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  1. 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
  2. Jun 25, 2021
    6
    O jogo é bom porque saiu na game pass? Não, infelizmente a história é rasa, personagens sem carisma, resumindo, Gears vem perdendo sua essência desde o 3.
  3. Aug 20, 2020
    6
    Buenos gráficos,buena jugabilidad pero historia insulsa, juego sobrevalorado
  4. Jun 21, 2020
    6
    Tiene una campaña y modos de juego buenos, el problema es que a TC no le importa mucho el juego más que el dinero y eso se refleja con las actualizaciones tan malas que le da, teniendo un multijugador que parece una beta, su sistema de rankeo es malo y muchos más defectos en si es un juego malo y bueno al mismo tiempo y espero sus desarrolladores se esfuercen más
  5. Dec 13, 2020
    6
    Fun game but campaign is riddled with game breaking bugs, making it unplayable whilst all the focus goes on the season pass and multilayer.
  6. Jul 19, 2020
    6
    Combat is fun and still as enjoyable as ever, but aside from the original characters the new characters are just missing something. Kait is solid, but JD is still lame. The "open" area is supposed to make Gears 5 feel bigger, but it's probably the worst area of the game.

    Cross play with PC should always be an option to turn off. Never mandatory. Smoking is bad for you, but bullets and
    Combat is fun and still as enjoyable as ever, but aside from the original characters the new characters are just missing something. Kait is solid, but JD is still lame. The "open" area is supposed to make Gears 5 feel bigger, but it's probably the worst area of the game.

    Cross play with PC should always be an option to turn off. Never mandatory.

    Smoking is bad for you, but bullets and Lancer Chainsaws are just fine. Gears "of War" is just too controversial. So lets slim it down to Gears. No, it's Gears of War. So glad Rod Ferguson left, wish Cliffy B would come back and save Gears of War
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  7. Nov 10, 2021
    6
    O plot que foi sendo criado no 4 resulta em uma história legal no 5, mas algumas coisas parecem não fechar. O multiplayer (maior ponto forte da franquia) ficou desinteressante, chato, superficial. Perdeu a magia que os jogos anteriores trouxeram.
  8. Feb 20, 2022
    6
    Jogo 60+ apenas , não ouve inovação , corre abaixa ,encosta e atira , campanha super curta, não trazendo nenhuma inovação para o mundo dos games
  9. Sep 7, 2023
    6
    The combat and mobility of this game is very strange, the movement in general is something for people who really like TPS, in addition to the empty open world, story and lukewarm development, the game can even deliver very good graphics, but nothing too much.
  10. 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:::
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  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. Oct 14, 2019
    5
    It's a decent game, but I can't help but to give it a middling review because of the botched launch. So many errors, bugs, and headaches. I've lost progress on levels multiple times because of glitches, making me not even want to play it any more. Bought the special version just to realize that the extra days of play was more of a server test, a la Anthem. May be good in a few months, butIt's a decent game, but I can't help but to give it a middling review because of the botched launch. So many errors, bugs, and headaches. I've lost progress on levels multiple times because of glitches, making me not even want to play it any more. Bought the special version just to realize that the extra days of play was more of a server test, a la Anthem. May be good in a few months, but bugged, bugged, bugged for the time being. Expand
  14. 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.
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  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Sep 10, 2019
    5
    LOL. Fanboys/fake reviews everywhere! This game is OK. Nowhere near as good as Division 2 or Red Dead 2..not even close. Look up at the sky..it looks like a cheap painting and very unrealistic. Characters block your view often when in combat. Cover system is clunky and inaccurate. Visual bugs. Game is obviously unfinished. This is my least favorite in the series. Graphics are good, but onLOL. Fanboys/fake reviews everywhere! This game is OK. Nowhere near as good as Division 2 or Red Dead 2..not even close. Look up at the sky..it looks like a cheap painting and very unrealistic. Characters block your view often when in combat. Cover system is clunky and inaccurate. Visual bugs. Game is obviously unfinished. This is my least favorite in the series. Graphics are good, but on an xbox one x and 4k I expected much more. Worth the $2 I spent on it (game pass 2 month trial). If I had paid full price I would be very upset. Expand
  19. Jun 18, 2020
    5
    Ridiculously irritating game.
    - AI teammates are stupid as hell and there's not much control over them in comparison to the first trilogy;
    - Small amount of memorable arenas and situations; - 2 and 3rd act are empty large locations with hub and spikes; - Secondary missions are not good enough to be proper levels/missions; - Bosses and minibosses are superboring; - The flock is buggy; -
    Ridiculously irritating game.
    - AI teammates are stupid as hell and there's not much control over them in comparison to the first trilogy;
    - Small amount of memorable arenas and situations;
    - 2 and 3rd act are empty large locations with hub and spikes;
    - Secondary missions are not good enough to be proper levels/missions;
    - Bosses and minibosses are superboring;
    - The flock is buggy;
    - Playing as Jack is suffering, because of bugs and absolutely unreadable movement lines;
    - and more
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  20. Sep 7, 2019
    5
    Nenhuma surpresa fico a mesma voisa do gears 4, os graficos estao muito bonito, mas eu esperava mais.
  21. Sep 8, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La misma mierda que el 4 pero menos violento, faltó más acción como en el 2 Expand
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. Sep 9, 2019
    5
    Nossa sou caixista a muitos anos, mas desta vez vou ter que concordar com as criticas, o jogos esta horrível cheio de bugs e aparentemente é tão chato quanto o 4, eu queria que os desenvolvedores nos respeitassem mais.
  26. Sep 9, 2019
    5
    Simply stunning, and the best Gears yet. It's still as much fun as the original, but the added depth in stories and mode really pushes this over the top. It's game of the year for me so far.
  27. Sep 10, 2019
    5
    The Best gears só far, excelent graphics and audio. The new Character the robot is a great new character
  28. Sep 12, 2019
    5
    Great graphics innovations, huge campaign mode storyline and many multiplayer additions.
  29. Sep 14, 2019
    5
    Muita lacração no jogo, não gostei na protagonista................
    Muita lacração no jogo, não gostei na protagonista................
    Muita lacração no jogo, não gostei na protagonista................
  30. Sep 15, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best game I’ve played in years would 100% buy again campaign was awesome and online play has a great progression system :) can’t wait for additional content Expand
  31. Sep 21, 2019
    5
    A lot of bugs, nonsense new characters, worst ending of the series.

