
Gears 5 launched with an entirely new feature called the Allies system. Now, with Gears 5, developer The Coalition is doubling down with two brilliant new cooperative hooks, features which remind me more of party games and the XCOM series, of all things, rather than a traditional third-person shooter.

The Gears of War franchise has always been rooted in cooperative gameplay.īack in 2006, the original Gears of War launched with a seamless two-player campaign that offered the same experience as the single-player version, just with a friend.
