Does anyone mention how this runs on the Xbox One OLD? I'm thinking it'll run ok, but I'm a bit worried.
It's not bad, but it's definitely disappointing. Microsoft's first party stable really needs a standout title. And given the chances at it are few and far between (or have been over the last few years given limited AAA releases), it's particularly disappointing when another one fails to meet that standard. It's also particularly disappointing because Sony and Nintendo's first party efforts have been on a hot streak, and have fairly consistently reached higher standards. People like me just want to see Gears or Halo achieve something on the level of GOW 2018 or Zelda BOTW, basically. Does it need to? I guess not, but it sure would be rad.
Dont care. Does it look pretty?!
if you search "horde" "pvp" "escape" you get no hits in that review and it's not "in progress". You're reviewing less than half the game, wtf is up with this? So many of these reviews completely ignore then multiplayer side of things.
But these are final "complete" reviews of a video game that is pushing its mp as hard as its sp, it's insanity to just completely ignore it.MP reviews are almost worthless. If you want a MP review you need to look at what the community says a week after launch.
Still zero reasons why that would magically make it review higher lol.
Come on, you haven't read through this thread if you didn't see any. Or not hard enough anyway.
Which is insane to me, it's a huge part of the game. You can't just ignore it because reviewing it is too hard or something, that's ridiculous.That's how it usually goes as there often aren't enough players when they review to get a good idea of how MP works.
MP might get a review down the line, but I wouldn't expect it.
It shouldn't have to be like God of War or whatever third person Sony game you're talking about to crack a 90.I'm not wrong though, as evident by the review score.
And just in case u or others have not followed my posts I'm talking about how gears can crack 90 mc.
Then that's all it will ever be. And will never get really high review scores.
'course
Dictator - 7/10
Add it to Metacritic!!
I'm honestly super excited for the DF video, when can we expect it?
Does anyone mention how this runs on the Xbox One OLD? I'm thinking it'll run ok, but I'm a bit worried.
Gears will never get high review scores because of the roadie run.Then that's all it will ever be. And will never get really high review scores.
Lol. This is hilarious.
No matter how you change those animations, you'll still be hit with the same comments in reviews.
"It plays like Gears"
People keep complaining about familiarity when there's limited room to change. It's a third person cover shooter, and you can't drastically change things up without ruining your customer base and alienating fans. It's as simple as that.
Looks like reviewers pretty much reserve honors for predominantly story driven, SP games.
if you search "horde" "pvp" "escape" you get no hits in that review and it's not "in progress". You're reviewing less than half the game, wtf is up with this? So many of these reviews completely ignore then multiplayer side of things.
the same can be said for every single game. for every single consoleIt's funny how 5 of the 90+ scores are from Xbox sites propping the score up.
This is the one thing I will never understand. Change the gameplay to what exactly? And why should there be a revolution in what Microsoft does with Gears or Halo for a title to really have a 90+ rating?
I have always asked one question i.e. why are you making a change? That leads one to ask how users will interact with the game, especially on titles that have multiplayer embedded on every aspect of how the game plays. Why these games when there are long running titles that have not changed their formula but do not meet the same criticism? Metal Gear? Uncharted? Resident Evil? Devil May Cry?
Wow you're right, I'm gonna go email TC now.I'll tell ya what the problem is. Look at the animations. The roadie run. The rolling. That plonk into cover. Even picking up ammo.
This shit hasn't changed since 2006. It's always going to feel like the same game I played 5 times before, no matter what gimmicks you dress it with.
Which is insane to me, it's a huge part of the game. You can't just ignore it because reviewing it is too hard or something, that's ridiculous.
Runs at 60fps, with small drops, from an early test VGTech did. No idea about resolution; I assume 1080p maybe.
Digital Foundry will have a vid up soon.
According some people not.
Let's see how this game sells, I bet a lot of people like that part of the game, if not, they would be playing those other TPSs.Yep. Running is super awkward. Jumping over cover is too and picking up ammo is old ass shit nobody wants. Throwing grenades is clunky too. I have so many issues with TD2s loot system but the game plays so well. Gears needs to get better no excuses.
You dare to bring MATH to a reviews thread?!?! HAVE YOU NO DECENCY?! If we're not hearing pontificating wildly about arbitrary numbers, then what the hell are we even doing here??18 reviews >90
9 reviews >80
3 reviews with 60/100 70/100 and 73/100
so far on Metacritic.