    The Gameplay is good, the graphics are too, but the other features is really pity.
  32. Sep 30, 2019
    5
    Melhor exclusivo até hoje da MICROSOFT... Que capricho é esse!!! Estou sem palavras para definir a emoção de ter jogado algo tão incrível!
  33. Sep 30, 2019
    5
    Somewhat enjoyable campaign and a nice new change to the gears of war formula, but the open world elements feel as though they’re merely fillers for what otherwise would be a short campaign. The multiplayer is terrible and is at very poor state as of today’s date, incredibly glitchy with numerous bugs, such as spawning as all silver looking robo cop with no weapon or ability to take coverSomewhat enjoyable campaign and a nice new change to the gears of war formula, but the open world elements feel as though they’re merely fillers for what otherwise would be a short campaign. The multiplayer is terrible and is at very poor state as of today’s date, incredibly glitchy with numerous bugs, such as spawning as all silver looking robo cop with no weapon or ability to take cover https://youtu.be/LfJTzk8ehtg check video for a visual on the glitch. Several hit detection problems failure to spawn at all and massive hit boxes: this game has a predatory
    approach to micro tran very Grundy elements to obtain unlockable items within game to o
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  34. Jan 6, 2020
    5
    Creators of this game tried way too hard to add all these special things. The story mode I spending half the time driving looking for stupid things, I just want to play, not forced into hunting for items. The Hive mode is awful, beast mode from Gears 3 would have been a better choice.. Horde: Cannot use the same characters, it seems we do the same maps all the time, it is not exciting-Creators of this game tried way too hard to add all these special things. The story mode I spending half the time driving looking for stupid things, I just want to play, not forced into hunting for items. The Hive mode is awful, beast mode from Gears 3 would have been a better choice.. Horde: Cannot use the same characters, it seems we do the same maps all the time, it is not exciting- I finished 50 waves in 90 mins and was still falling asleep, when you level there is not color change or anything to identify you have ranked (LIKE ALL THE OTHERS), It has zero feel of the past Gears games. I got hosed for about $75-80 for this trash. Now it is going to full of BS micro transactions and when you used the word "fortnite" to compare parts of this game , it absolutely turned me away. i know the hook is find kids who have parents, or their own, credit cards and get them to spend hundreds of dollars on your trash but some of us realize when you are only going after the money and don't care about the quality of the game.. You are like getting a frozen yogurt when I wanted ice cream.. Be ice cream or be nothing..ZERO stars!! Expand
  35. Aug 11, 2023
    5
    Im returning to this game years later and still a bugfest. It is not an engaging game, and very repatative, though with some fun moments throughout.
  36. Nov 15, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game has blown me away on changes, but these changes can very between good and bad, the reload button shouldn't be your bayonet or chainsaw, and the knife melee is too ridiculous beyond a reasonable doubt. This game suffers from the store and the iron currency they have implemented and they over price these item's like it's a F2P game. Horde doesn't seem like it made much improvement and has very little customization in it, I can't help but notice I can't choose my skin with a certain play style. The gameplay and the look of the game is amazing, the campaign, my most favorite in the series, and although the open world was meat, you're just trying to get out of the skiff to get to the next mission. Expand
  37. Dec 9, 2019
    5
    It's awesome game. A Epic return of the series. A good multiplayer. I really don't like all the players use gnasher, but nothing against the game.
  38. Dec 27, 2019
    5
    A barely servicable game, nothing we've never seen before. The only new thing that we get that hasn't been in Gears before was the open world, which was too bare bones and repetetive to even distinguish the game from other, actual open world games.

