well characterized either graphically or in sound effects.

    And that’s how I introduce the sound quality of the game, which, given the quality of the characterization of storms, seemed exceptional to me. It is not so impressive inside buildings, but even there I cannot point out any glitches.

    Gameplaywise I’ve spent 10 hours in the campaign mode. Cover, shoot, advance, repeat. Completely on rails. This is the complete portrait of game mechanics here. It's always the same. We are stuck in an endless loop of always doing the samy same. Yes, the opponents pressure us more, they try to flank us, but in any time, I had the opportunity to use any type of tactics, I just used the corridor, advance, cover, shoot and that's it. It wears our soul out.

    There are moments of kinematics in which they show us great landscapes where the Swarm (name given to the new enemies that evolve from the Locust) is giant, so many enemies that we begin to salivate by anticipation, only to arrive at that place and to realize that it is almost empty, or only with a tiny amount of the enemies that we had seen previously. Doing some and no spoilers, near the final battle we saw a canyon packed full with enemies, only to arrive there and see a completely empty canyon. How much waste...

    There are parts in the game where we can put barricades and turrets to fight hordes, that's pretty cool, but then the fighting mechanics are the same as usual, so…

    New weapons have been introduced, all of them overpowered in every situation, however it is difficult to find ammunition for them, which causes us to do some inventory management, but given that the Lancer is enough to deal with any and every situation and it is relatively simple to find ammunition for it... well I do not need to say more. Enjoy the moments of pure fun that the new weapons will provide you, they are well worth it.

    There are collectibles to pick up, but I admit that although I’ve look for them, after I got them I’ve never looked at them again.

    The multiplayer mode is still very active on almost all modes, but as soon as I discovered the horde mode it was there that I spent all my time. Simply the funniest mode of this game, and alone more than enough to play the game. A team of 4 fighting 50 successive Swarm hordes, with the possibility of building barricades, turrets and other mechanisms to stun and kill enemies is super rewarding. I never

    reached the last level. I think the best I could do was get to 34, but always with a smile on my face. This was for me the replay value of the game, because in the campaign they will not catch me again!

    In a nutshell, did I have fun? Yes. To be honest, the game has this ability to let us grumble and move forward as if we were Mutley. It seems impossible, but while grunting I always wanted to play more and more, find out what was next. You can see that the game did not impress me much, but now that it is in the Game Pass, it's well worth playing.    … Expand
  3. kcwilsonii
    Oct 21, 2016
    5
    Bought the Gears of War HD , but now they offer Gears of War 4 with all that included it seems.
    It's also tied to the anniversary edition of Windows 10 and I still can't backup and restore the game to another computer. At nearly 60gb download and an internet datacap at home this does not work. I also noticed that they are discontinuing apps in the microsoft store for being .."Too old". So    Bought the Gears of War HD , but now they offer Gears of War 4 with all that included it seems.
    It's also tied to the anniversary edition of Windows 10 and I still can't backup and restore the game to another computer. At nearly 60gb download and an internet datacap at home this does not work. I also noticed that they are discontinuing apps in the microsoft store for being .."Too old". So if I had a computer crash and I want to restore my game but they have removed it because it's "too old", it seems you are out of luck. They have to drop the price on this drastically to make it worth a PC gamers time and effort to install.

    Overall great, that they have come out with Gears of War 4, terrible marketing push and restrictive buying options (No steam) for PC gamers. This should be generally available on disk or as a download through other vendors.    … Expand
  4. Tubey
    Oct 13, 2016
    7
    There's no problem at all with the performance of this title. It is drop dead beautiful throughout and runs like a dream.

    The problems lie in that the core gameplay is now looking to be the product of its' age. It's a Gears game, for both good and bad - it does nothing surprising whatsoever and innovates in no area. But despite looking every bit the modern game, it's archaic in how it    There's no problem at all with the performance of this title. It is drop dead beautiful throughout and runs like a dream.

    The problems lie in that the core gameplay is now looking to be the product of its' age. It's a Gears game, for both good and bad - it does nothing surprising whatsoever and innovates in no area. But despite looking every bit the modern game, it's archaic in how it plays. In fact, in many ways it feels like a remaster of a previous GoW game rather than a new one - the similarities to past titles are that stark.

    That's not necessarily a bad thing if you simply love the formula it has (obvious cover based shooting etc.), so if you loved the past titles, you'll love this. But even if you DID love the older games, you'll start to get more than a little bit of deja vu about an hour in.

