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Gears of War's EMERGENCE DAY on November 12
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robertsan21
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awesome news now I just need to find a cheap second hand X360!
but this game will NOT stop people from buying a Wii nor a PS3 as it launches, I just find it stupid to release a game when A new console is launching especially when it´s a new Nintendo console and a new Sony Playstation!
but this game will NOT stop people from buying a Wii nor a PS3 as it launches, I just find it stupid to release a game when A new console is launching especially when it´s a new Nintendo console and a new Sony Playstation!
wiiboxstation
Banned
couple emergence day with a $100 price drop of 360 on the same day and gamer industry assimilation will be complete
Tieno
Member
Epic's outspoken designer Clifford Bleszinski, currently working on anticipated Xbox 360 title Gears of War, has a different opinion about the whole thing, however. "I think video game prices need to go down," he said. "Fifty dollars is far too much for an impulse buy. Sixty dollars is completely out of the question." Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences president Joseph Olin points out that in the late 80s and early 90s, cartridge-based games were frequently priced higher than we pay for our games today. That doesn't really change CliffyB's mind.
"What other entertainment medium that's mass market is at $60 a pop?" said Cliff Bleszinski. ... So he doesn't want $60. He doesn't want $50. "I would kill to have a [top-quality] game that's jam-packed with an amazing story and amazing moments and four hours long and costs 20 bucks." He said it's possible, if only the industry cut costs by making games shorter and sweeter, but that too many gamers and publishers demand 20-hour games that are filled with the padding of having gamers repeat the same tasks again and again.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/39776
So why +10$ on a MS published title?
"What other entertainment medium that's mass market is at $60 a pop?" said Cliff Bleszinski. ... So he doesn't want $60. He doesn't want $50. "I would kill to have a [top-quality] game that's jam-packed with an amazing story and amazing moments and four hours long and costs 20 bucks." He said it's possible, if only the industry cut costs by making games shorter and sweeter, but that too many gamers and publishers demand 20-hour games that are filled with the padding of having gamers repeat the same tasks again and again.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/39776
So why +10$ on a MS published title?
Some Quotes from Mark Rein:
Actually the game will ship on November 7th so some stores will get it earlier but the date all stores will have it in stock is November 12th so they've chosen that as "Emergence Day" and Microsoft is planning a big event around that day.
[Epic]> BTW Sunday is the biggest retail day of the week for consumer electronics - I didn't know that until Microsoft told me yesterday night
Yeah I know but the option was to hold it another two weeks and then have a single street date. We didn't want to do that because that just denies fans the chance to get the game at the earliest possible date
Europe ship date is the 17th Australia and New Zealand 24th
Stores like EB and Gamestop will actually have trucks sitting in the parking lot at Microsoft's production facility and they'll get the game to many of their stores the same day. They actually absorb the extra costs of doing that. Best Buy and Wal*Mart won't do that so the 12th is the date they expect all of their stores to have it in stock.
I suspect whoever MFenix is he is some kind of insider. I said a week ago that we suspected that because he seems to know a lot about Gear lore.
Can't help that. Takes longer to manufacture in Europe because there are so many languages involved.
NO! Stores can start selling it the minute they get it. EMERGENCE DAY IS NOT A STREET DATE but rather the date all stores in North America are expected to have it in stock by
Yes voices are translated
I'm sure we'll have some cool videos to show off at some point closer to release
yes they do (say the f word)
I don't know. (If the game will feature a CTF mode)
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Not sure, that's a Microsoft question (if a demo will be released)
A team of Gears (the four main characters) and a team of Locust (playable mutilplayer characters)
We've been as straight as we could be on that. The answer is probably not before the game ships. You want the game, right? Doing a demo is a big job that would hold up the release of the game.
The only one I've played personally is 4v4
If needed certainly. We like to think we're known for supporting our games better than anyone else in the biz. There will be additional content as well at some point.
Game supports both and it looks great on either SD or HD TVs. (runs in 4:3 fullscreen aswell in widescreen)
I can't say at this time because we're a long way from finalizing that. But I can say definitely additional content. (What kind of DLC will be availible)
Good question but I have no idea what the answer is. (if the english voice will be availible in the non english speaking territorities)
The graphics are fastastic in MP. You will not be disappointed!
