Gears 5 Is So Damn Good... (Xbox One + PC Review)

I was SERIOUSLY not looking forward to reviewing Gears 5. I had basically zero hype. Oh how quickly things change...
---
Thanks for watching. If you enjoyed the video, be sure to hit the like and subscribe buttons, and if you REALLY liked the video, consider supporting me on Patreon. You get a fancy script every time I do one of my big 'The Review' reviews: / skillupyt
--
You can watch me streaming on Twitch here: / skillupyt
You can find my second channel here;
• Playlist
Skill Up Gaming Facebook Page!
/ 2029370630658327
Twitter: SkillUpYT?lang=en (@skillupyt)
Join us on the community Discord:
/ discord
--
Control Review:
• Control Feels Like It'...
Remnant: From The Ashes Review
• Remnant: From The Ashe...
Wolfenstein: Youngblood Review
• Wolfenstein Youngblood...
Surge 2 Preview
• The Surge 2 Is Looking...
Warhammer: Chaosbane Review:
• Warhammer: Chaosbane -...
You can check out some of my recent videos here:
Blood and Truth (PSVR) Review:
• A VERY Serious Review ...
A Plague Tale: Innocence Review:
• A Plague Tale: Innocen...
My Rage 2 review:
• Rage 2 - A Brief Revie...
My Days Gone Review:
• Days Gone - The Review...
My Far Cry New Dawn review:
• ...Shame It Was Sold A...
The Division 2 Review:
• Tom Clancy's The Divis...
My Days Gone impressions:
• Days Gone Is Nailing S...
My Metro Exodus Review:
• Metro Exodus - The Rev...
My Anthem Review:
• Anthem - The Review (2...
My Division 2 Impressions video:
• The Division 2 Beta Re...
My Apex Legends review:
• Apex Legends - A Brief...
My Anthem Impressions:
• Anthem has too many is...
Please don't skip The Hong Kong Massacre:
• The Hong Kong Massacre...
My Far Cry: New Dawn Preview
• Far Cry: New Dawn's Co...
My Resident Evil 2 review:
• Resident Evil 2 - A Br...
Ace Combat 7 Review:
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Un...
Metro: Exodus Hands-On Impressions
• I Played Metro: Exodus...
My reaction to the Bungie/Activision split:
• My Reaction To The Bun...
Ashen- The Review:
• Ashen - A Brief Review...
Why I Deleted My CoD: Bo4 Review:
• Why I Deleted My (Posi...
Hades Early Access Review:
• Hades - The Early Acce...
GRIS Review:
• GRIS - A Brief Review ...
Darksiders III Review:
• Darksiders 3 - A Brief...
My Fallout 76 Review:
• Fallout 76 - The Revie...
My Red Dead Redemption 2 Review:
• Red Dead Redemption 2 ...
Diablo 3 Switch Review:
• Diablo 3 Eternal Colle...
Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Review
• Assassin's Creed: Odys...
Destiny 2: Forsaken Review
• Destiny 2: Forsaken - ...
Destiny 2: Warmind DLC:
• Destiny 2: Warmind - T...
Destiny 2 - Curse of Osiris Review (I'm Done With Destiny 2):
• Destiny 2 - The Curse ...
My Destiny 2 Review:
• Destiny 2 | An In-Dept...
No Man's Sky - The Review
• No Man's Sky - The Rev...
Warframe: The Sacrifice - The Review
• Warframe: The Sacrific...
My Detroit: Become Human Review:
• Detroit: Become Human ...
My God of War review:
• God of War | A Brief R...
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition Review
• Final Fantasy XV Royal...
My Kingdom Come: Deliverance Review:
• Kingdom Come: Delivera...
My Monster Hunter World Review:
• Monster Hunter World -...
The Division Review (2018)
• Tom Clancy's The Divis...
Warframe: The Plains of Eidolon Review:
• Warframe | The Plains ...
My Warframe Review (2017)
• Warframe | The Review

[@averyhonestnintendofanboy7624]

As a ps4 player I’m so hyped to play this Xbox deserves some good games :)

[@SkillUp]

See this is the attitude we should all have. Respect to you my man :)

[@dreamerabe]

Race traitor! /s

[@tjj4lab]

Deserves? Exactly how does MS/xbox deserve good games? They buy up studios then shit them out broken messes. Xbox gamers deserve some good games, xbox has done very little to deserve anything.

[@averyhonestnintendofanboy7624]

TJJ I want good games on Xbox so people have a reason to buy it competition is good for us gamers. I own all three consoles just so I can play the exclusive games and if I’m a “traitor” to a plastic box then honestly I don’t care lmao

[@atypicalatoms9425]

@@averyhonestnintendofanboy7624 this is the attitude ALL gamers should have, maybe one day. For now, you earned my respect. 👍

[@EMB1199]

Marcus is to Gears what Arnold is to Terminator, he just steals the scene when he appears

[@papertiger9845]

Steals*

[@deathsdoor07]

Thought he was dead.

[@OvercastCoob]

"THEY SHOT MY FUCKING TOMATOS!"

[@mikebarnes7441]

It used to be he didn't have to "appear". He WAS GoW. For a franchise to move their icon from being the main focus of the games to a supporting role like this normally doesnt bode well *cough Halo 5 cough cough* but this NAILS it.

[@kaidon39]

Dom... :'(

[@clevelandbrown4571]

It was me, Skill up!!! I was the one who asked you to review Astral Chain instead of Gears 5 on Twitch, so you can later eat those words about Gears 5!!!! BAHAHA!!! Everything went according to plan!!!!

