Splitting installs is something that Call of Duty recently picked up, but from where I’m sitting Gears 5 has elevated those options above all of its peers.Īfter that you’re even given the option to prioritise your Gears 5 installation in the order of what you want to install! So I chose to install customisation options, the original campaign, and the new story expansion Hivebusters. Alternatively you can choose to install just the multiplayer.Ĭoalition have even gone so far as to allow you to opt out of installing the customisation options like skins. Likewise you can choose to install just the new campaign expansion, Hivebusters. Meaning you can choose to install just the original campaign. Luckily the developers have made things easier for you when loading up.įirst, you can choose to only install sections of the game. Sitting at around 100GB for a complete install, after multiple free content injections like multiplayer maps, customisation, and the recent Hivebusters campaign, Gears 5 is a BIG old game. After a recent content update, Gears 5 had quietly stormed ahead of competing games in terms of storage management.

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