

They've got more personality too, with the sort of constant quips and jokes you might expect from an Uncharted game. The new cast is baby-faced compared with the grizzled old gang, opting for eyebrow rings and dyed hair in place of out-of-fashion do-rags. Instead of playing as Marcus Fenix and his crew, you control his son, JD Fenix, along with JD's friends, Kait Diaz and Del Walker. You still carve monsters open with chainsaws.Īfter four games starring the same group of COG soldiers, Gears of War 4 passes the narrative torch to a younger generation. You still shoot at big, squishy enemies that burst open like gore pinatas. You still take cover, still hunker down and "roadie run" from place to place, and still carefully time your active reloads to fill each clip with extra-powerful bullets. Like the earlier games in the series, you control a beefy dude (or lady!) from a third-person perspective. The newest game doesn't offer many surprises, but it's still enjoyable to play. Ten years ago, Gears of War helped define an age of blockbuster multiplayer games.
