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Cliff Bleszinski teases his new game

Creator of Gears of War show first screen from his mystery project

Mystogan3913d ago

Another shooter? This better be good.

Gazondaily3913d ago

Well the Gears series was brilliant so there's nothing to suggest this won't be brilliant (if this is indeed his game).

ShugaCane3913d ago

I'm more skeptical than you. The Gears series is good but it doesn't scream innovation. I've played the first 3 episodes and I thought it was more of the same. If he is indeed working on another shooter, I still question his ability to provide something different. Now I will carefully wait to see more about it before making any hasty judgement, but I won't give him my trust so easily.

Gazondaily3913d ago

"The Gears series is good but it doesn't scream innovation. "

I respectfully disagree. Not only did Gears really refine the concept introduced by Killswitch, but it also innovated with things like Horde Mode, which has become an extremely popular game mode in many games.

One thing Epic do really well are the shooting mechanics. Gears 3 had dedicated servers and airtight gunplay with some excellent weapons and features like the timed reload bonus etc.

It's the closest gamers like me, who love traditional shooters like Quake and Unreal, have got to playing a TPS with similar mechanics.

His pedigree is great with the Unreal Tournament series, Unreal Championship and with Gears. If the game is another shooter, I'll be more than happy if the game introduces something fresh and more importantly, plays brilliantly.

ShugaCane3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

@Septic

Ok, so you're talking about online features when it comes to innovations, right ? Because in terms of gameplay, it was heavily inspired by Resident Evil 4, which was to me a really revolutionnary game.

I rarely play online, so I don't really care about innovations in that domain, but I get that people do. And I absolutely respect that. This is just not what I am looking forward to.

"If the game is another shooter, I'll be more than happy if the game introduces something fresh and more importantly, plays brilliantly."

Yes, this is exactly what I meant. As long as it's a fresh take on the genre, then I'll be fine with it.

HammadTheBeast3913d ago

I disagree. The first two were good, they had the third person shooter mechanics down flat, the game had a good cover system, but the third one has become all about "cover, roll, shotgun". That's literally all there is to it now, with the way they've changed the mechanics.

It's a good game that stands out in it's genre, but I wouldn't consider it brilliant for perfecting mechanics, same as I don't consider CoD brilliant for its mechanics.

mewhy323913d ago

Well I am a huge fan of the gears franchise but I have to say that this guy should give a shot at trying a different genre of game. I'd like to see him try his hand at role playing.

Machiavellian3913d ago

The problem with doing something different when you leave your bread and butter is that taking such risk can be very costly. Cliff have been doing FPS for a long time and just switching to do something else for the heck of it doesn't pay the bills if it does not succeed. I believe Cliff should first, Make the money then if he is comfortable try something new.

mxrider21993913d ago

correct me if im wrong but wasnt their horde mode derived from uncharted 2s whatever mode it was called lol

ma1asiah3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

@mxdirider2199

Horde mode was first introduced in Gears Of War 2 which was released a few years before Unchartered 2. Halo ODST and Call of Duty World at War soon followed suit by introducing their own spin on the wave based mode namely Firefight in Halo ODST and Zombies in COD WaW.

One other point I would like to make is wall bouncing ummmm to date I do not know of any other game that uses this. Granted it started off in Gears of War 1 as a glitch but soon became an awesome gameplay mechanic that was kept for the duration of the series.

Lancer and Chainsaw combo was Cliffy B's baby and Gears signature weapon and to be honest Gears would not be Gears without Cliffy B just look at Gears of War Judgement compared to the rest of the series it lacks everything that was once great about the series.

Gears of War 1 set the bar for TPS cover based shooteres especially in respect of its cover system etc. To this day it still stands as one of the best of its kind.

Cliffy B is very good at what he does, love him or hate him I have every ounce of confidence that what ever the game turns out to be it will be awesome.

NeoTribe3913d ago

Brilliant? Its a mediocre 3rd person shooter that's getting weaker every sequel. Theres no innovation anymore.

abzdine3913d ago

Gears 1 was great, but the more they released the more the series loses its identity and fails to entertain. TPS is a world with no mercy.

WarThunder3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

@Septic
Gears series was brilliant? HAHA! Thanks for the laugh...

Gear of war = one of the most over hyped games i have played...

showtimefolks3913d ago

Septic

Brilliant nah but very good yes

What I hated about gears is how little it actually changed from game to game and some of the online issues remained no matter what

Also this guy thinks very very highly of himself and he liked the DRM MS tried to enforce so I am most likely buying his game used just to piss him off

MazzingerZ3913d ago

The first gears was great, second as well. They just needed better writing and less cheesy dialogs.

