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One hour into Gears 5 and I feel its a lot better than 4 (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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Gears 4 felt more like a filler game where a lot of things get introduced but nothing gets carried forward into the rest of the game. The game felt like it was designed exclusively to set up the narrative for Gears 5.

I'm 1 hour into Gears 5 and I felt that the narrative within the first one hour of the game felt a lot better. Gears 4 felt like you were the only living beings out there but gears 5 feels less lonely.

I don't know how the rest of the game is but this is my first impression.

Multiplayer wise gears 5 is amazing. I have 10 hours in MP and Horde so far and I love the horde mode. MP is a sweatfest like its always been in gears.

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[–] 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Is the writing any better? I’m 36 and it felt like 4 was written for players 20 years younger than me

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I could never get into Gears due to writing. Tried 1 and 2, dropped both. I finished 5, almost binging it. It was super fun.

    Ignore the weirdos online claiming "the series is dead" because "wamen protag". The character is fun, well written, and well acted.

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    • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I got bored of the semi open-world part but it was still much better than Gears 4.

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    • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    "They're not breasts, Doctor. They are highly sophisticated Dalek implants!"

    Curse of the Fatal Death

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    is there an achievement for getting 5000000000 kills in multiplayer?

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    [+] -16 points 11 months ago (11 children)

    Shocked this game had any sequels at all. Came out sometime after the original halo and it had like 4 weapons. Did they add more?

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  • [–] 33 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Some would say weapons aren't the only thing that makes a game good

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Honestly. Games that came out after late 2001 and have less than 5 weapons have no business getting sequels. That said, I feel like we're ignoring some more important criteria here. Like the amount of main characters named John. Gears of War didn't have any! Can you believe that??

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