[@TheCivildecay]

11:15 tbh I'm glad that the open world is rather empty, instead of going the ubisoft way of letting you collect 1000 dogtag/flowers/feathers etc

[@robertbobson9344]

After playing the story i felt that the open worlds were good, not bad but not great either but they served their purpose very well and gave a very nice to fresh air to the game. I thought to myself that the open worlds were quite empty but now thinking back on it that is a good thing from a gameplay and a story sense, I dont think gears fans would enjoy the typical 1000000 mediocre things to do formula ubi has. The open world in gears is very simple, primary missions, secondary missions with some bits and bobs inbetween that reward the prying eye with very powerful weapons. This is exactly what the game needed to have a good balance of downtime and gameplay, however I feel like the open world travel times were to serve as nothing more than just time wasters so they could squeeze story in overall.

[@ESI3GE]

Ubisoft as a developer is probably the best in the market right now. AC odyssey, wildlands and fc5 were some of my favorites of this console generation.

[@KingLouieXD]

"I'm glad the open world is empty." Who says this? A consumer paying $60 shouldn't settle for less.

[@TheCivildecay]

@@KingLouieXD 1st, I didn't pay $60 for this, I got the game on gamepass.. 2nd, not placing random bullshit all over the world doesn't make it a lesser game...

[@ezrakitchen4403]

Dr. Manhattan because the game is absolutely full of content, with horde, escape, versus, and campaign, that it doesn’t need a packed open world. There are still a decent amount of little side quests and stuff, but it’s generally just a chance for you to chill out for a bit, enjoy the character banter and scenery, and go from place to place without hassle. It’s not supposed to be like the Witcher

[@fedjenlion]

Irrelevant to the game but relevant to Microsoft. My girlfriend went to Gamescom in a wheelchair a few weeks back and she had a really good experience there with the Xbox staff as soon as they noticed her coming in the direction of the booth they were super helpful and friendly and she was able to play the game she'd wanted to try out. I've personally never played any of the Gears games as they are not my cup of tea but i do think that Microsoft deserves commendations for going the extra mile when it comes to accessibility for people with disabilities or impairments.

[@fedjenlion]

@Aku Microsoft did and that's my entire point ;)

[@josequilez5449]

@Aku hey kid on the internet trying to be a bully. Shut up and get off your ass and stop trying to be a bully behind some screen punk. I personally hate you

[@fedjenlion]

c'mon guys let's not turn something positive into a hate train

[@Blackout5992]

@@fedjenlion KZbin should bring back down voting!

[@jc-zp1de]

Wish I had a girlfriend like yours.🤤

[@imo098765]

Thanks for bringing up the accessibility options, MS has been giving players more options to play instead of the "games are too hard" comment some journalists keep spouting

[@NickHunter]

I've seen plenty of journalists calling for more accessibility options, but the arguments sort of fall into line with one another. Either way it's a great thing and absolutely kudos to MS for making such a great effort here

[@logandenton6467]

@coon the baboon I think he meant that instead of Microsoft making a game, like sekiro, easier for a person with one arm, Microsoft has given them the ability to play sekiro, for example, by making a controller that works for themselves, so they have the opportunity to beat it, or have fun trying to just like everyone else. All without giving them a 'press x to win' that no one else is given. TL;DR for you it's a fluff word but for a seven year old with only three fingers it means they can play any game no matter how hard with a equal opportunity to be just as good as you or me, even if it some like darks souls, or halo.

[@imo098765]

@@logandenton6467 basically what you said, they busy creating an entire eco-system of different styled controllers, buttons, that gives people a chance to play games, regardless of its difficulty settings. because it was never the difficulty or challenge of the game that prevented people from playing but the lack of tools that will allow them to play. Someone who is "disabled" will probably struggle through Darks Souls more than abled bodied gamers because to some its less of challenge than everyday life

[@Vicious0Sephiroth]

Because journalists arent real gamers.

[@Visolator]

now take gears of war combat and facial animations and make a new mass effect game

[@zybch]

Mass Effect has been killed. The mess the 2nd tier rejects from Bioware made of it with their identity politics and lack of skill wrecked it. Perhaps in another 10 years the stank may have worn off.

[@KingCraze22]

No just remaster the original trilogy on the Unreal Engine and hire the same voice actors! Please for the love of god I promise it will make money, EA!

[@Visolator]

​@@KingCraze22 I'm convinced the executives at EA need a gamer consultant. They make so many terrible decisions that even a casual gamer would point to them as being awful - even purely for business purposes. It's sort of like hiring the executive from a manufacturing company to sell artwork. If they have no passion or taste regarding the art to begin with, they'll have a hard time making decisions that rely on knowing your consumer - thus hurting the business.

[@KingCraze22]

Sage Willis that’s actually a great analogy. They are a profit engine, nothing more. Every decision they make is about their bottom line.

[@jacobcurley4742]

@@zybch My guy, the game had a lot of problems. It was shaky at times technically and the writing was far below standard quite often. Exactly 0% of that had anything to do with "identity politics". It was a half-baked money grab for sure, but it had a lot of potential.

[@FreezyPop]

I never stopped playing gears of war ever since I first played it in 2007

[@carsondarling3402]

Freezy Pop same best game out here

[@JinnYoungKim]

Acutally, I stopped at 4.

[@Dwyer-nl9fz]

Jinn 8612 I love you

[@JinnYoungKim]

@@Dwyer-nl9fz Uh.... Thanks bro.

[@Dwyer-nl9fz]

Mark Mcculloch why exactly

[@Djalmanac]

"I really really liked Gears 5..." All I needed to hear. Time to get it!

[@EltonL]

i hope the next halo is like this too

[@smithdennard4547]

"If you didn't like the direction of 4, you won't like 5."- That's all I needed to hear. Gears 4 sucks on soooooo many levels. It's a shame, I was hoping that this would be better.(story wise) also fuck the local M&K support for console players. As a console gamer that likes having choice, fuck MS and the Coalition. If I want to only play against console controller players, I should be able to do so.

[@timothywillox8564]

Drink Wolf Cola Halo Infinite has no other option besides being a game-changer at this point

[@adahepper2665]

​@@EltonL Gears 5 is shit and will be on 50-70% sale within 6 weeks like the last title. Do not listen to a paid shill talking BS. He himself most likely move on from this game within a week like it never existed.

