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  • Rant: Gears has no innovation, says EA

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    Richard Mitchell
    Richard Mitchell
    11.10.2006

    Speaking at the Montreal Games Summit, EA Montreal's Alain Tascan had some fighting words for Gears of War,"What is Gears of War? I mean Gears of War brings nothing in terms of innovation to the shooter... Like, zero."He further laid on the smack sauce (smack sauce?) with this comment,"I'm not talking about my tastes, I'm just saying, when you go to metacritic and you see a 96 for Gears of War, then you read the critics saying, 'Okay, storyline - there's none, gameplay is not innovative...' Then I say, why did they give this 96? They were blown away by the high quality of the graphics... Myself, I prefer something more creative,"It's time for a rant. Read on for more.