The one thing I love about this game is that both the primary and side arm weapons require reloading after X amount of shots. Depending on how you structure your squad, some units will be able to go on complete killing sprees if used correctly. Some abilities will allow your squad to gain additional action points after doing significant damage, downing foes, or killing enemies. Unlike other turn-based strategy games that I’ve played, units in “Gear Tactics” can attack and move multiple times, and in any order they wish, providing they’ve got enough points to do so. On the players turn, each unit will start off with three action points that can be used to move, shoot, or activate an ability. Like all Gears games, hiding behind cover is paramount to survival and offers great strategic benefits during gameplay. It’s in these moments that the player will need to start thinking about how they wish to shape their squad and the roles that everyone plays.Ĭombat in “Gears Tactics” isn’t that different from the other Gears of War games even though the genre is completely different. Rarer equipment of higher tiers will offer improved stat increases as well as passive abilities. Some abilities might reduce damage whilst in cover, whereas others might provide a chance of shooting twice. All upgrades and armor provide different stat bonuses and often come with special passive abilities that play an important role in combat. Completing missions also rewards the player with better supply crates that can contain either better weapon upgrades like scopes and magazines, but also better armor for their squad. This means that even though two heavy units are equipped with the same heavy machine gun, the player can equip skills and upgrades that give them completely different roles on the battlefield. Units of the same class all have the same primary weapon, sidearm, and unlockable skills but each unit is treated individually.
On the successful completion of the mission, each surviving unit will be award XP, allowing them to level up, get stronger, access higher level gear, and gain skill points that can be used to unlock special abilities. Some missions will impose restrictions on what units can be deployed due to plot reasons or if those units are already away on another side mission. Missions begin with the player picking up to four units to deploy as part of a squad, just as you would have a four-man team in other Gears of War games. Depending on what category your unit is classed as will determine its primary weapon, skill tree, and weapon upgrades. Each unit falls into one of five categories: Vanguard, support, heavy, sniper, and scout.
As players make their way through the campaign, they will get to personally select new recruits to join their team, further adding to the roster of units that can be deployed on missions. Together, they must recruit and build up their squad from whichever soldiers they can find along the way. Sid Redburn, a COG veteran and all-round hard ass. Gabe Diaz, father of Kait Diaz (Gears 4 protagonist), as he is forced back on to the front lines and ordered to hunt down the Locust scientist, Ukkan. “Gears Tactics” follows the story of Sgt. Despite the dramatic change in genre, “Tactics” still stays true to the franchise, incorporating everything that fans already love, from challenging boss fights to dismembering your foes with a chainsaw. Rather than sticking with the typical cover-based shooter genre that made Gears of War iconic, “Gears Tactics” is a turn-based strategy game with RPG at its core. Taking place 12 years before the events of the first Gears of War game, “Gears Tactics” brings a unique change of pace to the franchise.
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