When the first Gears of War game launched back in 2006, it pretty much set the standard for console graphics. Five years on, however, it couldn’t possibly stand up to its peers at all – but that’s not necessarily how you might remember it.<\/p>\n
Asked if gamers take the visuals “for granted” now in a recent interview with Eurogamer, Epic’s Rod Fergusson says, “They do. They take it for granted. That was one of our biggest problems with Gears 1 to Gears 2. Your memory is far better than reality. When I was a kid, Gilligan’s Island was the funniest show on television. When you watch Gilligan’s Island now, it’s just plain terrible.”<\/p>\n
Since Gears of War 1, the Unreal Engine tech has seen some dramatic improvements – even comparing the first and second games side by side, there’s an enormous difference.<\/p>\n
“With Gears 2 we were competing with the memory of Gears 1 and what people remembered it was like. We got to the point where, at the review event in San Francisco, I suggested we put up a single station of Gears 1 so the press could play it and realise it wasn’t as good as they remember. They were saying, ‘Oh, it kinda looks like Gears 1’”.<\/p>\n
“I’m like, ‘Really? No it doesn’t at all. You just remember it looking better than it actually does.’ Not only were we competing with the state of the industry, we were competing with our own memory.”
Gears of War 3 is scheduled to launch sometime around October, and is currently in a multiplayer beta on Xbox LIVE.<\/p>\n
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