Huge Gears fan here. Been playing Gears since day one release of original Gears of War on Xbox 360. Sadly Gears 5 doesn't quiet live up to its name... Gears 4 was much better in every way possible.

Story and newish characters are not really memorable... It's decent. CO-OP is tons of fun though. Horde mode is pretty much a downgrade compared to Gears 4... Multiplayer is still worth it but needs some work. Although it requires way too much grinding...
Graphically the game is pretty and runs great for me on Ultra settings, seems to be well optimized (Ryzen 1700X 4GHz - RTX 2060 Super 8GB - 1440p)

Crossplay is obviously a huge plus BUT microtransactions is a BIG negative.

Also the fact that split-screen was removed from PC version the day before the game was released was really shady and pissed me off pretty badly along with many other people. I was planning on playing story (split-screen) with a friend but I guess.. that's never gonna happen.. If I wasn't such a big Gears fan, I would have refunded the game. Overall negatives outweigh the positives.

Sadly (IMO) the game doesn't really feel like it belongs to Gears series... it reminds me of Gears of War Judgement which felt the same way to me.

I was excited about Gears 5 but ended up being pretty disappointed... As much as I love Gears series and would love to recommend it... but I just can't recommend the game in its current state.

Huge Gears fan here. Been playing Gears since day one release of original Gears of War on Xbox 360. Sadly Gears 5 doesn't quiet live up to its name... Gears 4 was much better in every way possible. Story and newish characters are not really memorable... It's decent. CO-OP is tons of fun though. Horde mode is pretty much a downgrade compared to Gears 4... Multiplayer is still worth it but needs some work. Although it requires way too much grinding... Graphically the game is pretty and runs great for me on Ultra settings, seems to be well optimized (Ryzen 1700X 4GHz - RTX 2060 Super 8GB - 1440p) Crossplay is obviously a huge plus BUT microtransactions is a BIG negative. Also the fact that split-screen was removed from PC version the day before the game was released was really shady and pissed me off pretty badly along with many other people. I was planning on playing story (split-screen) with a friend but I guess.. that's never gonna happen.. If I wasn't such a big Gears fan, I would have refunded the game. Overall negatives outweigh the positives. Sadly (IMO) the game doesn't really feel like it belongs to Gears series... it reminds me of Gears of War Judgement which felt the same way to me. I was excited about Gears 5 but ended up being pretty disappointed... As much as I love Gears series and would love to recommend it... but I just can't recommend the game in its current state.