GoW, Game of the Year, Slate.com, and... Monopoly? |
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For one thing, GoW has something up its sleeve that the said Wii games don't - the processing power of the 360. Cliffy B has been heard to push for something called "cinemactive"; the game gives the player a "filmic" experience with all the graphics of a sci-fi gore-fest. The game-to-player interaction feels much like being put into an action flick.The controls are also one of the factors. And development-wise, Cliffy B recounts how their efforts in mapping out the control schemes are actually much like playing the board game Monopoly:
In the grand scheme of videogame real estate the 'A' button is Park Place. The D-pad, Y, and back are Compton and Watts. When we put together our control scheme for our games we say to the player that the buttons that are prime real estate are the things that the player will be doing most often while playing.
There's also that one tidbit about the pacing of the game. No, not plot line. But pacing. There's a difference. As "Master Cliff" explained in the GDC conference:
Constant scares dull the senses. The scariest horror movies are the ones that lull the viewers into a false sense of security and then spring something scary upon them, and a great level is no different.
While these are all valid reasons for GoW winning the Game of the Year, of course, there will always be other factors. Check out the "Read" link below to check out Slate's full explanation.
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I must be the only man in the world who didn't like GoW...
you must be the only Cok sucker that didn't like because
you are a biotch... Gow Owns all you HALO F@gs.
Fenix will kick MC @ss anyday.
SHut up before i sl@p the Sh1t outof you.
gears of war is sooo awesome because i always wanted to see a bunch of steriod ingested meat*****s roll around and get sweaty while fighting dinosaurs in gimp suits with chainsaws and *****eses!!!
no way does GOW involve any skill because you can run around with your ***** in between your legs and a butterfly in your ***** and get all the kills by smacking others with a pistol and then ramming their ass with a gernade and then kill yourself because you realize that Halo 3 will actually sell way more and have a lot more people playing than GOW ever could
I know i do!
And halo has a bunch of f@gs jumping really high like they were birds you F@g. No way, if you think it has no strategy them come see me in Gow you homo,
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