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Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski has revealed to Gamasutra that Gears of War 3, scheduled for release in April 2011, will feature some RPG elements.
“You’ll see a little bit more RPG elements in the next Gears game that are very light,” said Bleszinski.
He also explained that this kind of genre cross pollination will continue to influence the games we play in the future.
“I’ve gone on record before, and I said the future of shooters are RPGs, and the shooters that I’ve liked the most lately are ones like BioShock, which had some light RPG elements, as well as Borderlands, which I continue to gush about, not only because it’s our engine of course, but because Randy’s a good friend of mine, and it’s the kind of game I believe in.
“Moving on from there, game developers have a way of cross-pollinating an immense amount. Gears was influenced by Resident Evil, then Resident Evil 5 was influenced by Gears. So, maybe you’ll see elements from more RPGs, or Heavy Rain narrative style elements, start bleeding into the genre.”
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