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The Art of Gears of War 4 Hardcover – December 27, 2016

by The Coalition (Author), Microsoft Studios (Author)

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Upon its release, the original Gears of War revolutionized third-person shooter action with a combination of gorgeous environments, iconic characters, and brutal action. Now, twenty-five years after the events of Gears of War 3, a fresh generation of heroes will encounter a new enemy that threatens to bring humanity even closer to extinction.

To commemorate the next chapter of the Gears of War epic, Dark Horse Books is joining forces with The Coalition to bring fans The Art of Gears of War 4. Featuring hundreds of individual pieces of concept and production art, finished renders, and intimate commentary from the game's creators, this gorgeous volume is a must-have item for veteran Gears and rookies alike!

The essential companion to Gears of War 4!

Featuring exclusive commentary from the game's creators!

This is the official artbook for The Coalition and Microsoft Studios' Gears of War 4 video game!

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184 pages
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English
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Dark Horse Books
Publication date

December 27, 2016
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9.4 x 0.9 x 12.4 inches
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150670266X
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978-1506702667
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The Coalition is a video game development company that is a subsidiary of Microsoft Studios. The Coalition is known for the creation of Relic Rescue, Microsoft Flight, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, and Gears of War 4.

Microsoft Studios is a video game production company that makes games for consoles and personal computers. Founded in 2002, Microsoft Studios is responsible for the creation of Halo, Minecraft, Gears of War, Conker, Age of Empires, Perfect Dark, Forza, Crackdown, and many other beloved video game titles.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books (December 27, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 150670266X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1506702667
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.4 x 0.9 x 12.4 inches

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w. lucero

Good but not great

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2016

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If you're a fan of the "Art of Books" you'll appreciate this book. I will say I was sort of disappointed by what was inside. I buy these art of books because I like to see raw sketches and concepts. I don't particularly favor when they show us lots of clean rendered images of stuff that you already see in game or have seen in marketing adds used in video game magazines. So while this is a cool book to see some interesting things about Gears 4. If you want to see more rough sketches and more concepts Id actually recommend the Art of Gears of War 3, its a much better look at the art and where they were coming from. Again this book is good and has some sketches and lots of cool images of characters, backgrounds, weapons and vehicles it could have shown more if you ask me. A good book overall if you're a huge Gears fan.

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Like a guidebook for the story, with pictures

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021

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This book kind of feels like the campaign for Gears 4, I went through it, felt almost nothing, and moved on. The artbook is entirely formatted with the acts in the game (1-V). So, there is a very large separation between related things in game (robots, characters, designs, etc.) and most of it will have some kind of worded reference to others but without a visual to accompany. This just doesn't really work for a literal artbook. The book tries to walk you through the game, bringing stuff up as the player would get to it in game, that is not the reason artbooks exist, that is why guidebooks exist (which almost always have pictures to go along with them anyway!).

The art itself is basic landscapes and finished pieces, very little conceptual or idea finding segments. The only real conceptual pieces with legitimate off the wall brainstorming are the creature designs (not the swarm themselves but things like the pouncer, snatcher, etc.). The robots had a couple iterations but not much significant difference between them. This is absolutely not what I expect from a game with a revamp of an IP in mind. Gears 4 was supposed to be something new, that drew upon the base of 3+ previous games, so why was there so little innovation displayed in the artbook? There was a one off quote about the team taking a trip to Italy for inspiration (which can be easily seen when playing the game and book for the final outcome) but there was no sketches or record of that in this. I would have LOVED to have an entire section dedicated to straight copy and paste of every single thing the team came up with and drew randomly while on that trip. That is where the artbook of a game is supposed to come in, show up what the team actually went through to come up with the final decisions, not just the end result that is in the game. In addition, there wasn't even a real weapon section. This is Gears of War, the weapons are one of the biggest draws, and you have a single page with copy and pasted png's of the few in game weapons from a single angle. You're telling me there was no new weapon iteration or numerous types not chosen? Get out of here.

Overall, I would call this a pass for anyone but a die hard Gears 4 fan (which I don't think there are many of). Not enough substance to justify owning except to say you have it. The odds anyone would look back after one read through are basically none. Please use your Art of Gears of War 3 book for a reference on what to do in the future.

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Zealous Prop

Informative of the new in-game sci-fi tech.

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2019

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I'm actually fairly surprised at how much more this book allowed for me to appreciate the new Gears trilogy - by the explanation and added details of the DBs alone I found myself having a little more enjoyment with what was an otherwise okay game to the series. However, the tital "The ART of Gears of War 4" is a tad misleading, as the actual artistic aspect of it is relatively minor to what one may expect from an art book. Descriptive of their showcased items, yes, but not quite artsy. Really cool concept-art, though! Wish they had more of that included, honestly.

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2017

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If you're a Gears of War fan, you have to get this book.
It has beautiful artwork and detailed information from the
artists and developers inside. A Must Buy!!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2017

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Just...WOW!!

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Michael

Great book for any gears fan !!

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2017

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What can I saw, I am a complete gear head, and this book delivers high quality pictures and descriptions of all the concept art from the game, we'll worth it for any true gears fan !!

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2022

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This book came a bit beat up and it wasn’t shrink wrapped like factories usually do. Other than that, great art book.

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2019

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The perfect item for any Gears Of War fan

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Mr Brannan

Big gears fan do..

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2020

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I love art and I love gears of war so join them together and you get this.
Solid book lots of concept art and finalisation of what came to be in the game, along with why the chose certain designs etc
If you're a gears fan I recommend

Lefering

Amazing Art

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2017

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Beside's the game was badly done story wise and also those damn lootcreates (gearpacks) the Art Team did a amazing job except the SWARM Designers... these are dull and boring. Overall great artbook!

Emckay

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2018

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Excellent book with beautiful art. Must have for every GOW fan.

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Tracking the package.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2019

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2017

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Perfect

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