Gears of War lead designer CliffyB speaks up on Wii

22 May 2006

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Posted by:Ferry

Epic’s CliffyB has revealed his own thoughts on the machine while confirming that his company’s in talks with Nintendo regarding future Wii projects.

The Gears of War lead designer explained, “We’re currently talking with Nintendo. It’s not really my department to pontificate on other people’s system and comments that the wonderful Mark Rein will make occasionally to upset the fans.” He continued, “I reserve judgment of the Wii until I get hands on with it. I was very judgmental about the DS until I actually got to play hands-on with it and I love Trauma Center and stuff like that.”

CliffyB also had some advice for anyone considering bringing an FPS to Wii:

“My advice to anybody developing a first person shooter for the Revolution is: even though you have a new way to control and make a new FPS you still need a cool, compelling FPS underneath that. Control is only one of five things that you need. Give us a Half-Life 2 with those controls and I’ll be first in line to buy it.”