After years of teases, 343 finally showed off actual gameplay for Halo: Infinite . The demo gameplay showed Master Chief infiltrating a new Halo ring, fighting some familiar alien enemies, and racing around a large open landscape in the Warthog off-road vehicle. The gameplay seemed to evoke a feeling of nostalgia, looking similar to some classic areas from the first game, even with new and modern features built in like the grappling hook and drop wall equipm

Currently, Gears Tactics is exclusive to the PC. But if gamers don’t have a computer powerful enough to run the game well, fret not, for a console version is coming this year . The game will come to Xbox One, but it will presumably also come out on the Xbox Series

In a game where troops can be killed permanently, it is both a gift and a curse that the soldiers level very slowly. On one hand, it can make the pain hurt less when a troop is killed and they aren't insanely str

Gears Tactics isn’t rogue-like the same way XCOM is, so there’s a more narrative-driven campaign. While there’s perma-death for random soldiers, that’s not the case for the main cast (Gabe, Sid, and Mikay

While Gears has never relied too heavily on complex characters or deep storylines, the squad of Tactics is still disappointing. They act like stock muscle-heads, but in a less fun way than the classic franchise t

Though it's certainly a breath of fresh air for the third-person shooter Gears of War series, in terms of turn-based Mechanics tactics, Gears Tactics doesn't innovate. While it may be a neat diversion for those who don't have much experience with the genre, it really doesn't break much ground, and it would have bee nice to see a more unique take on these newly top-down gameplay scenar

Outside of that, Ninja Theory also has the mysterious Project: Mara , a game it announced back in January. The title goes further to explore the real-world and grounded representation of mental terror based on first hand accounts and in-depth research. Not much is known about the game outside of the promises that it's going to be an experimental title attempting to showcase a new storytelling medium for gam

Emergence Holes are equal parts terrifying and wonderful. Sure, they spawn enemies that can attack the player right away. But if the player has a Heavy with a knock-back perk or even just explosives, they can force a Locust back down the hole, killing it instantly, even if it has full hea

There are two ways of getting new soldiers in Gears Tactics : the recruitment pool, which will spawn randomized soldiers, and rescuing soldiers in missions. Soldiers in the recruitment pool are blank slates, so players can make them whatever class they want and give them the skills players want. Those rescued, however, are often pre-made charact

The handiest first Talent is The Pawn (from having that Scoundrel point) which grants free extra movement, though it is mutually exclusive with Executioner. Other great candidates include Living Armor for much needed magical armor recovery, Hothead for more critical hot chance, Opportunist to prevent enemy movement, and What a Rush to punish enemies that manage to damage health direc

Right out the gate, it needs to be addressed that taking a series that is built around sprinting and diving until you manage to shotgun your opponent into a billion pieces and turning it into a tactics game is a bold m

Similarly, the way the game handles downtime time is a bit uninspiring when compared to more established tactics series like XCOM . Though your team spends a lot of time in motion traveling in convoys, there is no time to evolve or grow. Instead, a player will spend time aligning units and personalizing favorite charact

For some, Gears tactics is plagued with volume changes or inconsistencies, while, for sound, it is either wrong, delayed, or missing sound effects. This is one of the main problems the game suffers from. Audio issues make the sound fade in or out and sometimes even disappear altogether, which is obnoxi

Performance issues are not uncommon in high-octane games, and Gears Tactics is not an exception. Although the game is highly optimized, some players experience stuttering and the infamous GT102 error code problems. The error issues are mainly related to the player's graphics card. It appears when the card fails to l

Extending the game is a feature the developers should consider in the long run if there is enough demand. If they get past that, there will be tons of goodies for both strategy and Gears fanatics in the game. Genre fans will love a more fluid speed, unique hero system, as well as the distinctly translated prequel tale and gameplay mechan

Sound errors, on the other hand, occur depending on the position or an action a character is performing. Though this may not affect a player during play, proper background music or sound effects set the right pace and mood. It is also vital for ascertaining what is exactly happening during the g