Hvorimod Gears of War 4 var en meget sikker direkte efterfølger til den originale trilogi, så tog Gears 5 lidt flere kreative chancer, og høstede storslåede anmeldelser som resultat. Alligevel mener seriens originale skaber, Cliff Bleszinski, at den trænger til et reboot.
I et interview med ComicBook.com fortæller Cliffy B, at serien mangler en slags genstart:
"I believe Gears needs a little bit of a reboot, like God of War had, and I've always said, Phil Spencer has my number, I'm happy to consult. Gears will always be near and dear to my heart. Late afternoon, if I have a mimosa in me, sometimes I'll go to YouTube and I'll look up key cut scenes from the Gears franchise, like Dom's death, or Dom having to put down his wife, and I read the comments. Reading the comments on those cut scenes from Gears of War when Dom dies, people are like, "I had to put the controller down, my friend and I just sat there silenced and stunned." For people to actually get tattoos of something that you made on their bodies is the most flattering thing."
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