Gears of War: Reloaded launches on PlayStation 5 with upgraded visuals, textures, and performance. The remaster supports 4K resolutions and up to 60 fps in the campaign, and up to 120 fps in multiplayer. PlayStation 5 Pro provides the best high-frame-rate 4K experience outside of PC. Improved textures increase detail in rubble and caves while preserving the original gritty graphical tone. Some environments blend together due to a predominantly gray aesthetic. The PS5 version adds DualSense adaptive trigger support and extra platform-specific functionality. The package offers excellent visuals and performance but limited visual options and nostalgia-focused appeal.
Gears of War: Reloaded releasing on the PlayStation 5 is an irony baked into an irony. The remaster of the Xbox 360 classiconce the title that helped distinguish it from rival Sony's PlayStation 3is a better game on the PS5. Hell, the best way to play for high frame rates at 4K resolutionoutside of PCis on PlayStation 5 Pro. There's no contest.
To make the scenario all the more like a turducken, Reloaded is a remaster of a remaster. Developers The Coalition first brought back Gears of War with the Ultimate Edition in 2014 after Microsoft bought the rights for the series from the original creators, Epic Games, and handed the franchise over to Xbox Game Studios. The re-rerelease upgrades the graphics to support 4K resolutions and up to 60 fps in the campaign.
The game looks crisp and clean in a way the Xbox 360 or Xbox One versions couldn't; Reloaded includes improved textures to make all the gray rubble and all the dark caves look even more grainy than 20 years ago. The game is beautiful in parts and closer to the original in graphical tone than the 11-year-old Ultimate Edition, but it only reminds me of a time when studios thought gamers wanted their games gritty, even when it makes most environments blend into each other.
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