    The story is taking after of Family Guy or The Simpsons by now. Rehash the same thing over and over with the wackiest things happening but
    A barely servicable game, nothing we've never seen before. The only new thing that we get that hasn't been in Gears before was the open world, which was too bare bones and repetetive to even distinguish the game from other, actual open world games.

    The story is taking after of Family Guy or The Simpsons by now. Rehash the same thing over and over with the wackiest things happening but at the end of the day nothing has changed.

    If you're a fan of the first 3 games, don't bother. If you liked part 4 then by all means, play this. It's free on Game Pass anyway.
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  39. Jan 25, 2020
    5
    De las mejores historias de un juego de GOW, sin mencionar el apartado visual que es impresionante incluso en 1080p, es un gran juego pero a pesar de todo, una franquicia como esta que nos trae una 5a entrega (sin mencionar judment) no era necesario incorporar un sistema de tutorial en algunas partes, puesto que le quita muchísima acción al juego, algo que es fundamental como en lasDe las mejores historias de un juego de GOW, sin mencionar el apartado visual que es impresionante incluso en 1080p, es un gran juego pero a pesar de todo, una franquicia como esta que nos trae una 5a entrega (sin mencionar judment) no era necesario incorporar un sistema de tutorial en algunas partes, puesto que le quita muchísima acción al juego, algo que es fundamental como en las versiones anteriores, sobre todo con el modo de "mundo abierto" pasas bastante tiempo sin tener esa sensación de que es un juego de acción o un GOW. Expand
  40. Jun 19, 2020
    5
    juegue el 4 y no me gustó nada... pensando que este gears sería diferente ... pero me equivoque... es un historia liviana ...y muchos viajes de aquí para allá con la esquilrla ...que AHORA me gusta más el 4
  41. Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Muy buena campaña, el multijugador tiene algunos fallos pero poco a poco van mejorando
  42. Jul 13, 2020
    5
    Story was weak. No any new game play element. Semi open world game is unnecessary
  43. Aug 2, 2020
    5
    mais do mesmo, nenhuma novidade. Gráficos bons, porem história ruim e mecânica repetitiva desde o primeiro título da franquia
  44. Nov 18, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gears 5 looks and feels even more amazing on series x. I didn’t play through the whole game on the onex so I was looking forward to the series x and the graphical updates. Expand
  45. Jan 11, 2021
    5
    Nothing too special about this game. Played the full campaign, played the dlc, played multiplayer mode, and I felt bored the entire time while I was playing the game.
  46. Dec 25, 2020
    5
    Tecnicamente es muy bueno, graficos e ilumincación. Me gustó que salieron mapas del Gears 2. Lo que no me gustó fue la histora, pienso que esta mal estructurada, los personajes no muestran un desarrollo en la trama. El argumento es bajo y sin lógica en comparación a las 3 primeras entregas del Gears of war.
    El personaje principal de Gears 5 pareciera que fuera invensible y que siempre
    Tecnicamente es muy bueno, graficos e ilumincación. Me gustó que salieron mapas del Gears 2. Lo que no me gustó fue la histora, pienso que esta mal estructurada, los personajes no muestran un desarrollo en la trama. El argumento es bajo y sin lógica en comparación a las 3 primeras entregas del Gears of war.
    El personaje principal de Gears 5 pareciera que fuera invensible y que siempre gana, esto en mi parecer es lo que pasa en muchas nuevas peliculas actuales, que tratan de crear personajes invencibles, reveldes y que no presentan desarrollo y se sabe como terminara todo.

    El multijugador está bien y a 60 FPS en XONE y en XSeries X a 120 FPS hace una agradable experiencia y el modo Horda mejoró en comparación al desastre de Gears of war 4.

