

And with Gears of War 4 still a year and change away, giving the original game’s fine-tuned gunplay a chance to shine on new consoles is a great idea. These shootouts are as tense and fun as ever (especially on higher difficulties), weapons like the Torque Bow and Hammer of Dawn as novel as they were on release. Gears of War is almost 10 years old, and its gunfights are still as good as many games out this year. Gears of War highlights just how important feedback is in creating the sense of “feel” in games the Lancer machine gun makes Locust bleed in exaggerated spurts, making it powerful a point-blank Gnasher shotgun shell shatters enemies into spongy bits with the gross sound effects to match, making it clear how strong the weapon is up close. But few of the games inspired by the original Gears of War utilize the formula as well as developer Epic Games did back in 2006. And bookmark our guide for later.Gears’ gameplay is still as fresh as everīy now, you’ve probably pressed a button to stick to cover, held the left trigger to peek over it, and the right trigger to shoot out of it thousands of times. It says you’ll need about 80 GB of space, so while you’re waiting on that download why not check out our review. Search for Gears of War 4 and, once you reach its store page, you’ll have a button there that allows you to download it. You’ll need to log into the Windows Store with the same Microsoft account that you purchased Gears of War 4 with on your Xbox One. Once you’ve updated Windows, go back to that Start bar and type in “Windows store.” Click on the first entry that pops up, and you’re inside the Windows app store proper. If not, type “Windows update” into your Start bar and click “Check for updates” under the settings heading. 2, and if you’ve got automatic updates turned on you should already have it. Thing one, you’ve got to have the Windows 10 Anniversary Edition update on your PC. So how in the name of Dom do you actually download it to your PC? Easy. My $59.99 digital copy of Gears of War 4 also entitled me to a free copy of Gears of War 4 on PC. Right as I bought the game, however, I was reminded of the new Xbox Play Anywhere initiative, which delivers certain games to Xbox One and Windows 10 PC with a single purchase. Frankly, I’m surprised the thing even turned on last week when I set it to update.īut Gears of War 4 is here, and I’ve spent too much time with the franchise over the last decade to sit this one out. I don’t even know what I did with that little headset dongle. As far as playing games on the thing, it’s been a while. That’s because I have A Christmas Story on there, and I needed to watch it on repeat for a week. The last time I turned on my Xbox One was Christmas. Listen, I’m going to be honest with you here.
