Gears of War 4

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  1. Seesh
    Mar 5, 2018
    4
    Gears of War 4 is the second to worst Gears game there is (Judgement is the worst). The story and multiplayer components are so generic and boring. The fun of the Gears franchise has been completely stripped and replaced with a massive, dull, grind-fest. Do yourself a favor and skip this if you have it in your backlog.
  2. bennibop
    Oct 17, 2016
    4
    What a disappointment this game really is just more of the same old tired Gears gameplay, uninspired single player that is incredibly short at 6-7hrs. Multiplayer is fine again very much the same as before (Which was always good,) however there is microtransactions (cosmetic items) which personally I feel have no place in a full price AAA title.
  3. njja02
    May 15, 2018
    4
    The. Exact. Same. Game. Except without the fun characters. Solid gun-play and amazing graphics are the main praises. Otherwise the game is just bland and repetitive.
  4. ventedpennies
    Jun 16, 2017
    4
    My friends and I got this game for one thing: horde. We played both Gears 2 and 3 for many, many hours in horde and had a blast. Sadly, I can't say the same for Gears 4. And it's not just horde that suffers from a lack of ingenuity and fun, but also versus and campaign.

    At first, horde was fun enough. We had classes, we had some new maps, and it was a new Gears. But the problem is a    My friends and I got this game for one thing: horde. We played both Gears 2 and 3 for many, many hours in horde and had a blast. Sadly, I can't say the same for Gears 4. And it's not just horde that suffers from a lack of ingenuity and fun, but also versus and campaign.

    At first, horde was fun enough. We had classes, we had some new maps, and it was a new Gears. But the problem is a core tenant in the new Gears design: microtransactions. Horde is all about the grind of finding cards and leveling up, and you do it all through microtransactions. I won't go into much detail, but their microtransactions are terribly setup: you pay credits for a loot box that gives you a chance of discovering a useful card. It's a lotto system through and through, and it sucks.

    These days, at best it's more of a chore to play Horde. The team that took over the Gears franchise are very amateur, there's been multiple game breaking bugs, broken skins, skeezy microtransactions, and false marketing from them to ruin the franchise. I won't get into all the details, but I suggest if you really need to play another Gears, get it on sale or used. It's not worth $60.

    Overall, if you're a fan of the series, the game barely edges out Judgment and it's well below the trilogy (1, 2, 3). If you're new to the series, I wouldn't bother.    … Expand
  5. dingobreath
    Sep 28, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played previous gears games and decided to catch up before 5 came out and actually finish 4. I am very disappointed. This game introduces anything new in terms of game play, the same clunky controls that were considered great in 2007 are not that great now. The biggest thing I hate in GOW series is the fact that running locks you into only going forward. This is a horrible mechanic and should have evolved as the games came out over the years. But what made gears great in the past was it's story, now though we are treated to an absolute lame story where you fight robots and then the drones from previous games. NOTHING has changed, same area to area combat until you get to a boss where you shoot a glowing body part until it is dead. The scale of the war has been scaled down so there are hardly any epic moments in the game.

    +Good graphics
    +Co-op

    - NO horde offline single play mode
    - old controls, old gameplay
    - boring story
    - Lame ending
    - New characters are have no charisma and act like modern day millennials. I expected more!
    4/10    … Expand
  6. Aginagala
    Nov 13, 2017
    4
    I'll start off with the pros. The game itself had great graphics, it was a beautiful game at most points, however due to the original XBOX power, it did stutter at points. The gameplay was reasonably fluid, and nice to control. However... at some points when I wanted to simply move to another placed or crouch there was so many things the A button did that the character I was controllingI'll start off with the pros. The game itself had great graphics, it was a beautiful game at most points, however due to the original XBOX power, it did stutter at points. The gameplay was reasonably fluid, and nice to control. However... at some points when I wanted to simply move to another placed or crouch there was so many things the A button did that the character I was controlling was going to the wrong places and doing the wrong things, moreover simply jumping over a hurdle felt arduous and clunky. Also, at some points in the game graphics were so textured I could see the pixels... a cheap way of increasing FPS. With this being said there were a reasonable amount of stuff to unlock for multiplayer and skins, however I never felt rewarded as the multiplayer had limited maps and they all felt extremely similar to the other ones, which after a while completely put me off the multiplayer.

