Despite that it remains 2 player co op focused like gears of war gears of war 2 and gears of.
Gears 5 4 player co op. You can select to load up an existing save or start a new game. Instead of having a four player co op system they rely on three players. Playing gears 5 in co op. At any time during the game s campaign you can have at least three players.
Gears 5 wants to change the way video games are monetized fans hoping for a return to four player co op in gears 5 are going to be disappointed. Gears of war s studio head explains why gears 5 won t support 4 player co op in campaign and why fans shouldn t expect to see it return. At the lobby menu player 1 should be already shown in the first available slot. Like gears of war 4 before it gears 5 is limiting its co op story mode to only two regular characters this was done to keep the narrative focused on its central lead characters as well as to keep the action from becoming too chaotic.
Not if that includes the chance to play the game s campaign in 4 player co op. Gears 5 will be the first game in the franchise to feature 3 player co op in its story campaign. Head to the campaign menu. With gears 5 releasing on september 6 the question of how to play co op multiplayer is bound to crop up.
The decision to shorten the gears of war name to simply gears 5 may be an overdue move to reflect the fanbase but fans won t get everything they hope for from the new entry. Since gears of war came to the xbox 360 in 2006. This review only covers the campaign which is the one part of the game that we could. Gears 5 came to xbox one and pc in early september a continuation of the gears of war franchise which has been one of microsoft s only first party titles and the first microsoft game to hit the number one spot in japan gears of war is known for its co op while it wasn t the first to bring in dynamic co op it is the one that mastered it.
Horde 5 players max online only the familiar gears co op mode returns with many of the same systems in gears 4 and the introduction of new player abilities. But more importantly the studio s reasons for cutting the mode may mean the days of 4 player gears are gone for good. Gears 5 includes a campaign competitive multiplayer a co op horde mode and a new co op escape mode.