- Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios , Xbox Game Studios
- Release Date: Sep 6, 2019
- Also On: PC, Xbox Series X
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Sep 4, 2019Gears 5 offers a familiar action experience that should satisfy fans who gravitate towards its expanded multiplayer options. And yet, the uneven campaign and lack of significant gameplay innovations mean this latest chapter does little to draw in the uninitiated.
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Sep 30, 2019The campaign is certainly better than in Gears 4 and the core gameplay is fun, but Gears 5 is way behind the original trilogy in almost all other aspects - especially due to the incessant, and boring, lulls in the action.
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Sep 11, 2019Gears 5 is very much a return of those best elements of Gears of War, but with a focus on making the game feel somewhat more adaptive to your particular ways of playing. Whether you want campaign or co-op, Competitive or Quickplay, there's an option for you in Gears 5, and plenty of stuff to reward you for time spent and skill gained. Gears 5 might suffer from some of the same storytelling missteps as its predecessors, and it might not venture far out of the past, but the new ideas it brings to the series are all good reasons for fans to return.
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Sep 11, 2019Gears 5 has the worst single player campaign in the series so far. However, the multiplayer is still excellent.
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Sep 4, 2019The attempts to innovate in terms of storytelling and structure feel superficial and ineffective, leaving Gears 5 to survive purely on its increasingly overfamiliar action.
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Edge MagazineOct 10, 2019There's a lot going on here, much of it captivating, some of it just for appearances and some of it annoying. [Issue#338, p.92]
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Sep 23, 2019The developer has done an admirable job of maintaining the core of Epic Games' legacy, yet they have been unable to truly improve upon it. It is still the same cover-shooting action it has always been. Still satisfying and very crunchy.
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Sep 4, 2019Gears 5 survives on its solid cover shooting gameplay and a campaign that isn't afraid to pose difficult questions about problematic topics. But the largely stagnant Horde mode and general mess of an Escape mode really pull the sequel back from being a bold step forward.
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Sep 11, 2019It’s just sort of fine. Gears looks, sounds and clearly wants so desperately to be what we hoped it would be. But it also never finds a narrative focus to pin everything onto, and it feels very much like every Gears game that has come before it. After thirteen years of the series, it's a bit of a let down, especially for anyone expecting a revolutionary leap.
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Sep 5, 2019Between breathtaking cinematics, slow-paced exploration and blood-soaked gunfights, Gears 5 manages to scratch several gaming itches all at once, without becoming tedious and raw on the skin.
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Sep 11, 2019Mixed multiplayer and a depressing grind can't dim the light of a superb new Gears campaign. [Eurogamer Recommended]
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Sep 4, 2019The creative team for this series has changed a lot since its beginnings. The world around Gears has changed, too. Gears 5 seems like a reflection of those changes. It’s a game that further complicates its world and stars a more complex hero. It’s still a game with a chainsaw gun, but now, those chainsaw guns can have a grenade launcher attached. Sometimes, change is good.
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Sep 6, 2019At the end of Gears 4, Kait receives her grandmother's necklace from her dying mother. On that necklace is a Locust Horde symbol, and clearly there's some sort of strange connection between Kait and the Locust Horde. The way Gears 5 explores this is brilliant. It's inventive, it's surprising, and the method of delivery is wrapped up in a scary and enticing series of events that is delightfully gripping.
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Sep 4, 2019Gears 5 is personal, like its predecessor, and insistent in focusing on its characters. It’s thoughtful, and unafraid to stop the action in favor of slower story beats and sections focused on exploration. And those are the parts that I enjoyed the most. There’s often a little dab of fighting, followed by a light dusting of exploration.
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Sep 6, 2019Gears 5 is pretty damn good, huh? A campaign that dares to revitalize the series' formula, backed up by some classic multiplayer, Horde Mode, and all that nonsense. It's real good. It's gorgeous to boot, with great lighting, meaty effects, and an icy new environment with all the snowy fun it entails. I'm tired. I was up all night playing Gears 5. So tired.
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Sep 4, 2019Gears 5 is unexpectedly phenomenal.
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Sep 4, 2019Another terrific cover shooter, but sadly let down by the tired open world elements that are shoehorned into it.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 2,638 out of 3323
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Mixed: 221 out of 3323
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Negative: 464 out of 3323
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Sep 6, 2019The game is absolutely incredible. The graphics are amazing and next level.
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Sep 6, 2019
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Sep 14, 2019