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Gears of War 2 not coming to PC, ever.
Too Much Coffee Man \| 2:57 AM on 08.30.2008	11 comments

In a conversation regarding Gears 1 achievements (360 & PC) unlocking content in Gears 2; Cliff Bleszinski revealed that unlike Gears 1, Gears 2 will not be getting a PC version later.

"Cliff: You can unlock these characters in Gears 2 if you earn the Achievements in Gears 1 through Xbox 360 or PC, provided you are using the same Gamertag.

Does this mean you are planning a Windows version of "Gears of War 2"?

Cliff: Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around."

I'm disappointed & yet relieved at the same time. Disappointed in that I'll never be able to see what it would look like running on a high end PC at some insane resolution.

But relieved in that buying the collectors edition on launch will net me the maximum experience including all updates. (Gears 1 PC had some exclusive content not found on 360)

This make any of you more or less likely to buy Gears of War 2? Or no effect whatsoever?

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11 comments | showing # 1 to 11

Kyousuke Nanbu says:
(# 0) on 08/30/2008 03:31

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

manta says:
(# 1) on 08/30/2008 04:32

Makes sense. They probably had terrible sales, like the Halo ports.

Why invest the time and money if nobody's going to buy it?

ArrestedDeveloper says:
(# 2) on 08/30/2008 05:15

I wonder if this means GOW1 didn't do well on PC.

jkh13 says:
(# 3) on 08/30/2008 05:31

@MANTA

The Halo 1 port for PC sold extrememly well because the multiplayer was very fun, infact you can still find a far amount of people playing it now. The reason Halo 2 and GOW1 didn't sell very well was because:

a) they required windows Vista
b) they required Games for windows live
c) you had to pay extra for all the multiplayer features

Basically it was Microsofts fault by introducing these artificial limits.

nebones says:
(# 4) on 08/30/2008 06:09

BAD LUCK FOR PC LOL

ajaxender says:
(# 5) on 08/30/2008 07:20

Im mainly a pc gamer. I really enjoyed Gears of War... on the 360. The pc version wasnt that great. I think the main problem is that Gears is designed to work with a controller; the third person perspective and just the way the game handles does not suit mouse/keyboard at all. It was still pretty fun, but not nearly as good as on 360.

@JKH13 - you're right about all that, but Halo 2 was also bad port. The mouse control was pretty nasty, and it didnt run nearly well enough for what it required. Gears is a lot better (as you'd expect from Epic) but its still definitely a 360 game, feeling out of place on pc. Take all those limits away and i still dont think it would have done that well in the end.

DarkTravesty says:
(# 6) on 08/30/2008 09:46

@jkh13: you fail gears of war pc did not require vista at all i have it sitting here on my shelf and it works totally fine with xp.

Great Heat Engine says:
(# 7) on 08/30/2008 12:33

@DarkTravesty was referring to the pc ports of halo

pedrovay2003 says:
(# 8) on 08/30/2008 14:53

As -PL- said in another story about this, I'll get it when it comes to PC.

Skribble says:
(# 9) on 08/30/2008 19:37

@ajaxender: couldn't disagree more dude. The controls on PC were way better than the 360 controller. Any kind of finite aiming is always done best with a mouse.

And Im with pedrovay.

Just because THEY wont bring it to PC, doesn't mean Micro$oft wont.

Too Much Coffee Man says:
(# 10) on 08/31/2008 02:05

@pedrovay2003

You can wait if you want, but I've never seen EPIC say there would be no PC version for Gears 1. In fact they hinted pretty heavily there would be. Which is a stark contrast to this comment. I don't see it as a trend.

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