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And thank you for the review ♥ i love xcom styled games i was just thinking this morning that a xcom like game on the ghost in the shell universe would be cool to see
No squad strategy games has impressed me since Jagged Alliance 2 1.13, and until the industry learns from that game instead of the simplicity of XCOM 2 etc. I doubt I'll ever be impressed. :/
@Rohit Thaosen JA2 is just soooo much more fun than XCOM 2. I mean, X2 is nice and all, but I miss not being able to do shit like, sending in one guy at night, armed with only a knife and stalking the enemy, slitting every damn throat on the map. XD But no, I'll just send in 6 guys and shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, throw a nade, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, .... ugh, fuuuuuun...
I mean they’ve been having a civil war for years, then get invaded by an alien force from below just after making peace. Not much to be cheery about 🤷♂️
@@samymarfaa8366 No, it's not. I played Mechanicus, it's fine but we would deserve something of a much grander scale, with all the races and goodies. Don't you think? Just imagine a proper Killteam with customisable units and stuff. Wouldn't it be awesome? When I see Gears Tactics I can almost see Space Marines vs Orcs in a muddy industrial setting. Damn I would pay hundreds of bucks for such a game.
It's funny ive seen literally no marketing or hype for this game but after watching this and a gameplay vid from a couple weeks ago I got game pass for it. Can't wait.
It does have some great marketing material, loved the trailer they have autoplaying for it on steam, "Executions gets you more actions, how does this work? Don't ask"
For such a big series, there has been virtually no marketing for this. It almost seems like they don't expect it to have high sales. I hope it does, as this is one of my favorite genres. If a AAA tactic game sells well, it is great for the whole genre.
@@HArryvajonas Xbox has been tonning down their marketing for most of their games, they are afraid of another Crackdown 3, Fable legends, sea of thieves situation
I really feel like the customization in gears tactics was sorely needed in gears 5 to add something new to the game. I always thought it would be awesome to have your own custom Cog Gear/Locust or Swarm Drone along side regular characters. The custom weapons could have been for horde or a separate multiplayer mode.
Hive Mind that’s correct you can get 3 months for $1 I was referring to the basic cost for the PC version of game pass which is what this game is for at this time.
Pretty much everything imaginable from ME has been ported to XCOM 2. The steam workshop is like half ME shit. You can definitely whip up your favorite ME squad, voicepacks and all, and do the tactical thing. ME Classes, ME armor, ME alien heads, ME enemies...
@@nomad9968 oohh well might as well mod XCOM 2 like the guy said. I have two playthroughs, one with my team made up of UNSC Marines, ODSTs and Spartans and the other Star Wars Clone Wars style
I was waiting on reviews to see if this was worth grabbing. But a Skill Up review? My mind was made up. Thanks for making this! Love me some turn-based tactics.
@@MasterJazz09 course not. For one, I'm inclined to like tactics-based games. But also, buying a game is an investment of time and money, and reviews give insight to whether it would be worth a purchase. Thus, they make a good guide for that, but aren't the definitive reasons behind a "yes" or "no". Skill Up has also proven himself as someone that can critically look at a game's hooks, features, mechanics and flaws.
@@MasterJazz09 Yikes. Respecting someone's opinion on a game does not literally brainwash you and force you to go out and buy a game. That's not how it works. Even if you see gameplay someone else posts or the publisher markets, you are under that influence. You are still the only one who chooses to buy the game, otherwise none of that would exist in the first place. Yeesh.
While watching this, I’m actually kind of surprised there isn’t a Gears RTS. I think it would be an interesting take for the universe. They could definitely play around with it.
Yeah but Gears basic premise is CQC guerilla warfare. OG trilogy is about humans losing, new era is about Swarm rising. There arent large scale military forces, it wouldnt make sense with the lore. However COG vs UIR could work but it wouldnt be interesting since COG won.
Did you enjoy Halo Wars 2? I personally found the more condensed style of RTS gameplay to be too "childish" for my tastes, being a lifetime RTS fan, and I feel like that style of gameplay is what a Gears RTS would be relegated to. If it was on a massive scale depicting those epic battles seen in the trailers that would be pretty awesome, but that's probably a pipe dream, that kind of gameplay has become fairly niche as has the RTS genre.
