Gears 5

 Xbox One
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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3323 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,638 out of 3323
  2. Mixed: 221 out of 3323
  3. Negative: 464 out of 3323
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  1. skiabox
    May 1, 2023
    0
    Worst game in the shoot ‘‘em up history.
    The developers forgot to make the target of the weapon viewable by the player.
  2. Morados9
    Dec 31, 2022
    3
    Me gusta jugar con héroes masculinos. Cuando aparece una señora lo juego por inercia. Besos.
  3. wemilord
    Jul 2, 2022
    2
    Very good game, good enough online component, very good graphics and good story until it becomes a train wreck. F**k decisions that add nothing to the plot.
  4. tonix94
    Apr 27, 2022
    0
    Yes, i stard play as JD after all you will play like girl who is look she is all the time in PMS... go i hell microsoft with in hell with this idea
  5. Crocodyldo
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Russophobes and nationalists Russophobes and nationalists Russophobes and nationalists
  6. jeanphilt
    Mar 3, 2022
    1
    Positive:
    - cutscenes are beautiful with good facial animations and the game looks good
    - relatively varied and beautiful environments despite enemies that are too creepy for my taste - an option to turn gore off while many games don't offer it - take cover works well, does different from other shooters Negatives: - absence of indications on what to do and no map (at least to date)    Positive:
    - cutscenes are beautiful with good facial animations and the game looks good
    - relatively varied and beautiful environments despite enemies that are too creepy for my taste
    - an option to turn gore off while many games don't offer it
    - take cover works well, does different from other shooters

    Negatives:
    - absence of indications on what to do and no map (at least to date)
    - the "health omen" (omen of health aka indicative of damage) .. how to say, it's ugly
    - the enemies are relatively bullet sponges, you shoot but you don't really know in how many minutes they will die like (possibility to activate the health bars in the options at least), we spend half the game reloading our gun
    - we too are bullet sponges so it leaves the impression that our decisions in combat don't matter because there is no great risk, especially since our comrades can revive us, we don't really know how much health we have anyway (see health omen)
    - no "auto pick up ammo", funny animation, slowed progress for nothing, often lacks ammunition (at least to date)
    - we can reload even if already full .. it makes no sense and it's annoying
    - strange place at the top right for the amount of remaining ammo, finally we get used to it
    - limited interactions with the environment, you can't jump, fall, climb or move objects except via a few specific objects
    - too linear / rigid and I had several bugs despite its simplicity, 3 years after the game was released
    - not a fan of roadie run animation but you get used to it
    - no way to get details about our weapons (such as speed, range, accuracy)
    - cannot save manually
    - revive a friend by grabbing his arm to lift him up .. OK super realistic
    - we wear mega armor but no helmet?! (although the character makes a comment that he doesn't like it for his "field of view"...)
    - collectibles to find .. really offers no interest
    - the "components" found all over the place in places that make no sense, like on the floor in a poison shop like
    - it's as if Uncharted and Doom had a child and took on each gender's flaws
    - weak story    … Expand
  7. MultigamerX3
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Gears acabou no 3, apesar de adorar a franquia a mesma se acabou no Xbox 360, não tem como curtir essa história chata dos Gears atuais.
  8. GuzmanEconomist
    Feb 24, 2022
    1
    se siente como un juego que no es Gears of War, le quitaron esa esencia ademas de también quitar el lenguaje obsceno, que le agregaba ese humor acido a las primeras entregas, la historia presento bugs menores
  9. Marcelo-Daniel
    Feb 19, 2022
    1
    Só perdi meu tempo... Quando comecei a jogar já vi que não era tão bom como me falaram
  10. TheGuzart604
    Feb 13, 2022
    3
    "Weird" game, being the first game in the Gears franchise, I can say that I hated it, maybe because of personal opinions, I didn't like the gameplay of the game, unfortunately I couldn't finish it, because I found it extremely repetitive and boring, you walk more than you play, Multiplayer today, in 2022, is dead, there are hardly any matches, anyway, it deserves a red note (at least for me).
  11. Auzi
    Feb 10, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review is excluding multiplayer this is purely the story. Its garbage and boring. Non of the characters are likeable especially Kait who is painfully annoying. She always makes everything about here and her disregard for authority with 0 consequences gets on my nerves. In gears 1 Marcus was sentenced to i think life in prison i cant remember the exact number but it was really long. In gears judgement baird and his squad were nearly sentenced to death. Kait they just yell at her at most and she ignores them and life goes on like nothing happened its so forced and irritating.… Expand
  12. Justicma34
    Nov 9, 2021
    2
    So I really liked the game for awhile, but once they took away the ability to play with a squad of 5 the game was ruined. I don’t understand why a game would be against friends playing together. This game is the reason I’m getting a PS5 and not a new Xbox.
  13. Robert88
    Nov 7, 2021
    3
    It is as though Microsoft can not come up with any original concepts any more . Gears of war 1 excellent , gears 2 amazing , gears 3 geat , gears 4 mediocre, while this game is straight trash right next to tactics .. the main character is not relatable , and the story is just a sad excuse of a game plot
  14. OceanoPiTi
    Aug 17, 2021
    0
    jogo flopado nivel gamepassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
  15. xbox_sucks_666
    Jul 27, 2021
    0
    The most overrated tras* game ever.
    The graphics and gameplay of this game look very outdated tbh.
  16. DiamondDasher32
    Jul 26, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What makes a good game good is the story and its feeling in the style it represents, however in this game it is more shown that the game is great for its graphics and people don't seem to see the story doesn't really represent what it was made to be as, to show how the art of war is like (though yes this is typically war in gears 4 and 5 keep reading forward to see what I mean). They made the enemy come back with no explanations of how they came back and simply did what the original games NEVER did, shared secrets and made the story about just 1 person, also what are the odds that the grand daughter of the locust queen is with the son of the person that ended the war. It makes me sad to see the gears franchise to be changed when the ending it originally had was perfect. I've played the gears series ever since I was a child and never had criticized the games, so I'm hoping that this franchise will have a turn around and is ended where it should be ended this time.… Expand
  17. Lettunena
    May 8, 2021
    0
    3 player co op is not true 3 player, fking random insta kill sequences, and skiffing is so fking stupid, otherwise gameplay is fine like solid 8/10 but I am so frustrated time to time for this game so 2/10 is total verdict
  18. geebzytr
    May 6, 2021
    2
    The only goal of this game is take cover and shoot enemies.but this game is better than similar games
  19. BobbyJoe69
    Apr 15, 2021
    0
    I didn't like it. I found the story and gameplay to be a bit boring. I don't think it's worth the price.
  20. Lttrev
    Dec 14, 2019
    0
    Man this would have gotten a higher score had it of not been for all of the bugs. Campaign locked me out at least 7 times during crucial moments.
  21. 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.
  22. Hela32
    Mar 3, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Have had to download the 72GB game for series-s a total of 3 times now for each little update, just redo a load the whole thing. The bad programming and management make this load of trash a solid reminder why Sony PlayStation will always beat Microsoft.… Expand
  23. Olabi5
    Feb 19, 2021
    0
    Muy corto los gráficos bueno pero es un DLC muy caro deben de bajar de precio
  24. Jonas-san
    Nov 27, 2020
    1
    Quelle déception ( sur XSX). Je pensais qu'on avait là un triple A mais rien n'est a la hauteur : graphiquement et techniquement pas exceptionnel, le scénario est digne d'un épisode de plus belle la vie, le gameplay n'apporte rien de nouveau, c'est court (quoique heureusement finalement) ... Je ne comprends pas comment on peut mettre ce jeu sur un piédestal. Ok il n'y a pas masse jeux surQuelle déception ( sur XSX). Je pensais qu'on avait là un triple A mais rien n'est a la hauteur : graphiquement et techniquement pas exceptionnel, le scénario est digne d'un épisode de plus belle la vie, le gameplay n'apporte rien de nouveau, c'est court (quoique heureusement finalement) ... Je ne comprends pas comment on peut mettre ce jeu sur un piédestal. Ok il n'y a pas masse jeux sur Xbox mais quand même, on mérite mieux !… Expand
  25. Hargreaves
    Nov 22, 2020
    0
    Very good graphics but poor gameplay... Microsoft have so much money but don't use so well like sony does.
  26. Theplank
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    Gears was one of the top game out there sadly Gears 5 just felt like gears 4 dlc they have lost the good old days of gears 1 2 and 3
  27. Beigin
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    Feels like a cash grab, it delivers the same experience that the first games, which after some time starts to become a little boring.
  28. Denisking12
    Nov 7, 2020
    0
    Why did i pay 40€ for this DLC game this isen’t ewen a game is a trash DLC that is only 10h long
  29. Uwynothna
    Nov 10, 2020
    0
    One of the biggest disappointments I've ever played.
    As a long time fan of the gears franchise I've religiously followed this game throughout the years. When I heard that gears of War was coming back, I was skeptical at first. But then gears 4 footage came out and it looked decent. I played it and I did not love it, it felt incomplete. Too much focus on the multi-player mode, depressing    One of the biggest disappointments I've ever played.
    As a long time fan of the gears franchise I've religiously followed this game throughout the years. When I heard that gears of War was coming back, I was skeptical at first. But then gears 4 footage came out and it looked decent. I played it and I did not love it, it felt incomplete. Too much focus on the multi-player mode, depressing coming from a game with rich lore and history. When this game came out it was almost the same thing. I expected the story and the gameplay to improve, since the gears of war 4 ends with a lingering question. They still had their focus on the multi-player, I'm lead to believe that the story mode was second to them. It lacked the detail and grittines that it's Xbox 360 predecessors had.
    They had 13 years to improve and make new stuff happen and yet. We get the one of the worst games that has come out of the gears franchise.

