Gears of War: E-Day review: stunning visuals and a strong Siege mode

A review of Gears of War: E-Day, set a decade before the first game in the city of Kalona on Emergence Day, praises its Unreal Engine visuals, storytelling and the new PvE Siege mode, but criticizes the uneven campaign structure and plot threads left for future games.

• Set 10 years before Gears of War 1 in Kalona on Emergence Day
• Siege is a new Horde-style PvE mode, disabled in the review build
• Visuals called some of the best on Unreal Engine, split-screen co-op included
• Story leaves several threads for future games in a planned trilogy