Posts Tagged ‘gears of war 2’

Game artist: caught clipping

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game design

A game artist goofup A game artist has a hard life. You spend years – nay, a lifetime – honing your skills and craft. You sketch incessantly, driven by your passion for visual expression. You paint, you sculpt, you design, you draft. After your traditional art training, you pick up the digital tools of creation. [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Dec 23, 2008

Gears of War 2 gets a new smoke grenade

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under gameplay

Gears of War fans, rejoice. The gameplay for those previously useless smoke grenades is getting a facelift. In the first Gears of War, the smoke grenades were as useful as they would be in a Quake 3 deathmatch. There’s really nothing tactical about GoW; it’s a pure twitch game with zero stealth. And I’m not [...]

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Read more | Comments (3) | Aug 22, 2008

Game visuals in Gears of War 2, and RIP CGW

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game design

Two quick notes for you game-hungry readers… First if you’ve seen the screenshots for Gears of War 2, you might want to compare them with the screenshots for Gears of War 1. You’ll notice that: a) GoW 2 is gorgeous.  Haze, smoke, particles. Details recede into the background. Textures are richer and more plentiful. AND… [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Jul 8, 2008