    If you haven't played a Gears title before? Well, you may be wondering why there was a load of fuss about a linear third person shooter with cover mechanics that you've seen time and time again.    … Expand
  5. TixyLix
    Oct 13, 2016
    6
    I loved Gears, I thought Gears 2 was good, Gears 3 I started to get bored and now with Gears 4 I'm just flat out done with the series. It just feels like an end of last gen Gears, this is what Judgement should have been. Graphically it looks like a 360 game running on the PC in 1080P at 60hrz, rather than sub 720 at 30. Everything is a bit smoother, a little more high res, but ultimatelyI loved Gears, I thought Gears 2 was good, Gears 3 I started to get bored and now with Gears 4 I'm just flat out done with the series. It just feels like an end of last gen Gears, this is what Judgement should have been. Graphically it looks like a 360 game running on the PC in 1080P at 60hrz, rather than sub 720 at 30. Everything is a bit smoother, a little more high res, but ultimately it looks dated, it's a far cry from the impact of the first game that's fore sure.

    Gameplay wise again it's exactly the same, you'll be doing all the same things, they've not had any new ideas and they just go back to the well for the story as well, I was hoping for a new story completely, MF was done and his story is boring now.

    The Multiplayer fails to fix the shotgun heavy gameplay of old, it's boring as a result, Horde mode is Horde mode, it's only good if you have friends who want to play... I do not...

    It's just a slightly above average game, it's very polished, but it's "meh"..

    Also no SDK like what the first Gears had on PC, this instantly kills the longevity on PC, I was hoping for mods and custom maps.    … Expand
  6. ArkonBlade
    Sep 7, 2019
    5
    Gears of Snore 4

    Now that Epic sold the rights to MS. They thought it would be a great idea to replace the characters you like and are entertaining with 3 new characters that are boring as all hell. You have JD, Marcuses uninteresting and bring son. You have I'm a badass girl so YEAH!! … hate her. Then you have token black guy whos well black so I guess he has that going for him. Now    Gears of Snore 4

    Now that Epic sold the rights to MS. They thought it would be a great idea to replace the characters you like and are entertaining with 3 new characters that are boring as all hell. You have JD, Marcuses uninteresting and bring son. You have I'm a badass girl so YEAH!! … hate her. Then you have token black guy whos well black so I guess he has that going for him. Now the game does look amazing graphically and it has a few nice set pieces. Its got the same old gameplay which on game number 5 is getting a bit stale and could use a injection of some thing new. as take cover kill every thing rinse and repeat has gotten a bit old and since your new characters dont have the good writing for the characters that Gears 1-3 had and are unlikable idiots you dont have much going for you in this game and The story well Gears has always failed in this area and in MS's hands they are making sure they follow Epics lead

    Its a total let down as a Gears game and With Gears 5 focusing on the Lame new characters it really has no future I care to join in on. I had a very hard time playing this game longer then 40 min at a time with just not wanting to shut it off and go do some thing else. I'll stick with Gears 1-3 , you can keep this trash.    … Expand
  7. GoGSWarriors
    May 1, 2020
    7
    If a 10 is an all-time great game. A 9 is a game of a the year candidate. And a 5 is an average game that would cause about half of people to give up on without ever finishing. This game is a 7. The story is average and doesn't really move the over all gears plot as a whole forward until the final cut scene. The characters are likeable and there are alot of funny momements with intersquadIf a 10 is an all-time great game. A 9 is a game of a the year candidate. And a 5 is an average game that would cause about half of people to give up on without ever finishing. This game is a 7. The story is average and doesn't really move the over all gears plot as a whole forward until the final cut scene. The characters are likeable and there are alot of funny momements with intersquad banter (Marcus really like growing tomatoes) but beyond that the characters aren't really interesting. Marcus is back and hes as bad ass as ever almost to a fault but he does show some sadness and caring towards the end that make him more relatable. The graphics for a 2016 game absolutely hold up. Its a huge leap foward from GoW 3. I think I'm in the minority that saw hiccups and stuttering every 30 minutes or so and 1-2 times my system froze causing me to restart and im playing on a modern high end gaming laptop. Still the scenery is diverse and the overal design of the world feels lived in and real. Game play is the same GoW formula of action reloading and cover system. However the enemy AI and tactics are so much better. You can't rely on staying behind a single wall anymore as enemies are programmed to rush you and put pressure on you while fortified. I really liked that new dynamic as it required constant movement and avoiding enemy fire by exposing yourself from time to time. Some of the new guns are a little too complicated to figure out how to use effectively despite me trying so I sadly couldn't use them a ton because I played on the hardest difficulty leaving little room for experimentation. I didn't try out PvP so I can't comment on that. Overall campaign mode was enjoyable but its a 1 time non-replayable endeavor.… Expand
  8. jelikey
    Aug 17, 2019
    7
    Consider this a 6.5.

    My initial idea was to skip the review for this game, but when I noticed that most of the reviewers gave him great scores, I could not let it go. Gears of War 4 is far from being a masterpiece. Gears of War 4 is a third person shooter where you continue to use the usual cover mechanism in the vast majority of fights. This time there was a new producer behind the    Consider this a 6.5.

