Gears of War: Reloaded

Runs good enough on a Steam Deck to be enjoyable. I bought this game hoping that maybe one day they will release GoW2 and GoW3 on PC. This is a great game however sequels offer so much more refined gameplay.

Was excited for this remaster, didn't end up being worth it in the long run.

Cómo te gusta la platita Microsoft... La peor versión, con diferencia, de este clásico. Sinceramente no le veo el sentido a re-remasterizar algo que no lo necesitaba. Este "Reloaded" es un claro downgrade a sus versiones anteriores porque está plagado de bugs, los cuales voy a enumerar a continuación porque me entorpecieron la partida en incontables ocasiones. 1) La IA de los compañeros es muy deficiente, ya que no hacen absolutamente nada. Aparte, ya perdí la cuenta de las veces que Dom se queda pegado al suelo sin siquiera moverse: no dispara, no camina, no acata órdenes (siempre responde negativo a todo). Hay que hacer de cuenta que jugás solo porque no responde a nada lo que esté pasando en el juego, está totalmente roto. Y si se mueve se mete en el medio del quilombo y no le importa nada, por ende lo noquean en 3 segundos y te caga la vida. 2) La recarga también, recargás un arma y cuando empezás a disparar la recarga no se hizo, aunque en el HUD aparezca que tenés todas las balas en el cargador, dejandoté mal parado en reiterados combates. 3) El ataque a melee ¡NO FUNCIONA! Si estás pelotudeando en el mapa probando la tecla F para ver si arranca la motosierra o tirás golpes, todo bien. Pero si necesitás sacarte a un Locust de encima rápidamente con el ataque cuerpo a cuerpo, Marcus se queda parado y ni se mueve, lo cual termina en insta-kill para vos obviamente. 4) Hay momentos donde tienen que salir enemigos por algún lado pero no salen entonces no podés avanzar y te toca recargar punto de control para que ahora sí aparezca lo que tenga que aparecer. 2026... 5) Los puntos de control están puestos por cualquier lado. Pasás toda una fase de combate donde mataste a un montón de bichos y después seguís avanzando para que te maten y tengas que hacer otra vez tooodo ese combate. 6) Los enemigos en varias ocasiones se te acercan y se te quedan al lado: a veces te disparan y te matan de un tiro o sino se quedan también pegados. Por ende la IA de ellos también está destruida. También leí varias reseñas de gente que protestó por el online, que presenta varios problemas y habían prometido algunos añadidos que nunca aparecieron. No pienso meterme en el terreno multijugador pero una pena para aquellos que esperaban jugarlo sin tantos problemas, tengo entendido que muchos jugadores aman el online de Gears Of War y tiene una base bastante sólida de personas. En resumen, rompieron algo que no precisaba que lo toquen. Cuando se dejen de cagar en los jugadores y les deje de importar el billete seguro van a ir mejor. Pero mientras tanto soplensé un tubo de escape directivos de Microsoft. Después de este me voy a jugar el 2 en su versión Hollow y no les pienso dar un peso más, ya que parece que tipos desde su casa logran mejores resultados solo por amor al arte que unos ineptos que encima cobran. Por suerte lo agarré de oferta pero $27.99 por esta bazofia es un robo a mano armada.

Not a cleanest remake. -It lost some charm from xbox360 era graphical touch. Huge departure not a great look. -I think enemy ai got dumber or it looks like they are tone-deaf. Some are stuck in some positions and don’t attack you and just wait to end them. -Last Boss is garbage. It should have been fixed and redone from a ground up. What a waste. +Campaign still feels good not to short not to long just right order. High testosterone manly brotherhood bond. +Characters feel great and their chemistry punches you with care +Weapons feels very clean and heavy. -Not a great look for developers if they want to revive or continue the franchise with this amount of “work” they done and expect you to pay full price for this “quality” material and then have pikachu suprise face when it doesn’t sold numbers. +/- Get this game for 10-15 eur max if you want to try it out. Send a message to devs that its not ok to have this lazy materia. We deserve better. I will give this game positive review just because I expect Gears 2,3,4 on steam. But thats prob fools dream.

Pros: -Its Gears of War -Its Gears of War 1 (The best Gears) -Its Gears of War UE (Also Gears 1) -The multiplayer -Crossplay/plat w/ PS5 -Campaign is great (Its Gears 1) -The better movement system -No crazy skins -Its Gears of War 1 -The Sniper Cons: -Gnasher is inconsistent and awful -Snub is the snub -Macro Snub -Macro Bounce -Rage Hackers -Bad players (bums) spam report if you are better resulting in bans (skill issue) -Grown men spam report if you say bad words (Rated M game btw) -No Proper ranked play -Unlimited Ammo Hammer of Dawn -Its Gears of War PS. My wife took my kids away from me because of this game 10/10

