>setpieces are now about shallow cinematic spectacle instead of actual gameplay
>gritty, dark, edgy artstyle and atmosphere of the original is completely gone. It looks visually impressive, but utterly soulless
>Dom won't ever shut the fuck up about his wife
>characters constantly cracking unfunny Marvel-tier quips (I literally had to double check the year this released, I couldn't believe it was only 2008 with the cringy ass writing)
>apparently they addressed complaints of linearity by... making the levels still just as linear, except now with tons of empty, wasted space you have to run through... WHY???
>many sections are gated until a specific scripted event happens, you will even be confused how you're supposed to advance, but it's just because you're waiting on this stupid scripted event
They fucking ruined it, how the hell do people consider this the best Gears game? The original mops the floor with it. Honestly it feels like this game released after Uncharted 2 because it has so many tropes from that game that I fucking hate.