Epic / People Can Fly
Even before anyone had a chance to play Gears of War: Judgment, Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski was already playing with fans' expectations for the game. When the company first revealed the game's existence a few weeks ago, through a shaded Game Informer cover featuring the silhouette of a muscle-bound man in chains, most fans assumed they were seeing Gears franchise hero Marcus Fenix finally being carted off to jail. It turns out that the chained soldier was actually Damon Baird, the mechanically inclined, wise-talking member of Fenix's Delta Squad.
While fan interest in Baird was definitely a major motivator for the switcheroo decision, Bleszinski said he also thought it would make for a cool reveal. "I like to operate [thinking about] what would make fans happy and what's also cool news." said Bleszinski. "So with the reveal of the cover from Game Informer you see someone in chains and everyone immediately assumes it's Marcus. 'It's Marcus's story of how he went to prison!' And it's like 'Ha! It's the downfall of Baird,' right?"
All about the challenge
Judgment is a partnership between Epic Games and Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly. According to People Can Fly Creative Director Adrian Chmielarz, Judgment is a combination of some ideas that Epic Games left on the table during the Gears trilogy, the imagination of People Can Fly, and what they could do with the Gears IP.Read more | Comments
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