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selnor on 27 July 2008

Here is some new snippits of info on Gears 2. This game is gonna be massive. I think it may do 8 - 10 million.

Source:

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/894/894079p1.html

US, July 26, 2008 - Amid a packed house in meeting room number 2 at the San Diego Convention Center sat Josh Ortega (head story writer for Gears 2 and the comic series), Cliff Bleszinski (Design Director at Epic Games) and Karen Travis, the newly announced author of the Gears of War novel. Needless to say those in attendance were more than a little excited.

Things kicked off with the same Rendezvous trailer that was shown at E3 and Cliff followed that up by playing the Sinkhole level that was also demoed during Microsoft's press briefing. The crowd cheered as he showed off the new executions and the meat shield ability and freaked out at the end when Marcus Fenix mentions to Dom that they can ride Brumaks (as well as the Reavers).

So while our short gameplay demo was something that I had seen before, the energy from the crowd -- something that was lacking at this year's E3 -- was cool to see.

Here's a quick breakdown of the other revelations given by the panel:

  • Gears 2 will use what's being called Linked Achievements. Players who played Gears 1 and completed Act 1 will be able to play as Carmine in Gears 2's multiplayer. If you killed Raam at the end of Gears 1 his character model will be available as well. There will be more Linked Achievements in Gears 2, but those were the only examples given.
  • Steve Jablonsky recently finished the last recording session at Skywalker Sound for the soundtrack. He also did Transformers and the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
  • You'll see Carmine brother Anthony in the game.
  • There's a 130 dollar bundle of Gears 2 that will include an actual Lancer. No, it's not a functioning gun. Note: The information about the bundle -- including pricing and what it will include -- is unconfirmed by Microsoft and is subject to change.
  • Gears 2 is "just as much Dom's story as Marcus'."
  • Dizzy's hat can be shot off in multiplayer. Dizzy is voiced by Peter Jason from Deadwood.
  • The collector's edition of Gears 2 will include the photo of Dom and his wife that Dom actually carries through the campaign. He pulls it out to ask people if they've seen Maria.
  • Both the comic and the novel are prequels to Gears 2 but take place after the first game. The comic stars a new COG soldier who makes a cameo in the campaign mode of the second game.
  • Jack, the helpful little robot from Gears 1 has much more screen time in Gears 2.
  • The panel showed off a Gears of War Xbox 360 adorned with fancy artwork and a red paint job. One side of the console showed frenzied Locust and the other showed COG soldiers.
  • The Gears novel comes out on October 28. Karen Travis also wrote the Republic Commando novels and love writing about war. She quizzed the folks at Epic asking, "How do the soldiers clean the chainsaw bayonet? What does their armor feel like?" Cliff had no answer when she originally posed the question. At one point Ortega suggested that they use "Lancer floss."
  • The Corpser is in the game.
  • Dom's older brother Carlos, who is a friend of Marcus', is in the novel.
  • Len Wiseman is directing the Gears movie, Chris Morgan is doing the script and Legendary Pictures is co-financing. Cliff is an executive producer on the project.
  • The actor playing the lead role might not be the massive buff guy that people expect.
  • Cliff enjoyed lighting things on fire and dressing as a ninja as a kid.
  • Thirty percent of Gears 2 takes place in The Hollow (the Locust lair). Cliff made the distinction to ensure that people didn't think it was a "cave game."
  • People think Jon DiMaggio is hilarious. Especially when he converses with himself in the Bender and Marcus Fenix voices.

    While the revelations were all fairly minor, the panel did divulge a good amount of interesting information across a wide array of Gears topics. We'll have more as it comes.

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    d21lewis on 27 July 2008

    I'm over stimulated! Too much awesome to absorb at once!!



    Squilliam on 27 July 2008

    Nothing like performing an execution on your friend and dragging has sorry ass round the map using his body as a meat shield. Even more funny is if you kill him again and use his body for a meatshield again! xD Definately this is a 90+ game, question is will it be 91%up to 97% metacritic?



    Tease.

    SamuelRSmith on 27 July 2008

    Gears novels and comics? Looks like this will be Microsoft's '08 Halo.



    Rock_on_2008 on 27 July 2008


    Source: Kotaku

    "Cliff Bleszinski presented Gears of War 2 to Comic-Con attendees today, walking fans through the Sinkhole level shown last week at E3. While that gameplay session may be old news to Gears fans, Dude Huge had two new announcements for the crowd.

    The first was that Steve Jablonsky, composer on films like Transformers and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, was working on the score for Gears of War 2. Jablonsky was said to have been at Skywalker Studios working on the final mix of the soundtrack.

    Even more interesting was the announcement that Gears of War 2 would feature "linked Achievements." In short, goals reached in the original Gears of War will carry over to the sequel, giving the player bonuses. Cliff listed three examples of how linked Achievements will work.

    Keep in mind, some may be light spoilers.

    - Complete Act One in Gears Of War, unlock a playable Anthony Carmine in Gears of War 2

    - Find 10 COG tags in Gears Of War, unlock Minh Young Kim in Gears of War 2

    - Kill Raam in Gears Of War, unlock a playable Raam in Gears of War 2

    Bleszinski didn't expand much beyond those three linked Achievements, nor did he mention if those unlockables would be limited to either single-player or multiplayer portions of Gears 2. We're currently sitting in on the Xbox 360 creators panel hanging on Bleszinski's every word".

    http://kotaku.com/5029602/gears-of-war-2-features-backwards-compatible-linked-achievements

     



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    RAcCoOnErOuS on 27 July 2008

    Gears Movie...HOLY SHIT...FUCK YEAH =DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD



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    Munkeh111 on 27 July 2008

    I like the linked achievements



    toastboy44562 on 27 July 2008

    is there berserkers in gears 2?



    Jackson50 on 27 July 2008

    I was doubtful that I could get more excited for Gears 2, but it just happened. The concept of linked achievements sounds appealing.



    colonelstubbs on 27 July 2008

    'Len Wiseman is directing the gears movie'

    HAHAHAHA! He sucks! Gears movie = phail/fail/big fat fail



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