Cliff Bleszinski vil gerne have at Gears of War: Judgment bliver svært. Trenden med relativt lette spil er noget, der gør Cliffy bekymret, og samtidigt mener at han spil som Dark Souls viser, at folk gerne vil have spil, der bider fra sig.
Således siger han dette om Gears of War: Judgment til Xbox360Achievements:
"Casual mode will still be casual, whatever, if you just want to see graphics and you don't want to die. But every other mode will be hard in this game, and you will die."
Co-op-delen kræver også en hel del af spillerne, forklarer han:
"if my buddies aren't reviving me, and we aren't working as a team, you're going to die, and it's okay to die a few times in a game to try some different strategies."