Gears of War 4 Reviews

Gears of War 4 is ranked in the 93rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
7 / 10.0
Oct 29, 2019

Gears 5 is here to deliver a new slice of the dark and gore soaked world of Serra -- but is it worth the blood and tears?

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4 / 10.0
Mar 29, 2018
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Unscored
Feb 8, 2018

Gears 4’s achievements are in its intimacy and understanding of its history. Much of the game finds you in cramped, isolated corridors, fighting things you don’t understand for reasons you haven’t had time to process. It’s not a war so much as an attempt to crawl out of an abyss, alive for one more day. Gears has never felt as hopeless and frightening as Gears 4, nor has it ever recognized its characters’ mortality as effectively.

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80 / 100
Apr 17, 2017

"Gears of War 4" is one of the best cover shooter experiences around and provides an interesting story with gorgeous visuals. The elements of this game really show off the strength of Triple-A titles.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 1, 2017

The Coalition did a great job with Gears of War 4 and look to be taking the franchise in the right direction; I look forward to seeing what they have planned for Gears of War 5 and Gears of War 6.

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8.4 / 10.0
Dec 29, 2016

Gears of War 4 is an impressive return to form.

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8 / 10.0
Nov 11, 2016

The Story has Flaws but it's a Good Start for the new Trilogy. Gears of War 4 Truly Shines in Multiplayer Part, From Amazing Horde Mode 3.0 to Multiple Game modes. I Recommended this game For all Gears of War Saga fan and Newcomers to the Serie.

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87 / 100
Nov 10, 2016

Gears 4 serves as a worthy reboot even if it doesn't expand on the status quo. Technically the game is sound & offers more than enough value, but it doesn't advance the story or the recipe enough to warrant admiration to say its one of the best in series.

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games(TM)
games™ Team
Top Critic
8 / 10
Nov 7, 2016

It gets good once the blood starts flowing

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8 / 10.0
Nov 4, 2016

Gears of War 4 is a confident offering across campaign and multiplayer from The Coalition. There's hours of fun to be had here, especially in the updated Horde mode.

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GameGrin
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Nov 1, 2016

After having a blast with the campaign, The Coalition have taken the helms of the Gears of Wars franchise and have made it their own. There was little to dislike about the experience and the team have more than proved that a returning franchise can still be epic.

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8 / 10
Oct 29, 2016

A worthy addition to the Gears of War franchise, but a lack of overall innovation means it doesn't really stand out from the crowd. Fans of the franchise will approve.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 28, 2016

Gears Of War 4 does not disappoint on any level. The game is on Unreal Engine 4 so it looks and sounds great. The story is interesting, and not only that will get a solid portion of well-known Gears, but also taste all sorts of well-realized and implemented novelties.

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7.9 / 10.0
Oct 24, 2016

[Gears of War 4] takes positive and familiar themes from the first game and dresses them up in modernity and pretends it’s an entirely new, and fresh start. So it’s not bad, but it’s not groundbreaking either. However, with Horde mode and multiplayer, as well as cross-platform play, there’s enough value here for anyone looking for a decent co-operative experience full of big guns, big explosions and big violence and gore.

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8.3 / 10.0
Oct 24, 2016

Despite the orphaned feeling of the first half of the game, not to mention the snappier more responsive gameplay, Gears of War 4 is still a rock-solid third person shooter. Set in the broken world of Sera, humanity is trying to rebuild after the Locust (and later, Lambent) devastated the world and in doing, somehow turns into an Orwellian nightmare for the first few acts. Muscle through it, whether through single player, couch co-op, or online co-op, and you will be rewarded with a decent "next step" in the franchise that really ends on a cliffhanger worthy of a follow-up.

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9.2 / 10.0
Oct 24, 2016

Gears of War 4 delivers on all that it had promised, a wonderful campaign with twist and turns, leavings us wanting. The multiplayer feels fresh and is worth playing to get better at for competitive modes; along with a horde mode that will test you but make you feel accomplished when it’s all finished.

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Pardis Game
Sina R
Top Critic
8.5 / 10.0
Oct 23, 2016

One of the biggest and of course hardest challenges that many companies could face is to revive and remake a game series via new developers, like the experience Microsoft had with Halo and the result was the successful title Halo 4 which kinda lacked the depth and the moral of the story compared to its previous successors. In the present generation of gaming, we've observed the same process but this time for the well known series of "Gears of War" which of course, went through the same way as Halo did and it lacks the moral compared to its previous titles.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 22, 2016

Gears of War 4 is a fantastic game that retains its past taste, and even with the change of its new chef, the The Coalition, the gameplay and gunplay situations have become even better than before.

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8.4 / 10.0
Oct 20, 2016

Gears of War 4 has a cinematic campaign and a really well done horde mode, however, the story is poorly written and doesn't offer anything amazing to the player

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8 / 10.0
Oct 19, 2016

But comfort breeds complacency, and I hope that as The Coalition gains confidence in their take on the franchise, they continue to push. Gears of War 4 reinvents my favorite game type, plays cheeky at the best times and gives me a cast I can get behind immediately, rather than gradually. This isn’t a grand departure, but it’s a start; for now, that’s enough to keep me coming back game after game, wave after wave for more of what only Gears can do.

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