
The Ultimate Edition however suffers the same problem that was present back in the original game. Now while the single player experience, which depending on your difficulty level, and how much you search for Cog Tags, should take around 6 hour or so to complete. All of my deaths are usually thanks to Gnashers that rush up on my while I'm taking cover and kill me with a point blank shotgun blast. You also better make sure you are fully loaded at all times because the Locust will try to rush you and flank you right at the worst possible time. See multiple Boomers? You better fall back and hope you are loaded up with ammo cause it takes a lot to take them down. See a Theron? Take cover because a Torque Bow shot is coming your way. Running in head on into a bunch of Gnashers is going to get you killed real quick. It forces you to think as you are fighting. Just like Doom, and this is what makes Gears so great. Each enemy in Gears of War has it's own unique look, their own unique weapons, and their own unique way of attacking you. I know that my heart starts racing every time I hear "BOOM" and see a rocket come flying in my direction. The one thing that Doom and Gears does great is how it throws stronger enemies at you as you progress throughout the game. I think one of the reasons that I love Gears of War so much is because it reminds me a little bit of Doom. My first few active reloads, I failed miserably, but after a while, it all came back to me, and I was reloading like a champ. A mistimed active reload while you have enemies surrounding you can be fatal.

This adds an intense level of tension onto every fire fight and especially when you have enemies coming up on you. If you miss the active reload, your gun will jam and will leave you completely open for attack, or you can choose to do nothing and reload normally but it takes more time to do so.

If you time it right, all bullets that were reloaded will now give you a damage boost. While doing this, one of three things can happen. You have to press the reload button again once the bar hits the sweet spot. Instead of pressing a button and reloading automatically, when you hit the reload button a meter shows up in the top right corner.

This is because the action of Gears of War is still top notch to this day and one of the reasons for that is the active reload feature.

Honestly, if I heard heard nothing about Gears of War until today, I would have a hard time believing that this was game that was originally released back on the Xbox 360 almost a decade ago. Every level, every character, every cutscene has been updated and looks fantastic. The entire game from top to bottom has been remastered in 1080p. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a remaster of the original Gears of War for the Xbox One and even though It's now HD, It's not a simple HD port.