    Espero que The Coalition en sus proximas secuelas mejoren la coerencia y diseño del modo campaña y si presentan nuevos personajes principales no creen el estereotipo de empoderamiento. haciendo al personaje predecible aburrido y antipatico.
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  47. Jun 10, 2021
    5
    I really wanted to like this game, I truly did. It starts out pretty great, but once I got to chapter 2 I just lost my desire to keep going. Came back a few months later to finish it after being spoiled by some **** on the internet and.. yep I see why I put it down for so long. The graphics are the best part of this game easily, but I think I still prefer Gears 4’s aesthetic compared to 5.I really wanted to like this game, I truly did. It starts out pretty great, but once I got to chapter 2 I just lost my desire to keep going. Came back a few months later to finish it after being spoiled by some **** on the internet and.. yep I see why I put it down for so long. The graphics are the best part of this game easily, but I think I still prefer Gears 4’s aesthetic compared to 5. But I really can’t praise much else here. It’s a serviceable shooter, the minor changes they made to combat somehow turned me off from the shooting here. But when most enemies are bullet sponges, you just kinda brainlessly shoot until they explode. Really not engaging gameplay here guys. The story is ok I guess? I feel like I need to play the trilogy still to get some of the deeper plot here but I don’t think that would help at this point lol. Kait’s story is interesting, but as a character I just don’t find her that interesting. Same with the rest of the cast honestly, aside from Marcus obviously. When he told Fahz to stfu, that was probably the best part of the game. Overall, I just really didn’t have fun with this entry. I don’t think I’d ever play it again honestly. Expand
  48. Jun 14, 2022
    5
    Awful gameplay with a boring storyline, also the multiplayer is pretty annoying because of the ripetition
  49. May 16, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a great game, the open world is amazing and the history/ background of the origin locust is so misterious, and all the ambient is so similar to gears 2. Expand
  50. Sep 9, 2019
    4
    What a waste ... I'm a longtime fan of the series. And the fourth part was good and promising, but this is a turn in the completely wrong direction.
    Yes, graphically it is excellent, but everything else is terrible. Characters do not cause any sympathy. They are not consistent, flat and boring. You cannot create a drama if a player does not give a damn about its participants.
    Fights are
    What a waste ... I'm a longtime fan of the series. And the fourth part was good and promising, but this is a turn in the completely wrong direction.
    Yes, graphically it is excellent, but everything else is terrible. Characters do not cause any sympathy. They are not consistent, flat and boring. You cannot create a drama if a player does not give a damn about its participants.
    Fights are hellishly boring.
    Too many one-shots out of nowhere and too little enemy variety. There are a lot of enemies who are almost not dangerous, but require a long and tedious shooting at one point on their ass or somewhere else.
    Constant babysitting with ai companions, plus one-shots, plus checkpoints, plus boring shooting at large enemies at one point and you get at times the most incredibly hellishly boring repetitive gameplay.
    Open arenas are pointless timewasters.
    And oh god, hire good writers please.
     What is this miserable cliched “Luke I'm Your Father” plot? You destroy plot potentials for locusts! They could have had a centuries-old history, and now they have nothing.
    And, I laughed to the pain in my stomach over the choice that you suddenly give me. I see what you did here. You collect statistics and try to understand whether it is possible to bury old gears or fans are not yet ready to swallow your pathetic new gears. I'm not on your side on this
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  51. Oct 6, 2019
    4
    This game is very annoying without reasons, very boring without substance and very uninspired even if it should be. The mechanics feel like pre 2007, it is flawed in every aspect, not a real gears in terms of tone and atmosphere. An edgy gears if you like...I didn't like the new orientation.

    Sadly I leave the Gears franchise behind for good after yet another disappointed chance given to
    This game is very annoying without reasons, very boring without substance and very uninspired even if it should be. The mechanics feel like pre 2007, it is flawed in every aspect, not a real gears in terms of tone and atmosphere. An edgy gears if you like...I didn't like the new orientation.

    Sadly I leave the Gears franchise behind for good after yet another disappointed chance given to the coalition. I feel a lot of people like the new gears with it's on the nose comedy and repetitive content, it's just not for me and personally not "gears of war" thus "gears".
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  52. Sep 9, 2019
    4
    The game looks good, but nothing groundbreaking or up to the standards some have been advertising. Truth be told I find the material authoring and asset definition around the environment quite average, if not below expectation. Gameplay is pretty much the same as it has always been. There is really not much to say here unfortunately. Get it on game pass, play it and move on.
  53. Sep 30, 2019
    4
    Feels like 2009, with invisible walls every where you try to go, have complete the very short campaign but still not been given the achievement for doing it. Game feels rushed and from another time
  54. Jul 25, 2020
    4
    The Gears of War franchise, which has been quite as of late anyway, may finally be dead. This game is an absolute chore to play. From a ridiculous, unresolved story all the way down to ruinous basic gun play, Gears 5 is a total disaster. I found myself compelled to finish it only because I was playing co-op with a more devoted fan; thank God it was on GamePass and I didn't have to payThe Gears of War franchise, which has been quite as of late anyway, may finally be dead. This game is an absolute chore to play. From a ridiculous, unresolved story all the way down to ruinous basic gun play, Gears 5 is a total disaster. I found myself compelled to finish it only because I was playing co-op with a more devoted fan; thank God it was on GamePass and I didn't have to pay for it.

    All of the weapons have insane recoil, making gun play a chore of timid burst-fire and readjustment. The new additions and even editions to old classics are for the worse. In nearly every mission involving a major gunfight my partner and I both ran out of ammo, forcing us to take reckless action to melee or otherwise kill enemies just to clear the room. The rambling plot has you criss-cross and backtrack through the same bland, empty open world. There is no leveling up and no incentive to explore and do side activities.

    The most tragic issue, however, is the incompetence of the NPCs that are forced to fight alongside you. The sole moment of excitement came when we finally got to use the beloved Hammer of Dawn; we had to restart that gunfight at least half a dozen times because an NPC would walk through your laser and cause the beam to hit and kill you instantly. On the final boss, we had to retry 5 times when uncontrolled NPC would get themselves killed. In one instance, within 3 seconds of reloading after a death, an NPC got himself killed again. A great number of unwarranted restarts will find you in this game, which erroneously focuses on squad dynamics when you cannot control the squad.

