Chiggs
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I’d say you do.
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Need clarification, all my friends said Gears of War 5 is garbage, yet a lot of the online reviews says its 4 starts or excellent, I am confused
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I’d say you do.
Gamernyc78
Banned
Try it out, Game pass is cheap. Definitely not excellent but it's decent to good. Mp was OK imo but nothing to rave about.
Insane Metal
Member
I have a friend who is a long time XBox Fanboy and loves the franchise and he said it sucks. He even said the graphics and physics and other stuff are way less impressive than he expected and some stuff is actually downgraded from previous games.
SurprisedPikachu
Member
Lol. This has got to be a joke. I’m done with Gears of Woke. Hated Gears 5, and Gears Tactics (while fun) has a very blatant woke agenda. Can’t stand that shit.
DrScissorsMD
Banned
You know it is possible to offer criticism without jumping to hyperbolic bullshit like “creatively bankrupt”.
Kind of telling that you say they do nothing new and directly reference something new they did in the same quote.
“Actually downgraded from previous games”
Your friend is actually an idiot.
Riven326
Banned
You're right. I apologize.
TigerKnee
Member
Your friend needs to get his eyes checked. I mean I can handle some of these hot takes as they are subjective but knocking Gears 5's graphics deserves backlash.
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Deleted member 17706
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The campaign bored the hell out of me and I dropped it after a couple of hours. Very nice looking game, though.
Definitely glad it was on Game Pass.
Definitely glad it was on Game Pass.
Thirty7ven
Banned
It's more Gears but it's fun. Mixes up the action, pretty good pacing, some really great visuals, decent characters.
Thaedolus
Member
I don’t know that I’d go that far but it’s real good. Open world elements are kinda pointless but the gameplay is super solid otherwise and it runs/looks fucking great.
Solarstrike
Gold Member
Game is amazing. Your true friends are here. Game on!
SEGA_2012
Member
I played Gears of War for the first time this year. The original trilogy is a masterpiece, some of the best games ever made.
Then I played Gears 4. It is a lot of fun, but not close to the original trilogy.
Right now I am playing Gears 5 and so far i am not feeling it. The weapons , especially the Lancer, has a strange feeling when you are shooting. The "open world" elements are boring. The writing is not good as the original games.
At least it has Jacky. I love that little guy. Jack, rip that door!
Then I played Gears 4. It is a lot of fun, but not close to the original trilogy.
Right now I am playing Gears 5 and so far i am not feeling it. The weapons , especially the Lancer, has a strange feeling when you are shooting. The "open world" elements are boring. The writing is not good as the original games.
At least it has Jacky. I love that little guy. Jack, rip that door!
Sakura Doritos
Member
Gears 1, 2 and 3 will always be my favorites. 4 and 5 are mechanically good games. I always felt like we could go a little deeper into the set piece though... there is a lot of surface scratching and that is disappointing if you retrospectively think about the journey.
it is a lot like a mission impossible or fast and furious movie in that you went a lot of places but didn’t do much on screen to show for it.
it is a lot like a mission impossible or fast and furious movie in that you went a lot of places but didn’t do much on screen to show for it.
TheSadRanger
Banned
5 starts off good, there's some classic gears designed levels in the beginning in Act 1. Act 2 is kinda ehhhhhh with the snow levels, I liked the big lab level at the end of Act 2 but the rest of it was forgettable and kind of a blur for me. Act 3 was by far the weakest for me but the big rocket factory level at the end of the act was alright. Act 4 is classic Gears with some great level design.
What's disappointing though is it's gaas support as it's had nowhere near the post launch support that 3 or 4 had. Plus I just don't really like horde mode in 5, I think they should go back to system that was in 3 rather than the fabricator.
What's disappointing though is it's gaas support as it's had nowhere near the post launch support that 3 or 4 had. Plus I just don't really like horde mode in 5, I think they should go back to system that was in 3 rather than the fabricator.
Blond
Banned
This is very accurate to my friend group lol
Tiamat2san
Member
Very good campaign, beautiful game, great sound mixing.
I just love the game.
Try it, make your own opinion.
I just love the game.
Try it, make your own opinion.
BusierDonkey
Member
I always read your posts in Hulk Hogan's voice. He would not say shit, try using "crap" going forward.
Also can you start peppering "brother" into your posts to end sentences?
Thanks!
Just finished the campaign 20 minutes ago. It is a beautiful game with a great story and the music is fantastic. I highly recommend playing.
Played multiplayer when it released and it is what you would expect from a Gears game.
DiddyInAHellcat
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It was alright 
Hobbygaming
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I even liked the writing way more than in Gears 4 and I liked using Jack to fetch weapons or attack enemies
RSB
Banned
I played Gears 4 and 5 back to back last month, and I think I slightly prefer 4, mostly because I really hated the upgrade system in Gears 5. The semi-open world sections were kinda cool at first, but they got boring pretty fast (Gears just works better as a completely linear experience I think)
I played the multiplayer for a bit on both games and I prefer Gears 4 also. So many maps. Very fun. Gears 5 felt disappointing in comparison.
