It failed because it was an ok Gears, which means a weak game, failing to live up to the quality of the original trilogy simply because the formula is stale, bigger maps wont change that. If the Coalition wants to keep making Gears, its not a problem but they need to evolve the formula to something that maintains key Gears pillars(TPS, GearXLocust, Active Reload, gore, lore) while changing the gameplay formula of the series to something new and engaging . It should look at games like Vanquish, Binary Domain and Spec ops the Line for ways into how evolve its formula, be it focusing more on evolving the gameplay-story connection like The Line and TLoU or simply evolving the gameplay aspect of it like Vanquish and Binary Domain. Imo i think Vanquish is the one that Gears should look at most in terms of evolving since the game was basically Mikamis anti cover shooter, it could go through a renaissance like God Of War that looked at Soulslike as a way to evolve its combat even if it meant lowering the pace, while also maturing its story compared to older games of the franchise. Yes that means losing the original fans that still cling to the MP but that will save the franchise, bringing new players and surprising the industry, just like GoW. The pc port sucks btw.Last September, 2019's GOTY released and kinda did little to no impact whatsoever. Just a month after launch it was like the game had never released at all, and the only places where you could find any discussion of it were Xbox sites, forums, subreddits, etc. Despite Gears 5 being easily one of the best looking games of the gen, having a tremendous PC port, having a 15 hour gameplay-driven campaign with a LOT of variety in environments and a ton of multiplayer modes to keep playing after you finish the story, it got little to no recognition at the awards ceremonies from the end of the year. The reason why, imo, is simple: it's a Gears game.
I don't mean it in a console war way of "the media is biased against Xbox", I just think that there's a lot of people that thought this game was going to be the same gray, samey Gears from the 360 Era and not something that, at least to me, felt completely fresh. It cannot avoid being associated with the style of the previous entries, and yes, it's not like gameplay is radically different, but I feel like had this been a new IP it would've been much better received. Like, look at this, do these gifs look like a Gears game?
Sure, you can pinpoint to some things like the character designs (which, besides Kait and Del, are a bit... dated), and that's EXACTLY what can be thrown away with a new IP. Between this and Gears Tactics, The Coalition proved themselves as a very talented studio, but they're stuck on an IP that a lot of people feel is past its prime. I'd love to see what they could put together for a completely new game, with the same awesome production values and variety Gears 5 had. I hope they'll try it, at the very least.
I feel the same. I played one or two of the GOW games way back on 360 and they were just dude bro shooters with an aesthetic I really did not gel with. So these games are not a pull for me at all as a now PlayStation gamer. Clearly they have the talent, Microsoft should really put them to use on something fresh for a new generation.
It will be remembered that way. It's not a bad game by any means but for a gears game it's ok just
I feel the same.
If Halo 5 is an actively bad game, then I want more awful games. It's the best console MP arena shooter IMO. I've put more hours into 5's MP than any other MP game this gen. It got deserved criticism for the campaign but just about every review mentions it's excellent MP.
Yeah and I definitely disagree. it's has some of the worst controls in any multiplayer game that actively makes drag it down. They have really hurt halo with it and because of it I have no faith in Halo infinite to do anything.
Yes, Tactics is great and puts the IP in a whole new light.
Actually no, they weren't. That's what they became eventually, but they were founded as Black Tusk and started out working on a new IP. Ultimately they're still a bit more open to branching out as they don't have a Gears mandate. 343i is literally the The Pokémon Company of Halo though.
Well you're entitled to your opinion, but most people disagree with you. It's crazy it's the controls you hate though. It feels so good to me. I could thruster pack myself around all day. Basically adds a juke button to a FPS.
I don't think most people do, Halo has dropped off majorly and I feel the controls are the reason why, they dropped the ball hard in halo 5 and the sad thing is I enjoyed playing it in the beta but they changed from the beta to the full game and I can't stand it now.
It was? Taking a look at every TPS on the market, I don't agree. It's not my top TPS, but referring to it as mediocre is laughable.
Lol yeah, metascore 84, user score 8.3, sooo mediocre /s
You have to break it down into the full context of where the lifecycle of these devs, aside from Sony Santa Monica making God of War for eternity, Naughty Dog, Insomniac and Guerilla Games now are known for more than one franchise or have made attempts to branch out and make other series. Naughty Dog made Crash, then soon went on Jak and Daxter, then Uncharted, then the Last of Us, with Insomniac you have 11 fucking Ratchet and Clanks that were spread out through PlayStation generations but in the mean time they also did the Resistance trilogy, made Sunset Overdrive with MS then did Spiderman and now with Guerilla Games they decided to take that heavy tech aesthetic they were so good with and made a brand new IP with Horizon that was hugely successful and more acclaimed than any Killzone game ever was.
I'm pretty sure Gears 5 was made in two years, but I agree. A longer dev cycle with more time to really flesh things out.
