Gears Tactics simply inverts the emphasis. After all, the key innovation of the titles was to add cover-and-fire manoeuvres into a fast-paced action game. Yet strategy has always played a far bigger role in the games than may be initially apparent.
B loody sci-fi shooter series Gears of War and the term “tactics” may not seem like natural bedfellows, given that these games are best known for their macho space soldiers and chainsaw machine guns.