    Another nagging irritation is the lack of navigational assistance leaving you to wonder what the hell you're looking for at several points. "Jack" performs a ridiculous McGuffin where he can fly through vents to activate a terminal to open a door or something; oftentimes you'll see the switch he needs but he'll refuse to fly through any but the designated opening to reach it, regardless of how obviously other paths might work. In some cases this opening is rooms or meters away and punitively nonobvious, forcing you to mash the button giving you an environmental scan until you miraculously see the highlighted vent you need to use.

    This game is a 100% pass. The plot remains unresolved and whimpers to an end with a shameful sequel bait. Fitting that the voice actor for JD is also the worse of the two Spartacus in this pitiable attempt.
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  55. Nov 7, 2019
    4
    This game suck, nothing like the original. Dumbed down, noob-catered camping fest. All these generic 10s are shills. The game needs a lot of of work. TC does not know how to make Gears, bring Epic back.
  56. Sep 6, 2019
    4
    Les barils rouge avec les ennemis qui planquent à côté en 2019 c'est non. Le level design paresseux c'est non. Je met 4 point pour les graphisme.
  57. 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.
  58. Sep 7, 2019
    4
    Looks great, plays ok for most of the time has some annoying bugs like getting stuck and teleport and some of the physics make no sense. The "open world" traversal seems pointless and even though it looks great gets boring quickly. Micro transactions and day one dlc is jokes
  59. Sep 9, 2019
    4
    Whilst trying to innovate from previous games I personally couldn’t connect or feel any engagement to the campaign or characters, the multiplayer was okay but again couldn’t engage, I’m sure many people love the game it’s just not for me
  60. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Gears 5 is similar gameplay wise to Gears 4 but with boring free roam and back-tracking missions in a desert on a wind sail sand boat and the story a massive SJW politics injection. The original first three Gears of War games were good, not this s***.
  61. Sep 16, 2019
    4
    A great game marred by plenty of bugs. It's Gears, it's fluid, it's smooth, it's beautiful. I really want to enjoy this game.

    I've reached Act 2 Chapter 3 and I've encounter three bugs so far. Two required a restart to the last checkpoint, one required a restart of an entire chapter as the reloading of a checkpoint (current and previous) resulted in a death loop. I don't think I've
    A great game marred by plenty of bugs. It's Gears, it's fluid, it's smooth, it's beautiful. I really want to enjoy this game.

    I've reached Act 2 Chapter 3 and I've encounter three bugs so far. Two required a restart to the last checkpoint, one required a restart of an entire chapter as the reloading of a checkpoint (current and previous) resulted in a death loop.

    I don't think I've ever played an AAA with this many bugs. Glad it only cost me £2.

    My advice: wait a few months for them to iron out the bugs
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  62. Jan 11, 2020
    4
    Lo único que vale la pena es la campaña al agregar el cuchillo le quitaron la escencia a la saga y lo hicieron en algunos aspectos como Calle of Duty, el multijugador es una mierda los Wallbounce ya no son efectivos y hay autoapuntado que lo facilita mucho las armas yatienen más alcance lo que lo hace aun mas fácil
  63. Jun 18, 2020
    4
    Too far gone from what the series was ever supposed to be, and not innovative enough to warrant the departures anyway.
  64. 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.
  65. 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
  66. Sep 6, 2019
    3
    A decent game with serious networking problems. Co-op is virtually unplayable with no end in sight, devs have been working on it for two days now with no improvement, cannot play as a team for more than 5-10 minutes without someone being disconnected. Unacceptable.
  67. Oct 3, 2019
    3
    Magnifique le nouveau Gears of War ! éblouissant et proposé d'office à 60 im/s et en 4K sur la X (ou aux trois quarts de la 4K même dans des conditions extrêmes selon Digital Foundry, l'autorité en la matière) autant dire qu'on en prend plein les mirettes !

    Pas vraiment un monde ouvert (loin de là même), le Gears 5 sort néanmoins de son couloir habituel pour offrir quelques balades dans
    Magnifique le nouveau Gears of War ! éblouissant et proposé d'office à 60 im/s et en 4K sur la X (ou aux trois quarts de la 4K même dans des conditions extrêmes selon Digital Foundry, l'autorité en la matière) autant dire qu'on en prend plein les mirettes !

    Pas vraiment un monde ouvert (loin de là même), le Gears 5 sort néanmoins de son couloir habituel pour offrir quelques balades dans deux grands espaces et par la même occasion des missions secondaires très optionnelles mais assez bienvenues... on fait du ski, on surfe sur le sable, on éradique la vermine... on sauve le monde (encore une fois) : tout ça, ça reste du classique.

    L'histoire (?) tente de raconter quelque chose cette fois-ci mais se prend vite ses grosses bottes dans le tapis... car d'une part, c'est invraisemblable et d'autre part, c'est assez ridicule... Gears 5 tente également de mieux caractériser ses personnages mais le fait si maladroitement qu'on se croirait dans un feuilleton de la télé brésilienne. Quelle idée, franchement... dites-moi juste où passer les grands coups de karcher, où et quand nettoyer et j'y vais ! je m'en fous des états d'âme de l'équipe ou de leur 'parcours'...