    It also made me very motion sick. I do not recommend this at all.    … Expand
  30. TheFrog
    Oct 23, 2020
    4
    Gears Of Woke 5: yet another game with kickass women and manservants. What could possibly go wrong? And so another one of the few remaining non-feminized game series goes down the drain.
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#18 Best Xbox One Game of 2019
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Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 89 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 89
  3. Negative: 0 out of 89
  1. Pure Xbox
    Mar 16, 2020
    80
    Gears 5 is an odd thing; it's neither a grand leap forwards, nor a complete rehash of what came before, and therefore sits somewhere in the middle of the two. On the whole, the improvements do outweigh the negatives (the non-linear approach to campaign levels and the small changes to horde mode being some of the most notable), and while The Coalition still has some work to do to really make the series its own, this is a far bolder and more varied approach the relatively safe Gears 4. If you love shooters and you want a good place to jump back into the series, this is perfect place to work the rust out of your lancer.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    80
    Gears 5 offers a solid portion of brutal action with several refreshing new things. If you have intentionally avoided games from this series, the fifth sequel probably won´t change your mind, but if you are looking for a quality action game and you are still a fan of multiplayer, try it. [Issue#298]
  3. Carole Quintaine
    Jan 29, 2020
    80
    Gears 5 proposes a breathtaking solo campaign and a generous array of multiplayer modes. Even if the recipe remains classic, we really want to go through with it. The characters are rather well written, the environments are often spectacular, and Jack the robot adds some salt to the gameplay. A visual feast and glorious action game that perfectly demonstrate Xbox One X's true power.
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