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Guys, this is made by splash damage. Their previous game is dirty bomb which is still one of the best free to play shooters to have come out in ages, I'd suggest trying it out
Your review almost single-handedly made me get this game on Game Pass. Thank you and keep up the quality work! I especially liked your nod to the quality audio work that Gears has done.
Nice! I like the XCOM gameplay loop (though I haven't played it a whole lot) but I felt the world lacked something. Couple that with the fantastic world of Gears, and this should be great to play
exactly, war of the chosen makes xcom so much more fleshed out and immersive. like you'll never feel your squad being op, there's always something to kick your ass the moment you start to feel powerful
This game came out of nowhere! I'm a little disappointed that character deaths lower the stakes, but I'm a fan of Gears and XCOM so I'll have to pick this one up I guess 🤷♂️
@Inquisitor Chomag of the Ordo Malleus by doing things like changing the camera angles, implementing a vastly different UI, add vehicles or something like that etc. Ralph said they sped things up a bit and added gore which is making it a little different by itself. I'm not saying it's bad at all, but for $60 (compared to XCOM Chimera Squad which is $10 for example), I was expecting at least some kind of base system like all the other games have
Thx for recognizing the hard work of our boy Illy and the Titan-bros at the Seat of the Pantheon at 4:33. He's been busy voicing War, Lezard Valeth, Caius Ballad, the dude from Black Ops and now this guy and deserves all the praise. "You are not prepared joke here"
Look up Chroma Squad. It's cartoony, but a fun little tactical combat game where you build up a team of knock off Power Rangers. It's not gonna win any awards, but I actually really enjoyed it.
Is it ok if I say that I haven’t played this genre but, I just recently bought Mario + Rabbids that was on sale and made me install XCom 2, but I do prefer M+R.
It is great to hear other peoples opinions on the story, I for one liked it a lot more then gears 5's story. It was great to get back to the locust era and to learn more about the backstory of the locust and the hammer strikes etc. I also enjoyed the characters more then the new main characters kait, jd, and del from gears 4 and 5. I think most og fans will like this story over gears 5's story and be happy with the game.
That voice actor SkillUp called out is named Liam O'Brien, of World of Warcraft, Darksiders, Fate Stay/Night, Bleach, Naruto, Pillars of Eternity & Critical Role fame. Just in case you were wondering where you've heard his voice before.
What do you mean bad? It's $10 until May 1st. For $10 you get a 30+ hours campaign, 11 unique characters with unique abilities, and great Xcom combat. Yeah it's missing losing soldiers you can name. But for $10 it's great value. Can you rename soldiers in Gears tacticts, that is the thing that Chimera is missing? Also it got mod support so you know the community are going to produce lots of great mods.
This is weird. I haven't had interest in playing any Gears or XCOM game. But now I'm kinda interested in playing this for some reason. xD I don't get why.
thanks for the review . i felt the same seeing the trailers that gears is already more of a turn based cover shooter. Especially since its part of game pass this is a no brainer to play
Finished Sunset Overdrive (one of the best exclusives on xbox one-marvel spider man studio product-Insomniac) and now playing Gears Tactics. Love both of them.
Price point is is certainly off, 30-40 seems more reasonable given its lack of strategic layer. Chimera squad is what, 10 bucks right now? Hard to justify the game at 60 given it brings little new to the table and the offerings available from its peers.
Haven't watched the full video yet, have u played the new xcom game? if so how would u compare it? I'm not a huge fan of the new one, it seems too fast paced for me
I think XCOM CS is quick and fun but I'm halfway through (1 faction done, almost done with the 2nd). I really want to play Gears but my PC can't handle it and I only have a PS4..
