Gears 5

Gears 5

Steam Deck Playable

The Coalition · Action · Sep 10, 2019

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.49.

71%
Mostly Positive
25k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 25k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise25% are divided33% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay itself, there are like one key moment where you get the hammer of light back at the end of the game.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
the main characters are shallow, constantly chattering with lame jokes and unnecessary beef against each other. the open world chapters feel kinda boring, with unnecessarily big areas that have nothing more than some collectibles here and there (there are some side missions of course, they're kinda cool tbh but nothing that would need such a big and mostly empty flat map), and the worst of it all, I got a bug in chapter four act 2 where no matter how hard I try to solve it, the game doesn't save any collectible I get and I didn't get the achievement for completing the game, even though I completed all chapters from scratch by myself and some of them playing co-op.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The visuals and graphics are superb.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
PC Performance: It runs at an insanely buttery framerate with slick visuals and zero stutters.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Special mention to the spectacular OST by Ramin Djawadi, I seldom skip a track when it comes on, and the sound fits the vibe of the game so well - equal parts dark and moody, but determined and adventurous.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay58 reviews
Co-op33 reviews
Graphics31 reviews
Performance12 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters154 reviews
65%
Multiplayer73 reviews
64%
Combat43 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes20 reviews
25%
Bugs15 reviews
40%
Difficulty14 reviews
50%
Interface10 reviews
10%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $4.49 (−85%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $4.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
181
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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