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Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
Gears Tactics is a strategy, turn-based tactics and turn-based game
developed by Splash Damage and The Coalition
and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Released on April 28th 2020 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish - Latin America.
It has received 7,381 reviews of which 5,462 were positive and 1,919 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Gears Tactics into these genres:
Strategy
Turn-Based Tactics
Turn-Based
Gore
Tactical
Violent
Singleplayer
Character Customization
RPG
Isometric
Multiplayer
Sci-fi
Turn-Based Strategy
Turn-Based Combat
Tactical RPG
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Gears Tactics:
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| English | |||
| German | |||
| French | |||
| Italian | |||
| Korean | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
| Simplified Chinese | |||
| Russian | |||
| Japanese | |||
| Portuguese - Brazil | |||
| Spanish - Latin America |
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i3 Skylake | AMD FX-6000
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 45 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
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Gears Tactics is an excellent turn-based strategy game and a great adaptation of the Gears universe. The cover system, executions, classes, abilities, and weapon customization make the combat incredibly satisfying and addictive. However, one major thing is missing: a proper New Game+ mode. After investing so much time into developing your characters and gear, you should be able to replay the campaign with your fully upgraded team. I strongly hope the developers consider releasing a DLC with a new campaign, new enemies, new gear, and a true New Game+ mode. Gears Tactics has so much potential, especially on Steam Deck and other platforms. Please give us more Gears Tactics! 🔥
Negative reviews for this game are absolutely ridiculous! 80% people crying about the fact that you need xbox account (which is the case for many games these days, including Gears 5 or Halo and Im pretty sure you will need it to play E-Day as well) and the rest is crying that the game gets repetitive. Well what did you expect from turn-based tactical game??? Anyway.... Im gonna keep this review quite simple - do you like Gears of War? And do you like X-COM games? Because this is exactly that. X-COM-like game (more precisely X-COM 2: War of the Chosen) set in Gears of War universe. If you like this combo you should definitely enjoy this just like I do. Visuals are great, works well without any bugs, story is enjoyable, killing grubs is just as fun as in third person shooter counterpart and gameplay works exactly as you would expect from game of this type. Playing on difficulty this game recommended for the first playthrough and it is not difficult at all. So please give this game a chance cause it's hugely underrated!
The fact Zero Company is out now motivated me to come back and leave a review. This is, without a doubt, an *excellent* XCOM esque tactics game. I don't like Gears games, third person cover shooters aren't my thing. The setting is meaningless to me and I have 0 idea who the characters are. I've beaten this game several times, missing only ironman and the grindy achievements. I come back to it every so often and damn. It's so good. Build variety is great, progression through the trees gives meaningful choices of abilities, even if some are more OP than others. Weapons sound chunky, the slide to cover for extra movement feels powerful. It's just.... What if you took XCOM and turned it into a power trip fantasy that still kept up the difficulty? They nailed it. Game looks great. Not beautiful, but great. Characters are expressive on the battlefield and the chunky heroic mini figure style design is excellent. Weapons have fun modifiers and the bosses are challenging and enjoyable. The final boss? Less good. I'd give a kidney for Gears Tactics 2
I'm at the end of Act 2 and I wanted to write a review a little early to boost this games stats because this one deserves more love and less petty hate! It is a blast and got me hooked away from most other games I play regularly. In a lot of ways it is basic; you have your classes and you upgrade them via campaign to make weapons better and give them abilities. Cinematics are nice. Story is space marine vs hordes of monsters which has become cliche in sci-fi but it moves along nicely, not convoluted. +Visuals are xcom-esque, soldiers have unique audio (monster's audio though maybe could be more diverse though) +Nice variety of classes +Performance was great (and I don't have top end system); zero crashes, even cinematics never even hiccupped once +Nice combo of strategy and tactics, and you usually have a large pool of tactics to use and combine to get each mission done, you aren't shoehorned into anything except during tutorial mission that tries to teach you basics -Only real minor flaw is maybe a few too many side filler missions with repeating objective types, although terrain varies and usually your team does from mission to mission so it is not terrible Overall 8.5/10 P.S. I'd like to address the whole xbox account login thing; I dont have an xbox or even the game bar on my pc, but i logged in/registered ONCE with my email when i first launched the game and that was it, haven't been bothered since. Loads like every other steam game in library. People are stupid, didn't they have to login to steam at least once a while ago before it gets to just automatically login for you?