Personally, I enjoyed Xcom CS for the first faction. After that though I got annoyed at the combat spaces and lack of customization of the characters. The depth exists when it comes to who is in your Squad sure, but there is almost 0 when it comes to the characters themselves. The combat spaces are also extremely small and kind of annoying to maneuver (for my own tastes)
So I’ve been a major gears fan and one thing that the community has hated the most of the Gears 5 has been the lighter tone at times. Hopefully the community will like this more but I do feel like it’s an acquired taste.
Looks like Fallout Tactics to me. XCom is cool for popularizing tactical RPG I guess. Environments definitely look and feel like the Gears universe. Excellent vid btw.
You should review snowrunner! It's absolutely fantastic.. It's basically death stranding with off road vehicles. A new genre of gameplay, pretty much the most zen game I've ever played, it makes the hours fly like nothing else.. It's almost impossible to describe what makes it good but if anyone could it's you. I'd love to know what you think..
Great review and you're so right Gears is a perfect fit for the X-comish formula. And the way it looks is makes it by far the best looking game of this sort. It's like a lesser version of Gears 5. By the way does the game offer replayability ? Or are levels made and not randomized.
As much as I'm looking forward to the gameplay, I'm kind of dissapointed they didn't just base the game on an unconnected squad from the greater narrative, perhaps a new platoon trying to lead groups of civilians on a "march" to Ephyra in the wake of Emergence Day, coated in all the Grit and Drama. Since they're making it kind of like X-Com, I would have also enjoyed having a Permadeath system that affected the narrative by the end of the game. Still pumped to play a new Tactical take on the gears formula.
Arguing that an overview perspective where you just watch the battle, is good for gears, is a pretty harsh criticism of gears of war gameplay, if you look at it the other way ^^;
Never played a gears game. Demo it on Xbox beta for $1. Then purchased it on steam- this is a high quality game I liked it. The cinematic and death scenes are amazing all argh games should do this.
I hope the Mass Effect series picks up on this style of gameplay. The class selection, cooldown abilities, and skill trees in those games would be implemented well into a xcom-like game.
Man, as goofy as it sounds I want Ralph to take a look at Runescape in 2020, I feel like the game's been overlooked on RUclips considering the ludicrous popularity of it recently
XCOM, Fire Emblem, stuff like Mutant Year Zero, now this. We need more turn based strategy! It's the best and deepest you can do IMO. Let's hope for some more announcements!
I wish I could take control of units in this game akin to the ghost stuff from the driver San Francisco game, and then zoom back out to control the units like a normal strategy game
3:55 I hate it when games do "endless customization" in such a dumb way. Reminds me of MK11 where I watched a red Sub-Zero fight a blue Scorpion - that's just wrong. F this type of customization, make it look like GEARS, not UnicornJizz!
I'm loving this game, loads of fun to play. However for those comparing it to XCOM, although the fighting is very familiar and done very well, this will not have the crazy replayability of XCOM. It;s missing the randomly generated maps and the world view.
Man I totally forgot about this game. Not in a bad way, it was announced then they never spoke about it again. I'm happy that it's finally out tho because when they announced it I was fairly excited so glad to hear it's good
Gears Tactics does not have any form of multiplayer. The game is strictly single-player. There aren’t any competitive multiplayer modes like Team Deathmatch and there isn’t a cooperative Horde mode, either. Gears Tactics does not even have a cooperative campaign. That's why I am not buying it.
So XCom in a three-way with Fallout and Gears. They really need to bring back perma for everyone. "Down" in multiplayer games makes sense, but not in single.
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And thank you for the review ♥
i love xcom styled games
i was just thinking this morning that a xcom like game on the ghost in the shell universe would be cool to see
"simple, intuitive tool" - not really, man. not really.
No squad strategy games has impressed me since Jagged Alliance 2 1.13, and until the industry learns from that game instead of the simplicity of XCOM 2 etc. I doubt I'll ever be impressed. :/
How do the visuals look better than Gears 5 and worse than Gears 5 at the same time?! It's blowing my mind
@Rohit Thaosen JA2 is just soooo much more fun than XCOM 2. I mean, X2 is nice and all, but I miss not being able to do shit like, sending in one guy at night, armed with only a knife and stalking the enemy, slitting every damn throat on the map. XD
But no, I'll just send in 6 guys and shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, throw a nade, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, .... ugh, fuuuuuun...