Both are pretty good games overall though. I liked them.
I played the multiplayer for a bit on both games and I prefer Gears 4 also. So many maps. Very fun. Gears 5 felt disappointing in comparison.
Both are pretty good games overall though. I liked them.
hououinkyouma00
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I didn’t care that much for it, but it wasn’t bad. The vehicle sections added absolutely nothing, and I don’t really think anything it did evolved the series in the slightest. It was better then 4 though.
njean777
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If they are talking about the MP I can agree to a certain extent. I still play it, but it isn't as good as 4 and they are just now finally starting to get back into good graces with the community. Really will be interesting to see what they do with the ranking system, they are rebuilding the whole system cuz the rankings were/are still beyond fucked.
As for the campaign I thought it was good, but not great. They could have cut the open world as all it did was pad out the story and really had no point of existing. Also if you care about the lore a certain choice shouldn't have been included in the game. Gonna be interesting to see which choice the coalition picks as cannon.
As for the campaign I thought it was good, but not great. They could have cut the open world as all it did was pad out the story and really had no point of existing. Also if you care about the lore a certain choice shouldn't have been included in the game. Gonna be interesting to see which choice the coalition picks as cannon.
SpartanN92
Banned
It would have been better if it wasn’t so obviously going after the woke crowd.
Kait is an AWFUL main character.
Kait is an AWFUL main character.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
I played it just recently and thought it was amazing. Especially after the lukewarm 4. I honestly thought I was done with the series after 4. Only gave 5 a chance because it's on Game Pass. They finally improved on the formula and made it interesting again. Couple of years late, but hey, better late than never.
Justin9mm
Member
And I thought it was just me, I dropped the game at this exact point! I was like who created this steaming pile of shit! So should I persevere and just get past this ice boss or is there other instances in this game like this? It's so retarded and it made me realise how shitty the controls feel after coming back to it after playing other games.
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Lanrutcon
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But it's not new. It's not an actual open world. It's just little combat arenas (they actually lock you inside as usual) with open space between them. It's not like an AC game or Shadow of Mordor or Just Cause where the open world has patrols, events, random encounters, multiple ways to approach and infiltrate, etc. It's just go to X, enter arena which you now can't leave, fight the waves, get the reward, leave. Nothing but scenery in between.
I'm pretty sure if the game actually brought something new to the table worth talking about it someone (anyone) in this thread would be bringing it up by now.
The thread kind of speaks for itself at this point.
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phil_t98
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so basically this is a troll thread?
Guy_who_thinks_hes_cool
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Never was.. dunno what youre saying
phil_t98
#SonyToo
we all know halo 5 pretty much panned by everybody. saying 5 is the best like halo 5 is surely trolling
Guy_who_thinks_hes_cool
Member
Havemt played Halo 5, never had an xbox one.. unfortunately, so i am not aware if halo 5 is bad or what
Havoc2049
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My best friend and I have played through all the Gears of War games on co-op and we both agreed that Gears 5 is the weakest game in the series. The forced walking Parts are boring and somewhat pointless and the majority of the exploration part was boring. The writing, instead of from the heart and funny, feels shallow and forced with a bunch of spreadsheet checkmark SJW stuff. The final boss fight is rather lame and tedious.
From what I've seen 5 isn't as bad as 4 (the robot levels are still giving me nightmares), but I don't really have a desire to play it. GoW being a dudebro game was always one of the draws for me.
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Deleted member 740922
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I enjoyed it - try it for yourself though. I was told Spider-Man was some fantastic masterpiece but I thought it was only good/very good.
Roufianos
Member
It plays and looks good but there's too much dragging it down. Namely the awful new characters and their consistently terrible humour, along with many of the new enemies who are a chore to fight. Give me a corpser over a pouncer any day. Open world elements suck too.
It depends what you're looking for, I think it fails big time at living up to the series but it's perfectly fine as a stand alone TPS.
It depends what you're looking for, I think it fails big time at living up to the series but it's perfectly fine as a stand alone TPS.
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Kagey K
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Halo 5 is great (the best arena shooter this gen) if multiplayer Halo is your thing.
Lots of people tend to hate on the story a lot though. Not because the campaign story isn’t good (persay,) but. most felt it didn’t follow the marketing enough.
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mcz117chief
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I don't like it myself. The biggest deal breaker for me is that in certain parts of the game the input lag is so horrendous that it is borderline unplayable. The very first level is like that and it did get better the more I went on but the story and enemies and everything is just uninteresting. I didn't hate it, I just didn't enjoy it, not even the multiplayer (which has no input lag, thankfully).