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  1. Sep 7, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El peor juego horrible que he jugado nunca compra carreras a una velocidad de fotogramas muy baja y requiere mucho tiempo y mucho Expand
  2. Sep 10, 2019
    1
    To play all the game modes that Gears 5 offers, you must have internet and an Xbox Live Gold subscription... Total trash. Lost Time.
  3. Nov 1, 2019
    1
    Sem novidades, mobilidade do avatar é estressante. Plot fraco e personagens nada carismáticos.
  4. Nov 1, 2019
    1
    this game is bad, try to pass an experience that did not match much with it, the story is not at all captivating, the only thing you stick to the game are the characters
  5. Nov 22, 2019
    1
    me sigo quedando con los 3 primeros. De todas formas este Gears 5 si le quitan el mundo abierto y se centrasen en la acción podría haberse quedado en un juego a la altura de los primeros ya que en esta entrega estan volviendo a tomar el camino de los Locust y prescindir mas de los robots, algo que se agradece. Esperemos que en el 6 vayan directamente al grano y cierren la historia deme sigo quedando con los 3 primeros. De todas formas este Gears 5 si le quitan el mundo abierto y se centrasen en la acción podría haberse quedado en un juego a la altura de los primeros ya que en esta entrega estan volviendo a tomar el camino de los Locust y prescindir mas de los robots, algo que se agradece. Esperemos que en el 6 vayan directamente al grano y cierren la historia de Kaitie o vuelvan a los orígenes de Marcus. Expand
  6. Apr 23, 2020
    1
    This game is dog **** like its so bad, the game dosent feel like gears anymore
  7. 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
  8. Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Juego muy repetitivo Muy malos gráficos
    Muchos bugs Juego en línea mal realizado Y lo peor su historia q es la misma de siempre
  9. Feb 19, 2022
    1
    Só perdi meu tempo... Quando comecei a jogar já vi que não era tão bom como me falaram
  10. Sep 15, 2020
    1
    La jugabilidad está horrible los servidores fallan mucho el juego solo se trata de snacer la Lancer no hace nada solo tiene buenos gráficos
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Oct 26, 2019
    0
    This game is Broke! Simple as that, I have always enjoyed gears games, but I cannot even complete this game because of the game breaking bugs, specifically in act 3. During my play through in act 3 chapter 3 I got the skiff bug (look it up, plenty of videos and comments about this) which completely prevents further progression. No after putting the game down for a couple weeks to wait forThis game is Broke! Simple as that, I have always enjoyed gears games, but I cannot even complete this game because of the game breaking bugs, specifically in act 3. During my play through in act 3 chapter 3 I got the skiff bug (look it up, plenty of videos and comments about this) which completely prevents further progression. No after putting the game down for a couple weeks to wait for a patch so I would not have to replay a bunch of stuff, the patch still has not come and the game has been out almost 2 months now. I finally decided just to go back and replay a bunch of stuff....now the upgrade components for jack are bugged out and I cannot pick them up to upgrade jack and complete a side mission....This is absolutely terrible to have this many game breaking bugs in a triple A first party game. The graphics and game play are good, but the lack of urgency to fix these issues or make sure they work before release is pathetic. Expand
  15. Sep 8, 2019
    0
    Was playing fine,spent 3-4 hours 3 person coop horde mode all the way to 50 (intermediate) got the achievement but got an error code basically game cheated me out of my match exp , if I could with the bugs that they should have corrected after the beta but instead shadowbanned users on reddit posting credible feedback , this game deserves a negative score as of this moment
  16. Nov 21, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kait and Del were the weakest part of Gears 4, now they take center stage. It's like following the adventures of two annoying millennials as they run around being "brave" and "stunning". Its all very woke 2019 social justice crap. JD has the misfortune of being male AND white and is thus disgraced by The Coalition so that the perfect, infallible Kait can take over as the generic "strong woman".

    JD just disappears at one point and we are told, not shown, that JD is now an a**hole for no real reason (completely disregarding the bond they formed in 4, but I digress...) and Kait and Del set out alone (no white males like Marcus allowed, apparently) and everyone stands around saying"good luck!" ... even though in the last game they literally dropped everything to help Kait find her mother.

