Fri, May 07, 2010 | 12:57 BST

Bleszinski: Gears 3 “wont be easier”

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Epic Games lead designer Cliff Bleszinski has said that Gears of War 3 won’t be any easier than the previous two iterations in the series.

Pansies beware.

His comment comes as it was apparently revealed this week in a Russian games mag that it would be a lot easier compared to Gears 1 or 2 due to 60 percent of people not finishing the game.

“[The] game won’t be easier,” Bleszisnki told CVG. “Hardcore and Insane will certainly live up to their names,” he said. “It’s just that Casual will be even easier.”

There. You can feel all COG-like and macho again.

Bleszinski said yesterday the game was looking for more impressive graphics then a better and smoother framerate by aiming for 30fps.

Gears of War 3 releases next April for 360.

38 comments

#1

Espio1
07/05/10, 10:51 am

Source?

#2

mington
07/05/10, 10:59 am

ah… yes please all have some BBQ

#3

Erthazus
07/05/10, 11:32 am

@1 Since Russian mag.

I said this before and there are a lot of stuff that cliff Blezinski explained in the mag.

#4

Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 11:38 am

I just can’t manage Insane on Gears. It’s the hardest difficulty I think I’ve ever played, and is even hard work on co-op. Solo Hardcore is about the very limit of my playing ability.

I wouldnt want normal to be any easier than it is but I’m all for making the entry level difficulty as easy as people want.

#5

DJ Deathstar
07/05/10, 11:39 am

Good news, completed Gears 2 on insane and Gears 1 got all the way to RAAM on insane then just got bored of instant death kryll. I’ve enjoyed the challenge of the two, though RAAM was taking the piss a bit lol!

#6

Erthazus
07/05/10, 12:06 pm

I finished Gears Of war 1 on hardcore and insane. Extremely easy. Hide behind a wall is such a cheat. This feature i really hate in modern console games.

Even Uncharted 1, Uncharted 2 are great and blah…blah…blah… I finished them both on platinum and even there the Hardest difficulty was so freakin’ easy.

I really think that to make it more harder you need to enable shooting through a wall, it’s just you can’t sit for forever by one wall when everybody smash it with a grenade, grenade launcher and other sadistic weapons and woop-di-doop, you are like immortal sit there.

these mechanics are really easy, i remember when games were hard. Now, it’s just a piece of cake. In Uncharted 2 or Gears you can even just run and shoot everybody.

(Except Demons Souls dum… dum… du~~~~um.)

#7

DJ Deathstar
07/05/10, 12:14 pm

You can’t just run and shoot everyone in gears on insane, if you start running then you get slowed down when the enemy start shooting you and you get knocked down pretty damn quick in insane

#8

Erthazus
07/05/10, 12:18 pm

@7 You can. I did it and it was very easy to do + maybe i played with the mouse accuracy, but with co-op i could forget about hiding. It’s really easy, same goes to Uncharted 1,2.
Uncharted 1 just had stupid checkpoints but thats just it.

#9

Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 12:49 pm

Haha, that’s classic.

Erthazus you have not played Gears on Insane or you wouldn’t make those comments.

You cannot run and gun on Insane mode in Gears. You are slowed and dead in seconds if you leave cover. If you just sit there you will get ink grenades spammed at you and you WILL die.

Some more trolling please, it’s weak but funny.

#10

Erthazus
07/05/10, 12:54 pm

@9 You want to play Gears OF War 1 ? Lets play it on Insane difficulty just now.

By the way, same goes to Uncharted 2 difficulty or i need to show you my PLATINUM trophie? :D

If you are a casual gamer it’s your problem. I can prove you in a second and make a video about insane difficulty and how i complete it right now. I can finish first Gears by 6-7 hours.

Games are freakin easy that i want to sleep. Gears of Uncharted are just a rolecoaster blockbuster movies but thats it what they can offer.