Gotta say, I'm loving the revival of the turn-based tactics genre. If Square-Enix had half a brain they'd make a new Final Fantasy Tactics game.
lol there is a new one but for mobile
instead they make a crappy FFT on mobile with microtransaction
No, if Square-Enix had half a brain they would make Front Mission 6 instead of terrible cash grab garbage like Evolved and Left Alive.
Oh shit. That would be absolutely insane
try fell seal arbiter mask,i heard the gameplay is similar to FF tactic
"everyone is just angry and humorless" sounds like highschool during the my chemical romance phase all over again
And from some of the cutscenes we saw, you can dress them just as badly too!
which is pretty funny, because MCR are actually good-humoured themselves and they did a lot of more comedic and upbeat tracks too
kids eh
They were plenty funny. Just not with you. Cus they didn’t like you lol
I mean they’ve been having a civil war for years, then get invaded by an alien force from below just after making peace. Not much to be cheery about 🤷♂️
The xbox game pass for pc still absolutely blows my mind. Such a crazy good value!
I usually piss all over stuff like this but even my grumpy ass has to admit game pass is legit worth a subscription.
You're absolutely right. Can't wait to sink my teeth into gears tactics 👌
@@Creme_Fraiche They just threw the streets of rage remake on there too
@@unusuallyquickloris final fantasy 9, Yakuza 0 and Kiwami, Forza horizon. Crazy value it is.
Warhammer 40k as well would be awesome into this tactics trend. Wishing for a Killteam Tactics really badly.
Norbert Caillet there is on called mechanicus
@@samymarfaa8366 No, it's not. I played Mechanicus, it's fine but we would deserve something of a much grander scale, with all the races and goodies. Don't you think? Just imagine a proper Killteam with customisable units and stuff. Wouldn't it be awesome? When I see Gears Tactics I can almost see Space Marines vs Orcs in a muddy industrial setting. Damn I would pay hundreds of bucks for such a game.
Dawn of War/Ultimate Apocalypse?
@@nyanko2077 There's quite literally already plenty of turn-based tactics 40K games. Deathwatch, Sanctus Reach, Mechanicus, Space Wolf, etc.
@@misterredacted5417 Dawn of War is a RTS, dude. What are you talking about?
It's funny ive seen literally no marketing or hype for this game but after watching this and a gameplay vid from a couple weeks ago I got game pass for it. Can't wait.
It does have some great marketing material, loved the trailer they have autoplaying for it on steam, "Executions gets you more actions, how does this work? Don't ask"
For such a big series, there has been virtually no marketing for this. It almost seems like they don't expect it to have high sales. I hope it does, as this is one of my favorite genres. If a AAA tactic game sells well, it is great for the whole genre.
I disagree
@@HArryvajonas Xbox has been tonning down their marketing for most of their games, they are afraid of another Crackdown 3, Fable legends, sea of thieves situation
@@AngelPerez-dw8ou 😳😳
I really feel like the customization in gears tactics was sorely needed in gears 5 to add something new to the game. I always thought it would be awesome to have your own custom Cog Gear/Locust or Swarm Drone along side regular characters. The custom weapons could have been for horde or a separate multiplayer mode.
This game screams 40K Space Marines. Games Workshop should take note.
Omg I’d cum
It took it becoming a turn based game to bring the dirt and grittiness back. Good, everything looks so scary like it should.
Xbox Game Pass, the gift that keeps on giving.
Definitely 😃
game pass is $5 a month on PC FYI! I can't wait to play this game!
actually, theres currently an offer where it is only 1€ per month for me, amazing!
Hive Mind that’s correct you can get 3 months for $1 I was referring to the basic cost for the PC version of game pass which is what this game is for at this time.
@@ShutterSpeedGaming so in the 1€ version you dont get gears?
Hive Mind yes you do lol 😆
I've always thought a Mass Effect spin-off would have been amazing in the XCOM style.