People need to chill, the whole threads read likes the Crackdown or Days Gone review threads lol
Yep.. It's actually interesting that some reviewers are essentially saying "You know.. yea.. the linear parts and the core gameplay are really, really good. Imagine that. HUH." New stuff is awesome (and I'm SUPER pumped to skiff around and poke around the open world at my own pace - rather than on the time crunch that I'm sure these reviewers were under), but I think these scores prove that Gears isn't anywhere near as tired as people seem to think it is lol. What's surprised me the most are the people who came in pretty negative and/or dismissive of Gears overall who ended up blown away by this game on the other side. Skill Up is a great example.Lol. This is hilarious.
No matter how you change those animations, you'll still be hit with the same comments in reviews.
"It plays like Gears"
People keep complaining about familiarity when there's limited room to change. It's a third person cover shooter, and you can't drastically change things up without ruining your customer base and alienating fans. It's as simple as that.
FUCK Pokemon. Get that weak old-ass TIRED, PLAYED OUT franchise out of here. Nobody wants to select options from a MENU. What the fuck is that story? Oh I gotta catch them all? PFFTTT.Let's see how this game sells, I bet a lot of people like that part of the game, if not, they would be playing those other TPSs.
Its like people saying "nobody" wants turn based combat in pokemon.
Now that it's at 85 rather than 84, this game has gone from being disappointing to great and the developers will get a bonus and afford to put food on their family.
Now that it's at 85 rather than 84, this game has gone from being disappointing to great and the developers will get a bonus and afford to put food on their family.
Looking at the reviews so far...I just think to myself, WHAT THE HELL DO PEOPLE WANT FROM THE GEARS FRANCHISE? From what I have watched and read, it has everything in it and it runs at 60fps with amazing graphics? It's play anywhere, it is in Gamepass on PC and Xbox, it plays amazingly, it has tons of content, both single and multiplayer....The knocks on it are so petty and hypocritical IMO.
I only played first gears back in the day and it was pretty challenging and i am getting this one, but are you saying each game was getting easier and easier?
It really wouldn't hurt to have a new character feel a little bit different to play.Lol. This is hilarious.
No matter how you change those animations, you'll still be hit with the same comments in reviews.
"It plays like Gears"
People keep complaining about familiarity when there's limited room to change. It's a third person cover shooter, and you can't drastically change things up without ruining your customer base and alienating fans. It's as simple as that.
Looks like reviewers pretty much reserve honors for predominantly story driven, SP games.
How many shooters have crossed the 90% benchmark this gen?
What's weird is how so many of those games are super cliche. Like, God of War, right? Pretty standard current-gen Dark Souls control scheme, pretty typical current-gen map, pretty typical rainbow loot system (white/green/blue/purple/orange/etc), pretty typical three-tier skill system, and so on and so forth. Mechanically, there's not a lot of excellence there. But then you have reviewers going "wow it's a contiguous camera, a single shot game, no one's ever done this before" like Dead Space 2 didn't do that all the way back in 2011. That was the most critically acclaimed video game of 2017 and literally nothing it was doing was new, it was just very pretty and very self-serious. It played okay, I guess? But you had people acting like the single-shot thing was some Huge Achievement.
But if you actually go look at what most of those people said about it, it's like "wow, it did this thing, that's really new." They just kinda parroted the marketing about how it was a cool idea.
It certainly feels like a game being self-important and pretending to do something new is a big deal. Those gamescom awards were so weird. There was that horror game, Gylt, that was pretending that a horror game about guilt had never been done before (Silent Hill 2 exists, folks, and the theme is pretty common in horror movies, like The Ritual on Netflix), or Hideo Kojima basically standing on stage claiming he invented sidequests. There were a couple others where people seemed to be taking tried and true concepts and pretending they were some remarkable leap forward and it was just odd.
But people buy that.
So we're seeing these Gears reviews where people seem to be going "is this new? no? if it's not new, it's bad." That's weird. It's a weird standard.
Is it excellent at what it does? That's all that matters.
The critique that it is "gears" - is for me an incredibly silly critique point. If you apply that to any other game and genre then it becomes silly I think. Docking points for a flight sim ... since it is a flight sim.
Why are the scores separated in the first place? The full package includes mpObjectively if the multiplayer component is as good as prior and even with added content, then this game is easily around a 90 level score for the overall game content. The single player campaign only games are on the shelf after a week of binge playing, so having awesome continued gaming content should definitely bump up scores on a game like this it would seem.
Let's see how this game sells, I bet a lot of people like that part of the game, if not, they would be playing those other TPSs.
Its like people saying "nobody" wants turn based combat in pokemon.