    The new tower defense sort of implementation with hordes of enemies charging you down while you spray at them with your allies, was fun, and a welcome aspect to the game. However they were ultimately the same with different places they were set in, and felt unfinished when I was playing them. The story was reasonably interesting however apart from nostalgia of a former character in the franchise I never felt connected to any of the characters and felt very similar to a lot of other characters in other games, thus making the story lack luster. However with some nicely put together set pieces, is the only thing that boosts the score a little bit.

    Overall the games singleplayer shooting aspect I would say is it's best aspect, making progress through hordes of enemies, keeping it at it's routes at what a gears of war game is, with interesting and huge bosses, I felt the bosses were a little easier in this game, never with a real challenge, especially after chasing after them for most of the campaign. If you're a fan of shooters, this is a good game, however if you're looking for an engaging story, it can be found elsewhere.    … Expand
  7. Rvmj202
    Sep 30, 2020
    4
    The game was just a rehash of the others. Just plain boring, played out game! Put this franchise to bed already, its tired!
  8. btgoody96
    Aug 26, 2019
    4
    Decent game but nothing new if you liked gears of war 3 then you'll definitely like this but if you didn't or was hoping this game would be different it's not
  9. Rafael021
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    Para 3 grandes jogos no inicio teve uma continuação fraca para a historia e não teve inovação na jogabilidade.
  10. MrSierra
    Oct 28, 2022
    4
    Dificultad artificial la cual se basa en enemigos esponjas de daño en espacios cerrados mientras te atacan enemigos aleatorios (esto refiriendome a la maxima dificultar)
    El modo horda es bueno, pero los enemigos siguen siendo mas que algo que debes planear como enfrentar solo esponjas de daño las cuales se limitan a estar parados disparando directamente confaidos en que ganaran ya que    Dificultad artificial la cual se basa en enemigos esponjas de daño en espacios cerrados mientras te atacan enemigos aleatorios (esto refiriendome a la maxima dificultar)
    El modo horda es bueno, pero los enemigos siguen siendo mas que algo que debes planear como enfrentar solo esponjas de daño las cuales se limitan a estar parados disparando directamente confaidos en que ganaran ya que recisten hasta 12 segundos de daño consecutivo sin parar.
    La unca "tactica" que te incentiva a cambiar de cobertura como en anteriores entregas de la saga es que los enemigos se lanzan cual Kamikase hacia ti resistiendo todo el daño para luego eliminarte de un solo golpe, todo esto un tiempo aproximado de 0.5 a 3 segundos, siendo una jugabilidad injusta a menos de que lo juegues en las minimas dificultades.
    Teniendo mas protagonismo la suerte de que las balas no te den a tu capacidad para resolver problemas en situaciones apremiantes.

    Por otro lado los protagonistas carecen de alma o carisma a especion de un par de secundarios, y el diseño de los enemigos es muy bueno visualmente, pero esto no puede zolapar el pesimo gameplay que han creado.    … Expand
  11. Jhonyteixeira
    Feb 9, 2017
    3
    Gears is a big saga of games of Xbox,but this not gears...very very very fail,microsoft destroy the saga,but MULtiplayer very good,But not save the Game.
  12. Reaper66
    Oct 23, 2016
    3
    Multiplayer is horrible. This is due to the unbalanced power of starting weapons. The gnasher is too powerful. This causes players like me, who used rifles in gears 3, to be at so much of a disadvantage that we are forced to use the same weapons and tactics as everyone else. Some people like it this way, however it makes the gameplay get really old really fast. I can play more than 3Multiplayer is horrible. This is due to the unbalanced power of starting weapons. The gnasher is too powerful. This causes players like me, who used rifles in gears 3, to be at so much of a disadvantage that we are forced to use the same weapons and tactics as everyone else. Some people like it this way, however it makes the gameplay get really old really fast. I can play more than 3 matches without turning it off or switching games. Honestly call of duty didn't mess up this badly with their most recent games.… Expand
  13. G1obin
    May 6, 2018
    3
    This game looks great and plays well but the story is average and very short. The multiplayer is riddled with bugs, I am unable to play anything outside of a quick match and no progress is tracked.
    The achievements are bugged so that they wont unlock, I had 2 unlock and from there nothing. I have tried to contact The Coalition through official forums that are meant to be monitored and    This game looks great and plays well but the story is average and very short. The multiplayer is riddled with bugs, I am unable to play anything outside of a quick match and no progress is tracked.
    The achievements are bugged so that they wont unlock, I had 2 unlock and from there nothing. I have tried to contact The Coalition through official forums that are meant to be monitored and just about everything else but with no luck.

