When Gears of War: Ultimate Edition was announced at E3, some fans were taken aback that the game wasn’t a bundle of the full saga like Halo: The Master Chief Collection. A remaster of the original Gears of War, with multiplayer enhancements from later games in the franchise, is a decent deal at $40 but how would the Gears crowd get the full Dom and Marcus bro-love experience? Here comes backwards compatibility to the rescue! Purchasers of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will get digital copies of all four original Xbox 360 Gears games to play on the current-gen console.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2015/08/03/gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-gets-a-bit-more-like-halo-the-master-chief-collection/