
In Gears 5, the story resumes with the Swarm, a grotesque, resurgent strain of the Locusts (an enemy in past Gears of Wars games), continuing to attack COG settlements and independent civilizations on Sera (the Gears universe's home planet). In case you decided to play Gears of War 4, I'll try to be as vague as possible about the premise of this latest entry. Playing the previous games will undoubtedly help you make more sense of the world. The events of Gears 5 are easy enough to follow without this prior knowledge, but a deeper understanding of the series' history enriches the game's content. Gears 5 smartly accounts for new players by recapping Gears of War 4's story at the start of the campaign and by including an optional detailed recap of the Gears of War universe in the Extras section of its main menu. Gears 5 Campaign and CharactersĪs Gears of War 5 is my first foray into the series, I was initially unsure how well I could pick up on the story details, given the number of previous entries. It's an easy recommendation for longtime players of the Gears of War series and newcomers alike. Gears 5's captivating storytelling, solid mechanics, and excellent graphics far outweigh this PC game's merely average multiplayer modes.

The third-person shooter is the sixth entry in the franchise and a direct sequel to Gears of War 4, continuing the story of the Coalition of Ordered Government's (COG) fight against an enemy force, known as the Swarm. Although Gears 5 is the first main game in the long-running series to nix the "of War" suffix, make no mistake: The Gears world is still at war.
