Is Gears 5 pushing Xbox One X to its limits? Otto Ottonsson from The Coalition have the answer

Otto Ottonsson have answered some questions we made him past September 12th, He firmly believes Xbox One X has reached it's limits with Gears 5

[william_cade]

Too bad they used it for a Gears/Halo/Forza machine and the new IPs tanked. What a waste.

[BlackIceJoe]

I personally want to see the Coalition try their hands at a new IP, for the next Xbox console.

[franwex]

Well it’s called the Coalition. Meaning that it will only make Gears. The people in that studio can form their own though, or move to other studios within Microsoft. Just like 343 will only make Halo.

[BlackIceJoe]

I hear what you're saying, but that doesn't change the fact that is a mistake on Microsoft's part. I know I'm not only only one that would have a problem if 343 or the Coalition did something other than just Gears and Halo. If Microsoft wants those studios to continue to work on those games it is fine, but they need to be able to try something else too.

I know Sony is a different studio, but had they never allowed Naughty Dog the chance to work on games other than Jak and Dexter we'd never have gotten Uncharted and The Last of Us.

So both the Coalition and 343 need to be given the chance to bring out other games too.

[CyrusLemont]

I think Gears 5 simply joins the upper echelon of pristine visual games already out in the last stage of this generation. You can’t push much further without sacrificing performance or visuals (vice versa) for anything now. You need new tech, next gen systems will push out visuals like this but with a far more dynamic gameplay and environments.

[Profchaos]

I love this phase of the generation because you can't push a title graphically any further but you can see who the true creative studios are by looking at who pushes art style and design to achieve what was previously thought impossible on limited hardware.
For example GTA SA on PS2 was impossibly good for a standard DVD game.
Compared to other studios that obviously target next gen hardware and don't scale for current consoles like crysis 3 which ran poorly on last gen consoles

[hiawa23]

Pretty impressive what they achieved on the X, in Gears 5, but to be honest the console has been impressive since day 1, especially going from the original X1 to the X1S to the X1X. MS made a nice progression to the X1X, and I can't wait to get the Scarlett and continue playing all 4 generations of Xbox games. Absolutely love it and all of the back compat X enhanced titles.

[SyntheticForm]

I don't know if Gears 5 is pushing the Xbox One X to its limits, but I do know that The Coalition took advantage of the hardware in such a way that they hit a great balance.

That's the achievement; hitting that balance of frame rate, resolution, and detail. I would say that Gears 5 is unique in this regard.

Yes, compromises were made but everything is in the range of 'good to great.'

[IRetrouk]

from what ive seen, no, plenty of corners cut to get to that 60fps, understandable though, 60fps takes a lot of horsepower to run, so cuts would have to be made, but i think without the base system to code for more could have been done with the x, the likes of the world interaction and object physics, along with the destructible environments, the terrible memory allowance for blood and bullet holes, the half assed prebacked shadows, missing lighting and the terrible reflections could all have been sorted if the base console wasnt a factor, its not the best looking game this gen, but it is up there, its pretty and runs almost flawless, but the world is way to static and attention to detail isnt as high as other games this gen, let alone how characters react to the world, simple things like getting wet in water or having plants move all add up.

[alb1899]

Play the game on a proper tv with the right settings and I guarantee you that you'll be amazed. Be a gamer not a Fanboy and be happy for what you are watching.

[IRetrouk]

so im a fanboy for answering the articles question? and its my tvs fault...... i actually gave fair reasons to back up my view so call me what you like, but denying some obvious cuts were made is crazy to me and far more of a fanboy thing to do, but each to their own.

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[InUrFoxHole]

Give me my damn achievement for beating the game! Fix all the bugs. Quality control failed us all :(

[NextGenCeo]

I just beat Gears Of War 4 on my PC and Start Gears 5 and i can easily say this is the best action game i play from Microsoft studios. My PC is not powerful RX580 and Ryzen 5 and even with this system i got over 60fps on ultra with Full HD all the time. Game is smooth and very good. I love it :)
(ESL guy)

[azizlksa]

a lot of blind people in this post.
If you think that gears 5 looks better than god of war in terms of visuals, then you are a blind fanboy. I was fucking stunned when i first played that game.

Now someone will come with a dumb argument about resolution and fps. Im only talking about the graphics, nothing else.