[@soopasoljah]

@@smithdennard4547 But you can choose to only play w/ or vs other controller players can't you? MS have repeatedly said in official statements that they are firmly behind letting the players choose who to play with & that they will always give you that option/choice in those games. Now they can only guarantee that for their own FP titles (which GoW 5 is) bc that's what they can control. They can't control what or how 3rd party devs do it, but they strongly advise them to follow their example if they do. Besides, there aren't many 3rd party cross plat games anyways. Most are from MS actually, which they pioneered esp after being the 1st to even support KB+M, which AFAIK all give you that option. They are most definitely aware of the potential issues & have already planned countermeasures for it before even allowing it. Idk about GoW here since I haven't played it yet but don't doubt it's the same. Just look how committed MS are to making this & their games accessible w/ all its accessibility options & their diff special controllers for the disabled, etc. So why wouldn't they? No one else in the industry puts even close to that amt of effort. They carry thru on their promises. At least now they do w/ Phil in charge. They're all about inclusion & options now. That's like their thing, motto, w/e.

[@edwincenteno7266]

3 player splitscreen? That insane! I can aprecciate more couch coop moments with my brothers.

[@3MAR443]

Didn't they used to had it in GOW 3

[@edwincenteno7266]

@@3MAR443 It's always been up to 2 player splitscreen for every mode localy, any more would need online conexion or a tv,system,game, and interconexión cable to hook two xbox to play in the same lobby/party but the screen could ever so split once for 2 at a time un one screen.

[@TorinAst]

@Mayan Ruins Probably because the xbox cant render 4 games at a time

[@Legion-495]

Does anyone know if you can select the character in coop?

[@darksun7263]

@@Legion-495 yes,you can!

[@partyincali1519]

You can literally play this game for $2 tomorrow with Xbox game pass. 😳

[@theinnkeeper2440]

PartyInCali can’t wait

[@timothywillox8564]

I took advantage of the deal M$ was offering by upgrading my gold to gamepass ultimate + one month extra for $1. So now I got gamepass ultimate for the remainder of my Xbox live gold subscription. Totally worth it

[@Ink129]

Yup, now that's value for your money right there.

[@Flatgod]

I truly wanted to thank you for bringing this to my attention.

[@TheColemancreek]

@@timothywillox8564 I did too Tim on PC. Have Gears 5 downloaded and ready to play. Also can grab The Outer Worlds when it releases.

[@MrFuffl]

Day 1 PC player here. Had 0 issues! I was able to run this on 2560x1440, high settings with a GTX 970 and 8GB of RAM. I was VERY pleasantly surprised.

[@StubenhockerElite]

Gears is and remains THE cover shooter. Not a shooter with cover mechanics tacked on but an honest to god action game developed around its core mechanics.

[@NickHunter]

I got gears 4 last year (haven't played the series since 1) and I forgot how epic the shoulder cam feels when you sprint. It's really unique to the franchise and just instantly took me back

[@Ocean5ix]

Which means it's a cover shooter....

[@Thegooderstuffs]

@@Ocean5ix your grasp of the English language must be limited or something.

[@Ocean5ix]

@@Thegooderstuffs Nah, it's just that people talk as if it's some unique feature that only Gears have. That said, don't assume everybody in the internet is a native english speaker.

[@shaundavidssd]

Facts

[@juanlodri5964]

Ralph: "Halo didn't have the best story ever." Me: There could not be greater heresy!

[@pubz9456]

He def only played halo 5 and then said that

[@felipecouto9726]

Hey! It was heresy!

[@DerultimativeOzzy]

To be fair, he's kinda got a point there. I'm loving me some Halo as its been my go to game franchise in my childhood and early teens, but Halo doesn't have an outrageously great overall story. Its the individual moments, the soundtracks, the action set pieces and the variaty of gameplay elements and levels that make the overall experience shine the brightest. Its the whole package that is greater than the sum of its parts. A Halo can be a fantastic game with a horrible story, because all the other aspects can carry it around so well. Going through some repetitive designed levels like that of CE's Control Room was still fun because of how well Bungie used that opportunity to make the next room feel different with music, new set of enemies and so on. Still heresy, so time to send the Arbiter.

[@timothywillox8564]

DerultimativeOzzy I think the halo books and comics are a big part of the reason why people put Halo up as high as they do when it comes to storytelling

[@ChuckTownRC51]

@@DerultimativeOzzy Halo has a pretty great story and it's deep. Probably a dozen or more excellent books to support it.

[@JudgmenTaichi]

Happy for the Gears series and Xbox player base

[@evvanwhite]

Nathan Miller yeah it is and Microsoft puts their exclusives on the Microsoft store on pc. (Also it’s sick they put this stuff MK steam as well)

[@evil7260]

Microsoft = pc

[@wolverinebruh4299]

Nathan Miller gears is WAY better on Xbox than pc it’s just facts

[@wolverinebruh4299]

Nathan Miller first of all better graphics for it, and also gears origins are from Xbox, pc is lucky that Microsoft lets y’all play gears and most people that play pc play gears on Xbox Edit: and I admit most games are best on pc, but gears is best on Xbox

[@wolverinebruh4299]

Nathan Miller lol I like how that’s the only thing you got, Evan the coalition said gears home and place is Xbox, pc does have better graphics on every game, but some games like gears 4 and 5 are better on Xbox

[@MaddieFrankX]

"Splitscreen on PC" SOLD!

[@somnia3423]

@@Meson10 or both on a controller

[@BackwardsCombatable]

As someone who spent hundreds of hours in Gears 4 multiplayer, I can safely say the microtransactions are not all that intrusive. I was able to get all the skins I wanted without spending a dollar and it gave me long term things to chase while enjoying the amazing gameplay in the short term. Don't skip this one!

[@atlien1988]

I agree. I managed to unlock dozens character and weapon skills without spending a single dollar. More games should take this approach. I do feel like a lot of the content was withheld for the seasons, but given that they didn't cost additional money and the breadth of content that was available, I gave it a pass.

