>You can't unlock a single character in the game without paying for them or getting hundreds of lootboxes
You can, but it's so extremely tedious and time consuming I'd rather just play as one of the ugly default characters. The unlockable characters are shit too. Gears 4 has just about everyone whereas Gears 5 is just a random selection.
What happened to Gears? I played this for a dollar on Game Pass and I'm still mad...
Connor Gonzalez
Chase Ross
Ended with 3, mate.
Oliver Flores
4 is totally skippable but what 5 is doing with the locust I find interesting actually. You start to learn what the fuck they are and it's not like bungie tier shit. It makes sense with what we've known before and is like its the same studio
Ian Scott
We already knew what the Locust are, user.
It was scattered in the books, comics and collectibles in the games, but it already existed..
Bentley Ward
It's kinda bothered me that Gears 4/5 have less content (after DLC) than 3. GoW3 is a fucking awesome game with tons to do. I don't normally play those games online but I sunk hundreds of hours into 3.
Ian Cook
>Gears 4 has just about everyone whereas Gears 5 is just a random selection.
thats how gears 4 started, there was only like 10 characters at launch with 3-4 "skins" for each one
they pushed the esports shit and look boxes hard as fuck
dont skip 4 if you care at all about the story leading into 5
Isaiah Sanders
Honestly I read a few of the books but after 3 or just before 3 I fell off. I loved 3 though but Im glad they're getting more into all this background lore in the actual games now
Idk man. I feel like you can read about 4 and go to 5. 4 felt like a totally pointless game to me filled with robot enemies. If a player knows about the COG and how oppressive they are 4 just kind of shows that more to a person that knows less about the universe. But its a fun game, it just feels like 5 should have been the 4th game