Gears Tactics

Poneros · 18 Mar 2020 at 20:39

Surprised no topic on this yet. Let's get it done. So far everything I hear about this sounds great. Was just hearing about this on Game Stack Day 2 and they went full hardcore PC on this (it has VRS!). Love it!

Optimizing for PC Talk:
https://youtu.be/_eja9uy_C_0?t=13336

Radox-0 · 18 Mar 2020 at 20:56

Had it on my list for a while when it comes out on game pass. Hopefully scratch’s that itch which for me Phoenix point failed to do.

hyperseven · 21 Apr 2020 at 20:52

Can preload this now, 28.9GB.

Random Guy Esq. · 23 Apr 2020 at 21:04

Looking forward to actual feedback from players on this one... Previews sounded very promising!

Radox-0 · 23 Apr 2020 at 21:29

hyperseven said:
Can preload this now, 28.9GB.

Nice, New XCOM for the weekend, gears tactics next week

SS-89 · 27 Apr 2020 at 11:43

Reviews will drop in a couple of hours, very tempted to pick it up based on feedback.

kola · 27 Apr 2020 at 13:23

its disappointing there's no there's no base building like XCOM HQ ;/

Radox-0 · 27 Apr 2020 at 14:07

Reviews out.

Looks like fun and seems to be a blast scanning through reviews key points. does not seem to be as deep as XCOM, but combat itself seems great fun No brainier being on gamepass IMO.

malachi · 27 Apr 2020 at 14:33

I'm not into tactical games, last one I played was Dawn of War 2 but I'm looking forward to trying this.

SS-89 · 27 Apr 2020 at 14:34

Reviewing well but I think the lack of a strategy layer is a shame in terms of replayability (pcgamer review even suggests with more strategy layers it would be recommended over Xcom). Might just wait to pick this one up or sub for gamepass to give it a whirl. Hopefully gets a sequel as it sounds like some really good building blocks.

Unseul · 27 Apr 2020 at 16:25

Would highly recommend Xwynns to anyone who likes tactical games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-6WcyPAsy0

He worked on xcom 2, has sunk 3-5k hours in both xcom 1 and 2. I like his style, and he always plays on max difficulty. Right now he's of the opinion that it's far better polished than xcom 2, lacks on strategy layer, but keeps on surprising him.

EDIT - He's not playing on insane difficulty apparently, hugely surprising.

8myers8 · 27 Apr 2020 at 16:48

preloaded it so fingers crossed it is OK

as have gamepass ....

Random Guy Esq. · 27 Apr 2020 at 16:50

Hopefully it does well for them. We might even see additional instalments where they can build on what they've done so far.

AWPC · 27 Apr 2020 at 16:58

Free as part of Xbox Game Pass on PC if you have a valid sub right now!

ic1male · 27 Apr 2020 at 18:25

Wonder how it plays with the Xbox controller, seeing as it's coming to Xbox later in the year.

ic1male · 27 Apr 2020 at 19:04

AWPC said:
Free as part of Xbox Game Pass on PC if you have a valid sub right now!

I'd already had Game Pass Ultimate for £1 but it let me do it again. So 30 days for 100p is a nice bonus, was expecting to have to pay £3.99 for the PC version. If the game turns out to be good, I'll buy it on Steam when it's on sale.

VincentHanna · 27 Apr 2020 at 19:17

ic1male said:
Wonder how it plays with the Xbox controller, seeing as it's coming to Xbox later in the year.

Should be fine, I played through the entirety of XCOM (2012) on PC with an Xbox controller.

CliffyG · 28 Apr 2020 at 13:27

Is there a time today it will unlock? Also waiting on Wasteland 3.

Westie · 28 Apr 2020 at 13:34

4pm it unlocks

CliffyG · 28 Apr 2020 at 14:12

Thanks