Gears 5 - out now

imginy · 11 Sep 2019 at 21:31

ic1male said:
So do you guys think it's one of the best looking games ever? I had a quick read of the Digital Foundry article, it seems they think this game was designed with the next Xbox in mind. Is it worthy of next-gen visuals (where presumably it will be running at native 4K and maybe even 120fps on Project Scarlett).

I am actually putting off playing it until my friend comes over and we going to do it start to finish.

From what I have seen it is a very nice looking game.

oldestgregg · 11 Sep 2019 at 21:53

Loving the game so far. A couple of hours in,the game opens up and gets *so* much better and goes from a 6.10 to a 9.5!

Graphics - For such a good looking game its very well optimised as well as I'm playing it at 4k on a 2080ti and it feels super smooth and, all in all ,they've done a great job this time after 4 was so poor!

tracertong · 11 Sep 2019 at 22:25

PC777 said:
Definitely looking forward to completing the campaign, horde and trying out the escape modes, seems might it like be like Left4Dead.

Like Left4Dead how so ?

Witcher1980 · 11 Sep 2019 at 23:16

Mixed reviews on steam, do people really base a game on how to get skins now? The campaign was good, better then Gears 4 although as said I do prefer the very first gears. When I play MP the last thing I am worried about is what skin I have on a virtual gun. It sucks you have to pay for skins without a major grind but who really cares.

robfosters · 11 Sep 2019 at 23:28

Witcher1980 said:
Mixed reviews on steam, do people really base a game on how to get skins now? The campaign was good, better then Gears 4 although as said I do prefer the very first gears. When I play MP the last thing I am worried about is what skin I have on a virtual gun. It sucks you have to pay for skins without a major grind but who really cares.

They are people who desperately need to get a life imo.

VincentHanna · 12 Sep 2019 at 10:01

Whoever said the campaign on this was too short compared to other games must have been having a brain fart.

I only got to Chapter 4 last night, and there's been a few quite difficult sections. Usually frustrating ones where the enemies spam you with grenades and your team mates give you about 0.1 second warning before it blows up next to you.

Playing solo on Experienced.

Andr3w · 12 Sep 2019 at 10:05

ic1male said:
So do you guys think it's one of the best looking games ever? I had a quick read of the Digital Foundry article, it seems they think this game was designed with the next Xbox in mind. Is it worthy of next-gen visuals (where presumably it will be running at native 4K and maybe even 120fps on Project Scarlett).

I can't think of many games that can currently beat this for visuals!
I'm running it at 1440p on a 2070 super. Mostly high settings and getting around 120-144FPS.

I'm finding the actual gameplay itself very....meh and repetitive at the moment. I'll stick with it for a couple more hours.

PC777 · 12 Sep 2019 at 12:05

tracertong said:
Like Left4Dead how so ?

Only played one game but it's a similar structure, coop 3 player, limited ammo, escaping the horde to a chopper which leaves even if only 1 makes it.

Shorter levels than Left4Dead but definitely similar style.

Also the graphics are stunning, even plates of cakes and vending machines look anazing, lots of variety of level styles and colour compared to grey and brown in earlier Gears games.

ic1male · 12 Sep 2019 at 13:36

I tend to use Twitch as a barometer of how well a game's doing these days. Gears 5 is falling down the listings quite rapidly. I guess no-one is playing Horde or anything?

MegaPinches · 12 Sep 2019 at 14:14

This pretty much sums up my feelings of gears 5, uninstalled already.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/480022358?t=03h13m41s

tracertong · 12 Sep 2019 at 14:21

Great value for £1 (via the game pass) and definitely worth playing , looks fantastic. Couldn't care less what twitch is saying lol

robfosters · 12 Sep 2019 at 14:25

MegaPinches said:
This pretty much sums up my feelings of gears 5, uninstalled already.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/480022358?t=03h13m41s

That dudes a jerk, he just don’t know how to play it.

MegaPinches · 12 Sep 2019 at 14:43

robfosters said:
That dudes a jerk, he just don’t know how to play it.

Its a laugh and he's a character. He's right its so limiting, its horrible to play with no freedom to move about and magnetic walls. You can't even jump and its a shooter.

tracertong · 12 Sep 2019 at 14:45

Can't jump in the division either.....

MegaPinches · 12 Sep 2019 at 14:55

tracertong said:
Can't jump in the division either.....

Thanks I won't play that then.

robfosters · 12 Sep 2019 at 15:23

MegaPinches said:
Its a laugh and he's a character. He's right its so limiting, its horrible to play with no freedom to move about and magnetic walls. You can't even jump and its a shooter.

He reminds me of someone. I think it’s a Ben Stiller character.

Junglist · 12 Sep 2019 at 16:16

robfosters said:
He reminds me of someone. I think it’s a Ben Stiller character.

You m-uh m-uh m-uh make me haaaaapy

Darkwolf441 · 12 Sep 2019 at 16:38

Having Freezing problems on my PC. Wel its frozen on the very first bit.
From what I've read its because am on the 10** cards. Anyone running this game with a 1080TI.

dan958 · 12 Sep 2019 at 17:00

Darkwolf441 said:
Having Freezing problems on my PC. Wel its frozen on the very first bit.
From what I've read its because am on the 10** cards. Anyone running this game with a 1080TI.

Yeah, running on a 1080ti. The only freezing I get is sometimes in cutscenes.

Darkwolf441 · 12 Sep 2019 at 17:26

dan958 said:
Yeah, running on a 1080ti. The only freezing I get is sometimes in cutscenes.

What driver you running. Was running the 388. Because it was the one that ran Forza 7 the smoothest. but wouldn't run this game. So I've tried these so far but still freezers. 431.70.. 436.15.. 436.30