Gears of War could have been so much better...

Susan O'Connor is the writer for Gears. She said that a lot of the stuff she wrote for Gears got cut out because the developers did not have time to put it in.

This is how the process usually works: The developer or publisher hires a writer. The game designer tells the writer their idea/vision. The writer then writes something and gives it to the developer to do what they want with it. The writer then goes home and waits to get the game in the mail.

A writer has no control over what content makes the cut into a game. I think this is something that needs to change in the game industry. I think the game designer needs to work with the writer and tell him/her what they will have time to incorporate and what they cannot do. With the writer more involved, he/she could change the story along the way as it needs to be changed. As a result, we could get better flowing games with a strong story.

What are your thoughts on this?

For the franchise itself that might not be so bad, they sell the storie in different segments. Just the first one is oozing sequel AND prequel potential.

Everysingle game could've been alot better....Sir_Marwin

I'm just using Gears as an example since Susan came out and said the poor story was not her fault and that it is the developers' fault.

[QUOTE="Sir_Marwin"]Everysingle game could've been alot better....WARRZONE

I'm just using Gears as an example since Susan came out and said the poor story was not her fault and that it is the developers' fault.

guess that explains why gears of war was 10+ hours and why there will be two more games in the series

[QUOTE="Sir_Marwin"]Everysingle game could've been alot better....WARRZONE

I'm just using Gears as an example since Susan came out and said the poor story was not her fault and that it is the developers' fault.

I didn't think the story was that poor. It didn't have high aspirations or anything, but it wasn't bad. 

Still, writing and stories in games have a ways to go, and a big part of that is getting writers more involved in the game creation process. Bringing them in very late and forcing them to tailor something to a larger vision only creates problems. Writers should be involved from the outset to help bring the game into being, along with everything else in the game.  

The story was extremely cliched and pedestrian as a concept anyway, and the actual dialogue wasn't great either. Unless she had a vision of completely redoing the whole story I can't imagine how much she could change it.

What made Gears great is the action and graphics. 

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[QUOTE="Sir_Marwin"]Everysingle game could've been alot better....lawlessx

I'm just using Gears as an example since Susan came out and said the poor story was not her fault and that it is the developers' fault.

guess that explains why gears of war was 10+ hours and why there will be two more games in the series

A game could be 40 hours and still be rushed. The story was meant to be longer, but Epic did not have enough time to make the proper cutscenes that were essential to smooth storytelling. The game industy is not very mature and story content doesn't really matter to people, so they buy the game regardless because the gameplay is fun. The selling sucess of Gears is what is leading to a sequel, not the story.

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[QUOTE="Sir_Marwin"]Everysingle game could've been alot better....sonicmj1

I'm just using Gears as an example since Susan came out and said the poor story was not her fault and that it is the developers' fault.

I didn't think the story was that poor. It didn't have high aspirations or anything, but it wasn't bad.

they probably ran out of disk space lolo 6-8 hours single player campaign loolo

they probably ran out of disk space lolo 6-8 hours single player campaign loolo

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Yeah whats your point? Resistance takes the same amount of time to beat. 

It is all about money. If everyone was willing to pay 100 bucks per game, and have far fewer games to choose from, we could have some incredible stuff out there. whoisryanmack

[QUOTE="whoisryanmack"]It is all about money. If everyone was willing to pay 100 bucks per game, and have far fewer games to choose from, we could have some incredible stuff out there. X360PS3AMD05

Well, if they were gauranteed the sales to justify it they would. It just happens that the current formula works best for them. More devs working on less games should make production time about the same.