Gears of War: E-Day on PC: what Steam players fault in launch week
Shared report · updated Oct 14, 2026
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Action, Adventure · $69.99 · out since 2026 · from the Steam descriptionComplaints about gameplay and design in Gears of War: E-Day centre on characters and campaign writing that fail to hold some reviewers' interest.
OneStar read 3,000 Steam reviews of Gears of War: E-Day posted in Oct 2026. Of the 3,000 people who reviewed Gears of War: E-Day in OneStar's sample, 60% complain and 78% praise it. The top complaints about Gears of War: E-Day are gameplay and design (31% of complaints), bugs and crashes (26%) and performance (13%). In OneStar's sample of Gears of War: E-Day reviews, 2% of reviewers say they're quitting. OneStar's report on Gears of War: E-Day was last updated on Oct 14, 2026.
What goes wrong
This is not Gears this is a game made by people who have 0 knowledge of the franchise and made a proxy game only to bait and switch Marcus and Dom to for-front some woke agenda in the bland boring...
it wont even launch for me eror screen nothing just straight up wont launch i looked up fix it tutorials and nothing fixed it
It looks like it has a good story but is so unoptimized and laggy even on the lowest settings with a Ryzen 7 and rtx 3060 that a physically cant play the game, there is no reason why I can run...
Having only one map and basically no content for Horde makes it unplayable.
wont let me play online/coop paid 100 and cant play it cause it wont stay connected to there servers
What goes well
9 hours in and having a damn good time the small open maps you can explore are just right gears 5 was too much but they got the right balance with this one and the side objectives are basically...
The BEST Gears of War game in the series !!!!! The Coalition did a GREAT Job bringing the series back to the maximum level!!! MASTERPIECE!!!!
Outstanding installment! The story is amazing so far. The controls are a bit different than I'm used to with a Gear game, but they were very easy to get used to. Play it!
Currently 10 hours into the game and I'm really enjoying it. Gunplay is smooth as silk.
The multiplayer is alot fun to play ive put in many hours into everything so far.
Reasons for quitting
The main complaint of the 51 reviewers who say they stopped or are quitting
Their categories
Yes or no questions the person who shared it asked of each review
Then one day to my suprise I log in and immediatley boot up Horde mode and it disconnects from the server. I restart the game and come to get a "Permenant Online Ban" from the game!
Then one day to my suprise I log in and immediatley boot up Horde mode and it disconnects from the server. I restart the game and come to get a "Permenant Online Ban" from the game!
Damn game doesn’t even boot up on steam. I wasted £90 on this scrap heap and it hasn’t even let me get past the boot up screen before you actually get ingame.
- No replacement players when teammates leave. - PvE missions bugging out and refusing to progress despite objectives being completed.
Game wont run unless you have RTX. Highly disappointed they are holding PC standards so high to where some people cant even enjoy or experience new games. Sad
What they use it for
613 of 3,000 reviewers said; shares are of them
As a long time gears of war fan, I would strongly recommend this game. I have played through every GoW game multiple times (besides Gears Tactics) and this game brings back my memories of playing...
I haven't played a Gears of War since the first back in 2006. This brings back so many fun memories of playing coop with a close friend. I have no complaints so far, it's better than I was hoping for.
I barley remember Gears 1 and 2 back in the day I know I had a blast with them recently I got into playing Delta Online Gears 3 for PC it was great I mainly played to get good and learn the PVP...
What they ask for
351 reviews ask for something
Who is saying it
The biggest clear differences between audiences; 5 more with a free account
Playtime at reviewUnder 2 hours: say they're quitting 5.3x as often as everyone (8% vs 2%).
TenureNew user: say they're quitting 2.4x as often as everyone (4% vs 2%).
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