Gears Tactics finds itself in an interesting position: In the absence created by Halo Infinite’s delay, Gears Tactics has become one of the major first-party games seeing an Xbox release this month. It’s a neat game that’s well worth your time. It’s also not exactly a system-seller.
The short version is this: Gears Tactics on Xbox is… Gears Tactics on Xbox: a superb, competent tactical shooter that forces you to rely on brains as much as brawn. If you love XCOM games, you’ll like this one. Is that worth picking up a new console? Not on its own, not for just this game. (Gears Tactics is also out on Xbox One.)
Alongside its console debut, Gears Tactics received cross-save capability (at least between Windows and Xbox, but not for Steam). I don’t have a gaming PC, but one of my roommates was gracious enough to let me play the game on his. I made it up to…
