Gears 2 to have "best cover system ever" Comments by Tom Bramwell
So says Cliff Bleszinski.
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GamesConnoisseur
14/05/08 @ 10:29
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Gear 1 was the first to implemented a very friendly cover system which is now widely copied, even Uncharted was seen by some as using Gears cover system as reference point!
So any improvements should be a great thing for us gamers, and raising the standard of what we would expect in future games. Though I would prefer to play and see for myself. |
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Cover in Gears worked a lot better in campaign - it was when the furious fighting and running between cover in online MP that it went a little awry. GTA IV has an icky cover system when you get glued to surfaces which is frustrating. R6V2's system is good but holding the left trigger in for long periods isn't ideal, it does work well though.
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login_name
14/05/08 @ 10:54
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I preferred the R6: Vegas system to the Gears system, which was slow and clunky. It could get really irritating in some areas by locking on to the wrong bit of scenery and being just a split second too slow to attach/detach causing many cheap deaths from rushing enemies. Not to mention being pushed off by the shit team AI. R6 was faster, easier to use and just flowed much better in combat. I realise I'm in the minority but I could care less.
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muscleblade
14/05/08 @ 10:54
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The coversystem in Dark Sector is very good imo. They stole it from Gears though.
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@Arbiter:
Why are there 3 headlines from the same interview about the same game? Plus the interview too... Jesus, Slow day or what? ==== Aye, its something Eurogamer seem to be specialising in. Have an article featuring interview with someone and then create a few other articles based on snippets from that first article to pad out your content. |
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GamesConnoisseur
14/05/08 @ 13:16
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Agree that the left trigger cover system of Vegas is the best yet, so that is the motiviation for Gears team to do one better!
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I prefered the one button press of the gears system!
It was alot quicker and easier in combat with the abilty to quickly change to the next cover, i know everyone else on here seems to prefer Rainbow 6 Vegas' hold down the left trigger but i found it a bit tedious. Although both system's work well to their genre, RB6 is more strategy driven meaning that swiching cover easily isn't the point, when people stop they stay there, if they are to get out of cover they would usually get shot in the face. where gears is all about the quick advancing and chainsawing the bastards back to hell.
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kangarootoo
14/05/08 @ 14:20
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"even Uncharted was seen by some as using Gears cover system as reference point! "
Really? The same button for going into cover and for jumping over it? The same huge pause after moving into cover before you could start shooting again? Not so sure about that. So many have said it already, but I add my 2p to the growing pile that recognises RB6:V as having a much better cover system than GEoW1. Sounds like the system in GEoW2 will be evolution rather than revolution, so I would be surprised if it was better than RB6. I would rather like to be surprised though. |
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kangarootoo
14/05/08 @ 14:23
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"Why are there 3 headlines from the same interview about the same game? "
Because some EG readers have trouble getting through a single large article? ;) |
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Kirly_Wombat
14/05/08 @ 14:34
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Gears 2 to have "best cover system ever"
Sorry, to me that would be pressing the cover button and having your couch flip you behind it while playing. |
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rhubarbandcustard
14/05/08 @ 14:36
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Currently playing Time Shift which is much better than the critical mauling it got suggested.
But, it doesn't have any cover system at all. All FPS must have cover systems as standard these days developers. It really does make a difference to gameplay. Gears Of War 2 will be Game Of The Year. Cliffy B is top dog. This guy knows how to make games. Bring it on Lucust muthafuckers. I'm cocked and loaded. Fuck yeah! |
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captain-future
14/05/08 @ 20:41
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given that Gears of the Year 1 already had one of the best "cover systems"... not a big announcement.
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Triggerhappytel
14/05/08 @ 23:06
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Funny, I thought kill.switch had the best cover system ever and everything since has plagiarised it.
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JediMasterMalik wrote: "I love how Gears suddenly invented cover systems."
Well to be fair, Epic may not have invented the cover system, but Gears was the game which gave it such a high profile, and therefore has inspired other devs to implement similar cover systems for their games. Imo, that's just as great an achievement. |
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