Gears 5

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  1. bennibop
    Sep 10, 2019
    5
    Pretty graphics, dated art direction, lacking any destructability and physics. The open sections are empty and pointless, game in reality is the same old gears we have seen many times before. HDR is a highlight and is very well done and the game is definitely a step up from Gears 4.
  2. kujaligula
    Sep 9, 2019
    6
    Thia game Is beatiful AND solid gears but Is same formule , no innovation , this many agregate no justifice
  3. Juniorsp
    Sep 8, 2019
    5
    Excelente continuação, sequência digna da série gears, com todos os grandes momentos que esperavamos. Graficos, sons e história estão impressionantes vale cada minuto minuto no jogo.
  4. propulsion
    Sep 30, 2020
    7
    I wavered between a 6 and 7 on this game. I was a huge gears fan from the original through gears 3. Gears 4 was decent with the exception of the random loot boxes and the season pass. I had high hopes for Gears 5. The best word to describe Gears 5 at launch is stingy. Hardly any skins for characters, weapons, and only about 7 maps. Content has been added since launch though, but problemsI wavered between a 6 and 7 on this game. I was a huge gears fan from the original through gears 3. Gears 4 was decent with the exception of the random loot boxes and the season pass. I had high hopes for Gears 5. The best word to describe Gears 5 at launch is stingy. Hardly any skins for characters, weapons, and only about 7 maps. Content has been added since launch though, but problems remain, such as a broken ranking system. The Gears 4 loot box horror is over, but the micro transactions are still bad. Initially Gears 5 was pushing their iron currency, but then later changed some items to cash only. Buying iron early on with cash while it was on sale only to see that some items went cash only, was pretty crappy. Gears 5 reminds me of a free to play game that survives, maybe thrives, based on some gamers buying micro transactions. Problem is, they sell the game for normal price, unless you use game pass. Maybe the fact that it released for free on Gamepass is why it was so stingy at launch with content.… Expand
  5. Astarothduke
    Sep 28, 2019
    5
    A boring sequel, imprecise gunplay e no new ideas since GOW 1. The graphics is good but the design in uninspired.
  6. bewpp
    Sep 7, 2019
    5
    The game is incredibly glitchy. Some funny, others game breaking. Story good, albeit predictable and spoiled by the marketing materiel at points, and the gameplay is solid. The open world is empty, the puzzles are shallow. Graphics are good. The servers are kind of bad as of posting this.
  7. CicinoDovahkiin
    Sep 6, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The coalition finally gave us the Gears of war game we deserve. If you're a Gears of war fan (old or new) you should definitely pick it up, it's the best Gears of war game since Gears 3 seriously. I just finished the first Act and i can tell you that this act alone beats Gears 4 in its entirety. Action
    PACKED with great new mechanics (not highlighted in gameplay videos) exploration, the story looks interesting, with good dialogues, emotional moments, great score. And for the multiplayer, I just tested KOTH and Arcade, it plays way better than Gears 4.everyone think it is, her story is interesting.    … Expand
  8. Captiosus
    Sep 8, 2019
    7
    Anyone giving this game an 8 or above is either purposely shilling or are blinded by rose-tinted glasses. The sheer amount of bugs in the game warrant significant score decreases alone. Since launch I have been unable to complete a full Escape or multiplayer match without being booted from the game due to the shoddy online service being woefully unprepared for the game's (staggered!)Anyone giving this game an 8 or above is either purposely shilling or are blinded by rose-tinted glasses. The sheer amount of bugs in the game warrant significant score decreases alone. Since launch I have been unable to complete a full Escape or multiplayer match without being booted from the game due to the shoddy online service being woefully unprepared for the game's (staggered!) launch. The power taps in Horde mode often drop under textures making them impossible to interact with -- the problem sometimes corrects itself when they're destroyed and can be respawned. The same thing happens with some of the fortification textures. Campaign is not free from bugs either, from the infinite load bug (which requires a full console reset to fix) to the X interact not functioning bug.

    That's before getting into the lackluster story and so-so gameplay that's more schizophrenic than ever. The Coalition couldn't decide whether they wanted a linear cover shooter (which is what made Gears popular in the first place) or an open world collect-a-thon, so they tried to incorporate both. Poorly. Cross-play multiplayer between console and PC in Gears 4 was a crapfest, so it comes as no surprise that all of the same issues (and more) exist this time around as well.

