In an effort to keep away from copying other games, Gears of War 3 won’t feature multiplayer ‘perks’, design director Cliff Bleszinski has told Joystiq.
“We won’t be doing perks,” Bleszinski replied when asked about the possibility of having them in Gears 3. “we’re not that game. When talking about the Versus mode, I’ve never really felt like perks are a good fit for Gears. They’re okay for their different Call of Duty games and things.
“That said, if you’re making a multiplayer shooter right now, you very much need to have a ranking system, experience points and things to unlock to keep players invested in your games for months on end.”
While not being allowed to discuss specifics on the Versus mode, he did drop some vast hint on the issue of keeping your Gears of War 2 rank, “it’d be very nice that if you’re Level 80 to have a transfer… at least, to something, you know? And to have it mean something.”
Of course, that could mean something lame, like a gold lancer to denote how skillful you were in Gears 2. OK. Maybe a platinum one. Who knows?
