Consider it denied. Ironically, there's more evidence that Gears of War 2's cover system was inspired by the first Uncharted's cover system.Pariah_001
Sorry, I don't consider it denied. I just consider it completely idiotic. I'm not asking for evidence. All I ask for is a little common sense. A little bit of unbiased discussion. You can quote Nietzsche and other schools of philosophy, but when the PS3's...... "dignity" is involved (Jeez I can't believe I said that), it's like you close your ears, shout at the top of your lungs and pretend no other argument exists. Why some knowledgeable people like to drown themselves in petty closed-mindedness, it really confuses me. Even Voltaire wasn't so stupid as to outright deny Catholic doctrine simply because of the corrupted state of French-Catholic hierarchy.
As for Gears of War 2? Hey watch this. It could be quite enlightening:
I don't know much about Gears of War 2, and quite frankly I don't care. But I wouldn't put it past the idea that it may have been influenced by Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. A quick trip to Google states that Cliff B himself stated Gears 2 was a little inspired by Uncharted, and that he likes the title.
Should I start acting like a rabid lemming right now and pass that off as nothing really simple? Or should I be an open-minded person and say to myself, "Hey, it's normal. Influence is a part of the creative process."
I don't understand your argument. Because the mechanics of the cover systems in games pre-Gears's' were so different, that's supposed to mean their implementation of it was totally original and therefore any 'take cover and shoot' games thereafter are inspired by Gears? I don't follow that logic. Gears was already in development when Gears was released. I sincerely doubt they added something so crucial to Uncharted's gameplay simply for the sake of emulating Gears.Pariah_001
No. You've got me wrong. The entertainment industry works like this:
If someone does something right and makes it popular, everyone else will soon follow. If you really want I can give you detailed explanations from written literature, music, and film. Take my word for it, then you'd have to agree that the video game industry works the exact same way.
Kill.switch wasn't critically acclaimed nor commercially successful. As for Time Crisis: you're going to tell me that after over a decade of being a popular arcade title (has decreased in popularity since last generation), Naughty Dog decided to finally get inspiration from the series and amazingly ended up with a system which was strikingly similar to Gears of War?
So there are two trains of thought here:
- Uncharted, coming out a year after Gears of War, was inspired by its slick combat mechanic and swiftly applied it to the game.
- Uncharted, coming out a year after Gears of War, was inspired by the obscure kill.switch and the Time Crisis series of "cover" gameplay, and ended up with something achingly similar to Gears of War.
That's debatable. But if that's what he meant then whatever.FrozenLiquid
Not really, because if he did want to call Uncharted a rip then he forgot to mention Tomb Raider and suspisciously added "Batman". What, Uncharted ripped a Batman game? Riiiiiggghhttt.
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I know why you're doing this but, I still have to say, I don't know why you're doing this.
I like Uncharted waaaayyy better than Gears of War. I think it has more likeable characters, a much more entertaining story, better visuals, and it has non-combat game mechanics.
Still, I'm not going to bet my life on the fact that it wasn't inspired by Gears. I'd bet my future daughter that it was, however.
And I'll love my daughter, very, very much.
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