As we walked together towards the seemingly abandoned house, the characters' banter provided exposition the same way Drake and Sully's conversations filled the quieter moments of Uncharted 4, though the dark tone more closely recalled the tension and intimacy of the original Gears of War. Fenix and his companions Del Walker and Kait Diaz approached a darkened mansion. Amidst the eerie calm of a foggy night, new protagonist J.D. Surprisingly-and perhaps deliberately-my hands-on time opened not with action but with atmosphere. Now, piggy-backing on the much shorter segment shown at this year's E3, The Coalition has kicked open the door to its two-player cooperative story campaign, letting us play through a two-hour chunk of the game's earliest portion. A few weeks ago, we went hands-on with the updated Horde Mode 3.0 and came away feeling plenty optimistic.
Back in April, we got our first real taste of the competitive multiplayer just prior to the public beta. Freshman Gears developer The Coalition has spent 2016 revealing more and more about its first crack at the franchise, Gears of War 4.
