Ο Cliff Bleszinski μοιράζεται πικάντικες πληροφορίες

Ανήμερα της κυκλοφορίας του Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, ο δημιουργός και designer της σειράς που πρωταγωνίστησε στο Xbox 360, Cliff Bleszinski, μοιράστηκε κάμποσες πικάντικες ιστορίες και πληροφορίες από τον καιρό της ανάπτυξης του πρώτου Gears of War. Ο ίδιος μάλιστα χαριτολογώντας είπε πως ελπίζει να μην παραβιάζει κάποιο NDA, όσο θα "τουίταρε" τα όσα είχε να πει στο hashtag #GearsFacts. Όπως θα δείτε πολλές λεπτομέρειες του παιχνιδιού και γιατί σχεδιάστηκαν με τον τρόπο που σχεδιάστηκαν προέρχονται από τα βιώματα του CliffyB, όπως η ιδέα του Gears που του ήρθε τον πρώτο αποτυχημένο του γάμο και τη δυστυχία που του προκάλεσε. 

Ποια ιστορία ή πληροφορία του Cliff ξεχωρίσατε; Να σας πούμε πως πρόσφατα ο ίδιος του παρουσίασε το νέο του πόνημα ονόματι LawBreakers. 

I never asked for buff characters. Kevin Lanning just made it that way with the AD Jerry. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Anya originally had huge boobs but I pushed back on Pete to make her less cartoony. Ironic, considering the guys. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

I wanted a chainsaw gun in a game I pitched in 97, called "OverFiend." #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

We had a laser gun planned but we decided for Vietnam like tech so it was cut you can see it in an early image of Marcus. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Rod snuck in the SP fatigue meter when I was on a biz trip to fix streaming issues. I was furious. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Rod was assigned to us at MS at E3 years ago and wore the Marcus dorag and at that point I could tell he adored the franchise. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

The style of Gears' architecture came from my exhaustion of concrete bunkers and Jerry's hatred of hazard striping. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

A lot of Gears 1's inspiration game out of my sadness from the failure of my first marriage and a visit to London. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

The idea to do cover came from @MrLeePerry showing me Killswitch one day I was like WANT. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

In hindsight, the Berserker being female and being chained down for breeding is really fucked up. I was in a dark place. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

No writer has ever written two Gears games...yet. The RodMower nearly kills em all with his persistence. ;) #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

I hope I'm not violating any NDAs right now. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

I met Gary Jules when he came to Raleigh to play at the Pour House and introduced myself and we chilled. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Before I pitched it to Microsoft I did a bunch of pushups in the hotel and listened to Eminem's Lose Yourself because dudebro. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Pitching Gears 1 was hard. New IP, new camera, new campaign, new MP, new console, etc...On paper it was set to fail. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Maria was my personal statement on Terri Schaivo and my belief in right to death...through a dudebro shooter with lizard men. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Maria was voiced by Courtney Ford who was a dear friend in high school who later married Brandon Routh and we're still pals. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Maria (Courtney) was the Trinity Killer's daughter on Dexter. Small world. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

We cast Carlos Ferro as Dom because I was tired of hearing Speedy Gonzales voices in Splinter Cell games, no offense, Ubi. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Tanya (jessen) Watson wrote the note on the back of the photo of Maria and Dom that shipped with Gears 2. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Picture of Dom and Maria from the SE of Gears 2 was drawn based on my ex girlfriend and I at the time. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Dave, our lead LD at the time, wanted Tai to just jump off a cliff or something, but I pushed for the shotgun suicide. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

The torture the Locust did in Gears was my thinly veiled statement about Gitmo...through a dudebro shooter with lizardmen. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Marcus was named Fenix because I lost everything from the failed marriage and was rising from my own ashes. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Dom's original last name was "Glynn" until Rod saw a box of cigars on my desk that said "Santiago" and suggested that. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Post Epic, Gears 1's art director Jerry was slated to direct the reboot of Thundercats until the CG TMNT failed. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Mad World was my anthem when I was going through the failure of my first marriage. Somehow marketing felt this and suggested it. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

The other song was "My Immortal" by Evanescence but that's way less cool. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Baird was named after a childhood friend who was a bit of a dick, Mark Baird. #GearsFacts Baird just sounds like a dick. @papiblez rite?

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

We cast Lester as Cole because of his charisma in the Terry Tate ads. We were like "I'd go to war with that guy." #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Before the game came out, Randy Pitchford came to town to play it and saw how tough the Locust were and said "it's a grinder." #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Years later I'd go to Dallas to test Borderlands early and then meet and fall for my wife. We met in a W hotel designed in UE. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

In SP the last bullet in each magazine is 25% stronger so the chances of "oh shit" fighting a bad guy are high in the game. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

Boomers were named after the robots from Bubblegum Crisis, which was inspired by Blade Runner. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

I said to the art department on Gears (post quake era) NO FUCKING SKULLS IN THIS WORLD. that clearly worked lol #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

I always wanted a "long range revive pistol" in Gears but Rod always thought it was a dumb idea. ;) #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

To this day, Epic, Rod, Microsoft and I always kept a good relationship. Biz is biz but friends are forever. I'm signing off. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015

In SP the last bullet in each magazine is 25% stronger so the chances of "oh shit" fighting a bad guy are high in the game. #GearsFacts

— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) August 25, 2015