The Black Ops titles have always been great at cultural references, matching pop music to its bombastic action in highly enjoyable ways, but apart from some grainy news footage of Reagan speeches and an admittedly wonderful scene set in an amusement arcade, there’s little nostalgic revelry in the era. What’s really disappointing is that the soundtrack and environmental design make little effort to capitalise on the early 1980s setting. En route, war crimes are committed, moral quandaries are swerved, and macho platitudes are slung about like grenades (“we don’t hope for the best, we make the best happen!”). Mostly, this is comprised of Call of Duty campaign staples: helicopter crashes escaping to rooftops and waiting for evac calling in airstrikes and gaining temporary control of aircraft miniguns. Photograph: Activisionīut we don’t get anything truly fresh or daring, and the surreal, hallucinatory brain-washing pyrotechnics the series is known for don’t really kick off until the end. Gears of War 5 carries a September 10 release date on Xbox One and Windows PC, with early adopters of the game (meaning Ultimate Edition customers and Xbox Games Pass Ultimate subscribers) able to access the game early on September 5.Blistering combat. Gears 5 is due for release next week, but should you commit to the game on Xbox Games Pass or pick it up at launch? Especially since we're at the start of an incredibly busy period for gamers with Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Borderlands 3, The Outer Worlds, DOOM Eternal and more on the horizon. Gears 5 review: Best-in-class cover shooter gunplay dulled only by open world woes.You can read our thoughts on The Coalition's latest below. It appears to be a healthy start for the latest Microsoft exclusive, with a few outlets highlighting some issues with the campaign tarnishing what is otherwise a satisfying title.
The embargo is now up, and the reviews for Gears 5 are starting to roll out.
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