    Sure, it's still decent, even with the political pandering being wielded like a bludgeon by the story writers, but is it on the same level as the original three? Not even close.    … Expand
  9. goodreverend2k1
    Sep 18, 2019
    5
    Looks great but plays like a XBOX 360 game. The shooting is wonderful. The Open world is a joke. And, I didn't care for story. The last Act almost saved it.
  10. Oppie
    Sep 8, 2019
    5
    Unplayable at launch for PC players...

    I already regret purchasing this title. I can think of nothing more frustrating than not being able to play your game when you intentionally setup your day to do so. Some of us don’t have 7 days to play because of work. Regardless of where things go from here, the experience is already a bad one.
  11. LMPC777
    Sep 7, 2019
    5
    Nenhuma surpresa fico a mesma voisa do gears 4, os graficos estao muito bonito, mas eu esperava mais.
  12. Psychoticrow
    Sep 13, 2019
    7
    I've always been somewhat indifferent to the gears series. I play it because I really enjoy Horde mode.
    So in that regard I would like to just say the new Horde mode is about 10 steps back and 2 steps forward.
    The new class system is terrible compared to what was there before. People can't pick same classes which means a lot of people just quit early. In fact I've found it almost    I've always been somewhat indifferent to the gears series. I play it because I really enjoy Horde mode.
    So in that regard I would like to just say the new Horde mode is about 10 steps back and 2 steps forward.
    The new class system is terrible compared to what was there before. People can't pick same classes which means a lot of people just quit early. In fact I've found it almost impossible to find a game were at least 1 or 2 players don't quit in the first 5 waves. It's mind boggling.

    Look anyone who likes Horde tends to compare it to Overwatch now in Gears 5. I'm sorry but I'm not looking to play Overwatch, I never will be looking to play it and I personally hate they are trying to put overwatch style mechanics into Gears.    … Expand
  13. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 27, 2019
    7
    Gears 5
    I don’t see the hype.
    I’ve been a playstation guy my whole life, Ive never owned an xbox, but thanks to Microsofts decision to make their exclusives available on pc, im able to experience this side of the tracks, and I was so excited to do so, I never played a Gears of War Game, so I sat down on youtube, got a story recap and hopped in… This is a 3rd person shooter that takes    Gears 5
    I don’t see the hype.
    I’ve been a playstation guy my whole life, Ive never owned an xbox, but thanks to Microsofts decision to make their exclusives available on pc, im able to experience this side of the tracks, and I was so excited to do so, I never played a Gears of War Game, so I sat down on youtube, got a story recap and hopped in…
    This is a 3rd person shooter that takes places after the events of gears of war 3 and 4.. you get part of the story at the beginning of this game…
    I wasn’t too attached or interested after the intial run down, but still hyped for the gameplay, the tutroal starts, the game is having me look up to determine my input preferences, that alone had me excited for how neat this game was going to be…
    But I just never was blown away…
    The story telling and level design is just so bland.. nothing took my breath away or made me feel like wow, this is what ive been missing all of these years… I do love the weapon variety.. but when it comes down to combat, controls here are so unintuitive that it just constantly pulls you out of the game…
    its okay to have the same control scheme as call of duty… they have it down… I don’t want to hold a buttown down to run, let me just click my stick… the fast reload mechanic makes you take your eye off of the action.. all of the mechanic decisions just makes me feel like Im juggling as Im shooting.
    Throughout this 12 hour campaign yo udo have a little squad with you that changes as the story progresses.. and these members can be controlled by real people locally and online…which is what I highly advise…
    As the ai here is completely useless…
    Dels the type of guy to yell “nows our chance shoot his back!” And not do ****
    Amking these drawnout unfun boss battles even more unfun and frustrating at times as you die over and over…
    Does the boss know where I am Del?
    That’s probably because im the only one of use shooting any bullets.
    Who isn’t useless though is your robot companion jack…
    He sticks with you through the end as youre searching the world to upgrade his abilities that are unlocked as the story progresses…
    back to the mechanics issues though.. shuffling through jacks abilities mid combat or even post or pre combat is unintuitive and feels like a jumbled jumbled mess
    but jack is easily my favorite part of this game…
    Its just a shame that jack is the only incentive to explore though…
    The world and level design here in Gears 5 again is just so bland, so uninteresting and boring…
    there are a couple open world sections of the game where you can go explore a little if youd like.. but again.. nothing about this world made me care to do so…
    another giant issue I had with this games campaign is its awful progression indicators in story…
    don’t dare pause the game and com back to it later, because youl lhave no idea what youre supposed to be doing… Gears 5 does put little markers on the map for you to go to… but I would much prefer they put them on items im supposed to be interacting with instead of running around in circles looking for a switch or door with a footprint or hand print on it… it breaks the flow, takes me out of the world.. its just bad game design…
    And when it comes to performance, Gears 5 is awful on PC..
    I ran into constant crashes and Act 2 made the game completely unplayable.. literally… after searching the internet, ive discovered that this is not an uncommon issue.. updating all of my drivers did fix the crashing issue for me, but the game still stutters when too much is going on on screen.. I missed half of the final cutscene because it was stuck… I had to go to youtube to rewatch the ending.. and wouldn’t you know their cutscene video was lagging too.
    Online here is pretty typical fun third person shooter competitive stuff…
    Entertaining, nothing really wrong with it but nothing here to keep me hooked.. I felt no urge to play after playing for review purposes.. again like the campaign really bland.
    Gears 5 is a good game… But as a flagship exclusive from microsoft… I feel that xbox loyalists deserve better
    Theres nothing here to incentivize a purchase other than the continuation of a beloved franchise…
    And If you are buying to continue the story, I would recommend the xbox version over the pc so you can actually see it all.
    I give Gears 5
    a 7/10    … Expand
  14. Torbold
    Sep 19, 2019
    7
    I like the Gears series a lot, especially playing it in co-op with a friend.

