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EA Not Impressed By Gears of War, Says it
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DamonDash
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11. November 2006 @ 14:46 |
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You know you're either in the Twilight Zone or you've got something big on your hands when the black hole of creativity known as Electronic Arts says your product offers nothing in terms of innovation.
GOW? EA does not approve
Speaking at the Montréal Games Summit earlier this week, general manager for EA Montréal, Alain Tascan, expressed his disinterest in what Epic's latest title, Gears of War, brought to the table. "What is Gears of War? I mean, Gear of War brings nothing in terms of innovation to the shooter. Like, zero", said Tascan.
Tascan attributed almost all of Gears of War's popularity to its impressive visuals, pointing out the story is practically nonexistent and that graphics are still the most important contributor to a game's success. Making an uncomfortable analogy, he made the comparison of an attractive girl you might find in a bar and how intelligence -- in this case gameplay -- is really just a bonus.
"I'm just saying, when you go to metacritic and you see a 96 for Gears of War, then you read the critics saying, 'Okay, storyline - there's none, gameplay is not innovative...' Then I say, why did they give this 96? They were blown away by the high quality of the graphics. Myself, I prefer something more creative", said Tascan
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11. November 2006 @ 14:49 |
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Yo this game on the 360 is crazy it got like 9.5 out of ten on many web sites/magazines.
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CrisKahn2
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11. November 2006 @ 14:58 |
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lol wow this Alian guy is putting EA in a tough spot cuz now their next fps better be the greatest ever or he would be forced to eat his words like a jive sucka.
It is probably true that GOW got so high of a rating from ign(9.4) cuz of its graphics(rated 10 in the graphics category i think). In that case Resistance must be one hell of a game then since it also got high ratings from ign(9.1)when its graphics rating was only in the 8 ish.
PS3...it only does everything(that Sony allows it to)
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11. November 2006 @ 14:59 |
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Also gamesradar gave it like a 9.5 I think...
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11. November 2006 @ 18:01 |
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i am not too much of a fan of EA, but if they take GOW and use it as a rubric (so to speak), it wouldn't be too farfetched for ANY developer to make something even better. his comments about the storyline and innovation are pretty true, many sites have stated the short storyline. had GOW not gotten the stellar scores for graphics and SOUND there is no doubt that their overall score would have suffered a bit. their score for Lasting Appeal was a mere 7.5 according to IGN. i am not here to say its not a great game or fun, but just adding some things to discuss
i'll leave this open to debate, hypothetically had this game been for the ps3 and on bluRay, do you think the storyline would have been fairly short? yes Insane is Crazy, but does it really extend the game any? Do you also think a capture the flag mode or strategic points battle would be MIA? One more thing for some to discuss is one of the writers for IGN stated the repetitious and annoyances for the over use of the A button, do you think utilizing tilt could have help reduce such redundances? i lied actually another question, does anyone feel that because GOW has set the bar for 360 games to a higher level that gamers won't get the same enjoyment out of other 360 titles because they simply don't compare to GOW?
none of this meant as flamewar fuel and merely just to get other's opinions on the subject. as far as the last question is concerned i am just asking how people think they may feel when they encounter their next shoot'm up action game on the 360, or really any platform. also i happen to think it is a good thing that developers feel that they can put out something better than the current BlockBuster title, otherwise there really isn't much to look forward to, if that is simply "as good as it'll ever get"
it actually makes me want MGS4 more than ever, just to see what that has to offer...
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DamonDash
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11. November 2006 @ 19:48 |
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Great point Hade , I heard that its only like 10 hours game play if thats true then the DVD-9 is more of a problem than people think its is.The only game i would look forward to on the 360 is Lost Planet.That game looks sick plus its made by Capcom.
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Rokz0r
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11. November 2006 @ 21:58 |
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Originally posted by DamonDash:
Great point Hade , I heard that its only like 10 hours game play if thats true then the DVD-9 is more of a problem than people think its is.The only game i would look forward to on the 360 is Lost Planet.That game looks sick plus its made by Capcom.
