These setpieces are more visually pleasing than anything I find in Gears 5, which is set at daytime and is hurt, imo, by the open ended levels.Īll in all, I'm finding Gears of War 4 to be more in line with what made the Series's visuals stand out so much, even though the characters, dialogue and story aren't all that great.
Yes, Gears 5 is on a league of its own, but Gears 4 with its night setting, the rain, all of the lush foliage, just hits right. I'll talk a little about the visuals, now. The swarm are, even more than Locust, creatures that will literally steal kids at night (something Chris Perna, Art Director for the og Gears said about the Locust by the time Judgment came out). The setting is dark, taking place mostly at night (3 of the 5 acts are at night). Gears 4 starts a new trilogy and follows the same idea: the player faces a new, scary enemy.
The reason for that, I think, is the whole setting and atmosphere of the game. So, I'm replaying the game after 3 years not even having it installed and I have to say, I think the campaign on this pleases me more than the one in 5.