Bleszinski: Master Chief passed on a Gears of War 3 cameo

by Griffin McElroy on May 2nd 2011 7:30PM

Curious as to why the Xbox 360's two biggest exclusive shooters never managed to fuse, forming some kind of chimera made of space armor and hilariously disproportionate guns? Wonder no more -- in a recent interview with Complex, Gears of War' designer Cliff Bleszinski revealed, "I actually approached Microsoft on getting Master Chief into the game, but those guys are kind of squeamish." He jokingly added, "If you had to break it down, I'd say that Gears is like Mortal Kombat and Halo is like Street Fighter."

From there, things get ... a little grisly. Bleszinski said, "if we were to get Master Chief, we'd get his model, put him in a COG suit, make it blow up, and do some test animation work. We'd have to see what his head looks like being blown to smithereens or how his arm would look getting sawed off." We're not sure the ol' arm-saw technique's gonna work on MC. After all, this is the same guy who can get shot point blank by a rocket-propelled grenade without suffering any structural damage.

Via: The Escapist
Source: Complex

Tags: bungie, cliff-bleszinski, epic-games, Gears-of-War-3, master-chief, microsoft, Microsoft-Game-Studios, xbox

Reader Comments (52)

Master Chief has class.

@Mr Hett Who needs class when you have a chainsaw on a gun?

@Mr Hett sure he does kiddo, sure he does... ;)

@Mr Hett He can beat up big breasted girls in DOA, thu he was in drag under the name "Nicole" but not chainsaw people?

I need to get this off my chest: Gear of War is good, but I greatly prefer Halo in every way.

@Funkmaster General

I feel the opposite of what you typed.

@Riley Freeman

and i have sentiments for neither game.

This would have been awesome to say the least

That's disappointing. But then again, if all they were going to do is mutilate his body, that wouldn't be interesting at all. In fact, it'd be more disappointing. Good call Microsoft.

@Special Agent Steve

I agree. Also, I think aesthetic-wise Halo wouldn't fit into Gears anyways. They're bulky/meaty element to the character models/animations in Gears that doesn't match with Halo's more less exaggerated, more down to "earth" game.

@Special Agent Steve what if it was just to be a character skin in multiplayer. ive seen a lot of games do "crossovers' where its just a character skin (maybe with some special dialog about the situation) and it didnt matter what "genre" or type of game each character was. its just there to be funny and be a nod to a game the developers liked. quick example: in Resistance: FoM, you could add a clank backpack to the NPCs in the campaign. Clank is from a cartoony platformer, resistance is a "realistic" fps. it didnt ruin anything, just a fun easter egg type thing. (i know those are both insomniac games, but it still works for the point im making)

@Special Agent Steve why not just put him in and avoid excessive violence? He would be a great unlock to fight the flood...err lambent.

@The Wicker Man
Well, in your context, then yeah, it would be pretty sick to see Master Chief in a Gears of War game, but I just don't find it very appealing if you take advan- I mean, violat- OK, just... it's not a good idea if it follows up how Bleszinski proposed it.

I'd be fine with Master Chief in a new Gears, as long as he doesn't bring that 'Armor-Lock' feature with him.

@Nofriendo
don't worry not even armor-lock can stand up to the sawed off or the retro lancer.

@Special Agent Bob

I don't know. If its anything like Halo Reach it will just throw off all balance to the game.

Armor-lock is the bungie version of Nintendo's "Super Guide".

@Nofriendo

oh look, another noob who thinks armor lock is overpowered. look, if you don't know how to counter it, you just suck. i could write pages explaining why it's not overpowered.

@Special Agent Bob what are you talking about armorlock can block the SPARTAN LAZER witch is instant destuction to anything as long as your not playing on legendary so i think that it would do just fine against a shot gun or a assult rifle

halo cant be like street fighter it doesn't release the same game every year but with little upgrades.

@Special Agent Bob
Heheh it doesnt?

@xJimmeh No, it doesn't. But Call of Duty does.

@Special Agent Bob ODST is to Halo 3 as Super SF4 is to SF4. Minor upgrades that could (and should) have been DLC but were made into full retail releases

@BLipp18
Well Bungie did want ODST to be 45 but Capcom just through SSF4 out at full retail.

