Game profile
Gears 5
Kait Diaz takes center stage and uncovers the origins of the Locust threat while brutal cover based firefights rage against hordes of monsters. Both the campaign and Horde mode can be played fully in co-op.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Shooter / Action, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is going for realism, and the overall tone stays dark throughout. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. You can play it with others cooperatively or go head to head. It runs on 2 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Cover based combat
- Co-op Horde mode
- Kait's origin story
This fits you if
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you have someone to play with
- you enjoy competing against other players
- you are watching your budget
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you want something light and easy going
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you prefer a stylised look over realism
How long is Gears 5?
About 13 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 2 weeks, or 7 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 88 out of 100, which puts it above 78 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 245 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Shooter averages 81 points across the database, so this one sits 7 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 298 collected ratings.
Released in 2019, so it has 7 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2019
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Playtime
- approx. 13 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo, Co-op, Competitive
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Realistic
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox
- Critic rating
- 88 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gears 5 | 2019 | approx. 13 hrs. | 88 | Budget |
| Gears of War: E-Day | 2026 | approx. 15 hrs. | 80 | Full price |
| Gears of War: Ultimate Edition | 2015 | approx. 8 hrs. | 78 | Budget |
| Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017 | approx. 13 hrs. | 87 | Budget |
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