We've only announced the game for PC and PS3 and we only have it working on PC and PS3. We're not doing any Xbox360 development for UT2007 at this time.
It is a BIG job to make video we're happy enough to release. It isn't something we can just shove out the door.
UT2007 is still a long way off - maybe you'll upgrade your PC by then!
Sorry we don't do studio visits.
Can't comment on that (NDA) (if they recieved a Nintendo Wii Devkit)
No actually we weren't. We had nothing to do with it. (The whole Code thang)
No we had nothing to do with that. I suspect whoever MFenix is he/she is some sort of insider. I told folks that the second or third day because some of the message he/she sent seemed to have intimate knowledge of Gears lore that I wasn't sure we had released.
I don't know if that has been reported or not(how many weapons will be in the game)
I'm not going to comment on vehicles stuff (Based on design or function, which of the following two vehicles are your favorite, the Armadillo or the King Raven? Or do you hold both with equal value?)
Cliff already accidentally leaked something in that area
Yes in co-op the second player plays as Dom
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BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I wish they'd pulled the trigger and went straight for PS3 Launch Day.
"Rick Stamfel, WKLD. What are YOU in line for?"
"PS--"
*shove*
"GEARS OF WAR *************************A!!!"
*clack*
*clack*
*BL-BLAOW*
"YEAH. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ****ING SWEET."
"Rick Stamfel, WKLD. What are YOU in line for?"
"PS--"
*shove*
"GEARS OF WAR *************************A!!!"
*clack*
*clack*
*BL-BLAOW*
"YEAH. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ****ING SWEET."
PjotrStroganov
Member
So the European releasedate is nov 22?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
kia said:
:lol
"Rick Jenkins, The Daily Ombudsman. Can I quote you on that? 'kia'...is that with one K? Thanks, buddy. Wowzers, what a scoop!"
siamesedreamer
Banned
GoWsome!!!!!!
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
jetjevons said:
I agree. If they keep marketing this strongly (which they will), it will definitely be in consumers' minds this holiday. Personally, I don't think there are any PS3 launch titles (yet) with the buzz and the polish and the sheer awesomeness that this game displayed, and if there's even one person on Earth basing their purchasing decisions on games that are actually out and available, this might sway their vote.
I don't get why this game is so hyped either. It looks nothing more to me than another generic shooter, from a 3rd person angle. What is ground breaking new about this game? Graphics? The character models look generic and uninspired as well. Maybe I'll be proven wrong, but it seems like a lot of this games' hype is generated by Microsoft.
And how would launching this into the Wii launch steal Wii sales? It wouldn't. Besides, how does everyone know Wii will launch Nov 12 anywy?
And how would launching this into the Wii launch steal Wii sales? It wouldn't. Besides, how does everyone know Wii will launch Nov 12 anywy?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
jetjevons said:
Ohhh, not in the least, no.
Man, yeah. If commercials for both are running at the same time, well, damn. They better reunite Team Killzone for Operation: Media Obfuscation!
Shogmaster
Member
threeball said:
How's the electroshock therapy going?
Confidence Man
Member
threeball said:
The hype has been building ever since Epic showed UE3 for the first time. And if you can't figure out why people want the game you probably don't get why people like Halo either.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
Although it won't impact PS3 sales, I think it will still sell quite well (RHYME, RHYME, RHYME). Remember, the XBox-centric Halo was still nothing before it launched--heck, if I remember it correctly, people were laughing at it due to its terrible framerate, forced first-person view, and seemingly rushed design. Look at it now.
I don't even have a 360 and I crave TEH WAR!!1
I don't even have a 360 and I crave TEH WAR!!1
Angelcurio
Member
So they are launching their biggest IP of this year in the middle of the PS3, Wii, Zelda TP, Metroid Prime 3, Final Fantasy XII? Interesting :lol
Magazine covers, in huge letters "PS3/Wii HANDS ON, FIRST IMPRESSIONS INSIDE, LAUCNH TITLES PREVIEWS", "SEE THE FINAL REVIEW OF ZELDA TP, METROID PRIME", and in very tiny words "gow launched".