Nomad Right? There’s so much potential there. For now though, mods scratch that particular itch
Actually there is and it was baaaad. It's called XCOM Declassified I believe.
Pretty much everything imaginable from ME has been ported to XCOM 2. The steam workshop is like half ME shit. You can definitely whip up your favorite ME squad, voicepacks and all, and do the tactical thing. ME Classes, ME armor, ME alien heads, ME enemies...
@@CptPhilippnes true but I meant other way around. Mass Effect takes XCOM gameplay.
@@nomad9968 oohh well might as well mod XCOM 2 like the guy said. I have two playthroughs, one with my team made up of UNSC Marines, ODSTs and Spartans and the other Star Wars Clone Wars style
I was waiting on reviews to see if this was worth grabbing. But a Skill Up review? My mind was made up. Thanks for making this! Love me some turn-based tactics.
Ryan Valdez you let them choose games for you?
@@MasterJazz09 course not. For one, I'm inclined to like tactics-based games. But also, buying a game is an investment of time and money, and reviews give insight to whether it would be worth a purchase. Thus, they make a good guide for that, but aren't the definitive reasons behind a "yes" or "no". Skill Up has also proven himself as someone that can critically look at a game's hooks, features, mechanics and flaws.
Ryan Valdez I just watch gameplay 🤷♂️ don’t let people choose games for me.
@@MasterJazz09 Yikes. Respecting someone's opinion on a game does not literally brainwash you and force you to go out and buy a game. That's not how it works.
Even if you see gameplay someone else posts or the publisher markets, you are under that influence.
You are still the only one who chooses to buy the game, otherwise none of that would exist in the first place. Yeesh.
DeltafangEX ok sure buddy just calm down
While watching this, I’m actually kind of surprised there isn’t a Gears RTS. I think it would be an interesting take for the universe. They could definitely play around with it.
Yeah but Gears basic premise is CQC guerilla warfare. OG trilogy is about humans losing, new era is about Swarm rising. There arent large scale military forces, it wouldnt make sense with the lore. However COG vs UIR could work but it wouldnt be interesting since COG won.
Did you enjoy Halo Wars 2? I personally found the more condensed style of RTS gameplay to be too "childish" for my tastes, being a lifetime RTS fan, and I feel like that style of gameplay is what a Gears RTS would be relegated to. If it was on a massive scale depicting those epic battles seen in the trailers that would be pretty awesome, but that's probably a pipe dream, that kind of gameplay has become fairly niche as has the RTS genre.
@@lancejohnson3278 feels like we haven't had an enjoyable RTS since Company of Heroes
@@lancejohnson3278 The Halo Wars games were held back due to needing to work on consoles. RTS is the domain of the PCMR.
Great title, this is SkillUp at his best.
Seriously. It's clever and it says quite a lot about the game in just two words.
@@Jesse__H It does? What does it say besides the game being a solid Xcom clone?
We better get a Three Houses video after this.
When he said $60 I was like nah I'm gonna pass.
But then $10 month of Game pass.... SOLD!
Best value in gaming man
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I knew it
Guys, this is made by splash damage. Their previous game is dirty bomb which is still one of the best free to play shooters to have come out in ages, I'd suggest trying it out
I've gotto say it this looks a lot better than Xcom ever have.
and somehow this game make me want to go back to play Valkyrie Chonicle too .
We need more games like this, that are fun. Not more Third Person Action that we have played 999 times before.
Your review almost single-handedly made me get this game on Game Pass. Thank you and keep up the quality work! I especially liked your nod to the quality audio work that Gears has done.
Nice! I like the XCOM gameplay loop (though I haven't played it a whole lot) but I felt the world lacked something. Couple that with the fantastic world of Gears, and this should be great to play
Whoa then you have to get into XCOM 2 again! Especially with War of the Chosen
exactly, war of the chosen makes xcom so much more fleshed out and immersive. like you'll never feel your squad being op, there's always something to kick your ass the moment you start to feel powerful
well i was already surprised when i saw the price for it on steam with its 70 euro pricetag lmao
Try ot on gamepass for pc for 5$
How is it not worth the price?
