Sorry this took a while! I had the flu last week! :( Also major shoutout to GGZII as he does some excellent in-depth and longer analysis of these issues with gears! Here's the link to some of his videos: ruclips.net/video/Jj7tXfZD3wc/видео.html He is much more gears focused then I am, since I play a lot of games :P, and his work deserves a lot more exposure and views! He was also very kind and understanding in letting me use some of his footage! Look at the end of the day whether you love or hate gears 5, we both want the game and franchise to improve so please understand this video is made out of love, not hate. No matter how you want to look at it, Gears 5 has been the most divisive mainline gears game yet. If it was truly as good as critics and some RUclipsrs made it out to be, these videos and discussions about the game wouldn't exist, or at least they would be minor, yet if you take a stroll through the game's Reddit or official forums the fans are not happy. Now I've already covered gears 5 overall, and done a follow-up video on microtransactions, so now with this video I hope to shed light on why the multiplayer is so heavily disliked! What do you all think? A big Thank You to these patrons for their support in this content and all future content to come! -SamWise1973 Executive Producer -Shane Kruse Paypal: PayPal.Me/ShepardGaming Twitter: twitter.com/ShepardGaming_1 (follow me here to communicate more!) Patreon: www.patreon.com/ShepardGaming
Rod Ferguson betrayed us. The game is dying. Game pass got TC excited thinking the player base is huge. Now it’s the same people from 4. Such a disappointment.
I love gears and don't want it to die, people have been screaming at the top of their lungs but TC not hearing it. Who came up with these changes? What kind of logic behind it? Have they not learned anything from fan forums? It makes me sad.
@@shepardgaming5594 I feel your video has a lot of good point I'm a die hard fan I will continue to play and voice my criticism till the game is fixed but the community needs to be civil
Gaming isn't the same anymore. 2006-2014 was the golden age for me. I remember when I wrote my negative review for Far Cry 5 and whilst it did get a lot of positive up votes. It also got the attention of a lot of Ubisoft fanboys who said the game is a masterpiece. My ass it was.
It's funny how bad the Western Game Industry has become and the East still kicking ass. Capcom, From Software, Nintendo and Kojima are the best in recent years. Only Naughty Dog can be seen as one of the best. Bethesda, Activision, EA, Epic, Coalition and now Blizzard just took a nosedive. It's crazy that all of them has a bad time now for foolish reasons. Main reason for that failures is not to listen to their customers but listen to lobbyists
If they remastered gears of war three, I would never play another version of the game. Last week I went back to playing it and it's still as awesome as it ever was.
I highly doubt this long response will be read, but I was just thinking about this game yesterday. - I am just about 31 years old. I have been playing the original Xbox games such as Halo and gears for over a decade. And not casually, mind you, Bur competitively and obsessively. It’s been my life...I realized this week, after seeing millions of people stare at a black screen in fortnite...that these types of games are dead. I’m part of a different generation. When i was 15? Xbox live just debuted in halo 2. Now, kids have entire worlds to explore together. Games like gears and halo can’t keep the attention of young kids to make the game popular. And us veterans who have been around since the beginning have to stand by and watch these developers burn themselves to the ground. Gears 5 is the first game in the entire series I couldn’t stand to play out of the box. It’s terrible in almost every way other than campaign. By the time gears 5 gets it right, it will be too late. It’s sad to say, but maybe it’s time I put games like this behind me. I’ll always have the good days to remember. Long live gears of war. May you rip Edit: thank you all for the likes and comments, I’ve never had so many people react to a post of mine and it’s humbling. Also thank you to the creator of the video for letting me express my opinion. I have a video on my channel where I make a parody video of real life fortnite and Halo
I think halo infinite has a chance to be heavily played if it's done well but I think the gears franchise lost its chance, they had a lot of big streamers play gears 5 like dr disrespect, ninja, and even nickmercs but none of them have even played it more than a couple times
Christopher Moore Jr i want to believe deep down that halo has a chance, and part of me will always hold on to a little bit of hope. But the more these games release the more faith I lose. I thought gears 5 was going to be the greatest game in the series, it’s absolutely terrible. It’s pointless to get started because the OP already made all the points in his videos. I just can’t believe I’m finally old enough to see these types of games fall by the wayside. It’s all about money now, back then developers wanted to make a good game. Things will never be the same, ever.
Im 19 and I played Halo CE on my dads OG xbox along with H2 and then the Gears series when it came out on the 360 and I was lucky enough to be there for both franchises but I think your right about the new generation. Kids hype today is a useless black screen while the hype back the was Halo 3 ctf every night with the boys. I guess times have changed.
No I don't agree, if you chase a type of gaming culture that simply isn't conducive to the core of your franchise you create a mess of an experience that isn't good at either style of game. Gears 5 should have went all in on big maps to balance out the experience between classic and a big bold class based departure. The rift worm bones could have been an expansive area that actually contributes to the core gameplay while also making room for vehicular game play, splattering friends in a skiff like it's a ghost or moving a fabricator to a new king of the hill area and fortifying it while the other teams tries an all out assault. So many new experiences could be done via a team focused gears btb/warzone experience. The increase in speed is wasted as we got no knew abvanced movement options to shake up the game. Where adding a sprint leap/slide, swinging on ropes, a pole vault weapon could make a more vertical and engaging game without making the older cover or wall bounce styles obsolete. Open areas in maps simply mean wall bouncing isn't 100% the best method all the time but on classic maps these methods of play wouldn't impact. Wind flares and razor hail could evolve maps over time both in match and a la Fortnite in a season based system. Pick up perks and power ups could start to rotate in and out. The era of conflict even changing available weapons/skins/objectives, perhaps the map goes to night and kree change up pacing considerably. All achievable without sacrificing the classic core mode and can simply add more robust features and some interesting new tactics where developers want them and providing them with a safety net of classic experiences for old fans. It's not that these games can't exist it's that Devs follow industry leaders without ensuring that the design continuity allows these additions. mostly pointless elements or restricted modularity. Rather than a tangible expansion of the already solid base that By nature of being new can invite new players and let them interact with the existing fanbase in a new and exciting space where everyone is adapting to the changes and surprises. Rather than fudging stats and ranks and taking the joy of a solid climb up in skill and replacing it with a loop that feels off and unrewarding as you wonder did I really land that shot? Should I have died there?
I still comeback to watch Prescott’s speech in Gears 2. The campaign felt so dark and hopeless. The locusts had an intimidating presence that 1 and 3 failed to replicate. Man I miss this game, the new ones can’t touch the OG trilogy.
I don't understand The Coalitions mentality to artificially "extend" the games lifespan by withholding content. Like they seriously expect us to believe they can't add campaign characters who are already modelled into the roster. I enjoyed this franchise from the start, and I'm not hating for the sake of hating. But these dev's are money hungry and lacking vision.
I'm not even surprised they pulled "earn or buy" with the "new" characters. And to top it off they have a terminator pack 2 (which no one asked for) for 20 dollars. I don't get how people defend this shit.
Yeah, Gears 3 had a better roster, campaign, and weapons on the map. Theres good things about gears 5 but waaaay to many Micro transactions and ridiculously overpriced. Makes EA look like a charity.
I'm still upset with the prices and way content is being handled, I miss the unlock-able days when gaming was about skill and trial and error, not credit cards.
You forgot to mention the “reverse two-piece”(Shoot then melee) method. Not to mention, the melee actually sucks into your opponent. They got Call of Duty commando-pro bullshit going on here. They worked so hard to get the settings right in GoW 4 just to start all over? SMH
I hate how you can't tag with a grenade an enemy and feel badass about it... Now there's a decent chance of you killing yourself while trying to run away... Or maybe I'm just bad at the game
Already quit playing gears a few weeks ago atleast for now. So disappointing man :/. You hit the nail on the head with your points. Hopefully they continue to listen to the community.
Yeah I have as well, I check in for an hour or so once a week, but there's just not much incentive right now ): I truly do hope they take the communities comments to heart!
eM97 With aim assist turned off the game is amazing. There’s enough recoil on the lancer that it doesn’t feel op, and the shotgun is well balanced. Why don’t people stop crying and play escaltion or execution. They play amazingly without aim assist. Or king of the gnashes, having so much fun with this game so far. I don’t fucking whine and cry because I can’t lkay as certain characters, I have fun enjoying the GAMEPLAY. Pussies stop complaining, only the ranking system is broken really.
eM97 bullet magnetism is the real gameplay killer here, and its in EVERY game mode. Gnasher fights arent good anymore and if you don’t recognize that as the problem then maybe you are someone who is benefitting from those mechanics without realizing it
@@eM-kb6sm your not seeing the real issues. Like H5G it's a low content, reduced modularity, bullet magnetism disaster purposefully built to extract $€£ from people who have lives beyond their console. It's also a step back in physics and AI again like H5G, it tries to hide mediocrity behind a pretty face and with an art style that isn't H5Gs it actually poses a threat of working.
I got it on game pass, put it on veteran (or equivalent I think they changed it) and after fighting robots and weird slugs and cut scenes I didn't care about I put it on beginner and smashed backspace just to skip the cut scenes. Just uninstalled it and looked at reviews. Major companies like IGN give it a great score but it really isn't a gears game. Sad but that's just the way it goes. I have little to no hope for major franchises not turning into some gender political battle royal all inclusive cash grab. Fingers crossed for halo infinite.
I've put almost 200 hours into this game solely out of my love for Gears. I was so hyped for it considering the fact that I didn't even get the chance to play Gears 4 at launch with the community. I can honestly say that if I hadn't have bought the game and waited, I wouldn't have been missing out on absolutely anything, and that thought alone truly breaks my heart. I love Gears of War so much. Back when I was a kid struggling to make friends, this game and halo were the only friends I had. It's really sad to seeing both of my favorite franchises go completely down the shitter.
This was a great comment mate! I hope you've got some good friends now! I feel you though for me Xbox is very important as well because after college my 6-10 good friends have all either gotten married, moved away, or gone off to higher learning somewhere else, so Xbox is the only way to stay in touch, so when games like halo or gears disappoint it ducks because those were our favorite games to play! Especially since they had split screen!
If my friends and I feel like playing gears we play gears 4. At this time I cant play gears 5 for all the reasons you e listed and for the simple fact it's not fun to me. They ruined horde and my favorite vs type guardian. I picked up borderlands 3 and feel like that is a complete game and am really happy with it. Gears 5 will have to do alot to bring me back. P.s. I've been a gears player since 07 and love the series but this isnt a gears game imo.
Does gears 4 have a decent sized player base? I've played gears since 1 up to 3, didn't play 4 cause I didn't have an Xbox one. I got gears 5 now, enjoyed the campaign but the multiplayer frustrates me and I hate the horde mode compared to gears 3.
Right? What's the deal with skins??? Tbh I'm sure they're just holding out on us just so they can extend the life span of this shitty cashgrab..I'm embarrassed that I was genuinely hyped, and even pre ordered it.
