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connnnn · 05-01-2007, 10:39 AM

GOW was made to be a single player console shooter. Everything about it was designed to that very specific purpose (well they had co-op in mind too but that's still not player vs player). That's why it works so well. Trying to move that design concept to the PC wouldn't work very well (Pariah is proof of that).

Besides, you can still utilize cover effectively in fast paced games without taking it to the extreme of run-stop-shoot-run-stop-shoot Time Crisis style. One of the key concepts in ANY shooter is that you want to take shots at the opponent while not giving them shots at you, so if someone wants to run from cover to cover while taking shots, it can be effective if they learn how to utilize it.

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connnnn Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: TX, USA Posts: 425	Re: Just played Gears o War GOW was made to be a single player console shooter. Everything about it was designed to that very specific purpose (well they had co-op in mind too but that's still not player vs player). That's why it works so well. Trying to move that design concept to the PC wouldn't work very well (Pariah is proof of that). Besides, you can still utilize cover effectively in fast paced games without taking it to the extreme of run-stop-shoot-run-stop-shoot Time Crisis style. One of the key concepts in ANY shooter is that you want to take shots at the opponent while not giving them shots at you, so if someone wants to run from cover to cover while taking shots, it can be effective if they learn how to utilize it.