What the? DVD-9 a problem? why? Do you Actually know what you're on about? all current games out atm haven't even reached near a DVD-9's full capacity - not even close and whats that got to do with how long the developer decided to make the game last? what you think they ran out of room? LOL
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12. November 2006 @ 05:39 |
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Yo I am a huge an of EA because they make so many game slike need for speed, burnout, the godfather etc. Also I thnik there is afew good games only for xbox 360 like oblivion, dead of alive 4, halo, dead rising, saints row but luckily dead or alive 4 and oblivion is coming to the ps3.
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12. November 2006 @ 05:44 |
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ps3 is were the money is at.
i bet all these games that are xbox only
will become ps3 games once they notes were
money is being made.
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12. November 2006 @ 05:46 |
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Soem will but not all like halo it wil never go over to sony....
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12. November 2006 @ 05:50 |
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man i luv halo lol.
i hope your wrong.
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12. November 2006 @ 05:55 |
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Im not trust me unless microsoft becomes partners with sony then that will never happen because microsoft makes halo why would they help out sony right?
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12. November 2006 @ 07:59 |
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What the? DVD-9 a problem? why? Do you Actually know what you're on about? all current games out atm haven't even reached near a DVD-9's full capacity - not even close and whats that got to do with how long the developer decided to make the game last? what you think they ran out of room? LOL
please google and tell me the size of Resistance, then comeback and see if you want to reword some of that hoopla...
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DamonDash
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12. November 2006 @ 08:00 |
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What the? DVD-9 a problem? why? Do you Actually know what you're on about? all current games out atm haven't even reached near a DVD-9's full capacity - not even close and whats that got to do with how long the developer decided to make the game last? what you think they ran out of room? LOL
Okay let me take you to school Newbie, first off there are Game thats been made my 360 that surpass DVD-9 Call of Duty 3,Saints Row,Gears of War & Oblivion are some but there are alot more .Hell PS2 got some games that surpass DVD-5 now on DVD-9 what stone age you stuck in...LOL Microsoft use a compression method to make the games Fix on a DVD-9 thats why you hear some people say that a DVD-9 has more that enough space.But if you know anything about compression than you would know that its a very bad method to use.When you compress something you trying to make something fix which shouldn't mean that the game your compressing taking picture quality hits in some area's or some content maybe force to be cut out the game.This is why most games on 360 are maybe 10 to 15 hrs max game play.I guess this is why you have a newble tag but hang in there young Grasshopper...lol
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12. November 2006 @ 08:34 |
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I find it funny that EA is slamming GOW. Yet their next big shooter is Crysis and its only for the PC as of right now. If anything it sounds more like they are putting down the UE3 engine.
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DamonDash
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12. November 2006 @ 10:11 |
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I find it funny that EA is slamming GOW. Yet their next big shooter is Crysis and its only for the PC as of right now. If anything it sounds more like they are putting down the UE3 engine.
That is a great point because they just released that it was coming to the consoles next year.
