By Sam Coles:
During the E3 conference that Microsoft hosted they’ve
finally announced that Gears of War Ultimate Edition is coming to Xbox One and
that wasn’t the only thing we Xbox One players could test the multiplayer out
during the week of E3 2015. So what is the game like? Well let’s find out.
The first thing that stands out with the game is the
frame rate, it is fantastic to finally play a Gears of War game in glorious 60
frames per second and I don’t think I could go back, it makes the action faster
and increases your reaction time with the active reloads to. I hope this is the
standard for Gears of War 4 because I can’t go back to Gears in 30 frames per
second.
The graphics have been cleaned up from the original
and yes the original Gears of War does look great still, but it does look very
flat these days and bear in mind the game is nearly 10 years old and the
graphics have been given a nice boost with the subtle details such as the water
etc.
The gameplay has been updated because the original
Gears was very clunky compared to the later iterations and now it plays like
Gears of War 3 which was the perfect balanced of gameplay with the much needed
tagging system to help your team mates. The sound design has been given a boost
to match the gun and weapon noises of Gears of War 3 so the Lancer sounds meaty
and sounds like it does damage and the Gnasher shogun reload noise sounds
crunchy, I don’t like the new grenade explosion noise because it sounds like a
distant crackle rather than a massive bang.
Overall this short beta was fun and I can’t wait to
play Gears of War Ultimate Edition in August when it hits Xbox One.
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