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CliffyB Talks After Finishing Gears
Next Generation is carrying an interview with Epic Designer Cliffy Bleszinksi, where he discusses shooters in the next-gen era, what it's like to work with Microsoft, and how it feels to wrap up Gears of War. From the article: "As a designer I don't know if it's ever possible to be fully satisfied but my gut tells me, 'yes'. I sit down and I play the game and I have a blast with it, whether it be single player versus or co-op. I mean, co-op's especially bad. I feel like I'm seeing the whole experience completely new. It's like, if you ever see a cool movie and you bring a friend to see it who hadn't seen the movie yet, right? It's that shared experience, that makes co-op so great."
Another talentless hack looking for self promotion with the lamest nick ever in gaming.
And to think Gears of War is supposed to be Microsoft's 'big game' that finally makes people go out and buy the floundering Xbox 360...a jaggy mess of a game due to Epic not being able to write a modern console engine. People stopped being impressed with the 'bumpy-shiny bald space marine in giant armor' years ago.
The jaggy, outdated graphics wouldn't be that big a deal if there was an actual game there. But Gears of War is nothing but ten hours of hide behind cover, pop up, shoot, repeat until brain dead bad guys are dead, advance and hide behind cover, ad nauseum.
No wonder the pc game market is dying if this is what one of the premier pc developers has to offer the console market.