Midway hypes secret title, claims looks 'better' than Gears of War 2

by Dustin Burg { Nov 30th 2008 at 3:45PM }

Hyping up a game before its release is commonplace in the industry. Hyping up a game that hasn't even been revealed is a bit more rare. Then there's hyping up an unannounced game by claiming it's better than an A+ heavy hitter like Gears of War 2, something that is simply unheard of, but is exactly what Midway is doing.

Talking to Videogamer.com, Midway creative director Simon Woodroffe compared their upcoming secret project to Epic's blockbuster, claiming it "looks as good if not better than Gears 2." How boastful. Woodroffe goes on to say that Midway's secret project (tentatively scheduled for release in 2010) is "similar to Gears, but a totally different set up" and is already looking prettier thanks to their company's sharing of technology. We're going to mentally catalog Mr. Woodroffe's statement and, come 2010 when this secret project makes it to market, we'll be sure to make Gears 2 comparisons ... and judge harshly.

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Tags: epic, epic-games, gears-of-war-2, midway

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

halo 3 sucks. @ Nov 30th 2008 3:50PM

Hahaha...

Sure.

Teddy @ Nov 30th 2008 4:19PM

So it may come out two years from now. I would hope it looks better.

saito ps3 @ Nov 30th 2008 4:01PM

lol, this will be funny, in 2010 midway will be "lolol gears 2 looks bad compared to this!!!!" everyone else will be like, "gears 2 is 2 years old now....hey guys, lets play gears 3, it looks 100x better than midways game"

ryan @ Nov 30th 2008 5:32PM

And not to mention that we don't really know if Midway will be around in 2010. This statement comes off more as an S.O.S from a sinking ship than anything.

legendtaker117 @ Nov 30th 2008 4:01PM

I believe!!!

Sora @ Nov 30th 2008 4:03PM

Well I'd only hope that a game from 2010 will look better than a game from 2008...

Lanmanna @ Nov 30th 2008 4:19PM

LOL it would be 2 years later as everyone said. xD

Mazrael @ Nov 30th 2008 4:06PM

Midway.. jokers..
is this another attempt to get a game to actually sell some copies..
with a 2 year pre-emptive strategy..

Ventrix @ Nov 30th 2008 4:10PM

hahahahaha Since when did midway grow a pair of balls? We all know it's gonna flop!

halo 3 sucks. @ Nov 30th 2008 10:58PM

One could say Midway has floppy balls.

Gorman @ Nov 30th 2008 4:08PM

Won't a lot of games look better than Gears of War 2 when they are released in 2010?

Here's a prediction. Mac computers are going to run faster in 2010. Look at me I'm Nostradamus.

Urza @ Nov 30th 2008 4:25PM

*sarcasm* You mean like all the games that came out this year that look better then Gears 1?
*/sarcasm*

I'll believe anything will look better then Gears in 2010 (that isn't Gears 3) when I see.

Tann @ Nov 30th 2008 4:14PM

So their game coming out in 2010 is going to look as good or better than a game that would have come out close to 2 years before it?

Gears 3 will probably come out in 2010 as well..

Aero @ Nov 30th 2008 4:24PM

When was the last time midway made a good game?

OptimumEDGE @ Nov 30th 2008 4:53PM

It can look f'in amazing, but if the gameplay blows and lacks the fluidity of GOW, it's going to flop hard.

That's one of the things that impresses me the most about GOW. Beautiful graphics, but SO damn smooth and fluid. Good f'in luck Midway, you're going to need it.

Tom @ Nov 30th 2008 6:53PM

AMEN!

Mal F4cti0n @ Dec 1st 2008 9:56PM

Exactly, it could look like the best game evah, but if it plays bad, has a crappy story, poor production value, and is no fun then who the f*ck cares what it looks like.

Mike @ Nov 30th 2008 4:59PM

Didn't Midway file Chapter 11? They probably said this so their stock doesn't nose dive anymore. Since all their games suck.

Besides..a game released in 2010 BETTER look better than Gears 2 that was released 2 YEARS earlier.

legendtaker117 @ Nov 30th 2008 5:30PM

I really hope Midway succeeds, because Gears of War 2 is so much fun, but Epic doesn't know how to code properly, and it has so many game breaking glitches.

So if this is like Gears of War, and has none of the fifty million glitches in Gears 2, then im all for it.

Most of you here are pretty stupid for bashing a game that hasn't even been revealed yet.

ryan @ Nov 30th 2008 5:36PM

Most of the commenters here are the stupid ones?

I think Midway is pretty stupid for releasing a statement from an unrevealed game that has only been in development for 3 months. It's saying "Hey don't close the door on us just yet! We have a surprise!" And that comes off as pathetic IMO.

UK31337 @ Nov 30th 2008 5:09PM

Anyone remember Blacksite:Area 51 and Hour of Victory?

