Jenifer from Explicit Gamer gives a solid case for why games have become WAY too easy in the past generation of gaming. While games as a whole are clearly (to any gamer from the 90's or earlier) getting easier, she pinpoints the top 5 trends in gaming that are responsible.
The Gears of War series has been a consistent deliverer of quality for Xbox, but which games are the best?
Gears of War is my favorite video game franchise, and the Locust is my all-time favorite faction.
My rank list:
1. Gears of War 2
2. Gears of War 3
3. Gears of War 1
4. Gears of War 4
5. Gears of War 5
6. Gears of War Judgment (No Locust in multiplayer was a disgrace)
2 is still my favorite but 5 is also up there (for me). Then I'd say 1, 3, 4 and Judgement. Tactics isnt the same type of game, so it seems odd to rank it among TPS when its a strategy game. So I make that one all its own. Pretty fun game too.
The first is and has always been the best one imo - the story, the levels, the set pieces, the soundtrack - as close to perfect as a campaign can get.
I’d say the series had been on a continual downhill slide until 5.
3
5
2
1
4
Judgement
I love the series as a whole, but 4 was pretty by the numbers, and Judgement was just ok.
I played them all since picking up a Series X about 7 months ago. Personally, I don't think time has been kind to the earlier games and they feel very slow and repetitive to play. Whilst the newer games may be prettier, they stick with the original gameplay mechanics too much in my view so as a whole series of titles, I think they are pretty average games.
Not to say they weren't fun and I have a lot of nostalgia for 1 and 2, I just think there are far better action games out there.
What's the best Gears of War game for players? Where to start? This guide should easily lend a hand.
Gears 1 and 2 will always be my favorite Gears titles. The scene where Dom find his wife and then has to shoot her was an epic scene.
My favorite Gears game list
1. Gears 2
2. Gears 3
3. Gears 1
4. Gears 4
5. Gears 5
6. Gears Judgement
Gears Of War is my favorite video game franchise. I can’t imagine how Gears 6 will look in UE5 after watching Hellblade 2 gameplay trailer
One of the reasons why i got the series x. Been fan since the first game.
Played them all recently on gamepass. Great games. But my favorites gotta be gears tactics. Don’t know why. I just had a blast with it lol
The Gears of War franchise's influence has remained to this day with cover systems becoming as ubiquitous as regenerating health. With a new console generation upon us, it's time to list the series from worst to best.
My ranking list
1 .Gears 2
2. Gears 3
3. Gears 1
4. Gears Judgement
5. Gears 4
6. Gears 5
1. Gears 2
2. Gears 3
3. Gears 5
4. Gears 1/UE
5. Gears 4
6. Gears Judgement
Close to my rankings but some differences. My rankings:
1. Gears 3
2. Gears 5
3. Gears 4
4. Judgement
5. Gears 2
6. Gears 1
People will hate on me putting Gears 2 so low but I always felt the graphics were too busy to the point of confusion and the combat/movement hadn't really improved over 1. Lot of cool ideas but execution wasn't the best as far as I'm concerned.
KZ2 and its terrific AI might turn your opinions on the need of close checkpoint especially on elite difficulty, played MW2 wouldn't call it difficult really. Demon's Souls might be the game you're looking for and hopefully more games like it will start pop in up soon.The only check point are after beating a boss or at the very beginning of the lvl, when you die you go into what's called soul form and lose half of your life until you reclaim you body by defeating a boss, helped someone defeat one or invade someone's world and kill em. There's also item burden anything you carry has a weight and you have a weight restrictions which and have direct impact on your movement and probably one the best thing is all in one currency system so for each character you choose you can't fill all attributes ( int,stam,strgh,etc) in one play-through and also doubles as you upgrade em so you have to choose carefully in which direction you're going, either either straight up ranger or melee and also wich weapon/armor to upgrade. of course certain class allows you both but you still need to restrain of some attributes. You can fill em al after each play-through but the enemies becomes twice as fierce than your previous play-through. Almost forgot, enemies can kill with one or two well placed hits doesn't matter what enemy even the wkeast looking can easily make you lose thousand of collected souls from carelessness.
I second the vote for Demon's soul. Honestly, it is the only game this past year that had the difficulty found in older games that made us happy and angry gamers at the same time. I remember playing Contra for NES. Even with the code that game was hard to complete, but without getting THIRTY extra lives the game was almost impossible.
Killzone 2 is hard as hell on difficult. I'm hesitant to try it on Elite. Also if you want to try something hard and frustrating, play CoD: WaW on Veteran.
There are too many people in the gaming media and on N4G that seem to think that the last gen was better and harder, but I don't think that could be further from the truth.
I grew up in the Nes era. Gaming today is too easy, believe me. A couple tries on Ninja Gaiden's last level after the Bloody Moth or some Silver Surfer or some Ghost N' Goblins will send you crying back to your Ps3's and xbox 360's.