Tempy wrote:Gears of War 5
Gears is back and bigger than ever! Which sadly ends up translating to bloated, not titanic. Two of the central Acts take the COG out of the corridors they are familiar with and drop them in quasi-open world segments where you travel by skiff from objective to objective, uncovering hidden tasks along the way. It looks nice, but it plods, which is a pretty succinct way of summing up the whole game. It feels rote, with none of the set pieces carried off with the flair of the previous games.
New enemies seem to be nothing but awkward bullet sponges with a tendency to chain you with attacks that make a few of the tougher fights a bit tedious. It’s a shame because all of the drudgery is set in really beautiful vistas. The scale is pretty immense at times, with a special mention going to the section set in a red desert dotted with fulgurite, eventually leading to a set price set in storm where you watch the structure form and crumble as you play.
The story is utterly ho-hum, and it feels like they don’t really know what to do with it, just like the game itself. Characters are witty and enjoyable enough to be around, it ultimately there feel like there are no stakes, no one to position as a primary antagonist, and the rug gets pulled on you so quickly at times that you never feel like the impact has time to settle before you’re off blowing up the next disposable thing.
Heavy 6/10 material, but at least that gunplay is satisfying.
trippy wrote:While I'm in here - Untitled Goose Game.
Most of my laughs were near the start but the kids were giggling throughout and the ending was sublime. Worth a gander.
I can imagine it would be a much better experience in passenger co-op.Moot_Geeza wrote:It's back up to £18 I think, yep. Launched at 25% off, oddly. I thought it was great, but I played the whole thing with a hugely enthusiastic helper.
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