Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has been discussing the possibility of a Gears of War game on Xbox One, and for Gears fans his take on whether or not the series will rise from the ashes is quite optimistic.
Speaking to IGN, Spencer said: “I want to find a great Gears game. I thought we did a good job with Judgment, but I don’t think it hit the level of quality we saw in the previous games. I think review scores showed that. Sales showed that. I really think we need to take a step back with Epic and think about… I don’t want to call it a reboot because I think it’s an overused term but think about where that franchise goes and how to expand what it was.”
He continued: “I’d love to have that conversation. I do talk to the Epic guys often. They’re also busy right now. I think they’ve said Gears is kind of on the back burner for them. So I think it would be a situation where the opportunity came up at the right time it’d be great to sit down with them. They’re again the right team to work on that game. Trying to find another team to do that game I think is possible, but I think you’d want to make sure you did that very carefully along with them to make sure we had the right thing in place.”
Unfortunately, this is where Spencer loses us slightly, as he says that perhaps the way to revitalise the series would be to “make it more gritty or something.” Seriously, what is the obsession with making things “grittier” all of the time? And wasn’t Gears “gritty” enough in the first place? It certainly looked as grey as gravel, and there was enough blood in it to make Jeffrey Dahmer pass out.
Spencer also gave his reasons for Judgement‘s relative lack of success, saying: “I think it ran its course on 360. And it was a great success on the 360, but it doesn’t quite have the story arc of a thing like Halo or something, at least the way it’s played out in the games.”
So there you have it. Even though it sounds like it’ll be some time until we see another Gears game, it’s looking likely that we’ll see one eventually.
[Via GameRevolution]
