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selnor on 11 July 2008
DTG said:
Riachu said:
DTG said:
Gow2 better have an amazing storyline at least 10 times bettter than Gow1 or Halo's if it is going to win me over. If there isn't a vast improvement in that area then GoW2 is going to be quite a disappointingly stangnant "upgrade".

Cliff seems to be doing that by hiring a novelist/comic book writer.

 

 

True, but I doubt they'll give him much creative freedom to write a truly compelling story considering that cliff dissed exactly the richly detailed narrative of MGS4. I'm expecting 2 minute cutscenes of melodrama interlaced with 1 minute `badass`action scenes.

Quite a few cutscenes in Gears 1 were 5min +

 

 



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Riachu on 11 July 2008
selnor said:
DTG said:
Riachu said:
DTG said:
Gow2 better have an amazing storyline at least 10 times bettter than Gow1 or Halo's if it is going to win me over. If there isn't a vast improvement in that area then GoW2 is going to be quite a disappointingly stangnant "upgrade".

Cliff seems to be doing that by hiring a novelist/comic book writer.

 

 

True, but I doubt they'll give him much creative freedom to write a truly compelling story considering that cliff dissed exactly the richly detailed narrative of MGS4. I'm expecting 2 minute cutscenes of melodrama interlaced with 1 minute `badass`action scenes.

Quite a few cutscenes in Gears 1 were 5min +

 

 

I am starting to wonder if 360 owners will play a story-heavy shooter.  If MGS4's sales are any indication, then maybe.

 



 

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selnor on 11 July 2008
Riachu said:
selnor said:
DTG said:
Riachu said:
DTG said:
Gow2 better have an amazing storyline at least 10 times bettter than Gow1 or Halo's if it is going to win me over. If there isn't a vast improvement in that area then GoW2 is going to be quite a disappointingly stangnant "upgrade".

Cliff seems to be doing that by hiring a novelist/comic book writer.

 

 

True, but I doubt they'll give him much creative freedom to write a truly compelling story considering that cliff dissed exactly the richly detailed narrative of MGS4. I'm expecting 2 minute cutscenes of melodrama interlaced with 1 minute `badass`action scenes.

Quite a few cutscenes in Gears 1 were 5min +

 

 

I am starting to wonder if 360 owners will play a story-heavy shooter. If MGS4's sales are any indication, then maybe.

 

I love sci fi. And I think Halo trilogy has one of the best stories in Sci fi entertainment. Ok so it borrows in places, but it's quite in depth to. It has the perfect mix of cutscenes and ingame storytelling. I bought every Halo for the story not for the online.

 

 



jerseyboy609 on 13 July 2008

I actually cant wait for gears, but I just dont see how it will be upgraded that much



Ssyn on 13 July 2008

Just due to the short amount of time between games you know it will not be that much of an upgrade, granted it will sell like crazy and most likely get overrated. Not many games get the luxury of long development like GTA, MGS or Halo. Maybe if revenue is high enough they will have a nice 3 or more year gap for GeoW 3



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Riachu on 13 July 2008
Ssyn said:
Just due to the short amount of time between games you know it will not be that much of an upgrade, granted it will sell like crazy and most likely get overrated. Not many games get the luxury of long development like GTA, MGS or Halo. Maybe if revenue is high enough they will have a nice 3 or more year gap for GeoW 3

 

Gears of War 2 doesn't need that much of an upgrade since the basic gameplay was/is already fun.  The reason why GTA and MGS takes longer to make is because they are bigger in size overall than GoW.



 

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mrstickball on 13 July 2008

Ssyn. Is there any reason you are jumping on all of the 360 threads and bashing it? Stop posting here if your not going to post anything constructive, or I will give you a ban.



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Bitmap Frogs on 14 July 2008

Woah, using old FUD (halo3=halo2) just to FUD gears2. Now that's something you don't see every day.





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The Mann on 14 July 2008

I won't talk about the upgrade from GOW to GOW2 but in terms of upgrading from its predecessor Halo 3 did a great job. It's rich in features such as forge and theater mode (I personally have spent alot of time with both), the graphics are obviously updated and the rest is what you would typically expect from a sequel.



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Wii: 46 Million
Xbox 360: 26 Million
PS3: 22 Million

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Gears Of War 2 - 7 Million
Fable 2 - 3 Million
Left 4 Dead - 1.5 Million
Infinite Undiscovery - 700k
Tales Of Vesperia - 550k
The Last Remnant - 700k
Ninja Gaiden - 800k LTD [?] On its way.
Banjo-Kazooie N&B - 2 Million
Lost Odyssey - 500k LTD [X] surpassed
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Strategyking92 on 14 July 2008
The Mann said:
I won't talk about the upgrade from GOW to GOW2 but in terms of upgrading from its predecessor Halo 3 did a great job. It's rich in features such as forge and theater mode (I personally have spent alot of time with both), the graphics are obviously updated and the rest is what you would typically expect from a sequel.

Even though the 2nd and 3rd halo games are overrated, they did do a nice job of upgrading from the 2nd to the 3rd one. And I still play no. 3 today.

 



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