    Qu'importe, si la jouabilité reste lourdaude, elle n'en est pas moins toujours très spectaculaire avec -c'est nouveau- les capacités du robot ménager à tout faire, Jack, qu'on peut améliorer au fur et à mesure. Et les nombreux réglages concernant la manette permettent d'ajuster au mieux la maniabilité générale.

    Mais bon, j'en suis aux deux tiers de la campagne et là, je suis bloqué... parce qu'un script ne s'est pas déclenché. J'ai dû "manuellement" si j'ose dire aller au lieu suivant en me fiant au dialogue, car aucun point de repère n'est apparu ; sur place, les choses semblent reprendre leurs cours normal -après avoir réchargé, car le jeu était coincé devant la porte- mais impossible de faire entrer le robot dans le bureau ou de pirater l'interface à pirater : l'action contextuelle n'apparaît pas...

    Donc, quand ça sera débuggué, le Gears nouveau devrait être agréable... mais pour l'instant, il faut attendre les patchs. Heureusement qu'il ne m'a coûté que quelques euros (à peine 3 par mois pendant 3 mois) via une promo du Game Pass parce que sinon, je lui aurais collé 1. Un bug pareil (plus un autre lors d'une mission secondaire) ce n'est pas acceptable.

    Epilogue : là, rebelote, je me retape le chapitre 3 en espérant ne pas rencontrer de nouveau le bug bloquant... j'aimerais quand même si c'était possible finir cette campagne... et paf ! ça re-merde mais à un autre endroit, juste après le retour à l'aéroport : l'avion ne décolle pas, le script est enrayé et me re-voilà sans objectif principal !

