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Every other entry uses the D-pad for switching between two primary weapons, a handgun, and grenade.

For starters, it's much more daring, altering the traditional control scheme to reinforce its design principles. People Can Fly understood their one shot at the franchise better than The Coalition's first attempt. Gears of War: Judgment People Can Fly should have taken another stab at Gears of War With how much more intense and dynamic future installments became, it's a difficult pill to swallow. The Ultimate Edition is the only version worth revisiting as it instates many of the later entries' cover refinements, though snappier cover can't fix a by-the-numbers campaign.

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Its shooting mechanics and cover system would also continue to be refined as the series progressed. The scale of these encounters, usually only showcasing a max of five orВ six active locust AI on-screen, makes revisiting it feel like stepping back and playing a conversion made for weaker hardware that could only handle so many polygons. The basic campaign may pepper atmospheric moments throughout, but its combat scenarios are among the franchise's worst with tons of boxy, uninteresting levels. Despite its influence, it's aged worse than any Xbox 360 entry. The original Gears of War was a major turning point in the industry for better or worse with nearly every third-person shooter since incorporating a cover system. Gears of War Shooting still feels good, but the game around that core mechanic is uninteresting It feels like a polished prototype-a return on Microsoft's investment to prove they could make Gears games at all. Its new cast, which lacked the same chemistry as Delta and even Kilo squad, didn't help matters.

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Add in nearly two full acts utilizing robots as the primary threat and forced horde sections and Gears of War 4's single player missed the mark. Many swarm enemies were just re-skins of classic locust archetypes. Weather hazards could have been a major element of combat, but they're only used two or three times inВ scripted scenarios. Directly unlocking desired content in Gears of War 4 requires spending cash or grinding even more than Gears 5 at launch.В The campaign was its biggest offender, though. However, its multiplayer took too long to roll out content with egregiousВ RNG for nearly any unlockable. Horde 3.0 was as satisfying as horde had been to that point, eschewing Horde 2.0's more restrictive nature characterized by its predefined defensive locations. As The Coalition's first effort, it shows flashes of something greater, but it's always reeling itself back in. This entry falls into the trap of resting on the franchise's laurels. Gears of War 4 The technology powering Gears of War 4 was more interesting than the game itself