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The Force is With Gears of War: The Gearheads Review

  •  Hold on... (none / 0)

    If he's equating Gears to Star Wars a prequel should be the last thing on everyone's mind.

    They really don't need to do one, it will cover like 5 minutes of plot that was handled like this..

    "I was in Jail..... But I didn't really deserve to be."

    "I agree."

    "Thanks Dom"

    HUGGLES

    We know how emergence day started, we know the humans used satellites to fry Sera. We know Marcus was used as a scapegoat. The why for all of this can be answered in a 30 second cutscene, and still move the story forward. Think Empire Strikes Back, not Phantom Menace.

    by Mel O Rama on Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 04:32:43 PM EST

    •  True (none / 0)

      Boba Fett > Jar Jar Binks

      Either way I think both ways CAN work.  Stories aren't written in stone and Gears' story, even backstory, is open enough for alteration.  

      The most logical and probable course of action will be to move forward with the story.  But it's still fun to entertain the idea of a prequel.  

      by illus on Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 04:52:39 PM EST

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      •  I would guess (none / 0)

        and I don't have any inside information on this at all, but that's exactly what Mark Rein meant on the message boards last week.  We're going to see two more games to complete the saga of the war against the Locust and then they're going to take it back to the peaceful time on Sera.

        That's just my guess for what it's worth.

        by papi blez on Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 05:22:13 PM EST

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    •  whoa there Mel, (none / 0)

      I don't think Papi was equating Gears to Star Wars, I think he was comparing features of the story that make it stand out.  There are vital aspects of any hero's tale that make one standout over just a story about some person/event.

      Further, I think you've lost the plot on how/why games are developed and the benefit of good story telling that is becoming more prevalent in successful games these days.  

      My opinion is that a shift to the events surrounding the actual EMERGENCE DAY, give EPIC a huge bag of tricks for story development (which you have pointed out was lite), scenario/act developments from the beginning of an invasion to the eventual imprisonment of a key character (a lot can happen between getting in trouble and being put in prison), additional characters and multi-strand plot developments, an infinite scope of level design surrounding whatever those events were, and satisfying an interest in the fans (maybe more so than you) to experience those events rather than reading it in a book or cinema.  I want that to be an interactive experience, rather than shit out in a 30-second blurb.

      I just think your racing to nowhere in this comment.  Besides, we don't want Gears to be just like Star Wars, so break from mold and try an alternate approach to your second installement of the game/story/experience.  I think that while the fire is hot, fill in all the story interest that was layed at our feet in the first game, before going on to some grandiose event in the regular sequel progression.  

      By the way, if anyone wants to go into more detail on what you want or expect to see in the eventual next Gears, then please address it in the Diary I posted, "What do we want to experience next?"

      Ready to finish all the Fights!

      by Damn Boris on Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 06:14:17 PM EST

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