This shift from JD to Kait brings to the fore a familiar character from the last game whose duality - owing to her mysterious heritage - becomes the center of the story.
Kait killed her in a mercy-killing at the end of Gears of War 4. This story shifts from Gears 4’s father-son relationship of Marcus Fenix and his son, JD, to the mother-daughter relationship of Kait Diaz (Laura Bailey) and her mother, Reyna, who was kidnapped by the Swarm. (The game debuts on Xbox One and Windows on September 6 for Ultimate Edition owners and September 10 for standard edition). But since we have seen so many of these before, the team tried to make the game both approachable for new fans (particularly those playing with an Xbox Game Pass subscription) and more mature to the fans who grew up with the series and are now older and ready for stronger narratives. Rod Fergusson, the studio head at The Coalition, told me that in an interview that the team considered moving Gears 5 to a new planet, but that would have severed the ties to the past and its characters that have become part of the Gears culture to fans. It had some goofy parts where it felt like you were fighting kaiju, or giant Japanese monsters, and that kind of messes up the human story. But it also fell short in some ways, testing credulity with the giant mechs that dominated much of the ending. It had gut-wrenching, over-the-top violence and a serious story involving Kait and her mother, Reyna. That reboot was both a success and a failure in my eyes. Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded.
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