"If Overwatch didn't exist, I think LawBreakers would have had a shot": Gears of War lead blames Blizzard's hero shooter for his failed FPS
May. 25, 2024LawBreakers' lifespan was cut short within a year of its launch
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Six years after the untimely demise of first-person hero shooterLawBreakers, the game’s director explains why he thinks Overwatch played a part in its failure.
Hoping to draw a line between the two games' similarities, Bleszinski says his team tried to “zig” when Blizzard “zagged.” No matter how many distinct features unique to Boss Key’s game were found in everything from LawBreakers' heroes and their abilities to the shooter’s overall aesthetic, nothing proved enough to prevent accusations of copying Overwatch. Bleszinski admits If he had known how, despite receiving generally positive reviews across the board, LawBreakers would fail to maintain an active audience, he’d have handled development differently. “I wouldn’t have hired as many people,” he explains. “I wouldn’t have gone for a triple-A shooter.”
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