It was fun until I realized that characters are locked to classes, meaning if you wanna play a character you really love you'll have to deal with whatever abilities they have, whether they suit your style of gameplay or not. That. THAT I REALLY HATE. Why would they change a system from Gears 4 that was perfectly fine? Did they just think "wooAAAAAH this game's multiplayer is almost the exact same as the last one we released years back. Let's change things up. Y'know, to change them and make things new!! Surely it'll be an improvement in gameplay!!" It ruined it a bit for me, like there's no sense in changing something like that. I know the situation with Jack complicates things, but that specifically is the only thing where a character is just locked to a class. We can't have some healer/support that grabs guns and such if it isn't Jack. But every other character/class, those changes need to be reverted.
Bro it's got cod and Halo shit I mean the claw is like the spike gun in Halo, we got aim assist, kill cams, hit markers, noob tubes and all that dumb ass bloodsprays/banner shit
You’re right it feels way better than the clunky ass old games lol go back and play gears 2 and tell me it feels better than gears 5, you’d be a damn lie if you did
R3con Rex Ya bro the old gears games had a dark war torn theme and this campaign was good but still not dark enough shit even the music was better in the old games
Trust me don't worry and be patient they will be bringing a lot of content soon. THIS week there will be an update for gears 5. Showing new characters and weapon skins.
Coalition should not make any gears game at all! And Epic should not have sold Gears to Microsoft. Epic should have kept the franchise and try to develop gears games about stories that do exist around the trilogy.
@@bluerobin1146 You think Epic would keep making Gears games when they have the money maker of Fortnite? They even cancelled their new Unreal Tournament game because of it. I think the real problem is no Cliffy B. He was the real brains behind the franchise. LawBreakers was a great game that didn't get enough recognition.
@@Ineedgames yea I forgot to mension that about Cliff B. IF he would not have left Epic then they should not have sold Gears to Mircosoft. Cliff should not have left Epic imo. After there release of Fortnite they could have decreased the dev team size of Fortnite soo that they have a team working on other Gears projects with Cliff as leading dev off course. Then they should made some kind of Marcus remasterd collection were the trilogy is made with Unreal Engine 4 to show respect towards to trilogy and making a Gears game about how Marcus got in prison and how the war was like before Gears 1. This way Epic is still in charge of Gears and we get new gears games of the same quality as the trilogy. And with the Fornite team still working on season updates and stuff. But thats my oppinion on what epic should have done with Gears.
I know, it just doesn't feel like gears for me and I'm really trying to enjoy parts of the ahem, there's some moments of brilliance in gears 5, but it's surrounded by a lot of crap..
eM97 With aim assist turned off the game is amazing. There’s enough recoil on the lancer that it doesn’t feel op, and the shotgun is well balanced. Why don’t people stop crying and play escaltion or execution. They play amazingly without aim assist. Or king of the gnashes, having so much fun with this game so far. I don’t fucking whine and cry because I can’t lkay as certain characters, I have fun enjoying the GAMEPLAY. Pussies stop complaining, only the ranking system is broken really.
No it’s not lol. People said the same thing about gears 4. But the game became an esport again. The multiplayer is good, they just need to remove aim assist for all game modes. The weapon balance is great. I’m thankful we don’t have the sawed off, retro lancer and insane amounts of aim assist from gears 3. Gears 4/5 competitive pvp is waaaaay better. Lol you kids are so ignorant
I’m 42 years old...I am not a daily gamer...I work 40 hours a week...I’m married...in other words my life does not revolve around gaming... But my circumstances were almost exactly the same when Gears 3 came out...that was my FIRST online gaming experience...and even then I was able to overcome the online gaming learning curve and ultimately plateau at a 1:1 K/D ratio in KotH matches... I have not been able to make sense of Gears multiplayer ever since that game... Judgment through Gears 5 the story is the same - I dominate in one match, then get my @55 handed to me for the next 5-6 matches before I rage quit... I shoot someone point blank with a gnasher only to watch them jump back 1,000,000 ft. and split me in half with one shot... I load a downed player with lancer bullets and they don’t die...meanwhile I die from one pistol bullet when downed... Gears online has been a gaming addiction for me whenever I have online privileges...but I’m at my wits end and have started exploring more story based games because Gears 5 multiplayer is such crap... This isn’t me thinking I need to be best in EVERY match...because I don’t put that kind of time in... But the lack of consistency in gameplay from match to match makes this game almost unplayable...
Main problems with gears 5 - The lancer is too overpowered. - The map designs are bad. Way to many vantage points for lancer camping, and not enough cover. Eg. District has 2 cozy buildings people camp in and can see the entire map. - Protection behind cover is not protection at all. Lancer bullets always nick you somehow, or you get blown up by a salvo or breaker mace, even while “completely covered” - need more power weapons on the map to counter the campers. Bring back the hammer of dawn, mortar, ink grenade and have more spawn areas.
I have beat every gears of war on insane and I felt like that was award on its own, gears 3 medal character unlocks and gears 2 unlocks from gears . I would like to put out something, Gears Judgement was the first gears game to have loot boxes but it was earned by kills, ribbons and doing campaign stuff but it was bad skins like very bad and I thought they would not do that again. Gears 4 had loot boxes but we can still earn it with game play which is fine with me. Gears 5 does stuff on a whole another level, they went to the Fortnite kid, copied his answers from his test and put his name on it. Gears 5 is the best looking gears in the series with 4k 60fps on all modes(Good PCs and Xbox one X) which is impressive. But a good looking game can only do so much. This game needs some major work, day one i had 30 plus people playing gears 5, now its 0(me playing he and there). Once I start my Insane play through, I will put this game down and wait for the next thing. Also you earned a sub :D
Their time was grand. R.I.P. to my favorite game series😔 gears of war was the only thing keeping me on Xbox but now that tc has taken a step in a new direction, I’ll be focusing on god of war on ps4. I have no hope for any fix or changes to come to gears 5, tc has ignored us and forgot what made them Gears Of War. They tried to make the game for everyone but instead lost almost everyone. Gears of war 1-4 (not including judgement of course) thank you for all the laughs and rages you gave me, but I will not play a series that refuses to hear us. P.s. thank you Sheppard for being our voice for gears 5. Hope your channel reaches new heights and success.
I know this game used to be the god of war for Xbox! Hope you enjoy god of war though, heard its incredible! Glad I was a voice for fans like yourself and thanks mate that means a lot!
Ive been playing since '06 and I can't help but smile when I think of how much the comment section reminds me of the transition from GOW 1 to GOW 2. Well, maybe GOW 3 to Judgement
If you think about it, its kind of stealing from the community and trying to literally SELL it as their own... they even have the audacity to make it overprised
At this point, I rather have Gears 1, 2, 3 remastered properly on PC. Gears 3 had everything full of content, but then The Coalition did a soft reboot and removed content that Gears 3 worked hard to achieve, from weapons to maps and characters missing. Instead we get underwhelming millennials characters. One thing I will admit that I like are the quality of life changes in multiplayer in 5, however, I would prefer if they were implemented in a Gears 3 remastered, like the first one. Lastly, Gears 5 horde mode lacks Lambent, Locust horde. I found both of them more menacing than the swarm... especially the Lambent army. P.S their is no beast mode and weapons variety from the past games, Digger, ink grenade, Mortor, One shot, and Scorcher.
Yeah, I'm a hardcore Gears fan as well, and I was OK at the game. Whenever I would lose playing MP in past games, I knew it was because the other team was just better than me. In 5, it seems like I'm losing more because of BS with aim assist and bullet magnetization. I can accept losing to a better player, I can't accept losing because of bad game mechanics.
My least fav part abt gears 5 multiplayer are the lack of characters and skins. How do they do from having so so so so many characters to play in gears 4 and for all those character they have tons of skins, to having like 20 or so characters and 90% of the swarm don’t have any skins, it’s ridiculous
My Endgame of Gears of war was 3 .... I knew they would want more money... like EA...Fools thinking this game is "Awesome" Just tell me...For what are you fighting in gears 5? Answers? I fought for the World boy..
Everything you said is pretty accurate except complaining about gears 4. Gears 4 was by far the best gears ever made. Literally everything was perfect. Lots of customization items. An actual dodgeball playlist unlike gears 5 and many more.
I was around 23 years old in 06 when the first gears came out, I've gotten every iteration of the game since. I'm now 36 married with a 7 and 3 year old with a demanding career. The 5:00 mark hit home for me, they should reward the veterans loyalty......we can't just sit around and play gears all day anymore lol. Subbed
The aim assist clips you showed isn’t aim assist. Don’t get me wrong the game isn’t very fun but the clips you showed hit the enemy because there’s a triangle created between the weapon, the camera, and the enemy, causing the bullets to hit, even though they look like they shouldn’t
Thank you for releasing this very well put together video this is exactly how I feel about this game, I am very disappointed in this game 2 and to tell you the truth I rather go back to GEARS OF WAR 4 because GEARS 5 is a massive disappointment and if anyone that does not agree to this video is not a true fan of GEARS OF WAR PERIOD.
Gears 4 had such a good reward system. It was awesome to know you had a chance at new character and weapon skins after every match. Gears 5 is a regression in every way possible.
you hit everything on the vs brother. i dont even have time to play this game and for some reason i feel like they implemented an algorythm that specifically targets skilled players and players who pay for good connection. confirming that auto aim feature is an amazing thing. i never had the time to look it up and find out for myself however often times i had lost so many battles around corners and in cover due to auto registry, and auto aim. its amazing how this game has deviated towards a bigger crowd when the game itself gets its noriety from being difficult to learn. now a days non of my gnasher shots land properly. and they miss continuously. it. that fact alone made me loose several ranked matches. its difficult to clutch bad matchmakings and matches when auto aim and shot registry is keeping skilled individuals from being at the top of their game.
What an incredible review. Very detailed. I agree 100% with everything you said. One thing that matters to me most is skill gap. Gears 4 definitely had a skill gap. Bouncing was relevant. And you could be aggressive or passive. But gears 5 feels like COD with wall bouncing. Shot gun play is minimized. And lancer play and camping is encouraged greatly. I really miss gears 4. And I miss that awesome list of characters I could play with. It’s funny because all I played with was Cole train and Anthony carmine lol so salute bro!!
Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it! Yeah the skill gap is disappearing and the flow of the game is changing dramatically! It's sad to see it like this ): Oh yeah salute indeed mate! Anthony and Cole FTW!
Bro you actually replied back!! Holy shit 😱. But on a serious note I really wish more people were honest about this game. I feel the pro players aren’t saying anything because they get paid to play this game. And not only that but I think they wanted a gears game so bad that they could care press about how bad it is. I watched countless hours of gears 4 gameplay. Sumuns, Avexys, Moo Moo Milk, Domez etc. When gears 5 came out I couldn’t convince myself to watch 10 minutes of this game. I’ve watched E sports events. Watched optic win almost every time. Watching escalation was so much fun. Now I can’t watch nor play this game. Sorry for the long rant. But I grew up playing gears. I want more pros putting it out there and being honest about this. This game is ass. Ranked 15th in a month even though it’s free on game pass. No lie I canceled my game pass 4 times already. Every time I tried to like this game I just couldn’t do it. None of my friends like this game. Man I miss gears 4 lol I just need a gears 4 update with some new maps and I’ll be good 😂
Haha yeah I don't always get to reply to every comment but I try and reply here and there when I can! I know it's so weird that the vast majority of critics, youtubers, and pro players literally don't say a peep about this game and it's issues!
