The saws will ricochet off walls and clear small areas quickly.

The Buzzkill launches buzzsaws rapidly at enemies. It’s meant to be difficult to control, but rewarding when mastered. This bomb can also be dropped directly onto enemies, drilling into their head before exploding. The Dropshot is shoots an aerial bomb that will fall into the ground and explode, taking out the enemies around it. To deal with these new enemies, the protagonists will get some new weapons to test out. But some Juvies can scream loud enough to pop every pod on the screen, unleashing a small army of enemies.įinally, the Pouncer is a four-legged beast that can pin down close players with a pounce attack, or whip sharp quills from a distance as projectiles. They hatch out of pods in the battlefield, which you can occasionally avoid opening. Juvies are quick melee attackers that have more abilities than the Wretches of past Gears games. They’re intelligent enemies that will use team tactics to flank and pin down the smaller two-person teams in Gears 4. Drones come in four varieties: Imago, Grenadier, Sniper, and Hunter. Although the Locust faction is gone, the Swarm looks just as vicious as their predecessors.

Game Informer got an early look at the new enemies of Gears of War 4. There are also some new enemies coming, and a handful of new weapons that the protagonists can use against them. Gears of War 4 is changing up some established points of the franchise, including new playable characters and an overhauled multiplayer mode.

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