Gears 5 - The Monster is Coming

Although the fourth part achieved good success at the monetary level, the series needed the change that was taking place with the descent of each part of the Xbox 360 trilogy and only to be an indication of what this part will bring about changes and improvements in the style of play and collaborative experience.

The story:

After 4 months of bloody battle that took place at the headquarters of the COG between gears and the new enemy that appeared in the last part Swarm joining because he is tired of fighting them with their strength increasing little by little, and from here the Swarm attacks them but this time something happens that causes Kait to finally break her silence and refuse to evacuate the city except After knowing the truth, hence the adventure begins with Kait and Del in the depths of snowy environments, very cold weather and facing the unknown hazards of knowing the truth.

The story was good and I did not feel bored, but I was very happy with this level of mystery, excitement and suspense of what will happen, but also affected one of the chapters of the story in which I was feeling emptiness and emptiness where there is no real goal I seek or something that raises my curiosity that makes me wait for an answer to it.

But the story in general will satisfy a large segment of players, especially fans of the series, as it offers many epic scenes of suspense for the third part.

Gameplay:

The most popular series since we knew it is the typical playing style, and the fifth part as I mentioned brings with it many, many changes. It always looks huge but on a smaller scale because the distances between each point of interest and the other are not significant.

But this idea may be excellent and came in favor of the game, as it increased immersion and made the game world more valuable because it includes places to explore, but who is Jack? Let's stop by a little bit since it is the stop between the linear game style of the old parts and the current part that has many RPG elements, it is Drone developed by the famous character Baird and is useful during the adventure is divided into two parts, from attack and the use of hit-and-run style.

Let's talk about the first features of Jack, which is adding a variety of gameplay in a way that reminded me a lot of games such as BioShock Infinite, where you can play with a sneak style! This is a precedent in the series.

The second feature is Jack's AI, which was interactive and consistent with your actions and commands, and in return you will feel satisfied with the accompanying sound and bloody impact. The vehicle you were roaming around was also excellent in its use mechanism, as you will feel like practicing snowboarding with a flowing ride in a way that will make you want to travel the whole world without tiring.

On the other hand, however, gameplay flaws affected the experience, such as the level of difficulty. Another disadvantage is that the places of exploration are untapped, because they are wreckage and destruction that will not arouse your curiosity, especially in the third chapter of the story. The new weapons were also very few.

The cooperative and competitive phase:

The Gears of War series is one of the most ancient chains with great popularity around the world, but the success of this series was not the story stage but rather the cooperative and collective competitive phases.

Horde mode:

The first strong feature of Horde is that you will enjoy 60fps even if you are playing on the regular Xbox One.

Little has changed in infrastructure as you will try to survive in 50 rounds of confrontation with the Swarm armies and leaders as well after every 10 rounds.

Competitive phase Versus:

This stage witnesses the return of Arms Race, in which you eliminate members of the opponent team by using a single weapon that changes in a specific order.

I did not encounter any problems in the Net Code and the performance was stable on 60 frames in all phases, but as I mentioned, Gears 5 is suitable for all players, and also the more points you collect, you can buy new weapons that you can play with for one role, in a way that reminds me a lot of the Arena in Halo.

Escape mode:

Gears 5 promised us to introduce an entirely new collaborative phase of escape, was it worth the wait? You will play this stage with a team of 3 players, where you choose your favorite character and you and your colleagues must escape through a group of rooms. This phase will receive new maps weekly with the ability to design and change your map, and you can share it so that the rest of the players can try it.

Graphics and sounds:

The game is very beautiful on the technical level with great care in all the details of the environment, and you will find yourself in areas with a cyber-like atmosphere in terms of factories and modern technologies. As for the desert environment, its atmosphere reminded me a lot of Mad Max game, but I wish I could drive a vehicle other than the one that I was driving in the snowy environment .

In addition to the impressive technical level, the game was stable all the time at an average of 60 frames per second without any glitch, but there were some technical errors that I encountered and was a major factor sabotaging some side tasks that I had sealed, such as a glitch that prevented me from driving the Skiff, and another that made me without a weapon in A very difficult confrontation, and even returning to the last point of preservation was not a solution.

Conclusion

Gears 5 offers an impressive level of graphics and excellent audio effects as well as a unique collaborative and competitive experience and did not take advantage of the mystery of the first two chapters to present a stronger plot but it paved the opportunity for Part VI to present an epic story.

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