Gears of War 2 Trailer: Artistic Sensibilities

by Blake Ellison, Oct 15, 2008 12:08pm PDT

Related Topics – Gears of War 2, xbox 360, Trailer

Gears of War 2 takes a break from the "jock, fratboy, macho bullshit in the game" to discuss the more artsy side of things.

Designer Cliff Bleszinski, artist James Hawkins, and Epic president Mike Capps discuss their artistic influences as applied to their Xbox 360-exclusive shooter sequel after asserting that games indeed can be art.

The run-for-cover war against the Locusts continues on November 7, but if you need a return to the macho bullshit, hit up today's multiplayer guide.

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By: Angry Max x Show Full Post

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Too much self love there Epic...

Let your product speak for itself. Its awesome, i love it, but don't need you to tell me about it. I don't know if its art, maybe commercial art, but its certainly one of the best franchises of my lifetime so far.

Watch that prototype dev commentary trailer, you don't wanna look like those guys.

Oct 19, 2008 1:50am PDT

Too much self love there Epic... Let your product speak for itself. Its awesome, i love it, but don't ... : Angry Max

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By: Athlon7 x Show Full Post

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Stop abusing the word art. I think that games with soul such as The Longest Journey/Dreamfall games or Grim Fandango could be construed as art, but not this monotonous greyness and juvenile violence fantasy of a game.

Oct 15, 2008 2:59pm PDT

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Stop abusing the word art. I think that games with soul such as The Longest Journey/Dreamfall games or G... : Athlon7
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By: AlexW1203 x Show Full Post

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So they're pumping the artistic value of their hypermacho violencefest without mentioning the only redeeming feature it has for the single-player? (That being the fact that it's one of the few games out there where you get to play as the bad guys slaughtering the good.) Yeah, way to go Epic.

And the fact that it includes the "hey, look, unrealistically large ripples!" footage is even more evidence that they don't seem to quite get what the central point of the 'games as art' phase is, and seem to think it just means games that look good.

Oct 16, 2008 6:26am PDT

So they're pumping the artistic value of their hypermacho violencefest without mentioning the only redeem... : AlexW1203

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By: Johnnsen x Show Full Post

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Its so retarded. "We have higher preorders then before". OH WELL? HOW THE FUCK CAN THIS BE POSSIBLE? Oh, maybe use commonsense: Nobody know anything about the first game, when it was announced. So why should people preorder the cat in the bag? Well, now they maybe liked the first game. God, what a BS. Think people, think.

Oct 15, 2008 2:02pm PDT

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Its so retarded. "We have higher preorders then before". OH WELL? HOW THE FUCK CAN THIS BE POSSIBLE? Oh, ... : Johnnsen
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By: gooblerampling x Show Full Post

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Not bad. Cliff's comment that they could pull off totally photo-realism, but chose not to made me roll my eyes though.

Oct 15, 2008 12:57pm PDT

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Not bad. Cliff's comment that they could pull off totally photo-realism, but chose not to made me roll my... : gooblerampling
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- omg cliff made me roll my eye : kpxkrnjc
- He said: "we could render the real world perfectly in certain ways if we chose to". Nothing wrong with... : humbleone

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By: BitCrusher x Show Full Post

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I miss the unreal tournament days =(

Oct 15, 2008 3:01pm PDT

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I miss the unreal tournament days =( : BitCrusher
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    Does anyone still care about UT99 and Quake I ? : to_annihilate
    - /me raises hand I still play UT99 and Quake *3*. Great fun with friends over. For instance, I have o... : MamiyaOtaru

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By: Boxelder x Show Full Post

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Apparently the secret to high preorder sales is releasing a trailer every fucking day.

Oct 15, 2008 12:24pm PDT

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Apparently the secret to high preorder sales is releasing a trailer every fucking day. : Boxelder
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  Is that really a bad thing? : Begawkiness
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    Well, developer commentary irritates me. : ElArabDeMagnifico
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      Simple idea: don't watch it : Begawkiness
      
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      Way ahead of you. : ElArabDeMagnifico
      
      Then no one has a problem. : lost
- Yeah, I don't understand the issue? no ones forcing you to view them. : Dr.yawn
- Do you work for a competitor who can't keep up? : STURM Mr Grey

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By: ElArabDeMagnifico x Show Full Post

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"Our game is ARTSY, it's Hardcore, BUT CASUAL, and it's Brutal, yet has a content filter, and it's like, the best game ever omg!"

I hate developer commentary.

Oct 15, 2008 3:34pm PDT

"Our game is ARTSY, it's Hardcore, BUT CASUAL, and it's Brutal, yet has a content filter, and it's like, ... : ElArabDeMagnifico

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By: burning eye x Show Full Post

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god damnit i can't wait for this game.

Oct 15, 2008 1:18pm PDT

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god damnit i can't wait for this game. : burning eye
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- me too.. multiplayer looks so damn fun. : magicfucker

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