Gears of War - Race to E3

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13 жыл бұрын

This is a collectors video about Epic racing to the E3 with all the pressure from Microsoft to present Gears of War for the first time.. It's really a fantastic video that shows how much suffering game devs go through when management comments come from those who don't understand gaming at all..
If it was up to Microsoft, the chainsaw would have never seen the light of day and the game would have been another generic shooter.. Thank god everything turned out as it did.
If anyone from Epic reads this, and in case it needs to be pulled down, I just want to say guys.. YOU ROCK.. Microsoft didn't deserve such a great game how much beef they gave you.. All of us Gears of War fans thank you!

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@James-iz9qb 3 жыл бұрын

This feels SO MUCH more ancient than the mid 2000's....holy shit. Society has changed ridiculously in 15 years

@joshuaroughan3350 3 жыл бұрын

it was 2005 but I get what you mean

@andrewherrera7735 2 жыл бұрын

12:43 Look at the ugly 720p resolution monitors. I used to think that was a high tech look, now it feels like it should be in a museum.

@lennybrewster4673 2 жыл бұрын

And not for the better.

@Ermac_______________________69 Жыл бұрын

Hardly a revelation. 1890 is much different to 1905, 1930 to 1945... 65 to 1980, 1985 to 2000. I mean, this is pretty normal for society to be drastically different after *15* years pass lol

@Hitmonchris5678 Жыл бұрын

Now Woke Mafia Fucks Up Everything Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@cmkruger1697 9 жыл бұрын

Wow, really glad Epic pushed for the chainsaw

@a.jthomas6132 5 жыл бұрын

IKR

@Palendrome 22 күн бұрын

The documentary was fake and edited. No one was going to cut the chainsaw. That executive woman was talking about something else and they clipped her to make it sound like she wanted to cut the most important weapon in the game lmao, because they needed a "bad guy" for the documentary."

@erikouwehand 18 күн бұрын

The game always included the chainsaw, this argue was about a trailer, not the game. The Documentary needed some created drama, so they created fake drama.

@PaulHindt 11 күн бұрын

I don't understand why it was so contentious. Doom had a chainsaw 13 years prior to Gears.

@deviantrat6001 4 жыл бұрын

*Although I've enjoyed GEARS 4/5, nothing will ever beat 1-3 and it's thanks to Bleszinski.*

@jagaloon14 23 күн бұрын

The story wasn’t as good but the gameplay is still phenomenal. Almost 20 years and imo gears has consistently maintained the greatest gameplay of any popular modern shooter franchise

@jagaloon14 23 күн бұрын

Not a single cod or halo story ever resonated with me and I’ve never found the gameplay actually stellar. Just passable

@Kickup12 6 күн бұрын

4/5 🤣🤮🤮

@swentojr Жыл бұрын

“The chainsaw is a good representation of what Gears represents” Give this man a raise!

@86Fallowcp 5 ай бұрын

They did, he was the head of the games since 1 all the way to 5

@FreaKzero 6 күн бұрын

@@86Fallowcp wrong ... he only did 1 - 3 and Judgement Day And thats why 4 and 5 were so bad

@sickbrain 23 күн бұрын

This is such a great "time capsule" of what game development used to be like in early 2000. Calling a guy "walking hr nightmare", discussing boob size of an NPC, taking about crunch in the open, actually playing live demos on stage... This stuff just doesn't happen anymore.

@nothankyoutube 19 күн бұрын

Thank jeebus

@brentsyoutube 18 күн бұрын

and wearing an "im retarded" T shirt lol. He would be fired for that now days.