I don't see why not.
Does MS not want to boost a few more sales?
Even with Halo being Soft M it'd still be cool to see him in gears.
Oh well hopefully well get Buletstorm characters then, hell they already look like they're in a gears game.

Also I still want to see street fighter VS Mortal Kombat.
that would be amazing even if it never happens.

@Jawmuncher No it wouldn't be cool, it would just distort the whole illusion of what Halo has been about. Halo maybe M rated but in reality there's really nothing there that's gruesome to come anywhere near Gears.
Gears is much more raw and Master Chief is too "wholesome" for that world, and MS wouldn't want to tarnish that image.

I on the other am glad cause I wouldn't want Master Chief in my Gears, unless I can have Carmine revving up a lancer and Master Chief on the receiving end.

@Jawmuncher

I'm sure they'll make up for it with another character. I know the Bulletstorm guys will be there (Grayson, Ishi & Triska) But I'm sure Epic will have a few surprises in store

OH NOES MASTER CHIEF DON'T CRY YOU'LL GET RUSTED

MF: What are you doing here?
MC: Got tired of fighting the f*cking flood so i jumped ship.
MF: Um? Yeah things aren't much better here.
MC: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhit!

@Mr Esc is the namesarcasm is my
that .... that wasn't even remotely funny.
I'm actually pretty sure I lost brain cells reading this.

me and my friend talked about this just yesterday

going by the games i would say MC would kick major ass in that world

drop in from space unharmed and jump around all those chunky fudgers, sweeeet

So why did Epic refuse a Mortal Kombat cameo, then?

@wcarnation

It wasn't Epic's call. It was NetherRealm's. Cliff said he was willing to talk with them about which Gears character they could use in MK but it just stopped there. NetherRealm said they can't say why.

I was never curious about this. In fact, it never crossed my mind. Sounds like a terrible idea. Glad MS passed on it.

@Prboi

That would have been crazy to whip out a lancer on Sub-Zero and chainsaw him in half.

Just imagine the fatality possibilities....

Good i dont want to see Halo in my Gears of War. Ive always liked Gears better. Halo campaign is always boring to me, yet after i played Gears 2 i wanted to play it all over again right away, and i did!

@philmcfail
Yeah like how they used a bunny head on Easter. I always see little rabbits running about in glowing blue and red uniforms. Which is why they used a bunny head on Gears i'm guessing. I don't know why they took the head off though. Maybe it was offensive to the Locust rabbits our there was a legal issue or something.

@Will96

I'm not gonna lie, you made a pretty good point! I forgot all about that Easter special thing that was in the beta a while back. Well, aside from my previous statement, I still believe it wouldn't ever be done due what to Steve and angry pro consumer said beforehand. Microsoft probably wouldn't want the Chief to be mutilated in the Gears multiplayer. I can see it lesser violent game like DOA4 but aside from that, you know. BTW how did we end up down here? lol

Master Chief would probably look pretty amazing is some sort sort COG suit variant. *drools*

@343 Guilty Fart

heh, your name has fart in it. Classic.

They should totally do some special weekend where they swap the sprites of locusts & elites, do the same for cogs & spartans.

So cliffy b said they are like Mk and Halo is SF? So his franchise is gonna dwindle into crap, while Halo keeps on making perfection?

I loved both, but I like Gears better. These games definitely wouldn't mesh. Especially with the different three way wars... Wait a second... Lambent and the Flood- OH MY GAWD.

MC definitely wouldn't fit in the 'gears' universe. They both may be shooting games but gears is more violent and fast paced while Halo takes it easy and focuses on the characters and story more.

I dunno, I like Gears WAY more than Halo though.

Master Chief in a Gears game? Never happen.

Master Chief can jump.

I like the mk sf comparison

@philmcfail
Its my dang phone. The commenting part on the Joystiq app is screwed up

Except that SF takes skill whereas Halo doesn't.

I stated this somewhere else, but instead of Master Chief, they could have used Nobel 4, Emile. He fits the description of a COG to me.

Armor Lock isn't OP, it's just abused by the players of the game. That's what ruined Reach for me.

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