If The Coalition’s recent Multiplayer Beta for Gears of War: E-Day told us anything, it’s that the new movement system is going to take some getting used to. Gears 5 remains one of Xbox’s most acclaimed shooters, packed with phenomenal action sequences, tight gameplay, and gorgeous visuals. It’s a top-shelf banger, despite its somewhat shaky step towards semi-open level design. Now, the team is looking to nail that vision by starting completely from scratch and squeezing every last drop of performance out of Unreal Engine 5 to deliver a truly unforgettable Emergence Day.
I recently got around two hours with Gears of War: E-Day’s campaign, and whilst I was blown away by what I played, I did wrap up with a few lingering questions.
Straight from the off, it was obvious that the campaign is very much a prequel. The Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) is still unaware of the scale of the threat it’s yet to face. Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago are in their early twenties, and I wasn’t prepared for the gut punch of ‘Private’ Santiago naming his wife, Maria, as his next of kin.
As the pair report for duty, gearing up in the signature blue glow of their armoured breastplates, they’re joined by series newcomers Mags Carter and Lucas Reyes. This was where I was properly introduced to the fresh faces of Beta Squad.
Gears of War: E-Day is the best the series has felt with the controller in my hand
Reyes is a by-the-book rook, as green to conflict as Sera is to the Locust. Mags, meanwhile, is portrayed as a complex and guarded sceptic who questions the COG’s logic. Both feel right at home in the Gears universe.
The demo is split into two missions, with the first beginning in the opening chapter of Act 2, inside City Hall on the morning after Emergence Day. The building is bustling with wounded soldiers, supply crates, and surveillance monitors, as Mayor Shaw and Colonel Trench argue over how best to save Kalona from falling.
Beta Squad’s task is straightforward: cross the river, link up with Charlie Squad, and secure the city’s Thrashball stadium, repurposing it as the COG’s primary forward operations base.
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