Gears of War: E-Day is expected to bring back the series’ signature cover-based, third-person shooter gameplay, but there’s a new facet introduced by the spin-off Gears Tactics that the upcoming prequel would do well to incorporate. Following the exploits of beloved duo Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago on Emergence Day, E-Day is almost assured to include some minor timeline inconsistencies, like new weapons and enemy types that are inexplicably absent from games in the series which take place later chronologically. Adopting mechanics from Gears Tactics might contribute to such issues, but it would be a minor setback in favor of gameplay iteration.