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Gears 5 Review

Big, Empty, and Emotionless

  • Jed Whitaker Jed Whitaker
  • September 4, 2019
  • 7 Minute Read
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Score: 6.5 / 10

The marketing and previews for Gears 5 would love for you to believe that it’s a big new revitalization of the series adding massive open-world levels, RPG elements, and a custom map builder.

While technically all those things are in the game, they are seemingly just there to be buzzwords. None of these new additions feel fully realized and only serve to boringly prolong the most personality-less Gears of War to date.

The first act of the story mode had me saying “wow” quite often, in a good way. It starts off with you repelling down a waterfall that’s surrounded by colourful plant life and beautiful water physics. You make your way through crumbling builds that fall apart around you, meanwhile, the characters’ dialogue and voice acting are top-notch. Each character gets their moment to show who they are with the best dialogue, writing, and directing in the series. There’s even a storyline that mirrors some modern-day politics about the COG firing on protestors, and the fallout from that. It’s one of the better cinematic stories I’ve seen in a game that had me on the edge of my seat and feeling like I was playing the best Gears of War ever.

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Final Thoughts:

Gears 5 bravely adds new mechanics to an aging series, but ends up being worse because of them.
Jed Whitaker

Jed Whitaker

I'm Jed Whitaker, I've played games since I was three years old and have never stopped. I miss the Dreamcast, Bubble Bobble and Adventure Island. There is something about dinosaurs that excite me.
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Gears of War 5 Review

Gears 5

Publisher: The Coalition
Developer: The Coalition
Played On: PC
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Platform(s): Xbox One, PC

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