[@rikou1986]

You can get the game for £1 with the xbox ultimate pass. Pc or xbox. Enjoy.

[@rikou1986]

@bigevilworldwide1 yeah this is aimed at people that use the pass now and then if they dont plan on buying.

[@garylupton3019]

Microsoft exclusives stay on there.

[@jlowe92]

Does that work for Windows 7?

[@flamingliger5533]

@@jlowe92 it most certainly does through steam :D store.steampowered.com/app/1097840/Gears_5/

[@AngelPerez-dw8ou]

@@flamingliger5533 gamepass ultimate is only on the xbox app

[@john8314]

"Finally an XBox exclusive to silence the critics" - September 2019. That headline, along with the date it was written, is absolute gold.

[@ILovemcdonalds470]

Then all of the sudden hate in a game a month later

[@vedicmetalhead1029]

It sucks....the microtransactions are stupid as af and the game was out of Xbox top 25 games within 3 weeks🤣

[@BlackPersonGuy]

@@vedicmetalhead1029 Imagine being mad that you can pay for cosmetic items that you can also easily play the game to earn🤨

[@KatzProductionsYT]

The fact you dropped a review of this quality right at the embargo date is really dope to me. I always wondered why other reviewers were so boring. Thanks for the motivation.

[@vinnytheevyllpopcorn8291]

I mean Laura Bailey(Nadine, MJ and...well a lot)plays Kait, so of course the performance was fantastic lol

[@Playerz714]

Ehhh at this point the VO's in games are so reused that it gets stale

[@vinnytheevyllpopcorn8291]

@@Playerz714 That just makes no fucking sense at all...they are actors dude, they are playing different people...just like in any movie ever! How can they get stale by playing different people...? I...don't understand!

[@ihateusernamesgrrr]

@@vinnytheevyllpopcorn8291 he's getting at the point that there's quite a lot of variety lacking in the voice overs, new characters or not. And I do agree with him, but I also agree with your first comment about this chick specifically

[@sylents8005]

@@vinnytheevyllpopcorn8291 I get what he's saying. I either hear troy baker or laura bailey. Not all games but I mean enough to point it out.

[@vinnytheevyllpopcorn8291]

Welll the thing is...there's definitely enough voice actors/actors to hire that are competent enough, however, if you can afford to hire the best(in this case, Laura), why wouldn't you, y'know? I get it, it's "always" them, and it's kinda funny(to me), and i may be biased towards them(Laura, Troy, Nolan...The Holy Trinity lol)because i love them, but again, they are the best imo!

[@neegewoonnee1556]

Thank you for this quality review, really liked watching it. 1 day and a couple of hours left, lets goooo!

[@Captain_Hapton]

Just finished playing through Gears 4, with the entire playthrough being absolutely convinced that JD was voiced by Nathan Fillion. When I finished and googled the voice cast and found out he wasn't, I decided to ignore that reality and make Nathan Fillion the voice of JD. He just fits.

[@marcusfitch7624]

Your video are some of the best, comprehensive and thorough game reviews on the internet. Please continue the great work

[@rickyemiguel]

This review is so damn reassuring, definitely picking it up.

[@ClassicKrusty]

Sheep 🐑

[@hcazdub]

@@ClassicKrusty This isn't an IGN review, chill.

[@logandenton6467]

@Steve Hunt They belong to a company worth a trillion dollars, they're not going anywhere close to being bankrupt for decades.

[@sadpandah7597]

@The Mold Hmm trust the random guy in the internet that basically knows nothing about the game or even how to make a simple game or trust many of the reviews that ACTUALLY Played the game and finished?? HMMM DECISIONS Such hard choices nowadays with the internet. LUL

[@MrSwitchblade327]

Dude is a shill bruh

[@amanpingle1497]

TBH I need some more macho in my games. Just.... BEEF.

[@PuddingXXL]

yeah that is why I as an anti nerd joined Warhammer 40k ^^ I JUST NEED SOME FUCKING BEEF!

[@hcazdub]

@@PuddingXXL you're watching a half hour video game review on KZbin. Calling yourself an 'anti-nerd' is kind of a stretch. Maybe I missed the sarcasm, whatever.

[@amanpingle1497]

Man cmon we all nerds bout something My addiction is JoJo

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

Well, but the main character of this game is not a woman trucker?

[@Stareye]

@@amanpingle1497 LOL!!!

[@GoldLBS]

Long time gears fan and i love gears 5. My favorite campaign. The open areas showcase a sense of scale and surprisingly immersive. Im glad they weren't littered with enemies and a bunch of collectibles. The snow area had a sense of dread and mystery. The desert showes a different perspective of Sera. These areas also revealed tons of lore about the Locust and UIR. IMO best game in the series. A lot of us gears vets will nitpick MP tweaks but overall very polished.

[@chieftain9]

Monk Man if you haven’t, you should pick up the books. They’re all good and fill in the story between the games.

[@uncleiroh735]

Instant 10/10 great game.

[@iiPlay2Much]

Nice. I didnt really like the snow level. I thought it was a very lazy idea with repetative gameplay.

[@Spartan_83]

@@iiPlay2Much I liked it ok, thought it was a very good looking level and the boss was really good.

[@lordhellsfire]

This is how I felt about gears 5, although I'm trying to figure out why during initial launch the reviews were generally favorable with high praise yet as weeks went on months went by it seemed opinion slowly changed in the opposite direction. Seeing many hate videos posted up just purely hating on how they've "destroyed the series" etc.. its not like the game has fundamentally changed in that time has it?? Unless most those vids are focused on the online multiplayer status and updates maybe? Ive mainly been offline except the first month after release, but I got my fair share of online pvp play and online horde and I thought the multiplayer shined almost as bright as the campaign. So what happened?? Thoughts?