    New Gears does a great job of giving you a lot of challenges to take on together all while enjoying the beautiful and colorful landscapes peppered with the oil of drones you devastated and the blood of Locust you've fed some bullets. The plot is interesting enough, and the characters seem to behave very    I like the Gears series a lot, especially playing it in co-op with a friend.

    New Gears does a great job of giving you a lot of challenges to take on together all while enjoying the beautiful and colorful landscapes peppered with the oil of drones you devastated and the blood of Locust you've fed some bullets. The plot is interesting enough, and the characters seem to behave very naturally which adds up to the credibility of the world.

    But I simply couldn't enjoy the game because of how it's riddled with bugs and server issues. Every single session we had there were at least two times (often this number could go up to 5-6 times for a 2-hour session) we needed to restart the game because we've stumbled upon a game-breaking bug or the connection was lost.

    I'm going to come back to the game in a month or two to finish the campaign and update the review. But for now, I can't recommend this title to anyone who was planning to enjoy it with a friend.    … Expand
  15. HorusZEISS
    Oct 17, 2019
    6
    Las variantes del juego como enfrentamiento, horda se sienten incompletas, pocos mapas, pocos personajes, el lo peor de todo el sistema de micropagos, Dios jamás pensé que Gears lo transformarán en esto
  16. Steyraus
    Sep 8, 2019
    5
    Gears 5 is meh 3rd person shooter. It's pretty fun for one play through but with no New Game Plus or any level up system carry over there no point playing again. Shows the 1 x technical prowess but at it's core is just a pretty bland shooter
  17. Huckleberry2013
    Sep 9, 2019
    5
    Full disclosure, I LOVE this series. I'm down for the Horde mode in a big bad way. This version of the game is UTTERLY FRUSTRATING. The game is buggy as all heck. I've crashed multiple times in the Story and Horde modes. I've been in an endless loop of crashes, so I had to go to a prior save point to replay what I already played. I've been in rooms where the mcguffin wouldn't activate,Full disclosure, I LOVE this series. I'm down for the Horde mode in a big bad way. This version of the game is UTTERLY FRUSTRATING. The game is buggy as all heck. I've crashed multiple times in the Story and Horde modes. I've been in an endless loop of crashes, so I had to go to a prior save point to replay what I already played. I've been in rooms where the mcguffin wouldn't activate, even though I could clearly see it. First time through on Horde mode, I got to wave 35 and the screen went blank and the game completely crashed. I would score this a 8-9 out of 10 if the servers were operational and the crashes were not happening. I will try this on PC, since I got the Game Pass.

