Gears of War: Reloaded Suffers From Poor Steam Reviews And Low Player Counts

"Despite trailers and marketing materials clearly stating that local split-screen multiplayer would be in the game, players have noted that it's entirely missing from the PC release. What's far worse is that the game's official trailer and its Steam page were edited after release to remove all mentions of local co-op on PC. People are saying this is false advertising."

"First, there seems to be an issue where changing the graphical settings often results in the game crashing harder than Marcus Fenix slamming into cover. But there are also reports of the game crashing when linking a Microsoft account, or when firing up the multiplayer. So far, the culprit behind most of the crashes seems to be linking a Microsoft account. From what I can tell, the majority of people suffering from crashes when changing the graphical options have also linked their accounts."

Gears of War: Reloaded launched on PlayStation 5 and Steam and generated major player complaints about the PC release. The PC build reportedly omits local split-screen multiplayer despite marketing that stated the feature, and promotional materials were edited after release to remove co-op references. Players experienced frequent crashes when changing graphical settings, linking Microsoft accounts, and launching multiplayer, with many reports tying crashes to account linking. Microsoft acknowledged crashing issues and suggested deleting the WarGame folder at C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Local\Coalition as a workaround. Numerous players also reported not receiving pre-order items.

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