@chancefoy6287 12 күн бұрын

@@nothankyoutubeshut up

@nothankyoutube 6 күн бұрын

@@chancefoy6287 lul

@jackonno78 22 күн бұрын

"im 31 and shes 19" -cliffy b

@antsjohnson6617 21 күн бұрын

Stud

@jlb4685 20 күн бұрын

10 mins later ''we broke up'' hahaha

@BigWrangler 19 күн бұрын

God bless

@jameshill8493 16 күн бұрын

I’m 24 and my girlfriend is 20, I’m getting people being weird about the age difference. Couldn’t imagine 31 and 19

@zerocal76 16 күн бұрын

@jameshill8493 I bet you're from the US. I am and anything more than 5 yrs ppl are shocked. Dumbest thing ever. I love being in my late 30s and my gf in her mid 20s. She's hot too 😁

@jagaloon14 23 күн бұрын

“14 years building up to this moment, since I started doing it.” And the game opens up 14 years after e-day. Never thought about that until now

@Marchochias 22 күн бұрын

damn, when did he start working in videogames, when he was a teenager? he looks like he's in his 20s in this video lol

@jagaloon14 22 күн бұрын

@@Marchochias he says at one point he’s 31 here, so he would’ve started at 17

@Tiocad 6 жыл бұрын

When cliff was the force behind the series. It was a whole different game

@johnmin7607 4 жыл бұрын

Dhillon he was a douche back then but knew how to hussle

@YuckFOUunltd 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnmin7607 he also was a legend in Unreal tournament.

@greedyjaguar3094 3 жыл бұрын

now look what TC has done to gears :/

@luthermartinez2794 2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@alio6051 2 жыл бұрын

@@EggEnjoyer Um, so...what does love life have to do with how you act.. makes no freakin sense. Your jelly thats all my man.

@gagatai 8 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that they tried real hard to keep the chainsaw. Because it became one of the most iconic weapon in video games. Once you see the chainsaw gun , you know what game you are playing

@godzilla7391 5 жыл бұрын

Gavin Tai Yeah, seemed like from that clip, with the Microsoft reps, that they may have been trying to push away with it.

@fansdenaruto1144 Жыл бұрын

Lancer

@Palendrome 22 күн бұрын

@@godzilla7391 It's edited. The woman in this video did a whole video about it. She was talking about something else entirely and they clipped it to make it sound like she wanted to cut the chainsaw because the team making the documentary needed a bad guy for the story

@godzilla7391 22 күн бұрын

@@Palendrome wow. Media has no chill. Sheesh

@FlamingChickenTA 4 жыл бұрын

14 years later people are still playing Gears Of War 1 online

@dawsynlarson696 Жыл бұрын

Fr ?? I tried finding online matches on the ultimate edition version and got nothing

@FlamingChickenTA Жыл бұрын

@@dawsynlarson696 not too many on ultimate, at least not ranked. Player matches is where everyone is. Play GOW1 and play public matches about a good 200 of us still on

@JusticeGamingNY Жыл бұрын

@@FlamingChickenTA here i come

@FlamingChickenTA Жыл бұрын

@@JusticeGamingNY lmao all A1 players too bro.

@JusticeGamingNY Жыл бұрын

@@FlamingChickenTA nice

@ukaszpaluch4950 23 күн бұрын

Before the dark ages

@ErenTheWarcriminal 2 күн бұрын

Before the Spencepire

@SpontaneousWeasel 20 күн бұрын

Wow so cool to see this snapshot of games development from 2005 in 2024. The MTV style of editing is hilarious lol

@SuperSnakePlissken 4 күн бұрын

I was there for the midnight launches of Halo 2 & 3, Gears 2 & 3, Wow vanilla, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King....kids today have no idea what it was like to gather with a hundred fans of gaming in the middle of the night and buy your game at 1 in the morning. Those were the days!

@FunnyGA1ex 2 күн бұрын

Oh you’re one of THOSE …

@franklin8606 23 күн бұрын

2:20 crying at this, why did they dedicate a section of the video specifically to this. its like someone in editing was out for him LMAOOOOOO

@moviesynopsis001 5 күн бұрын

He was the editor, it was up to him to put it in. I think he was showing off his 19 yo piece of pussay

@frunglefraggle3819 Жыл бұрын

whoever directed this was a psychopath

@Mowthelawn3 19 күн бұрын

I keep thinking of this comment the more I watch this and it gets funnier and funnier 😂😂😂😂😂 This shit is wild

@Shuka4Beats 18 күн бұрын

😂

@marksapollo 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve gotta give it to the guy, he lead a team to develop and make one of my favourite games series of all time.

@Pingaheimer Жыл бұрын

There is no way in which any hater can skew it to not give him credit, he was the lead designer.