Excellent summary of the problems that plague this game. I also wish that you would've touched on how some of the "creative" choices hurt the games atmosphere and don't work thematically. That's a big element that's often overlooked. Gears theme and tone/mood is what set it apart from every other cover shooter to exist. That's what originally drew many of us to the series.
Battlefront isn’t a main line AAA first party exclusive console pusher. Gears 5 is supposed to be. We shouldn’t have to wait for pay for it to be good, it should be amazing at launch and have us craving for more , not waiting for more because we got nothing and it’s broken lol
You know what else sold the first gears trilogy so well? The marketing look at the first second and third game trailers the first told you nothing other than showing you marcus running through a street getting shot at and avoiding some hulking monsters only to jump through a window to see a corpsers eyes light up as a kid that trailer blew my mind
as someone who picked up this game a couple days ago it feels like the gnasher is the only viable gun, every other gun besides the long shot, embar and the explosive weapon is so weak its an actual joke
Ikr, people do know this is a GEARS game right?. Its ok to have guest characters, those are welcome in any game. But it seems like they worked more on those guest characters than this franchises own, kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth knowing that they are kind of forgetting that these iconic characters have a special place in our hearts.
I do like this game but it can get repetitive and boring rather quickly. However I am hoping the coalition fixes their mistakes and the upcoming updates add more characters and skins to revive the community. I really want to like this game
This is what happens when u sell your soul to the devil it's all about the money now. Give gears back to epic and bring back cliff. You can't make a game without it's heart and soul.
Really awesome vid Keanu ^^ I actually got my hands on Gears 5 finally, (thankfully for free by game sharing with the cousins, haha) and while I didn't have the chance to try multiplayer, it's really odd seeing all the random praise for the faults you mentioned in multiplayer :0 Aim assist and all, I know you mentioned it before, but I'm still ticked that you can't play as Carmine >-< Even if there's change, which there probably wont for some time, I feel that Gears 5 will be another dully launched game. There's no such thing as too much content these days, and hopefully the people in charge know that gamers are patient when it comes to development before the release, and not the other way around, especially if it's lacking in a lot of places 😅 Again though, always excited for your next entry! Keep up the great work ^^
I'll be anxious to hear what you think of the story! Glad you agree with most my points and that the defense of too much content is silly 😂 Thanks for watching as always!
Bro, me and my cousins have a clan and have been playing Gears Of War since the beginning together. And it’s honestly some of the best times I had in my life. But a lot of my clan mates don’t like Gears 5 and we don’t even play anymore except me. 🥺
eM97 With aim assist turned off the game is amazing. There’s enough recoil on the lancer that it doesn’t feel op, and the shotgun is well balanced. Why don’t people stop crying and play escaltion or execution. They play amazingly without aim assist. Or king of the gnashes, having so much fun with this game so far. I don’t fucking whine and cry because I can’t lkay as certain characters, I have fun enjoying the GAMEPLAY. Pussies stop complaining, only the ranking system is broken really.
Campaign was awesome I really liked it the multiplayer on the other hand is an entirely different story now I’m not gonna lie I’m not some veteran gears player who has played every game but I really loved gears of war 3 that was my first gears game I didn’t play gears 4 until the day before gears 5 came out I just played it to catch up on the story so I’d be caught up but anyways I was totally surprised at how few skins they were to start like you I liked playing as the carmines and that was the first turn off second the hit registration really sucks and for me that made multiplayer unpleasant to play there was also a lot of server issues. I’m glad I got it on game pass and didn’t purchase it directly I would definitely say play it for the campaign and nothing else cause that’s the only mode I enjoyed it’s definitely not worth directly purchasing it this is exactly why I love game pass
Do you think they focused too much on Campaign? Ive not played the campagin but I have seen a full gameplay of it (3h). And yes, it was so well designed and it seemed amazing to me even if I dont agree with the direction it took setting aside JD and Delta Squad as main characters. But at the end and with the obtained result, I really think they invested much less time on Versus f.e. It has many bugs/glitches and looks like designers tried to make another Last Of Us with too many weight on campaign and story when Gears is also an important online game. Just my opinion.
Gears 1-3 was just 🤌 Gears 2 came out with lots of amazing game modes such as Horde, Guardian, Wingman, Submission etc. Gears 3 came out with Horde 2.0 and Beast mode etc. Gears 4 and 5 has also nerfed the gore so much that it looks like a boring red texture while in Gears 1 and 2 and maybe in 3, you saw ribs, you saw organs.....all of that are just gone in the newest gears games.
Great video man, this sums up all the problems extremely well while still coming across very professional. Been looking for this kind of gears content. Nice job.
Thanks mate! Yeah I don't only cover gears here obviously but it's one of the main ones right now especially with how the coalition is slowly losing sight of what made gears, well gears!
Customization is one of my favorite parts of a game and gears 5 is terrible I have basically no customization except for the babe skin that’s is $20 btw but other than that the way that we have to earn skins I feel is way to slow and all the skins are very bland except for some of the paid ones and the fact that I have only one skin basically no efficient way of getting other skins/customization is a HUGEEEE turn off for me, also your 100% correct about the shotguns it’s to the point to where it’s almost just rng I hit a point blank shot to someone’s head/body and they don’t die but they hit either the same and or worse shot I hit and they kill me in one shot and I get to the point to where I don’t want to use the shotgun witch is the main gun mostly everyone uses and I don’t wanna use it bc its not balanced at all.
I’m new to Gears, and I honestly agree with everything in this video. Wish The Coalition would see this. Only area I disagree with is that the Lancer is being made to seem like it’s meant to be useless and ineffective. I haven’t played earlier Gears, but I wouldn’t have liked an apparent shooting game which was actually a “melee” in disguise because it was all built around the Gnasher. People make it seem like the Gnasher requires so much skill and the Lancer doesn’t. I agree to an extent. But I honestly don’t see how you aren’t hiding effectively behind cover, you’re completely exposed, not wall bouncing effectively, I spot you from mid range, and you don’t wanna be shot and killed. Like I have a rifle, but you literally want me to wait for you to come sit by me around cover before I can kill you?
Glad you agree with most points! The lancer could be fixed in my opinion if they reduce the stopping power (which basically stun locks you, meaning once you get shot you can barely move and don't have time to react) and by turning off bullet magnetism for it
Pretty much just nailed it in every single way possible, Gears 5 is a mess. What's even worse than 5's mess is that this video could be twice as long pointing out even more issues and bugs in this game, you litterally just scratched the surface with this video. I wanna love TC and their game because I know they're very passionate but they're pretty much killing Gears at this rate. Very good video we need this stuff adressed!
Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it! Yeah I know I could have easily gone into even more depth and made it even longer, but I like to keep things as concise as possible!
Gears of 5 has the most infuriating multiplayer for some one from previous gears I would get 89% win percentage and 2.4 k/d to now I win maybe 1 out of 5 games and my k/d is 1.5 and plummeting
After playing gow3 through my adolescence with 10k+ KOTH matches. Id say 4 was a great closure for the series. I tried getting into 5 but its just not the same. I'm done with gears unless 6 is better than 4 or they remaster 2 and 3
When i first started playing Gears (07/08) i played mp offline because i had no internet back then. Playing against bots all the time i rarely used the Gnasher, i would stick to the Lancer. When i finally got some internet i went into online pvp thinking i was the shit at Gears 2 and no one would be able to stop me and ol Lancer. My very first match, i realized just how wrong i was lol An enemy approached with the Gnasher out and in my mind i was like “oh he has no idea what he got himself into 😈”. I Lancered away... ...And then he did some weird moves (strafing) that threw me off and 1 shot me. After a couple of matches and deaths by shotgun i realized that runnin and shotgunnin was a big part of the game . And so i worked at it and got better. Im pretty decent now lol. My point is if you suck at Gears practice. Learn the ways of the game and become a better player. You dont get better by being babied or complaining about everyone running around with Gnashers. ITS THE WAY OF THE GAME. Idk why TC would go the “casual gamers” route when really it doesnt do anyone any good. Great points in the vid!
you would think since TC and 343 are both owned by microsoft , that TC would see how terrible halo 5 did and not make that same mistake (that being changing a franchise to something its not) but no they fell into the same hole 343 did.
dude all 3 of your videos talking about this game are on point as fuck. I hope the Coalition watches them. I love Gears with all my heart but Gears 5 is really a mess and i have no idea why or how some youtubers defend it. Thanks for making these informative videos and keep up the great work mate!
I love your vids man, you seem to be on point with the topics & talking points. Edit) a friend of mines has been calling this Gears of Duty for years & to hear you say it just confirms!
I absolutely despise the multiplayer (but its gears so I still play it occasionally). Like dude what in the actual f@$k. Some people react so fast, on the kill cams some people literally body me without the gnasher/character even moving in my direction. Like it literally doesn't make sense. How can you shoot me so fast that it doesn't even register on the kill cam? That's so BS. And yes, I made it so I dont match up with mouse and keyboard PC players.
@@shepardgaming5594 literally characters will get out of cover, somehow get a shot off while they are in mid-animation and a gun-flash/bullets don't even show on the screen and it just is unexplainable man
Gears of wars was one out of 3 games out of my childhood Ranking number 2 spot out of Halo series I loved Gears 1 - 3 *dark atmosphere,* telling and its interesting lore, and the most interesting story telling of all time Gears 4 - 5 is just utter disappointment there's nothing dark about it, its literally just your average modern shooter with nothing unique to it but a reboot of a enemy faction not interesting at all and multiplayer isn't fun and adding abilities make it less fun
Damn how much time flies I remember playing Gears 1-3 as I was growing up, I absolutely loved the campaign of gears 4 & 5, but I totally agree with what your saying, us Gears of war veterans kept this franchise alive for over a decade, but now the coalition is messing up the franchise, low-key should've kept the mechanics as they were b4.
The aim assist is straight up embarrassing...not sure wtf they were thinking with that. It never fails...we hardcore gamers find a game we like (gears of war 1,2,3)...we support it..then when it becomes popular the developers cater to the new casual players not us...
Love your video I agree with everything. The shotgun feels terrible and the lancer makes anyone look good(no matter the skill) in this game. I miss the skill based teamwork and tactics for map control.