    Kait and Del (sounds like a bad sitcom) venture into semi-open, very empty worlds/biomes and complete some fetch quests. There's a great callback to New Hope from Gears 2 with some truly top tier art direction. Marcus isn't there of course but he's nice enough to be on a radio at their beck and call. There's some great lore/story beats and action segments, boss fights, etc.

    They eventualy accomplish the mission and go to the next large, empty biome where Paduk, who doesn't like anyone, instantly trusts and respects Kait because 2019 wahman. He also makes a point to treat James Fenix (the son of the man he actually knows) like crap. Again, 2019 wahman. That's right, JD just shows up, is super nice, submissive and helpful as Kait and Del treat him like dog sh*t. Completely disregarding the events of 4. Again.

    They do some stuff and JD tells Kait that she's really good at everything (no joke, he really does this). Then it finally goes back to being a Gears game with tight, combat focused gameplay and great set pieces. Then Gears asks you if you want to save JD or Del. My personal opinion on this is that this was done so that Rod Fergusson could p*** in the faces of those who chose to save JD when he forces the cannon choice in Gears 6. Getting some woke points on twitter and angering fans.

    Pros:
    + Outstanding graphical fidelity, 4k/60fps on XIX with beautiful HDR
    + Lighting, textures and art direction is superb
    + Combat and weapons are fantastic, small additions/changes are well done
    + Environmental destruction/usability during combat.
    + Sound design is very good
    + Sand and snow deformation technology adds to immersion
    + Some great bosses and mini bosses
    + Sense of scale is impressive
    + Expands/explains story and lore

    CONS:
    - Weakest leads in Gears history. Del is a plank of wood and Kait is just a stand in for "strong female protaganist in 2019". Both characters are given a sense of importance to the Gears verse that is unearned.
    - 2019 progressive propaganda at its most obvious (and shameless)
    - Friendly AI is the worst in the series. Epic levels of dumb from these bots.
    - Empty open worlds/biomes
    - Elevates Kait and Del by disgracing JD
    - Disgusting storefront loaded with high priced MTX's
    - Very grindy pvp/horde/escape modes
    - Large amounts of pandering to Mexico and alphabet people for some reason. Half of the banners are "pride" banners. ????
    - Lots (and lots) of walking segments
    - Buggy at launch
    - Game is almost unplayable at higher difficulties to to incompetent AI, wildly difficult enemies, bugs etc.
    - Not a typical Gears game. Aimed for God of War, wound up with Gears of Woke
    - Gears used to be a system seller. Not anymore
    - Worst story and campaign in the series, by far

    Get on GamePass or on sale. This feels like a spinoff title or DLC. This is not proper Gears of War.

    Okay Microsoft, you win. I'll buy the PS5 next gen over the Scarlett. No reason to destroy Gears like this.
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  17. 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.
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  18. Sep 19, 2019
    0
    This is a review for the single player campaign, not multiplayer. I'm keeping this as spoiler free as possible.

    The game starts on a high note. It's classic gears gameplay in the tutorial, you play as JD, you hear Marcus being Marcus, Del does something cool with a motorcycle and you blow it up. Fantastic first act to say the least. Then you go into act 2 & the game forces you to
    This is a review for the single player campaign, not multiplayer. I'm keeping this as spoiler free as possible.

    The game starts on a high note. It's classic gears gameplay in the tutorial, you play as JD, you hear Marcus being Marcus, Del does something cool with a motorcycle and you blow it up. Fantastic first act to say the least.

    Then you go into act 2 & the game forces you to play as Kait... and it all goes down hill from there.

    Kait ruins the entire game. She's a selfish POS who abandons everyone to go on a journey to find herself. She's literally just fighting for herself. Nothing is gained on this journey either, only lost. You lose one of 2 main characters at the end, and it feels really like it's just being set up. If you've never played the old gears games you'll probably choose to kill one character, if you've literally only played Gears 5 you're probably gonna choose to kill the other character since you rarely see him & built zero attachment to him the entire game.

