Here’s the thing, I don’t care about whether Gears is fast or not. I enjoyed both UE and Gears 4 multiplayer plenty and still go back to either of them from time to time.
Keep in mind it took Gears 4 a long while before it became what is loved today.
My issue with Gears 5 is that it has an idenity crisis. It was on the course of becoming Gears 4 with more ranged gunplay while ironing out the bugs, despite the tug of war between the pros and the community, with outcries of wanting either Gears 1 or Gears 4 core gameplay.
And here we are with the mud movement reminiscent of Gears 1 with the ranged weapons taking us back to Gears 2. And the worst part is that we have no idea if whether this new movement is a bug or intentional.
I just want a CONSISTENT Gears. I wish TC would just put their foot down, stick with a vision and polish it.
Let the rest accept that and either adapt or leave.
TC is afraid to take risks with its mechanics.
TC is stuck playing catch up with the bugs because of a rushed release.
The core community is almost entirely afraid of change, yet are torn with what era of Gears they want 5 to be.
And now TC has lost Ryan, and whether that actually affects the direction of Gears 5 remains to be seen.
This circus has to end somehow, I don’t even wanna see Gears 6 for another few years until TC decides on what the hell Gears 5 is supposed to be so people can actually take their time with it.