It was first real nextgen game, together with GRAW and ES Oblivion. Give him the credit he deserves

Anyway, Im not fan of the Unreal engine, charcters look plastic and explosions sucks

buynit3913d ago

I agree with mach..

Thats like telling a great basketball player to go play baseball cause thats all he does..

The guy makes great shooters... Unless he feels comfortable Doing another genre then he should stick to what he does best..

pixelsword3913d ago

I love GeoW, but it didn't refine anything from Kill.swtich. GeoW added things, but it did not improve upon the key gameplay that made kill.switch good.

MASTER_RAIDEN3912d ago

though in a lot of ways im happy so many other people enjoy the series, i have to say that i personally have never understood peoples obsession with gears. i admit that it has many awesome things going for it like its fun reload mechanic crazy multiplayer modes and horde mode, i have to say that the gameplay just isnt my thing. i feel like its such a bulky, blocky shooter.

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cleft53913d ago

After all the bs CliffyB has been talking, this had better be amazing.

JsonHenry3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

I thought he was making a castle/base defense style of game? Or am I remembering that wrong?

- https://www.youtube.com/wat...

zerocrossing3913d ago

I know the guy made some pretty good shooters, but it wouldnt kill him to step outside the box ones in a while...

3-4-53913d ago

I dare him to not use any shade of the color brown.

PSVita3913d ago

Didn't he retire....

I don't get why people do that. Is it to see if people are going to cry about it or something..smh

silvacrest3913d ago

that's what i thought, i swear i read something saying he was out of the gaming industry, now hes teasing a new game? wtf?

Jazz41083913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

I felt the sameway with killzone 4

PSVita3913d ago

Read your past comments

Xbox Fanboy

Nothing to see here

JunioRS1013913d ago

Hopefully it's more appealing than Bulletstorm, which was fun, it just wasn't the next gears of war

Lord_Sloth3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

Did you expect anything aside from a shooter from Cliffy?

Kind of upsetting since he tweeted his love for Dark Souls and how he'd love to work on something like it.

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golding893913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

Damn yo. why couldn't it be gears 4?

Geezus3913d ago

a proper gears developed by epic not that crap by people can fly!

ma1asiah3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

Rumor has it that EPIC may or may not be working on a Gears MMO. If so that could be cool...Its supposedly going to be set during the Pendulum Wars with a new protagonist and have Doms older brother and Anya's mum make an appearance.

REMEMBER this is just a rumor at the moment and after the disastrous GOW Judgment I don't want them to rush the next Gears game if their is ever going to be another one.

Back on topic like someone said Cliffy B left EPIC, so any future Gears games will be Cliffy B less.

In respect of my prior comment

"Horde mode was first introduced in Gears Of War 2 which was released a few years before Unchartered 2. Halo ODST and Call of Duty World at War soon followed suit by introducing their own spin on the wave based mode namely Firefight in Halo ODST and Zombies in COD WaW."

I stand corrected in respect of COD WaW and its Zombies mode as Gears 2 released 07/11/2008 and COD WaW released 11/11/2008....however one could dispute this possibly as unless I am mistaken I am sure Zombies was added to COD WaW and released world wide on 16/11/2009

die_fiend3913d ago

Because he quit.

The colour of this game is as bland as his personality, which he likes to share excessively. Looks like a snoozefest - I'm passing

N7Lukas3913d ago

Lets just hope its not more "DUDE BRO!, GO HERE SHOOT, MUSCULAR MARINES!"

Maybe then will it give credibility to all the shit he talks.

Geezus3913d ago

your making it seems like gears was not a good game! cuz going by popularity and sales it was fantastic

N7Lukas3913d ago

Going by that logic, Justin Bieber must be the most talented human being to ever walk this earth.

I agree the game was fun online, i played it. But doesnt take away from the fact that Cliff's ego is HUGE and thinks he is always right about everything that goes on in the industry, just because he's made a few dude bro shooters.

Death3913d ago

And since LoU is selling so well, it sucks like Bieber? Great example.

Cliff's ego isn't huge, the marketing persona he let's you see is. Cliff is a nerd with a Ferrari and he knows it.

N7Lukas3913d ago

To Death

I was simply stating that sales aren't the only factor in which to judge a games success, there are too many factors. If Cliff's ego isnt huge then i dont know what is.

LoveOfTheGame3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

@N7Lukas
While I don't agree with it, the best way we have of telling how good a game is are the reviews.

