Gouki's Page of Whatever never covered a Gears Of War title because it was long-gone before that generation started, but given its strikingly-similar gameplay and Lost Planet 2 X Gears Of War promotional connections, it could very-well have been covered if GPOW had still been around. Even more subjective, however, is when Capcom's Spawn was covered on GPOW. Spawn was even subject to classification debate back on GPOW, when it was first stated that "More info on Capcom's new arcade title Spawn, it is an action fighting game, running on Sega's Naomi arcade system. This game supports up to 4 players simultaneously by linking the machines together. It plays like a cross between PowerStone and Sega's SpikeOut, in which you form a team with other players to battle against the computer opponent or other human players." We can see the obvious connections with Gears of War 4 when we consider the linking of machines to play together. However, the game's genre was even subjective back then, when a rare correction with a later headline stating "E3: SPAWN NOT A FIGHTER", for a short bit that read "It's been made official in an E3 report today on PSX.IGN. The rumored Spawn title being worked on by CAPCOM will be shown on video at E3. And it turns out NOT to be a fighting game, but an action adventure game instead." This same sort of gray area in genre classification seems to follow Gears Of War 4, too. I consider it a fighting game of sorts because you fight and battle, but there are definitely others who call it an action-adventure game. It's amazing that a game which is basically a spiritual-successor (Gears Of War 4) carries with it the same subjective genre as the title it's similar to (Spawn - In The Demon's Hand).

Both Gears of War 4 and Spawn: In the Demon's Hand were developed on the most cutting-edge technology of their respective generations. With Gears 4 on the Unreal Engine 4, and Spawn on the DreamCast/Naomi hardware, both used current-gen technology of their time to bring their dark, tragic stories to life. Both the Unreal Engine 4 and DreamCast/Naomi have been praised for their ease of use, and developers have been able to design a wide variety of games with them. From shmups and fighting games (AIPD and Street Fighter V), to puzzle and third-person shooting games (Unreal Match and Gears of War 4), developers have used Unreal Engine 4 to deliver all these different experiences. Before this, the same was done with the DreamCast/Naomi hardware, with developers able to deliver that same wide variety of games ranging from shmups and fighting (Giga Wing 2 and Capcom VS SNK), to puzzle and third-person (Sega Swirl and Spawn: In the Demon's Hand). The fascinating thing about this is that games using these technologies all have a similar "look" to them, but also granted the flexibility and quality to make different types of design possible. In other words, everyone has the same tools, but have the freedom to create something unique. Examples of this are how Street Fighter V and Gears of War 4 are on Unreal Engine 4, and have the same visual fidelity, yet still have their own unique design style. We see a similar comparison between Capcom VS SNK 2 and Spawn: In the Demon's Hand, both of which are DreamCast/Naomi titles, with the same visual fidelity, but with obvious differences in tone. Though these games may look different from their contemporaries, the same quality is still there. That being said, Gears of War 4 looks every bit as impressive as Street Fighter V and Marvel VS Capcom Infinite.