X3F Interviews Gears 2 Lead Artist and Writer
This past weekend, during X3F’s PAX 2008 coverage, they got the opportunity to sit down and chat about all things Gears of War 2 with Epic Games senior artist Pete Hayes and lead writer Josh Ortega. During the twenty minute conversation, they learned all sorts of information about Gears 2’s art, discussing with Pete the changes that were made to improve the Gears 2 Lancer. Improvements including a complete remodeling to make the Lancer nearly three times the polygons as the Gears 1 model. No joke!
During the second part of the interview, they talk about Gears comics, character inspiration and other general story related bits the with Mr. Josh Ortega who also opens up about the hype surrounding the "new and improved" Gears 2 storyline. X3F was also promised that Gears 2 will not leave them with a Halo 2-style ending. A promise they fully expect Mr. Ortega to live up to.