Pretty buggy; I got softlocked multiple times by NPC pathing errors that couldn't reach their objectives so the story just couldn't progress. NPC's have a habit of just walking into walls or getting stuck somewhere. I also got stuck in a room when an NPC just stood in the doorway and wouldn't move at all, which forced me to restart to a checkpoint 10 minutes back. Also has some janky hitboxes where bullets would sometimes just not hit enemies even though they clearly should have. And some objects like trees or small walls have bigger hitboxes than they look, so your bullets just hit an invisible wall. Overall though, a solid way to relive a classic X360 game. The simple repetitive gameplay, writing and clunky controls definitely feel a bit dated today, but it's a nice fresh coat of paint with some quality of life improvements, and still fun to play. All the cinematics were redone with more fidelity too. Being built on an older game / engine, the performance is flawless too, and the remastered lighting / assets look great. Had no problem hitting a constant 240fps on a 4080 with everything maxed out at 1440p. Controls on the mouse + keyboard felt very responsive and smooth, and there wasn't a single hitch throughout the whole campaign.

I loved the Gears of War franchise since it was first released in the mid-2000s. I loved the 1st Gears of War game. I have a lot of nostalgia for this game. It's been quite a long time since I played Gears of War 1 on the Xbox 360 so I don't remember how the AI was in the original and I don't remember the feel of the controls in the original (not much anyway). I have never played the Ultimate Edition so I don't know if it was good, mixed or bad. So I'm just going to be comparing the Reloaded version to the og 360 version. I have not played this game via multiplayer nor co-op. I have only played the single player campaign so bear that in mind regarding my thoughts on the game. Ok, I don't love the look of this remaster. It looks too bright and too smooth. I loved the gritty, dark and desolate look of the original way more. I don't like how smooth the characters' faces are. All they literally did was take the Ultimate Edition from 10 years ago and just sharpened it up a little bit. If you prefer the original look like I did (not necessarily the character models but moreso the setting and atmosphere of the original), then you might not like this look. If you preferred the look of the Ultimate Edition, then you will have no complaints here. And if that is how Anya looked in the Ultimate Edition, I don't like it at all. Her look in the og 360 was bad, but her look in the Ultimate Edition and Reloaded Edition is not good either. The AI just seems to be dumber in this version than in the original game. The Locusts sometimes get stuck and I can just pick them off no problem. Dom is the absolute worst now. He doesn't do jack sh*t in this version. I do not remember Dom or Baird or Cole being this dumb and useless in the original. They do a terrible job of following you and your orders. They don't really fight back and they die a lot. I have to do everything by myself. It's bad. There's not much else to talk about regarding the soundtrack and the voice work since they didn't really change anything. Maybe they cleaned it up a bit more although I have no idea if they did. But, there are some sound glitches. Starting from the main menu to in-game, there are voices constantly talking in the background when there aren't supposed to be any voices talking. It honestly makes me feel like I have schizophrenia. There are times when a character should say something (based off the subtitles I have on) but either the character doesn't talk or the audio level is too low. Either that or they messed up the subtitles. It's weird. OK, you're probably asking if there is anything I like about the game? The controls are good. They are nice and smooth although there is still a little bit of jank like in the original. No problems whatsoever. They don't feel tense and sluggish like in the original (at least from what I remember). Although, I used an Xbox Series X/S controller so obviously the feel would be way better compared to the Xbox 360 controller. And I do have a Hyperkin Xbox 360 controller that I can use, but it does not feel like an original Xbox 360 controller at all. That's why I chose not to use it to play Gears of War Reloaded. The guns/weapons feel good. Dismembering or blowing off limbs or heads still feel good in this game although the jank misses of headshots is still here in this edition like it was in the original which can be annoying sometimes. Aiming is nice and smooth. I do like the aiming reticule/crosshair in this edition a lot more than in the og 360 game. Brighter and way more defined. Reloading is about the same as it was in the original. The soundtrack and sound effects are still excellent. The story is the same. The voice acting is the same. All excellent (except for the glitches here and there and the schizophrenic talking in the background at times). In totality, the game is a bit of a mixed bag. It just feels like a cash grab. They didn't really do much to the game. Just took the Xbox One Ultimate Edition and sharpened up the graphics a tiny bit and sold it to us for $39.99. The game is glitchy. The AI is dumber (or at least feels dumber). They did not update this game with any care. That's how I feel. The game can still be fun, especially if you play this game with a friend in co-op mode or maybe multiplayer mode is great. I don't think this game is worth $40. If you can get it on sale or better yet if you have a Microsoft account and you bought the Ultimate Edition before May 5 2025, you could get this game for free. I paid $20 thanks to a Steam sale but even then, I feel disappointed. I give this game a 6/10. Mediocre remaster. I do not recommend it unless this is the only way for you to play the 1st Gears of War game and you either get it on sale or you somehow get it for free.