    The bugs really ruined this game for me, I was always a Gears fan because of the online but it is near unplayable and with the bugs there is no reward.    … Expand
  14. jnorth5834
    Sep 2, 2018
    3
    I'm not just disappointed with this game, I struck with how much I feel ripped off.

    The story and character development is cheap, the multiplayer doesn't offer anything new or exciting, the horde mode is inaccessible for offline users, and the weapons are complete downgrades.

    This game is an official nail in the coffin for this franchise to me.
  15. dudeguybro
    Nov 3, 2018
    3
    This game was weak sauce. Thoroughly disappointed. I remember playing the original GOW on Xbox and loving it, so I decided to give this iteration a try and...wow, I completely agree with a lot of the negative reviews on here about the game being wildly uninspired.

    Characters aren't fleshed at all out and the gameplay was stupid predictable. Walk around, open a door, a bunch of robots or    This game was weak sauce. Thoroughly disappointed. I remember playing the original GOW on Xbox and loving it, so I decided to give this iteration a try and...wow, I completely agree with a lot of the negative reviews on here about the game being wildly uninspired.

    Characters aren't fleshed at all out and the gameplay was stupid predictable. Walk around, open a door, a bunch of robots or drones drop from the sky or out of a gooey pit, kill them, rinse and repeat. Also, it's almost impossible to die since anytime you're near death one of your teammates revives you. There's no real "open world" play - you can't really explore beyond the straightforward bounds the game sets for you.

    I wanted to like this game, but it failed on all levels outside of looking pretty outstanding. But it's just lipstick on a pig. Sad.    … Expand
  16. Kanegris9
    Jul 8, 2020
    3
    Lo mismo de lo mismo ya no se encuentra la misma vaina de lo mismo igual ñoños ratas
  17. Leenat40
    Mar 7, 2017
    2
    This is a poor game overall, boring story, stupid and repetitive gameplay. No point of playing it. You can get the same quality by playing any other Xbox exlusive. Take notes from sony.
  18. Berrlett
    Nov 7, 2017
    2
    Pure trash, going through the campaign is boring beyond imagination and I really think it’s due to lack of imagination, All you hear is more of this and more of that and its virtually the same bunch hiding at every corner coming at you guns blazing, pointless shooter that left a bad taste for a famous franchise.
  19. breddy_gud
    Jul 13, 2019
    2
    I have no idea how people even managed to go up to a 7 on this.
    The story is nonexistent, half the game feels like prologue, then some lame chasing the rabbit intermission and then you're through. You never progressed anywhere with the alien or robot threat.
    Half the gunplay is terrible because there's little hit feedback, enemies are generally spongy unless you play on Casual, the    I have no idea how people even managed to go up to a 7 on this.
    The story is nonexistent, half the game feels like prologue, then some lame chasing the rabbit intermission and then you're through. You never progressed anywhere with the alien or robot threat.
    Half the gunplay is terrible because there's little hit feedback, enemies are generally spongy unless you play on Casual, the fabricator is a sad gimmick that was quickly thrown together, you use the same weapons throughout most of the game because most heavy weapons that aren't terrible are quickly discarded by the game.
    The AI is atrocious and more hindrance than help. The one-liners are generally very dumb, but that seems to be the target audience.
    The performance is fine most of the game, cutscenes come in choppy 30 fps while the rest easily goes 60. The game has 2, maybe 3 tile sets, but somehow comes with 130GiB that I have no idea how they filled, every damn shooter with more gameplay, more world, more characters, more sounds, items etc is 20% the size.
    Few crashes, but even having them after this time is a sad state of affairs.    … Expand
  20. tomvampire
    Aug 23, 2019
    2
    the game is too boring. It's not different from the predecessor. dull story, boring gameplay
  21. Tferg
    Aug 24, 2019
    2
    The story is inscrutable unless you've read the books, comics, or something. I played the first 3 games and had no idea what was going on...at all. The combat is GoW level good, but the lack of direction just makes it a boring, paint-by-numbers shooting game with little pay off.
  22. Analisesincera
    Nov 11, 2019
    2
    Medíocre e esquecível. Vale jogar se você não tiver absolutamente nada para fazer e estiver gratuito na pass.
  23. Stio
    Jan 10, 2023
    2
    Definitiv der schlechteste gears of war teil Die Steuerung war selbst im ersten Teil besser Die Charaktere geben cringes gelaber von sich und die Gegner nerven wo sie nur können
  24. ZiggingZebra
    Oct 2, 2022
    1
    This is the worst Gears game I’ve ever played and it’s one of the worst games I’ve ever beaten.
  25. neropx
    Oct 11, 2016
    1
    Boring, tiresome, repetitive gameplay...... done it all before type of game. just feels very last gen. and the story is cringey and down right boring,
  26. tburnett
    May 19, 2017
    1
    I played the other 3 games and they were pretty good, not my favorite but I didn't feel like I was ripped off or wasted my money quite like I did for gears of war 4.

