Gears 5
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Developers | |
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The Coalition | |
Publishers | |
Xbox Game Studios | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 10, 2019 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
OpenCritic | 85 |
IGDB | 88 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC, Expansion pack |
Microtransactions | Loot box |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi |
Series | Gears of War |
Gears of War | |
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Gears of War | 2007 |
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition | 2016 |
Gears of War 4 | 2016 |
Gears POP! | 2019 |
Gears 5 | 2019 |
Gears Tactics | 2020 |
Gears of War: E-Day | TBA |
Key points
- Includes in-game benchmark with detailed summary. Video settings are explained along with visual previews and expected performance impact.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Amazon.com | Game of the Year Edition | |||
Microsoft Store | Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Play Anywhere Game of the Year Edition | |||
Steam | Game of the Year Edition also available. |
- All versions require an Xbox Live account and Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM. Microsoft Store version is not available in China.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Ultimate Edition | Includes Halo: Reach Character Pack and Boost: 30 Day Bonus Included with the Game of the Year Edition. | |
Ultra-HD Texture Pack | Free | |
Hivebusters expansion | Included with the Game of the Year Edition. |
Version differences
- Gears 5 Standard Edition includes the base game.
- Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition includes Ultimate Edition pack and Hivebusters expansion as well.
Essential Improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[1] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Gears5\Saved\Config\PC\ |
Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Gears5\Saved\Config\PC\ %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.HalifaxBaseGame_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Settings\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1097840/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1097840\remote\ |
Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.HalifaxBaseGame_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1097840/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Game assumes you're on an 21:9 ultrawide ratio for menus and cutscenes, meaning that menus get cut off by bezels and cutscenes and some animations are Vert-. HUD can be moved towards the center, but not enough, and the closest option leaves the edges at about half way on the side monitors. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Cutscenes are Vert- when using the "fill" option. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Ultra texture pack is an optional download from inside the game on Windows Store or DLC on Steam. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | 60-100°, default 80°. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Exclusive fullscreen not available. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA. SSAA available via resolution scaling. Increasing the "Sharpening" setting can reduce some of the blur. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Framerate can be unlimited or limited between 30-144. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Uses OS setting for HDR. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) | On Xbox Series X and PC uses GPU software ray tracing for shadow and screen space global illumination, not hardware ray tracing[2]. | ||
Color blind mode | Settings for protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
- The included dynamic resolution allows users to select a minimum frame rate of 30 FPS, 60 FPS, or 90 FPS, and effectively scales visual fidelity to match the selected level of performance.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Negative mouse acceleration from mouse smoothing which doesn't properly disable even if turned off in settings.[citation needed] | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | In accessibility options. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | Xbox Adaptive Controller is supported. | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, effects, character dialogue, cinematics and environmental volume. | |
Surround sound | Also supports Dolby Atmos. | |
Subtitles | Speaker names displayed, size adjustable. | |
Closed captions | Enabled with subtitles. Available for dialogue and some environmental effects. | |
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Change language
- The game lacks an option in-game to change language.
Change language of the game |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 3 | Co-op Split Screen Co-op |
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LAN play | 10 | Co-op, Versus Co-op modes require online connection. |
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Online play | 10 | Co-op, Versus Supports crossplay with Xbox One, and Series X/S. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | Used for campaign co-op. | |
Dedicated | Used for multiplayer. | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
Low resolution textures
- On some configurations, the game may suddenly only show low resolution textures, no matter the actual texture fidelity settings. Only a restart of the game fixes this.[3]
- This is mostly a campaign issue and happens when the VRAM is close to being fully used (enable "Show Stats" in video settings) and a level transition, checkpoint reload or cut-scene takes place, causing the VRAM to go over its budget. Lowering the various VRAM related settings can help to somewhat prolong the issue.[4]
- Despite the drop in texture resolution, the VRAM usage does not decrease, instead the performance will also become worse.
Hivebusters resets upgrades and checkpoints
Continuing the Hivebusters dlc after quitting in the middle of a chapter resets both the chapter progress as well as the player upgrades.[5] |
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Issues fixed
Voices are muffled
While using a Logitech Headset on PC, voices are muffled.[6] |
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If you're still connected to your modem but don't have internet or the game is having server issues; the game WILL NOT identify the lack of internet; it will simply keep retrying to communicate with the servers; causing an infinte loading screen. This is why you have to either phisically remove the ethernet cable, or disable your wi-fi or ethernet through adapter settings in windows.[7] |
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HDR not working
HDR not able to be toggled in settings[8] |
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Can't connect with message: you are not connected to the gears of war services
Delete Generic Credentials |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 12 | Uses D3D11On12 mapping layer for Windows 7. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | Dolby Atmos, Ogg Vorbis, Wwise | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat | [9] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 AMD FX-6000 series |
Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 3 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 80 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon R9 280 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1097840/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1097840) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Skip Logo :: Gears 5 General Discussions - last accessed on 2020-12-15
- ↑ It took two weeks to get Gears 5 to RTX 2080 standard on Xbox Series X - last accessed on 2022-10-03
- "We have some compute-based ray tracing in Gears 5, we have ray traced shadows and the [new] screen-space global illumination is a form of ray traced screen-based global illumination and so, we’re interested in how the ray tracing hardware can be used to take techniques like this and then move them out to utilising the DXR cores."
- ↑ Blurry textures - Gears 5 - Gears Forums - last accessed on 2020-04-12
- ↑ Verified by User:Waschbär on 2020-04-12
- Observed on a Radeon RX 580 with 8 GB, 5.6 GB being available to the game.
- ↑ Anyone else experiencing bugs with new hivebusters dlc? [missing title] - last accessed on 2021-01-16
- ↑ Reddit thread 'How to fix Gears 5 Dialogue Issues' by Fordc11
- ↑ Can't start campaign in gears 5
- ↑ Reddit thread 'Gears 5 PC HDR issue (won't turn on)' by Javiercico
- ↑ Easy Anti-Cheat