Det er længe siden, Cliff Bleszinski har haft noget at gøre med Gears of War-serien efter at have lavet de første tre spil, men han er stadig populær i communitiet omkring spillene - hvilket måske ikke er så overraskende, da han trods alt er seriens skaber og en, der aldrig har været bange for at sige sin mening.
Og nu har han udtalt sig igen, denne gang om Gears of War: E-Day. I et interview med The Expansion Pass deler han sine tanker om denne prequel, som foregår før hans egne spil og indeholder yngre versioner af de karakterer, han har skabt - men Bleszinski er meget positiv
"I think they're doing the whole go back to give the people what they want. You know, we we've talked a lot about E-Day. There's been stories written about it, but to experience that... I think the possibilities for cinematic moments are tremendous with what they're doing.
"I got goosebumps when I saw Marcus falling in that hand, went down, wind up being Dom, and all the comments... people online just loved it, because they had the ultimate gaming bromance. To go back to that, as opposed to just putting Zombie Dom as a multiplayer option. Like, come on, man."
Han mener, at dette vil føre til et bedre og mere levende spil, og han benytter lejligheden til at kritisere fjenderne, især i Gears of War 4:
"I think they're really riding the ship. You're not going to be fighting those stupid robots or the crazy Lamant, it's just going to be making the Locust scary again. Seeing Marcus struggle with just one Locust in that trailer, I think, was brilliant. And showing the hopelessness of life on Sera - the welcome home banner on the wall showing, 'hey, congratulations, the Pendulum Wars are over.' But psych, now you have a bigger, scarier threat to deal with. This is what happens when humans fight too much: a third party comes in and screws stuff up."
Så det ser ud til, at vi ved, hvad Cliffy B vil gøre, når spillet endelig udkommer, men han siger, at han ikke har besluttet sig for på forhånd, og hvis det ikke lever op til forventningerne, vil han sige sin mening:
"I have high hopes for it, and I can't wait to see what they put out. If I like it, I'm going to be honest about it. And if I don't like it, I've got nothing to lose, to be honest."
Den 7. juni afholder Microsoft sin årlige Xbox Games Showcase, efterfulgt af en dedikeret stream til Gears of War: E-Day. Spillet forventes udgivet senere i år, men vi ved ikke præcis hvornår og det er endnu ikke blevet annonceret til PlayStation 5. Forhåbentlig lærer vi mere om det hele om under to måneder.