Gears Tactics already tops Steam charts, gains positive reviews

[midian182]

What just happened? The idea that Gears of Wars, the third-person, cover-based shooter, could work as a turn-based tactics game might have raised eyebrows when it was first suggested, but Gears Tactics has proved the naysayers wrong. The new title releases later today, and it’s already topping Steam’s ‘Top Selling’ chart.

Developed by Splash Damage in conjunction with The Coalition, Gears Tactics borrows heavily from the XCOM series. It’s set 12 years before the first Gears of War and puts players in the boots of Gabe Diaz—the father of Gears 5 protagonist Kait Diaz. You must recruit, develop, and command squads as they hunt Ukkon, leader of the Locust army, who is making monsters.

Gears Tactics unlocks on Steam in about six hours (at the time of writing), but the number of preorders has already pushed it to the top of the best-seller list. What’s slightly surprising about this is that it’s part of the Xbox Game Pass for PC, so those who subscribe to Microsoft’s service can play it for free. It seems plenty of people still prefer to buy their games outright on Steam.

Pre-release reviews have been mostly very positive, with the majority of sites awarding it between 8 and 9 out of ten.

Gears Tactics is also having to compete with a surprise new entry in the XCOM franchise. Released last week, XCOM: Chimera Squad is a standalone follow-up to XCOM 2. It’s also gained mostly positive reviews from critics and players, and it costs just $9.99. It's certainly a great time for fans of the genre.

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[ShagnWagn]

"the number of preorders has already pushed it to the top of the best-seller list."

Sorry, but ID10T preorders do not mean sales. They can also be cancelled at any time. I guess we need to add in Star Citizen?

 

[winjer]

Just went on Steam to see the game, but it has "Mixed Reviews".
Seems that it's not a particularly good game.

 

[kimo1]

Just went on Steam to see the game, but it has "Mixed Reviews".
Seems that it's not a particularly good game.

Oh don't worry, soon Steam will be paid to delete the negative reviews and claim it was "review bombing".

 

[DZillaXx]

Game is great. Don't judge a game until you have played it.

It is part of Gamepass, and the service just keeps giving me more and more great games to play. This is a blast. Its not just a xcom clone. PC has a big win with this game.

Pretty much any decent game reviewer on youtube is giving this game a thumbs up. Steam reviews tend to be a mixed bag, many of them are from people who never played the game. Or people mad that it didn't launch on xbox at the same time.

 

[winjer]

Steam reviews tend to be a mixed bag, many of them are from people who never played the game.

You do realize that, that on Steam, only people that own and played the game can post reviews for each game.

 

[poohbear]

It's included with Gamepass, and it's a pretty good RTS if you like stuff like Xcom. First month is $1 instead of $4.99, great deal IMHO.

 

[Cooe14]

Just went on Steam to see the game, but it has "Mixed Reviews".
Seems that it's not a particularly good game.

Because Steam reviews are always accurate and not prone to review bombing, trolling, and other such nonsense, right?... -_-

Metacritic is your friend, not the Steam user review score.

 

[winjer]

Because Steam reviews are always accurate and not prone to review bombing, trolling, and other such nonsense, right?... -_-

Metacritic is your friend, not the Steam user review score.

Although that happens sometimes, Steam users reviews are still much better reference than "professional game reviews".