#11

daytripper
07/05/10, 1:10 pm

looking forward to some gameplay videos :D

#12

reask
07/05/10, 1:13 pm

^ + 1

#13

DJ Deathstar
07/05/10, 1:21 pm

Yeah i’m up for seeing a Gears running and gunning on insane video

#14

Erthazus
07/05/10, 1:27 pm

@13 No, you can’t do it for forever. I know that you slow down if locusts going to shoot you, but sometimes you can do it without any problem.
Same goes to Uncharted 2.
They are both very easy. I have platinum trophies for Uncharted games
Played on PC on Insane with my friend and we finished it and forgot about it. It’s easy.

and i’m not the professional gamer or cybersport guy (I Was back in the day with Unreal Games, but it was in the past and for fun), i’m just a gamer. Two easy 3rd person shooters.

#15

Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 1:44 pm

@14

Videos and then we talk*.

*There will be no videos.

#16

Erthazus
07/05/10, 2:06 pm

@15 I don’t need to show you videos Gadzooks, i can show you my platinum trophie of Uncharted 2. Same shit. You want me to show you my PSN ID?

But if you want to see videos, lets play. I won’t install Gears Of war again just to prove something.
there are a tons of videos on youtube how people do it really fast with Insane difficulty. It’s not that hard and thats a fact. Same goes to Uncharted 2.

#17

daytripper
07/05/10, 2:16 pm

i was actually going on about gears 3 gameplay videos, no offence Erthazus but I couldnt give a shit what trophies you have.

#18

Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 2:42 pm

@16

Yes, you DO need to show me a video of YOU doing what you claimed YOU can do, or your claim is pure bullshit.

I don’t give a stuff about whichever supervising adult earned a UC2 trophy for you. Your claim was running and gunning in insane level Gears. It’s pure bullshit and you know it, or rather you would do if you had ever experienced it.

#19

Erthazus
07/05/10, 2:46 pm

“supervising adult earned a UC2 trophy for you.”

Ahahaha :D fantasize much?

So, you can do that the same with the videos. :D

I said before, want to try? Lets play Gears Of War together :D whats the problem? Lets play it now. Oh, and i want to see how you suck on it so much :D

So? you are downloading it? If yes, i’m going to install it now and we can play it on Windows live or Tungle. Your choice :D

#20

Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 3:01 pm

@19

1) I don’t do PC gaming.

2) Yes I do suck at a lot of games. I never claimed otherwise.

3) With no way to back up your claim I guess you are just blowing smoke. I knew as much.

#21

Erthazus
07/05/10, 3:22 pm

@20 cheers. Why not to try a PC gaming once for a while?

My proof are only my trophies. Thats it. Believe me or not. It’s not that hard. If you played it your senses starting to adapt to it’s difficulty thing.
No game is impossible. Gears if perfectly balanced on all difficulties, same goes to Uncharted.

#22

LANKY
07/05/10, 4:42 pm

@21
“my proof are only my trophies”

your trophies/cheevos dont prove how easy you found them.

“no game is impossible”

not true, some games are literally impossible due to either bad code or design. they are usually the golden oldies, one i recall is jet set willy for the speccy which was bugged so cudnt be finnished** (if i recall correctly), chucky egg literally cudnt be finnished** (i wonder if anyone here knows why :-)

personally i didnt find gears or uncharted hard on the hardest diff levels, in general i find modern games hardest diff level is the same as older games medium diff level (with afew exceptions of course)

i dont see why companies in general seem to be makeing games easier (the new splinter cell on the realistic difficulty plays like i wud expect it wud on easy), isnt that the point of have differant difficulty levels to choose from? or do they feel its best to make the average joe feel good cos he mannaged to beat FIRST PERSON SHOOTER XV on the “super ninja armageddon” difficulty?

** im presuming by “no game is impossible” you refer to finishing a game.

#23

Dralen
07/05/10, 4:50 pm

General RAAM on Insane difficulty is almost impossible without co-op. I’ve never met anyone who completed it without having a co-op partner. A little bit ridiculous really, but the people that got the achievement…they earned it.

#24

Erthazus
07/05/10, 5:02 pm

*literally impossible due to either bad code or design.*

and we are talking about Balanced game, not some game with the bad code and design.