LOL

Russ Tundra @ Nov 30th 2008 5:10PM

Yeah I'm sure that it looks better but playds like shit. The last good game that they came out with was Rampage. What Jokes.

TehAdz @ Nov 30th 2008 5:19PM

It's April 1st already?

...Wait a minute

iFester @ Nov 30th 2008 5:35PM

Pre-order now and get false hope as a bonus.

Liquid @ Nov 30th 2008 5:43PM

Lol you all make me laugh. Your all thinking graphics is what was meant by the statment. I beleive they are just claiming the game Looks better as in the game itself overall.

People often say things "look better" without meaning the actual look of it.

ryan @ Nov 30th 2008 5:51PM

In video games there's "looks better" "plays better" and "sounds better".

Where do you think that "looks better" would fall under? "the game itself better"? What does that even mean?

Liquid @ Nov 30th 2008 6:11PM

@Ryan

I agree with your point and maybe its and english thing but often when people say something "looks better" they are not always meaning how it look to the eye.

I am not great at explaing these types of things as I find finding the right wording hard sometimes.

For example Someone may see to game trailers one for a Wii game Ill call trailer A and one for a 360 game I'll call Trailer B.

A person watches both and says "I think Game A looks better Im going to be getting that".

I know its probably not explained great again but what am trying to say is people over here in the UK use it and an expression of telling you they believe something is better"

I thought it was used in a similair way in most places but I could easily be wrong. My comment was not meant to cause offence.

Liquid @ Nov 30th 2008 6:16PM

Damn reading my post back I made alot of mistakes again. I appologise I am slightly dyslexic :(

JamesGUK @ Dec 2nd 2008 4:23PM

Thats such a stupic comment to make considering this secret game isnt coming out till 2010 min by then gears 3 will be out and ill kick this secret titles bottom:P

+++volume+++ @ Nov 30th 2008 6:32PM

Cruis'n USA arcade port?!?!?!

Al Ko 87 @ Nov 30th 2008 7:15PM

I now

Al Ko 87 @ Nov 30th 2008 7:16PM

Heart You!

LegendaryRedass @ Nov 30th 2008 6:59PM

Just because it looks good doesn't mean it plays good. Anyone remember timeshift?

PARANOID365 @ Nov 30th 2008 7:55PM

This Midway, (I wanna play with the big boys), typical hype machine crap, (from the much smaller and very inept little brother), reminds me a lot of some other companies, "very predictable", hype machine bullshit.....Who could it be.....I've almost got it.......It's on the tip of my tongue......

"OH YA IT'S SONY'S "BULLSHIT, COMPANY HYPE MACHINE, TRAIN WRECK", (Who in fact seems to never know when to shut the f*ck up)!!, (anyone else remember THE 4D, 120 fps, Toy Story Graphics, Can launch missiles BULLSHIT LIES), shall I go on because I think the smell of bullshit in here is gonna make me puke!!

**sorry for the caps I just wanted to get my point across very clearly**

RedSonRising @ Dec 1st 2008 9:04AM

it launches missles?

nxe doesnt do missles...

yet.

PARANOID365 @ Dec 1st 2008 2:37PM

I know it sounds ridiculous but in typical Sony fashion, (talking way to much hyped, (LIES), bullshit about the power of the "emotion engine"), it actually ended up becoming a serious concern to the Japanese defense department. They even wanted to ban it.

Check out the link:
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s119754.htm

nigglet @ Nov 30th 2008 8:01PM

hahahah that was a funny joke midway so really how is it it gonna look.

Exiled Legend @ Dec 1st 2008 6:31AM

what is midway making gears 3, lol

Joe @ Dec 1st 2008 8:47AM

Haha... funny post, tickling thread

EdgeOne @ Dec 1st 2008 10:03AM

If its not Hydro Thunder 2010, then I'm not interested.

And ditto to other posts. Claiming a game in 2010 will look better than a 2008 game is no claim at all. It should be a requirement.

ME @ Dec 1st 2008 11:11AM

It, may be another suffering game the first wasnt that bad. It was third person so who knows

Brian @ Dec 1st 2008 12:44PM

I want to believe.

erivera3 @ Dec 1st 2008 1:57PM

Does anyone else think that Gears 2 isn't even that great?

The campaign looks great, but the multiplayer is lacking in the graphics department, as well as the horrible lag and glitches that plague the gameplay.

Sadly I think the xbox 360 has hit the ceiling on graphics while keeping the game running at a solid framerate, may have to hope for the nextbox 720 before games look better than the beloved gears.

PARANOID365 @ Dec 1st 2008 2:39PM

I know my previous post might of sounded ridiculous but in typical Sony fashion, (talking way to much hyped, (LIES), bullshit about the power of the "emotion engine"), it actually ended up becoming a serious concern to the Japanese defense department. They even wanted to ban it.

Check out the link:
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s119754.htm