Nice video and good to hear that you feel better! But regarding the lancer... The weapon is actually not stronger than in Gears 4 and there the weapon was not a problem. Damage and recoil are almost identical, the problem is the aim assist and slower movement which cause a huge INDIRECT buff to the lancer. And GGZII made a direct comparsion to the Gears 1 lancer which should not be counted to mock Gears 5 since every Gears game after Gears 1 gave the lancer stopping power(albeit ranging almost nonexistant like Gears 4 to VERY extreme like in Gears 3) and took away the damage drop off since Gears 2 afaik. Btw The snipe causes extreme stopping power when hit by an active shot. DISGUSTING😶
Thanks mate! Yeah I do feel better now! Yeah I saw that the weapon actually wasn't stronger here but it's was due to the games fundamentals that it feels OP! Along with aim assists of course!
Your welcome and yeah i wish TC would do something about it... There will be a patch + new characters announced tomorrow afaik. Maybe that will help a bit!? 😐
The part I really don’t get is that they took so much time and effort into getting the weapon tuning in gears 4 right in both core and competitive and they just flushed it down the toilet. Like they should have just made the competitive the only tuning in gears 5, they make all this extra work for themselves when they already had the answer. And why tf would they change movement. That is what makes gnasher battles so much fun is outmaneuvering and strafing someone and blasting them to bits even if they get the first shot you can outplay them and still have a chance and I feel that is gone in gears 5. It was something that took skill and time to learn (getting the juking down and being able to still hit your shots) and they just took it out of the game. Gears 4 movement and gnasher feel so much better than gears 5. We as a community need to send a message to TC that the game needs to change asap. I’m really glad people feel the same way I do. I uninstalled gears 5 and I’m just gonna play 4 till I see some major changes. Great vid btw👍🏼.
As a Unreal Engine user, I can confirm YES they CAN port characters over from 4 and YES it'd take a few months of work, spreading it out to tweak (since they clearly have other things on the roadmap in mind) but they claim they can't port them, that's bullshit. I recently ported a character from UE4 4.7 to 4.23 they just don't want to do the work for whatever reason (Which they may even have a valid reason) also I believe Gears 5 need another 6 months to cook but MS wanted it pushed out regardless because every publisher is basically E.A and Activision now. I can't say setting up ported characters for HEROS and all would be usy for Horde and escape, but Verses yeah it'd be easier than they let on. Maps just like the characters could also be ported over. TC is truly dropping the ball here, with every step forward they broke something and take a step or even two back. EDIT: Weapon skins are probably the easiest thing to port over, since it's all material instances and stuff like that. The only argument I have with this video is the weapons don't work like any of this for me. My lancer all face shots, and it takes over a clip to down someone. But they down me in less than half a clip lol ALSO I've seen today that the berserker mace range is HUGE. Longer than the Gnashers total range it seems. BUT YES I SEE NOW I'M STILL TRYING TO PLAY LIKE OLD SCHOOL and that's why I'm getting punished so much
There are some important features missing from multiplayer that you did not mention. The first is the ability to look at the leader board while playing. I personally get motivated when I see I am not doing well, but there is no way to tell in this version. There is a button to see the maps, but it does not show where any of the power weapons are at. It is almost like they cater to bad play. In the old games, a few well stuck Grenades taught the enemy the error of just running around willy nilly. Kind hard to do that when you don’t know where the grenades are and you die too fast to find out. Yes, I know you can create a custom match for yourself and run around each map by yourself, but should I have to do that when I never had to before? I will agree the shotguns are bad. I never been killed by so many Locusts farts(yes, they shot me with their ass) before. One of my first quests as a beginning player was to get 10 grenade kills in Horde or Escape mode. So basically, you want a beginner to go play a game mode they never played and use a weapon that you deemed to not show on any map. How the fuck do they come up with this shit? I don’t know about anyone else, but I will never play another gears game as long as TC is involved. This franchise permanently lost a player.
Everything in this vid is exactly my thoughts on the game and why it needs to be better especially the fucking shotgun I'm tired of hitting 95-97 at the kill range or down range with perfect accuracy while the other dude like nothing kills me with 1 shot and omg the ranking system I'm tired of having a team of newbies while the other team are pro wall bouncing players witch makes the game not fun since it's not balanced even if I play well I still get de-rank so I'm just stuck at silver
Shepard Gaming I miss even the small details like the gore in past gears you can see bones, organs, brain when you popped them now it's just red mush and for some reason the gore doesn't match the kill shot if you've noticed whether you popped them from the top or bottom the other half should still be their but now it doesn't matter cuz the whole body just explodes which feels off because in past gears that didn't happen. And dude the store isn't helping cuz it's still overpriced and the coalition can't even give players at least 10 iron per game played in gears 4 we at least got 160-180 gold per game. Giving criticism isn't a bad thing because it's a way to improve it and like you said you still love the game but not in the direction it's going and I 100% agree with you because I was also a gears fan since the first game. Sadly it's not just gears having this problem it's every other game too
Didn't realise people disliked the mutiplayer coz I honestly have like zero problems not saying they don't exist just nothing that has bothered me yet. I would have to say gears 5 is one of the best games this generation imo.
@@shepardgaming5594 thank you very much man! For me it's the best campaign in a gears since 2 for me really love where it could be heading. I'll probably need to spend some time more on the mutiplayer because I mostly play hoard. But thanks for sharing your opinion without attacking my opinion I really hate that so I have respect for you :)
Of course mate! I never try and tell someone why they are wrong with their opinions, after all that's subjective, I just try and point out a couple objective faults with aspects of the game in comparison to the older gears! (: My next gears video though will be all about horde so I'll be curious what you think of it!
The microtransactions May be overpriced but I don’t feel forced to buy anything. In fact I’ve only looked at the store like 1 or 2 times since I got the game. I definitely feel the roster should be better and tour of duty needs a lot of work but I feel like this game is overall a good game and I’m excited for its future.
Sorry this took a while! I had the flu last week! :(
Also major shoutout to GGZII as he does some excellent in-depth and longer analysis of these issues with gears! Here's the link to some of his videos: ruclips.net/video/Jj7tXfZD3wc/видео.html
He is much more gears focused then I am, since I play a lot of games :P, and his work deserves a lot more exposure and views! He was also very kind and understanding in letting me use some of his footage!
Look at the end of the day whether you love or hate gears 5, we both want the game and franchise to improve so please understand this video is made out of love, not hate. No matter how you want to look at it, Gears 5 has been the most divisive mainline gears game yet. If it was truly as good as critics and some RUclipsrs made it out to be, these videos and discussions about the game wouldn't exist, or at least they would be minor, yet if you take a stroll through the game's Reddit or official forums the fans are not happy. Now I've already covered gears 5 overall, and done a follow-up video on microtransactions, so now with this video I hope to shed light on why the multiplayer is so heavily disliked! What do you all think?
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Rod Ferguson betrayed us. The game is dying. Game pass got TC excited thinking the player base is huge. Now it’s the same people from 4. Such a disappointment.
do a video on horde its bad in this gears 5
You do not need to apologize you are right about this game. Keep up the good work.
I love gears and don't want it to die, people have been screaming at the top of their lungs but TC not hearing it. Who came up with these changes? What kind of logic behind it? Have they not learned anything from fan forums? It makes me sad.
@moto gear horde is my next gears video! (: look for it next week!
I'm scared for the future of gaming if people keep defending mediocrity
I know same here mate!
@@shepardgaming5594 I feel your video has a lot of good point I'm a die hard fan I will continue to play and voice my criticism till the game is fixed but the community needs to be civil
Gaming isn't the same anymore. 2006-2014 was the golden age for me.
I remember when I wrote my negative review for Far Cry 5 and whilst it did get a lot of positive up votes. It also got the attention of a lot of Ubisoft fanboys who said the game is a masterpiece. My ass it was.
Veteran Alpha They were on that bliss
It's funny how bad the Western Game Industry has become and the East still kicking ass. Capcom, From Software, Nintendo and Kojima are the best in recent years. Only Naughty Dog can be seen as one of the best. Bethesda, Activision, EA, Epic, Coalition and now Blizzard just took a nosedive. It's crazy that all of them has a bad time now for foolish reasons. Main reason for that failures is not to listen to their customers but listen to lobbyists
They should just remaster gears 3 with all maps and characters with newer updated graphics running at 60fps
Yup a gears 2 and 3 remaster would be great!
They'll find some way to mess it up likely adding mtxs or lootbooxes to " expand the game"
If they remastered gears of war three, I would never play another version of the game. Last week I went back to playing it and it's still as awesome as it ever was.
Any tips on leveling up in gears 3?
@The Beast u might b surprised when I say this but Im an offline player
I highly doubt this long response will be read, but I was just thinking about this game yesterday. - I am just about 31 years old. I have been playing the original Xbox games such as Halo and gears for over a decade. And not casually, mind you, Bur competitively and obsessively. It’s been my life...I realized this week, after seeing millions of people stare at a black screen in fortnite...that these types of games are dead. I’m part of a different generation. When i was 15? Xbox live just debuted in halo 2. Now, kids have entire worlds to explore together. Games like gears and halo can’t keep the attention of young kids to make the game popular. And us veterans who have been around since the beginning have to stand by and watch these developers burn themselves to the ground. Gears 5 is the first game in the entire series I couldn’t stand to play out of the box. It’s terrible in almost every way other than campaign. By the time gears 5 gets it right, it will be too late. It’s sad to say, but maybe it’s time I put games like this behind me. I’ll always have the good days to remember. Long live gears of war. May you rip
Edit: thank you all for the likes and comments, I’ve never had so many people react to a post of mine and it’s humbling. Also thank you to the creator of the video for letting me express my opinion. I have a video on my channel where I make a parody video of real life fortnite and Halo
I think halo infinite has a chance to be heavily played if it's done well but I think the gears franchise lost its chance, they had a lot of big streamers play gears 5 like dr disrespect, ninja, and even nickmercs but none of them have even played it more than a couple times
Christopher Moore Jr i want to believe deep down that halo has a chance, and part of me will always hold on to a little bit of hope. But the more these games release the more faith I lose. I thought gears 5 was going to be the greatest game in the series, it’s absolutely terrible. It’s pointless to get started because the OP already made all the points in his videos. I just can’t believe I’m finally old enough to see these types of games fall by the wayside. It’s all about money now, back then developers wanted to make a good game. Things will never be the same, ever.
I read the whole comment mate and I feel what you do!
Im 19 and I played Halo CE on my dads OG xbox along with H2 and then the Gears series when it came out on the 360 and I was lucky enough to be there for both franchises but I think your right about the new generation. Kids hype today is a useless black screen while the hype back the was Halo 3 ctf every night with the boys. I guess times have changed.
