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Cliffy B: Gears 2 More 'Girlfriend-Friendly'

Speaking to Wired.com at Microsoft's recent media event, the designer says that Epic Games is trying to make their upcoming Xbox 360 shooter more appealing to the casual audience. The game's female characters, he said, won't have "ginormous tits." And the lauded kill-alien-swarms-with-a-buddy cooperative mode will let you adjust the game's difficulty on the fly depending on who's playing.

"If the sequence is overwhelming for your significant other, he or she can just sit behind cover, blind fire a little bit, and you can handle all the shenanigans," Bleszinski says.

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Defectiv3_Detectiv36233d ago

So what he saying is basically they're going to cut GeoW's balls off to make it more user friendly and sell more copies. HOORAY!

Personally, I play with a tight knit group of about 20-30 freinds on GearsofWar and almost 10 of them are female. One girl I play with I would rank in the top 5, she gets moving headshots constantly w/ a snipe.

I think by toning the series down they're doing themselves a disservice. People look to Gears for hardcore gameplay.

PS360WII6233d ago

you can still have the crazy hard setting they are just adding in an easy difficulty.

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JOLLY16233d ago

nasim, you're copy and pasting is so "12 years old and insecure". Seriously, if you like it just say what you like. If you don't like it tell us what you don't like. Don't just spew like a tween!

n00bPwner6233d ago

tony, you moron. Cliffy said u can change the difficulty for the n00b playing coop with u on coop. n00b. far from n00bing the game up. they said it would be harder this time around. the first game was hard as SH1T on hardcore and insane modes. n00b.

PS3 is finished.

Pain6233d ago

.... Girls Play Queers of War???... let alone XBOX?????.... ..sure...and XBOX2 Is Reliable...

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SeanScythe6233d ago

By girlfriend friendly he means it's going to be super short and you won't be spending more time with this game then your GF. That the only way that is possible because most GF's hate when we play games for hours rather then spend time with them.

superman6233d ago

Cant there be a story on this website that doesnt have anything to do with Playstation. This is Gears of War, it has nothing to do with Killzone 2 or Resistance 2. mart_is_Apig im talking to you.

tweaker6233d ago

You brought it to the Gamer Zone.

CRIMS0N_W0LF6233d ago

lol thats a funny comment.

kindly give me bubbles because some fanboys reduced my bubbles from 4 to 2 today for saying PC > Consoles

iceice1236233d ago (Edited 6233d ago )

You're a troll, why should you have more than one? Tell me why you think you deserve any at all. Also it's Cliff bleszinski not Cliffy B now ;)

Everyone knows I am a troll with multiple accounts? Wow that's even news to me man. If I had multiple accounts I'd have more than 5 bubbles, kind of proves you wrong right there, troll. Crimson do you purposely try to be so pathetic or does it come naturally to you?

Timesplitter146233d ago

Hey if you're at 2 bubbles I doubt you said this without bias or agressivity

CRIMS0N_W0LF6233d ago (Edited 6233d ago )

icewake everyone knows you are the troll with multiple accounts.

you can check my comments to see.

stupid multiple account users which there are A LOT here and YOU are one of them

tweaker6233d ago

Girlfriend friendly is not good. It only means short story or watered down.

iceice1236233d ago

They talk of the difficulty settings, not the game as a whole being dumbed down.

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Gears of War 2 Remake was in development “10 years ago” but was scrapped by Xbox

Ayi Sanchez: "Old work. I did this 10 years ago now as part of a material test for a remaster of Gears of War 2 that never happened."

RaidenBlack91d ago

lolz,
hope we're still getting Gears 2 & 3 for PC, as per rumors

Cacabunga90d ago

Xbox always taking the right decisions

XiNatsuDragnel91d ago

Wow... just wow Microsoft sigh at it again 😑

Lightning7791d ago

Weird, in mean they had no studios to make anything really new so there's a part of me thats kinda glad they scrapped it. If they released this back then it would of gotten ridiculed for remakes and remastering stuff. Now they have new and interesting games so the collection is harmless.

CrimsonWing6990d ago

Geez, Xbox, something like that I would’ve bought Day 1. Great business decisions over there.

lucasnooker90d ago

10 years ago it wasn’t such a big deal. The games were only a few years old by that point

CrimsonWing6990d ago

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition came out in 2015 (essentially 10 years ago), having a follow-up to that on the then next-gen console would’ve absolutely been welcomed, in my book.