    The open world is also bland & empty. Imagine playing in an open world in some weird vehicle that makes zero sense driving & stopping at an area that looks cool only to find one gun & a component piece for your robot. Now multiply this by 100. There is literally no reason to explore in this game. Nothing is gained, much like Kaits journey. It's all filler content meant to pad game time.

    The game shines when you are actually in a fight, shooting, dashing, chainsawing enemies but these moments are so spread out the game feels like half a game. It doesn't help much that you're forced to play as kait for nearly the entire campaign. She's a horrible character now, so focused on herself that she forgets about pretty much everyone around her & what they've done to help her. In gears 4, she had more personality, pazazz & was actually fairly likeable. Now she's just broody, emo, angry, hating the world & everything in it. She's just an SJW now, fighting for nothing & representing nothing but her own self interests.

    Gears of Wahmen, Gears of Woke, Gears of WTF ever you call it, it's a crappy campaign that makes you not want to play the game anymore.

    Bring back Marcus or his son JD as the main protagonist. Gears is supposed to be about Marcus & Gears 4 was supposedly passing on Marcus' legacy to his son, but whoever was put in charge of Gears 5 threw that out the window because they wanted diversity or whatever in their campaign. Diversity doesn't make the game's story better, good writing does. Whoever wrote this game's campaign obviously has something against Marcus & JD because this game changes their characters personality traits & the ending can basically ruin them both entirely depending on your choices.
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  19. Sep 23, 2019
    0
    looks like the majority of negative reviews have been purged only 200 or so left, should of been in the thousands of negative reviews, but some one has been shilling.
  20. Nov 11, 2019
    0
    Jogo lixo, mesma porcaria toda a vez, só to jogando pq paguei 1 real na gamepass pq o jogo é uma verdadeira porcaria,o Xbox é o flop da geração infelizmente!
  21. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    The game is very boring and repetitive, another generic thirst person shooter. Its like microsoft can only make gears, forza and halo
    , the rest is just trash like state of decay or crackdown 3.
  22. Sep 11, 2019
    0
    Jugablemente obsoleto, han capado efectos y animaciones que había en entregas anteriores, mundo abierto soporífero metido con calzador.
  23. 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
  24. Sep 7, 2019
    0
    Quando conseguir jogar mudo a nota. Offline 12 horas. Outra é a resolução 1400p. Cadê o True 4K?
  25. Sep 7, 2019
    0
    despite my GPU being above the minimum specs, the textures dont load at all, making the game unplayable (actually performs fine but it looks really bad).
  26. Sep 8, 2019
    0
    The disappointment of the Year is here.

    Just finished the game and it was awful. The first Act was still good. It was Gears allright nothing special. Looks still like a cartoon and not dark and grim like old gears but ok i can live with that. Like Gears 4 Act 1 was a solid 6/10 for me but than the game gets really boring with open areas with nothing in it. Its like the devs looked ad
    The disappointment of the Year is here.

    Just finished the game and it was awful. The first Act was still good. It was Gears allright nothing special. Looks still like a cartoon and not dark and grim like old gears but ok i can live with that. Like Gears 4 Act 1 was a solid 6/10 for me but than the game gets really boring with open areas with nothing in it. Its like the devs looked ad god of war and thought hm we also need wide open areas problem is there is nothing in them except some boring copy/past sidequest. There is also a character Switch to an femnale lead in act 2 and it just feels meh i love female characters like in horizon or tlou but the problem is Kait is just an awful written character with laughable dialogs i dont care for her at all. there was one good mission in act 2 where you meet that ai thats it. Act 3 was in a desert and it was **** story is awful i was close to end my playthrough here because the game was so bad. Bad Leveldesign... lazy leveldesign it just wasnt fun and that my first gears i didnt want to finish.. but i said to myself ok the last act will be good how can you **** up the last chapter right ? God wrong it was **** there was no climax there was only one awful final boss battle against some gian generic worm nobody cares about. All other things are just copy/past from other gears oh look her mother is alive and is the new queen wow great storytelling... overall one of the worse games i played this year. the gaming press must be on drugs giving this ****show over 4/10.