No I don't agree, if you chase a type of gaming culture that simply isn't conducive to the core of your franchise you create a mess of an experience that isn't good at either style of game. Gears 5 should have went all in on big maps to balance out the experience between classic and a big bold class based departure. The rift worm bones could have been an expansive area that actually contributes to the core gameplay while also making room for vehicular game play, splattering friends in a skiff like it's a ghost or moving a fabricator to a new king of the hill area and fortifying it while the other teams tries an all out assault. So many new experiences could be done via a team focused gears btb/warzone experience. The increase in speed is wasted as we got no knew abvanced movement options to shake up the game. Where adding a sprint leap/slide, swinging on ropes, a pole vault weapon could make a more vertical and engaging game without making the older cover or wall bounce styles obsolete. Open areas in maps simply mean wall bouncing isn't 100% the best method all the time but on classic maps these methods of play wouldn't impact. Wind flares and razor hail could evolve maps over time both in match and a la Fortnite in a season based system. Pick up perks and power ups could start to rotate in and out. The era of conflict even changing available weapons/skins/objectives, perhaps the map goes to night and kree change up pacing considerably. All achievable without sacrificing the classic core mode and can simply add more robust features and some interesting new tactics where developers want them and providing them with a safety net of classic experiences for old fans. It's not that these games can't exist it's that Devs follow industry leaders without ensuring that the design continuity allows these additions. mostly pointless elements or restricted modularity. Rather than a tangible expansion of the already solid base that
By nature of being new can invite new players and let them interact with the existing fanbase in a new and exciting space where everyone is adapting to the changes and surprises. Rather than fudging stats and ranks and taking the joy of a solid climb up in skill and replacing it with a loop that feels off and unrewarding as you wonder did I really land that shot? Should I have died there?
When the old soundtrack kicked in, I suddenly realized we will never get that feeling or atmosphere back
I still comeback to watch Prescott’s speech in Gears 2. The campaign felt so dark and hopeless. The locusts had an intimidating presence that 1 and 3 failed to replicate. Man I miss this game, the new ones can’t touch the OG trilogy.
@@buttered__toast_2899 couldn't of said it better
Remake gears 2!
My favourite game franchise has fallen so far...
It really has ):
It has :(
Dirtball Daquan it’s like cod after bo2
big farming for the gog gears.... fuckin not funny !
It is sad...
I don't understand The Coalitions mentality to artificially "extend" the games lifespan by withholding content. Like they seriously expect us to believe they can't add campaign characters who are already modelled into the roster. I enjoyed this franchise from the start, and I'm not hating for the sake of hating. But these dev's are money hungry and lacking vision.
Yup I know they are definitely withholding content
Withholding for what? This game is going to be dead after Modern Warfare drops on the 25th. TC fucked Gears into the grave.
I'm not even surprised they pulled "earn or buy" with the "new" characters. And to top it off they have a terminator pack 2 (which no one asked for) for 20 dollars. I don't get how people defend this shit.
Gears 5 put all gears veterans on shame 😫
It really does!
Yeah, Gears 3 had a better roster, campaign, and weapons on the map. Theres good things about gears 5 but waaaay to many Micro transactions and ridiculously overpriced. Makes EA look like a charity.
@@icedcoldkilla well your right about the first part except the microtransactions. They've already fixed it prices are reduced now.
@@lxtermi1906 like what? The golden weapon skin is 2,400 iron. Lmao in gesrs 3 I paid less than 20$ for the whole weapon skins pack.
yea i hate gears 5 multiplayer i played the campaign and got rid of my game pass
I'm still upset with the prices and way content is being handled, I miss the unlock-able days when gaming was about skill and trial and error, not credit cards.
I know the golden days ):
Amen
You can unlock all the character by putting in work tho 🤔
ikr the days when games made money off of sales for being a good game.
You forgot to mention the “reverse two-piece”(Shoot then melee) method. Not to mention, the melee actually sucks into your opponent. They got Call of Duty commando-pro bullshit going on here. They worked so hard to get the settings right in GoW 4 just to start all over? SMH
Oh dang you're right I did forget about that! Yeah that part is infuriating, I can't believe melee is lock on basically..
So FRUSTRATING!!!
I have a very detailed video on that, it's very annoying isn't it.
I hate how you can't tag with a grenade an enemy and feel badass about it... Now there's a decent chance of you killing yourself while trying to run away... Or maybe I'm just bad at the game
That one guy said it perfectly. Just because it’s a new game doesn’t mean they should take 2 steps back, or in this case hundreds
Gears 5: *I wanna be a good game! Make the fan proud of me!*
The Coalition: *Jazz music stops*
lol love it!
Already quit playing gears a few weeks ago atleast for now. So disappointing man :/. You hit the nail on the head with your points. Hopefully they continue to listen to the community.
Brother....
Yeah I have as well, I check in for an hour or so once a week, but there's just not much incentive right now ):
I truly do hope they take the communities comments to heart!
eM97
With aim assist turned off the game is amazing. There’s enough recoil on the lancer that it doesn’t feel op, and the shotgun is well balanced.
Why don’t people stop crying and play escaltion or execution. They play amazingly without aim assist. Or king of the gnashes, having so much fun with this game so far.
I don’t fucking whine and cry because I can’t lkay as certain characters, I have fun enjoying the GAMEPLAY. Pussies stop complaining, only the ranking system is broken really.
eM97 bullet magnetism is the real gameplay killer here, and its in EVERY game mode. Gnasher fights arent good anymore and if you don’t recognize that as the problem then maybe you are someone who is benefitting from those mechanics without realizing it
@@eM-kb6sm your not seeing the real issues. Like H5G it's a low content, reduced modularity, bullet magnetism disaster purposefully built to extract $€£ from people who have lives beyond their console. It's also a step back in physics and AI again like H5G, it tries to hide mediocrity behind a pretty face and with an art style that isn't H5Gs it actually poses a threat of working.
Gears 5 broke my heart, the entire vibe of the game has been shattered. I don’t feel this game at all.
I got it on game pass, put it on veteran (or equivalent I think they changed it) and after fighting robots and weird slugs and cut scenes I didn't care about I put it on beginner and smashed backspace just to skip the cut scenes. Just uninstalled it and looked at reviews. Major companies like IGN give it a great score but it really isn't a gears game. Sad but that's just the way it goes. I have little to no hope for major franchises not turning into some gender political battle royal all inclusive cash grab. Fingers crossed for halo infinite.
The entire game just feels empty and soulless
Thankfully I got the og trilogy to play
I know I've been playing gears 2 and 3 feel free to add me!
Does anyone still play 2? Couldn’t find a game the other day
@@Louie12211 people only play ranked guardian
Deaf by Hip-Hop thanks dude good to know
@@Louie12211 ye add me xbl deafbyhiphop
I've put almost 200 hours into this game solely out of my love for Gears. I was so hyped for it considering the fact that I didn't even get the chance to play Gears 4 at launch with the community. I can honestly say that if I hadn't have bought the game and waited, I wouldn't have been missing out on absolutely anything, and that thought alone truly breaks my heart. I love Gears of War so much. Back when I was a kid struggling to make friends, this game and halo were the only friends I had. It's really sad to seeing both of my favorite franchises go completely down the shitter.
This was a great comment mate! I hope you've got some good friends now! I feel you though for me Xbox is very important as well because after college my 6-10 good friends have all either gotten married, moved away, or gone off to higher learning somewhere else, so Xbox is the only way to stay in touch, so when games like halo or gears disappoint it ducks because those were our favorite games to play! Especially since they had split screen!
Preach brother
A game that's gone down the shitter and is bad but you'll still grind out 200 hours on it yea ok
@@yadiggg3434 you're missing the point
If my friends and I feel like playing gears we play gears 4. At this time I cant play gears 5 for all the reasons you e listed and for the simple fact it's not fun to me. They ruined horde and my favorite vs type guardian. I picked up borderlands 3 and feel like that is a complete game and am really happy with it. Gears 5 will have to do alot to bring me back. P.s. I've been a gears player since 07 and love the series but this isnt a gears game imo.
Glad I'm not alone in feeling that way!
@@ronnieortega1709 Sure I usually play on weekends. My gt is Reaperonyoursix
Guardians and kestrels are super lame enemies... I'm basing this off of how overhead cover is rare as a unicorn in horde maps
Does gears 4 have a decent sized player base? I've played gears since 1 up to 3, didn't play 4 cause I didn't have an Xbox one.
I got gears 5 now, enjoyed the campaign but the multiplayer frustrates me and I hate the horde mode compared to gears 3.
Insulting to not have the Carmine’s on launch, let alone the full DELTA SQUAD!
Where the Tf am I in this game?
I know I miss you Benjamin, as well as Anthony and Clayton in Versus!
I'm subscribing thx for convincing me to wait on this game.
Right?
What's the deal with skins???
Tbh I'm sure they're just holding out on us just so they can extend the life span of this shitty cashgrab..I'm embarrassed that I was genuinely hyped, and even pre ordered it.
That sucks man. I wanted to buy the game so bad till I saw what they did.
It was fun until I realized that characters are locked to classes, meaning if you wanna play a character you really love you'll have to deal with whatever abilities they have, whether they suit your style of gameplay or not.
That.
THAT I REALLY HATE.
Why would they change a system from Gears 4 that was perfectly fine? Did they just think "wooAAAAAH this game's multiplayer is almost the exact same as the last one we released years back. Let's change things up. Y'know, to change them and make things new!! Surely it'll be an improvement in gameplay!!"
It ruined it a bit for me, like there's no sense in changing something like that.
I know the situation with Jack complicates things, but that specifically is the only thing where a character is just locked to a class. We can't have some healer/support that grabs guns and such if it isn't Jack. But every other character/class, those changes need to be reverted.
It doesn’t feel like old school gears
Totally agree the story and game is just way to light, I miss the dark shadow like stories
Bro it's got cod and Halo shit I mean the claw is like the spike gun in Halo, we got aim assist, kill cams, hit markers, noob tubes and all that dumb ass bloodsprays/banner shit
You’re right it feels way better than the clunky ass old games lol go back and play gears 2 and tell me it feels better than gears 5, you’d be a damn lie if you did
Jay garcia ya man movement is better
R3con Rex Ya bro the old gears games had a dark war torn theme and this campaign was good but still not dark enough shit even the music was better in the old games
It's pretty sad that the best skins are halo and terminator skins lol
Lol very true!
Not true that’s reserved for raam
Trust me don't worry and be patient they will be bringing a lot of content soon. THIS week there will be an update for gears 5. Showing new characters and weapon skins.
@@qualitycxntrol 4 charcter skins that should've been released at launch. Can't wait.
I just want a golden jack :c
I hope Halo Infinite doesn’t turn out like this...
I hope your right after halo 5 and the mcc were the worst for multiplayer
It will. Halo infiniten will be a great game but the loot boxes kill the game a month after release.
@@nk1952 maybe but after halo 5 my faith has pretty much dissapeared......it didnt even come close to being as good as 4
Well......its 343 that is making Infinite sooo.......don't get your hopes up.
@@bluerobin1146 remember reach 😥
They real gears died on the third game ashes to ashes dust to dust
Coalition shouldn't make another Gears. Gears 5 is a disgrace to Gears veterens
Straight.Weird YES 100% I agree, they knew what to change from 4 and basically made it worse some how
Coalition should not make any gears game at all! And Epic should not have sold Gears to Microsoft. Epic should have kept the franchise and try to develop gears games about stories that do exist around the trilogy.
