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Gears 5 Walks Back the Humanity of Gears of War 4

The Coalition added tenderness and pathos in Gears of War 4, but Gears 5 sends Kait straight down a path back to genocide and destruction.

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Sciurus_vulgaris1483d ago (Edited 1483d ago )

The author refers to Marcus as a dumb brute and the rest of delta squad as gruff, grunty soldiers, which simply isn’t true. Every member of Delta Squad had well developed personalities and the weren’t depicted as brutish or unintelligent. It’s almost like the author played through the games without paying attention to the actual story.

IRetrouk1483d ago

The series has always had mixed themes, hope, loss etc, I didnt click with these new characters like I did the older ones though, not sure what it was to be fair. Good game overall, but I still think the original trilogy was better.

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2ndhandcorn1483d ago

Have only played the intro in Gears 5 went straight to horde mode , usually wait till the next game is coming before finishing due to online grinds a rarely complete a game.

spicelicka1483d ago

That doesn't make any sense to me. The campaign has nothing to do with online grinds, neither does the standard multiplayer unless you care about stupid cosmetics. Horde i get, but I don't see what that has to do with not finishing the campaign.

2ndhandcorn1482d ago

I did the same with Gears 4 finished it when the new game was in prodution , online grind was in regard to all multiplayer games i have kids and they are young trying to hear whats going on in movies ,tv and games is crazy. I am happy getting a race or a round in a game stories are way down on my gaming priorities if at all i usually skip cut scenes as well.

spicelicka1482d ago

Oh i see what you mean, i misunderstood what you said. Online grind sure is a grind, that's why I play games like Gears and Halo, because you never have to worry about unlocking sh*t. As long as you have the skills the game is always fair and doesn't change. COD i play only with friends and don't even care about ranking up.

TheProfessional1483d ago (Edited 1483d ago )

The story in gears 4 was easily the worst in the entire series and the new characters were terrible, all they did was make bad jokes. What "humanity" is this article referring to? The writing was awful and the story was completely forgettable. Even the new enemies they added were just generic robots. Gears 5 still isn't as good as the first 3 but at least it was much better than gears 4. They need to ditch the new characters though.

Sciurus_vulgaris1483d ago

They can’t just ditch the new characters. I actually thought Del, Kait and JD to had good character development. And Gears 5 had some of the best Marcus moments in the series.

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All Xbox Games with Mouse and Keyboard Support

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Gears 5 Is Microsoft's First Game on GeForce NOW; Deathloop, Grounded, Pentiment Coming Next Week

Gears 5 is available to stream on GeForce NOW as Microsoft's first game following the partnership with NVIDIA. More will follow next week.

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5 Video Games That Should Have Been Shorter, and 5 That Should Have Been Longer

GB: "Nailing an experience's length is easier said and done, and one way or another, these games left a little to be desired on that front."

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Petebloodyonion452d ago

I always have a problem with games that should have been longer when lasting 8-10 hours.
Here's a question I ask all the time when ppl say that.
How many times have you replayed the story of a great game like Tlou2, GOW, Final Fantasy remake, GTA, Zelda, or any other 20 hours plus game? and usually, the answer varies between 0 and rarely 1.

So what's the point of having great 30 hours plus games if you will never replay them because of level, section, grinding dragging too long?

Lifexline452d ago (Edited 452d ago )

I agree I’m not sure how people find the time to play all these games. 20 plus hour games are great but for me 8 to 10 is the sweet spot. Those games take to long to finish specially when you have a backlog of games waiting to be played. Plus 20 plus hour games always have downtime and unnecessary side quests that can be boring too much fodder imo.

Being on your phone is one thing you can access websites like this everywhere on your phone or mobile gaming. But games you have to find the time to play them. Which is why I don’t understand why so many people want like ten games it seems In a month.

LucasRuinedChildhood452d ago (Edited 452d ago )

I think you're missing the point a bit.

A game can be 8-10 hours long and use that time really well, but it can also only start to get good far into the playthrough and leave the player feeling short-changed.

Hotline Miami is only 4-5 hours long but it's extremely well paced and time well spent. But if only got really good towards the end, I'd want it to be longer.

Stanjara452d ago

You just look at trophies and se that around 20% or less actually finish their games.

CrimsonWing69452d ago

I've replayed all those games except GTA and Breath of Wild because I can never finish them.

The Last of Us 2 i've replayed 4 times. God of War (2018) 2 times, Final Fantasy Remake 3 time (technically Intergrade twice since went on Steam and I wanted 100% achievements), and if we do want to bring in Zelda I've played Ocarina of Time probably 4 to 6 times a few times on N64, another time on 3DS, and twice on virtual console Wii and Wii U.

I am sure I'm not alone in replaying long games and honestly it's like I'm finished within a week or two and that with balancing responsibilities and a social life. Shorter games take even less time.

BrainSyphoned451d ago

Without mentioning Skyrim.. I've got two platinum trophies for Persona 5 and am playing it on game pass right now. Beat FF7R on normal twice and hard once and will play it again before the next one. Non story games- MHW I've made characters on PC/Xbox/PS with at least 600 hours on each platform. I don't care to play a mediocre games that are 8 hours long. The reason my backlog is so long isn't because that many good games are released each year it is because I replay the best ones over and over. Same deal with audio books. I've gone through book series multiple times every time a new one is coming out.

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Soy451d ago

Disagree with Days Gone - yeah it took a while to really get going, but I appreciated it when I was done. Jumping right in at 4-5 hrs or whatever would've made the rest feel less impactful. RDR2 and Mankind Divided felt just right too, I wouldn't change them at all.

What needed less time was AC Valhalla. I was more than ready to be done with that by the time it was 2/3 over. Just too much useless stuff, and I hated the Asgard sections.