    Dont even care about gears 6 now. this as a long time gears fan that still liked gears 4.

    The is also buggy and is clearly unfinished i entcountered a save bug where the game just stop working and i found many glitches. Sony or Nintendo would never release a first party game in this state. its a disaster.
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  27. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    TC can only try to take advantage of fans for so long before they bail. Gears 5 was rushed to release and full of bugs and cash grab tactics. Not only are the devs delusional about the game being broken, they pump out base content like curb stomps and expect to charge real $$ for them. TC has destroyed Gears, only hope is Gow2 UE. Gears 5 is a disgrace to the Gears of War legacy.
  28. Sep 25, 2019
    0
    I was a huge GOW4 fan and spent an embarrassing amount of time playing Horde. I have Game Pass and got GOW5 for free, happy days, right? NOPE. if I could take back the electricity and bandwidth wasted on downloading this game, I would. It has ruined Gears for me. Nobody is playing GOW4 anymore and GOW5 is TERRIBLE

    How these shill critics give it 90 or 100 I will never know, and an
    I was a huge GOW4 fan and spent an embarrassing amount of time playing Horde. I have Game Pass and got GOW5 for free, happy days, right? NOPE. if I could take back the electricity and bandwidth wasted on downloading this game, I would. It has ruined Gears for me. Nobody is playing GOW4 anymore and GOW5 is TERRIBLE

    How these shill critics give it 90 or 100 I will never know, and an average player rating of 8.7? These are blatant lies. The scores are being manipulated and here is your proof. I know lots of people through GOW4 and we were all generally excited about GOW5, playing it as soon as it was released. We are mostly Horde players so were interested in that but that's completely ruined. I don't even know what this extra nonsense they added is for and why it's only one character per skill set. Have they never heard of personalization or customization? What if a lady player wants that skill set with a female character or vice-versa?

    I don't like the Horde mode, which is what I was looking forward to most. Fine, so Horde is bad, how about the campaign? Reading the reviews from "professional critics" you would think this was some sort of novel experience or polished within an inch of its life. NOT EVEN CLOSE. This game sucks. I described it to my GOW4 mate as, "borderline homosexual". The dialogue is so tedious and childish. How any developer is allowed to make an 18 + game and write it for 12 year olds is beyond me. This title is aimed squarely at SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN and holds no interest for me as an adult

    I've never written a review for a video game before but I was so disappointed by GOW5 and indeed by the blatant shilling going on here, there and everywhere, that I felt the need to express myself

    If anyone paid the full special edition pre-order price on this game and maybe added a season pass or whatever other money grabs, wow, biggest rip off in video game history. I mean that. This game isn't worth $5 never mind $80 and is a downgrade from GOW4

    End result? All of the fanatic GOW4 players who I'm friendly with no longer play any Gears title. A bunch of people I know uninstalled the game to save disc space - that's how bad this game is. GOW4 was 100% the reason why I bought an XB1 and GOW5 was going to be my reason for investing in the XB1X. It is safe to say I won't be buying that console to play this trash game

    ** For those saying this game looks amazing, I have a bunch of free eye tests vouchers from Specsavers. It's an impressive achievement for the developers to take this AAAA ++++ title and turn it into something I can't stand looking at. I've been playing MGSV lately, which is like 4 years old and it can beat GOW5 with one hand tied behind its back. GOW4 is better in every respect including graphically as I hate the new cartoony look of GOW5
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  29. Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This game didn't change at allllllll
    It is the same thing it was years before
    Even worse
  30. 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.
  31. Sep 8, 2019
    0
    Horrible game.