BLUE 0MEGA V if epic still owned gears then gears would be dead after gears 3 since epic is focusing on fortnite
@@bluerobin1146 You think Epic would keep making Gears games when they have the money maker of Fortnite?
They even cancelled their new Unreal Tournament game because of it.
I think the real problem is no Cliffy B.
He was the real brains behind the franchise.
LawBreakers was a great game that didn't get enough recognition.
@@Ineedgames yea I forgot to mension that about Cliff B. IF he would not have left Epic then they should not have sold Gears to Mircosoft. Cliff should not have left Epic imo. After there release of Fortnite they could have decreased the dev team size of Fortnite soo that they have a team working on other Gears projects with Cliff as leading dev off course. Then they should made some kind of Marcus remasterd collection were the trilogy is made with Unreal Engine 4 to show respect towards to trilogy and making a Gears game about how Marcus got in prison and how the war was like before Gears 1. This way Epic is still in charge of Gears and we get new gears games of the same quality as the trilogy.
And with the Fornite team still working on season updates and stuff.
But thats my oppinion on what epic should have done with Gears.
Honestly I went back to gears 4 😂 gears 5 is not my cup of tea at the moment
sack attack86 go back to gears 3 or 2 we should get that community back
sack attack86 gears 4 sucks tho 😂
@@KudoShinichikun but like content wise and gameplay gears 5 bruh can barely release content and gameplay feels slow for me
Faxxxxs
Yea dude gears 5 is giving me depression.
I know, it just doesn't feel like gears for me and I'm really trying to enjoy parts of the ahem, there's some moments of brilliance in gears 5, but it's surrounded by a lot of crap..
Fuck off
eM97
With aim assist turned off the game is amazing. There’s enough recoil on the lancer that it doesn’t feel op, and the shotgun is well balanced.
Why don’t people stop crying and play escaltion or execution. They play amazingly without aim assist. Or king of the gnashes, having so much fun with this game so far.
I don’t fucking whine and cry because I can’t lkay as certain characters, I have fun enjoying the GAMEPLAY. Pussies stop complaining, only the ranking system is broken really.
@@eM-kb6sm GEARS 5 is a fuckin failure breh, except it!!!
No it’s not lol. People said the same thing about gears 4. But the game became an esport again. The multiplayer is good, they just need to remove aim assist for all game modes.
The weapon balance is great. I’m thankful we don’t have the sawed off, retro lancer and insane amounts of aim assist from gears 3. Gears 4/5 competitive pvp is waaaaay better.
Lol you kids are so ignorant
I’m 42 years old...I am not a daily gamer...I work 40 hours a week...I’m married...in other words my life does not revolve around gaming...
But my circumstances were almost exactly the same when Gears 3 came out...that was my FIRST online gaming experience...and even then I was able to overcome the online gaming learning curve and ultimately plateau at a 1:1 K/D ratio in KotH matches...
I have not been able to make sense of Gears multiplayer ever since that game...
Judgment through Gears 5 the story is the same - I dominate in one match, then get my @55 handed to me for the next 5-6 matches before I rage quit...
I shoot someone point blank with a gnasher only to watch them jump back 1,000,000 ft. and split me in half with one shot...
I load a downed player with lancer bullets and they don’t die...meanwhile I die from one pistol bullet when downed...
Gears online has been a gaming addiction for me whenever I have online privileges...but I’m at my wits end and have started exploring more story based games because Gears 5 multiplayer is such crap...
This isn’t me thinking I need to be best in EVERY match...because I don’t put that kind of time in...
But the lack of consistency in gameplay from match to match makes this game almost unplayable...
Main problems with gears 5
- The lancer is too overpowered.
- The map designs are bad. Way to many vantage points for lancer camping, and not enough cover. Eg. District has 2 cozy buildings people camp in and can see the entire map.
- Protection behind cover is not protection at all. Lancer bullets always nick you somehow, or you get blown up by a salvo or breaker mace, even while “completely covered”
- need more power weapons on the map to counter the campers. Bring back the hammer of dawn, mortar, ink grenade and have more spawn areas.
I know there's so many guns in the franchise that could be great yet they're all absent..
Overwhelmed with content?! WHAT CONTENT lmao
U dont even earn iron (money) after a match. U get Scrap like Wtf to buy skins
The file size for Gears 5 is like literally half or less of GoW 4's lol
@@mudkipzuzu true i expected a 50 gb lauch update
@@mikeclemets863 people complain about super large launch updates every single game cod, halo you name it. And you were mad there wasn’t one?😂
I have beat every gears of war on insane and I felt like that was award on its own, gears 3 medal character unlocks and gears 2 unlocks from gears . I would like to put out something, Gears Judgement was the first gears game to have loot boxes but it was earned by kills, ribbons and doing campaign stuff but it was bad skins like very bad and I thought they would not do that again. Gears 4 had loot boxes but we can still earn it with game play which is fine with me. Gears 5 does stuff on a whole another level, they went to the Fortnite kid, copied his answers from his test and put his name on it. Gears 5 is the best looking gears in the series with 4k 60fps on all modes(Good PCs and Xbox one X) which is impressive. But a good looking game can only do so much. This game needs some major work, day one i had 30 plus people playing gears 5, now its 0(me playing he and there). Once I start my Insane play through, I will put this game down and wait for the next thing. Also you earned a sub :D
Thanks for the sub! And yeah I agree! Graphics only go so far, gameplay and content matters in the long haul
Gears 2 UE REMASTER THAT'S WHAT WE NEED
The Savior Of The Locust Horde if its made my epic games, then yes but coalition? Id rather them not touching it
The Savior Of The Locust Horde think bigger marcus fénix collection with all multiplayer from gears 1 to judgment
I just want gears 2 REMASTERED
Their time was grand. R.I.P. to my favorite game series😔 gears of war was the only thing keeping me on Xbox but now that tc has taken a step in a new direction, I’ll be focusing on god of war on ps4. I have no hope for any fix or changes to come to gears 5, tc has ignored us and forgot what made them Gears Of War. They tried to make the game for everyone but instead lost almost everyone. Gears of war 1-4 (not including judgement of course) thank you for all the laughs and rages you gave me, but I will not play a series that refuses to hear us.
P.s. thank you Sheppard for being our voice for gears 5. Hope your channel reaches new heights and success.
I know this game used to be the god of war for Xbox! Hope you enjoy god of war though, heard its incredible!
Glad I was a voice for fans like yourself and thanks mate that means a lot!
Ive been playing since '06 and I can't help but smile when I think of how much the comment section reminds me of the transition from GOW 1 to GOW 2. Well, maybe GOW 3 to Judgement
I'd say definitely a lot more of gow 3 to judgement, people generally loved gears 2 when it was released! Other than the multiplayer servers
@@shepardgaming5594 and the shotgun shooting the floor...
They're charging $5 for the OG curb stomp now lmao. What a joke.
I know that made me mad
Shepard Gaming its by far the most insulting thing yet
They do even give money(iron) after each match so can buy it .they give scrap if u dont have a banner or bloodshot Wtf
Mike Clemets ?
If you think about it, its kind of stealing from the community and trying to literally SELL it as their own... they even have the audacity to make it overprised
At this point, I rather have Gears 1, 2, 3 remastered properly on PC. Gears 3 had everything full of content, but then The Coalition did a soft reboot and removed content that Gears 3 worked hard to achieve, from weapons to maps and characters missing. Instead we get underwhelming millennials characters. One thing I will admit that I like are the quality of life changes in multiplayer in 5, however, I would prefer if they were implemented in a Gears 3 remastered, like the first one. Lastly, Gears 5 horde mode lacks Lambent, Locust horde. I found both of them more menacing than the swarm... especially the Lambent army. P.S their is no beast mode and weapons variety from the past games, Digger, ink grenade, Mortor, One shot, and Scorcher.
I'd love 2 and 3 to be remastered!
Yeah, I'm a hardcore Gears fan as well, and I was OK at the game. Whenever I would lose playing MP in past games, I knew it was because the other team was just better than me. In 5, it seems like I'm losing more because of BS with aim assist and bullet magnetization. I can accept losing to a better player, I can't accept losing because of bad game mechanics.
I feel that! Plus now it seems like I always die by 1 or 2 gnahser shots which is absurd
This games just doodoo
My least fav part abt gears 5 multiplayer are the lack of characters and skins. How do they do from having so so so so many characters to play in gears 4 and for all those character they have tons of skins, to having like 20 or so characters and 90% of the swarm don’t have any skins, it’s ridiculous
My Endgame of Gears of war was 3 .... I knew they would want more money... like EA...Fools thinking this game is "Awesome" Just tell me...For what are you fighting in gears 5? Answers?
I fought for the World boy..
I feel you mate
I think gears 5 is good I’m just upset about the lack of playable maps for multiplayer but other than that it’s a solid fun game
Everything you said is pretty accurate except complaining about gears 4. Gears 4 was by far the best gears ever made. Literally everything was perfect. Lots of customization items. An actual dodgeball playlist unlike gears 5 and many more.
I was around 23 years old in 06 when the first gears came out, I've gotten every iteration of the game since. I'm now 36 married with a 7 and 3 year old with a demanding career. The 5:00 mark hit home for me, they should reward the veterans loyalty......we can't just sit around and play gears all day anymore lol. Subbed
The aim assist clips you showed isn’t aim assist. Don’t get me wrong the game isn’t very fun but the clips you showed hit the enemy because there’s a triangle created between the weapon, the camera, and the enemy, causing the bullets to hit, even though they look like they shouldn’t
Jclarkis you can call it whatever you like, it’s still a problem that wasn’t present in the other games.
Thank you for releasing this very well put together video this is exactly how I feel about this game, I am very disappointed in this game 2 and to tell you the truth I rather go back to GEARS OF WAR 4 because GEARS 5 is a massive disappointment and if anyone that does not agree to this video is not a true fan of GEARS OF WAR PERIOD.
Thanks for the kind words mate! Yeah I've also gone back to gears 4! Just so much more content!
Gears 4 had such a good reward system. It was awesome to know you had a chance at new character and weapon skins after every match. Gears 5 is a regression in every way possible.
you hit everything on the vs brother. i dont even have time to play this game and for some reason i feel like they implemented an algorythm that specifically targets skilled players and players who pay for good connection. confirming that auto aim feature is an amazing thing. i never had the time to look it up and find out for myself however often times i had lost so many battles around corners and in cover due to auto registry, and auto aim. its amazing how this game has deviated towards a bigger crowd when the game itself gets its noriety from being difficult to learn. now a days non of my gnasher shots land properly. and they miss continuously. it. that fact alone made me loose several ranked matches. its difficult to clutch bad matchmakings and matches when auto aim and shot registry is keeping skilled individuals from being at the top of their game.
Yeah this game is a far cry from the the gears that we all know and love! Glad you liked this video mate!
