The player must recruit and command a squad then lay waste to hordes of enemies making use of environments, a teeming arsenal of weapons, and cunning strategy. Gameplay oscillates between the aforementioned isometric viewpoint and third-person over the shoulder segments where players can take down enemies up close. Tapping into the rich history of isometric turn-based strategy games, Gears Tactics is, as the name suggests, banking heavily on tactical combat. Rise up and fight, as the marketing blurb goes. Save Sera and make a mess while doing so. It’s Gears of War through and through, notably in tone. Gruesome The Locust enemies, cities laid to waste, brutal take-downs, snarky characters, a gritty color scheme, and a fair share of expletives. Part cinematic, part gameplay, we get a real sense of the vibe of Gears Tactics. The trailer sets the scene for Gears Tactics, place chronologically before the events of the most recent mainline Gears games. Unabashedly channeling turn-based strategy mainstays like the XCOM and Wasteland franchises, we get our first proper look at the game in the flesh. Moving on, we have the first proper trailer, dubbed a world premiere that aired during The Game Awards 2019. It’s short and sweet, revealing very little about the game. We catch a few short snippets of pre-alpha footage that showcases Gears Tactics’ turn-based gameplay loop with environments that will be all too familiar to those acquainted with the mainline Gears of War titles. The E3 video sees The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson reveal the game alongside the mobile-only Gears POP. There is currently one proper trailer for Gears Tactics alongside an on-stage announcement video from E3 2019 that showcases a little gameplay. Xbox Game Studios is publishing the game exclusively on PC via the Windows Store, Steam, and as part of the monthly subscription service Xbox Game Pass. Gears Tactics is slated for release on April 28th, 2020. Developer The Coalition is teaming up with Splash Damage to bring the frenetic combat of the Gears of War franchise to the turn-based strategy genre next year with Gears Tactics.
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