Gear 3 Campaign to be 10-12 hours long + Better boss's

Here's just an excerpt:

"Keeping the series fresh is one thing, but expanding on an already elaborate set of mythology is another. Wynn has a lot of confidence in where the campaign mode of Gears of War 3 will take fans. "Luckily we had a lot of time to work on the story mode," said Wynn. "We brought in Karen Traviss, who is just an awesome writer. She just jumped into the universe and became just crazy obsessed with all the details of the story. Really, from there, it just evolved with the voice actors and how we tell the story. Really really solid. I can guarantee it's the best campaign yet in the series. It's longer; it plays out to be about 10 – 12 hours long, so it's quite a bit longer than 1 or 2. There's a lot of great moments and really cool storylines. You're going to love it."

One issue that fans have always seemed to have with the Gears of War series has been the final boss battles. Whether you hate General RAAM in the original Gears of War for being too tough, or loathe the end of Gears of War 2 for being anticlimactic, Wynn feels as though you're going to like the various boss battles in Gears 3. "We always do a lot of testing to determine for ourselves what's good and what's not good," Wynn said. "We've taken [the final boss criticisms] to heart with Gears 3 and we're doing a lot of focus testing on the boss battles. We've brought in users that have played Gears, maybe not haven't played Gears, sit them down in front of the game and we go through the various boss battles in 3 and see how those rate out. Are they too easy? Too hard? Just right? Was it fun? Do you get it? We just keep tweaking from there. Some of the boss fights have just gone through dozens of iterations to fight that right mechanic and the right balance to make sure it's fun and engaging. I think we got there; I think it's really good. Obviously we're still working on it… it's not done yet, but the boss fights that you get to are different than some of the ones we've had before and they're a lot of fun and I think they're going to be good." "

Source: http://videogamewriters.com/chris-wynn-lead-producer-of-gears-of-war-3-talks-story-boss-fights-and-console-exclusivity-4640

I wasn't really paying attention because the game is so far away, but this has got me paying a little more. What do you folks think?

I agree with the opinion on the boss fights, 2's was just bad, they tried to make it cool with the ocupus thing chase but it just wasn't climactic at all.

Uh huh. Well, I hope it is for Lems at least. But almost all devs say that and I don't believe it.

Gears 2 was pretty long for a shooter so I'm not surprised by this. I would love better boss fights, Gears 2 had some horrible ones.

lol! Now that I think about it, did GEOW 1 even have a boss fight? It felt like nothing more to me than a 8'' foot locust dressed in all black with a crazy bat fetish. We could've shot him down like every other locust during our very first encounter with him -- i'm glad this one will be longer though and yet still less than 20 hours.

Gears 2 was pretty long for a shooter so I'm not surprised by this. I would love better boss fights, Gears 2 had some horrible ones.

mitu123

Sounds awesome.

Don't care about the length to be honest, I just hope it's good. Gears 2 campaign was pretty disappointing. AAllxxjjnn

W/e, just keep it as good as the the previous 2, maybe better and Ill be very happy.

As long as I'm able to cut off the Locust Queen's Head I'm good.

Very excited about Gears of War 3. Cant wait. But 10-12 hours? In the end it would probably be the same length as Gears of war 2.

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]Don't care about the length to be honest, I just hope it's good. Gears 2 campaign was pretty disappointing. percech

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Gears 2 was pretty long for a shooter so I'm not surprised by this. I would love better boss fights, Gears 2 had some horrible ones.

AAllxxjjnn

Very excited about Gears of War 3. Cant wait. But 10-12 hours? In the end it would probably be the same length as Gears of war 2.

VensInferno

Please don't be. I just want my cheevos and get on with multiplayer.

When it comes to a game's campaign, length isn't as important as girth. As long as it has a meaty campaign, lems will be satisfied.

When it comes to a game's campaign, length isn't as important as girth. As long as it has a meaty campaign, lems will be satisfied.

Pug-Nasty

Well if it is true about the length it will be around 3 times the length of KZ3.rybe1025

OK, General RAAM is a great boss. When I beat him for the first time on Insane by myself there was this victorious fist-pump that was akin to the first time when I beat Halo: Combat Evolved on Legendary by myself. But Gears 2... those were just bad boss fights. Skorge was a wuss. The finale was "push this button to win the game." Bad!

Gears 3 better be more akin to Gears 1 or this series is dead to me. DEAD!