@ds2disciple 22 күн бұрын

20 years ago it was still the same problem: Suits having control over the creative direction of the developers that they don't understand. Great documentary.

@MrMrTravman 11 күн бұрын

It's hilarious you dont realize most of this was edited for drama. It's not real brotha

@mewkatlol 10 күн бұрын

@@MrMrTravmanwhatev puzzy

@Mike-jv8bv 3 күн бұрын

it was a problem no doubt. but ESG back then didn't exist, a new cancer among the studios.

@THEBIGZED 17 күн бұрын

I am 3 and a half minutes into this and it's already so insane to me that a company willingly published this. Insane how much culture has changed, but I guess it really has been 20 years 💀

@Pingaheimer Жыл бұрын

13:00 execs trying to cut the chainsaw bayonet that became synonymous with the series. Good example of how dumb suits ruin everything and nearly ruined that.

@winstonxarilo_ 10 ай бұрын

The "Created by Geoff Keighley" at the end felt like a post-credits stinger lol

@XtraTrstrL 6 жыл бұрын

Epic also didn't want to sell the maps as DLC, they wanted to do what they did with Unreal on PC forever, keep giving free content to keep players engaged and around. They believed more in the day 1 sales of the games in the franchise, so they wanted to keep people there so they'd get huge sales on Gears 2 and so on. MS ofcourse saw things differently, and that began the 1st map packs delays that went on forever, until Epic got upset enough to start putting out little blogs explaining that the maps were actually done early and it was MS struggling with them. They eventually gave in to MS after a final behind-closed-doors sitdown where clearly MS dropped bags of $$$$ on Epic, and the transparency disappeared and the $DLC$ map packs became a thing in Gears.

@Walshy94 Ай бұрын

Imagine your boss just casually loaning you his Lamborghini. He seems like such a chill boss

@gtotheunit91 21 күн бұрын

Tim Sweeney is VERY different these days now that he's got that Fortnite money

@ErenTheWarcriminal 2 күн бұрын

@@gtotheunit91 yeah he's a big douche, same as Phil Spencer. The whole MS team turned out be weirdos lol.

@Neoyugi 3 жыл бұрын

Video game industry in 2005: "Yeah we go out drinking, play games in the office, go shooting, we're one big family just mucking about all the time, just gonna pump out a lil game called Gears ofWar, no biggie" Video game industry in 2020: "We can't make a game we've been working on for 6 years, we ask out employees to crunch 50-80 hours a week to push out half finished products by deadline"

@Tacklefatkid 3 жыл бұрын

fr dude i miss this its so sad to see what gaming has become

@thesecondantagoniser4008 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's the company community that motivated these devs to get the game out the door. When you have a positive community drive - work is done with great enthusiasm.

@n1njahawkssecondchannel84 2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@rcl5555 Жыл бұрын

Shipping a 2022 AAA game is at least 10x more effort than shipping a 2006 game (also only on one platform).

@Neoyugi Жыл бұрын

@@rcl5555 Not even remotely correct

@blindedby2monkeys 6 жыл бұрын

7:11 his shirt LOOOOL

@LynxenX 26 күн бұрын

Holy shit this was back when E3 actually mattered to the industry, like, A LOT.

@bigzgaming9487 19 күн бұрын

What a great time capsule of what life was like back in the day! It's the perfect blend of cringe and nostalgia. The fact that the game still holds up today goes to show how much of a labor of love this was for the team that worked on it.

@scatterbrainart 17 күн бұрын

The fact that there was this much discussion over the chainsaw is crazy. When I first saw Gears of War I was like, "You had me at chainsaw gun. Gimme gimme gimme."

@shenandoahwildcat 17 күн бұрын

People dont give it credit, but the Hammer of Dawn was fucking revolutionary for the time. Insane experience using it for the first time. left me in awe,

@ErenTheWarcriminal 2 күн бұрын

Tim Sweeney in those fucking cars really tells you all you need to know about him

@kevinconboy7387 3 жыл бұрын

The nostalgia hitting hard rn 🥺🥺😭😭❤️❤️

@Los714 6 жыл бұрын

Damn this is like watching an episode of Orange County choppers when the time is running out on a build haha

@Joe-wl8hk 10 күн бұрын

4:25 Bonnie! Crazy to see so many big names in this one video

@GearSounds 3 күн бұрын

To think, this guy had it all. He literally had a hot tub in his house overflow. He was living the dream. Gears 3 releases and he decides to LEAVE to make his own "overwatch" called lawbreakers. He then lost it all.

