Why gears of war may not reign supreme - Article.

[billy07]

selnor said:
This is like saying Halo 2 wasnt gonna be that big. Admitadely 2 years is short time, however I think Epic already knew where GOW2 was gonna go. So the drawing and story phase probably went really fast.

MGS4 took 4 years to develop despite Kojima knowing where it was headed.