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Epic: No PC Gears of War 2

Gears of War 2 Achievements and More on IGN has an article on the shooter sequel's achievements as well as a conversation with Epic's Cliff Bleszinski about the game. Along the way, he says there will not be a PC version this time around, sounding a bit more definite than the vague answers such questions got during the development of the original game: "Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around."

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27. No subject Aug 30, 2008, 00:14 Dr. D. Schreber
 
::Sigh::

I enjoyed GoW1. The idea of cover being an important part of gameplay was innovating and none of the half-assed copycat cover systems in a third-person game have yet to match up. It was one of the more atmospheric apocalyptic settings that's been out in awhile, and, moreover, the port had a few more hours of real content to speak of, as well as more intelligent enemies to compensate for the keyboard/mouse watering down the challenge.

This is just retarded, though. Considering the 360 is basically watered-down PC in both construction and what everyone seems to think it's capable of (compare both versions of Mass Effect to each other) there is no reason why this game couldn't get a PC port with minimal effort. When they say "Gears is...first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform," what they mean is, "We're too lazy to bother optimizing the game for another platform like we did last time. And also, Microsoft paid us off."
 
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