Gears 5

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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3323 Ratings

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  1. SteveManeir0
    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. GOD_TEACHER
    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. Oldjedi
    Nov 1, 2019
    1
    Sem novidades, mobilidade do avatar é estressante. Plot fraco e personagens nada carismáticos.
  4. Eduardo_Ghoste
    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. MarkusChiif
    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. Boots123
    Apr 23, 2020
    1
    This game is dog **** like its so bad, the game dosent feel like gears anymore
  7. Jonas-san
    Nov 27, 2020
    1
    Quelle déception ( sur XSX). Je pensais qu'on avait là un triple A mais rien n'est a la hauteur : graphiquement et techniquement pas exceptionnel, le scénario est digne d'un épisode de plus belle la vie, le gameplay n'apporte rien de nouveau, c'est court (quoique heureusement finalement) ... Je ne comprends pas comment on peut mettre ce jeu sur un piédestal. Ok il n'y a pas masse jeux surQuelle déception ( sur XSX). Je pensais qu'on avait là un triple A mais rien n'est a la hauteur : graphiquement et techniquement pas exceptionnel, le scénario est digne d'un épisode de plus belle la vie, le gameplay n'apporte rien de nouveau, c'est court (quoique heureusement finalement) ... Je ne comprends pas comment on peut mettre ce jeu sur un piédestal. Ok il n'y a pas masse jeux sur Xbox mais quand même, on mérite mieux !… Expand
  8. Andersss20
    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. Marcelo-Daniel
    Feb 19, 2022
    1
    Só perdi meu tempo... Quando comecei a jogar já vi que não era tão bom como me falaram
  10. ElTioGreiner
    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. Theplank
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    Gears was one of the top game out there sadly Gears 5 just felt like gears 4 dlc they have lost the good old days of gears 1 2 and 3
  12. Auzi
    Feb 10, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review is excluding multiplayer this is purely the story. Its garbage and boring. Non of the characters are likeable especially Kait who is painfully annoying. She always makes everything about here and her disregard for authority with 0 consequences gets on my nerves. In gears 1 Marcus was sentenced to i think life in prison i cant remember the exact number but it was really long. In gears judgement baird and his squad were nearly sentenced to death. Kait they just yell at her at most and she ignores them and life goes on like nothing happened its so forced and irritating.… Expand
  13. GuzmanEconomist
    Feb 24, 2022
    1
    se siente como un juego que no es Gears of War, le quitaron esa esencia ademas de también quitar el lenguaje obsceno, que le agregaba ese humor acido a las primeras entregas, la historia presento bugs menores
  14. Beast979
    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. sharkman265
    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. 80sChild
    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.    … Expand
  17. Uwynothna
    Nov 10, 2020
    0
    One of the biggest disappointments I've ever played.
    As a long time fan of the gears franchise I've religiously followed this game throughout the years. When I heard that gears of War was coming back, I was skeptical at first. But then gears 4 footage came out and it looked decent. I played it and I did not love it, it felt incomplete. Too much focus on the multi-player mode, depressing    One of the biggest disappointments I've ever played.
    As a long time fan of the gears franchise I've religiously followed this game throughout the years. When I heard that gears of War was coming back, I was skeptical at first. But then gears 4 footage came out and it looked decent. I played it and I did not love it, it felt incomplete. Too much focus on the multi-player mode, depressing coming from a game with rich lore and history. When this game came out it was almost the same thing. I expected the story and the gameplay to improve, since the gears of war 4 ends with a lingering question. They still had their focus on the multi-player, I'm lead to believe that the story mode was second to them. It lacked the detail and grittines that it's Xbox 360 predecessors had.
    They had 13 years to improve and make new stuff happen and yet. We get the one of the worst games that has come out of the gears franchise.

    It also made me very motion sick. I do not recommend this at all.    … Expand
  18. GAGMR
    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.    … Expand
  19. PS4_PC_LIFE
    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. Chuzumaki
    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. genetix987
    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. master2205
    Sep 11, 2019
    0
    Jugablemente obsoleto, han capado efectos y animaciones que había en entregas anteriores, mundo abierto soporífero metido con calzador.
  23. Lettunena
    May 8, 2021
    0
    3 player co op is not true 3 player, fking random insta kill sequences, and skiffing is so fking stupid, otherwise gameplay is fine like solid 8/10 but I am so frustrated time to time for this game so 2/10 is total verdict
  24. decojss38
    Sep 7, 2019
    0
    Quando conseguir jogar mudo a nota. Offline 12 horas. Outra é a resolução 1400p. Cadê o True 4K?
  25. zivtheawesome
    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. Yallmae
    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.    … Expand
  27. vPRESSUREv
    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. MagicBullet
    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    … Expand
  29. josephkarimi
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This game didn't change at allllllll
    It is the same thing it was years before
    Even worse
  30. Lttrev
    Dec 14, 2019
    0
    Man this would have gotten a higher score had it of not been for all of the bugs. Campaign locked me out at least 7 times during crucial moments.
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Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 89 Critic Reviews

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