Gears of War 4

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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1694 Ratings

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. tomvampire
    Aug 23, 2019
    2
    the game is too boring. It's not different from the predecessor. dull story, boring gameplay
  5. 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.
  6. Analisesincera
    Nov 11, 2019
    2
    Medíocre e esquecível. Vale jogar se você não tiver absolutamente nada para fazer e estiver gratuito na pass.
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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,
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. Davidrutqvist
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Too short campaign and now you throw in Micro transactions on top of it all.
  15. jameswoo
    Oct 11, 2016
    0
    Boring, un-skippable cutscenes; dull story drones on and on; same old gameplay; many sections of the campaign put you in without the chainsaw lancer; very disappointed
  16. Herpderpattack
    Oct 11, 2016
    0
    Worse than Judgment here's why:

    1. Short campaign. Only about 5 hours. 2. No really outstanding moments in the campaign like fighting the berserker or the Brumak or seeing Kim get impaled or killing General Raam. There's just not much to do except a motorcycle segment that feels really familiar (Gears of War 2 Skorge chase remember?) 3. Why would they remove beast mode? 4. I    Worse than Judgment here's why:

    1. Short campaign. Only about 5 hours.

    2. No really outstanding moments in the campaign like fighting the berserker or the Brumak or seeing Kim get impaled or killing General Raam. There's just not much to do except a motorcycle segment that feels really familiar (Gears of War 2 Skorge chase remember?)

    3. Why would they remove beast mode?

    4. I don't like the microtransactions. I much preferred grinding through the game and earning my characters as opposed to it being left to chance.

    5. 5 placement matches simply do not compile enough data to be accurately placed into a division. If your team sucks for 1 game, you're getting at best 80%

    6. Very little added content to multiplayer. Other than the addition of the grabbing and mantle kicking and countering system (which honestly is pretty useless online) it feels very familiar with different guns and maps

    7. The maps are not conducive to many types of play (But make no mistake, there is endless camping). There are way too many open corridors which allow nearly anyone anywhere on the map to respond to an enemy which results in an absolute mess of a game that feels more like a Call of Duty game, and not Gears of War. Considering the tight quarters, constant corners, and hiding spots, it is very obvious this game was designed with the idea that the only gun people should ever use is the gnasher.

    8. Horde mode to 50 wave classical feel with classes. I didn't like them back in Judgment, I don't like them here as I feel it is very restrictive and makes for some very rigid, uninteresting, and ultimately predictable gameplay.

    9. The Gnasher feels stupidly powerful and can now constantly land headshots even from a distance. There is no real reason to use any other gun other than the gnasher.

