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Next Gears of War could have RPG elements

July 06, 2009 in News comments 21

Looks as though the classic RPG/shooter Deus Ex is still bearing its influence -- Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has been talking to its creator Harvey Smith, with whom he told "the future of shooters is RPGs," with which Smith agreed.

Relating this to earlier comments, it could seem then the next Gears game would go this route. Bleszinski responded with: "It depends on where things go."

chautemoc via develop-online.net »
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  • 0
    Tenken Jul 6, 09
    *bleep* no. Leave Gears of War as it is. Tweak the system, keep the story flowing, and make the multiplayer top notch again.

    Keep it simple, stupid.
  • 0
    FinalFantasyFanaticc Jul 6, 09
    If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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    Shinobi_razor Jul 6, 09
    it depends on what RPG elements and how much. i dont want to see as much as Mass Effect has, that would ruin Gears, but if they had a small amount of RPG that compliments the shooting elements i could live with it.
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    Gamer420 Jul 6, 09
    What in gods name are they doing
    • 1
      Red 9* Jul 6, 09
      Cliffy also said they wanted a more stylized visual design for Gears 3. So we might just have a cel-shaded RPG-based shooter on our hands.
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    DragonMaster Dyne Jul 6, 09
    How about making Gears 3 exactly like Gears 1? That would be the next step. There is a reason so many people have gone back to the first game.

    But RPG elements? Stop f'ing up, Cliffy B.
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      chautemoc Jul 6, 09
      That would make creating a new game pretty pointless.
      • 1
        DragonMaster Dyne Jul 6, 09
        quote chautemoc
        That would make creating a new game pretty pointless.
        So God of War 2 was pretty pointless? I mean, all it did was KEEP THE SAME GAMEPLAY MECHANICS while adding new locations, weapons, and abilities.

        Wow. What an idea. Keeping things the same while updating essentials, like characters, weapons, and locations.

        That's all any sequel should do following huge success of a first game.
        • 1
          Drogo Baggins Jul 6, 09
          But you said:

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          How about making Gears 3 exactly like Gears 1? That would be the next step.
          Which is different than saying that they should use similar gameplay elements and move the story forward.

          Chautemoc probably thought you were really trying to say that they should pretty much make the same game over again. I understood what you meant, but it's easy for someone to have misunderstood it.
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    Dine_Agoti Jul 6, 09
    I've never been a huge Gears of War fan. I mean, I enjoyed the games, but I didn't play much online like most of the other fans.

    I will say that RPG elements in non-RPG games usually add a fair bit of strategic appeal that really brings depth to the gameplay. I would like to present CoD4 and CoD: WaW as good examples of RPG elements done right in a shooter (though they're first person, it makes little difference).

    Also, Cliffy B is awesome. Props for recognizing WinBack as an earlier cover-based third person shooter, and for recognizing that twats like Jimmy Page and John Mayer need to *bleep* about music games.
    • 1
      chautemoc Jul 6, 09
      Agreed -- I was surprised about the WinBack mention, too..that game is so sweet.
  • 1
    Drogo Baggins Jul 6, 09
    Honestly, call me over-confident, but I'm just going to go right out and say that this will not happen.

    It just won't. If it does, then it will only be a (few) very minor Change(s), and it won't greatly affect the game.

    At the very most, I could see some sort of level up system happening, but we're not going to see something like....I don't know, "Gears of Fantasy" or something like that instead of GOW3, if you know what I mean.

    I'm extremely confident that if something like an "RPG-Gears" game happens, it will merely be a spinoff, and not a main installment to the series. If I'm wrong, then I think EPIC Games is a bit *bleep*.

    You just don't change the genre halfway through a series. Imagine if MGS4 had been a puzzle game, or if RE4 had been an action game instead of survival-horror....oh wait...nevermind that last one...
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    kspiess Jul 6, 09
    I guess I'm the only guy that noticed that games from every genre have been gaining RPG elements.
  • 1
    DragonMaster Dyne Jul 6, 09
    @ Drogo: How in the hell could someone misunderstand my post? There are those that actually believed I wanted the EXACT SAME GAME? Hopefully he was just being sarcastic, because otherwise, chautemoc might be the dumbest man alive.

    My point is that Epic stumbled onto a gem. They created Gears as a single-player game and basically tacked on multiplayer at the end, and it happened to be the title's biggest and best feature. In Gears 2 they tried to make changes and f'd up badly, evident by the 4 or 5 updates they've already released since the game came out.

    "If it aint broke, dont fix it" But hey, what can you do?
    • 1
      Hideo1 Jul 6, 09
      You can stop going over the top over minor things, maybe? It's a good general rule of thumb to assume someone isn't being a dick, in this case assuming Chaut was just making a joke. Either way a calmer approach is always a better one.
    • 0
      Drogo Baggins Jul 7, 09
      DragonMaster Dyne, I was only trying to show you where Chaut was possibly coming from. You obviously didn't mean that they should make the exact same game, but it may be somewhat confusing to some people when....you say that they should make the exact same game...
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    Daweii Jul 6, 09
    I think what Cliffy B has latched onto is Final Fantasy. Somehow i believe he feels adding RPG elements will give him creative licence to make Gears of War a 14 part series that barely changes, if anything gets worse each game but rapes the bank accounts of fans that shamelessly follow on. He wants a slice of that easy money.
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    Euphoric Jul 6, 09
    Why do so many developers now see "RPG" as a ticket to extra sales? Obviously it's not a bad thing for a lot of games. It's just annoying to see the title slapped on anything with an inventory nowadays.
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    Hideo1 Jul 6, 09
    If by RPG elements he means adding things like an in-depth item combination thing or even character stats or whatever, then it isn't that big of a deal; it might even be good, so long as it doesn't interfere with the action of the game.
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    Slumpy monkey Jul 7, 09
    It would be pretty sweet if for example you could get different attachments for your guns etc. So I'm down, as long as its not proper RPG. But I doubt that.
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    Deeko Jul 7, 09
    Doubt they'll do this for GoW.

    I think he's referring to shooters in general, and perhaps a different project.

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