If you watched the Microsoft Press Conference, you witnessed Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski demo a portion of the Gears of War 3 campaign alongside Ice-T. While they played as Marcus and Dom, campaign favorites Baird and Cole were elsewhere. Splitting up from these two is common in Gears 1 & 2, and the same should be expected in Gears of War 3’s storyline. While I sat in a demo with Executive Producer Rod Fergusson, he revealed that we’ll get the opportunity to play as different characters this time around.
The campaign has various instances of time rewinds and explanations of how paths crossed. For instance, when Marcus was fighting the large sea monster (shown during the Microsoft Press Conference), the campaign will transition with an, “one hour earlier,” cue. By doing so, gamers will play as Cole (and Baird if you are doing co-op). So if you go back and watch the footage of Cliff’s demo, you’ll see how Cole and Baird shoved a large box of tickers off the bridge. Hopefully, these moments will give us an in-depth understanding of Cole, and the others. But don’t expect an origin story for Locust — Rod Fergusson mentioned they want to keep this a mystery.
