Once there, you can do a variety of things. A third-person camera hangs just over your character's shoulder, and with the press of a button, you can stick to cover. Gears games have always been about taking cover. It's a good thing, then, that shooting is Gears of War's strong suit. Mostly, they're just an excuse to give you more things to shoot. Unfortunately, Gears of War 4 never really explores many of the good ideas it presents. For example, Kait notes that she has more purpose in life than to repopulate the planet, as the COG would have mandated. Some of the dialogue hints at some interesting motivations for the characters' rebellion. We've spent multiple games fighting for humanity's survival, and it's intriguing to turn on the people we used to defend. Over time, a splinter group grew to resent the COG's iron-fisted rule.īut how does it run on PC? Check out TechSpot's Gears of War 4 thorough performance testĪt the start of Gears of War 4, you learn that JD and Del used to be COG soldiers, but for some reason they decided to abandon their posts to live with these 'Outsiders.' Your first mission involves stealing resources from the COG, and it's during these early moments that Gears of War 4's campaign brims with possibility. Most civilians live in centralized cities under the watchful eye of the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG). Humanity managed to rebuild after a long war with the Locust, the monstrous race native to their planet of Sera. It's been 25 years since the events of Gears of War 3. Looking at the protagonists, you would think Gears of War was ready to transition into a new age, but within the story, these characters actually inherit many of the problems of their parents (and then some.) They've got more personality too, with the sort of constant quips and jokes you might expect from an Uncharted game. The new cast is baby-faced compared with the grizzled old gang, opting for eyebrow rings and dyed hair in place of out-of-fashion do-rags. Instead of playing as Marcus Fenix and his crew, you control his son, JD Fenix, along with JD's friends, Kait Diaz and Del Walker. You still carve monsters open with chainsaws.Īfter four games starring the same group of COG soldiers, Gears of War 4 passes the narrative torch to a younger generation. You still shoot at big, squishy enemies that burst open like gore pinatas.
You still take cover, still hunker down and "roadie run" from place to place, and still carefully time your active reloads to fill each clip with extra-powerful bullets. Like the earlier games in the series, you control a beefy dude (or lady!) from a third-person perspective. The newest game doesn't offer many surprises, but it's still enjoyable to play. Ten years ago, Gears of War helped define an age of blockbuster multiplayer games.
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