    Bunch of glitches and bugs. Game couldn't save after hours of spending time with the Hord Mode. All progress lost. Characters are one dimensional and boring. Dialogs are cringe as hell sometimes. And barely bring the story forward.
  32. Sep 8, 2019
    0
    Awful game! Extremely short and it's just the same boring Gears which hasn't improved since the first couple of games which were a decade ago.
  33. Sep 6, 2019
    0
    El juego se me ha augurado en plena partida y no soy el único. Gráficos notables pero todo lo demás está muy visto. Cubrirse y matar lo he visto ya millones de veces
  34. Sep 12, 2019
    0
    Nothing new , don't have good story , nothing new in gameplay and same graphic that we saw in gears 4 , I think Microsoft must end this game before getting disappoint anymore.
  35. Sep 26, 2019
    0
    Mais do mesmo, já encheu o saco. Toda vez dou uma nova chance pra franquia e toda vez é o MESMO jogo. Palhaçada tem limite
  36. Dec 17, 2019
    0
    Dissapointing game, i expected more from a ""big"" company, very very garbage of game
  37. Sep 7, 2019
    0
    Repetitive, bland, buggy, ugly graphics, ugly character models, Microtransactions. Broken Gears.
  38. Sep 15, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All those Xbox Fanboys giving this Game a perfect Score are lying lol. Check the PC User Rating (7.1) ti get a grip of all the bad things in this Game. Expand
  39. Feb 18, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Money hungry studio gears 4 was better, gears 5 you need 60000exp to unlock character and horde is a joke. In horde 50 waves no option to change and theres no penalty for quiting so by wave 10 it's just you. But they make sure to charge you for all tha
    t iron to
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  40. Sep 6, 2019
    0
    Same old with a new coat of paint, does nothing new for the series. If you played the others there's no need to play this.
  41. Sep 14, 2019
    0
    **** graphics, stupid story, stupid just like Resetera users. Sold my xbone and never regretted it, this game is a disaster !
  42. Sep 6, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not very different from the previous games. Extremely repetitive. Bad Story mode. Generic characters. Expand
  43. Sep 11, 2019
    0
    Terrible. Filled with bugs and glitches on top of HORRIBLE, anti-consumer, predatory micro-transactions. How far Gears of War franchise has fallen, no wonder they changed the name to Gears 5, this isn't true Gears of War and it doesn't deserve that name, this is just another terrible product from Xbox Games Studios.
  44. 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.
  45. Sep 14, 2019
    0
    Non ci siamo per niente!! Shootter in 3 persona visto e rivisto 1000volte, zero cambiamenti, buona la direzione artistica buono il comparto tecnico buona grafica, ma la sostanza!!?? Non c'è, un altro flop da Microsoft
  46. Sep 29, 2019
    0
    Another game with **** controls. I'm really getting sick of the sluggish, brute shoot-em Up's.
  47. Sep 6, 2019
    0
