Favourite Gears of War Game?

[d21lewis]

curl-6 said:

Ganoncrotch said:

Very rarely will a game get me right in the feels like Gears 2 did... Dom's wife man.... every single time just how much of a record scratch halt it is when you see that she doesn't look like the wife he was out searching for ... but just an empty husk, defiled to the point of losing her humanity. It's just heartbreaking to see.

Damn straight. In a series that mostly thrives on brash machismo, raw and poignant moments like this hit like a lighting bolt from a calm sky.

For me that's always been a strength of the series, that while its easy to write it off as the ultimate dudebro game on the surface, there's genuine heart beneath that crass exterior. (At least in the 360 games, can't speak for the more recent ones)

Gears 4 was a misstep. It had the mechanics but not the motivation, character development, or pacing. Gears 5 feels like Gears 1-3. They got it right. Even the shallow characters from Gears 4 have depth now. I might even replay Gears 4 the way I went back and watched older Marvel films after Endgame. Hopefully Gears 5 will make GeoW4 more enjoyable.