@serialkiller77 6 жыл бұрын

Great video and one of the best calibration of developer and publisher

@5hane9ro 4 жыл бұрын

Love seeing how one of my all time favorite's got out together especially since gears still lives on. Long live gears

@pgp 2 жыл бұрын

It's funny now how Microsoft wanted to cut the Lancer lol

@carminefan110 5 ай бұрын

We could have lived in a very fucked up alternative reality Thankfully the stars aligned

@GetShrekd 18 күн бұрын

ms has always been the suckiest

@BlindTrustProject 14 күн бұрын

No it's edited that way. Laura Fraser never talked about cutting out the lanzer from the game. It was edited from another conversation on a cinematic.

@TBHJR 11 күн бұрын

I remember watching this on the Gears 1 limited edition DVD

@Mattznick 3 күн бұрын

man...these vid docs and like Bungies videos are why so many of us wanted to work in the games industry growing up, also Cliffy B is such a bro

@deviantrat6001 5 жыл бұрын

*Thank you for uploading this gem!*

@itplus7 22 күн бұрын

Cliff would have been definitely cancelled if he wore that T-shirt now days😂

@ErenTheWarcriminal 2 күн бұрын

... he IS cancelled lol

@meddk8878 24 күн бұрын

Thanks to every single one of those devs for this masterpiece.

@marcusjr2342 23 күн бұрын

God bless you Cliffy B, created my favourite game series of all time

@mocool5o445 Жыл бұрын

Free mason handshake between cliff and bill gates at the end

@TheBroz Ай бұрын

It’s a fucking handshake you lunatic.

@detailforward2530 15 күн бұрын

What a good time it was to be alive

@guybrush_lechuck Жыл бұрын

Can’t believe they almost didn’t have the chainsaw, can’t imagine gears without it

@Palendrome 22 күн бұрын

Completely fake. They were NEVER going to cut it and that executive woman NEVER even suggested that. These are edited clips, the filmmakers making the documntary needed a "bad guy" so they clipped it together to look like she was pushing that. She never even made that suggestion, she is talking about something else entirely.

@wut6922 4 күн бұрын

Cliffy has always been a weird bastard

@cartophorse5084 3 жыл бұрын

I am proud that they pushed for chainsaw assault rifle🥰

@ayylmaotv 10 ай бұрын

At 16:22 you can see the original cover behind cliff on the left. Interesting how it shows Marcus and Carmine but not Dom.

@thatonebananaboi4617 5 ай бұрын

I never thought THE ayylmao was a gears fan! What a welcome surprise! :0

@Artific1al2s Ай бұрын

That was promo/early cover until the final product was finished but still very cool we get to see it

@Bubbagaming90000 24 күн бұрын

Apparently you where originally going to be able to pick doms gender so maybe thats why?

@heartbeatsdrum 18 күн бұрын

I remember buying this at launch and being blown away. The first 2 are all I care about to this day.

@flufychickens 17 күн бұрын

Not 3?

@ethericboy 3 жыл бұрын

In adressing the locust drone AI in the game they obviously forgot to focus on Dominic Santiago because his AI is just horrible and an annoyance to play with remember?

@BigWrangler 19 күн бұрын

Man i always get chills when i see a xbox 360 controller lol. Just brings me back

@jasonpopielarczyk7511 5 күн бұрын

Not sure why this showed in my feed. Before this launched in 2006, I was invited to a launch party in Chapel Hill at a small bar. I think hosted by Xbox live. Maybe 150 people all got to play got a tshirt, chatted with Cliff. Was a great time.

@femio18 4 жыл бұрын

We need cliffy in gears

@jeremyjulkowski4844 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch this "making of" for Gears of War, I just want to jump through the screen in Cliff's office and steal that Fortress Maximus Transformer that's behind him!

@Drozey710 3 күн бұрын

They nailed it forsure, I'm so lucky to have been a teenager when this game came out. Great times both online/offline.

