Author Topic: EA bashes GoW for lack of innovation. (Read 1325 times)

brawndolicious · « **on:** November 10, 2006, 03:55:53 AM »

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69805

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Alain Tascan, general manager for EA Montreal, has revealed that he thinks Xbox 360 title Gears of War has been overrated by reviewers - with one or two exceptions.

Speaking in a panel discussion at the Montréal Games Summit, Tascan said, "What is Gears of War? I mean Gears of War brings nothing in terms of innovation to the shooter... Like, zero. First Stealth Edit- Viz

"Only two very brave UK-based journalists said, 'You know what, Gears of War is a great game but it's like what Quake was a few years ago.

"Why are people loving it so much? It's like added production value, incredible cutscenes and the best ever graphics ever. I'm sure it's going to be a great success, I can't wait to play it, but let's face that graphics are still number one," Tascan continued.

He then used the comparison of a nice looking girl you might see in a bar and go up and talk to, "And if she's smart enough, that's the gameplay.

"I'm not talking about my tastes, I'm just saying, when you go to metacritic and you see a 96 for Gears of War, then you read the critics saying, 'Okay, storyline - there's none, gameplay is not innovative...' Then I say, why did they give this 96? They were blown away by the high quality of the graphics... Myself, I prefer something more creative," Tascan concluded.

Fuck EA.

etiolate · « **Reply #1 on:** November 10, 2006, 04:11:27 AM »

<EA> THEY STOLE OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY!

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #2 on:** November 10, 2006, 04:19:40 AM »

To be honest i'm almost through Act 2 of the game which is 2/5's through the game. And i'm gonna say it borrows a lot from pervious games. Its heavily influenced mechanically by killswitch. While they did add a lot to it to make it a lot more enjoyable its pretty blatant rip. Same can be said for the Beserkers which are basically the guys from Re4 that cant see you but can hear you.

But it sure kicks fucking ass.

Vizzys · « **Reply #3 on:** November 10, 2006, 04:21:00 AM »

Army of two indeed sounds awesome, however this guy hasnt even PLAYED gears of war, so hes really just talking out of his ass.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #4 on:** November 10, 2006, 04:26:31 AM »

Quote from: Viz on November 10, 2006, 04:21:00 AM

Army of two indeed sounds awesome, however this guy hasnt even PLAYED gears of war, so hes really just talking out of his ass.

I know, such a fuckhead.

Tigerriot · « **Reply #5 on:** November 10, 2006, 10:11:49 AM »

It's really quite odd to see a quote like this from an EA guy. It's just kinda rare that one developer knocks another developers game, especially when you haven't done anything special yourself.

It's like a rookie NBA player coming into the league and saying Labron James ain't that great. It's just an idiot comment.

Mondain · « **Reply #6 on:** November 10, 2006, 10:14:18 AM »

many critics sure gave extremely generous grades to this game since of its pretty graphics

and also let us not forget that Epic and MS paid ceremonies to many media representatives and invited them over to play the game to produce reviews, that oughts to play a part in the good scores that we currently see all over the web

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #7 on:** November 10, 2006, 10:28:08 AM »

I said this in a previous thread, its more stop n pop gameplay and THATS FINE. The FPS genre in general rarely reaches point of formulaic evolution.

I just dont wanna play FPS games that much right now

Veidt · « **Reply #8 on:** May 29, 2009, 02:52:38 PM »

wtf, Have I landed in 2006?!?!?!

Veidt · « **Reply #9 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:00:25 PM »

yeah, how the hell did this thread get bumped up? wtf

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #10 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:01:09 PM »

Can I use this singularity to tell my future self how much of a cunt Rebecca turned out to be?

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #11 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:01:20 PM »

So the guy remarking on a bumped thread is the one who did it?

Barry Egan · « **Reply #12 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:06:16 PM »

Veidt is by far the strangest poster on EB.

Veidt · « **Reply #13 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:07:17 PM »

goddam . I haven't bumped this thread. Why the hell would I do that. I just marveled at how it managed to get into the first page. BY ITSELF.

Vizzys · « **Reply #14 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:08:52 PM »

army of two ended up shitty

Hollywood · « **Reply #15 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:09:14 PM »

What's he talking about? Space marines shooting space aliens NOT original???

Hollywood · « **Reply #16 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:10:27 PM »

Quote from: Veidt on May 29, 2009, 02:52:38 PM

wtf, Have I landed in 2006?!?!?!

Are you John Titor?

Veidt · « **Reply #17 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:13:04 PM »

holy shit. I just realized. I'M DESMOND

HOLY-FUCKING-SHIT
I FOUND MY CONSTANT

T234 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:15:02 PM »

PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO STOP ONCE IN A WHILE BUMPING THREADS THAT MAF POSTED IN

BUMP EM ALL OR NONE AT ALL YOU SONSABITCHES

Veidt · « **Reply #19 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:15:46 PM »

MAF is my constant.

demi · « **Reply #20 on:** May 29, 2009, 03:17:23 PM »

Stop acting stupid, Veidt. Jinfash, put him in line.

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