As I’ve talked about innumerable occasions on this web site, I used to be an Xbox 360 child. I used to be raised on Halo, Fable, Mass Impact, and naturally, Gears of Battle. I’ve performed each Gears, every one on sofa co-op with my older brother. It is change into a household custom. I am going to always remember the experiences we had collectively seeing the narrative play out in Gears 1-3, some gripping events, like Tai’s dying, I bear in mind viscerally regardless that I used to be solely 10 or so years outdated.
Nonetheless, I bear in mind little or no of our Gears 5 playthrough in 2019, apart from temporary flashes of the protagonist Kait and outdated man Marcus. Gears 4 and Gears 5 simply lacked the depth of their predecessors, that form of claustrophobic, gritty and infrequently hopeless feeling of preventing the Locusts.
The Good ‘Ol Days
I do not suppose it was due to forgettable characters or something like that. I used to be truly a bit aggravated they stored wheeling out Marcus, making an attempt to seize a few of what they’d misplaced with the transition from Epic Video games to The Coalition (an analogous phenomenon occurred in Halo). There was a possibility to take the collection in a brand new route, and I do not suppose the brand new builders fairly managed it.
So, you may think about how pleased I used to be to see a younger Marcus Fenix within the trailer for Gears of Battle: E-Day. The acquainted tones of ‘Mad World’ within the background have been icing on the cake, because the recollections of taking part in Gears of Battle 2 got here flooding again to me. I wish to battle the Locusts shoulder to shoulder with my comrades in a hopeless try to save lots of humanity.
E-Day occurs 14 years earlier than Gears of Battle, previous to Marcus and Dominic experiencing a decade of preventing Locusts. We will see a extra weak aspect of the dynamic dup as they grapple with having simply fought the Pendulum Wars, solely to be thrust into a brand new existential battle.
I hope we’ll see a extra human aspect of the characters of Gears, who’re well-oiled preventing machines after we meet them within the unique Gears of Battle. There’s loads of scope to develop the worldbuilding of Sera and the characterisation of the collection’ beloved characters. It will be a deal with to see the panorama within the early days of the Locust Battle earlier than a decade of fixed battle has worn it down.
We’re additionally going to witness the strengthening of the bond between Marcus and Dom. Their friendship is obvious after we meet them in Gears of Battle. They have been pleasant previous to E-Day, too, however I might wish to see a long way and apprehension between the pair so we will actually admire the occasions that in the end introduced them collectively.
The Coalition hasn’t introduced what number of years of the Locust Battle E-Day will cowl. There’s over a decade to work with previous to the start of Gears of Battle. Will we simply see the opening 12 months of the battle or are we going to witness Marcus making the choice that landed him in army jail? The probabilities are very thrilling to consider.
For the primary time in a very long time, I am genuinely excited concerning the subsequent Gears of Battle.
