After getting Series X and gamepass, I decided to start my new backlog with gears of war 4.
+World of Gears is still interesting and cool, when people want "art direction" this what I have in my mind instead of some anime graphics.
+Story and banter so far isn't anything amazing but it has kept me somewhat eager to see what happens next. On Act 5 now.
+Game looks nice graphics wise and is 60fps to boot on X.
-Too much combat, not enough cutscenes, sometimes it just feels dull to go to yet another shoot out.
-Time to kill is too high, its like 30 rounds for regular enemy.
-Active reload is still crappy mechanic, that diverts my eyes away from action to some dull quick time event.
-Controls in general should be updated imo, A does too much because of it there is delay in action to like run or roll. Just switch to regular A to jump, B to roll, LS to run, RB to grenade etc.. I know its heresy for gears die hards but whatever.
-Not many grenades and throwing one is slow ass process.
-I played on normal, and game is quite easy, but due to TTK concerns I don't really see game being better on higher difficulties.
-I know its cover shooter, but I like to move while shooting, so while its somewhat possible, I wish future games would make run and gun options more viable.
-Poor checkpoints sometimes
-Just make ammo pickups automatic.
While I have more negatives I still feel like the game is decent mainly due to world first most.
With these thoughts in my, what should I expect in Gears 5?
+World of Gears is still interesting and cool, when people want "art direction" this what I have in my mind instead of some anime graphics.
+Story and banter so far isn't anything amazing but it has kept me somewhat eager to see what happens next. On Act 5 now.
+Game looks nice graphics wise and is 60fps to boot on X.
-Too much combat, not enough cutscenes, sometimes it just feels dull to go to yet another shoot out.
-Time to kill is too high, its like 30 rounds for regular enemy.
-Active reload is still crappy mechanic, that diverts my eyes away from action to some dull quick time event.
-Controls in general should be updated imo, A does too much because of it there is delay in action to like run or roll. Just switch to regular A to jump, B to roll, LS to run, RB to grenade etc.. I know its heresy for gears die hards but whatever.
-Not many grenades and throwing one is slow ass process.
-I played on normal, and game is quite easy, but due to TTK concerns I don't really see game being better on higher difficulties.
-I know its cover shooter, but I like to move while shooting, so while its somewhat possible, I wish future games would make run and gun options more viable.
-Poor checkpoints sometimes
-Just make ammo pickups automatic.
While I have more negatives I still feel like the game is decent mainly due to world first most.
With these thoughts in my, what should I expect in Gears 5?