    Jogo sem inovações, nada que já não vimos em outros jogos fazendo isso melhor,uma DLC do 4,4kfake, gráficos bonitos,mas ofuscado pelo mapa vazio e sem fisica,sem contar nos bugs que o jogo vem sofrendo, é inaceitável vindo de uma franquia de peso tamanho desleixo dos devs com o único jogo que poderia fazer o Xbox respirar nessa geração quanto a exclusivos e a sua relevância no mercado,queJogo sem inovações, nada que já não vimos em outros jogos fazendo isso melhor,uma DLC do 4,4kfake, gráficos bonitos,mas ofuscado pelo mapa vazio e sem fisica,sem contar nos bugs que o jogo vem sofrendo, é inaceitável vindo de uma franquia de peso tamanho desleixo dos devs com o único jogo que poderia fazer o Xbox respirar nessa geração quanto a exclusivos e a sua relevância no mercado,que só vem caindo. Expand
  48. Sep 6, 2019
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo fraco,vários bugs gears 4.2 campanha curta e chata modo on-line com quedas de FPS e gráfico da geração passada Expand
  49. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mal juego el peor juego de su saga , mucho Bugs mal pulido , no lo recomiendo Expand
  50. Sep 12, 2019
    0
    Gráficos excelentes mas o game é a mesma coisa do anterior, corredor atira atira nada de mais. Fora os bugs que teve até perdi o save.. história fraca final fraco. Preferia o marcus
  51. Sep 9, 2019
    0
    Jogo com muitos bugs, tem hora que cai no Limbo toda hora Tem uns bugs que jogador morre e quando volta fica morrendo infinitas vezes
  52. Sep 6, 2019
    0
    Quanta raiva em ver produtoras rendendo-se a patrulha da lacração, já vi produtoras brigando por sua independência e por sua liberdade artistica, infelizmente não foi o caso desta, acabaram com a franquia, história muito forçada para caber dentro da nova filosofia. Ridiculo, muito triste
  53. Sep 9, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mais do mesmo game repetitivo muito fraco esse game é o gears 4 melhorado. Expand
  54. Sep 9, 2019
    0
    Infelizmente não conseguir achar uma partida sem ter que esperar 5 minutos ou ser kikado do squad é meio difícil. Fora os bugs infinitos e que estragam a experiência. Ainda bem que paguei 1 real pq pra comprar isso jamais!
  55. Sep 6, 2019
    0
    Game is completely worthless. Disappointing in every regard. Not worth Even investing for an Xbox an entire single console just for one multiplayer game with a tiny player pool and the Computer Version is dying Immediately. The Campaign is Nonexistent because there's nonexistent effort. The game has literal **** depth of a shallow 2 foot kid pool and the Apologistic gwaphics are LiterallyGame is completely worthless. Disappointing in every regard. Not worth Even investing for an Xbox an entire single console just for one multiplayer game with a tiny player pool and the Computer Version is dying Immediately. The Campaign is Nonexistent because there's nonexistent effort. The game has literal **** depth of a shallow 2 foot kid pool and the Apologistic gwaphics are Literally worse than Resident Evil 2 Expand
  56. Sep 17, 2019
    0
    Didn’t like the game at all, and it’s still filled with bugs. Thank god for gamepass, so I’ll advise everyone just to do the same, if you really want to try it
  57. Sep 11, 2019
    0
    In terms of the multiplayer, gears 5 is a step in the wrong direction. This is like gears of war judgement all over again.

