I'm a huge Gears of War fan. I love the characters, I love the story, the gameplay... just everything about it really. I'm completely fine with how it is and have never been one to complain about the series. But I see a lot of people always talking about that the franchise needs some big changes. That it needs to evolve in some way. They tried some new things with Gears 5 with a couple of open-world'ish areas and a few side quests, but it wasn't something that really had any significant impact. In fact, it may have been the exact opposite. Did anyone really even like those open areas? I thought they were okay, but I wouldn't miss them if they didn't come back. But anyway....
Now that I've been playing a lot of Outriders, I've realized that the structure of that game would be absolutely perfect for Gears. It has a plenty of sidequests, everything is linear and compact. You talk to 'x' person, accept quest, get the job done, and reap the rewards. If you removed the loot and super powers and re-skinned the game as a hypothetical Gears 6, it really wouldn't miss a beat.
Idk what direction The Coalition is currently cooking up with the new Gears, but I really hope they take some notes from what Outriders has accomplished. I never really thought the Gears needed to evolve, but now Outriders has convinced me that I was wrong. As I'm playing the game and doing some of the Hunter and Beast bounties, I'm thinking "this could be Marcus and Kait hunting down a Theron leader or Corpser". Just doing optional quests as you travel across Sera to finish the story left from Gears 5.
Has any other Gears fans that have also been playing Outriders felt this way?
Now that I've been playing a lot of Outriders, I've realized that the structure of that game would be absolutely perfect for Gears. It has a plenty of sidequests, everything is linear and compact. You talk to 'x' person, accept quest, get the job done, and reap the rewards. If you removed the loot and super powers and re-skinned the game as a hypothetical Gears 6, it really wouldn't miss a beat.
Idk what direction The Coalition is currently cooking up with the new Gears, but I really hope they take some notes from what Outriders has accomplished. I never really thought the Gears needed to evolve, but now Outriders has convinced me that I was wrong. As I'm playing the game and doing some of the Hunter and Beast bounties, I'm thinking "this could be Marcus and Kait hunting down a Theron leader or Corpser". Just doing optional quests as you travel across Sera to finish the story left from Gears 5.
Has any other Gears fans that have also been playing Outriders felt this way?