"Maybe because I didn't touch a Gears game since 4, and prior to that since 3"
🤔...so...the same span of time as everyone else who played the full series then? Lol
But yeah, I agree. It needs a reboot. Doesn't necessarily need to throw the entire previous story away. But it needs something. I haven't really enjoyed the games since 3 at which point I'd had my fill. I'd be totally down for a real horror focused gears game. Or one that maybe didn't follow the military. Same universe, different perspective, different traversal and movement and weapons etc. There's a lot that could be done in that universe but I still think they're too scared to branch out away from it.
The whole vibe of the series feels like some sort of relic now. It feels like such a mid thousands franchise in terms of tone and dialogue and gameplay. and while 5 tried to mix things up a bit with the open world sections I don't think it worked at all and just wasn't enough.
🤔...so...the same span of time as everyone else who played the full series then? Lol
But yeah, I agree. It needs a reboot. Doesn't necessarily need to throw the entire previous story away. But it needs something. I haven't really enjoyed the games since 3 at which point I'd had my fill. I'd be totally down for a real horror focused gears game. Or one that maybe didn't follow the military. Same universe, different perspective, different traversal and movement and weapons etc. There's a lot that could be done in that universe but I still think they're too scared to branch out away from it.
The whole vibe of the series feels like some sort of relic now. It feels like such a mid thousands franchise in terms of tone and dialogue and gameplay. and while 5 tried to mix things up a bit with the open world sections I don't think it worked at all and just wasn't enough.