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Cliff Bleszinski, aka CliffyB, is Epic Games Lead Designer and the man who for the last few years has been in charge of the Unreal Tournament series among other Unreal titles. But for the first time in the UT series, CliffyB is no longer the project lead, a position that has been assigned to Steve Polge, the person responsible for the brilliant A.I. featured in all Unreal titles.
This time, CliffyB is fully devoted to Gears of War, Epic Games first departure from the Unreal universe and the first game developed by the company exclusively for MS Game Studios and the Xbox 360.
As you may know, Gears of War is a third-person tactical shooter in which in order to survive, you have to take cover using interactive and dynamic environments, suppress the enemy with blindfire, and use your teammates to outwit and outfight the terrifying Locust Horde.
In simple terms, if you try to surf straight into battle in Gears of War, you are going to get killed in a few seconds.
In his latest entry on his personal 1up.com blog, CliffyB has revealed new details about the direction hes taking with Gears of War:
So here's the thing about doing a game that's all about cover. A game that's not a run and gun. It changes your perception about other games, movies, all of your standard pre-learned thoughts about what it means to sling lead at your enemy must be re-worked.
It's kind of like the first time you play paintball - a sport that I, for one, shall never, ever play again. Why? Because it f****** hurts. And yeah, Paintball hurts for a reason. Why?
Because otherwise there would be no real game of gunplay. Current shooters are the firefight equivalent of a water pistol battle - there's really no fear of death. You know, two buxom college girls in white bikinis with super soakers, laughing, dancing around in a circle, acting like they don't want to be sprayed but truth be told it's hot - very hot - in the Carolina summer and they really do want to be drenched.
Whoa. Okay.
Flash back to paintball. Hardcore para-military nuts who get up at the ass crack of dawn on a Saturday morning to dress in full camo and go out and hurt one another. If you've ever been shot at - and hit - by a paintball you know how much it stings. Especially when they've been chilled!
So that's what "Gears" is going to be.
So there you have it. Gears of War will be the closest thing to a real-life paintball experience. Well have more on Gears of War as it develops.
Hahaha
Sort of a wuss. He needs to play more paintball so hes desensitizd by the pain. he needs to head to Michigan for the Monster Game...thats real pain
Gears of War is Life.
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