CliffyB: No party system in GOW2 would be "a pretty big f*ckup"

by Richard Mitchell { May 14th 2008 at 1:30PM }

Joystiq managed to grab a second of Cliff Bleszinski's time at Microsoft's Spring Showcase yesterday (seems like everyone did). Naturally, the discussion centered around Epic's bigger, badder, more badass sequel to Gears of War, which they have wisely dubbed Gears of War 2. Lots of things are discussed in the interview, ranging from merchandising to how Gears of War pacing will work with hundreds of enemies on screen. The biggest tidbit in the interview, however, centers around the game's online functionality. When asked whether or not Gears of War 2 will feature a party system, Cliffy responded, "I think that if we were not to have a feature like that, it would probably be a pretty big fuckup."

Yeah, that should be enough to pique your interest. Head over to Joystiq for the full interview.

Tags: epic, gears, gears-of-war, gears-of-war-2, gow2, mgs, microsoft-game-studios, spring-showcase-08

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

SadisticHam @ May 14th 2008 1:37PM

Thank GOD. Now please just don't mess it up, let me have a party system in ranked.

DjDATZ @ May 14th 2008 1:48PM

Awesome. Now please make it as good as or better than Halo 3's party system.

ZEBRA NINER @ May 14th 2008 2:14PM

I agree. Say what you want about Halo 3, but the party system is by far the most advanced one on 360. It makes it easy to play with friends, change gametypes without disbanding the party (COD), and provides better matchmaking.

I wouldn't mind if it was a direct rip-off.

Urza @ May 14th 2008 7:40PM

I think you're expecting a lot. You could easily call the player match mode in Gears 1 a party system.

JerkfacedFed @ May 14th 2008 1:52PM

YES. Epic you own. Now just give us party based matchmaking for ranked and party joining and server searching for unranked and you will have a perfect system. I feel like its a bit restrictive in Halo and think unranked should have matchmaking, but also server searching for public games.

UNSCleric @ May 14th 2008 1:57PM

Nice language.

Andrew @ May 14th 2008 3:06PM

People in real life swear.

Matt @ May 14th 2008 1:59PM

Thank god. Seriously, this would have been a major f* up. I think party systems should be the standard in MP team based games.

Bravo6 @ May 14th 2008 2:08PM

It was probably a big f-up in the first too.

Mrblonde @ May 14th 2008 8:08PM

Offtopic, but is that a thong you have for your avatar? Just caught my eye is all lol.

Big Filth @ May 14th 2008 2:11PM

were talking about you R6V2!!!

you guys fucked up!! dropped the ball!

straight from the mouth of Cliffy B

developer beef!!!

Dom @ May 14th 2008 2:11PM

Hope they add a rank leveling up feature as well, a la COD4, RSV, H3. It would be EPIC...no pun intended.

Foggy Bottoms @ May 14th 2008 3:02PM

i hope not. gow was perfect besides the lack of a party system, which i feel didn't even bring it down that much.

RudyHuxtable @ May 14th 2008 2:13PM

See? Was that so hard? I just wanna play Gear with friends without having to say to them "Okay guys, I'm starting a 4 rounder, execution on War Machine.... now!"

Grant @ May 14th 2008 2:40PM

and it only took them 1 blockbusters worth of gamers bitching at them for them to learn their lessons.

Lewis @ May 14th 2008 4:10PM

Holy. Shit. Best. CliffyB. Pic. Evar.

Grimm @ May 14th 2008 4:28PM

Why are people so offended by curse words? I applaud you Richard for your use of language. Some people need to grow some fucking balls.

Arnon @ May 14th 2008 5:31PM

This is by far some of the best news for Gears of War 2.

That's also a pretty awesome pick of CliffyB haha...

Urza @ May 14th 2008 7:41PM

It's not news at all since it doesn't really say anything. Player mode in gears 1 could be called a party system.

erivera3 @ May 14th 2008 7:30PM

Halo always has been many steps ahead of the competition in pretty much every aspect, but hopefully EPIC gets on the ball and makes a party system on par with what is expected.

Boff @ May 15th 2008 6:41AM

That pic is quality! "CliffyB needs YOU."

Also the more I see it, the more I feel Gears2 is needing a colon.

Gears of War 2: Bigger. Better. More Badass.

You know it makes sense!