Ultimately, though, its down to a breathlessly dynamic battle system to provide Gears Tactics with surprises. Something as safe as setting your soldiers to overwatch, so that they can shoot at moving targets in the enemy turn, becomes endlessly watchable when those enemies can pinball between killzones, knocked about by bullet spray.
Source: N4G PC Gears Tactics review: bird's eye view brings faithfully chunky combat but no new perspective – VG247