X3F interviews Gears 2 lead artist and writer

by Griffin McElroy { Sep 6th 2008 at 12:00PM }

Between all the hip nerdrock concerts and multifaceted gaming marathons, it was easy to forget that PAX 2008 was a pretty sweet place for developers to show off their big titles. Not that Epic really needs to spread the word about their sequel to 2006's chainsaw-wielding bestseller, Gears of War 2 -- regardless, our Bleszinski-loving sister site, Xbox 360 Fanboy, recently got a chance to sit down with the lead artist and writer for the Locust massacring simulator to ask about some of the finer points of sequeling. If you find yourself hungry for details about the story and art direction for Gears the Second, we suggest hopping over to X3F and skimming through the twin interviews (or, if we may be so bold, the twinterviews).

Tags: epic, epic-games, gears-of-war-2, gow2, joystiqfeatures, xbox-360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jake11 @ Sep 6th 2008 12:06PM

the amount of detail in that screenshot is ridiculous. I'm really looking forward to gears 2.

Jakka(Naked Peach Brigade) @ Sep 6th 2008 12:52PM

To be honest, I wouldn't be too surprised if this was some kind of a render.

Yourself @ Sep 6th 2008 12:55PM

I thought it was a drawing :shrug:

j.howlett @ Sep 6th 2008 1:44PM

i was thinking great looking shot of something ugly. like those HD nature docs

badbrain @ Sep 7th 2008 9:56AM

If you think that is a screenshot from the actual game you will be very dissapointed lol

Red Leader @ Sep 6th 2008 1:58PM

Honestly, I thought the first Gears of War was ugly as hell and downright terrible overall. God have mercy on anyone that buys the sequel.

Wiinterfang @ Sep 6th 2008 6:26PM

+1 for you my psychic friend.

GMonkey @ Sep 6th 2008 3:21PM

Considering both the art direction and writing in GoW were bloody awful I'm not surprised at all they were done by the same guy.

Gears of War: the tale of a gray guy, dressed in gray armor, fighting against gray enemies dressed in gray armor, with the help of gray friends also dressed in gray armor, against a backdrop of gray land, covered with gray rubble and gray buildings. It's the epitome of moronic design.

Red Leader @ Sep 6th 2008 5:01PM

Exactly.

modifiedbears @ Sep 6th 2008 5:09PM

The irony is the color of your comment is about to be...

GuardedMarman @ Sep 6th 2008 9:48PM

Grey huh...your just like the guy from Justice League International.

Metal_Gear @ Sep 7th 2008 7:39AM

Thou shalt not speak ill of Gears of War 2, it is the be all and end all of computer games. What with its pleasing visuals, origional gameplay and brilliant story telling. It is said after Gears of War 2 is released, all production of other games will cease as we all pray for the arrival of Gears of War 3 which will bring yet more origionality that Gears of War 2 brought from the origional Gears of War.

*prapares downvote shield of justice*

Times like this calls for 'Who can get downvoted the fastest' challenges.