    What little campaign you get is short and its hard to be interested. You go from one vague mission to the next without much drive or interest in it but its linear so what are you going to do? I ended up getting the    I played the other 3 games and they were pretty good, not my favorite but I didn't feel like I was ripped off or wasted my money quite like I did for gears of war 4.

    What little campaign you get is short and its hard to be interested. You go from one vague mission to the next without much drive or interest in it but its linear so what are you going to do?

    I ended up getting the ultimate edition on Xbox live because my toddler purchased it while I was in
    the other room and Xbox live doesn't do refunds, and I have to tell you for those people who willingly paid $100 for a 4-5 hour campaign I am sure they are even more pissed than I am.

    They say this game cost $100 million to make, and I find that hard to believe as a software developer and wonder if the company who made this should be allow to make another game after this.    … Expand
  27. DarthA
    May 21, 2019
    1
    THis game is utter garbage, especially for its multiplayer. Don’t even bother getting gears 5. All it does is make you get matched up with the same continuous high ranked squad buddies that play like cowards while giving you a silver level random that goes afk every round in a ranked match. You cannot play this game without depending on others, no matter how good you get. You will mostTHis game is utter garbage, especially for its multiplayer. Don’t even bother getting gears 5. All it does is make you get matched up with the same continuous high ranked squad buddies that play like cowards while giving you a silver level random that goes afk every round in a ranked match. You cannot play this game without depending on others, no matter how good you get. You will most likely have to get a friend to always play with you, otherwise they’ll pair you up with a terrible/inactive player that will cost you the match. Not only is their matchmaking system terrible, but also the fact that there are 2 different tunings that have very different damage outputs, yet also game modes, so you can’t even stick to one if you wanted to. This is all coming from someone that has every diamond skin and even the diamond gear. I even bought 4 black steel characters for 10 dollars each. This game was a waste of my 2 and a half years spent playing it. years spent playing it. wanted syster… Expand
  28. Prozombie0117
    Nov 8, 2019
    1
    Gears hasn’t been good since gears 3. The writing is poor and the multiplayer is ruined with micro transactions.
  29. MarkusChiif
    Nov 22, 2019
    1
    The game itself is a platform without more, quite fast, with the typical story of light VS darkness.

    Graphically it is beautiful, very colorful, with great contrasts in the same plane, but what gives a feeling of playing something that does not have all 2D platform games is the soundtrack, the perfect companion for the story, a soundtrack where Melodic wins the story itself that    The game itself is a platform without more, quite fast, with the typical story of light VS darkness.

    Graphically it is beautiful, very colorful, with great contrasts in the same plane, but what gives a feeling of playing something that does not have all 2D platform games is the soundtrack, the perfect companion for the story, a soundtrack where Melodic wins the story itself that although it makes you want to know the end, you enjoy those moments of maximum difficulty while in the background sounds something that makes you feel good.    … Expand
  30. Davidrutqvist
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Too short campaign and now you throw in Micro transactions on top of it all.
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#24 Best Xbox One Game of 2016
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 99 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 90 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 99
  3. Negative: 0 out of 99
  1. BaziCenter
    Feb 10, 2017
    90
    The Coalition has managed to successfully bring every great elements from previous games into a new setting. Whether you go for single-player, multiplayer or horde mode, GoW4 hast plenty to offer. The visuals are stunning and the gameplay is the best in the series thus far; and despite shortcomings in the story and development of characters, GoW4 is easily one of the best third-person shooters of this generation.
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  2. TrueGaming
    Jan 18, 2017
    85
    The Coalition’s development team did a fantastic job adopting the Gears of War series. They’ve preserved what makes it special in our hearts and added in new bells and whistles which are absolutely welcome.
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  3. Video Chums
    Jan 17, 2017
    84
    Gears of War 4 is an impressive return to form.
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