Gears 5 - out now

ic1male · 27 Aug 2019 at 07:40

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097840/Gears_5/

So, are we PC people going to put our mouths where our money is and support Microsoft by buying this game on Steam? Or cheat a little and get it on Game Pass?

I’d like this game to sell bucketloads on Steam to show Phil Spencer made the right choice but I think it’s the wrong game. Everyone is waiting for Halo Reach.

I used to love the Horde mode in Gears of War 3 so I'm really interested. Problem is MS made it so easy to play for £3 on Game Pass that I feel at this point in time it's not worth purchasing on Steam - will wait for Steam sale price to be <£20.

Campaign

Horde

New Escape mode

Should run very nicely on PC as they are touting all modes run at 4K60 on Xbox One X.

ic1male · 27 Aug 2019 at 09:03

Martini1991 said:
The problem I have is I don't think they deserve a PC purchase till they release the full thing on PC.

I'm hoping they're going to do that after they've done with Halo: Master Chief Collection. But if Gears 5 doesn't sell well enough, they might think it's not worth it.

ic1male · 10 Sep 2019 at 23:39

I ain't played this yet but couldn't resist having a peep on IMDB to see if

Carolyn Seymour is back as Queen Myrrah. YES!

ic1male · 11 Sep 2019 at 20:07

So do you guys think it's one of the best looking games ever? I had a quick read of the Digital Foundry article, it seems they think this game was designed with the next Xbox in mind. Is it worthy of next-gen visuals (where presumably it will be running at native 4K and maybe even 120fps on Project Scarlett).

ic1male · 12 Sep 2019 at 13:36

I tend to use Twitch as a barometer of how well a game's doing these days. Gears 5 is falling down the listings quite rapidly. I guess no-one is playing Horde or anything?

ic1male · 12 Sep 2019 at 20:43

Eurofighter said:
Does this game have split screen coop on PC?

Yes it does but only in Campaign mode. Not Horde or Escape.

https://support.gearsofwar.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033269911-Is-split-screen-supported-on-PC-

ic1male · 18 Sep 2019 at 10:56

If all you're doing is gaming, you're better off just getting something like a 256GB NVMe drive and then a bigger SATA SSD to put your games on. My C: drive is only about 33% used.

ic1male · 28 Sep 2019 at 23:55

Well impressed with this. Only done chapter 1 but it's amazing how easy it feels to fit right back in to a Gears game after an extended period with chainsaw executions, active reloading, etc. The graphics are amazeballs - the only thing that's missing is the vegetation reacting as you move through it. They haven't implemented that which just spoils the immersion slightly.

ic1male · 29 Sep 2019 at 19:14

Is my running this game from an external USB 3 HDD causing the weird pauses I’m getting during gameplay? Or should I really not be running at 4K with a 1070?

NM: I can run it at 4K60 no problem by turning a couple of the settings from Ultra to High. Now the stuttering has gone.