Well if it is true about the length it will be around 3 times the length of KZ3.rybe1025

[QUOTE="rybe1025"]Well if it is true about the length it will be around 3 times the length of KZ3.Chutebox

[QUOTE="percech"][QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]Don't care about the length to be honest, I just hope it's good. Gears 2 campaign was pretty disappointing. spookykid143

That part was comedy, man! I still laugh at it! :lol:

And someone mentioned to get rid of vehicles. Yes. Get rid of vehicles and get rid of the on-rails sections. Both are terrible in Gears 2. TERRIBLE!

Uh huh. Well, I hope it is for Lems at least. But almost all devs say that and I don't believe it.

Chutebox

I bet if it was a ps3 game you would have a more optimistic post.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

[QUOTE="rybe1025"]Well if it is true about the length it will be around 3 times the length of KZ3.rybe1025

[QUOTE="rybe1025"]

[QUOTE="Chutebox"] You're telling me that KZ3 campaign is 3h to 4h long?

soulitane

[QUOTE="rybe1025"]

[QUOTE="Chutebox"] You're telling me that KZ3 campaign is 3h to 4h long?

soulitane

I don't really care about the campaign's length so long as the MP is functional...

An elaborate mythology? Seriously? They have almost no historyabout the Locust in the first one. (Haven't played the second.)

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

Uh huh. Well, I hope it is for Lems at least. But almost all devs say that and I don't believe it.

xsatyr86

I bet if it was a ps3 game you would have a more optimistic post.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

[QUOTE="rybe1025"]Well if it is true about the length it will be around 3 times the length of KZ3.rybe1025

Well if it is true about the length it will be around 3 times the length of KZ3.rybe1025

lol! Now that I think about it, did GEOW 1 even have a boss fight? It felt like nothing more to me than a 8'' foot locust dressed in all black with a crazy bat fetish. We could've shot him down like every other locust during our very first encounter with him -- i'm glad this one will be longer though and yet still less than 20 hours.

TecmoGirl

An elaborate mythology? Seriously? They have almost no historyabout the Locust in the first one. (Haven't played the second.)

TSNAKE617

Well... you didn't miss out on much other than that awkward husband/wife reunion with the Old Yeller finish to it. :P

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[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

Uh huh. Well, I hope it is for Lems at least. But almost all devs say that and I don't believe it.

Chutebox

I bet if it was a ps3 game you would have a more optimistic post.

I've seen enough of your post to see where you're coming from. Subtle jabs at 360 and always quick to defend ps3. You are just not as obvious as many other posters.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

[QUOTE="xsatyr86"]

I bet if it was a ps3 game you would have a more optimistic post.

xsatyr86

I've seen enough of your post to see where you're coming from. Subtle jabs at 360 and always quick to defend ps3. You are just not as obvious as many other posters.

[QUOTE="xsatyr86"]

[QUOTE="Chutebox"] No I wouldn't. Where in my post did I attack a 360 game or specify that? I didn't. All devs exaggerate a game's length. It's nothing new.

Chutebox

I've seen enough of your post to see where you're coming from. Subtle jabs at 360 and always quick to defend ps3. You are just not as obvious as many other posters.

I could careless about the argument bc all devs lie about the length of their games. I just made a comment based on my observations of your post over the years. And that is hardly an attack.

[QUOTE="xsatyr86"]

[QUOTE="Chutebox"] No I wouldn't. Where in my post did I attack a 360 game or specify that? I didn't. All devs exaggerate a game's length. It's nothing new.

Chutebox

I've seen enough of your post to see where you're coming from. Subtle jabs at 360 and always quick to defend ps3. You are just not as obvious as many other posters.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

[QUOTE="xsatyr86"]

I've seen enough of your post to see where you're coming from. Subtle jabs at 360 and always quick to defend ps3. You are just not as obvious as many other posters.

xsatyr86

I could careless about the argument bc all devs lie about the length of their games. I just made a comment based on my observations of your post over the years. And that is hardly an attack.

I'm kinda looking forward to the story in Gears 3. I mean there's nowhere to go but up from Gears 2's laughable story.

I hope Dom kills someone else near and dear to him. Marcus, perhaps?

It was atleast 10 hours for me for Gears 2 so I hope this is true for Gears 3 :D

i hope i can see that queen with the english accent, which doesn't make sense at all!Wings_008

I hope they explain how that queen and the locusts are able to communicate with each other. Because at the end of the 2nd game when she was giving orders over the speakers apparently the locusts understood her. Do the locusts even have language, or females beside the berserkers?

They also said Shadow Complex would be 10-2 hours.

Look how that turned out.