[@knucklessammich3875]

Some people going oh wait this game is too mainstream time to Hate on on it for that simple fact and people who think just because there's a female lead it's feminist propagandaand we also got the purest to believe that's the only good games were the first three

[@J.B.1982]

The female protagonist is a real bummer for me. Haven’t played this yet but I’m really getting sick of these companies injecting females into every masculine role. It feels contrived and like they’re trying to score points or something. This game still looks good enough to overcome that There’s always the Metro series and other Eastern European games

[@kostasspirou1010]

@@J.B.1982 Being a soldier isn't exactly a masculine role though, female soldiers exist.

[@HonkeyKong54]

@@kostasspirou1010 females on the front lines rarely exists and I've heard stories of ones almost getting people killed and slowing the men down. I've also heard the men that are on the front lines have to pick up unneeded slack because the woman can't do her job which creates friction and dangerous situations when you don't trust the person that's supposed to have your back. Not that this matters for a video game.

[@checkb0y985]

@@HonkeyKong54 That doesn't have anything to do with them being women, it's just incompetent soldiers. Also, you definitely just made that up lmao

[@krovarus1911]

I was having those same texture bugs with gears 4. From what I've heard, the issue lies with nvidia drivers and not necessarily the game itself

[@sausje]

Yep even in the current version it's still happening on my 2080.

[@krovarus1911]

@@sausje and the longer the game runs the more fucked all the textures get...its kinda surreal after a couple hours

[@michacohen1989]

Can confirm aswell, latest 2 nvidia drivers 436.xx have these issues. I just finished GoW4 to prepare for this release and encountered this issue after 20-30 mins of playing. Rolled back to 431.60, fixed all of these issues. We'll probably get a Gears 5 Game Ready driver, hopefully on time for release.

[@kvin976]

Also happened to me in the latest Ghost Recon beta with a Nvidia GPU (980ti).

[@zybch]

I guess at least with this series thats been made primarily for AMD (xbox) hardware, they perhaps don't have the same level of QA for nvidia's stuff? Then again, nvidia have a pretty bad record but that could just be from having the lions share of the PC market so most gamers will play on their stuff thus thats where the most problems will show up.

[@QianBing]

Damn that voice acting is good

[@hipjo]

Holy shit you're popping these reviews out recently I dig it. Much love brother 💪💪

[@alenchen98]

'You just played one of this year's best exclusives for ten dollar-e-do's' that's great

[@justblueboy2939]

As a PS 4 guy, i'm happy a game like this existd. Sony style games (Cinematic games) are great and all, but miss the day videogames are just videogames.

[@bigboi9711]

ฐิติพงษ์ ศรีสมบัติ true

[@BennyFPS]

What about Bloodborne, Ratched and Clank, Spider-man, Dreams, Gravity Rush 1 + 2?

[@justblueboy2939]

@@BennyFPS That kind of games are far rarer nowaday. Look, i'm very much Sony fanboy, i own every Sony console. But even i noticed that Sony game are shifted toward cinematic games, i'm not say that it's bad, God of War was great, so are Last of Us. There is a reason why Sony-hater called Sony games "walking simulator".

[@Bloodhurl67]

@@justblueboy2939 That's great and all but all the games he pointed out aren't cinematic.

[@zybch]

Each platform pushes the other along, we all win. XB is getting a heap of narrative SP games from their newly acquired studios, and PS is looking more and more to multiplayer and just 'fun' instead of their typical one-and-done stuff. Its good for everyone.

[@AdrasAdraki]

Is this what you got to review in aug during your ff14 playthrough?

[@TheKiburedo]

I loved the clip when Del says "That's not his fault" about Jack being a robot.

[@aaronkoh6210]

Good review :) also nice outro music.

[@andrewlavagnino5093]

Thank god this isn’t The Last Jedi of gears because gears 4 is the force awakens

[@alexlyster3459]

That's actually a perfect analogy. I mean Gears 5 looks like it's even got a bloody red desert section as well.

[@arnox4554]

Except The Last Jedi was pretty good... Fight me.

[@andrewlavagnino5093]

Arnox Immordium I have been a life long Star Wars fan and don’t really like engaging in the last Jedi debate. It was a beautifully shot movie and some of the symbolism is unreal. But I didn’t vibe with it(:

[@arnox4554]

@@andrewlavagnino5093 Actually, you know what? That's totally cool. If you personally just didn't like it, that's totally fine. I guess my beef comes from the fact that people are calling it objectively bad when that's far from the truth.

[@NazarHerman]

Skill Up or ACG first was one of hardest decisions I had to ever make.

[@-pressxtostart-]

🤔

[@JacaboBlanco]

Nah fam skill up first always. Love ACG but eh

[@Ragnarok3918]

ACG has a big ego

[@nomercy8989]

I find ACGs videos really boring these days.

[@JacaboBlanco]

@@nomercy8989 same here. Used to love his stuff now I don't even watch it for the most part It's skill up for a serious review and Rantoni pepperoni for some comedy

[@jigga69000]

Thanks for the video. Can we play 2 or 3 players splitscreen on PC for Espace/Horde mode ?

[@c-dark]

"what pc game has split screen in 2019?" Outward

[@JackyDayt]

Wow I may have to play this one. Great review by the way. (Praise the Memes)

[@jon-umber]

Thank you for the review Ralph, have a good day!

[@Svartsomkato]

I'm so happy to hear this! Gears 5 here I come!

[@JinnYoungKim]

No

[@Legion-495]

Someone pls tell me can you select the character in coop?! I cannot find that info...

[@Doctor-Infinite]

Im sorry hearing your voice **S Q U E A K** doing the Marcus voice is just adorable

[@Belgariad87]

EDIT: forgot to mention, this also has Play Anywhere, which i 100% think is mainly how Microsoft is gonna dominate a market for the next generation. i think i played 1-3 back in the day by borrowing them all off friends, but i can't remember hardly any of it. I got them again on microsoft store to replay them but the old ones did not age well to me. they arent bad exactly, it just still feels like i'm backtracking. however i also grabbed Gears 4 and would like to play that and then get Gears 5. seems like a neat romp harking back to the "hoorah" games of yore. I was becoming a teen back then and i only got into games like gears, halo, and cod because thats what was popular in my groups (though halo ended up being pretty fun long term), but its still enough of my life to give me that good ol dose of nostalgic feeling over the mechanics.