This game came out of nowhere! I'm a little disappointed that character deaths lower the stakes, but I'm a fan of Gears and XCOM so I'll have to pick this one up I guess 🤷♂️
Are you picking it up or not?
i mean if i was stuck in the middle of the locust war i wouldn't be making too many jokes. maybe that's why they wrote the characters to seem angrier.
XGS: "Hey Firaxis, can I copy your homework?"
Firaxis: "Sure just make sure it doesn't look the exact same"
@Inquisitor Chomag of the Ordo Malleus by doing things like changing the camera angles, implementing a vastly different UI, add vehicles or something like that etc. Ralph said they sped things up a bit and added gore which is making it a little different by itself. I'm not saying it's bad at all, but for $60 (compared to XCOM Chimera Squad which is $10 for example), I was expecting at least some kind of base system like all the other games have
I kept on thinking that Gears Tactics was the funko pop one, but I guess I was wrong! Good review Skill guy!
Thx for recognizing the hard work of our boy Illy and the Titan-bros at the Seat of the Pantheon at 4:33.
He's been busy voicing War, Lezard Valeth, Caius Ballad, the dude from Black Ops and now this guy and deserves all the praise.
"You are not prepared joke here"
Power Rangers Death Squad? Didn't know I wanted this but now I'm sure I do!
Look up Chroma Squad. It's cartoony, but a fun little tactical combat game where you build up a team of knock off Power Rangers. It's not gonna win any awards, but I actually really enjoyed it.
If Warhammer had some sense they’d make a tactics rpg Divinity style with this combat
That reminds me.... Isn't Necrumunda Hive Wars in the pipeline for a future release. Believe that will be a similar gameplay style.
Is it ok if I say that I haven’t played this genre but, I just recently bought Mario + Rabbids that was on sale and made me install XCom 2, but I do prefer M+R.
No 10 minute existential intro?
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Its been months since the last boat metaphor.
I am missing boat metaphors
It's actually good this way for people who don't have all day.
@@R3GARnator If you have time to watch this, you have time for some sick metaphors
@@R3GARnator IGN has five minute reviews if that’s what you’re after.
It is great to hear other peoples opinions on the story, I for one liked it a lot more then gears 5's story. It was great to get back to the locust era and to learn more about the backstory of the locust and the hammer strikes etc. I also enjoyed the characters more then the new main characters kait, jd, and del from gears 4 and 5. I think most og fans will like this story over gears 5's story and be happy with the game.
I think you might just be a blind new gears hater
@@MasterJazz09 nope just don't like the direction they took the story.
LuneyN what don’t you like
I like it. I'll pick it up when it gets a discount.
I like that they autoinclude so much customisation a rare treat nowadays.
That voice actor SkillUp called out is named Liam O'Brien, of World of Warcraft, Darksiders, Fate Stay/Night, Bleach, Naruto, Pillars of Eternity & Critical Role fame. Just in case you were wondering where you've heard his voice before.
A lot of characters are voiced by Illidan :D Liam O'Brien is pretty much in every JRPG that exists.
Considering how bad Chimera Squad is I was holding out hope for Gears to be a good XCOM title. I'm glad my hopes have been answered.
What do you mean bad? It's $10 until May 1st. For $10 you get a 30+ hours campaign, 11 unique characters with unique abilities, and great Xcom combat. Yeah it's missing losing soldiers you can name. But for $10 it's great value.
Can you rename soldiers in Gears tacticts, that is the thing that Chimera is missing? Also it got mod support so you know the community are going to produce lots of great mods.
@@ghosface353 gears tactics has 40+ hour campaign and u can play it for 5$ on gamepass for pc. It has wayy more customization and depth than CS
I've never cared much about XCom or Gears, but everything I see of this game indicates I'd really enjoy it
Great review as always!
With chimera squad ending up being incredibly meh, i'll certainly be giving this a try.
Amazing video as always. Your content is consistently such high quality its astounding. Keep up the good work!
Shoutout to the game pass shoutout, would have never bought this since my gaming budget is limited, but now I'm happy I can try it!