    My initial idea was to skip the review for this game, but when I noticed that most of the reviewers gave him great scores, I could not let it go. Gears of War 4 is far from being a masterpiece.

    Gears of War 4 is a third person shooter where you continue to use the usual cover mechanism in the vast majority of fights. This time there was a new producer behind the story, which makes everything more difficult, because it‘s not always easy to catch the momentum of previous productions. The secret was not to change much. Move on to the new generation of characters, keeping the previous ones on secondary roles. This has kept the plot secure, but often the story enters a swamp of poorly explained connections from where it takes time to leave, and most of those moments with no apparent purpose in the game. However, that did not ruin the gameplay.

    Graphically I’ve loved the game, which ran virtually flawlessly on my PC. I think it was for this reason that I’ve enjoyed it so much. So much detail everywhere, I really did not expect that. Especially the storms ... well, all-natural phenomena were very well characterized either graphically or in sound effects.    … Expand
  9. MattchewHawk
    Feb 9, 2020
    7
    I've always had a soft spot for the Gears of War games. I remember playing the first game all those years ago and being blown away by the new cover shooting system. it was fresh and new, and a ton of fun.
    But like many titans of the past, it forgets to evolve to stay on top, and the same can be said about Gears of War 4.
    don't get me wrong, I played it all the way through did have a    I've always had a soft spot for the Gears of War games. I remember playing the first game all those years ago and being blown away by the new cover shooting system. it was fresh and new, and a ton of fun.
    But like many titans of the past, it forgets to evolve to stay on top, and the same can be said about Gears of War 4.
    don't get me wrong, I played it all the way through did have a great time but it just feels a bit predictable. every time you see the super obvious cover points, you know there's going to be a firefight. it just doesn't feel as dynamic and unpredictable as other similar games.
    what I did like however was the main character J.D. as he brings a sense of humor to the franchise which has for the most part been void of in the previous games. The dynamic between the new characters is also more interesting that the gruff hardened soldiers of the other games.
    the audio for the most part is also excellent, punchy gun sounds, and creature noises that give it a cinematic feel.
    Graphically I can't fault the game, it's stunning to look at. I managed to play it on a smooth 60fps with ultra and high settings on a 5 year old GTX 970 OC thanks to some of the dynamic resolution options and the general optimization employed.
    I did encounter one issue, where one of the buddy characters would die suddenly during a boss battle and it would send you all the way back to the start of that chapter, and you would have to go through the whole things again. a manual save would have solved this issue, but unfortunately wasn't implemented in the game.
    Hopefully the next game (which I'm about to start) will have a little more flavor, keep the humor up and add better checkpoints or a manual save option.
    so in summery, it's definitely worth a play through, but you may not be in a hurry to play through the story again.    … Expand
  10. Akk3d1s
    May 31, 2019
    5
    The game just could not grab me and I only managed to play 1 hour of the campaign mode. Even this hour of total game time, was split into a couple of sessions. Felt more like I was forcing myself to play. It doesn't feel immersive and the mechanics are outdated. I feel this type of game belongs to the era of the previous gen games... Quite disappointed.
  11. kurt_russell
    May 22, 2019
    7
    Just finished it. What a great game! Some of the gameplay was a little repetative, though I thought the overall experience was fun. The story was ok. Nothing to write home about but it was what I expected. I recommend it!
  12. RodSal
    Feb 21, 2019
    6
    Well, i must say this is my first GOW game. As i knew before starting playing it, the 4th game is the weakest one in the series. Anyway, its on gamepass play anywhere so i gave it a chance.

    The game mechanic at first looks cool but later on it became boring... cover cover cover with a few ocasion that i really felt the need to run towards the enemy and do some melee atack with my    Well, i must say this is my first GOW game. As i knew before starting playing it, the 4th game is the weakest one in the series. Anyway, its on gamepass play anywhere so i gave it a chance.

    The game mechanic at first looks cool but later on it became boring... cover cover cover with a few ocasion that i really felt the need to run towards the enemy and do some melee atack with my saw-gun. It felt repetitive as hell! At act2 i knew what to expect at every wave of enemies. There was 3 kind of robots to face and nothing else.

