Microtransactions are a common occurrence in AAA titles and become fairly accepted provided they don’t provide the buyer with an advantage or additional content compared to other players.
GB: "Nailing an experience's length is easier said and done, and one way or another, these games left a little to be desired on that front."
I always have a problem with games that should have been longer when lasting 8-10 hours.
Here's a question I ask all the time when ppl say that.
How many times have you replayed the story of a great game like Tlou2, GOW, Final Fantasy remake, GTA, Zelda, or any other 20 hours plus game? and usually, the answer varies between 0 and rarely 1.
So what's the point of having great 30 hours plus games if you will never replay them because of level, section, grinding dragging too long?
Disagree with Days Gone - yeah it took a while to really get going, but I appreciated it when I was done. Jumping right in at 4-5 hrs or whatever would've made the rest feel less impactful. RDR2 and Mankind Divided felt just right too, I wouldn't change them at all.
What needed less time was AC Valhalla. I was more than ready to be done with that by the time it was 2/3 over. Just too much useless stuff, and I hated the Asgard sections.
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)
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
5
2
1
4
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.
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.
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
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
Overload still submitting the Gears hating articles. How many articles have you submitted by now? Regardless Gears of War 4 is a great game that you DON'T have to buy anything from. I've played plenty from campaign to horde and I've spent $0.
I'm a huge Gears fan, though I haven't had the means to play one since Gears 2. I'm already at 3/4 the way to 1st prestige in Gears 4 on PC though. I do enjoy multiplayer, though there are a good amount of issues so far, like ranked being unplayable until they fix the issue of it starting matches with uneven teams. So, for now I just play Social matches.
Articles like this need to keep coming out though, so they hurry and change the anti-consumer microtransaction ecosystem. The game costs us $60-$100+, and they give us next to nothing off the bat, or through progression unlocks, it's all thrown into their rigged RNG crap system. They are treating the game like the most horrible F2P games with microtransactions, with even pay2win elements in the Horde mode.
In comparison, Overwatch cost me $40, and I've never even though of spending real $ on DLC, because you can earn it so quickly and easily. Leveling up is so much more rewarding in Overwatch also, because you get a lootbox each level. If they aren't willing to rework this horrible system from it's core, then just give an Operations Pack every level. That way leveling is more rewarding, and we actually have a chance of getting something decent with this crap RNG, since it's so bad you can actually get duplicates in the very same pack!