Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10

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4.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 180 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 180
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 180
  3. Negative: 86 out of 180

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  1. Ozimandeus
    Mar 14, 2016
    6
    Dear lord, I was expecting the Ultimate edition to be a real update to a genre defining gem of a game. It isnt really, it feels and plays dated, and doesn't make any use of a modern PC's capabilities. Windows store deployment was and is dreadful. I won't be buying anything from the Windows Store again. Microsoft once again show a disinterested and unfathomable misunderstanding of the PCDear lord, I was expecting the Ultimate edition to be a real update to a genre defining gem of a game. It isnt really, it feels and plays dated, and doesn't make any use of a modern PC's capabilities. Windows store deployment was and is dreadful. I won't be buying anything from the Windows Store again. Microsoft once again show a disinterested and unfathomable misunderstanding of the PC Gamer space. If this is what we have to expect from future Microsoft Games and the slow closing of the 'open' PC standard, well.. roll on Steam OS.… Expand
  2. mr-NachoMen
    May 25, 2020
    7
    This is the first time i played Gears of War, I never had the chance before because i've never owned an XBOX 360. So far i can say that Gears is a pretty good game and i hope that the rest of the games got ported to PC soon... anyway, that game has some positive stuff and some not that great.
    Visually the game looks gorgeous, it is an enhancement of the original 360 version, i've seen    This is the first time i played Gears of War, I never had the chance before because i've never owned an XBOX 360. So far i can say that Gears is a pretty good game and i hope that the rest of the games got ported to PC soon... anyway, that game has some positive stuff and some not that great.
    Visually the game looks gorgeous, it is an enhancement of the original 360 version, i've seen some screenshots and gameplay from the orginal version and the difference is huge!!!! really huge... what surprised me the most is that it was build using the Unreal 3 Engine the same from the original. The cutscenes are well made and i rally enjoyed watching them.
    The overall gameplay from combat to cover system is responsive and fluent without delays or controls that sometimes refuse to work.
    Now what the game got really wrong and makes it far from being a perfect enhanced edition it's the poor AI support and terrible performance.
    The poor AI is annoying, Friendly AI will constantly refuse to take orders and most of the time they will stare at a wall without moving, you will be moving through the level and when you turn your back they will not be there, unless you reach a checkpoint that will make them respawn near you, this happens more ofter in open area levels, in close levels like interiors or alleys they will be more useful but they will obviously still carry some defects.
    Now the performance... even if you have a best of a machine the game will struggle to maintain a solid fps , even reaching 60 fps can be hard, there are a couple of thing that you can make to encrease a bit the frames like, playing with the vertical sync disable and disbale shadows, but turning the shadows off will affect the game's presentation and even still the game will have some frame drops here and there.
    The overall game experience is good but the game needs more time in the oven.    … Expand
  3. Cz3rw0ny
    Dec 5, 2022
    6
    Good game, terrible optimization. Even with 8600K @4.8GHz and RTX3070 it was quite laggy. The story and gameplay however are still quite good after all these years.
  4. GabriMH19
    Mar 24, 2021
    6
    Sinceramente no entiendo muy bien como la saga Gears of War ha logrado tener tanta relevancia en la industria de los videojuegos. Hasta no hace mucho tiempo nunca había probado ningún juego de la saga debido a su exclusividad pero si que en su día probé la saga comenzando por la entrega mas actual que era Gears of War 4. Este no lo acabe finalizando porque no me convenció es muchosSinceramente no entiendo muy bien como la saga Gears of War ha logrado tener tanta relevancia en la industria de los videojuegos. Hasta no hace mucho tiempo nunca había probado ningún juego de la saga debido a su exclusividad pero si que en su día probé la saga comenzando por la entrega mas actual que era Gears of War 4. Este no lo acabe finalizando porque no me convenció es muchos aspectos y no me pareció interesante. Después de un tiempo me ha dado por retomar la saga empezando por su mas aclamada entrega Gears Of War. Esta primera entrega lanzo mucho tiempo después una adaptación actualizada y remasterizada de la primera entrega la cual ha sido la que he podido disfrutar. Pero tengo que decir que aun sabiendo y habiendo experimentado una mejor experiencia con esta primera entrega. Me gustaría decir que la sensaciones que me ha dejado el juego no están muy lejos de aquella decepcionante primera impresión que me dejo Gears Of War 4. En si esta adaptación cuenta con algunos problemas de rendimiento que no se justifican. La historia y personajes pueden ser lo mas interesante del juego aunque en situaciones concretas se hace un poco lenta y algo desmedida. Pero en la saga Gears Of War se nota claramente cual es su mayor defecto. La repetición absurda y falta de variación que tiene en todas sus entregas. Se puede llegar a compensar un poco con la frenética acción que hay en los combates pero no llega a justificar la cantidad de elementos y escenarios que se repiten de manera desmedida. Esto hace que tenga en mi opinión un ritmo mas lento del que intenta llevar el juego y que en muchas ocasiones te haga sentir abrumado y poco interesado. En si Gears Of War no me convence en mucho sentidos. Es meramente un videojuego de disparos y acción frenética que consigue entretener pero no hacer nada mas de ello.… Expand
  5. Visitbr
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    mesmo sendo um remaster, ele tem a performance péssima no pc, o jogo em sí é divertido
  6. lucvsds
    Nov 22, 2022
    5
    Para alguém que não joga tantos jogos FPS, eu gostei bastante até a metade, maaas, depois de um tempo jogando, acabei achando bem chato... Os gráficos são bonitos, a gameplay é boa também, mas FPS realmente não é pra mim, acho super enjoativo.

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#83 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#3 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. GameStar
    Sep 11, 2016
    85
    Great remaster of a real action classic. The timeless gameplay mechanics still work in 2016.
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  2. 4P.de
    Sep 9, 2016
    85
    This is what remaster should look like. Mechanically it feels slightly outdated, but nonetheless Lancer and Chainsaw Bayonet keep your adrenaline pumping – even without splitscreen co-op.
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  3. CD-Action
    May 30, 2016
    30
    Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a great game, but only on Xbox One. The PC edition is troublesome beyond belief. I had to face failing Windows Store download, abysmal performance (so much for the Full HD, not to mention 4K...) and lots of different technical issues ranging from missing textures to game quitting unexpectedly. [05/2016, p.45]
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