Gears Tactics

Critic reviews

• PXPure Xbox

  PJ O'Reilly · Jun 15, 2021

  8.0

  Gears Tactics takes the series' trademark high-intensity action and successfully transplants it to a turn-based tactical format. By stripping out a lot of the expected resource management and downtime inherent in the tactics genre - focusing instead on keeping you on the ground and in the face of the Locust as much as possible - it gives itself a uniquely high-tempo flavour whilst managing to imbue encounters with much of the non-stop brutal and bloody action fans of the franchise know and love.

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• DDarkstation

  Jonathan Paris · Nov 26, 2020

  8.0

  Gears Tactics is certainly not without its issues, most notably in its mission structure, but nonetheless Splash Damage has created a very solid strategy game that offers a lengthy campaign, beautiful visuals, and fun gameplay mechanics that manage to stay true to the Gears of War franchise.
• SGStrategy Gamer

  Timothy Borsilli · May 27, 2020

  8.0

  So, is Gears Tactics worth your time? The short answer: yes. Its finely crafted tactical battles are worth the price of admission (especially for fans of the series), but it’s worth noting that the lack of any strategic dimension is a serious drawback. Still, despite these hiccups and missed opportunities, fans of both the turn-based tactics genre and the franchise proper will find something to like in Gears Tactics.
• NHNexus Hub

  Andrew Logue · May 27, 2020

  8.5

  Despite my gripes with the simple mission progression and ungainly inventory management, these aspects only slightly detract from the deep, tactical gameplay and high production values throughout. Gears Tactics is a great fit for the IP and its gameplay complexity matches – and sometimes surpasses – that of other long-established IPs in the genre.

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• WTWay Too Many Games

  Leo Faria · May 04, 2020

  8.5

  Gears Tactics has managed to capture the essence of the Gears franchise and move it into an entirely new genre. The fun and fast-paced tactics-based gameplay is perfectly mixed with all the hallmarks of the Gears series with very few downsides. Hopefully this isn’t just a one-off experience and we will see more of Gears Tactics in the future, maybe with deeper customisation and progression system.

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• 33rd-strike.com

  Ibuki · May 01, 2020

  8.7

  Gears Tactics dabbles in a territory that is not quite the same as the XCOM games, but not the same as the standard Gears of War fare. We were not only impressed with the visuals of the game, but also with the original storyline and the prequel setting this spin-off uses to attach itself to the main series. While optimization and a few control errors might still bar the way to a perfect score, we were extremely impressed with this game, its mechanics, its atmosphere, and its overall quality. If you love the Gears franchise, but also like turn-based strategy games, this one will not disappoint.

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