*my bad on title*

Quote from the "about" section of gears of war on Epic's website.

"The use of cover has existed since the advent of the shooter, and it has progressed in many forms. This past generation introduced new elements such as destructible environments and the ability to go prone, but Epic is taking it a step farther by creating a deeper and more useable cover experience through context sensitivity and intuitive controls.

Although cover is the key to survival in Gears of War, it is transient, so cowering behind an object for an eternity is no longer an option. Enemies can easily blow away different types of cover you use, leaving you vulnerable to shell-shock. Likewise, enemies have at their disposal the same tools as you use, and the advanced AI ensures they’ll use it just as effectively. And throughout all of this, gunfire is blazing over your head and explosions are becoming second nature. Gears of War is setting the stage for a frantic and lethal battlefield with each and every encounter, and the dynamic cover will add another grizzly layer to this."

This was made before the release back in 2006. Obviously Epic had plans for destructible environments, but never added it into the game. Atleast it will be in GoW 2

Better late than never. I have a lot more confidence in its happening this time around after watching those GDC tech demos.

Was I the only one who didn't was shocked about the destructive environnement thing they showed?

When I saw that I really thought 'Wow better late than never'. (like De85).

well I was shocked it wasn't in the first one... and that's one of things I hated about GoW2 how your bullet impacts sucked....

but looking at the new tech demo it's going to be corrected and rather well imo

i guess they didnt put it in because this way by saying it is in the second one it will attract more people.

all the first game really needed was a story and a few more weapons.

It would not have been the first game to do it. Black did it in 06, and a few PC FPS's did it (I think Delta Force).

Great to have it in Gears 2 though :). I can't wait for this game!

Wow, way to finally get with the time on that front Epic.

One of the few things that bothered me with Gears was the very lame attempt at physics and destructible environments (of course UT2k4 just didn't do physics if you had more than one player). Glad to see they're finally getting with it.

To be fair, there were 'a few' pieces of destructible cover in Gears 1--couches, dressers, etc. could be torn apart with a hail of gunfire or a grenade. But no, it wasn't nearly as much as they promised. Gears 2 looks to rectify this in a big way, though!

So far destructable environments have been one of the most disappointing things about this generation...
Are there games (besides, I assume, Crysis) with non-lame destructable environments? If so, I must not have played them...