What were you expecting? A sudden shift to a racing game?
edit: Actually... I think Gears go Karting would work well.
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Gears 5 Review Thread
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What were you expecting? A sudden shift to a racing game?
edit: Actually... I think Gears go Karting would work well.
If 20 scores exist in one range and 4 exist in another, the 4 are outliers.
"Gears 5 is unexpectedly phenomenal. It's the best game Microsoft has published in many years — perhaps not counting anything with "Forza Horizon" in the title — and it establishes The Coalition as a serious creative force. Even if you've never been interested in Gears of War, I'd recommend checking this one out on Xbox Game Pass at least. It's about as good as blockbuster shooters get." This sounds great from The Verge.
Have you played it? These reviews are right up there with the highest scored games of the year. So I"m not sure how you don't think so if you haven't played it...
There are plenty of other outlets that have spoken fairly positively about its changes and evolutions.
Cherry picking for a narrative is weird.
yeah you should be able to. There is also a ~3min video at the start to catch you up to date in what happened in Gears 4 when you start the campaign
Give me a break. We know why you're here. And did you actually look at the games above it on opencritic? I just did and not even half have a chance of getting GOTY and you know it!
I'm still in Act 2 but man, this is my favourite Gears ever... Seriously, I love the feel of the gameplay, gunplay, movement. And open sections are a nice break from fights and you can see some cool views and find some secrets. Although there is definitely less to do in this open areas than in GoW which is a bit shame. Like they didn't have time to make more content. I loved some references to Gears 2.
I predicted a 91 but boy was I way off. I could see this getting some nominations with these scores but I doubt it wins hardly any.
Reason why ppl though it would be in 90s was because gears 4 played it safe and gears 5 is doing new stuff which would elevate it over gears 4 84 mc
gamespot, kotaku, gameinformer, metro and many others mention that it's more of the same gears... which is fine but not good enough for me after 5 gears.
USGamer: 3/5
Meta is down to 83
Meta is down to 83
From what I gathered from the reviews with the lowest scores, they were expecting more changes to the formula.
Maybe they used God of War as a parameter, but I dont think they should
Also, Gamespot mentioned that after Act 2 the story becomes inconsequential.
That really sucks, because I play Gears for the campaign. Oh well ...
Maybe they used God of War as a parameter, but I dont think they should
Also, Gamespot mentioned that after Act 2 the story becomes inconsequential.
That really sucks, because I play Gears for the campaign. Oh well ...
Looks great will pick it up when I (hopefully) pick up my new gaming laptop later this year. Scores so far about what I expected, voted for 81- 85 range for the aggregate on the other thread and that's a great score to hit. Looks like its mostly a quality game.
Oh. Well, no need to be disappointed, though.
Above 90 is really tough, especially for a shooter in an established franchise.
Scores seem great nonetheless.
Well, whaddaya know. Still a good score though, about as good as Gears of War 4.
For the record, the reason I didn't see this breaking 90 is because critics have been pretty harsh this year. Outside of Sekiro and Resident Evil 2, the year's top games have been in that 87-88 region.
Ehhh you're right. It might be Astral Chain. It is really that good. It takes a while to get going, but it definitely is a GOTY contender. There really has been no clear runaway contender for GOTY, like in more recent years. A lot of really good games, not many fantastic games.
Metro touched upon something I was worried about after watching some extended footage from act 2 this morning,
Seems to be rating alongside the previous one. 85 was my bet and I think I'll hit it.
I think I'll keep my criteria that, MS lift review embargoes earlier only for extraordinary games.
I think I'll keep my criteria that, MS lift review embargoes earlier only for extraordinary games.
I know you can't give exact numbers, but would you say it looks as crisp as Gears 4 on X? Because man, that bad boy still looks so crisp I love it.
Coming in around same or lower than Gears 4 from the big sites. Weird. Multiplayer alone is a bigger and more refined package.
6 and 7's?
6 and 7's?
I've said it once and I will say it again for gears to break 90, it needs to control more like uncharted 4.
I've seen this in quite a few reviews mentioning that the open world parts are kind of empty and boring. Exactly what I was worried about. Don't change your game just for the sake of changing it. If you're going to do it then make it worthwhile.