    The red cog taking up the entire screen and blocking vision when damaged is a terrible mechanic. And in conjunction with the low health and weird weapon tuning, the thing/essence that made gears of war gears of war has been lost. The whole point about gears of war
    In terms of the multiplayer, gears 5 is a step in the wrong direction. This is like gears of war judgement all over again.

    The red cog taking up the entire screen and blocking vision when damaged is a terrible mechanic. And in conjunction with the low health and weird weapon tuning, the thing/essence that made gears of war gears of war has been lost. The whole point about gears of war is that you can react to people shooting at you first and the interactions between players isn't cheap chaotic madness. But this has been lost completely. That which makes gears of war so different to your standard shooter has been lost completely.

    The game is a hollow experience overall and, for a reason I can't quite explicitly articulate, the kills and the in this game lack the feeling of satisfaction that the previous gears games had. Anyone with a half decent palate for gears of war as a franchise will be able to tell what I mean.

    Overall, I am very disappointed. And I think many other hardcore fans of the franchise will feel the same way.
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  58. Sep 14, 2019
    0
    This game does not work! You will be disappointed not being able to even play campaign
  59. Nov 24, 2019
    0
    The Story for this game RUINS the entire franchise! This is a soulless effort that goes out of its way to insult the FANS! No one should be happy about this train wreck!
  60. Oct 20, 2019
    0
    TERRIBLE. They took away loot boxes that were free and replaced them with iron so now it costs 10.00 for a skin, 20 + for weapon skin packs. 5.00 for a mark... a mark! They replicated the battle pass model from fortnite only issue is, fortnite is a FREE game, the battle pass is only 10.00 dollars and you get a bunch of unlockables with it. They want us to pay 50 or 60 for just the gameTERRIBLE. They took away loot boxes that were free and replaced them with iron so now it costs 10.00 for a skin, 20 + for weapon skin packs. 5.00 for a mark... a mark! They replicated the battle pass model from fortnite only issue is, fortnite is a FREE game, the battle pass is only 10.00 dollars and you get a bunch of unlockables with it. They want us to pay 50 or 60 for just the game and then have to pay more for the unlockables which are priced way high than the battle pass in fortnite. This game is a big F U to all the long time players. Not only that but hit detection is all off, phantom shots, and only 7 maps! What a disappointment of a game. I will not be playing anymore Gears games after this. Expand
  61. Oct 5, 2019
    0
    Huge pile of trash compared the the original 3 the Multiplayer was the same but I came for the story sjw trash
  62. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Boring game! It's like gears 4.1
    Multiplayer and campaign are all broken and the 6 year bans are just absurd. Don't get me started on the microtransactions....greedy Microsoft back at it again. Dont buy this game!
  63. Oct 12, 2019
    0
    Only God knows why Journalists overrated this game that much. It’s a game from the 360 with the same dated shooting. Dumb story, boring dialogues and weird subplots made me angry af. I know I know, the user rating is mostly from Fanboys and the Pc rating shows how bad this game really is but still. With supporting this nonsense you’ll get what you always get: stupid **** games which notOnly God knows why Journalists overrated this game that much. It’s a game from the 360 with the same dated shooting. Dumb story, boring dialogues and weird subplots made me angry af. I know I know, the user rating is mostly from Fanboys and the Pc rating shows how bad this game really is but still. With supporting this nonsense you’ll get what you always get: stupid **** games which not evolved since 2008. I’m not a fanboy of anything but compare the combat/movement from this game with uncharted 4. Uncharted evolved a lot since Ps3. Why the 0? I dislike the story
    The art design
    The gameplay Why should I have points just to honor something and be nice
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  64. Feb 19, 2020
    0
    Um lixo de jogo! Mais do mesmo! Fraco na história, gameplay horrível! Personagens sem graça nenhuma!
  65. Nov 21, 2019
    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.
  66. Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Same rehashed game as the first one. Boring story. Uninteresting characters. Repetitive below mediocre gameplay. No wonder it was free.
  67. Nov 20, 2019
    0
    Crap Game. Its gettin worser and worser. Pleas stop making **** games like this.
  68. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    Pew pew. What a cliche game. And love how they spoiled the game on the trailer. Showing the last boss that way.. gezzzz
  69. Nov 8, 2019
    0
    classico gears tutto uguale grafica un po migliore dei predecessori ma niente di che storia banale..
    bocciato
  70. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    Incrivelmente clichê, mais uma sessão de recompensa constante a cada minuto pra fazer vc gostar do jogo, sinto muito, não me convenceu
  71. Nov 10, 2019
    0
    Atira esconde, atira esconde,atira esconde,rola,rola,rola, esconde atira, esconde atira e assim por diante
  72. akn
    Nov 12, 2019
    0
    Gears 5 is an irredeemable piece of garbage that should serve as a warning to publishers who give developers carte blanche to create ‘art’.
  73. Nov 12, 2019
    0
    generic and boring story and boring new characters... nah compare to old trilogy only thing thats got better is graphic... other than that new trilogy is waste of time. New characters are pointless and enemies are bad rip off
  74. Dec 9, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A choice between the games legacy and a 5th wheel character, ruins the campaign. Every multiplayer mode (including campaign) has game breaking bugs. The promise of, "no loot boxes", was quickly cheapened by the inclusion of heavy microtransactions. This is not Gears. This is an embarrassing and blatant ripoff disguised as Gears. Expand
  75. Dec 20, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. o jogo não tem na minha plataforma e eu não posso jogar!!! esclusividade e anti consumidor!!! Expand
  76. Jan 27, 2020
    0
    A trip to Filler Town with Marcus & Friends

    I'm going to be 100% honest rn, I don't know why this boring extended story exist beyond the need to continue the main story, which could have been done by expanding the gears lore by showcasing more "Cog Soldier Stories" as playable missions to show off the sheer level of "Tilted" "Fubared-ness" that was going on in the rebel & then locus
    A trip to Filler Town with Marcus & Friends

