Gears Tactics sees the illustrious Gears of War collection steer itself in direction of turn-based… effectively, ways.
Developed by Splash Damage at the side of The Coalition, Gears Tactics combines the collection’ conventional third-person capturing with turn-based technique. The result’s – you guessed it – ways.
This time round, you’re tasked with inhabiting the persona of Gabe Diaz, father of Gears 5 protagonist Kait Diaz. It’s a prequel to the unique Gears of War game and sees you got down to remove a scientist who sympathizes with the Locusts and needs to breed a great deal of monsters for his or her horde. You have to make use of ways to cease him.
We’ve collected a Gears Tactics critiques round-up beneath, together with the perfect one (ours).
- The VG247 assessment – “Any turn-based strategy game that can successfully mimic the changability of third-person shooters deserves to be celebrated for it, and in its finest moments, Gears Tactics does just that.” 3/5
- USGamer – 4/5
- GamesRadar – 3.5/5
- GameSpot – 8/10
- PCGamesN – 7/10
- IGN – 8/10
- NME – 4.5/5
- Eurogamer – Unscored
- Rock Paper Shotgun – Unscored
- Polygon – Unscored
Gears Tactics is out tomorrow, April 28 on PC and Xbox One. If you’re not sure about whether or not or not your PC can run it, we’ve already coated the minimum and recommended Gears Tactics specs for you.