5 Games for People Who Love a Good Apocalypse

Gears of War

Gears of War, alongside Half-Life 2, features yet another apocalyptic scenario of humanity in a war against an alien species. Unlike Half-Life 2’s war against a rigid, alien-governed, authoritarian society, Gears of War’s war is a lot more messy, brutal, and dangerous. While it starts out not so great with a 79 year war between COG and the UIR, everything is made deadlier with the emergence of the the Locust from underground. The series sees the ongoing fight between the Gears and the Locust, with humanity just barely hanging on throughout it all. And, unlike the other two mentioned, it gets harder and harder to find happy places in these games, with the few being the camaraderie with Delta Team.