[@raidermaxx2324]

lol.. " you were becoming a teen back then" long ago, in ages passed...

[@beckydickerson8121]

Ps5 gonna dominate next gen

[@tumblingmonkeys6923]

God damn you’re the best games critic on KZbin! Your reviews are so entertaining and are structured so well!!! Keep it up!!!!

[@kingsleyjackson8287]

Nathan Miller consoles exclusive

[@LukeHimself]

*This EXACT "sprinkles" texture effect happened to me today, on the Ghost Recon Breakpoint Beta, which didn't happen in the Alpha!*

[@Kasaaz]

It feels like in the last year, year and a half maybe, the quality of voice acting performances as well as scripts has just shot up. Like noticibly better in a short time. All across gaming. It's surprising.

[@TheREALHugo4]

Not in this gears 5 game. But death stranding is gonna prove it once more. Fuck xbox.

[@user-rt9ud4ic1m]

@@TheREALHugo4 You sound educated.

[@TheREALHugo4]

@@user-rt9ud4ic1m Not to say i am being petty with the xbox community but it is a common thing that xbox games tend to be good when it only comes to halo/gears and forza. For the rest, well, it's tedious.

[@user-rt9ud4ic1m]

@@TheREALHugo4 Regardless of community, you're just contradicting yourself now. " Fuck Xbox" - "Not to say I'm being petty towards the Xbox community" Referring to voice acting "Not in this Gears 5 game" - " MS is only good when it comes to Gears/Halo and Forza" We're not talking about "the rest", we're talking about Gears 5. Educated.

[@TheREALHugo4]

@@user-rt9ud4ic1m More like being realist because for this generation, xbox games failed to be good and gears 5 has no good gameplay, the story is 4 hours max and there is no interest in the characters at all.

[@optionseven9699]

I’m so glad Gears didn’t flop

[@TheChickfilacowz]

PC gamer here and I’m very happy to say this game ran nearly flawlessly on ultra at 1440p. Graphically it is absolutely gorgeous in parts. Definitely one of the best pc ports I’ve ever played. Also you can play it early on game pass for only $2 right now! Highly recommend

[@joeodee6076]

Exceptional video. Thank you for your great work,

[@Cyrribrae]

Hype!!!!! That's awesome that it changed your mind so much. Super exciting

[@jaimisdescolsons6627]

,, 💞💞💞💞

[@TrensicMusic]

I need to know who is disliking videos like this? This is some of the best content in games journalism. I just need to know why. Do you hate gears? Do you hate happy reviews? So you just hate skill up? Or is it still anthem hate still rolling around

[@yaeven4943]

I know it sounds like a lazy, oversimplified answer, but Sony fanboys (not fans) are notoriously obnoxious anytime something positive from Microsoft pops up. I like to think that this channel's audience is generally better than that, but every community has its outliers.

[@GodWarsX]

@@yaeven4943 I'm a diehard Sony fan.. Hell I'd even call myself a fanboy. But that's secondary. First and foremost, I'm a fan of VIDEOGAMES! And I think it's fantastic that xbox fans have a new killer game to call their own. Im stoked for anyone whose pumped to play this dope ass experience. I wish I could play. Maybe I'll finally pull the trigger on a One X...

[@ConanOG]

It's fine, mostly of videos have that 5% of dislikes, probably people that are looking for a different content, dislike him for some random reason or just don't want that game to have success but, it's very normal to have that 5% of people in mostly of videos.

[@bobby_c07]

Could be older gears fans just not digging the games.

[@gunnarbrunstig8377]

I quess some dont like seeing a video this long to know how it plays. Many cuts that might show parts of the story and in some ways be spoilers. Other then that i cant think of any reason. Might be some retards from The Sony and Nintendo stables. All console and Pc fans have a couple of those retarded fanboys.

[@raichuraichu7632]

Gears 5: Operation 5 just came out a little bit ago and I get recommended this vid. It's the end of Nov 2020 and Gears 5 has wiggled it's way into being one of my favorite games. I KEEP coming back and I am having a great time. I love it. Didnt care much for it when it first came out but man they have really really improved this game. It's so much fun

[@funkyreapercat5280]

Even better now

[@mrxxsesshomaruxx9642]

This has to be the best Gears 5 review I’ve seen so far, you go into detail on how encounters have changed and for the better too, great video, Gears 5 is awesome and very unique too imo

[@G_Rad_Ski]

I loved Control outside the performance issues so hopefully I agree with you on this one more, looking forward to it.

[@Sammo212]

Same! I loved Control WAY more than he did.

[@OvercastCoob]

I would buy control because i absolutely adore remedy's work, but i've heard that it chugs alot and can even crash on xbone/ps, so im not sure if i should buy it :/

[@Sammo212]

@@OvercastCoob the issues seem to be based on a mixture of PS4 temp, the HDD, and other issues. I am on a base PS4 and have ZERO (at this time) texture pop-in, and have had very few frame rate issues. The frame issues are there but it is by far not "unplayable" but to each their own. I have had no crashes of the game.

[@G_Rad_Ski]

@@OvercastCoob I'm on a launch PS4 and the game's frames tank pretty hard sometimes when it gets chaotic. I can bear through it but it needs addressed soon. No crashes yet so far. I'd wait if you have this long for a stability patch.

[@MrPhungCS104]

Control is awesome but yeah, the performance is quite bad.

[@GodWarsX]

I'm glad xbox finally gets a solid exclusive. To all xbox fans pumped to play this, ENJOY!! I wanna play

[@fatboyvladimir1555]

Me too! I can't wait to play this tomorrow on gamepass Although if you ask me Sunset Overdrive was an incredible exclusive that was so unfortunately overlooked.