    This game the shattered body of a once excellent franchise. Please let it die.    … Expand
  17. megabear
    Jan 21, 2019
    0
    They sacrificed story telling for whatever "improvement" they think they made. Why? I no longer have any reasons to buy Gears of War series.
  18. PreyingOcelot
    Oct 11, 2016
    0
    Yawwwwnnnn this is just the sames rehashed boring cover shooter we've been playing for years, if you have played the first 2 dont bother and save your money and buy something unique.
  19. banc11
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    A let down compared to the other gears of war games Im pretty sad that Epic games stopped producing this... Seems to be the way developers are going these days. Nobody wants to work for microsoft anymore because they suck
  20. BookerD
    Oct 14, 2016
    0
    This was absolute garbage. I refunded this the next day. Boring story, dull gameplay, everything seems a bit uninspired. It looks great, but great visuals these days just doesn't cut it anymore.
  21. WuvUsR
    Oct 26, 2019
    0
    Stupid MP for who not have brain and stupid The Coalition because his banned people for boost in this stupid MP.
  22. vPRESSUREv
    Oct 18, 2017
    0
    Game is unplayable 1 year after launch. Not to mention you can hardly find a match anymore because all the devs (TC) care about are making $$ on weapon skins and characters rather than improving the game. The servers are terrible and laggy after the QoS update. The game gets worse with every update.
  23. iLLEST1
    Jun 19, 2017
    0
    Worst Gears game to date by far. Lackluster campaign, glitchy horde mode and absolutely terrible multiplayer servers and weapon tuning. It's sad what Microsoft and "The Coalition" have done to my favorite franchise. They seem more focused on squeezing money from fans than pleasing them! Content over quality is BS!
  24. EmadTM
    Nov 9, 2017
    0
    Bad game carrying with it a weak story and bad characters and graphics weak in the Lula and I advise anyone ...
    Whoever buys the game will regret it because it is very bad (:
  25. Altrenev
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    Loot-boxes made it to my favorite series.I can't play successfully in the Horde without pumped legendary skills,the problem is that such maps fall is extremely rare.This notorious system of loot-boxes prevents me to fully enjoy the game mode Horde
  26. xxmar-au_san_xx
    May 9, 2019
    0
    pior gears of war de todos,jogabilidade repetitiva,jogo muito chato e historia mediocre.
  27. symmetriebruch
    Jan 11, 2021
    0
    impressively boring... boring characters, boring story, tired old gameplay with absolutely nothing new. the "new" weapons are **** as well you pick them up the first time to try them out but since they´re all useless you just ignore them from then on. no real bosses just wave after wave tedious mediocre slogging through the same old enemies. the predessors had a real knack for pacing,impressively boring... boring characters, boring story, tired old gameplay with absolutely nothing new. the "new" weapons are **** as well you pick them up the first time to try them out but since they´re all useless you just ignore them from then on. no real bosses just wave after wave tedious mediocre slogging through the same old enemies. the predessors had a real knack for pacing, mixing it up all the time with big set pieces giant bosses and largely engaging gameplay. the right weapons placed in the right spots. you had to adapt you strategy to each new circumstance. this is the complete opposite it´s mindless, brainless, charmless without any personality or character. in short this is the laziest cheapest garbage asset recycle i´ve seen in a long time. as free dlc it would have been mediocre. but as supposed full game it´s just a blatant rip off. sad to see a great series ruined by this turd… Expand
  28. davidpole23
    Feb 25, 2019
    0
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  29. CriticalEQ
    Apr 26, 2019
    0
    The RNG micro transactions in this game take all the fun out of multiplayer. I cant think of the words to describe how stabbed in the back this game makes me feel. I've played Gears 1,2,3,J & U. They were all better games than this. This games story is boring and is lacking grit. Gears 3 had the best multiplayer experience and progression system. Gears 4 multiplayer & progression system isThe RNG micro transactions in this game take all the fun out of multiplayer. I cant think of the words to describe how stabbed in the back this game makes me feel. I've played Gears 1,2,3,J & U. They were all better games than this. This games story is boring and is lacking grit. Gears 3 had the best multiplayer experience and progression system. Gears 4 multiplayer & progression system is so grindy and punishing you can just feel the gun to your head from TC via Microsoft Execs via Stock Holders. I wish Microsoft would take a hint from Nintendo up the street in Redmond and focus their 1st party flagship games on "FUN" and not dollar signs. Its so counter intuitive. Ive preorder every Gears but after 4s' micro-traction lootbox atrocity... i'll be waiting this one out to see what TC and M$ do.… Expand
  30. KaslanaDx02
    May 13, 2019
    0
    Juego cutre, lo mismo en cada entrega, personajes corriendo agachados como tontos
  31. Gamer_neutral
    Sep 5, 2019
    0
    Un juego aburrido, una saga quemada y repetitiva, una historia y gráficos mediocres a mugrosos 30fps y 1080p
  32. Narutotratamal
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Esto es una prueba que los juego de xbox se puede calificar negativo y los de playstation no
  33. Pentamorte
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
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  34. M13manoalex
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Tentando entender porque raios a empresa insiste em lançar co tinuacao dessa bosta
  35. Kalth
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Una decepción de juego, con una historia peor que los anteriores juegos y muy aburrido.
  36. Demoustier
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Una decepción de juego que no está a la altura de sus predecesores. Me esperaba mejor desarrollo y final.
  37. Berlin1234
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    Gears of wars and xbox is gay dufkfkfkfkfksksmmgmfmdmxmcmgmhlelskdkxvkgkrkdk
  38. Rob1986chelsea
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yeah cigigigivivjvivjvjchxtdyfodifufufufufidudurififickvkvkvkvkfysudicjfydividyckdyckfycicusyficydkcuxuxjxkvocodif… Expand
  39. pedroaccioni
    Jul 29, 2020
    0
    Um dos piores Gears de sempre, a historia e o final são patéticos. É legal pra se divertir e passar a saudades do estilo de jogo, mas se você esperando uma historia interessante, esquece.
  40. MIchaelBuss
    Nov 11, 2021
    0
    interesting game. I played it several time but was not hooked so much.. But liked it with great graphic
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#24 Best Xbox One Game of 2016
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#2 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2016
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#3 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2016

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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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