Gears of War: E-Day Launches to Modest Reviews and 31,500 Peak Steam Players

Gears of Battle: E-Day, the origin story of the long-running Gears of Battle franchise, launched on Steam, Xbox, and Recreation Go, and, though Microsoft has been constructing hype for the brand new Gears sport for a number of months main as much as launch day, the sport’s launch efficiency on Steam is lower than stellar. In line with SteamDB, E-Day peaked at a considerably underwhelming 31,517 concurrent gamers on Steam, though there is a robust probability a lot of its participant base is taking part in the sport through Recreation Go or on the Xbox Collection consoles. To be truthful, the sport launched in the course of the week, so we may even see an upward development in participant counts over launch weekend.

Critiques for Gears of Battle: E-Day have additionally been lukewarm, with Steam’s Overview score reporting that solely 74% of critiques on the platform are constructive. By itself, that rating is not horrible, however the damaging critiques appear to stem from points with stability and gameplay and the plot. A few of the critiques complained about frequent crashes on PC, whereas many long-time followers appear to have had points with what they discuss with a deceptive advertising and marketing that marketed a return to outdated characters from the collection, just for these characters to get replaced early on. There are additionally complaints in regards to the multiplayer gameplay lacking options, like customized lobbies and meat shields.