    ça commence à me gaver : malgré déjà quelques patchs, ils sont plus occupés à régler les microtransactions qu'à débugguer leur jeu... sorti trop tôt et tout cassé en fait. Je descends donc à 3 et je mets mon mouchoir dessus. Dans un an ou deux, le Gears 5 sera peut-être réparé...
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  68. Sep 7, 2019
    3
    Otro juegos de disparos mas que solo ponen graficos y a disparar !! Aburrrido hasta decir basta
    No pongo cero porque ningun juego merece el cero pero si que póca imaginacion!!
  69. Sep 12, 2019
    3
    Well, i dont like the open world. Gears of War dont Need that imho... I prefer the old Gear-Games much more. The graphics are nice.. but the atmosphere sometimes a little bit low..
  70. Sep 11, 2019
    3
    Was hoping for more it got stale and the open world felt empty and to mutch dead time between combat. They need to put the gears fransice on hold one if tbe best parts was the graphics but graphics dont make a game good
  71. Sep 6, 2019
    3
    Eu gostaria muito de ter gostado e poder dizer algo a mais, além de ter achado este Gears 5 muito idêntico aos seus antecessores. Não inovaram em muita coisa, só corre e atira, mata mostros... A única "Inovação" que foi adicionada ao jogo, são as inúmeras "cutscenes" com intuito de prolongar o tempo de Gameplay. Porém não me senti imersivo na história, que é um tanto quanto enjoativa. SemEu gostaria muito de ter gostado e poder dizer algo a mais, além de ter achado este Gears 5 muito idêntico aos seus antecessores. Não inovaram em muita coisa, só corre e atira, mata mostros... A única "Inovação" que foi adicionada ao jogo, são as inúmeras "cutscenes" com intuito de prolongar o tempo de Gameplay. Porém não me senti imersivo na história, que é um tanto quanto enjoativa. Sem contar a rigidez do ambiente e objetos do jogo que em momento algum se desfazem ao sofrer dano. Expand
  72. Nov 9, 2019
    3
    This game was designed by **** monkeys who have mistakingly abandoned the core aspects of what makes Gears of War unique and fun. This game not does not function properly with **** servers, but is horribly missing content, and has sadly gone down the ****, corporate path of Microtransaction hell and premium fortnite currency trash.
  73. Nov 11, 2019
    3
    Eu juro que tentei, mas é só mais um jogo de tiro, com história medíocre e gráficos bonitos.
  74. 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
  75. Sep 20, 2020
    3
    El multijugador más decadente de todos,admito que la campaña es buena pero realmente Gears siempre se ha caracterizado por su multijugador este es muy pobre además que está en un pésimo estado Armas mal equlibardas Mal sistema de ranking
    Escopeta asquerosamente deficiente Falta de contenido Bugs y más bugs este juego se fue a la mierda en La primera operación
  76. 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).
  77. Dec 31, 2022
    3
    Me gusta jugar con héroes masculinos. Cuando aparece una señora lo juego por inercia. Besos.
  78. Aug 14, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Games trash, visually beautiful but everything else is terrible. The story is complete trash and you even get the option till kill the main protagonist of the 4th game smh. Full of fake 5 star reviews everywhere. On Xbox live the only real written reviews are 1 or 2 stars and apparently they keep getting deleted. Expand
  79. Sep 8, 2019
    2
    The multiplayer is forced crossplay meaning if your on xbox and are vs ppl on PC, you're screwed. Also plagued with people hacking on PC and the game is riddled with broken achievements.
  80. Oct 19, 2019
    2
    Pros: Improved fresh campaign compared to Gears 4. A few bugs though.
    Cons: I've played every Gears game. And this game has made me decide I will instead be getting a PS5 next generation. Rod and Phil you guys are not smart and are failing at producing AAA must have 1st party games completely. This game is still just more corporate microtransaction bullsh*t. Nobody should buy this game.
    Pros: Improved fresh campaign compared to Gears 4. A few bugs though.
    Cons: I've played every Gears game. And this game has made me decide I will instead be getting a PS5 next generation. Rod and Phil you guys are not smart and are failing at producing AAA must have 1st party games completely. This game is still just more corporate microtransaction bullsh*t. Nobody should buy this game. The progression system just like with Gears 4 is trash and not fun. TC and Rod lied to everybody that this game would be players first and it is 100% not. Fun should always be first but Microsoft continues to not understand that as a company. Gears 3 continues to be a gold standard Microsoft fails to reach. When a progression system pushes you hard to not enjoy the game or not make the best play in a match but instead try to achieve a certain tasks in each multiplayer session you have f*cked the multiplayer. When a progression system constantly demands you play as characters you don't like or want to you have f*cked the multiplayer. Also instead of Gears 4s grindy lootbox microtrasaction system they've replaced it with a convoluted microtransaction mess with nothing of value to unlock and with no reasonable or fun way to progress toward unlocking anything. The only way to unlock anything of value will cost you at least an extremely excessive extra $40, and even that content is time limited... absolutely shameful. They clearly marketed this game and redesigned the microtrasaction system to confuse customers and make it difficult for reviewers to warn players all with the main goal to limit outrage during launch. This is unfriendly and unethical behavior. Like with Gears 4 this games player base will die massively as players are left with again a trash progression system that is not centered around FUN and the multiplayer gameplay itself. Under no circumstance should you trust TC and Rod again and buy Gears 6 in the future. Gears of War is now a dead franchise that lies and manipulates you. Its not surprising at all now that they made Gears 5 crossplatform with PC since they basically killed the franchises playerbase with 4s grindy lootbox microtransactions system. But after this I don't know what TC will do to trick players to buy 6. I believe this game just spent the last bit of trust players had with TC and Rod. For me this game was going to decide if I switched to PlayStation for next gen and this game has decided it for me Microsoft is not serious about creating Fun AAA games. Microsoft Xbox is not PlayStation and they are certainly not a Nintendo. Microsoft and TC have taken yet again another stupid pointless approach to gaming that destroys player trust. For many this was Microsofts last chance. This game just won PlayStation 5 the gen console war.
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  81. Sep 6, 2019
    2
    After all this time I was expecting some real improvements but it feels more like a Gears 4.5 than a new game.
    It looks great, the characters have the same great charisma but the whole campaign feels the same year after year.
    I hope to see a real new Gears for the next generation.
  82. Sep 11, 2019
    2
    Muy buenos gráficos como los anteriores, esperaba que fuera mas original y me decepciono el online, muchos problemas de conectividad, espero puedan actualizar el juego y pulir los errores, no es justo que uno pague y no reciba un producto de calidad al momento.

    Se nota el trabajo por hacer un video juego a la altura, lamentablemente mantienen el mismo control que los anteriores y no se
    Muy buenos gráficos como los anteriores, esperaba que fuera mas original y me decepciono el online, muchos problemas de conectividad, espero puedan actualizar el juego y pulir los errores, no es justo que uno pague y no reciba un producto de calidad al momento.

    Se nota el trabajo por hacer un video juego a la altura, lamentablemente mantienen el mismo control que los anteriores y no se siento fresco,

