EA says Gears of War Lacks Innovation

[Curse_7781]

From Gametrailers.com:

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EA Not Impressed By Gears of War, Says it "Lacks Innovation"
Nov 11, 2006 @ 11:37am

Summary:
You know you're either in the Twilight Zone or you've got something big on your hands when the black hole of creativity known as Electronic Arts says your product offers nothing in terms of innovation.

GOW? EA does not approve

Speaking at the Montréal Games Summit earlier this week, general manager for EA Montréal, Alain Tascan, expressed his disinterest in what Epic's latest title, Gears of War, brought to the table. "What is Gears of War? I mean, Gear of War brings nothing in terms of innovation to the shooter. Like, zero", said Tascan.

Tascan attributed almost all of Gears of War's popularity to its impressive visuals, pointing out the story is practically nonexistent and that graphics are still the most important contributor to a game's success. Making an uncomfortable analogy, he made the comparison of an attractive girl you might find in a bar and how intelligence -- in this case gameplay -- is really just a bonus.

"I'm just saying, when you go to metacritic and you see a 96 for Gears of War, then you read the critics saying, 'Okay, storyline - there's none, gameplay is not innovative...' Then I say, why did they give this 96? They were blown away by the high quality of the graphics. Myself, I prefer something more creative", said Tascan.

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Wow, I mean just wow...the balls of this guy. What does EA have to say such things...

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[Chacranajxy]

I thought it was pretty funny... and at the very least, listening to what this guy has to say makes it clear why we see EA churn out so many derivative games.

[Curse_7781]

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Chacranajxy said:
I thought it was pretty funny... and at the very least, listening to what this guy has to say makes it clear why we see EA churn out so many derivative games.

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Exactly. And the Madden games don't really feel that much different from the rest and only "innovative" (like the Quaterback view feature ) feels really unnecessary to put up when the gameplay formula was working fine.

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[Gatts]

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Curse said:
Wow, I mean just wow...the balls of this guy. What does EA have to say such things...

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Thanks for the laugh. I haven't laughed this hard since Itagaki ragged on Tekken a few years ago.

[Lego]

While I do agree that a lot of games get hyped up beyond belief when they aren't that great, EA has no right to be talking shit about anyone. Lacks innovation?, oh gee, lets look at most of their sports games every year.

[Johnny]

How it should have read:

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Speaking at the AoD Gaming forum earlier this week, general nutcase and obsessive fan, johnny, expressed his disinterest in what EA's latest title, <insert generic sports title here>, brought to the table. "What is Madden 07? I mean, Madden 07 brings nothing in terms of innovation to the sports game. Like, zero", said johnny.

johnny attributed almost all of Madden's popularity to its impressive visuals, pointing out the story is completely nonexistent and that graphics are still the most important contributor to a game's success. Making an uncomfortable analogy, he made the comparison of a cheap hooker you find slumped over the bar in how you know it's wrong but you'll do her anyway as it feels comfortable as it's something you've been doing since the Genesis/Mega Drive days.

"I'm just saying, when you go to metacritic and you see a score above 50 for Madden, then you read the critics saying, 'Okay, storyline - there's none, gameplay is not innovative...' Then I say, why did they give this above 50? They were blown away by the high quality of the graphics. Myself, I prefer something more creative without those godawful EA tracks or whatever they're calling them these days", said johnny.

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[Consignia]

Well, I would believe the authority on lack of innovation would lie in EA.

[ic14]

Pot, meet kettle. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[WRX]

I think he makes some valid points but I agree that EA saying such things is a pot/kettle/black situation. GoW is good but it's strengths are almost all evolutionary, not revolutionary. It does what it does very well but it doesn't really do anything that hasn't been done before, if in a less polished way.

[indigo0086]

I put innovation and doing good things better on the same tier. Gears of War has new things in it that I consider innovative, and it does a lot of things better than they were done before. Not to mention it's fun-factor and interesting gameplay mechanics, there's little that could have been done given the nature of the game.

I found it funny that never before have I heard of kill.switch until gears of war was coming out. No one has or will ever remember kill.switch, and one reason is because it just wasn't good. Now this game comes out and is good, so you're going to see people bashing it. I think it's jealousy from that guy in particular, his company will never be in their hay-day, will never have a successful game as interesting as Gears and he's taking it out on Epic. It's his opinion and he's entitled, but who is he, just some guy working for EA, the anti-good..

[DeadlyMessiah]

I haven't played Gears of War yet, but you know what, for some reason, I have to agree with him. No one on any board has been able to tell me about its plot. Even the guys at GameFAQs couldn't give me concrete details on it. I don't know if I want to put my hard earned dollars into this game with the Wii coming out next week, and because my g/f just got a car, so we will need to rebudget to fit in the car.

[DiGiKerot]

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I haven't played Gears of War yet, but you know what, for some reason, I have to agree with him.

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I don't think anyone particularly disagrees with what he is saying, its just the fact that someone who works for EA, whose catalogue relies on yearly evolutionary (often visual) steps in their sports titles, make this statement hilarious.

[El Santos]

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DeadlyMessiah said:
I haven't played Gears of War yet, but you know what, for some reason, I have to agree with him. No one on any board has been able to tell me about its plot. Even the guys at GameFAQs couldn't give me concrete details on it. I don't know if I want to put my hard earned dollars into this game with the Wii coming out next week, and because my g/f just got a car, so we will need to rebudget to fit in the car.

[/ QUOTE ]Go to gamecrazy and they let you try out anygame in the store. Don't worry there not demos, but full verison of the game not like EB or Gamestop.

[El Santos]

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indigo0086 said:
I put innovation and doing good things better on the same tier. Gears of War has new things in it that I consider innovative, and it does a lot of things better than they were done before. Not to mention it's fun-factor and interesting gameplay mechanics, there's little that could have been done given the nature of the game.

I found it funny that never before have I heard of kill.switch until gears of war was coming out. No one has or will ever remember kill.switch, and one reason is because it just wasn't good. Now this game comes out and is good, so you're going to see people bashing it. I think it's jealousy from that guy in particular, his company will never be in their hay-day, will never have a successful game as interesting as Gears and he's taking it out on Epic. It's his opinion and he's entitled, but who is he, just some guy working for EA, the anti-good..

[/ QUOTE ]Just to let u know KS was a good game just because you haven't played it doesn't mean it's a bad game. Now to GOW good game and it's funny that EA would say something about any company I stop playiing Fifa and madden in 05. I mis NFL2K that's innovation for cheap.