Gears of War has certainly lived up to the hype, but it’s still not good enough to deserve credit from EA. EA Montreal manager Alain Tascan says about the game,

“What is Gears of War? I mean Gears of War brings nothing in terms of innovation to the shooter… Like, zero.

“Only two very brave UK-based journalists said, ‘You know what, Gears of War is a great game but it’s like what Quake was a few years ago.”

“Why are people loving it so much? It’s like added production value, incredible cutscenes and the best ever graphics ever. I’m sure it’s going to be a great success, I can’t wait to play it, but let’s face that graphics are still number one,”

Comments like these coming from EA, the most unoriginal game developer and publisher ever, are really stretching the meaning of the word “irony”. Try and think how many EA games released in the past, say 2 years, that are original? I can only think of Black, which was, all things considered, “just another shooter”.

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