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Gears 4 Will Feature 'Smart' Spawning

Epic Games And People Can Fly Want To Be Sure Their New Games Challenge The Core Market In Their Newest Iteration Of The Gears Of War Series

Gears Of War Judgement will feature “Smart Spawning” :Judgement will feature an all new “smart spawn system” referred to as “S3” that will keep players on the edge of their seat.

In a recent interview with Joystiq, Adrian Chmielarz from People Can Fly stated “Previously in Gears, if you wanted a greater challenge, you went for the higher difficulty mode. It basically means less health for you and more health for them. It worked perfectly fine, but we tried to attack this from a different angle… S3 constantly monitors your performance, from simple stuff like accuracy and skills, but also your location in the combat zone.”

The game will apparently offer different enemies on different play-throughs, with certain enemies only appearing on the harder difficulties or when you are performing really well. This marks a remarkable change from recent shooters, all of which feel a bit “soft”. Regenerating health, cover systems, checkpoints every few steps and smarter A.I, all make current shooters feel less satisfying on completion. This change with Judgement, although small, could make the game feel much more like a struggle, maybe even making it the “Dark Souls” of shooters. It’s great to see Epic and People can Fly trying to re-engage the core section of gamers.

Judgement is rumoured to be a prequel to Gears Of War and will feature Baird and Cole, hopefully it will be with us by 2013