There’s no grid that provides strict rules for how units can move, so the game actually has more in common with miniatures-based wargames and skirmish systems like Bolt Action, Infinity, and Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team. Gears Tactics might look like a clever clone of Firaxis’ XCOM games, but it’s something else entirely. Things bounce back and forth until one side is eliminated, or until that particular mission’s objectives are met. Gears Tactics is played from an overhead perspective, with Coalition of Ordered Government, or COG, soldiers and the evil Locust forces each taking their turns before moving to the next round of play. A very different gameplay loop Image: Splash Damage, The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios Gears Tactics lacks the pacing that makes the iconic third-person shooters so much fun to play, and it’s weighed down by a reliance on stunt missions that detract from its otherwise solid fundamentals. The same is true for Gears Tactics, the franchise’s first ever turn-based strategy game.īut the moment that developer Splash Damage asks players to stand still - whether it’s for a drawn-out boss battle, a defensive mission, or simply to peruse the menu system - the illusion falls apart. Gears of War games are at their best when players are pushing forward, chewing through the Locust horde with chainsaw bayonets.
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