Gears Tactics

I loved Xcom and Gears, im approx 10 hours in and also enjoying this game very much, there is some minor things missing like being able to sell or buy your stash and changing the character model. Storyline is strong and combat rewarding. most certainly worth a go if you are thinking about it.

Remek sztori, ami kiegészíti a GoW világát. Jó karakterek, szuper fordulatokkal csak a végére már repetitívvé váltak a mellék küldetések. Viszont a zsánerben nem találkoztam még olyan címmel, ahol utóbbi ne következett volna be. Akinek az X-Com (/hasonló címek), valamint a GoW világa bejön annak kihagyhatatlan. Ha pedig csak az egyiket ismered egy próbát megér!

amazing story and gameplay in a typical Gears style, i love it :) okay it started good but the repetition is unbearable ....

A combination of the Gears and Xcom worlds, this game combines both ideas but falls flat. Every single mission you are horrendously outnumbered while having characters who can't land a single shot. This game also has ridiculously quirk mechanics which don't even make sense in the normal Gears of War world. Want to chainsaw a wretch? If you run up to it during YOUR turn, it "opportunity attacks" you - hitting you first and putting your chainsaw ability on a 5 turn cooldown. Want to retro lancer charge a grenadier? He gets to automatically shoot if you ever get too close, even on your turn - ALSO cancelling the attack just like the wretch. Each and every mission is a drag where they just keep dropping tons and tons of minions on you while you only have 4 people on your team. I've found myself repeating missions not even out of "skill issue" but out of monotony based on "Gotcha" mission mechanics. You think you're winning then the mission drops like 5 grenadiers and 20 wretches, good luck. I loved XCOM 1 & 2, I loved the gears of war series, I do -NOT- like this game.

If you like Turn-based Tactics games, give Gears Tacticts a try! It does not have a world map or base building like XCOM, but the Turn-based Tactics gameplay is spot on, putting some emphasis on your characters being heroes (e.g. enemies can be downed and then executions give all other team mates an extra AP). The skill trees and looted weapon mods and armor make for some nice progression and varieties in possible playstyles for the 4 main classes. I only played the "full content" campaign for now, which brings "Jack", a robot helper, as the fifth squad member, allowing for some new game mechanics - and also brings improved enemies to the game. This DLC/update also brought a graphics overhaul to he game, making the game look quite good on the map and in cutscenes. The story is quite OK and the voice overs are fitting. The campaign is a mix of fixed story missions and sets of proc gen in between side missions with a variety of objective types and some bonus objectives, limitations and team/enemy modifiers to mix things up. You generally have to complete 3 out of 4 side missons to advance and can only bring each soldier once into a set of side missions. After the final battle of the campaign (and I guess base game), you can go on with increasingly tougher "veteran missions" for an extended challenge. As this was originally a console game, I want to say that the keyboard & mouse controls are very intuitive and good here - no complaints. Also adapted quite well for ultra wide monitors. AND there is almost no bugs at all, only some wonky physics at times and one time I had a character walk around with a 90 degree bent torso in a single cutscene - nothing wild. Overall I can warmheartedly recommend Gears Tactics :)

really fun tactical game