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Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Eddie_the_Hated
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Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 17:31
Lucasarts' terrain-deforming shooter Fracture - which is in the shops today - is definitely competition for genre big boys Gears of War and Resistance 2, the developer told CVG.
Speaking to us in a recent interview, Lucasarts producer Shara Miller said that players going back to other shooters after Fracture will miss terrain deformation, which is apparently proof that the feature isn't a gimmick.
"When we've done focus groups people have said, 'This is definitely a Gears quality game' and 'Why can't I have terrain deformation in Halo?'," she said, "so it's great to be compared to those really well loved games.
"For a new IP I think that we've done a great job of evoking in people's minds that it's a game of that calibre."
You say your half-assed gimmick based game is a contender alongside Epic and Bungie, and then you roll a line like:
According to Miller it was important to Lucasarts to get Fracture out before the Christmas onslaught. "That was very important to us," she said.
That?! IGN and myself think differently...
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Agent Ghost
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 17:57
Fracture= 5/10
Competition for Gears 2...LOL
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choupolo
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 18:09
Its sad when devs rely so heavily on a single hook, that isnt even very interesting. If they made a 'Populous' minigame however... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NTGneDh-SMY&NR=1 ....EA  Plus any game with a bald-headed space marine as the main character automatically gets minus points from now on.
<message edited by choupolo on Oct 11, 2008 18:16>
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locopuyo
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 18:17
Fracture is competition for Red Faction
Terrain deformation = awesome, but it the game still has to be good
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Agent Ghost
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 18:17
Plus any game with a bald-headed space marine as the main character automatically gets minus points from now on.
Unless the voice acting is done by Jason Statham.
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choupolo
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 18:20
Actually that would be cool. :P
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immortaldanmx
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 19:19
No game in November will be competition for Gears except World at War.
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Agent Ghost
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 22:08
Left4Dead
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immortaldanmx
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 23:16
Agent Ghost
Left4Dead
No where near the PR and Marketing buzz of Gears or WaW.
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Agent Ghost
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 11, 2008 23:59
Some people will still buy Left4Dead over Gears 2.
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UnluckyOne
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 12, 2008 01:03
immortaldanmx
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Left4Dead
No where near the PR and Marketing buzz of Gears or WaW.
You'd be surprised how many people buy games over Steam now. They may not have a lot of advertising for wider appeal, but they sure can reach 30+ million Steam users pretty quickly. This is where most of L4D's sales will come from.
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choupolo
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Re:Fracture is "Competition for Gears of War"
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Oct 12, 2008 01:08
I'm definitely buying Left4Dead before Gears 2, I mean I was even before that fateful day.
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