Gears of War: Judgment‘s prequel story is framed around Emergence Day, the canon moment in the series when the Locust emerged from the depths of Sera and attempted to wipe the human presence from their planet. The $60 experience in Judgment doesn’t nearly measure up to the $60 experience in Gears 3. There is, however, something decidedly less-than about this new game, and it is here that we circle back to economics: you’ve got to give value to the customer. Tweaks to play mechanics and underlying systems that will no doubt improve the quality of future Gears games to come. Make no mistake: there are fresh ideas in Judgment. Unfortunately, the reality of this spin-off prequel underwhelms. The expectation then is that People Can Fly’s freshly released Gears of War: Judgment will ratchet up those three Bs even further. The sequel to the 2006 original realized that vision for the most part, and Gears 3 followed suit in 2011. “Bigger! Better! More badass!” That was the pitch from former Epic Games boss and Gears overseer Cliff Bleszinski, back when Gears of War 2 was revealed in 2008.
Gears of War: Judgment might be a gore-filled game of shooty shooty chainsaw bayonet action, but it is also, surprisingly – and unfortunately – a lesson in economics.
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