This is weird. I haven't had interest in playing any Gears or XCOM game.
But now I'm kinda interested in playing this for some reason. xD
I don't get why.
labdG me too, it might be all my extra free time but I’m gonna give this game a shot
@@shinryusaiha well if you want full XCOM experience XCOM Enemy Within should be like 10 EUR
It’s called the sheep effect
Because it's 10$ on gamepass
thanks for the review . i felt the same seeing the trailers that gears is already more of a turn based cover shooter. Especially since its part of game pass this is a no brainer to play
Finished Sunset Overdrive (one of the best exclusives on xbox one-marvel spider man studio product-Insomniac) and now playing Gears Tactics. Love both of them.
Man, this sounds reeeeealy appealing right now
Price point is is certainly off, 30-40 seems more reasonable given its lack of strategic layer. Chimera squad is what, 10 bucks right now? Hard to justify the game at 60 given it brings little new to the table and the offerings available from its peers.
Try it for 5$ on gamepass for pc
Remember that Full Spectrum Warrior did this kinda thing before Xcom.
Haven't watched the full video yet, have u played the new xcom game? if so how would u compare it? I'm not a huge fan of the new one, it seems too fast paced for me
Not yet. Been too busy playing this tbh :P
I think XCOM CS is quick and fun but I'm halfway through (1 faction done, almost done with the 2nd).
I really want to play Gears but my PC can't handle it and I only have a PS4..
Personally, I enjoyed Xcom CS for the first faction. After that though I got annoyed at the combat spaces and lack of customization of the characters. The depth exists when it comes to who is in your Squad sure, but there is almost 0 when it comes to the characters themselves. The combat spaces are also extremely small and kind of annoying to maneuver (for my own tastes)
It looks awesome, €70,- is a bit much though
Try game pass for pc! Play and then cancel if you don’t like it. You can get the first month for $1.
@@oliverhancock5397 yes that is a good deal thnx
So I’ve been a major gears fan and one thing that the community has hated the most of the Gears 5 has been the lighter tone at times. Hopefully the community will like this more but I do feel like it’s an acquired taste.
11:09 laughing as I like the video. Damn this is well done.
Meanwhile Firaxis released a new 10-20 dollar XCOM game.
That’s what surprised me.
It's a surprisingly good year for tactical strategy game's.
What franchise will be the Next to the Xcom treatment?
Does 99% hit chance still mean 50/50? lols. Also your production quality went up even higher.
"Gears Tactics Won't Surprise You, But It Will Impress You." What if you're surprised by being impressed?
Looks like Fallout Tactics to me. XCom is cool for popularizing tactical RPG I guess.
Environments definitely look and feel like the Gears universe.
Excellent vid btw.
I didn't even know this existed, but now I have a mighty need. I've always nursed a guilty crush on Gears going back all the way to the original.
You should review snowrunner! It's absolutely fantastic.. It's basically death stranding with off road vehicles. A new genre of gameplay, pretty much the most zen game I've ever played, it makes the hours fly like nothing else.. It's almost impossible to describe what makes it good but if anyone could it's you. I'd love to know what you think..
Great review and you're so right Gears is a perfect fit for the X-comish formula.
And the way it looks is makes it by far the best looking game of this sort. It's like a lesser version of Gears 5.
By the way does the game offer replayability ? Or are levels made and not randomized.
As much as I'm looking forward to the gameplay, I'm kind of dissapointed they didn't just base the game on an unconnected squad from the greater narrative, perhaps a new platoon trying to lead groups of civilians on a "march" to Ephyra in the wake of Emergence Day, coated in all the Grit and Drama.
Since they're making it kind of like X-Com, I would have also enjoyed having a Permadeath system that affected the narrative by the end of the game.
Still pumped to play a new Tactical take on the gears formula.
1:24 - well, of course it is, they gave Peach a massive fuck-off shotgun - what's not to be amazed by?