“dont see why companies in general seem to be makeing games easier (the new splinter cell on the realistic difficulty plays like i wud expect it wud on easy), isnt that the point of have differant difficulty levels to choose from? or do they feel its best to make the average joe feel good cos he mannaged to beat FIRST PERSON SHOOTER XV on the “super ninja armageddon” difficulty? ”

Because market dictate this. you are a gamer and i’m. But the majority of players are casual whiny children that don’t like to lose.
Look for example at Cliff Blezinski that said that many people drop the game after 60% of the game, thats why they are lowering the difficulty level.
And yes, Splinter Cell:Xonviction is not just easy, it’s just a bad designed stealth game overall. Complete crap.

@23, actually he is OK boss. you can even look at youtube videos how people smack him at the Insane difficulty.

#25

G1GAHURTZ
07/05/10, 5:08 pm

General RAAM on Insane difficulty is almost impossible without co-op. I’ve never met anyone who completed it without having a co-op partner.

You have now.

#26

theevilaires
07/05/10, 5:10 pm

G1GAHURTZ FTW! :D

#27

G1GAHURTZ
07/05/10, 5:20 pm

Hehe… I should do it again and record it! lol.

#28

Erthazus
07/05/10, 5:22 pm

“General RAAM on Insane difficulty is almost impossible without co-op. I’ve never met anyone who completed it without having a co-op partner.”

Bullshit.

Torque Bow + Longshot (active reloads) and maybe some grenades = WIN

But if you are skilled enough, then Longshots with headshots are more lethal then with bow.

We finished it on Insane with my friend without any problem. Very easy boss.

#29

theevilaires
07/05/10, 5:24 pm

Do it with me in Co-op so I can get the achievement. I’ll sit back and let you do what you do best :D

#30

Erthazus
07/05/10, 5:28 pm

@29 i played it on PC, sorry mate i don’t have 360. I would love to help you.
I finished game one time on Harcore myself and it was easy, then with my friend we played on Insane. Nothing special.

If you have problems with RAAM the best strategy is Torque Bow + Longshot (AR) and grenades.

I never said here that i finished ALONE on Insane, but actually thats interesting to try to finish him on last difficulty without a partner, maybe i need to try just for fun.

#31

theevilaires
07/05/10, 5:32 pm

No disrespect Erthazus but I was actually referring to G1GA in #29 because we have already been playing co-op in GEARS.

#32

LANKY
07/05/10, 5:39 pm

“and we are talking about a ballanced game”

a game can be ballanced & still be impossible to finnish, ie: chuckyegg ;) :P.

the new splinter cell has been toned down as a stealth game and has been turned into a 3rd person action game with cover system (as youll probly have allready noticed)

why dont people just lower the difficulty level, or play on easy level if they find games too hard on the higher difficulty levels? is it the achievments that people so desperatly crave? pride? stupidity? if people did play on the correct difficulty level and complete games wud games companies not be makeing games easier?

#33

G1GAHURTZ
07/05/10, 5:41 pm

@ tea: lol! Yeah, ok. Just send me the invite…

Btw, I’ve done both solo and co-op and the difference is huge.

It took me maybe hundreds of attempts over multiple days to do it alone, but I was really shocked when I did it first or second attempt on co-op.

#34

G1GAHURTZ
07/05/10, 5:46 pm

why dont people just lower the difficulty level, or play on easy level if they find games too hard on the higher difficulty levels? is it the achievments that people so desperatly crave? pride? stupidity? if people did play on the correct difficulty level and complete games wud games companies not be makeing games easier?

Check the first part of this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG3aHvPG6H8&feature=related

#35

LANKY
07/05/10, 5:52 pm

@34

lol, ive seen that before but still good lol. Dara rocks :)

when i 1st saw it i thought why not play it on easy then? maybe he did but just realy poor at games, inwhich case a special god mode for the Dara’s of this world is whats needed ;) , or atleast make the easiest setting even easier & leave the harder levels alone.

#36

theevilaires
07/05/10, 5:56 pm

Great vid G1GA!

#37

MushroomStamp
07/05/10, 7:02 pm

Good because I felt the first 2 were pretty easy on the hardest difficulty.. but then, I have a played more gears than any person probably should.

#38

Isaaclarke37
08/05/10, 4:35 pm

I saw GeOW2 walkthrough i hoped it was released on PC and this one as well.

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