Gears 5: An Overlooked Masterpiece

One could be forgiven for thinking that the Gears of War franchise was nothing more than a motley assortment of big dumb Michael Bay-style type video games. After all, each outing in the series seems to go with the motif of bigger and better. Imbued with a flare for the theatrical the Gears of War series isn’t one to shy away from breathtaking set pieces both in locale and in enemy monsters. One lesser known fact about the Gears of War franchise is that the writing is actually really good. Both for the lore and for the characters. I have found such a deep attachment to various characters the developers have introduced us to over the years and even more so with the latest outing. Gears 5 is a technical masterpiece which show cases the power of Unreal Engine 4. The animations, the lighting physics, the gameplay mechanics all seem to have come together well in this cacophony of beauty that is Gears 5.