Horde-pelaaminen tehnee paluun pelissä Gears of War: E-Day

Kesäkuun Xbox Games Showcasen ehkä se isoin yllätys oli Gears of War: E-Day, joka sijoittuu ihan sinne alkuun, kun Locust-monsut maan pinnalle riensivät Sera-planeetan ihmisten riesaksi.

Windows Centralin artikkelissa The Coalitionin luova ohjaaja Matt Searcy ja "brand director" Nicole Fawcette tekivät selväksi, että luvassa uuteen peliin on niin perinteinen moninpeli kuin se Horde-muotokin.

"I would say, this is the next mainline Gears game. Gears has a pretty clear DNA for gameplay modes, so you can probably anticipate where we'll be going with E-Day."

Alkuun tarinassa palaaminen tarkoittaa samalla sitäkin, ettei pelin maailma ole (vielä) tuhoutunut, kuten aiemmissa Gears of Wareissa on totuttu.

"E-Day isn't a world that's destroyed. It's a beautiful world, with people who are in a time of peace. We see the Locust introduced through the eyes of people who have never seen them before, and don't know what's going on. We're also going to change up gameplay stuff as well. We've worked on the franchise for ten years so we've got experience with revisiting enemy types, but also adding new weapons, and maybe even new enemies as well. We'll do all that stuff."