![]() ![]() This change in focus initially holds a lot of promise, especially in its positioning of the COG-the series’ former heroes-as the new enemy. No substitute for good, old-fashioned blood and guts They are, instead, a nimble guerilla-style group of fighters without the might of a militarist government supporting their every move. aren’t an organized military bludgeon like Marcus and his COG squadmates. ![]() But, the game is lighter in a larger sense, too. In a literal sense, JD and his two companions-fellow military deserter Del and rebel fighter Kait-wear less equipment and move around the battlefield a bit quicker than their enormous predecessors. Gears of War is a little lighter these days, in a lot of ways. ![]() Little dioramas show skirmishes between overgrown soldiers, weapons are propped up in display cases, and, in one, a set of bulky armor of the sort worn by past Gears characters is displayed. The exhibit, which was a raging battlefield only a few moments earlier, depicts both his world’s recent military history and the events of the original Gears of War trilogy. “Thankfully, COG armor’s a little lighter these days,” JD Fenix says while exploring a decrepit museum. This juxtaposition is meant to show how different Gears of War 4 is from what’s come before-how JD isn’t, like his father, the personification of a militarized society that values nothing as much as overwhelming martial force. The second recurs throughout the early part of the game, as JD is pursued by an automated military deployed by the same Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) that his dad, Marcus Fenix, fought at the vanguard of in past games. The first scene is from Gears of War 4 ’s prologue, which consists of a few short levels recapping important events from the original Gears trilogy. He makes lighthearted, Whedon-esque quips to his pals and wears distinctly normal person clothes-khaki work pants and a rolled-sleeve sweatshirt-under his protective chest plate. In another, later scene, sparks fly off a metal-plated security robot as new protagonist JD Fenix plinks it apart with a submachine gun. Fountains of gore flow from the creature like a waterfall while serious, beefy dudes in massive armor run accompanying waves of monsters through with a typhoon of bullets. In one, a geyser of blood shoots from the exoskeleton of an enormous, crablike Corpser as the Hammer of Dawn-a satellite-guided laser-rains a beam of molten death down upon it. Two moments stick out from Gears of War 4. ![]()
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