My brief time with Gears of War: E-Day’s Multiplayer Network Test brought me right back to the glory days of Xbox 360, particularly 2006, when 13-year-old me got my hands on the original Gears of War for the first time.
Of course, I mean that in the best way possible, as Gears of War: E-Day, even in its early-access state, feels like a true return to form for the series, bringing with it a more fluid and snappier-than-ever bloodsoaked gameplay loop that made the originals so addictive and charming. My two-day stint with Gears of War: E-Day consisted of two maps across two game modes, Horde Siege and Conquest Escalation.
Starting with Horde Siege, the game mode is a modernized spin on the tried and tested Horde mode/Firefight that now features some more objective-based sequences in between the waves of Locust infantry. Now, I haven’t seriously played Horde mode since Gears of War 2, but as a long-retired achievement hunter, I felt right at home in E-Day’s new take on the
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