On November 10th, Gears 5 gets a big update of the campaign again, for those who took the Xbox Series X | S, Gears 5 will receive a major technical update; and if that’s not enough, the Gear Tactics are also out.
We follow that up with Operation 5 which releases November 17. Finally, Gears 5 Hivebusters DLC is releasing this December.
What a wonderful time to be a fan of War Gears!
Renewal of Gear Campaign 5
Let’s take a look at what you will see in our major updates for the Gears 5 campaign.
Dave Batista in Gears 5
Living legend Dave Batista is coming to Gears 5!
Dave Batista is a big fan of Gears of War with Marcus Fenix, so we jumped at the chance to get him into the game. We worked with him and recorded all the Marcus lines while the art team re-created his image. The result is that Dave Batista is present throughout the campaign in both gameplay and cinema moments.
For those who want to keep the usual Gears heard – the original Marcus still exists.
The appearance of many players in the campaign
As Gears 5 introduced, we added tons of new bullets and weapons. Until now, these skins were only available on Multiplayer but not for long. As of November 10, you are playing as your favorite character and armor skins in the campaign. Note: This only applies to characters that can be played in each chapter and the skins will be visible in the cut corners.
5 gears get an extra challenge
For those who think they have found what they need, we have added two new ways to show you what you have.
We have brought back an unpleasant but demonic mode. The most difficult type of Gears 5 is here to press you to your limits.
If that’s not enough, Ironman Mode is for you. It’s easy, just complete the campaign without dying in any difficulty. No problem, right?
We can’t wait to see people complete the two Ironman / Inconceivable mode.
And for the success hunters out there, I’ve added 5 achievements (95 Gamerscore)
| Success | Definition | Points |
| You are ironed | Complete all chapters in Ironman Mode for more or less experienced difficulties | 50 |
| That Is Impossible! | Complete all the chapters with unimaginable difficulty | 30 |
| Showin ‘thin skin | Complete the Campaign chapter while using custom skin | 5 |
| Just to show | Kill 10 enemies using a weapon with custom skin | 5 |
| The Batista bomb | Complete all chapters in one Law while Batista as Marcus is empowered | 5 |
5 Gears Mutators
One of the major updates we are making is to include 16 changes that will change the look, complexity, and experience of the Gears 5 campaign.
We even offer you the option to select multiple changes at once (as long as they do not cancel). For example, if you’re looking for Big Heads, Friendly Fire on Gears 1 visuals – we’ve got you covered.
We know that Gears Fam is very smart so be sure to send us your favorite mutator combination!
| CLOSED | Standard Gears visual 5 | |
| Large head mode | Bounce Head | All enemies and allies have big bang heads |
| Great head | All enemies and allies have raised their heads | |
| Active reload | Normal | Standard Gears 5 active reload |
| Re-filling the clip | Get free ammo from active download | |
| Reload only when successful | Reload only takes place in active reloading | |
| Rules of Procedure | ON OFF | Change the option to lower enemies can only be killed by killing |
| Play as a drone | ON OFF | Change the option to change your heroes with Swarm Drone. This will clear your skin selection. |
| Headaches | Normal | Standard Gears 5 visual headshot |
| Confetti | The heads explode into confetti | |
| A bomb | Head blasts injure nearby enemies | |
| Health Rehabilitation | Normal | Regular health rehabilitation for General Gears |
| The cover | Revive life only while covering | |
| Injuries | Restore health only when you do damage | |
| Cover or Damage | Restore life only while covering or repairing damage | |
| Without war | Renew life only after a combat encounter | |
| Juvies Are Resistant | ON OFF | Change this option to make Juies harder to kill with melee attacks |
| Enemy Changes | Normal | Standard Gears 5 enemy damage or life |
| Shock | The enemies are facing a devastating blow to the area | |
| Vampiric | Enemies cool off when they do damage | |
| It’s cold | Enemies face cold damage | |
| Poison | Enemies leave a trail of poison behind when they are killed | |
| Light rain | Enemies restore life after damage | |
| Low Power Death | ON OFF | Change this option so that enemies can float in the air when they are killed |
| Total Ammo | Normal | General Gears 5 is the number of ammo you can handle |
| Part | Limit the number of ammo available for each weapon | |
| Double | Increase the number of ammo available with each weapon | |
| Fierce Enemies | ON OFF | Change the option to make all enemies behave aggressively |
| The Fire of Friendship | ON OFF | Modify option to allow damage between contracts |
| Protected enemies | ON OFF | Change the option to have Grenadiers, Hunters and Scyions have an inaccessible front shield |
| A gunshot is heard | ON OFF | Modify Option to change gun sounds with displayed effects |
| Jack Cooldowns | Normal | Standard Gears 5 cooldown of Jack’s skills |
| Part | Jack’s livelihood is divided in half | |
| It’s fast | Jack cooldown’s power is reduced | |
| Screen Effects | CLOSED | Significant visual effects of standard gears |
| The hour of gold | Enable the golden hour look | |
| Green Film | Enable the green look of the film | |
| Blue Film | Enable Film Blue look | |
| Gears 1 | Enable Gears 1 look | |
| Gears 2 | Enable Gears 2 look | |
| Gears 3 | Enable the look of Gears 3 | |
| Gray | Enable gray look | |
| Pink Unicorn | Enable Pink Unicorn look | |
| Movie Poster | Enable Movie Poster look | |
| Kait’s Nightmare | Enable the look of Kait’s Nightmare | |
| Retro Pixel | Enable Retro Pixel look | |
| Light Frame | Enable light frame appearance | |
| Cartoon Frame | Enable the look of a Cartoon frame | |
| Disability | Enable Tripping look | |
| Scan lines | Enable Scanlines look | |
| Heat View | Enable Heat Vision look | |
| Distortion | Enable distorted look | |
| Vintage Film | Enable Vintage Film look | |
| Drawing | Enable Sketch look |
Gears 5 Xbox Series X | S technical Updates
The power of the new Xbox Series X | S means Gears 5 will feel more responsive and look better than before! Here is the breakthrough in technology that you should expect the first time you burn Gears 5 on your new Xbox.
- PC Ultra visual feature set (this is especially true in Series X)
- PC Ultra-HD PC Package (Series X only)
- 60 FPS (Series X only) cinematics allows for more interaction between gameplay and cinematics
- 120 FPS in Versus
- Earth Space Mirror That gives your lamp a powerful light bulb
- Connect with Shadows that allows for precise shadow with each pixel
- 4x improvement in upload times
- 50% more particles than PC Ultra
- Dynamic Latency (DLI) input games for the most responsive games
These updates will be available on November 10!
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