Because they assume:
1. Gow invented the third-person shooter genre
2. That Space Marine has a cover system without even playing the demo. Therefore, in their opinion, Space Marine is definitely an imitation of Gow's mechanics.
3. For Space Marine has big muscular characters wearing oversized armor ala Marcus Fenix, they assert that the art style of Space Marine further solidifies their argument.
My rebuttals.
1. Gow didn't invent the TPS genre in the first place. It is perhaps one of the strongest titles in the genre, but it didn't begin the genre.
2. Space Marine is designed around the W40k lore, in which Space Marines are super-soldiers: They are not simply "marines." The least experienced Space Marine can easily grab Marcus Fenix and dashes along with him into a wall, which in turn, kills Marcus. In the world of W40K, covers are easily destroyed by the broad array of weaponry that exist in it. Many entities in W40k have the ability to reduce a building into a heap of debris with a single blow. Most marines can easily knock down a wall with a single bash. A duel between "hero" Space Marines can shatter mountains.
3. Muscular human wearing oversized armor originates in the W40k work. The idea of space marines has existed even before. If that isn't enough, in Gears, there isn't as much emphasis on melee. Melee is considered "herioc" in W40k, and there aren't just chainsaws; there are hammers, claws, power fists, swords, etc.
4. The lore in W04k is bigger than any video game lores, bar perhaps the Warcraft lore.
5. Gears has one of the most uninspiring lores of them all; don't even try to make comparison.
Thank You.
Ravenchrome
and where is your so called link where these ppl assume what you just wrote? because where im standing it looks you created a bs list. Do you honesly think pps out there think GOW was the first 3rd person shooter ever?
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