    If it's better, I'll resubmit my review. As of the time of my review, there are 1220 positive reviews and 141 negative reviews.

    :::Side note: I don't care about the lootbox crap. I could take it or leave it:::    … Expand
  18. 1Felipe
    Sep 6, 2019
    6
    O Gears 5 é bom mas o gameplay é praticamente o mesmo do 4 e a história é inferior a trilogia
  19. Keitha313
    Sep 6, 2019
    5
    Graphics are genuinely very impressive, but that aside the game falls short on implementing anything fresh. It lags behind its competitors because of this, the story is always going to be the strongest point for Gears of war, but this time It certainly has started to deteriorate. There just seems to be a huge lack of connection to the newer characters that are being shoved in-front of us,Graphics are genuinely very impressive, but that aside the game falls short on implementing anything fresh. It lags behind its competitors because of this, the story is always going to be the strongest point for Gears of war, but this time It certainly has started to deteriorate. There just seems to be a huge lack of connection to the newer characters that are being shoved in-front of us, the character development is pretty awful or perhaps its just they don't come close to those of the original.

    Multiplayer on the other hands, I've always said the multiplayer is awful nothing changes at all. The type of gameplay is just a shotgun fest with no real skill, the different type of plays in the game i.e. mid-range and long-range combat seems to be completely ignored. The multiplayer is left very linear and unskilled in the action that you're forced to rinse and repeat i.e. hug round a blind sight and one shot someone who gets too close to you with the gnasher. The game will never really touch a high level remaining with this sort of gameplay.    … Expand
  20. M_Hjalmers
    Sep 6, 2019
    7
    Try with Game Pass before you buy, some things are much better (like the graphics and the new arcade mode) some things are worse and pretty bad (only campaign and versus mode for offline, besides you can't unlock anything offline).
    The in game store shouldn't exist in this full priced game $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  21. LordCerberu666
    Sep 6, 2019
    6
    Jogo genérico, poucas inovações... Apesar de estar com gráficos bem bonitos, peca um pouco nas expressões faciais e alguns problemas de renderização. Contém uma boa história mas a jogabilidade, inimigos e desafios na campanha continuam a mesma pegada dos jogos anteriores... Esperava mais desse game que foi tão aguardado pelos seus fãs... Na minha visão, Gears 5 é apenas um Gears of war 4Jogo genérico, poucas inovações... Apesar de estar com gráficos bem bonitos, peca um pouco nas expressões faciais e alguns problemas de renderização. Contém uma boa história mas a jogabilidade, inimigos e desafios na campanha continuam a mesma pegada dos jogos anteriores... Esperava mais desse game que foi tão aguardado pelos seus fãs... Na minha visão, Gears 5 é apenas um Gears of war 4 melhorado e otimizado.… Expand
  22. tractical
    Sep 6, 2019
    7
    El juego es bueno, pero hasta ahi, la batalla final es realmente muy olvidable, mientras que en los gears anteriores al 4(Exceptuando Judgement)siempre fueron de buena importancia, a pesar de que el compositor de musica hace un buen trabajo esta muy lejos de darnos esa experiencia musical de la trilogica original, los niveles de mundo abierto, mas que ser gratificantes, son aburridos, y enEl juego es bueno, pero hasta ahi, la batalla final es realmente muy olvidable, mientras que en los gears anteriores al 4(Exceptuando Judgement)siempre fueron de buena importancia, a pesar de que el compositor de musica hace un buen trabajo esta muy lejos de darnos esa experiencia musical de la trilogica original, los niveles de mundo abierto, mas que ser gratificantes, son aburridos, y en general es como un flan que no acabo de cuajar, se nota que the coalition quizo añadir muchas cosas para tratar de innovar en la formula, pero tambien se nota que lo hizo con bastante miedo al cambio. En general esta entrega es buena a secas.… Expand
  23. BeatHour
    Sep 26, 2019
    6
    "Gears 5," not "Gears of War 5" is one of the most disappointingly mediocre games I've played in the last five years. It is so god awfully behind the curb of other franchises which are actually trying to spice things up, Gears 5 doesn't even try to innovate beyond making its name shorter.