[@abelmihaibobos2005]

@@fatboyvladimir1555 I don't have an Xbox, but definitely I will try this game on PC. Is it Xbox timed exclusive or something? Or the release for the PC is the same? (Not a sony pony or whatever the hell is the term in console wars, I am just a gamer that want to play good games, on all the platforms :D )

[@fatboyvladimir1555]

@@abelmihaibobos2005 no it comes to PC and Xbox at the same time, but it's a first party title

[@abelmihaibobos2005]

@@fatboyvladimir1555 Yes I know the studio is first party. Cool, thanks for the info :)

[@fatboyvladimir1555]

@@abelmihaibobos2005 hey I hope you enjoy it on PC. Word of advice: if you haven't already, sign on to the $2 gamepass ultimate deal (which gives you the game on PC) and play it quick. You can cancel really easily afterwards without paying a cent more.

[@stewart1234]

Great review! Just subscribed

[@peterclarke7240]

And full props for talking about the a accessibility options for people with disabilities/different needs. Very few publishers or devs care about this stuff but it's important.

[@Hammer_Of_Olympia]

Just finished the campaign and my god I don’t think I’ve had that much fun since Gears 2 or 3. I really enjoyed the campaign and look forward to the rest of the game. MINI SPOILER: That bit with the Onyx Guard cracked me up “Geez alright I get it” ahaha.

[@yeppyepp111]

I just got game pass and have never played a gears of war game . Can I jump right in to this ? Wanna see what the X can do!

[@Hammer_Of_Olympia]

@@yeppyepp111 absolutely. I recommend you do it in this order: Gears of War Ultimate Edition (just a remake of the first game), Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3, Gears of War 4 and then Gears 5. Gears 5 will be the one best to show off on the series X as I think it’s got a generation update but I’m not 100% on that. The rest of the games hold up pretty well on their own especially Gears 4

[@yeppyepp111]

@@Hammer_Of_Olympia thanks for the fast reply 😀

[@Hammer_Of_Olympia]

@@yeppyepp111 no worries man, if you need anything just leave me a comment I’ll most likely reply pretty quickly

[@loopylad4722]

New to Gears, 5 being my first gears game. If I had to define the game with one word it'd be fun. Great review.

[@TheFaintofHearts2113]

So do you choose who play as or do certain parts dictate you play as a certain character? Because sometimes the footage is of Kait, and sometimes of JD, so was just wondering.

[@crzyces1693]

How the heck can you juggle this and Laymen? It'd be like AdoredTV or Singularity Prosperity doing a tech deep dive once a week (and all the testing/writing that comes with it) along with a daily news round up. Great job as usual.

[@expectedsloth7408]

I'm genuinely surprised at how fun this seems

[@birdguys4569]

lets not forget that the same guy that voices marcus, voices jake the dog

[@jsmaster4779]

Oh! That’s pretty cool!

[@subsume7904]

Bender from Futurama :)

[@danielgurney999]

Gears of War has been a game I've played ever since I got an Xbox 360 and I fell in love with the franchise as soon as I heard the chainsaw on the lancer or the boom of the hammer of dawn. I've just got my Xbox One X as well as Game Pass so I can't wait to play this game when I'm done with a few others. Great Review SkillUp!

[@Jpilgrim30]

Looks amazing and I know it’ll be fun. Haven’t had a gears game let me down yet! Pretty impressive what the coalition has been doing especially seeing as how well it holds up on the OG Xbox one as well. This game alone makes a year of game pass worth it.

[@theodorepinnock1517]

GET THIS MAN 500,000 MORE SUBSCRIBERS!

[@jonathanmora8208]

And a shield

[@guybrushthreepwood8174]

It's cool that they just gave a free campaign DLC the other day

[@danielproctor5237]

Great review, thanks!!

[@italianterror3329]

Best reviewer on KZbin. Love your stuff keep up the great content.

[@hugoboss6715]

6:06 oh god that made me spit out my water 😂😂😂

[@McKack]

I hate to be that "well akshully" guy but I have to point out that it's not a PC "port". It's just the PC version/build of the game, developed together with the console version. Port usually refers to it being previously only available on platform/system X and/or Y then _later_ work (sometimes difficult and a lot) is put into _porting_ it to platform Z for example, not even necessarily by the same devs. Awesome review anyways! I have two months free Xbox Game Pass on PC so looking forward to playing it!

[@porcin3proph3t4]

not necessarily true. Many devs will develop for one and port to the other before launch. It is easier to develop for console first and then port it to PC

[@adriankoch964]

Can you mix split screen+online Coop? 2 players play local split screen with the 3rd player online with their own pc & gears copy?

[@jrruss453]

I’m not a gears player but damn do I love your reviews! I’m really not sure what it is but I watch all of them. Huge fan!

[@showcase0525]

Micro transactions are part of the game, but we cant review them as part of this review copy ... Does no on else see the problem here?

[@slandgkearth]

No? all that trash are just cosmetics, and the whole game will have free content in the months to come no one will pay a cent to have new maps, characters, etc.

[@CoercedJab]

@@slandgkearth .it is shady tho...

[@acez9728]

Chris Landy it’s cosmetics, it’s not like the garbage EA games that are pay to win. You can’t pay to win in a Gears game, it’s all for the looks. Also there’s actually a large amount of free things already with the leveling up system, not to mention ranked rewards.

[@carsondarling3402]

Ee Rr yea this guys right gears cosmetics aren’t pay to win bro they keep it classy and that’s why I’ve stuck around for so long

[@Eunostos]

@@acez9728 Except it wasn't cosmetic, it was skills and abilities - gameplay, ffs.

[@grimjimbo2059]

If skill gives a game a good review I buy it life's just that simple.

[@mikeconcino4022]

Thanks! Really great, comprehensive review.

