Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

Overview

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for PC is plagued with a number of issues that vastly damage the experience. The core gameplay remains untouched and the campaign, while dated, can still be a lot of fun with friends. The keyboard and mouse controls are well implemented and they can be remapped if you don’t like how they’re structured.

-- As reviewed by HardcoreGamer

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 17 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

8
Average:

6
Bad:

1

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Last revision on December 13, 2018

Reviewers Liked

1080p and 60fps multiplayer make this nine-year-old game look and feel great
Great co-op play

Reviewers Didn't Like

Frustrating AI
Unfortunate wobbly scenery moments

Expert reviews and ratings

It's been quite a while since my last rodeo with the Gears of War franchise. I've attempted to get through Gears of War 4 and that didn't work out so well. So what has drawn me back to this series? Is it the “Remaster” branding that I gravitate to? Most...

By Gaming Age on March 15, 2016

Gears of War is fun as ever, but the technical flaws and limitations of Ultimate Edition are...

By PC Gamer on March 11, 2016

When it's hitting the highs you expect from a PC Port, Gears of War Ultimate Edition is simply the best way to experience Delta Squad's first mission. But its unavoidable lows keep it from being an easy recommendation.Gears of War: Ultimate Windows 10...

By CriticalHit on March 11, 2016

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 takes a great title and makes it even better. Despite a few small oversights, the updated mechanics and visuals produce the best way to experience the original Gears game—if you have an Nvidia video...

By PCMag IN on March 11, 2016

I remember the first time I played Gears of War. I was late to the party because right around when it was initially released I had sold my Xbox 360 never to return to the platform. But I had heard such amazing things about the game and one Christmas...

By Gaming Nexus on March 02, 2016

Editor's Note: Six months after its Xbox One release, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition has come to PC for Windows 10. And although the game's core is intact, complete with controls and level design that raised the bar for third-person shooters in 2006,...

By GameSpot on March 01, 2016

Gears of War Ultimate edition released late last year on the Xbox One exclusively, and I previously reviewed it, thinking very highly of it. I thought it was a great new addition to the select few remade games that stands to go above and beyond a simple...

By ztgd.com on March 01, 2016

Despite the outward familiarity of Ultimate Edition's control scheme and visual language (there are chest-high walls everywhere), it's a surprisingly unique...

By CGM on March 01, 2016

The Coalition has done this remake right, with attention to detail and an eye toward fan desires. Gameplay feels dated in both campaign and versus, but in many ways that’s a testament to the excellence of the original and that it’s held up as well as it has. New and old players alike should feel no hesitation about seeing this as the definitive way to play the opening story of the Gears epic. The new edition doesn’t remake the cog, but it certainly makes it shiny again.

By GameInformer on September 17, 2015

Gears of War's campaign has some small particulars that could derail a worse game, and its flaws are more clear now than they were nine years ago. but Gears of War's bonafides as a shooter classic feel less in dispute than ever — and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is easily the best way to understand why that is.

By Polygon on August 24, 2015

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