@@shepardgaming5594 amen brother
What an incredible review. Very detailed. I agree 100% with everything you said. One thing that matters to me most is skill gap. Gears 4 definitely had a skill gap. Bouncing was relevant. And you could be aggressive or passive. But gears 5 feels like COD with wall bouncing. Shot gun play is minimized. And lancer play and camping is encouraged greatly. I really miss gears 4. And I miss that awesome list of characters I could play with. It’s funny because all I played with was Cole train and Anthony carmine lol so salute bro!!
Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it! Yeah the skill gap is disappearing and the flow of the game is changing dramatically! It's sad to see it like this ):
Oh yeah salute indeed mate! Anthony and Cole FTW!
Bro you actually replied back!! Holy shit 😱. But on a serious note I really wish more people were honest about this game. I feel the pro players aren’t saying anything because they get paid to play this game. And not only that but I think they wanted a gears game so bad that they could care press about how bad it is. I watched countless hours of gears 4 gameplay. Sumuns, Avexys, Moo Moo Milk, Domez etc. When gears 5 came out I couldn’t convince myself to watch 10 minutes of this game. I’ve watched E sports events. Watched optic win almost every time. Watching escalation was so much fun. Now I can’t watch nor play this game. Sorry for the long rant. But I grew up playing gears. I want more pros putting it out there and being honest about this. This game is ass. Ranked 15th in a month even though it’s free on game pass. No lie I canceled my game pass 4 times already. Every time I tried to like this game I just couldn’t do it. None of my friends like this game. Man I miss gears 4 lol I just need a gears 4 update with some new maps and I’ll be good 😂
Haha yeah I don't always get to reply to every comment but I try and reply here and there when I can! I know it's so weird that the vast majority of critics, youtubers, and pro players literally don't say a peep about this game and it's issues!
I just miss when Gears Ultimate Edition had the spotlight, That game honestly has the most fun multiplayer out of the current generation Gears games.
NOW THAT'S A LOT DAMAGE 8:03
Excellent summary of the problems that plague this game. I also wish that you would've touched on how some of the "creative" choices hurt the games atmosphere and don't work thematically. That's a big element that's often overlooked. Gears theme and tone/mood is what set it apart from every other cover shooter to exist. That's what originally drew many of us to the series.
Thanks mate! I still have videos to do for horde and the loss of the horror element!
I mean hey, Battlefront 2 had an amazing comeback. Hopefully Gears 5 gets one too.
They might be able to! We'll see though
Battlefront isn’t a main line AAA first party exclusive console pusher. Gears 5 is supposed to be. We shouldn’t have to wait for pay for it to be good, it should be amazing at launch and have us craving for more , not waiting for more because we got nothing and it’s broken lol
You know what else sold the first gears trilogy so well? The marketing look at the first second and third game trailers the first told you nothing other than showing you marcus running through a street getting shot at and avoiding some hulking monsters only to jump through a window to see a corpsers eyes light up as a kid that trailer blew my mind
I know the marketing was much darker and sad back then!
As a player from gear of War 1, and a current d4 in g4. THIS GAME SUCKS. That is all.
I know it's das how far it's regressed
as someone who picked up this game a couple days ago it feels like the gnasher is the only viable gun, every other gun besides the long shot, embar and the explosive weapon is so weak its an actual joke
"But-but Dave Bautista and-and Halo, and Terminators." (Sigh) Give them the Classics, and for God's sake enough with the Over priced Crap.
Haha I know right that's all we need 😉 jk glad to see you're in agreement!
Ikr, people do know this is a GEARS game right?. Its ok to have guest characters, those are welcome in any game. But it seems like they worked more on those guest characters than this franchises own, kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth knowing that they are kind of forgetting that these iconic characters have a special place in our hearts.
I do like this game but it can get repetitive and boring rather quickly. However I am hoping the coalition fixes their mistakes and the upcoming updates add more characters and skins to revive the community. I really want to like this game
I know same, they have a lot to use in gears 4, they really should just port it all over!
This is what happens when u sell your soul to the devil it's all about the money now. Give gears back to epic and bring back cliff. You can't make a game without it's heart and soul.
Who the he'll wants cliffy b back after he trashed xbox and ran a new company into the ground? Dont think he would even want to come back
Simply put, they released this game a year too early. The state Gears 5 is in now is awful.
Yup they needed at least another year!
We just asked them to fix the weapons acuracy and match making and they ruin even more
I know ):
Really awesome vid Keanu ^^ I actually got my hands on Gears 5 finally, (thankfully for free by game sharing with the cousins, haha) and while I didn't have the chance to try multiplayer, it's really odd seeing all the random praise for the faults you mentioned in multiplayer :0 Aim assist and all, I know you mentioned it before, but I'm still ticked that you can't play as Carmine >-< Even if there's change, which there probably wont for some time, I feel that Gears 5 will be another dully launched game. There's no such thing as too much content these days, and hopefully the people in charge know that gamers are patient when it comes to development before the release, and not the other way around, especially if it's lacking in a lot of places 😅 Again though, always excited for your next entry! Keep up the great work ^^
I'll be anxious to hear what you think of the story! Glad you agree with most my points and that the defense of too much content is silly 😂 Thanks for watching as always!
Wow someone actually doing an honest review of this game
Haha yup!
Yeah Lyman gaming is full of shit what a bunch of doucebags they lied thier ass off about this Phil Spencer cash and grab Fucking assholes.
I went from Diamond on 2 modes to silver 2 after that stupid update
Oh damn sorry mate!
Bro, me and my cousins have a clan and have been playing Gears Of War since the beginning together. And it’s honestly some of the best times I had in my life. But a lot of my clan mates don’t like Gears 5 and we don’t even play anymore except me. 🥺
eM97
With aim assist turned off the game is amazing. There’s enough recoil on the lancer that it doesn’t feel op, and the shotgun is well balanced.
Why don’t people stop crying and play escaltion or execution. They play amazingly without aim assist. Or king of the gnashes, having so much fun with this game so far.
I don’t fucking whine and cry because I can’t lkay as certain characters, I have fun enjoying the GAMEPLAY. Pussies stop complaining, only the ranking system is broken really.
Dang yeah I know that feeling, had it with halo 5!
Campaign was awesome I really liked it the multiplayer on the other hand is an entirely different story now I’m not gonna lie I’m not some veteran gears player who has played every game but I really loved gears of war 3 that was my first gears game I didn’t play gears 4 until the day before gears 5 came out I just played it to catch up on the story so I’d be caught up but anyways I was totally surprised at how few skins they were to start like you I liked playing as the carmines and that was the first turn off second the hit registration really sucks and for me that made multiplayer unpleasant to play there was also a lot of server issues. I’m glad I got it on game pass and didn’t purchase it directly I would definitely say play it for the campaign and nothing else cause that’s the only mode I enjoyed it’s definitely not worth directly purchasing it this is exactly why I love game pass
I can definitely agree with what you said! Glad you found the gears franchise though!
Do you think they focused too much on Campaign? Ive not played the campagin but I have seen a full gameplay of it (3h). And yes, it was so well designed and it seemed amazing to me even if I dont agree with the direction it took setting aside JD and Delta Squad as main characters. But at the end and with the obtained result, I really think they invested much less time on Versus f.e. It has many bugs/glitches and looks like designers tried to make another Last Of Us with too many weight on campaign and story when Gears is also an important online game. Just my opinion.
People need to send this video to the coalition!!
Gears 1-3 was just 🤌
Gears 2 came out with lots of amazing game modes such as Horde, Guardian, Wingman, Submission etc.
Gears 3 came out with Horde 2.0 and Beast mode etc.
Gears 4 and 5 has also nerfed the gore so much that it looks like a boring red texture while in Gears 1 and 2 and maybe in 3, you saw ribs, you saw organs.....all of that are just gone in the newest gears games.
Great video man, this sums up all the problems extremely well while still coming across very professional. Been looking for this kind of gears content. Nice job.
Thanks mate! Yeah I don't only cover gears here obviously but it's one of the main ones right now especially with how the coalition is slowly losing sight of what made gears, well gears!
Customization is one of my favorite parts of a game and gears 5 is terrible I have basically no customization except for the babe skin that’s is $20 btw but other than that the way that we have to earn skins I feel is way to slow and all the skins are very bland except for some of the paid ones and the fact that I have only one skin basically no efficient way of getting other skins/customization is a HUGEEEE turn off for me, also your 100% correct about the shotguns it’s to the point to where it’s almost just rng I hit a point blank shot to someone’s head/body and they don’t die but they hit either the same and or worse shot I hit and they kill me in one shot and I get to the point to where I don’t want to use the shotgun witch is the main gun mostly everyone uses and I don’t wanna use it bc its not balanced at all.
Yup totally agree mate!
This needs to go viral.
Haha thanks I agree!
I’m new to Gears, and I honestly agree with everything in this video. Wish The Coalition would see this. Only area I disagree with is that the Lancer is being made to seem like it’s meant to be useless and ineffective. I haven’t played earlier Gears, but I wouldn’t have liked an apparent shooting game which was actually a “melee” in disguise because it was all built around the Gnasher. People make it seem like the Gnasher requires so much skill and the Lancer doesn’t. I agree to an extent. But I honestly don’t see how you aren’t hiding effectively behind cover, you’re completely exposed, not wall bouncing effectively, I spot you from mid range, and you don’t wanna be shot and killed. Like I have a rifle, but you literally want me to wait for you to come sit by me around cover before I can kill you?
Glad you agree with most points! The lancer could be fixed in my opinion if they reduce the stopping power (which basically stun locks you, meaning once you get shot you can barely move and don't have time to react) and by turning off bullet magnetism for it
Shepard Gaming True. Fair enough 🤝
Tour of duty and the over priced microtransactions ruined this game and the lack of maps
Pretty much just nailed it in every single way possible, Gears 5 is a mess. What's even worse than 5's mess is that this video could be twice as long pointing out even more issues and bugs in this game, you litterally just scratched the surface with this video. I wanna love TC and their game because I know they're very passionate but they're pretty much killing Gears at this rate. Very good video we need this stuff adressed!
Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it! Yeah I know I could have easily gone into even more depth and made it even longer, but I like to keep things as concise as possible!
Gears of 5 has the most infuriating multiplayer for some one from previous gears I would get 89% win percentage and 2.4 k/d to now I win maybe 1 out of 5 games and my k/d is 1.5 and plummeting
I know how you feel!
After playing gow3 through my adolescence with 10k+ KOTH matches. Id say 4 was a great closure for the series. I tried getting into 5 but its just not the same. I'm done with gears unless 6 is better than 4 or they remaster 2 and 3
WE NEED GEARS OF WAR 2 REMASTERED
That'd be amazing!
Gears 5 is the gears 2 of this trilogy. Absolutely abysmal MP at launch with broken servers
Gears 3*
When i first started playing Gears (07/08) i played mp offline because i had no internet back then. Playing against bots all the time i rarely used the Gnasher, i would stick to the Lancer. When i finally got some internet i went into online pvp thinking i was the shit at Gears 2 and no one would be able to stop me and ol Lancer. My very first match, i realized just how wrong i was lol
An enemy approached with the Gnasher out and in my mind i was like “oh he has no idea what he got himself into 😈”. I Lancered away... ...And then he did some weird moves (strafing) that threw me off and 1 shot me. After a couple of matches and deaths by shotgun i realized that runnin and shotgunnin was a big part of the game . And so i worked at it and got better. Im pretty decent now lol.
