Each time I start playing Gears 5 after a long break I always get the feeling I am not playing a Gears of War game but a clone of Gears of War. In my case all the new changes to the franchise scare me away:
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Robot Enemys: Debis make no sense story wise in Horde mode in Gears 5 and fighting them always were boring to begin with
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Sworm: They all look the same kind of, no striking difference between drones, grenadiers, snipers, scions and more. All have the same body type and only the size is different. The clothes are more confusing too to identify the class you are fighting. Scions… I still can’t tell the difference between a Mulcher, a boomshot, a dropshot, a cryo or a Buzzkill Scion. In GoW 1-3 every enemy type could be identified from very far away. Fat Boomers saying BOOM, Grinders with hats you could shoot off, Butcher running around with a big knife doing silly moves, Beast riders riding big monsters, snipers with their cool goggles, grenadiers with their shirtless design, Theron guards all in red with a creepy wisper voices, Kantus that are tall and scream when getting too close or when they heal others, tickers… you get the idea. Every enemy type were interesting and non of them were enemy types where you go all “ugh… this sh** again…”. Like what happened to the Sire??? It went from fun chainsaw massacre in GoW2 to “I let myself drag across the map, break the B buttom by smashing it for an hour because non of the teammates even try to save me” in Gears 5… I loved them in GoW 2 but in Gears 5 I hate them the most.
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New headshot sound: Everyone loved the headshot sound from GoW 1-4. I do not get why they changed the sound and made it all boring. It does not Pop. It’s just water melon hit the floor.
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New crosshairs: The new crosshair of the Longshot in particular is very bad. I used to hide around a corner in sniper duels and shoot others in pvp without zooming in. The windo kind of crosshair the Longshot had was perfect to see the head in it. The new one completely hides that body and I literally have to zoom in to see them. that takes away a second that could mean life and death.
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New Omen: Not only is it distracting to have a red that is very bright and colorful when getting hit, but the new huge Omen feels way out of place. The old dark red was almost perfect. Yes it was a little distracting sometimes when you had a red omen appear arounf the crosshair in intense fights, but it also could help you in battle too. In GoW 1 it was the sweet spot of your gnasher shots and overal the darker red was perfect for the dark world of Gears of War.
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Mac, Lahni and Keegan: They just dont look and feel like characters that should be in the Gears of War universe…
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Silly Executions: the Gears of War franchise always had brutal, intense and sometimes very crazy executions but they were all believeable. In Gears 5 there are emotes and executions that, in my opinion, does not belong in the Gears of War franchise. Like… Ripping off the head of someone and kicking it away, doing a homerun with a kicked off head, wresttling moves…
I do have to admit that my curiosity about Gears 5 heavily increased after the release of the new operation 5.
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The gameplay feels much better than in the last few operations
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The new scorcher is also a nice addition to the arsenal and I love it so far. It’s just sad that most weapon skin sets are not complete because the scorcher is brand new. I hope they will add the missing skin for each skin type.
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Maps: I love that they went all GoW2 with this operation. The new and remake maps are very well done. Just Gridlock and Clocktower are lazy imports from GoW4 which is ok but not worth mentioning. I mean why not importing all the maps from GoW 4. River is… a little too packed with details. It’s almost overwelming and the extra walls everywhere are kind of claustrophobic
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Horde Classic Mode: I do not know why the Coalition removed that mode after a day, But that mode looked very promising.
Now let’s come to the points I think are very important to improve the Gears of War feeling for old and new players.
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Classic Crosshairs: A option for the old Crosshairs would be very welcome. It would be a Option I would want the most for the next update. Not only because of the look of the crosshairs but the feeling. I played with those crosshairs for more than a decade and it feels wrong to be forced to have new crosshairs you can’t help but hate them.
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Classic Omen: For the icing on the cake please bring back the old Omen. For some it is very important. Not only because veterans are more used to the old design, but also to keep the old Gears of War vibe all the veterans love.
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Bring back the Locust for the horde mode: The new enemy types are not interesting enough to entertain the players for a long time. I mean the system behind the new Gears 5 horde mode is veeeery interesting and probably has the most potential to be the best. BUT if the enemies are boring to begin with then… you barely even care as a player. Ppl need a reason to come back. Expand the enemy types with the good old locust. I mean the Horde mode isn’t canon anymore since you still fight Debis. The AI of the locust is in GoW4, GoW UE and the rest in the other games. The design of most of the locust are already remade for the Versus mode. Half of the work is already done. If all the old GoW2 Locust return to Gears 5 (including the Boom Shield) then the Classic Horde mode will be the best mode in the entire franchise
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Classic Weapons: I know it would be too much to ask for, but if old weapons from GoW 1-3 return to Gears 5 the replay value for each class will drasticly increase. One Shot, Digger, hammer of dawn, Butcher Knife (I think it’s far more interesting than the new Breaker Mace. I wouldn’t even mind if the Breaker Mace would have a Butcher knife skin. That would be fun) and so on.
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Classic Soundtrack: Each Gears of War game had a very good soundtrack. It would be nice if there would be options like in Super Smash Brthers Ultimate or like in Devil May Cry 5 to switch the Music to whatever you want it to be for the title screen, menu, start and end of a PvP match.
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Classic PvP comentators: Some might be annoyed to listen to the voice of Jinn or Niles which… everyone forgets about after finishing the story. What if you could choose which voice you want to have. Like Hoffman and Myrrah or Prescott.
That are a bunch of classics so far. Here are some other Ideas:
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FOV options for Xbox: PC had Field of View options since the beginning and the PC master race always sais stuff like “the console cant run a different FOV” which makes no sense at all. I mean PC players have all the advantage with that option. Not only can they aim faster with mouse and keyboard but also see more what happens around them.
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Bundle exclusive characters individually: Most of the time I see a bundle that has only 1 thing I want to have. Like the Bundle from Operation 4 with Minn and Sam. I personally would want to have V-Day-Sam but she is only available with the entire Bundle so I am forced to pay Iron in worth of 18$ to get her. This is a waste of money since I personally wouldn’t use ANY other item from that Bundle.Selling Characters from Bundles individually would be much better and ppl might be more ready to pay some rl money for them. Bundles are only good if you want to save money when you want a bunch of that bundle.
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Easter eggs: Everyone loves Easter eggs and everyone is impressed by the easter eggs from CoD and I bet a majority was even impressed by the Reaper Easter Egg from GoW Judgment. Some interactive easter eggs for some Multiplayer maps would be a lot of fun. They doesn’t have to be that complicated. They just have to be fun to make a PvP match interesting. Like in GoW3 with the fire extinguisher or the Razor Hail from GoW2 or the imulsion flood also from GoW2
If you guys agree, disagree or have other ideas you want to have in Gears 5 please leave a comment. I hope the Coalition will take a look at the list of what everybody wants for the future of Gears 5 and the Gears of War franchice . I just hope Gears of war will be as good as Gears of War 1-3 one day. I miss the good old Cliffy B. GoW games and I hope the Coalition can find a way into the Cliffy B. mindset and create something simmillar with the help of the true gears of War fans.