@smileforthesun Жыл бұрын

2:00 I instantly know who is behind all the achievement names now 😂

@robertcollins4919 4 жыл бұрын

"She's an old 18, and I'm a young 31" *Hi I'm Chris Hanson and you're on dateline nbc*

@soto888 4 жыл бұрын

To this day it's the number one fact about Cliff my brain goes to. Him dating a barely legal teen. It still creeps me out all these years

@corpsemachine6949 3 жыл бұрын

@D L She won't see this bro. and neither will the police, probably

@dawsynlarson696 Жыл бұрын

@@soto888 I love cliff he’s an amazing dude for giving us this fuckin gnarly franchise but yea that’s fuckin weird unless they started dating and then later found out about each other’s age gap, still fucked up but a little less weird I guess

@carminefan110 5 ай бұрын

I mean it’s weird and I definitely do not condone or agree but in comparison it’s the not the worst thing someone has done with “fame” or “power” considering it wasn’t “illegal”

@ChRoNoLiShIoUs 3 ай бұрын

Go cry about it

@whoami83884 2 күн бұрын

The "I can't yell at anyone here, because everyone's working hard" immediately followed by "Mike's a good manager of people" had me going "he doesn't really sound like a good manager of people if he's disappointed he can't yell at anyone" I was thinking "I'm not sure I like any of these people," and then the "my girlfriend is 19, and I'm 31" guy appeared and convinced me I definitely hate these people. They're all genuinely unlikeable.

@biocrap21 12 жыл бұрын

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for uploading this! I remember watching it on MTV when it aired and I had the sudden urge to watch it again. I feel your description for the video is spot-on as well and seriously...thank God for the chainsaw! Gears of War was the game that got me hooked to the Xbox 360 and I can't believe how far it's come. I actually just bought GOW 3 and I can't wait to get started. Thanks again!

@KashMunni120 7 жыл бұрын

this 4 year old comment is also awesome.

@jokerandthethief3719 3 жыл бұрын

@@KashMunni120 your 4 year old comment also is awesome

@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr 4 ай бұрын

⁠@@jokerandthethief3719your 2 year old comment is considered ancient now!

@FoolishDuke 19 күн бұрын

@@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr I can't believe its been 3 months since you said this

@markypancake 4 жыл бұрын

This is a blast from the past.

@MC_1993 2 жыл бұрын

“I’m 31 and she’s 19” lol ok cliff 2:22

@elgoat3038 Жыл бұрын

9:52

@Hero11170 25 күн бұрын

Legal

@SpNerCaspaNova 23 күн бұрын

It’s so funny bc his relationship has nothing to do with this doc, he thinks it’s about him lol. Cliff is the definition of narcissist. Still to this day.

@GetShrekd 18 күн бұрын

@@Hero11170 doesn't mean it's moral

@Hero11170 18 күн бұрын

Im sorry you've been brainwashed by 50 y/o feminists@GetShrekd

@sleepdreamspace 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you guys! You're fucking legends!

@DamageInc86 7 ай бұрын

I only played the first gow like 3 times. Never got into it. But listening to the cliffy b's audiobook, and was curious about this segment. I wish there was some behind the scenes during the formation of epic megagames, and the jazz jackrabbit Era.

@Realmjumper4099 10 ай бұрын

Awesome vid thank you so much.

@marcusfenix891 11 ай бұрын

Always be grateful for Gears wotta game .

@southernranger91 3 күн бұрын

The Balad of Shantel ~ An EPIC romance that turns all the wrong gears. LOL!

@TracksideViews 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been to the Flying Saucer bar before , nice!

@KrayZGames 13 күн бұрын

"Rod is a walking HR Nightmare" Guess he fits right in at Blizzard.

@jerryseinfeld5713 5 жыл бұрын

10:47 I always hated how Rod Ferguson tells the guy to be honest with him if the A.I. sucks, yet when the guy admits its crap, Rod’s expression is clearly not happy lol.

@zanderpain 4 жыл бұрын

Gears 4 and 5 :3 i duck you duck

@johnmin7607 4 жыл бұрын

Lol. Stupid Rod.

