Gears of War: Reloaded

If this is your first time playing Gears of War, I recommend finding a friend to join you – the Gears of War teams have always designed these games with a partner in mind (and as I mentioned, the AI doesn’t really pull its weight on the higher difficulty levels). The Coalition thankfully maintained the option to play Reloaded couch co-op, which we don’t see enough these days, and of course, you've also got the option of online crossplay if your co-op buddy is on another system.

Maybe Reloaded will inspire a new generation of 13-year-olds to view their childhood entertainment through a new, critical lens in the decades to come. Or, at the very least, it’ll give a new generation the joy of shredding a chainsaw through a Locust.

Perhaps the franchise will actually move forward one day and finish up the story it started back in Gears of War 4 and continued in Gears 5. Maybe Marcus will get closure. A chance to move on. To finally have an ending that sticks. Or at the very least, maybe Xbox will just remember the other games in the franchise and remaster one of those next time.