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[quote]Okay let me take you to school Newbie, first off there are Game thats been made my 360 that surpass DVD-9 Call of Duty 3,Saints Row,Gears of War & Oblivion are some but there are alot more .Hell PS2 got some games that surpass DVD-5 now on DVD-9 what stone age you stuck in...LOL Microsoft use a compression method to make the games Fix on a DVD-9 thats why you hear some people say that a DVD-9 has more that enough space.But if you know anything about compression than you would know that its a very bad method to use.When you compress something you trying to make something fix which shouldn't mean that the game your compressing taking picture quality hits in some area's or some content maybe force to be cut out the game.This is why most games on 360 are maybe 10 to 15 hrs max game play.I guess this is why you have a newble tag but hang in there young Grasshopper...lol
Edit see post below
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[quote]Okay let me take you to school Newbie, first off there are Game thats been made my 360 that surpass DVD-9 Call of Duty 3,Saints Row,Gears of War & Oblivion are some but there are alot more .Hell PS2 got some games that surpass DVD-5 now on DVD-9 what stone age you stuck in...LOL Microsoft use a compression method to make the games Fix on a DVD-9 thats why you hear some people say that a DVD-9 has more that enough space.But if you know anything about compression than you would know that its a very bad method to use.When you compress something you trying to make something fix which shouldn't mean that the game your compressing taking picture quality hits in some area's or some content maybe force to be cut out the game.This is why most games on 360 are maybe 10 to 15 hrs max game play.I guess this is why you have a newble tag but hang in there young Grasshopper...lol
LMFAO you have seriously no idea what your on about have u seen the exact image sizes of the games you mentioned? most games on the 360 are about 6-7gb because of the security sectors not because they have used the discs capacity, i think ur the n00b here! Answer this then why are most of the 360 games the same size when you view them as an image file? Whats quality go to do with compression? every game is decompressed on the fly anyway - u think they are gonna use up all the 50gb discs and have uncompressed textures etc running from the disc? - do you realize how SLOW it would be if it was like that and how LONG you would have to wait for loading times?- but no im the n00b and i didnt know all that - and where did you hear that microsoft developed the compression method? its been in games since the dawn of time, programmers do it themselves i dont think microsoft developed one especially for the 360.Also wtf taking picture quality hits? Have u seen a game with bad textures on a wall then the same wall having better textures the next level? They make games consistent - i have never seen a game the way you explained it that would be lousy programming plus when you use an in game engine the textures are there for the duration of the game and so is your so called "picture quality" (what crap), how can a game get bad quality in one area and better in another? what the video resolution changes or something? thats just stupid... also the 360 has more RAM ro play around with than the PS3, so whats that mean in the end? I think you're even too n00b to figure it out!
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12. November 2006 @ 22:54 |
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Sorry for the double post - i did a n00b style on my post and didnt preview first:P
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13. November 2006 @ 06:47 |
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go back to the other post and edit it out as you miss quoted things and its a bit messy. just delete the content and in its place put something like "edit see post below" that way it doesn't really look "nOOb style"...
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DamonDash
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13. November 2006 @ 08:29 |
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First off im not going to waste anymore time with you, one your typing needs alot of work so does your spelling to just like i said you live in the stone ages you dont even have a dam clue what you talking about.Reply to my post when you can get all them spelling errors & sentence grammer corrected.
Back to the tread: Its been said by GAMEPRO that it only took them 10hrs to beat GOW.
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13. November 2006 @ 11:22 |
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Yo did any one see the corny comercial for this game yet? The music just dosent fit it.....
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Rokz0r
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Originally posted by DamonDash:
First off im not going to waste anymore time with you, one your typing needs alot of work so does your spelling to just like i said you live in the stone ages you dont even have a dam clue what you talking about.Reply to my post when you can get all them spelling errors & sentence grammer corrected.
Back to the tread: Its been said by GAMEPRO that it only took them 10hrs to beat GOW.
LOL nice comeback you really know your stuff, i mean comming from someone who spells correctly in every single post and has NO spelling errors whatsoever (yeah right)i will remember in the future that Damondash also knows a lot about who lives in what time frame aswell. Seeing as your post is just full of proper spelling and grammar, i'll back off cause i dont want my post looking or sounding any more intelligent than your's because i will get a negative remark from a nub.cheers.
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13. November 2006 @ 17:14 |
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the unreal engine 3 is amazing, good graphics contribute alot more to the game than he says, and it sounds like hes never played the game. crysis will be a great game though.
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CrisKahn2
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13. November 2006 @ 20:59 |
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u think they are gonna use up all the 50gb discs and have uncompressed textures etc running from the disc? - do you realize how SLOW it would be if it was like that and how LONG you would have to wait for loading times?-
not trying to sound all pro and stuff cuz im not but i thought that the more compressed it is the longer it takes to load. Like Oblivion is compressed hella to fit the disc for the 360 and thats why it takes forever to load.
PS3...it only does everything(that Sony allows it to)
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