Gears Tactics review: Is Microsoft's latest a bloody usurper to XCOM’s throne?

dailystar.co.uk:

Gears Tactics is like XCOM cranked up to a 11 and smothered in viscera. What at first might sound like a fever dream quickly manifests into some of the best turn-based strategy gameplay the genre has ever seen – and that's high praise coming from someone that's pumped hundreds of hours in the XCOM games over the years.

The story follows Gabe Diaz — father to Gears 5 protagonist, Kate — and a small band of soldiers as they hunt to bring down Ukkon, the Locust geneticist responsible for creating the Corpser, Brumak, and other Imulsion-enhanced monsters.

It’s riveting stuff, with all the usual Gears twists and emotive plotlines weaving together as the acts progress. The same quality of animation and production that you’d expect from The