[@Radrooster]

do you release your review in podcast form?

[@GoldLBS]

Did people forget about forza horizon 4? I mean i know MS lacks exclusives but i feel they still do high quality exclusives.

[@Yokonato]

Sadly forza got bashed by more reviewers for being another generic Forza/driver game

[@MichaelJP]

FH 4 was my GotY last year but I played it on PC, that's all they've really nailed up until Gears though. Exclusives need to be system sellers and you can't really rely on an open world racer (racers are kinda niche) to sell a $400+ console and nothing else. I'll admit unless you're into open world mature story driven game from Sony no.37, Sony aren't exactly killing it either. I call my PS4 "The Persona 5 machine" because that's basically all I play on it now.

[@Yokonato]

@@MichaelJP I agree, I play a handful of playstation titles and while they are fun to run through they are just single player experiences and I'm mostly a CoOp player. Single player titles last me about 1-2 weeks even with work, so I prefer something with online or at least a 2-4 player experience, something Sony lacks aside from half ass tacked on experiences like uncharted MP. And before anyone attacks this comment,let's be serious when is the last time you heard about any Esports for Sony games?

[@AnimosityIncarnate]

It has borderline 5 stars, its very well done, an open world racing game done fucking great, the only thing it's missing is the ability to destroy cars, I've never gotten over how great burnout felt.

[@turokrambo5617]

Well sadly I have to pass on it because of no Toyotas.

[@BrandonGiordano]

Yaaay! Some positivity in the gaming community for once. Cant wait to play

[@OuhPii]

Fck off! 😘

[@machina5]

@@OuhPii ?

[@OuhPii]

@@machina5 Sry, couldn't resist ;p

[@psychophilosopher3674]

@@OuhPii hes right though lol, its been so long since ive heard a good game come from xbox

[@BennyFPS]

@@psychophilosopher3674 maybe that's because most Microsoft games are mediocre? Seriously though I hope MS gets back on track. I miss the last gen where sony had to release one awesome game after another to win back the people. And MS actually had some decent games. Send a message buy this instead of sea of disappointments.

[@kamper1969]

Great video full of info dude Got pass so roll on Friday

[@Admjoh]

What a refreshing surprise! I am glad you liked it, I might pick this up!

[@danielkean8180]

Marcus: It's Fahz, right? Fahz: *clears throat* Yea yes sir. Marcus: Shut the fuck up Fahz. Lmfao got me good.

[@borisshnitkov7600]

I have finally found someone who doesn't hate Michael Bay for a meme! I didn't know more of us exist!

[@perkyzombie]

Great review, I'm sold... after some PC patches! -too bad MS doesn't release G4 somewhere else for PC and yes X the in game transactions.

[@sinanjustein515]

I was already gonna get this but I’m really glad you like it

[@anmolsinghmzn2009]

I think the highest praise i can give SkillUp is that i'm literally listening to his reviews right now as i would a podcast, while playing PoE. Doesn't matter if i want to play the game he's reviewing or not or have already played it.

[@dougdynamo9398]

Gears just looks incredible. Everything has so much detail that it's Naughty Dog levels of good.

[@kalafonte3073]

Question: Is Cait the player you play as or can you choose which character you wanna play?

[@paulojungmann]

you have an amazing voice acting for your reviews tho Mr. SkillUp

[@sneaky5141]

After finishing the campaign on insane and re-upping in multiplayer and completed 50 waves of horde AND got an escape character to Lvl 18 this game is the best in the franchise. the campaign is the easiest yet by far the easiest insane completion but probably my favourite campaign with very surprisingly great writing. No spoilers but the things that happen in this game are genuinely heart wrenching i almost teared up. the horde mode is just a slightly moee chilled out version of gears 4 horde. its a decent enough formula that provides grindy fun escape is a much welcome new addition sort of set up like a destiny strike for reference but with an emphasis on speedy efficient clears to get more frequent rewards versus is versus... if you like gears versus youll love this 👌

[@slash4216]

I would say Gears 1 and 4 are easier on insane. It may seem easier with Jack, but that's the key. It is almost impossible without Jack.

[@sneaky5141]

@@slash4216 jack is garbage compared to a longshot and a gl lancer lol gears 4 was much harder than 5 those fuckin bots and that cemetary level lol

[@Spartan_83]

Agreed! it it makes me want to go back and play the others.

[@MrCursedSkeleton]

I wouldn't say the best in the franchise, but it comes pretty close.

[@AdityaSingh-lp5rp]

It took me 3 years to finish gears 2 Haven't gotten past the berserker in gears 1 Wish i could get 3,4 and 5

[@dracorex280]

I love Gears I hope the series never ends tbh

[@gundamfiloz586]

awesome review thanks!

[@OniFeez]

It looks like you've got some serious video artefacting happening. Was it happening when you were playing? Or just when you looked back at your recording?

[@thomascroft6057]

I am using an RTX 2080 preordered the game and played 2 days early on the weekend with 0 graphical issues. Buttery smooth breathtaking ultra graphics across the entire game.

[@ounaku]

This is the kind of games Microsoft needs to produce! Finally, a game that makes me want to get gamepass for PC just to play this one game. Keep pumping out those damn good games and PC gamers rejoice!

[@kboi1170]

Seriously, I think Gamepass is a good deal for only $10 a month, but I hate seeing MS pump a ton of indie and buggy games into the service.

[@GameJunky513]

Agreed. I'll get gamepass for this. MS headed in the right direction production quality wise.

[@peterelliott4922]

Outer Worlds is dropping on it too,with many other worthy games

[@BZanZ]

there are microtransactions but there is also a ton of cosmetics that are earned via gameplay as well. there is a multiplayer Tour of Duty that gives free cosmetics and also free loot boxes (these can not be purchased) which rewards more free cosmetics as well as scrap to craft additional free cosmetics you choose

[@fuhrerkanye4061]

So when is the early access available in New Zealand? It's the 5th today.. so I'm assuming in an hour?