

The real fun in Gears of War 4 is the awesome multiplayer modes, including a few new ones. This keeps the gameplay fresh, but the lack of smart enemies puts a damper on things. While there's still quite a bit of "rinse and repeat" as you make your way through environments - clearing away enemies before approaching another skirmish a few moments later - this time around there are a few new twists, include mini bosses that require a different strategy than what you've relied on in the past. The dialogue is still campy and shallow, even though there's an attempt at some emotion. But fans of the franchise will no doubt be in awe at the stellar presentation this time around, both in its visuals and its sound effects/music. The game's story campaign introduces new heroes and threats and a quick tutorial on controls, and it eases you in with fast but dim-witted enemies you can take down.



The 10 hour trial is available for both Xbox One and Windows 10 users.This fast-paced action title is super fun - but that's more to do with the multiplayer modes than the solo campaign. However, The Coalition obviously has faith in Gears of War and likely sees this as a prime opportunity to get more eyes on the game now that the holiday season rush is done and over with. It's a dangerous time to be putting focus on a game during the weekend leading into E3 because there's going to be a lot of hype and excitement centered around the press conferences for each of the big game studios. Nevertheless, whatever progress you make during the story mode, or whatever achievements and accomplishments you acquire during the multiplayer mode of Gears of War 4 will carry over from the trial mode into the full thing if you plan on purchasing the game once the trial ends. This was a criticism that former Epic Games front-man Cliff Bleszinski leveled at Gears of War 4, noting that while the graphics looked good and the gameplay was solid, there was a definite lack of thrills, unpredictability, and an overall safe tone to the way the story unfolded.įor those who played the game, there were a few moments that were quite harrowing, especially the first encounter with the Swarm at the village, which really set a tone for how they could have been portrayed, but after that the game kind of nestled into a rote way of laying out events. Gears of War 4 was definitely better received than Gears of War: Judgment, but there was also the major issue of the story seeming to be very.