Despite leaving a positive review for Gears Tactics, I *cautiously* recommend this title and suggest buying it with a discount. While its tactical combat has a solid and technologically advanced structure, it is the lack of diverse tactics that limit the game's potential. [*]The combat is mostly resolved with guaranteed damage caused by Frag Grenades, Power Weapons, Chainsaws, and Bayonet Rush abilities. Frag Grenades are especially too strong since they deal extreme damage, can't miss, has AoE, and can be re-used between cooldowns. Might as well change the name of the game to "Frag Tactics". [*]When above methods are unavailable, Overwatch is preferred to (potentially) interrupt enemy actions instead of direct attacks. Combined with the guaranteed damage aspect, Gears Tactics feel like an 'ability puzzle' where you throw out surefire attacks whenever you can and you play defense when those are on cooldown, instead of choosing between uncertain odds, taking risks, and experiencing excitement or despair based on the outcome. [*]Enemy archetype isn't diverse enough, which also exacerbates the monotonous gameplay. Specifically, there should have been units that directly counter explosive damage and overwatch, and the concept of 'armor piercing' and armored enemies should have existed so critical damage isn't the only thing shooter classes pursue. [*]The highest difficulty is balanced poorly, and further necessitates the need of already-overpowered tactics. Enemies equipped with power weapons can consistently one-shot you, and the only way of surviving is not taking high cover inside their vision range, but breaking line-of-sight and completely running away from them. Revival options are completely pointless since your units instantly die when HP is at 0 instead of bleeding out like in lower difficulties. Healing is almost useless since one-shots are prevalent, and tanks (Vanguards) can't do their role until they reach Level 5. The way they handled the hardest difficulty is basically introducing bullet sponges and instant-kills, which feels cheap, and thus I also have to play cheap (I did complete Experienced and Insane, the two hardest options). [*]Basic kill-them-all mission types such as Incursion and Sabotage are boring since there is no turn limit, while Rescue and Control are significantly more difficult than the others since time is finite. It feels like there is no middle ground when it comes to the sense of difficulty between mission types. And despite the increased challenge, I still find myself taking Rescue, Control, and Scavenger Runs more often just to avoid the boredom that the first two missions provide. Gears Tactics is a game with solid bones and refined mechanics. As a XCOM maniac, Gears Tactics has (or had) potential to be the greatest turn-based tactics game that could surpass XCOM: Enemy Within and even Long War, but unfortunately it is hamstrung by its lack of tactical depth. This feeling I got from GT is similar to other Gears title in general, where the game is supported by the strongest game engine and the smartest engineers in the game industry, but the designers who create content and establish the depth of combat are not pulling their weight. I still recommend Gears Tactics since it is a good take on the traditional genre that has been stale since the release of XCOM, but due to its flaws, I also suggest not buying it at a full price. Get at least 25% discount for the purchase.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Gears Tactics is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
No, Gears Tactics is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Gears Tactics received 5,462 positive votes out of a total of 7,381 achieving a rating of 7.24.
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Gears Tactics was developed by Splash Damage and The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Yes, Gears Tactics is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Gears Tactics is not playable on MacOS.
No, Gears Tactics is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Gears Tactics is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Gears Tactics is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Gears Tactics does not support VR.
Gears Tactics is a single-player game.
No, Gears Tactics does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Gears Tactics does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Gears Tactics does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Gears Tactics is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Splash Damage,
The Coalition
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Release
28 Apr 2020
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