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Gears of War 4

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Gears of War 4
Gears of War 4 cover
Developers
The Coalition
Splash Damage
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[1]
Release dates
Windows October 11, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 86
OpenCritic 84
IGDB 83
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions Loot box
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series Gears of War
Gears of War 4 on HowLongToBeat
Gears of War 4 on IGDB
Gears of War 4 on MobyGames
Gears of War 4 on Wikipedia
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Key points

Xbox Cross Play title - Play multiplayer with Xbox One and PC players. However Core and Competitive playlists are not cross-platform.[2]

General information

Official Gears of War series site

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC: Standard Edition
Windows
Amazon.com
Microsoft Store
Ultimate edition [3]
Windows
All versions require Microsoft Store and Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

The Standard Edition includes only the base game.
The Ultimate Edition includes the base game and season pass.

Free trial

A free trial is available (10 hours of gameplay).
Full access to multiplayer Versus, Escape and Horde. Access to first chapter of Campaign.
All progress carriers over upon full game purchase.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC DLC includes Gears Packs and multiplayer maps.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass Includes 19 Gears Packs, Horde Expert Gears Pack, Access to Developer Playlists and ownership of 24 post-launch multiplayer maps.
Windows
“Brothers to the End” Elite Gear Pack
Windows
Vintage Del Pack
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.SpartaUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\GearGame\Saved\Config\UWP\
GameUserSettings.ini contains video settings.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.SpartaUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Xbox Cloud
Synced with Xbox One

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Cutscenes and some animations are Vert-. HUD can be moved towards the center, but not enough to have it on the center screen.[4]
Ultra-widescreen
Native support.[1] Cutscenes are at 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
[1]
Field of view (FOV)
Up to 100°.[5] Split-screen players can set FOV separately.[6]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Always borderless in Fullscreen mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to x16
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Forces TAA. SSAA available via resolution scaling.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
[1]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
[1]
Framerate can be unlimited or limited between 30-144.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Color blind mode
Settings for protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Screen Space Reflections and Cinematic Depth of Field settings can be set on "Insane". Have in mind that both options in those settings are very taxing even for high-end computers.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Effects, Character Dialogue.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Windows language setting must be set to Spanish from México (Español de México).

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op, Versus
Split-screen (choice of horizontal or vertical).[6]
Supports crossplay with Xbox One
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Game exits to desktop after splash screen logo with no error

This appears to be an issue with user account permissions affecting Windows 'local' user accounts (those not using a Microsoft account tied to their Windows account).

Fix 1: Download any free app from the Microsoft Store. Downloading a new app appears to reset the licences for the currently logged in profile and can fix the problem.

Fix 2: Convert the local account to a Microsoft account in the User Settings area of the control panel. You can covert it back to a local account through a similar process in User Settings.

Game consistently freezes/crashes the computer after 20 to 30 minutes of play

Async compute is known to cause system crashes, even on new hardware. Disabling async compute in the graphics options should fix the freezing/crashing issues.[7] Those who experience crashes using a Nvidia card should download Display Driver Uninstaller, run in safe mode and update to the 398.36 driver which contains a potential fix. Fix effectiveness has not yet been ascertained.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-3470
AMD FX-6300
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 80 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
2 GB of VRAM
Other Windows 10 Anniversary Update installed (Windows 10 version 1607)
A 64-bit operating system is required.

References