{"id":25224,"date":"2026-10-01T13:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/gears-of-war-e-day-review-an-alien-invasion-shouldnt-be-this-boring\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T13:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:37:35","slug":"gears-of-war-e-day-review-an-alien-invasion-shouldnt-be-this-boring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/gears-of-war-e-day-review-an-alien-invasion-shouldnt-be-this-boring\/","title":{"rendered":"Gears of War: E-Day review \u2013 an alien invasion shouldn\u2019t be this boring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xbox, PC (version tested); The Coalition\/Xbox Game Studios
<\/strong>E-Day boasts the best combat in 20 years of Gears games \u2013 but everything surrounding it is disappointing<\/p>\n

Every Gears of War game released in the last 20 years has made reverent reference to Emergence Day, when alien creatures emerged from the earth, single-minded in their savagery. In E-Day, you\u2019re there to witness it: the police lights, flipped cars, ground tremors, civilians running, aliens pouring out of fissures in the earth and ripping faces off. You\u2019re at ground zero in a squad of four soldiers called Gears \u2013 Marcus Fenix, the leader; Dom, who wants to retire; Lucas, a green cadet with a buzzcut; and the dishonourably discharged Mags. Only this dysfunctional quartet can turn the tide. With guns. Lots of \u2019em.<\/p>\n

Instead of answering questions raised by the ending of 2019\u2019s Gears 5<\/a>, we\u2019re back to the start to find out why Marcus has a scar on his lip and why these soldiers started strapping chainsaws on to their assault rifles. Anything that was left to the imagination is here, for you to point at and say: \u201cI understood that reference. This is a thing that I have seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nXbox, PC (version tested); The Coalition\/Xbox Game StudiosE-Day boasts the best combat in 20 years of Gears games \u2013 but everything surrounding it is disappointing
\nEvery Gears of War game released in the last 20 years has made reverent reference to Emergence Day, when alien creatures emerged from the earth, single-minded in their savagery. In E-Day, you\u2019re there to witness it: the police lights, flipped cars, ground tremors, civilians running, aliens pouring out of fissures in the earth and ripping faces off. You\u2019re at ground zero in a squad of four soldiers called Gears \u2013 Marcus Fenix, the leader; Dom, who wants to retire; Lucas, a green cadet with a buzzcut; and the dishonourably discharged Mags. Only this dysfunctional quartet can turn the tide. With guns. Lots of \u2019em.
\nInstead of answering questions raised by the ending of 2019\u2019s Gears 5, we\u2019re back to the start to find out why Marcus has a scar on his lip and why these soldiers started strapping chainsaws on to their assault rifles. Anything that was left to the imagination is here, for you to point at and say: \u201cI understood that reference. This is a thing that I have seen.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xbox, PC (version tested); The Coalition\/Xbox Game StudiosE-Day boasts the best combat in 20 years of Gears games \u2013 but everything surrounding it is disappointing Every Gears of War game released in the last 20 years has made reverent reference to Emergence Day, when alien creatures emerged from the earth, single-minded in their savagery. In …<\/p>\n

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