Sad it's not on console but I'm glad atleast we have a new meaty gears game out now that doesn't feel like a microtransactions trap
Arguing that an overview perspective where you just watch the battle, is good for gears, is a pretty harsh criticism of gears of war gameplay, if you look at it the other way ^^;
I get that this sort of game is easier to play on PC, but I really wish they would have made a console version (or do in the future).
Gears tactic is 249k idr (about 17 usd) in Indonesian steam page. I might buy it. Blessed regional pricing.
Now I just found out Gears V, an AAA games is 249k idr too (17 USD)
I always thought they should of killed off gears after the 3rd one but it’s nice to see them revive it in a cool way
Always nice to see a new video from square up.
Sold me with "personal power ranger death squad".
Never played a gears game. Demo it on Xbox beta for $1. Then purchased it on steam- this is a high quality game I liked it. The cinematic and death scenes are amazing all argh games should do this.
I don’t to play this because I know what will happen to our mad scientist Locust, he’s my favorite character and I don’t want to see him die
I'm not a big fan of all the extra "chores" in XCOM, love the combat though, so this looks right up my alley.
Love these smaller videos.
I hope the Mass Effect series picks up on this style of gameplay. The class selection, cooldown abilities, and skill trees in those games would be implemented well into a xcom-like game.
Like the idea of it, love Xcom type stuff, but a few reviews think 25hrs for a campaign with little replayability, and for $100 that's insane
You may know him as Illidan, I know him as every 3rd dude in the Mojave, and every other dude in the Capitol wasteland...
but do their black soldier have ave flashbacks from their time in the NFL?
If Cyberpunk does not live up to the hype Tactics is without a doubt my 2020 GOTY.
I mean Gears made cover based shooting popular. Kinda makes sense for gears tactics to be xcom style
Game pass for windows is literally a dollar right now and you get to play this. Yes plz
Man, as goofy as it sounds I want Ralph to take a look at Runescape in 2020, I feel like the game's been overlooked on RUclips considering the ludicrous popularity of it recently
I personally hated both Xcom and Mario + Rabbids, but this actually looks interesting at least. Would probably give this a go.
Player customization is better here than any other traditional gears of war game.
Voiced by Illidan....sometimes the hand of fate must be forced..
I hear Mutant Year Zero is a good shout if you like XCOM style games. I mean who dosent want to controll a gun-weilding anthropomorphic duck?
XCOM, Fire Emblem, stuff like Mutant Year Zero, now this.
We need more turn based strategy!
It's the best and deepest you can do IMO.
Let's hope for some more announcements!
Damn, by Illidan himself...
“Super Sentai” death squad. Please and thank you.
Excellent review. Cannot wait for console release.
Definitely gonna pick this one up when it comes out on Xbox One.
image the next batch of real X COM games using the mechanics from gears tactics
im just curious, did you completely give up on making the ffxiv review?
*The main character looks like bearded Sam*
Well yeah I don't know how it could surprise me. I've played this same exact game for several decades when it was called XCOM...
I wish I could take control of units in this game akin to the ghost stuff from the driver San Francisco game, and then zoom back out to control the units like a normal strategy game
3:55 I hate it when games do "endless customization" in such a dumb way. Reminds me of MK11 where I watched a red Sub-Zero fight a blue Scorpion - that's just wrong. F this type of customization, make it look like GEARS, not UnicornJizz!
who knew that a game with waist high cover can convert so easily into the turn based full cover half cover gameplay
I'm loving this game, loads of fun to play. However for those comparing it to XCOM, although the fighting is very familiar and done very well, this will not have the crazy replayability of XCOM. It;s missing the randomly generated maps and the world view.
Man I totally forgot about this game. Not in a bad way, it was announced then they never spoke about it again. I'm happy that it's finally out tho because when they announced it I was fairly excited so glad to hear it's good
Gears Tactics does not have any form of multiplayer. The game is strictly single-player. There aren’t any competitive multiplayer modes like Team Deathmatch and there isn’t a cooperative Horde mode, either. Gears Tactics does not even have a cooperative campaign. That's why I am not buying it.
So XCom in a three-way with Fallout and Gears.
They really need to bring back perma for everyone. "Down" in multiplayer games makes sense, but not in single.