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Beta ruins "initial cherry popping" of videogames says Bleszinski
Posted: 05.11.2008 04:53 by Technet2k Comments: 0
Asked why there was no Gears of War 2 beta, Epic's Bleszinski has compared the process to getting laid with some chick and then moving on.

He argued that beta testers are susceptible to not feeling "motivated" enough to grab the final product as you've already gotten your taste. GOW2 a "pretty great game", by the way.

"A beta is like hooking up with a girl just to say, "yeah, I f*cked her." I know that sounds crude, but it's the honest-to-God truth," said Bleszinski, speaking with GamePro. "Once you play a beta, you can check it off your list -- you can say, "yeah, I played it." Then you might not feel motivated to get that initial cherry popping from the proper, final game."

He continued saying that they "could make a demo, but Gears of War 2 wouldn't be out until February of 2009", explaining that "that stuff takes times to put together."

Granted, we may need to tweak a few things in multiplayer after release through an update. People are going to find exploits we didn't anticipate. That's the reality of making a game -- look at MMOs, concedes Bleszinski. "We're prepared for that, but we think we're shipping a pretty great game out of the box here."

Click here to read the full interview between Cliff Bleszinski and GamePro.

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