![]() ![]() More should be expected from franchises as iconic as Borderlands and Gears. I understand that there are lots of pressures from within their companies, gaming media, and fans, but that is no reason to ‘play it safe’. While I can see where the favourable reviews are coming from, I ask a different question: does Gears 5 do enough? In my opinion, the answer is ‘no’.ĭevelopers, and AAA developers especially, should be more ambitious with their games. Overwatch 2 Battle For Olympus Patch Notes Pharah Gets ThreeHeaded Rockets. It’s as though they took what was going to be another narrow portion of the map and stretched it out to make it feel different. Bitcoin trades near 22,250 as total crypto market cap climbs above 1 trillion. The problem with these are, they’re bland, lifeless and not worth exploring. ![]() Literally the only attempt at doing something new was open world sections. The missions barely vary, the combat is essentially the game as in Gears of War 1, and the story is forgettable. While I agree, Gears 5 is a decent Gears of War game, it hasn’t taken the franchise anywhere other than where it’s been. Gears 5 suffers from similar issues, despite the favourable review that’s been published here. ![]() But, after 7 years, fans of the franchise deserve more than what they’ve been given. The developers have released a game that would have been completely fine if it was released a year or two after Borderlands 3 – it’s more of the same, after all. It’s not even worth exploring the map – most routes off the beaten path will take you to a few chests containing… ammo? Whoop.īorderlands 3 isn’t a completely terrible game, it’s just not as good as it should have been. We all knew that there would be a grind involved, but the designers spent very little time thinking of imaginative set pieces or varied missions. Still, we can look past the dialogue, but what the lack of varied content will mean that you’re bored long before you get anywhere near the end. Borderlands 1 and 2 were genuinely funny, Borderlands 3 is less so. The ‘…will remember that’ thing was finished years ago, and Wick and Warty (‘heh, like Rick and Morty, d’yah geddit?’) are just the tip of a very stale iceberg. To start with Borderlands 3, I’m sorry but, those outdated jokes are completely ridiculous. They’ve shown that even AAA developers can be completely unambitious. I’m a little time poor and I wish I hadn’t bothered with either game, not because they’re terrible games, but because they should have been better than they are. And with Gears 5, I signed up to the Xbox Game Pass for £1 and figured I may as well check it out. To explain, I’ve enjoyed previous installments in the Borderlands franchise so actually pre-ordered the third entry to the main series. I picked up Borderlands 3 and Gears 5 without waiting to see whether they were everything I thought they would be, everything they should have been. Generally, if I don’t pick up a game within the first 7 days, it is highly unlikely that I’ll pick it up at a later date. I wait for the ‘Day One’ furore to die down and the inevitable patches to fix the main issues, read a few reviews then decide whether I’m going to reach for my credit card. ![]()
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