Hyping up your upcoming titles that everyone already knows about is an ancient, outdated P.R. maneuver -- the apparent wave of the future is boasting about your top-secret hits of tomorrow. Midway, who desperately needs one of these aforementioned "hits", recently began following this up-and-coming trend -- in an interview with VideoGamer.com, Wheelman creative director Simon Woodroffe dropped hints of a heretofore unannounced Midway title that "looks as good if not better than Gears 2."
The secret title, which has been in development for three months, is reportedly "similar to Gears, but a totally different set up." We're not exactly sure what to make of that. Will the game follow a quartet of burly, foul-mouthed space marines as they spend a summer dispersed throughout their war-torn planet, sharing a pair of magical blue jeans that somehow manages to fit them all? C'mon, Midway! The suspense is killing us!
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Posted: Nov 30th 2008 7:25PM gatorboi352 said
"Props to Gears 2 for setting the new standard."
I really hope you're referring to the graphics department only, and not the tired gameplay.
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I really hope you're referring to the graphics department only, and not the tired gameplay.
Posted: Dec 1st 2008 9:31AM kaneda26 said
I play gears like 20x more than I've spend in MGS4. But MGS4 looks much better. We are talking opinion of course because looks are subjective. To me, it's a matter of art design, not graphical capability. Though, from a capability standpoint, the textures are higher res in MGS4, as walking up to any wall will prove, but there is more model detail in gears.
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Posted: Nov 30th 2008 4:09PM (Unverified) said
Why do developers say retarded shit like this? Remember when Media Molecule was all like, "We were making a game more portally than Portal. Hurr!"
Idiots.
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Idiots.
Posted: Nov 30th 2008 4:11PM (Unverified) said
So... it's like Gears of War, but with MK characters!
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Posted: Nov 30th 2008 4:14PM (Unverified) said
I love that Gears 2 is the new standard of hotness.
I hate that Midway actually thinks they can top it. First get rid of this MK vs DC shit. Release a good MK game and then we can talk Midway.
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I hate that Midway actually thinks they can top it. First get rid of this MK vs DC shit. Release a good MK game and then we can talk Midway.
Posted: Nov 30th 2008 6:26PM (Unverified) said
Hey. As a fan of older MK and of comics in general I think MK vs. DC is pretty badass.
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Posted: Nov 30th 2008 4:22PM (Unverified) said
at first i just read "sercet title that looks better than gears 2" i was like -_^. then i saw Midway and i was like nu wai and then stopped reading
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Posted: Nov 30th 2008 4:23PM (Unverified) said
Dear Midway,
Congrats on MK v DC.
We know your hard up for money, but pimping a game that is only three months in development and saying its "similar to Gears, but a totally different set up."
!?!?
You should know better. The internet will have a field day with this and people are now already not taking your game seriously. nice.
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Congrats on MK v DC.
We know your hard up for money, but pimping a game that is only three months in development and saying its "similar to Gears, but a totally different set up."
!?!?
You should know better. The internet will have a field day with this and people are now already not taking your game seriously. nice.
Posted: Nov 30th 2008 4:34PM (Unverified) said
I think Sonic Unleashed looks as good as gear of war in their own right, I'm glad the companies are trying to step up, flaws that we usually forgive in the last gen are unforgivable now, a tough lesson that squarenix is figuring out.
Hey if the game looks as good as gears then great if it looks even prettier? then more power to you midway because by the time the game comes out who knows what game is going to set a new standard.
STEP UP!!.
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Hey if the game looks as good as gears then great if it looks even prettier? then more power to you midway because by the time the game comes out who knows what game is going to set a new standard.
STEP UP!!.
Posted: Dec 1st 2008 9:55PM Mal F4cti0n said
Exactly, Obie!
Graphics are about one fifth of the equation, maybe less. How about good, fun gameplay, good story, good production, no bugs or glitches etcetera.
Maybe that is Midway's problem, they only concentrate on the outer shell and deliver a hollow product.
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Graphics are about one fifth of the equation, maybe less. How about good, fun gameplay, good story, good production, no bugs or glitches etcetera.
Maybe that is Midway's problem, they only concentrate on the outer shell and deliver a hollow product.
Posted: Nov 30th 2008 10:13PM (Unverified) said
Which would be funny because then EPIC would be like... HAHAHAHAHA! We did both!
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Posted: Nov 30th 2008 10:43PM falcomadol said
Midway already published the last Unreal. It wouldn't be unknown.
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Posted: Nov 30th 2008 5:02PM (Unverified) said
It might look better, but it's from Midway so it will still play shitty.
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Posted: Nov 30th 2008 5:18PM (Unverified) said
That has to be Midway's golden rule. Did they specify if it looks better as in "screenshots" or actual gameplay footage? 3 months is short period of development time to be talking smack, especially for a company that is going bankrupt. :/
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