Thanks for the replies. Does the story in general seem like something reviewers enjoyed? Good characters/ending/moments?
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Gears 5 Review Thread
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Thanks for the replies. Does the story in general seem like something reviewers enjoyed? Good characters/ending/moments?
I never loved Gears (cover based shooters aren't my thing) but reading reviews and having Gamepass, I will surely download and check it out.
Also, Microsoft has at least 1 current gen masterpiece and it's Forza Horizon 4. It's up there with Burnout 3/4 as my favorite racing game ever. Would it rock if they had more? Yeah but at least we have that!
Huh? The talk was that back in the day it was easier to get high scores?
They have a couple of "previously on gears" type videos in game that catch you up to speed.
High 80s games are liable yo end up on GotY lists nowadays, so I don't see how an 86 is all that disappointing.
The fact that Spiderman only has an 87% metacritic score and turned out to be an amazing game, makes me question not only the validity of the reviewers (and what they're "judging" a game on) but also reviews in general. Metacritic means nothing to me now.
It's been the MP from day one. and the new studio has, thankfully, embraced what Gears is and focused on over the top, CQC Gnasher gameplay.
the campaign has always been a brain-dead affair for me and my friends. shit, I didn't even touch Gears4 campaign until there was a reward to bring characters and items into Gears5.
the game plays and feels great from a moment/mechanics point of view, based on the Tech Test. I'll be playing the MP weekly for the next three years just like I did with every other game in the franchise. this is why review scores wont stop any fan from enjoying this.
I guess it's because games in general are a bigger investment in time and money so people are more picky.
It shouldn't be taken that seriously though.
I guess Ori is less than 90 so it doesn't? Like maybe Spiderman or Horizon Zero Dawn are also not masterpieces in everything.
Think it should tell you more about ('hardcore') gaming's perception and reception of scores as being not entirely helpful.
Uhh Gears was definitely a heavy narrative series, the writing and character work just wasn't of the same caliber as something like GOD OF WAR (2018). Let's not act like there wasn't a story and tons of cutscenes in those games. Gears 4 felt exactly like old Gears.
Ding ding ding!
87 is a great score, people are nuts.
This is how I feel. I want so badly to get into this series but 3/4 ways into Gears 4 and I'm bored to tears. I'm forcing myself to finish it so I can play Gears 5 since I have gamepass on PC. I was hoping this would be the game to change my mind. They are saying the character development is better so I have some hope.
Well, 85 is still very good and it's an upward trajectory from gears 4. Will play it on the 6th, will probably like it more then 4 and 4 was a very good game.
So, this is pretty random, but I was just curious. I went through the critic reviews on metacritic and picked out all of the reviews in Spanish (of which there are 7). I then checked their review score and compared it to gears 4.
Please excuse the crappy notepad image. The score on the right is their score for Gears 4, while the left is Gears 5.
All of these are in Spanish.
Please excuse the crappy notepad image. The score on the right is their score for Gears 4, while the left is Gears 5.
All of these are in Spanish.
Did you even play old Gears? They were all narrative driven and had lots of cutscenes.
And 2 highest rated games of this gen (Botw and Odyssey) are fully gameplay focused so dont try to create the false narrative
So, this is pretty random, but I was just curious. I went through the critic reviews on metacritic and picked out all of the reviews in Spanish (of which there are 7). I then checked their review score and compared it to gears 4.
Please excuse the crappy notepad image. The score on the right is their score for Gears 4, while the left is Gears 5.
All of these are in Spanish.
Both Multiplayer.it and MondoXbox are Italian
So I haven't read reviews yet just looked at scores. I will soon enough, but for now someone give me a quick lowdown. The open world and RPG stuff. Do I need to be concerned at all?
The open world stuff is said to be pretty empty and boring.
Is it similar to Uncharted 4's open areas at all? Or more God of War? In Uncharted 4 the open areas were pointless for gameplay but provided a nice change of scenery, while GOW was more of a Souls-ish connected hub.
The score is a good one. But I read a lot critics about campaign, I hoped Gears 5 will be the first game in the franchise with an excellent story and a convincing characters development.
Now I expect the classic Gears with a great lore and a half baked story.
BTW I'm in for tomorrow and I will play, like the previous GoW, Horde in the next years.
Now I expect the classic Gears with a great lore and a half baked story.
BTW I'm in for tomorrow and I will play, like the previous GoW, Horde in the next years.
Multiplayer and MondoXbox are Italian.
When it comes to open world it's pretty subjective, a lot of reviewers praised MGS V Open World and it's by far the worst thing of the game besides the inconsistent plot, a lot of reviewers didn't like Mad Max world but i enjoyed the desert and car fights.
Apparently the co-op partner doesn't even have anything to do?
Lost Legacy is the best Uncharted and got an 84. Shrug
Good chance this is the best Gears yet. A lot of reviews even say that...but it has an average lower than the originals (just like Lost Legacy).
So I'm basically "whatever" with this stuff, lol.
Good chance this is the best Gears yet. A lot of reviews even say that...but it has an average lower than the originals (just like Lost Legacy).
So I'm basically "whatever" with this stuff, lol.
Not at all from what I can tell, most reviewers seem to wish they did more with the open parts, but I haven't seen anyone super down on it. It seems that Gears just doesn't lend itself as well to the structure as it's less based upon movement than other games that made the shift. This leaves the open hubs being more of a place where you go from place to place to do things but nothing really happens in the open world itself, if that makes sense.
The only RPG stuff seems to be for Jack and I haven't seen any complaints about it.
For me reviews just mean investigate further, or proceed with caution. They wouldn't be the deciding factor in buying a game. A trailer is more likely to be a deciding factor than a review actually, you can usually tell how good a game will be from that.
Watching some reviews it's disappointing to hear that graphics are not top of the class and have Frame rate hitches. Both ign and gamespot review mentioned it.
Also does any one know when we're are getting easy allies reviews? Their reviews matches my opinion mostly
Also does any one know when we're are getting easy allies reviews? Their reviews matches my opinion mostly
I think it's an over reaction to the gamespot score. With a pinch of console wars sprinkled in.
I mean alot on this list are older games tho.
Best Video Games of All Time
See how well critics are rating the Best Video Games of All Timewww.metacritic.com
Reviewers were far more generous in the past.
It's not so much that but the unbridled hype. Just check the old predictions thread. Some people legitimately thought this game would score in the early 90s.
The idea that it's an 85 just kinda adjusted those expectations.
Its a 60FPS game, it wont look as good as 30 FPSs games (but I still think its a better choice), we should wait for PC reviews to see the real graphics.