And by that standard Gears is the one of the best series this gen, and second in exclusive series behind Mario Galaxy I believe. LBP might be up there too.

CynicalKelly3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

Your making it seem like we are on a site that doesn't hate Microsoft or any game on Xbox.

PSVita3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

@N7lukas- After that first perfectly logical reply you should of just drop the mic and walked off stage lol ill rephrase it so people can understand what happened.

-Death: Gear of War sold good so it must be a good game.

-N7: If sells decide what's good or not, Justin Beiber must be really talented.

Up until there the conversation was making sense but then

-Death: The Last of Us sold a lot so it must suck like JB then lol

^What? That right there makes no sense in the given realms of the logic that Death started....

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Foxgod3913d ago

Basically hes saying that in his opinion, he doesnt like Gears.

And because he doesnt like it, it must be crap....

N7Lukas3913d ago

Where in that comment did i ONCE say i didnt like Gears? I didn't even mention the game. It is possible to criticize a game you like, you know that right?

Foxgod3913d ago

Right.... you diss space marines and your trying to make me believe you where not talking about gears, and obviously that would mean you love gears, even tho its all about space marines.

golding893913d ago

lol Yea just shut up N7Lukas.. You talking out your ass now.

N7Lukas3913d ago

Talking out of my ass haha, im not the one wishing for ANOTHER gears game, hows that milk taste?

Death3913d ago

Hey N7,
The marines are out their risking their lives for us. If you want to hate on the Marines, I suggest you do it to their faces.

PSVita3913d ago

Lmao just stop Death. He was talking about fictional Space Marines and unless you know where to find them how can he tell it to there faces lol.

theDECAY3913d ago

@ Death

You automatically fail when you tell someone that they are dissing real marines when they are talking about Gears of War. Fail, man.

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ma1asiah3913d ago

Ummm @ N7Lukas

They are COG, Sera's armed forces....Have you ever served bro....because as much as to some degree it can be seen as just a stereo type. BUT given that I have served dude you will find on certain levels that the miltant Dude Bro talk was spot on.

Now if they had shown it from the stranded's perspective or from the human remnants of Jascinto then maybe we might have got a more touchy feely game. Yet they didn't so the macho militant tone along with all the bromance stuff is just how it is.

Then again what about Gears 3 you have Anya and Sam then there is Bernie all females so I don't know.....

As for credibility have you survived a catastrophic event where you spend every waking moment fighting to stay alive against an unstoppable force. This one always cracks me up how the hell do you gauge what is and isn't credible plus its SciFi fantasy, which unless I am wrong normally does not hold to real world rules.

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Foxgod3913d ago

Time travelling or holegraphic themes?
Considering the background....

Marked3913d ago

He should...arrogant prick. His rockstar persona makes me want puck in my underwear.

Perjoss3913d ago

Regardless or whether you like his personality or not, he is a very talented games developer and the games industry would be worse off if he left it behind him.

Same goes for Phil Fish, who cares what he does in his personal free time or how he acts, if this stops you from enjoying a video game then you are playing for the wrong reasons...

Death3913d ago

"He should...arrogant prick. His rockstar persona makes me want puck in my underwear"

What in the hell does that even mean? I'm not sure if that was an insult or you were asking him out on a date.

Bonerboy3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

Puck in your underwear? Like a hockey puck? Why would you want those in your underwear? I've never heard of someone wanting pucks in their underwear. I mean to each their own but...strange man, strange. A puck? Hmmm

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New Shark Tank Inspired Wolves’ Den Game Contest With Spatial, Youtube, and Gaming Legends

Rapper/Actor Ice-T, and YouTube, Gaming Legends, Cliff Bleszinski, Welyn, And Barji To Judge First ‘Wolves Den’ Game Jam Series On Spatial Platform

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N4GTG39d ago

This could be great for some indie developers

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Gears of War Creator CliffyB Offers His Thoughts on Xbox Exclusives Going Multiplatform

During a recent Game Rant interview, Gears of War creator CliffyB comments on Xbox-exclusive games possibly adopting multiplatform models.

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S2Killinit40d ago

Im sure he would love it. More money for him.

OtterX40d ago

Yea, I remember seeing him and his Lamborghini at one point in history. Lol, I think that kind of gives it away.

rippermcrip40d ago

Doubtful he gets any residuals from anything Gears related.

rippermcrip39d ago

Bunch of clowns down voting without any explanation of how exactly he is getting money off Gears. You think Notch still gets Minecraft money too?

jznrpg39d ago (Edited 39d ago )

Depends on the contract. Some contracts have residuals some don’t

Whitey2k40d ago

Sometimes I don't get what he says half the times. He could of put gears on the playstation from the start but he's fanboyness for xbox got in the way

Notellin40d ago

I imagine this is exactly how fanboys feel how this went down. Microsoft paid for all the development and took all the risk off Epic games for a new IP.

