When you’re trying to bring one of the successful Xbox 360 games to the PC then the mantra must surely be ‘don’t drop the ball’, but for Epic Gaming the latest title to earn the Games for Windows tag not only brings everything that the original version has, but also adds five new chapters and the chance to design your own maps. Gears of War’s success on the 360 was hardly surprising given the novel duck and cover fighting method and the mind-blowing graphics, but ports from console to the PC have often fallen short of perfection – with the accuracy of the mouse and keyboard set up a world away from the joypad. Epic’s lead designer Cliff Bleszinski admits that the control conundrum was indeed the hardest thing about GoW PC, but is hopeful that he and his team have provided the solution.
“First and foremost the controls are tricky because we were going from a dual analogue setup on the Xbox to the keyboard and mouse," Bleszinski told Tech & Gadgets. “When you have keyboard and mouse games, especially with shooters, you get this super hyper-fast gameplay. Now we wanted to keep the methodical pacing that Gears of War has, where it’s fast but also tactical. “So there was a lot of tweaking because we didn't want using a keyboard and mouse set up to undermine the core of the game. So, without going into too much detail there are things like weapon kick and no auto-aiming that are in there. I would say that was the biggest challenge…"
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“First and foremost the controls are tricky because we were going from a dual analogue setup on the Xbox to the keyboard and mouse," Bleszinski told Tech & Gadgets. “When you have keyboard and mouse games, especially with shooters, you get this super hyper-fast gameplay. Now we wanted to keep the methodical pacing that Gears of War has, where it’s fast but also tactical. “So there was a lot of tweaking because we didn't want using a keyboard and mouse set up to undermine the core of the game. So, without going into too much detail there are things like weapon kick and no auto-aiming that are in there. I would say that was the biggest challenge…"
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When in fact, the first time I saw that kind of cover system was when Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter came out.
So, "duck and cover" wasn't as "novel" when Gears of War came out. It had been used before.
When in fact, the first time I saw that kind of cover system was when Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter came out..
How about Brothers in Arms and Full Spectrum Warrior?
(I was disappointed beyond words with that!
yup it will work natively with the 360 controller (like halo and bioshock)
What do u mean by "like they did with"...Epic didnt even develop those games.
so far bad conversion from console to pc that its not optimized its very bad indeed.
they need to get back to where the spend more time optimizing code for the pc... or atleast do it half way decently instead of just rushing crap out the door.
Last edited by ThaCrip on 21 Sep 2007 - 00:16
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