My point is if you suck at Gears practice. Learn the ways of the game and become a better player. You dont get better by being babied or complaining about everyone running around with Gnashers. ITS THE WAY OF THE GAME. Idk why TC would go the “casual gamers” route when really it doesnt do anyone any good. Great points in the vid!
I know I think they just thought the fans wouldn't care but we do..
Should I just download gears 4 then because I want my first gears game to actually be fun
Yeah gears 4 has a lot more content and if you don't want to play against real people right away you can use bots for everything!
I’m gonna bonsai rush with a retro lancer as a carmine and NOBODY STOP ME!
download the original trilogy if you really want to have some fun and play the campaign
Mr Lesir I’m on a budget
And I already downloaded gears 4
you would think since TC and 343 are both owned by microsoft , that TC would see how terrible halo 5 did and not make that same mistake (that being changing a franchise to something its not) but no they fell into the same hole 343 did.
Imagine devoting your whole channel to this franchise to only want to play Escape mode in the latest version of said franchise.
It's such a shame.
Damn that would be rough! Try covering more Microsoft products then!
dude all 3 of your videos talking about this game are on point as fuck. I hope the Coalition watches them. I love Gears with all my heart but Gears 5 is really a mess and i have no idea why or how some youtubers defend it. Thanks for making these informative videos and keep up the great work mate!
Thanks mate! Yeah I've enjoyed making them all so I'll keep doing a couple more! I want to talk about horde next!
I love your vids man, you seem to be on point with the topics & talking points. Edit) a friend of mines has been calling this Gears of Duty for years & to hear you say it just confirms!
Thanks mate that means a lot!
I absolutely despise the multiplayer (but its gears so I still play it occasionally). Like dude what in the actual f@$k. Some people react so fast, on the kill cams some people literally body me without the gnasher/character even moving in my direction. Like it literally doesn't make sense. How can you shoot me so fast that it doesn't even register on the kill cam? That's so BS. And yes, I made it so I dont match up with mouse and keyboard PC players.
Yeah I know I can't tell if it's server issues, lag, or awful de sync
I experience the same issues.
@@shepardgaming5594 literally characters will get out of cover, somehow get a shot off while they are in mid-animation and a gun-flash/bullets don't even show on the screen and it just is unexplainable man
How on earth do you make it so you don't match up with PC players?
@@Maesterful it's in the settings somewhere
Gears of wars was one out of 3 games out of my childhood
Ranking number 2 spot out of Halo series
I loved Gears 1 - 3 *dark atmosphere,* telling and its interesting lore, and the most interesting story telling of all time
Gears 4 - 5 is just utter disappointment there's nothing dark about it, its literally just your average modern shooter with nothing unique to it but a reboot of a enemy faction not interesting at all and multiplayer isn't fun and adding abilities make it less fun
Man I miss the dark atmosphere of the original games.
I know it went from a dark gritty shooter to a colorful one. I also hate the deebees
Damn how much time flies I remember playing Gears 1-3 as I was growing up, I absolutely loved the campaign of gears 4 & 5, but I totally agree with what your saying, us Gears of war veterans kept this franchise alive for over a decade, but now the coalition is messing up the franchise, low-key should've kept the mechanics as they were b4.
That's why me and some guys went back to ultimate edition best gears hands down
The aim assist is straight up embarrassing...not sure wtf they were thinking with that. It never fails...we hardcore gamers find a game we like (gears of war 1,2,3)...we support it..then when it becomes popular the developers cater to the new casual players not us...
Ikr smh F them Devs for catering to them Mainstream Casual audience smh
Love your video I agree with everything. The shotgun feels terrible and the lancer makes anyone look good(no matter the skill) in this game. I miss the skill based teamwork and tactics for map control.
Glad you liked it! Yeah the gnasher feels off, and the lancer is just way too powerful! Gears 1 map control was amazing!
Nice video and good to hear that you feel better!
But regarding the lancer... The weapon is actually not stronger than in Gears 4 and there the weapon was not a problem.
Damage and recoil are almost identical, the problem is the aim assist and slower movement which cause a huge INDIRECT buff to the lancer.
And GGZII made a direct comparsion to the Gears 1 lancer which should not be counted to mock Gears 5 since every Gears game after Gears 1 gave the lancer stopping power(albeit ranging almost nonexistant like Gears 4 to VERY extreme like in Gears 3) and took away the damage drop off since Gears 2 afaik.
Btw The snipe causes extreme stopping power when hit by an active shot. DISGUSTING😶
Thanks mate! Yeah I do feel better now! Yeah I saw that the weapon actually wasn't stronger here but it's was due to the games fundamentals that it feels OP! Along with aim assists of course!
Your welcome and yeah i wish TC would do something about it... There will be a patch + new characters announced tomorrow afaik. Maybe that will help a bit!? 😐
wow no gridlock?! so sad
I know same ):
The part I really don’t get is that they took so much time and effort into getting the weapon tuning in gears 4 right in both core and competitive and they just flushed it down the toilet. Like they should have just made the competitive the only tuning in gears 5, they make all this extra work for themselves when they already had the answer. And why tf would they change movement. That is what makes gnasher battles so much fun is outmaneuvering and strafing someone and blasting them to bits even if they get the first shot you can outplay them and still have a chance and I feel that is gone in gears 5. It was something that took skill and time to learn (getting the juking down and being able to still hit your shots) and they just took it out of the game. Gears 4 movement and gnasher feel so much better than gears 5. We as a community need to send a message to TC that the game needs to change asap. I’m really glad people feel the same way I do. I uninstalled gears 5 and I’m just gonna play 4 till I see some major changes.
Great vid btw👍🏼.
Glad you liked the video and I know they abandoned all their hard work from gears 4 ):
Guess who's back....back again....
I think I know!
lol
As a Unreal Engine user, I can confirm YES they CAN port characters over from 4 and YES it'd take a few months of work, spreading it out to tweak (since they clearly have other things on the roadmap in mind) but they claim they can't port them, that's bullshit. I recently ported a character from UE4 4.7 to 4.23 they just don't want to do the work for whatever reason (Which they may even have a valid reason) also I believe Gears 5 need another 6 months to cook but MS wanted it pushed out regardless because every publisher is basically E.A and Activision now. I can't say setting up ported characters for HEROS and all would be usy for Horde and escape, but Verses yeah it'd be easier than they let on.
Maps just like the characters could also be ported over. TC is truly dropping the ball here, with every step forward they broke something and take a step or even two back. EDIT: Weapon skins are probably the easiest thing to port over, since it's all material instances and stuff like that.
The only argument I have with this video is the weapons don't work like any of this for me. My lancer all face shots, and it takes over a clip to down someone. But they down me in less than half a clip lol ALSO I've seen today that the berserker mace range is HUGE. Longer than the Gnashers total range it seems. BUT YES I SEE NOW I'M STILL TRYING TO PLAY LIKE OLD SCHOOL and that's why I'm getting punished so much
Thank you! I don’t know why players are defending this game ( at least the multiplayer part)
You're welcome! Yeah I'm surprised it has so many die hard defenders!
1:06 Casuals (most of the playerbase) leave after the first week or two and move onto other things because there are many other games to play.
Very true
Everything is just horrible especially the OP lancers and ranking system
Couldn't agree more, especially with the ranking system, I feel bad for the players that were in master rank!
There are some important features missing from multiplayer that you did not mention. The first is the ability to look at the leader board while playing. I personally get motivated when I see I am not doing well, but there is no way to tell in this version. There is a button to see the maps, but it does not show where any of the power weapons are at. It is almost like they cater to bad play. In the old games, a few well stuck Grenades taught the enemy the error of just running around willy nilly. Kind hard to do that when you don’t know where the grenades are and you die too fast to find out. Yes, I know you can create a custom match for yourself and run around each map by yourself, but should I have to do that when I never had to before? I will agree the shotguns are bad. I never been killed by so many Locusts farts(yes, they shot me with their ass) before. One of my first quests as a beginning player was to get 10 grenade kills in Horde or Escape mode. So basically, you want a beginner to go play a game mode they never played and use a weapon that you deemed to not show on any map. How the fuck do they come up with this shit? I don’t know about anyone else, but I will never play another gears game as long as TC is involved. This franchise permanently lost a player.
overwhelmed with content lmao
I know 😂
Everything in this vid is exactly my thoughts on the game and why it needs to be better especially the fucking shotgun I'm tired of hitting 95-97 at the kill range or down range with perfect accuracy while the other dude like nothing kills me with 1 shot and omg the ranking system I'm tired of having a team of newbies while the other team are pro wall bouncing players witch makes the game not fun since it's not balanced even if I play well I still get de-rank so I'm just stuck at silver
Yup glad you agree man and yeah this game really is in a rough spot ):
Shepard Gaming I miss even the small details like the gore in past gears you can see bones, organs, brain when you popped them now it's just red mush and for some reason the gore doesn't match the kill shot if you've noticed whether you popped them from the top or bottom the other half should still be their but now it doesn't matter cuz the whole body just explodes which feels off because in past gears that didn't happen.
And dude the store isn't helping cuz it's still overpriced and the coalition can't even give players at least 10 iron per game played in gears 4 we at least got 160-180 gold per game.
Giving criticism isn't a bad thing because it's a way to improve it and like you said you still love the game but not in the direction it's going and I 100% agree with you because I was also a gears fan since the first game.
Sadly it's not just gears having this problem it's every other game too
Oh I know many games are having these issues sadly, and yup gears 2 had the best gore honestly!
Didn't realise people disliked the mutiplayer coz I honestly have like zero problems not saying they don't exist just nothing that has bothered me yet. I would have to say gears 5 is one of the best games this generation imo.
While I disagree with gears 5 being a good game, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
@@shepardgaming5594 thank you very much man! For me it's the best campaign in a gears since 2 for me really love where it could be heading. I'll probably need to spend some time more on the mutiplayer because I mostly play hoard. But thanks for sharing your opinion without attacking my opinion I really hate that so I have respect for you :)
Of course mate! I never try and tell someone why they are wrong with their opinions, after all that's subjective, I just try and point out a couple objective faults with aspects of the game in comparison to the older gears! (: My next gears video though will be all about horde so I'll be curious what you think of it!
@@shepardgaming5594 I have yet to watch it if u have made it but I'll be sure to check it out asap
The microtransactions May be overpriced but I don’t feel forced to buy anything. In fact I’ve only looked at the store like 1 or 2 times since I got the game. I definitely feel the roster should be better and tour of duty needs a lot of work but I feel like this game is overall a good game and I’m excited for its future.
This is the most honest description of gears!
Haha I think so!
4:55 agreed
same with limited store weapon skins
they should be craftable afterwards
Glad you think so too mate!