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We are excited to finally bring you our game retrospective on Gears Tactics, the Gears of War prequel which shifts the franchise gameplay to the turn-based genre. We cover everything from the gameplay itself, story and characters, plus visuals and audio in this deep dive into what might possibly be one of the best games in the genre. Does it come with a few caveats though? Listen (or watch the full video version on Youtube).



This is the first episode in a two episode special of our full retrospective on the game. Our addendum on Tactics arrives before the end of May where we'll be focusing on community feedback, and some other bonus bits we didn't cover here in the main analysis. Stay tuned for that!



00:00 - Intro

04:55 - Will Gears be at Xbox showcase?

07:00 - Tactics primer & first experiences

13:15 - Gameplay breakdown

46:40 - Story & characters

1:01:24 - Presentation (visuals / audio)

1:14:50 - Conclusions

1:19:40 - Do we ever get a sequel?



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In the first of a new sub-series for the show where we cover 'gears-like' video games, we activate gangsta vision and dive into 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

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The new year is upon us and we may have had a really big hint that Gears of War is returning in 2024. We also celebrate ONE YEAR of the Gears Intel podcast with some general content creator chat, look back at gaming for 2023, look forward to the rest of 2024, and it's the debut of our first ever Gears Intel Quiz - Words of War.



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With Cliffy B recently hinting that he knows where the next Gears game might be heading, we speculate on the vast possibilities and ask a question often floated around the Gears of War community - should Gears of War go fully open world?



We talk about open world gaming as a whole, what works for us and what doesn't, and how something like Gears could play with this style.



NOTE: We lost David's main mic recording on this episode so had to use our back up file, which may not be as crisp as always. Sorry about that.



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In this episode we discuss and review the Gears of War Judgment accompaniment book Kilo Squad: The Survivor's Log. Is this a MUST-HAVE for Gears fans?



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Exclusivity and Xbox has been in the news a lot recently, and with Gears of War feeling like a niche IP these days, is it time for the games to become available on other platforms? We put the question to the fan community, and respond to your replies. - VIDEO VERSION on Youtube

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