Rarely do I consider a menu to be a high point of a game, but Gears of War 4’s graphics options are lavish. It is, however, an improvement over the beta, and importantly it’s highly customisable. Though it can be striking, with action-packed set piece battles and plenty of environmental destruction, it does look a little dated and flat in places. It’s still often bleak and gloomy, but there is a bit more variety. If your memories of the original Gears of War and its HD upgrade, also available on PC, are of levels painted in stark greys and browns, lifeless and ugly, then I might have some good news for you: Gears of War 4 has picked up a broader colour palette.

Tested on an Intel i5-3570K GHz, 8 GB of RAM, GeForce GTX 970, Windows 10.