"We were going to let Gears sit on the shelf for a decade or more," says Epic

Discus and support "We were going to let Gears sit on the shelf for a decade or more," says Epic in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; [quote user="Pyramid Head15"] That's not such a bad idea actually. I love Mario and Zelda but honestly, if Nintendo just let them lye dormant for a... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Lofty Who, Mar 26, 2014.

  1. maxen
    maxen Guest

    "We were going to let Gears sit on the shelf for a decade or more," says Epic


    [quote user="Pyramid Head15"]

    That's not such a bad idea actually. I love Mario and Zelda but honestly, if Nintendo just let them lye dormant for a while and came back them it could actually do both series wonders.

    [/quote]

    If the Wii U actually had a strong userbase, this could work. But they don't and as Dynamic points out, these games can lead to console sales. They first need to be more aggressive in gaining users, and Mario and Zelda games are good for this. The new Mario
    Kart will surely shift a few more consoles.

    In terms of Gears and Microsoft, though, there's not as big a need to push one out immediately, and it can be released when ready and at its best. Between Halo 5 and, especially and more currently, Titanfall there are good reasons to pick up an Xbox One
    already, and people are doing just that. The Titanfall bundle was quoted as increasing X1 sales in the UK by 96%.
     
    maxen, Mar 27, 2014
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  2. @Gh0stz, again, nobody mentioned those games, no reason at all to slate PS4 games in a discussion about Gears.
     
    Dynamic Sausage, Mar 27, 2014
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  3. N7 Gh0stz
    N7 Gh0stz Guest
    @Dynamic he said about how gears fo war should have stopped at number 3 so i said about them other games that should have stopped
     
    N7 Gh0stz, Mar 27, 2014
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  4. "We were going to let Gears sit on the shelf for a decade or more," says Epic

    At those who responded: Yeah, it's unlikely to happen but i wouldn't be upset if some game franchises took a break for a while. Hopefully when or what the next Gears Game is, it will be good.
     
    Pyramid Head15, Mar 27, 2014
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  5. In hindsight, Gears has already had a fair break to stop the market becoming clustered and the wait until release of the next game will definitely make it feel like a long-awaited game. Credit where it's due, Gears has never been the kind of game where sequels
    are rushed for annual Christmas release, all the games have been fine tuned and released when ready, no matter when that time may be.
     
    Dynamic Sausage, Mar 27, 2014
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  6. Blitz23 NZ
    Blitz23 NZ Guest
    Personally I don't care what number is attached to a game as long as its good.

    The first 3 were awesome while Judgment was horrible. 3 out of 4 aint bad and I'm more than willing to see them try another one. If the 4th turns out to be rubbish then I would probably lean towards giving the franchise a break for a while.

    I don't think it'll be Gears 4 anyway. I reckon they'll drop the number like many other games seem to be doing now.

    I can see the new Halo not having a 5 either.
     
    Blitz23 NZ, Mar 27, 2014
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  7. At Sausage: I wouldn't say it's necessarily about the time between each game's development so much as the fact the series is still being continually developed on. Zelda games take about five yrs to make but the quality is still dropping and losing numbers
    with each installment, so to speak.

    But it is what it is.
     
    Pyramid Head15, Mar 27, 2014
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  8. "We were going to let Gears sit on the shelf for a decade or more," says Epic

    I see what you mean, obviously when a game hits it's peak (which was Gears 1 + 2 imo) it's hard to expand upon it and keep producing something that people will love for a long time after its release. It doesn't hurt to spend a bit more time and get a little
    bit more polish on games though. More often than not, polish is the only thing missing from a fair few games that are clearly rushed to the shelves.
     
    Dynamic Sausage, Mar 27, 2014
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  9. Its funny how microsoft give one of there biggest ips to black tusk which was formerly called microsoft vancouveur, which made 2 kinect games that never released last gen. Im not too confident how this will go.
     
    RumblyBarrel68, Mar 27, 2014
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  10. As long as everyone in the boardroom who even mentions Gears of War Judgment is shot immediately, this will be a fabulous game.
     
    Fatalshock8912, Mar 27, 2014
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  11. What I'd really like to see is the same game mechanics and style with some new and innovative done with the story. Perhaps taking the viewpoint of a different squad, possibly in a different time setting, either before or after the originals and tackling
    the story of a different war or the aftermath of a war.
     
    Dynamic Sausage, Mar 27, 2014
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  12. As long as everyone in the boardroom who even mentions Gears of War Judgment is shot immediately, this will be a fabulous game.



    This post made me smile profusely... seriously, my wife was even looking at me strangely and asking if I was up to something. =)
     
    A Blue Illusion, Mar 27, 2014
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  13. Blitz23 NZ
    Blitz23 NZ Guest

    "We were going to let Gears sit on the shelf for a decade or more," says Epic

    I just hope a new generation is bringing some new and innovative ideas to the franchise.

    I don't want them to just make a prettier Gears, I want the core to be Gears with some brilliant ideas we haven't thought of yet.

    If all the Cloud talk is real, show us in Gears and Halo!!
     
    Blitz23 NZ, Mar 27, 2014
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  14. N7 Gh0stz
    N7 Gh0stz Guest
    FLASHED please go away stop making silver accounts just to troll
     
    N7 Gh0stz, Mar 27, 2014
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  15. There has to be a way to make Gears of War impactful again. We need a sense of importance and desperation. Some kind of civilian rescue or stranded protection mode would really give a sense of urgency and hopelessness that Gears hasn't seen, in my opinion,
    since the original. We need that scary dark factor back. The underground caves... nah. The lambent? Nah. The game needs to take place when the locust and Kryl were at their most prominent. That whole scenario was creepy, intense, and relentless.
     
    Fatalshock8912, Mar 27, 2014
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