LoveSpuds90d ago

I can only assume the the Gears of War Remaster flopped so they decided to scrap the other remakes?

Seems short sighted to me as I really enjoyed the 1st remaster. Regardless, I'll snap up some remakes to play on my PS5.

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Ranking The Gears Of War Games From Worst To Best

The Gears of War series has been a consistent deliverer of quality for Xbox, but which games are the best?

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KicksnSnares1084d ago

Gears of War is my favorite video game franchise, and the Locust is my all-time favorite faction.

My rank list:
1. Gears of War 2
2. Gears of War 3
3. Gears of War 1
4. Gears of War 4
5. Gears of War 5
6. Gears of War Judgment (No Locust in multiplayer was a disgrace)

ChasterMies1083d ago

Agree 100% with this ranking. The campaign in Gears of War 2 is among the most fun campaigns ever made. It’s been downhill from there.

Zombieburger6381083d ago

I’d say gears 2 and 3 are pretty even. I absolutely loved both of them.

darthv721084d ago

2 is still my favorite but 5 is also up there (for me). Then I'd say 1, 3, 4 and Judgement. Tactics isnt the same type of game, so it seems odd to rank it among TPS when its a strategy game. So I make that one all its own. Pretty fun game too.

Jericho13371084d ago

The first is and has always been the best one imo - the story, the levels, the set pieces, the soundtrack - as close to perfect as a campaign can get.

I’d say the series had been on a continual downhill slide until 5.

Om4ever1083d ago

Naaaan ... 2 is the best by far

MadLad1084d ago

3
5
2
1
4
Judgement

I love the series as a whole, but 4 was pretty by the numbers, and Judgement was just ok.

LoveSpuds1084d ago

I played them all since picking up a Series X about 7 months ago. Personally, I don't think time has been kind to the earlier games and they feel very slow and repetitive to play. Whilst the newer games may be prettier, they stick with the original gameplay mechanics too much in my view so as a whole series of titles, I think they are pretty average games.

Not to say they weren't fun and I have a lot of nostalgia for 1 and 2, I just think there are far better action games out there.

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Gears Of War: The Franchise For You

What's the best Gears of War game for players? Where to start? This guide should easily lend a hand.

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Old McGroin1217d ago (Edited 1217d ago )

It's brilliant but personally liked part one more. It's the only one that had a near horror movie vibe to it in parts, the atmosphere was amazing.

Also, the commercial for it was 🔥🔥🔥

https://youtu.be/wy8LRlS1SC...

Neonridr1217d ago

Mad World was such a perfect song for that trailer. I loved part 1 too just because it was so fresh at the time. The series has been solid, but experiencing everything for the first time was pretty awesome.

ChasterMies1217d ago

Gears of War 2 has one of the greatest campaigns of all time. Carmine, all that juice, fighting inside a giant worm, and riding monsters.

Knightofelemia1218d ago

Gears 1 and 2 will always be my favorite Gears titles. The scene where Dom find his wife and then has to shoot her was an epic scene.

monkey6021217d ago

I always found that scene laughably bad myself. Fantastic game though.

1 will always be my favourite. Most were great with the exception of 4 being okay and judgement being terrible.

They still have the most satisfying headshots from any multiplayer game around.

lucian2291217d ago

Nah I laughed, the acting was soooooooooo bad

KicksnSnares1218d ago

My favorite Gears game list
1. Gears 2
2. Gears 3
3. Gears 1
4. Gears 4
5. Gears 5
6. Gears Judgement

Gears Of War is my favorite video game franchise. I can’t imagine how Gears 6 will look in UE5 after watching Hellblade 2 gameplay trailer

RetroCaptainSteve1218d ago

Or if they remake 2 and 3 with that engine.

KicksnSnares1218d ago

There is a rumored Marcus Fenix collection (Gears 2 & 3 remake) in the works at the Coalition. Hopefully, it’s true, but I doubt it.

Profchaos1217d ago

For me you can't beat gears 1 the original was so fresh and revolutionary at the time.
Then basically I'd rank it 2,3,5,4 and judgement

Viljong1217d ago (Edited 1217d ago )

One of the reasons why i got the series x. Been fan since the first game.

myfathersbastard1217d ago

Played them all recently on gamepass. Great games. But my favorites gotta be gears tactics. Don’t know why. I just had a blast with it lol

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