@combatcarl Жыл бұрын

Boyyy, I'm on some nostalgia right now, came here to watch this after being reminded about it from cliffy Bs biography "control freak".

@bradthivierge827 16 күн бұрын

Fascinating to watch this in 2024

@garrettcampau8086 4 ай бұрын

Microsoft if you're reading this take the hair out of your eyes and take notes, this is how you make a great game, you work with your the teams that you make games with so that they're good, a good game might take a little longer but trusssst me, more money will come that way, players will be happy, its a win win. These companies need to smarten up.

@Gam3rnathan 6 жыл бұрын

BILLION DOLLAR FRANCHISE

@FunkyFranky80 4 жыл бұрын

At the scene with Bill Gates when "BusinessManBob" came online... At first i thought it would say "Bill Gates is online" 😂😂

@ViralZen 8 ай бұрын

Amazing how much they were talking about the chainsaw lmao

@possiblyinsane6995 19 күн бұрын

this video is a good example of why games don't feel the same. these guys are a good representation of who used to make our games. this is who i like to call the professional hobbyist. its these same type of people that brought us personal computing in the first place, think the early days of apple. the game creators of today are young and brainwashed by the institution and game development is just a job. these guys grew up with the technology and saw gaming transition from its infancy all the way to the 7th generation . they made games because they loved games.

@ragechok9932 2 жыл бұрын

Какое же крутое время было, поколение ps3, x360 одно из лучших.

@dblundz 2 жыл бұрын

Wonder how the Microsoft people that were worried about the lancer feel now haha

@iamtheliquor809 4 жыл бұрын

:46 Rod Ferguson HAHA!

@ayex13 6 жыл бұрын

BusinessmanBob is Online

@dougbfresh 22 күн бұрын

Oh god just also noticed Cliff's shirt at 7:10

@stayin91degrees 7 күн бұрын

7:10 Cliffs shirt 😂 ohhhhh god the early 2000's

@andrewlavagnino5093 7 жыл бұрын

Gears 4 is out now and imagine if they didn't have the chainsaw on the lancer

@blockerboycraft8866 6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Lavagnino if gears didn't have it. The world would blow up.

@yourmutha9420 6 жыл бұрын

There wouldn't be a gears 4

@godzilla7391 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Lavagnino Yeah, seemed to me that the Microsoft reps didnt want it.

@thehouseofhoops 19 күн бұрын

Golden nostalgia 💛

@Bobthe0strich 23 күн бұрын

Cliffys “YOUR RETARDED” shirt 😂 I need that

@fabriciosilva9261 Жыл бұрын

Demais tudo isso ,gears pra mim foi revolucionário,a história de gears e insana melhor jogo de todos os tempos .

@emberman535 8 ай бұрын

I can't believe this was almost 20 years ago.

@Vub. Ай бұрын

Lmao he introduced and left his girlfriend all in one video

@Vub. Ай бұрын

Then got back together

@blackraven85_1 22 күн бұрын

It's for the drama

@MC_1993 2 жыл бұрын

19:55 Businessman Bob is online 💀💀💀👏👏

@a.jthomas6132 5 жыл бұрын

Man it’s been so long since I had That from the Collectors Edition exclusive!

@Spockability 14 күн бұрын

I remember this! I wish deluxe editions were packed with stuff like this rather than random in game crap

@Weston_Guidero 17 күн бұрын

The good ol' days... :')

@TheSubZero187 23 күн бұрын

This is what all game studios need to be nowadays. Sucks how it’s gotten now. No talk about Microtransactions or dlc.

@PhantomDeth Жыл бұрын

Anyone have the episode aired on MTV called Gears of War: Race to Launch?... I can't find it anywhere.

@JAIMEGARCIA-gw9re Жыл бұрын

Different times. First time seeing this video. Can't believe Microsoft wanted the chainsaw out.

@TheBroz Ай бұрын

Do you believe everything you watch?

@georgyanokhin Жыл бұрын

he lives for the applause

@MrBreakthompson 14 күн бұрын

@11:00 I can't overstate how important this moment is. MS actually giving feedback and having a ' hands on' approach on development. Ever since weak sauce Phil took over MS this has been in decline and we can see where it leads to.