Foul Play

Although Digital Foundry was delighted with the technical performance of the Gears 5, the developers still had to take some tricks to achieve such an impressive picture.

In general, they became physics and a simulation of the world. In the fifth part, these features in their various manifestations were simplified - either in full or in part. Yutuber Crowbcat compared the first two Gears of War with a fresh “five”.

In the video, it is especially noticeable how in some places the novelty loses seriously to its ancestors:

• the destruction of small objects in Gears 5 is significantly simplified;
• water simulation: in GeoW 2 from the movements of heroes there are waves that are not in Gears 5;
• blood in Gears 5 literally disappears after 5 seconds, while in GeoW 2 it remains;
• the glasses in Gears 5 break completely from a single shot, while in GeoW 2 small pieces break off;
• when you take cover from sandbags in Gears 5, nothing happens, only bullet marks remain, and in GeoW 2 animation begins with supposedly flowing sand;
• in GeoW 2, the enemies and the player have much more reaction to hits.

Gears 5 in all publications has already gone on sale on the Xbox One and PC, including Steam.