    Los desarrolladores deberían pensar en hacer videojuegos y no películas de acción
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  83. Sep 6, 2019
    2
    I really tried to love this game. But the campaign struggles to much. Yea the graphics are very good. But directly after act 1 you get to see the real struggles: Go from Point A to Point B and then go to Point C. Through a more than empty semi open world. it just feels like "push the stick in front and watch on your mobile phone until you are at your goal". Not nearly on a level with GearsI really tried to love this game. But the campaign struggles to much. Yea the graphics are very good. But directly after act 1 you get to see the real struggles: Go from Point A to Point B and then go to Point C. Through a more than empty semi open world. it just feels like "push the stick in front and watch on your mobile phone until you are at your goal". Not nearly on a level with Gears 1-4 sadly Expand
  84. Sep 8, 2019
    2
    Gears 5 é o sinônimo de frustação se joga 50 ondas de Horda e é tirado de Otário não Recebe a pontuação os servidores cai mais que a PSN fora que se é Expulsso da Campanha em todos esses anos nessa indústria vital nunca vi uma merda dessas acontecer quero no mínimo um Raam Dourado como pedido de Desculpa porque como Fã da Franquia e como Consumidor me sinto um otário fora que osGears 5 é o sinônimo de frustação se joga 50 ondas de Horda e é tirado de Otário não Recebe a pontuação os servidores cai mais que a PSN fora que se é Expulsso da Campanha em todos esses anos nessa indústria vital nunca vi uma merda dessas acontecer quero no mínimo um Raam Dourado como pedido de Desculpa porque como Fã da Franquia e como Consumidor me sinto um otário fora que os Coletaveis da Campanha se pega e some oque também é bem Frustante Expand
  85. Sep 9, 2019
    2
    jogo bugado e a mesma coisa de sempre abaixa e atira enjoativo grafico quase igual do 4 personagens sem carisma historia fraca igual o 4
  86. Sep 17, 2019
    2
    wow, just wow . What a seriously stupid story mode. finished it last night and i can still taste the puke in my mouth. This is a let down to every gears fan!
  87. Nov 30, 2019
    2
    Regular campaign sometimes boring,broken multiplayer and bad servers,horrible horde mode,repetitive escape mode,better buy It with gamepass
  88. Jul 17, 2020
    2
    Awful game going away from the tropes that made the game enjoyable. Unimaginative enemies, poor gameplay and trying to be something its not. The success of the original trilogy was based on smooth gameplay and a fantastic story. Why put RPG tropes into a shooter? Identity crisis, and poor story.its saving grace is it's voice acting. Such a shame for a series I loved
  89. Jul 30, 2020
    2
    Is a really good game, amazing franchise, and pretty good campaign. However, I'm giving this game a low score because the main focus of the game is the multiplayer pvp, and it's just awful. Bad mechanics, toxic players, stupid ranking system and playlists, and unfair penalty bans for leaving a game someone else has left already. I really like this game, but I just can't give it a goodIs a really good game, amazing franchise, and pretty good campaign. However, I'm giving this game a low score because the main focus of the game is the multiplayer pvp, and it's just awful. Bad mechanics, toxic players, stupid ranking system and playlists, and unfair penalty bans for leaving a game someone else has left already. I really like this game, but I just can't give it a good score soley because of this aspect. The PvE is pretty fun, and campaign is interesting, but I can't bring myself to give this game a bigger score Expand
  90. May 6, 2021
    2
    The only goal of this game is take cover and shoot enemies.but this game is better than similar games
  91. 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.
  92. 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.
  93. 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
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  94. Dec 15, 2019
    1
    crashes so often in multiplayer i just gave up. otherwise it would be a good game.
  95. Nov 17, 2019
    1
    Chega desse lixo de franquia, abandonaram Ryse SOR e ficam insistindo nessa bosta de Gears... Microsoft não vai aprende a fazer jogo bom nunca ??
  96. May 17, 2020
    1
    Same old gears formula with slightly better graphics, there's no innovation in the game and it is being milked to death due to lack of another new ips by microsoft
    The controls are decent,but the online multiplayer is laggy and unreliable, alot of glitches and overall not worth the 60 dollar price tag
  97. Jan 23, 2020
    1
    This is disappointing. For all thos loving the open world aspect, well that simply is not Gears of War. Microtransactions, cards? With people of you gave this game anything above a five cancel your Gold account. Add in the sound problems the progression that sucks your life away, you got something, just not a Gears Of War game.
  98. Sep 7, 2019
    1
    dlc de gears 4 mas do mesmo cheio de bugs cade o desafio de verdade muito facio
  99. Sep 6, 2019
    1
    Juego repetitivo,mala historia y muy continuista,no hay innovación en nada y es todo muy similar a sus antecesores.
    Un hilo argumental predecible y aburrido y mecánicas toscas.
  100. Sep 6, 2019
    1
    He jugado todos los gow desde el lanzamiento del primero en mi xbox 360, he seguido la saga desde entonces.

    Lamentablemente la historia de este último me ha decepcionado bastante, no pienso contaros spoilers, pero sin duda me hace pensar que la saga debió ser más bien una trilogía y Microsoft debió enfocarse en nuevas ips en lugar de quemar algo que estaba perfecto en la 3era entrega.
    He jugado todos los gow desde el lanzamiento del primero en mi xbox 360, he seguido la saga desde entonces.

    Lamentablemente la historia de este último me ha decepcionado bastante, no pienso contaros spoilers, pero sin duda me hace pensar que la saga debió ser más bien una trilogía y Microsoft debió enfocarse en nuevas ips en lugar de quemar algo que estaba perfecto en la 3era entrega.

    Más allá de ser yo mismo un Gear de corazón, soy xboxer, y es por eso que me duele tanto el cómo nos escupieron en la cara con semejante trama tonta de este último juego, no me sorprendería que para el próximo gears metan a daywne la roca a repartir hostiazos sólo porque sí sin ningún sentido contra brumacs procedentes de neptuno....
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 89 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 89
  2. Negative: 0 out of 89
  1. 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.
  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. 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.