    Later on, things get a lilttle more interesting but rapidly changes and boredom once again strikes. Its an above average campaign, nothing especial here. Worth playing for a couple of bucks on gamepass. 6/10    … Expand
  13. Sebascr12
    May 19, 2018
    5
    I like Gears of war, games but this game have a very important problems in the story and the camping, you feel very emptied when you end this mode. And the game have a really good ideas, poorly implemented.
  14. Gen166
    Dec 12, 2018
    5
    I loved the first GOW. It was an actioned packed game that was ahead of its time. However this game is mediocre at best. It's a linear shooter, go here, take cover behind this rock shoot at the enemy. Rinse and repeat for 10+ hours. The graphics are excellent though, and as a pc port it is very good.
  15. fnkrjnkie
    Feb 4, 2019
    5
    Got this for $12 on sale. This game runs AMAZING on pc. It starts off as fun buy 4 out of the 6 chapters in I started to get bored of the very lacking/repetitive formula. Advance, shoot a bunch of enemies, advance. There is nothing else to the game. I enjoyed playing the 1st and 2nd game years ago on the 360 but I just don't find this kind of game fun anymore. The story was very skippable.Got this for $12 on sale. This game runs AMAZING on pc. It starts off as fun buy 4 out of the 6 chapters in I started to get bored of the very lacking/repetitive formula. Advance, shoot a bunch of enemies, advance. There is nothing else to the game. I enjoyed playing the 1st and 2nd game years ago on the 360 but I just don't find this kind of game fun anymore. The story was very skippable. The graphics are top notch tho. Ran really good on my Asus Rog laptop. Overall it's fun for a short while. I can see some people liking this game but it just wasn't for me. I only paid $12 for it so even tho I didn't beat it I still felt like I got enough out of it to get my money's worth.… Expand
  16. Frostraith
    Nov 9, 2019
    7
    História simples e rasa em comparação aos jogos anteriores da série Gears; os novos personagens introduzidos no Modo Campanha são legais e com personalidades que os tornam carismáticos, mas limita-se somente a isso. O gameplay continua seguindo o padrão já conhecido, com algumas armas adicionais, bem interessantes, e novas mecânicas de combate; contudo, ainda falta um pouco de inovação.
  17. Jckovacks
    Nov 18, 2019
    6
    Análisis y puntuación de la campaña
    Las comparaciones son odiosas y la calidad de t la trilogía original como Gears 5 no ayudan a este Gears 4.
    La entrada de nuevos personajes (sin renunciar a los veteranos) fue un acierto, aunque JD no tenga el carisma suficiente (personaje mucho más desarrollado y sorprendente en Gears 5 donde es escasamente jugable). Otro punto positivo a mi parecer    Análisis y puntuación de la campaña
    Las comparaciones son odiosas y la calidad de t la trilogía original como Gears 5 no ayudan a este Gears 4.
    La entrada de nuevos personajes (sin renunciar a los veteranos) fue un acierto, aunque JD no tenga el carisma suficiente (personaje mucho más desarrollado y sorprendente en Gears 5 donde es escasamente jugable).
    Otro punto positivo a mi parecer pero muy criticado es ese inicio pausado sin una clara amenaza más allá de la propia CGO ( Me gustó la presentación , pero es cierto que el tema robots se alarga demasiado).
    Dicho lo cual, el juego no se explota a sí mismo. Plantea situaciones poco originales (en varias ocasiones te mete fases tipo "horda" en la campaña) y la historia flaquea además de desarrollarse muy escasamente.
    Repiten lo "forzado" de muchas situaciones y la sensación de que todo el juego se reduce a una única gran escena de acción, lo cual narrativamente es una patada en la cara (Ej: llevamos 2h combatiendo , tenemos un nuevo objetivo en otra zona y alguien dice ¿Llamamos refuerzos? No! para que! ya somos 4 contra el enjambre entero y llevamos medio juego salvándonos por los pelos.)
    De hecho, la campaña gana en su tramo final donde se ve una respuesta de la coalición en la que te sientes partícipe y aún así, el Cap 1 de Gears 5 ya es mejor que todo Gears 4.
    Entretiene, pero no hace honor. The Coallition ha demostrado que lo sabe hacer mejor.    … Expand
  18. ErayTellezi
    Nov 18, 2020
    7
    Gears of war serisinin oynadığım ilk oyunu. Teknik olarak iş görüyor. Eğlenceli.
  19. Richard_dias
    Aug 15, 2023
    7
    Gears of War 4 never manages to reach the heights the original trilogy did. That being said, it was one of the few saving graces for XBOX in the 8th generation. Good game, as Gears always is. Bad difficulty scalling, as Gears always have, that old story.
  20. realWhiteMan
    Apr 10, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand

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#20 Best PC Game of 2016
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#46 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#65 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Feb 10, 2017
    90
    With The Coalition at the reins Gears is in safe hands, and we’re genuinely intrigued to see what happens next.
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  2. games(TM)
    Dec 18, 2016
    90
    With The Coaltion at the reins Gears is in safe hands, and we're genuinely intrigued to see what happens next. [Issue#257, p.64]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    Nov 8, 2016
    80
    Coalition did play it safe for their first game, but still delivered a fun, classic Gears of War experience that will, hopefully, provide an equally good sequel.
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