As price usually isn't much of a sticking point in a review, since reviews are about the content of the game and not the subjective value of it, any criticism surrounding it doesn't really apply here. $40 is basically par for the course when it comes to remastered older content anyways, so that's basically that. I don't think tacking on points because "omg it throws free 360 games at you" is exactly appropriate either.
Let's all acknowledge the fact that Gears of War came out in 2006. It came out while the seventh generation was still getting started, and where developers were first learning what it meant to develop HD games on powerful hardware (when compared to the previous generation). Many games that released around that time have not aged gracefully. Especially in series that got sequels like Gears of War, Mass Effect, Uncharted, etc., every sequel brought improvements that put the successors on a different level from the originals, and almost made the originals downright difficult to play in comparison. From a bit of reading, Gears of War did not escape this trend, with the biggest defenders simply being nostalgic, even if they attempt to claim otherwise.
In the end, this game is just a remaster. Nice for what it is, but a new coat of paint and some tweaks usually won't be able to hide the fact that a game feels old and has flaws that, although minor in 2006, are harder to ignore in 2015. This is an issue with every remaster that deals in older content. Settling around an 85 meta would be entirely respectable with that in mind.
