This return to a dilapidated family home is an echo of the task at hand. He finds the wallpaper peeling, the furniture in disarray, and a fine layer of dust blanketing every surface. Late in the story of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Marcus Fenix kicks down the front door of his childhood home. But in the remaster's current technical state on PC, it's harder to recommend the trip home. When Gears of War: Ultimate Edition runs smoothly, it's worth playing-it set a precedent, 10 years ago, for third-person action games in its wake. Microsoft informed us it's aware of some performance issues and is working on improved driver support-we'll reevaluate the game when the updates are instituted. Playing on a GTX 970, on the other hand, runs much more smoothly, for whatever reason-but pop-in textures disrupt Gears of War's visual flow, while screen tearing disrupts your aiming during crucial firefights. But the framerate is liable to dip extremely low, especially when enemies are more numerous. Playing on an Nvidia GTX 980 Ti made Gears of War look gorgeous, with textured debris and iridescent lighting piercing the dust of Marcus Fenix's crumbling world. And although the game's core is intact, complete with controls and level design that raised the bar for third-person shooters in 2006, the technical issues are far more pervasive on PC: we played on two different rigs, and both exhibited their own disparate problems.

Editor's Note: Six months after its Xbox One release, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition has come to PC for Windows 10.

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