In a game where troops can be killed permanently, it is both a gift and a curse that the soldiers level very slowly. On one hand, it can make the pain hurt less when a troop is killed and they aren’t insanely str
Sometimes someone is just going to have bad luck, but always make sure the units are spread out. When flanking enemy units, make sure there aren’t any other soldiers in a position who can hit the player just as easily as the en
XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within and XCOM 2: WOTC are both amazing strategy games that will have players fighting even more aliens with super-powered human soldiers. If players are not looking to replay Gears Tactics but still want to fight aliens, give the XCOM series a
There are two ways of getting new soldiers in Gears Tactics : the recruitment pool, which will spawn randomized soldiers, and rescuing soldiers in missions. Soldiers in the recruitment pool are blank slates, so players can make them whatever class they want and give them the skills players want. Those rescued, however, are often pre-made charact
No one can put out focused damage like the Sniper. Given the proper space (and ideally elevation) to work, the ranged specialist can inflict heavy damage on any foe, softening up hard targets and mopping up damaged enemies in a single deadly sweep. The skills of the class allow the player to choose their particular flavor of deadly at a dista
The whole point of a strategy game is to test the mind (like chess), but if the most recent playthrough wasn’t challenging enough, it might be time to up the difficulty. Be sure to prepare for the next difficulty, because it can be a major step
As long as a downed soldier doesn’t die, they won’t suffer any negative effects going forward. Players will want to heal soldiers anyway to get them back in battle, but if for whatever the player is not able to, they don’t have to worry about long-term negative attributes coming back to bite t
If the player wants the Vanguard to be a dominant offensive force, skills found in the Warden and Shock Trooper trees are ideal. The Warden branch, in particular, allows for the creation of an exemplary tank. Picking up the Distraction skill allows the Vanguard to force enemies to fire on them, taking the heat off of other team mates under threat. This synergizes excellently with the Badass skill; shearing a full 75% of the damage of the first shot to hit the Vanguard on every turn means they are more or less guaranteed to come out nearly unscathed. Even if they don’t grabbing the Self Revive skill means that even death won’t keep them down, causing them to pop back up after the first time they get dropped. For a more field control based approach, the combination of Breach, which causes Locusts caught in the skill’s radius to give up AP and health to their killer on death, and demoralize, a weapon attack that both damages and debuffs enemies hit by it, makes the Shock Trooper ideal for asserting control over a bat
There are some situations where a player may be unable to use any weapon. Unfortunately, guns are vital in the game, and missing them could mean a failed mission. A simple reset or restart should solve this, though no one wants to resort to t
XCOM has more than a little tension since players have to make the most of their few turns, which often has drastic effects. If one makes a wrong move, it could come at the cost of a character they have spent hours upgrading. But with Gears Tactics , the tension is hardly there since the players’ soldiers get an extra action per turn when one of them performs an execution. The weapons in Gears Tactics are also powerful—especially those overpowered sniper rifles—so the soldiers are unlikely to
Gears Tactics makes ironman harder because, if a hero dies, the playthrough ends. It requires a lot of patience and knowledge of the game, because failure to keep a hero alive will force players to restart complet
Gears Tactics is a great way for many fans of the Gears of War series to get into the turn-based mechanics strategy genre if they haven’t already. Even if gamers aren’t interested in the genre as a whole or are already into it, there’s a lot of extra things to do in the game after beating the story of the g
Extending the game is a feature the developers should consider in the long run if there is enough demand. If they get past that, there will be tons of goodies for both strategy and Gears fanatics in the game. Genre fans will love a more fluid speed, unique hero system, as well as the distinctly translated prequel tale and gameplay mechan
The two opening skills for the support are both incredibly useful in their own right. Empower essentially hands an action point off to an ally, delegating the damage-doing to a more specialized soldier for a net increase in hurt thrown the enemy’s way. Stim is simple and direct healing, a nice pop of 100 points at the skill’s first level. While not exactly overly impressive, that little boost can be game-changing – 100 points of health can mean the difference between a soldier making it out of a crossfire alive or d