"Gears of War: Judgment has been suffering since its release with nowhere near the same initial sales at the past games in the Trilogy had and frankly the game is losing players everyday to other games. It was last seen at number 12 on the currently most played games on Xbox Live with even Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 beating out. Judgment needs a game changing update that will bring original fans of the franchise back to it..."
Gears of War: Judgment launched 10 years ago today, and quickly became one of the most misunderstood titles in the series.
Easily the best control-wise of the series. Judgment introduced melee-ing with the lancer and is still the only installment of the series (to date) which enables you to change weapons while roadie running simultaneously.
Gears 2&5 are the worst controlling in the series.
The Arcady aspects of the campaign should have been unlocked after completing a campaign play through. Seeing score screen after battles caused awkward pacing. The multiplayer was too different from other Gears games.
Judgment felt more like an expansion than an actually game. To me, I was fatigued from the series at that point. The story was ok, over all it wasn’t bad.
The Gears of War series has been a consistent deliverer of quality for Xbox, but which games are the best?
Gears of War is my favorite video game franchise, and the Locust is my all-time favorite faction.
My rank list:
1. Gears of War 2
2. Gears of War 3
3. Gears of War 1
4. Gears of War 4
5. Gears of War 5
6. Gears of War Judgment (No Locust in multiplayer was a disgrace)
Agree 100% with this ranking. The campaign in Gears of War 2 is among the most fun campaigns ever made. It’s been downhill from there.
2 is still my favorite but 5 is also up there (for me). Then I'd say 1, 3, 4 and Judgement. Tactics isnt the same type of game, so it seems odd to rank it among TPS when its a strategy game. So I make that one all its own. Pretty fun game too.
The first is and has always been the best one imo - the story, the levels, the set pieces, the soundtrack - as close to perfect as a campaign can get.
I’d say the series had been on a continual downhill slide until 5.
3
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Judgement
I love the series as a whole, but 4 was pretty by the numbers, and Judgement was just ok.
I played them all since picking up a Series X about 7 months ago. Personally, I don't think time has been kind to the earlier games and they feel very slow and repetitive to play. Whilst the newer games may be prettier, they stick with the original gameplay mechanics too much in my view so as a whole series of titles, I think they are pretty average games.
Not to say they weren't fun and I have a lot of nostalgia for 1 and 2, I just think there are far better action games out there.
What's the best Gears of War game for players? Where to start? This guide should easily lend a hand.
It's brilliant but personally liked part one more. It's the only one that had a near horror movie vibe to it in parts, the atmosphere was amazing.
Also, the commercial for it was 🔥🔥🔥
https://youtu.be/wy8LRlS1SC...
Mad World was such a perfect song for that trailer. I loved part 1 too just because it was so fresh at the time. The series has been solid, but experiencing everything for the first time was pretty awesome.
Gears of War 2 has one of the greatest campaigns of all time. Carmine, all that juice, fighting inside a giant worm, and riding monsters.
Gears 1 and 2 will always be my favorite Gears titles. The scene where Dom find his wife and then has to shoot her was an epic scene.
I always found that scene laughably bad myself. Fantastic game though.
1 will always be my favourite. Most were great with the exception of 4 being okay and judgement being terrible.
They still have the most satisfying headshots from any multiplayer game around.
My favorite Gears game list
1. Gears 2
2. Gears 3
3. Gears 1
4. Gears 4
5. Gears 5
6. Gears Judgement
Gears Of War is my favorite video game franchise. I can’t imagine how Gears 6 will look in UE5 after watching Hellblade 2 gameplay trailer
There is a rumored Marcus Fenix collection (Gears 2 & 3 remake) in the works at the Coalition. Hopefully, it’s true, but I doubt it.
For me you can't beat gears 1 the original was so fresh and revolutionary at the time.
Then basically I'd rank it 2,3,5,4 and judgement
One of the reasons why i got the series x. Been fan since the first game.
Played them all recently on gamepass. Great games. But my favorites gotta be gears tactics. Don’t know why. I just had a blast with it lol
GEARS errrday
Its a shame how this game didn't really stand up to the others in the series. It had some parts that were really neat and others that just weren't right
I really have been enjoying the prequel. I love some of the newer weapons. I really like how you could play the game on hard and if you want the game to be harder you play the level on the harder setting. I think that was a cool new feature added to Gears. I hope this picks up in sales because I want more people play with or against online with.
Good I hope it is a failure and I am a big Gears fan from day one. Let this be a lesson to developers and publishers to stop abusing its customers:
First, if your going to make changes, fine, just don't be making huge game altering changes to a beloved franchise, its going to alienate a majority of your fanbase.
Second, don't be selling Season Passes for maps when a game is launched with such little content. Four maps for $60 retail then purchasing $20 DLC for 6 additional maps is silly, it is beyound silly. How does that even get a management approval, it's so obviously wrong?
Lastly, you don't go the mirco transaction route either if there is not enough content to begin with, it becomes apparant as a cash grab.
Mass Effect 3 had the right formula for multiplayer. They offered 5 free DLC's over the course of a year, which included many new characters, weapons, powers, maps, and even enemy types. When you offer that kind of content then it is ok to implement an OPTIONAL microtransaction function.
There I said my peace.
I like the events, but I hope they don't add the two primary weapon configuration back into the game, which is in fact the latest event going on right now.
I think it makes people think and play tactically when they only have one primary weapon. Also, get rid of Stim Grenades completely online, they are worthless and make people invincible for the longest darn time.