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Gears of War sequel confirmed
Author: Tim SmalleyPublished: 11th March 2007
Gears of War lead designer Cliff Bleszinski has confirmed that there will be a GoW sequel.
While this doesn't come as much of a surprise, given the fact that the game has sold over three million copies worldwide, it will certainly please fans of the game that can't get enough of the action-packed shooter.
After confirming the sequel, Bleszinski went on to talk about the three titles that really inspired Gears. Resident Evil 4, kill.switch and Bionic Commando all had great influences on the way Gears of War's gameplay mechanics were designed.
Interestingly, Bleszinski confessed that Gears of War had originally started out as a first-person shooter. He revealed that it wasn't until after he'd seen the graphics in the Unreal Engine 3 demo that he and his team decided that it would be a crime not to show off the game's lead character, Marcus Fenix. He also felt that players would be able to associate with the character more from a third-person camera angle.
Finally, Bleszinski discussed details of some of the features that didn't make it into Gears. The dropped features included combat cash, a morale meter and a much more complex orders system. All three were dropped because the development team felt that they detracted too far away from the game's action-packed game dynamics. You can read more here.
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:) Me very happy.
-CollinstheClown
Somewhere around October if Play.com is anything to go by. Maybe it will be a round christmas.
Gears i just cant get enough of. Its the main reason of the purchase of my 360 at christams as I was not going to get one sometime soon. Now I have 10 games and cant stop getting more. Great console and great game.
Love it
You could be waiting some time, there are things done on the 360 version that most PC's could not even get close to doing at the moment!
I think that this is welcome if not unsurprising news, definitely a title that has the ability to become a long standing hit if the original quality is kept to.