It has nothing to do with anyone being a fanboy. Well other than yourself who oversimplified this entire franchises history.

LoveSpuds40d ago

I agree Notellin, however, once he was in bed with MS he did become pretty 'anti Sony' ans was such a shill for MS.

Hofstaderman40d ago

This. And Sony also does this with titles these days.

shinoff218340d ago

I thought it was said cliffs shopped it around hence rumors of a ps3 demo being out there. If ms took on all the cost, why is there a ps3 demo?

Rude-ro40d ago

Not true at all.
Microsoft had to buy the ip because the contract ran out on keeping it exclusive.
Microsoft took no risk, they just marketed the game and payed for a contract.
Not hard to find out.

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Ironmike40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

Your the the fanboy

Sciurus_vulgaris40d ago

No, Epic signed a development and publishing contract with Xbox for Gears of War. After Judgement Microsoft still had the Gears of War publishing rights. Epic then sold the Gears of War IP to Microsoft in 2014. Cliffy B never owned Gears of War, he was just a lead designer of the series.

rippermcrip40d ago

Ya I don't know what people are saying about CliffyB making money of Gears sales nowadays. He was never the owner and Epic no longer owns it either.

ChasterMies40d ago

“He could of put gears on the playstation from the start but he's fanboyness for xbox got in the way”

It has nothing to do with fondness for the Xbox platform. Microsoft paid for exclusivity.

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Travesty40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

Well when you look at the sales perspective of ps5. It has a big audience selling over a 2 to 1 ratio. It makes money sense.
Fanboy era was at its prime during the ps3-360 generation. It’s not as toxic as it once was, thankfully. People grow out of it eventually. I have my preference just as the next person. That being said it’s coming to be more about expanding availability instead of standing behind a brand. Much more Microsoft than Sony. But Sony will probably move up its time of PC release for increase revenue.
We will see, it’s just speculation.

Psychonaut8540d ago

CliffyB is like David Jaffe at this point, always quick with the opinions but haven’t made a successful game in over a decade at this point. Do any of us really care what they think about anything? I certainly don’t.

shinoff218340d ago

I never liked the guy tbh but he's got more relevance in gaming then we do.

Skuletor40d ago

CliffyB, I haven't heard that name since Lawbreakers flopped.

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Sorry, CliffyB, But "Gears of War" Doesn’t Need A "God of War"- Style Reboot

Shaz from GL writes: “In an interview, Cliff Bleszinski says that he’d be interested in helping develop a Gears of War reboot akin to God of War. Unnecessary? I think so.”

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Jin_Sakai166d ago

Regardless, Gears of War gameplay feels outdated this day and age.

spicelicka164d ago

I completely disagree. Outdated in what way? There is literally no other cover based TPS multiplayer game like it and the core gameplay is so good that people still play Gears 1 today. I can't think of any games that has shotgun battles like Gears. The real issue is that there is simply no new audience for it, because the learning curve is so steep. It just needs to market itself better and the work needs to be done on the campaign side. Better to just split up the single player and multiplayer as two different projects and releases.

Also, this who "reboot" discussion isn't considering the fact that God of war doesn't have multiplayer as a significant portion of the game. Single player only games have a lot more freedom to change. With Gears you have to consider that there's an entire community still playing every day, so you can't just change the core gameplay balance. On top of that they can't dedicate as many resources to single player as God of war, because the budget has to be split with multiplayer.

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Gamingsince1981163d ago

There is no other one like it because there is no demand for that style of game, kinda obvious really. If there was an interest in gears style games the market would be flooded with them.

lucian229163d ago

Gears of War 1 and 2 were bad combat wise.... Story wise too. I beat both of them because of the hype and gave up after that.

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GamerRN163d ago

I agree. It needs done kind of overhaul, but I don't think a God of War style would suit this game.

I gotta be honest I don't know what it needs, but it needs something ... And 5 wasn't it

terrorofdeath163d ago

Maybe it's a reboot more in the sense of a more emotional storyline or something like God of War, and some small tweaks in terms of gameplay.

anast164d ago

They don't have the talent to do a GoW style reboot.

DOMination-164d ago

Do you have a genuine reason to come to that conclusion, other than it not being a PlayStation studio?

The Coalition probably have the best and most knowledge team on Unreal Engine 5 outside of Epic. I'd have thought if anyone "had the talent", it would be them.

