Gears Of War Targets Halo Online
Gears of War developer Epic Games have had a bout of modesty regarding the multiplayer expectations of the upcoming Gears of War 3. Whilst aware that it cannot compete with Call of Duty's huge community, it does think it can knock Halo off of it's multiplayer perch. Speaking to CVG at E3, Epic design chief Cliff Bleszinski said this of the multiplayer aims.
"I don't think we can hit CoD numbers, because that's such a phenomenon, but I'm hoping we can get close to Halo numbers.
The thing about those franchises is that they're wonderful and they're established - but they're also two or three games ahead of us. We're only on the third game of the series. There's a few more Call Of Dutys and Halos under their belt.
This is one thing where you have to train the audience and build them up with continually consistent products - and we're still fighting off that perception from Gears 2's online being broken, honestly. That's been a big pain in the ass for us, and rightfully so - because we screwed up.
By doing the beta, we've ironed out a lot of those online issues, the dedicated servers are just a wonderful thing to actually have in the game - and I believe all games need them now. Shooters, in particular."
He's also remarked that he would "die" if the game sold 10million units and he expects at least 6million will be sold. Dying if you do well? Seems a bit of a dead end to me...
[Source: CVG]
