Gears of War 4
A new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. After narrowly escaping an attack on their village, JD Fenix and his friends, Kait and Del, must rescue the ones they love and…
Gears of War 4 is a shooter developed by The Coalition, released 11 October 2016 on Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 9.7 hrs to finish.
What Gears of War 4 is
Gears of War 4 is a shooter game developed by The Coalition and released in 2016. It was published by Microsoft Studios. It is available on Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Twenty-five years after humanity's hard-won victory over the Locust, the reformed Coalition of Ordered Governments, led by First Minister Jinn, rules with an increasingly authoritarian hand. J.D. Fenix, son of war hero Marcus Fenix, and his friend Del have deserted the COG in protest of its harsh policies and joined the Outsiders, a community living beyond its control led by Reyna. To help their struggling village, J.D., Del, and Reyna's daughter Kait raid a COG settlement, only to draw the wrath of Jinn. Soon after, a terrifying and unknown enemy begins abducting villagers in the night. Desperate and out of options, J.D. reluctantly seeks out his estranged father Marcus, pulling the old…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Gears of War series
Gears of War 4 is the eighth of 12 entries we hold in the Gears of War series. It arrived 4 years after Gears of War: Judgment. The next entry was Gears 5 in 2019. Its critic score of 83 is almost exactly the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Gears of War 3 at 97.
How it was received
Gears of War 4 holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 274 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.7 hrs.
What it launched against
Gears of War 4 launched on 11 October 2016, within three weeks of Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gears of War 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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