This is partly to ensure the survival of a human race almost snuffed out by the Locust War - the world is full of propaganda that tells its story, like books and posters espousing the heroism and service of breeding for the future of the species. The survivors of the Coalition of Ordered Governments, or Cog, live in cities closely supervised by a government with a tight grip in place. The line running through Gears of War 4 is family After the events of Gears of War 3, the Locust threat was over, and humanity began to rebuild. But Gears of War 4 serves as an effective statement of intent, bringing Gears forward and competing with the modern vanguard of competitive shooters.Īs Gears of War 4 begins, decades have passed since the human race narrowly survived the Locust War (with a tight, playable history lesson that gives a brief timeline of events). This often results in a game that feels like a refined reboot rather than something truly new or different. Gears of War 4 at times seems to have more ideas than it has time or bandwidth to explore. The Coalition doesn’t succeed on all fronts. And, maybe, to do something fresh with a series that seemed to reach its logical endpoint. To bring the series back to relevancy five years after it last had an impact to serve as a standard-bearer for the Xbox platform to legitimately lay claim to a property started by another studio.
New Gears developer The Coalition’s job with Gears of War 4 is many-fold. But beneath or even in parallel to that aspect, there’s always been consistent themes of friendship, of relationships of support and camaraderie that would seem corny in most other games but, somehow, work in Gears of War for a passionate fanbase. And it’s not that those observations are wrong, exactly - the characters have always been larger than life, the men in particular wide and heavy, and the violence of the series has always been extreme and enthusiastic. Gears of War as a series has dealt with accusations of hyper-masculine excess and an emphasis on gore and violence since it was first announced more than ten years ago. Note: portions of this review previously appeared in our pre-review check-in with Gears of War 4 in September.
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