Game

Gears of War: Judgment

2013 · Xbox 360 · Shooter

73IGDB player score
156 ratings

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That 73 average hides a game its 156 fans would defend to the death. This is about the gunplay, from the studio behind Fortnite. Science fiction set the stage, the shooting does the talking. The story is the main course; the multiplayer is the reason it's still installed years later.

About this game

"Gears of War: Judgment" takes you back before events of the original "Gears of War" trilogy to the immediate aftermath of Emergence Day - the defining event of the "Gears of War" universe. Follow Kilo Squad, led by Damon Baird and Augustus "The Cole Train" Cole, as they fight to save the city of Halvo Bay from an unstoppable enemy in the most intense 'Gears' game yet.

The story unfolds in the earliest, most desperate days after Emergence Day, the catastrophic moment when the monstrous Locust horde first erupted from beneath the surface of the planet Sera to seize humanity's cities. Amid the chaos, a small band of soldiers known as Kilo Squad, led by the sharp-tongued mechanical genius Lieutenant Damon Baird and including the boisterous former athlete Augustus Cole, fights to survive as the Locust overrun the coastal city of Halvo Bay. The tale is told through flashbacks, framed as testimony delivered before a stern military tribunal, where Kilo Squad stands accused of grave crimes. As each member recounts their version of events, the harrowing story of their defiant stand against the invading horde, and the fateful decisions that landed them on trial, gradually comes to light.