    Nearly a month after launch, Gears 5 is still very buggy, with characters getting stuck in scenery,    "Gears 5," not "Gears of War 5" is one of the most disappointingly mediocre games I've played in the last five years. It is so god awfully behind the curb of other franchises which are actually trying to spice things up, Gears 5 doesn't even try to innovate beyond making its name shorter.

    Nearly a month after launch, Gears 5 is still very buggy, with characters getting stuck in scenery, easily getting sucked behind unfinished invisible barriers, and triggers that don't activate. The new 'third player' slot, Jack, is responsible for most of this, with his triggers not appearing sometimes, and his "floating" movement being so poorly programmed that he gets stuck on level terrain in places. Mind you, this is a character that doesn't ever touch the floor. Not to mention cutscenes that don't even trigger if you're playing as Jack.

    The story is worse than Gears of War 3. There's no plot until over halfway through, and all the plot that's introduced about 4 hours into the game just works up the presumed protagonist for Gears 6. Gears 5 is so bad, however, I would think only Microsoft's cash injections could save the series from the scrap pile. In any case, the game introduces or reintroduces side characters, kills them off, tells you to be sad about it, and then they're never mentioned again. Rinse and repeat for nearly every chapter. Ultimately, it ends on the worst cliffhanger I have ever, ever seen.

    The multiplayer is standard Gears of War fair with introduced casual modes that take the original Gears of War flavor of 'getting destroyed by the host' and uses server pockets to make the ping variation between players less frustrating. Being another third person game, however, with barely any competitive scene, I have no idea why you'd chose to play this over Fortnite, which runs on the same engine and has effectively the same gameplay besides building and "rodeo running."    … Expand
  24. BorjAngel88
    Aug 20, 2020
    6
    Buenos gráficos,buena jugabilidad pero historia insulsa, juego sobrevalorado
  25. shirowind
    Sep 6, 2019
    7
    Same Characters that try to be funny but get a big fail. It is basically Gears 4 with more content and a fail attempt to make a semi open world like God of War 2018 did. No originality here, more of the same.
  26. Luangreeny
    Sep 6, 2019
    6
    Pra mim é uma DLC do 4, muito parecido com o 4, pouca inovação, muito repetitivo, mundo aberto vazio
  27. TheK1ngBR
    Sep 6, 2019
    5
    Bom esse jogo tem uma história que poderia ser promissora mas e muito confusa em alguns aspectos,outro quesito é a jogabilidade, e a mesma dos outros gears o que eu acho muiito enjoativo, e o jogo tem alguns bugs que podem ser corrigidos em atualizações futuras.Bom não recomendaria ninguém comprar esse game, mas pega ele no game pass pra você ter sua própria opinião.
  28. GoldMiner32
    Sep 11, 2019
    6
    Good graphics and good performance but absolutely horrible progression system. This game is total garbage
  29. kraenk
    Sep 6, 2019
    7
    With Gears 5, there’s a lot to love, but it's not all guns and glory. The campaign is solid, making bold pushes in brave directions, and continues to be a hoot with friends. The story ultimately failed to fulfil its potential, but compelling gameplay keeps things moving. Horde continues to be a brilliant binge of violent goodness, with new mechanics and rewards that help boost longevity.With Gears 5, there’s a lot to love, but it's not all guns and glory. The campaign is solid, making bold pushes in brave directions, and continues to be a hoot with friends. The story ultimately failed to fulfil its potential, but compelling gameplay keeps things moving. Horde continues to be a brilliant binge of violent goodness, with new mechanics and rewards that help boost longevity. Escape is a worthy addition to the roster of modes, oozing potential for more creative players to realise. Versus is back in a big way, helping newcomers find their feet, while keeping loyal fans of the franchise happy with classic game types and the thank-god-it’s-not-terrible shotgun. If you’re any kind of shooter fan, this game has earned your attention. Sadly the story seems kind of underdelivered again and the new open world areas are mainly just empty filler.… Expand
  30. GamingNinja
    Sep 14, 2019
    6
    Very polished, However I really despise the new female lead.. it makes the game unplayable to me.
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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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