I don't particularly follow Gears but I have a lot of love for the first game in the series, which was simply a blast to play through in singleplayer, and had a genuinely great multiplayer mode that took full advantage of those slick-as-hell movement and combat mechanics. But Epic Games operates on a quite different scale to these studios, and seems like it has used every inch of that bulk with Gears Reloaded to make this a definitive version of a game that's already been remastered once (2015's Gears of War: Ultimate Edition). In this case I really understand why Gears Reloaded has put in the work because, if you're appealing to the folk who loved this back in 2006, that splitscreen functionality was such a huge part of the charm: this really was one of those games where you'd have your mates round to play, just to show off how good it looked.
Author: Rich Stanton
Published at: 2025-06-08 20:46:49
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