Follow on stories

[Ninja Yoda]

I was just wondering does anyone know if epic are planning to release any novels based on the history or follow on stories in the Gears universe or maybe they should launch a competition for fans to draft short stories and the best ten win prizes.

[Locust Bait]

Don't know, but I sure hope so. Eric's doing part of the script so that means its likely

[Ninja Yoda]

And if they did a top prize which could be that a part of your story will be put into Gears 2(if they make Gears 2).

[Critical Timing]

Well im hope they do both...

[Ninja Yoda]

Either one will do me as I have about twenty Idea's rolling about in my head were I can carry this story either before or after the introduction of Marcus.

[Ninja Yoda]

come on epic at least tell us are their going to be books or short stories based around Marcus or the Gears universe?

[Magnum 50 Cal]

come on epic at least tell us are their going to be books or short stories based around Marcus or the Gears universe?I was wondering that also, because when you said that I thought of the Halo novels, which are pretty cool

[That Dude]

I hope they do expand the gears universe.
Even if I don't end up liking the game, the story still sounds good.

[Magnum 50 Cal]

I hope they do expand the gears universe.
Even if I don't end up liking the game, the story still sounds good.It does sound cool, I hope mult. player is fun

[Soul]

oooh ooh, if you win, you get a prize to have part of your story in the game, and you show up somewhere in the game, as a CoG, Survivor, whatever they can think of.

[velvet elvis]

if they do, i hope they have eric nyland write it. i loved his halo novels. the other guy that wrote the middle one was only ok.

[That Dude]

It does sound cool, I hope mult. player is fun


Yeah, the multiplayer is a major part of the games nowadays.
But there's not a doubt in my mind that this game will be AMAZING!
From what I heard, the game does not dissapoint

[Ninja Yoda]

I have so many ideas in my head i would'nt mind epic (borrowing a few) to use towards Gears 2 (if they go ahead and make it), I just hope they try to incourage people to write short stories drafts ideas of what and where the universe of Gears can lead to.

[SuspectMisconduct]

I was wondering that also, because when you said that I thought of the Halo novels, which are pretty cool

i read some where that Eric Nygen helped with the story line for gears, he also wrote a couple of the Halo novels... this is in no way a comparison.

[Magnum 50 Cal]

i read some where that Eric Nygen helped with the story line for gears, he also wrote a couple of the Halo novels... this is in no way a comparison.I'm not comparing, all I said was it reminded me of the Halo novels

[Ninja Yoda]

You have a point there.

[Farsoth]

Well I know thw book coming in the limited edition has some backstory, I can't wait til wednesday.

[bug zapper]

Well I know thw book coming in the limited edition has some backstory, I can't wait til wednesday.

What's wrong with Tuesday?

[Ninja Yoda]

What's wrong with Tuesday?Yo Bug it's Peter Griffin.

[Farsoth]

**** dude, I'm sick in bed, I ain't drivin down to my Eb to pick up my game at midnight on tuesday. Plus... some of us have work.

[specops527]

they should def. make a book like the halo books that can skip around a bit and explain the past

[Mac]

You have to wonder if the Gears universe can really support itself, story wise. It certainly seems like it has potential for great stories, but I feel a little less confident after finishing the campaign and being fairly disappointed with the lack of plot development and backstory.

Obviously the notion is that stuff will be filled in elsewhere. But that then begs the question, can those missing pieces be filled in? And if so, why weren't they included in the game?

Also, I'm not entirely confident in Nylund. I hear the guy can write and obviously he's had success with the Halo novels, but if he's the one who wrote Gears, then he was either seriously held back, or he simply doesn't know jack**** about properly constructing a good story. I'm not saying Gears had a bad plot to it, only that the people behind it failed miserably to live up to the vast potential of this epic story.

I want to see Gears become more, in terms of sequels, prequels, spin-offs, and novels... but I have to seriously wonder if it's possible.

[Ninja Yoda]

I think epic should allow for some fan fiction, I had read some Halo fan fiction in the past and some of it was really good, I think that Gears does have some great potential and Epic should allow the fans just to go for it and build on this universe that they created.