Rude-ro164d ago

Because they did not do a fantastic job when they took over the ip.

In fact, the majority of ips under Microsoft shows complete signs of cheap development with bigger marketing budgets.

More make up on dated engines can work… but can not be mistaken for innovative.
No innovation equals no ability to push a franchise into anything new.
Take the “open world” introduction in the last gears…
Empty vast traveling areas to get to pre determined “random” encounter areas is a cheap developing approach.. not innovation to build any trust into.

kneon163d ago

Even if they were the best in the world at UE5 that would only mean that they might make a great looking game. It takes a lot more than that to make a great game.

anast163d ago

"Do you have a genuine reason to come to that conclusion, other than it not being a PlayStation studio?"

History and current output.

jznrpg99d ago

Look at the last 10 years and you have plenty of evidence

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rgraf77163d ago

God of War is overrated. Those boring boat rides talking and backtracking.

GamingManiac163d ago

Bruh, that made me laugh lol

anast163d ago

I'm not big on the game, but it isn't overrated.

Inverno164d ago

A reimagining that continues the lore, and story of established characters is absolutely a great way to continue a series that needs a refresh. I agree that any long standing franchise that has run it's course definitely needs a "God of War" style reboot, because GOW did it right. I might have my issues with the last two games but they did right by the series regardless.

Ra3030164d ago

There's no helping Gears of Woke. Microsoft killed this franchise when they forced the woke culture into the story.

itBourne164d ago

God of War did the same, just in a more subtle sly way.... They could of probably made a few cuts and bam, PG rated movie right there. God of Rainbows and Daisies.

itBourne164d ago

Dang, so many dislikes lol, willing to elaborate, just didnt want to throw out a bunch of spoilers. If anyone wants to discuss as to why, im always open to discussions. Just shoot me a DM.

343_Guilty_Spark164d ago (Edited 164d ago )

How is it woke? Because the lead is a female?

Is Horizon woke also?

CantThinkOfAUsername163d ago

It is, but not due to the gender of its protagonist.

zeuanimals164d ago

There's no helping you. Anti-woke culture killed your brain when they force fed you the idea that diversity is the worst thing ever.

Ra3030164d ago

Lol....good to see that you agree as do I with the fact Microsoft went woke as Disney with the Gear franchise. Microsoft tried to save the franchise by taking the formula that was working with the strong Bro leads and going to the woke weakass female formula that no one cared about.

Binarycode164d ago

Diversity isn't a strength. Look at the world. That's the reason it's in the state it is.

Gamingsince1981163d ago

Forced diversity is the reason people don't like diversity, you should just hire who is best for what, not have to tick boxes first then worry about talent next.

zeuanimals163d ago (Edited 163d ago )

@ra3030

Every company has gone woke, even successful ones. Those don't fit your narrative though. Yeah no, the only two things Microsoft and Disney have in common is that they're woke /s

Totally not that they're risk averse companies that don't wanna innovate in fear of it being a waste of time. They've got bottomless pockets and limited time. So they spend their time trying to crack codes, find patterns, create money making templates out of whatever property they're working on. It needs to be as mass produceable as possible. Disney and Microsoft, bringing sweat shop factory made quality to gaming storefronts and theaters near you.

zeuanimals163d ago

@binary

Right because the world was so much better segregated... and there's a million other reasons I'd put ahead of diversity as to why the world is the way it is, but way to show how much diversity is on your brain by how dangerous you think it is. It's literally the cause of everything to you.

@gaming

Actually forced diversity is the only reason people like diversity. If you don't force people to do it, they won't do it. The only people who end up liking it due to having met new people with different perspectives only ever got to because they were kind of forced to. That's literally part of the reason diversity is being advocated for, because it promotes innovation. Having dozens of people with too similar of viewpoints can lead them to being too likeminded and unable to think of different solutions, or even different problems that weren't even recognized. There's more than one way to be a useful hire, and having a genuinely unique perspective is one of them.

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Crows90164d ago

I thought they were doing a soft reboot with gears4 but then it turned out to be the exact same as all the others.

A more horror oriented and tight corridor renewal would work for that franchise....also...why they got guns? They're alien like...they should have other types of weapons entirely.

OMNlPOTENT164d ago

dang why do most of the different species in god of war use swords, axes, and bows? They should have other types of weapons entirely.

Crows90164d ago (Edited 164d ago )

They don't... Okay you obviously haven't played god of war. What a way of owning yourself man! Lol

The draugr are pretty much the only ones...and besides we're comparing established mythology with made up bug aliens

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