Gears of War creator reacts to Palworld's success by revealing he pitched a "medieval Pokemon with baby dragons" game years ago
Cliff Bleszinski was apparently ahead of the curve
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Gears of War’s creator has commented on the success ofPalworld, revealing that he once pitched his own Pokemon-like atEpic Games"many years ago."
Understandably, fans of CliffyB had a lot of questions about this mysterious canned project. When asked how many pitches he’s had turned down, Bleszinski replied: “Well the dragon game was rejected at all the major publishers. And there was another project I started at Epic that was canceled about a girl who could control the world at a molecular level - open world.” This just shows how many games don’t make it past the pitching stage.
Another fan asked the developer what Epic’s reasoning was behind turning the game down, to which he said: “It just…never went anywhere,” and revealed: “I wanted to do it on mobile first.” Sadly, it’s …