    I'm going to be 100% honest rn, I don't know why this boring extended story exist beyond the need to continue the main story, which could have been done by expanding the gears lore by showcasing more "Cog Soldier Stories" as playable missions to show off the sheer level of "Tilted" "Fubared-ness" that was going on in the rebel & then locus wars like what was showed off in the first mission's in gears 4, but no, we get Marcus & Friends explore a side character's backstory that nobody asked or wanted to know about for two games now. And Microsoft wonders why this series has been a laughing stock since gears 3 ended back in 2011 with judgement being the only exception so far because its multiplayer was fun.
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  77. Feb 18, 2020
    0
    This game makes me sleep, old-fashioned plot, old-fashioned gameplay, believe me, it's not worth buying.
  78. Apr 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. a mockery of the legacy of gears, the worst in the series deifnitively, very politically correct, not at all innovative. Expand
  79. Feb 15, 2020
    0
    Boring and lame a fantastic franchise collapsed,a game that had everything to be great,but it turned out horrible.
  80. Feb 19, 2020
    0
    bad graphics, bad story and the gameplay is orrible and ripetitive, multiplayer already dead
  81. Feb 19, 2020
    0
    It's just not the same Gears i remember a decade ago. This iteration is bogged down with microtransactions that lock the exciting aspects of the game behind a paywall. Plus the game is a broken mess a half year after it's been out. What a shame.
  82. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Incrivelmente clichê, mais uma sessão de recompensa constante a cada minuto pra fazer vc gostar do jogo, sinto muito, não me convenceu
  83. Apr 15, 2020
    0
    What a terrible gears of war game.. It really seems like they made this game to p1ss off long-time gears of war fans. Its awful.
  84. Apr 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This Tour of Duty feels like a cheap Battle Pass Especially with this weekly character buying sh!t, Escape should be something new but it falls flat after 1-2 rounds. The critic's and the players who rate this game 10/10 clearly didn't played the real ones. The Wall Bounce which is a bug, now sold as a feature(well that's one thing they learned from Bethesda) They should remaster Gears two(just graphics) and compare wich one gets a bigger multiplayer base. Problem is they afraid to do it. Expand
  85. May 14, 2020
    0
    this is the worst of the series, the worst launch, game remains buggy, constant server disconnects, inconsistent hit accuracy which is the worst problem as the game has been out a year and they can't find a balance. The worst ranking system its been adjusted every title update and remains the worst since the recent update. They also reset everyone's rank every update which made yourthis is the worst of the series, the worst launch, game remains buggy, constant server disconnects, inconsistent hit accuracy which is the worst problem as the game has been out a year and they can't find a balance. The worst ranking system its been adjusted every title update and remains the worst since the recent update. They also reset everyone's rank every update which made your pre-order with experience boost a scam. 2 new maps in over a year is pathetic. And microtransaction's are ridiculous. 20 bucks for 2 characters. 5 bucks for old characters. 5 bucks for character gun skins no treasure boxes and ridiculous challenges to get any unlocks. If I could get a refund i would never play this again.I would never pre-order another coalition title! Expand
  86. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    No merece mayor de 0. Es un juego genérico. Basura reciclada. Lo mismo por años y años.
  87. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    There are so many bugs! The characters and story were also just not as compelling as the previous games.
  88. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. lets be honest it’s an Xbox game, what it really needs is a story like TLOU2, now that’s a real good dark story. ;0) love pony powers x Expand
  89. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    that was a **** story of that its a completely trash a dont undertand why of that
  90. 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.
  91. 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.
  92. 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
  93. Jun 27, 2020
    0
    Jogo horrivel, jogabilidade horrível e online péssimo, gráficos desfasados
  94. Jul 3, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo é horrível demora pra achar partida jogo abandonado a campanha não satisfaz... Expand
  95. Jul 8, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Saga tan repetida y aburrida que es igualito en todos los juegos, el mismo gameplay el mismo todo ya por favor acaben con esto Expand
  96. Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Não tão surpreendente a trilogia foram melhores infelizmente nesse só ah melhoria grafica
  97. Jul 24, 2020
    0
    Ruim, ruim , muito ruim, zero ,zero jogo horroroso, tem como dar menos q zero? Tipo -50?
  98. Jul 25, 2020
    0
    Aburrido, repetitivo, sin lógica. La verdad es que si quieres perder el tiempo por nada esto no vale ni siquiera eso.
  99. Jul 30, 2020
    0
    Basically the same game with gears 4, generic story and cover based shooting gameplay. Not to mention the forgetable characters. Don't buy this game unless you are on gamepass!
  100. Aug 20, 2020
    0
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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.