They hype of a console launch is huge, let alone 2 :lol
Magazine covers, in huge letters "PS3/Wii HANDS ON, FIRST IMPRESSIONS INSIDE, LAUCNH TITLES PREVIEWS", "SEE THE FINAL REVIEW OF ZELDA TP, METROID PRIME", and in very tiny words "gow launched".
They hype of a console launch is huge, let alone 2 :lol
Shogmaster said:
I don't know what you are talking about, but its an opinion, which may be different than others'.
I just don't like the direction of this game. Instead of trying to be creative, it seems that they are just taking the easy route and taking what we have seen over and over again on the XBox, PC, and 360 and putting all together and trying to polish it up as good as they can, instead of trying something new, then slapping a 3rd person camera instead of a 1st to make it seem more original. From all I have seen, there is nothing really new about this game. The character models look like they came from Quake, the enemy models look like they came from Half Life, the weapons and such are from all other shooters in the past, and it looks like the objectives are to eliminate the enemy by mindless shooting.
I think the shooter genre is going to be worn out before the end of the generation. Like platformers in the 2D days, they will all be so overdone and similar to eachother that its pointless to try and make a new one.
Shogmaster
Member
threeball said:
So it's not going too well?
HocusPocus
Member
This is the game to own this holiday season.
KeithFranklin
Banned
robertsan21 said:
Of course it wont stop the people that are purchasing a PS3. Yet even though the PS3 will be sold out and pre-ordered you will still have people that come into the stores thinking they can pick one up for Johnny. PS3 wont be available and they see the 360 with GOW running on it and go wow and look at it compared to what the demo PS3 has playing on it and say to themselves "Johnny will be happy with this". Some of these people wont even know a PS3 sells for $599 and go no fing way is Johnny getting that this Xmas and get a 360 instead.
Shogmaster said:
care to suggest why its different to those comments rather than just make pithy comments? (although thats fun too)
I didn't play it at E3 but it looks derivitive to me. If it genuinely pulls off what I'd imagine I'd expect from duck and cover gameplay then I might be interested, but its difficult for me to get that from simple screens/videos
This appeals to a broader audience than Halo did. I eventually bought both Halos, despite not being a fan of FPS at all. Loved them. Most of the people I know that bought/enjoyed Halo weren't big fans of the genre and were aprehensive at first.
If anything this could be an even bigger success.
If anything this could be an even bigger success.
Shogmaster
Member
mrklaw said:
But getting our collective panties in a bunch over the incredibly original and exciting gameplay presented in the Heavenly Sword demo is justified I guess.
Ninja Theory should concentrate on getting the game's action pace to at least to the God of War level before it ships instead of just polishing the graphics. The game felt like it was like playing at half the speed of GoW or Ninja Gaiden
krypt0nian
Banned
So we still have the big news on August 14th then. Hmmm....
I never said that, please don't assume I have an agenda. Heavenly sword looks like Ninety nine nights, looks like dead rising. Only reviews/hands on opinions will tell me whether they are anything other than button mashing shallow nonsense.
I'm actually not sure there is anything in the PS3 launch window that interests me, but I'll pick it up at launch because I like the frenzy, want to try bluray out (assuming there are any properly encoded movies by then), and know there *will* be good stuff out so might as well get it early.
you didn't answer my question btw.
I'm actually not sure there is anything in the PS3 launch window that interests me, but I'll pick it up at launch because I like the frenzy, want to try bluray out (assuming there are any properly encoded movies by then), and know there *will* be good stuff out so might as well get it early.
you didn't answer my question btw.
Shogmaster
Member
mrklaw said:
If we are gonna be engaging in debates over why one game is not exciting to another person's personal preferences, we might as well just spend the time masterbating. A lot more productive that way.
His whole "analysis" consisted of bitching about the game not fitting his personal preferences. Pretty ****ing useless to the discussion at hand.
*taps shoulder*Shogmaster said:
And for the rest of you who dropped into this thread just to bitch about how GoW isn't Halo, feel free to smarten up as well. If you're going to bitch about anything, ask why MS is pushing up the price on a first party title instead of passing the licensing savings on to consumers.
carry on
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
syllogism said:
There's big MS news on the 14th. The announcement was announced on Mjolnir Nelson a few weeks back.