Just before Comic-Con, Microsoft and Epic Games unveiled a hip contest that gives fans a vote in the matter of whether a new Carmine will survive his grand Gears 3 adventure. Two different Carmines have bit the dust in the previous Gears releases.
A digital t-shirt purchase on the avatar marketplace is the only way to decide his fate. Those who want Carmine to eat it need to buy a cute "Carmine Must Die" shirt. Those who want him to live, which is the more popular of the two right now, need to buy a subdued "Save Carmine" shirt before the campaign closes on September 2, 2010.
On the official Gears 3 website, Microsoft is calling the race "close," meaning it's still possible to get Carmine's head knocked in proper-like. Regardless of where we fall on the Carmine life/death thing, though, it's important to remember that all the proceeds of this contest will be going to Child's Play, a neat charity that gives sick kids game-related stuff. Who knew a character's death could be so beneficial?
If Carmine lives that would be a real sick twist in the story but if he doesn't die it just wouldn't be the Gears story I know and love. And if that hardcore guy choking a drone is the new Carmine, then he looks so freaking hardcore!
" i hope carmine survives, for once. i don't want him to save the day or anything, that would be far too predictable, but i'd love to see him redeem the family name. "
Mother fucking this. "
I'll drink to that. Save Carmine and restore family honour!
Carmine is good character but why bring him back, why not leave him on the computers or something like that, after all that how can he be still in action :s
So let me understand this - part of the game will continue to remain incomplete because of the undecided fate of Carmine...
...in the sequel to a game where the multiplayer was broken and unbalanced as fuck?
Personally, I think Epic needs to focus on making sure Gears 3 is a solid game from top to bottom rather than whether Carmine dies or not.
I'm all for money going to Child's Play, but still...
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You know, I don't think any reviews pointed out that the multiplayer was like that. I remember the game getting a lot of patches significantly changing stuff.
" i hope carmine survives, for once. i don't want him to save the day or anything, that would be far too predictable, but i'd love to see him redeem the family name. "
I just think it would be appropriate that the only person who wears a helmet should be more likely to survive. But this is the 3rd game and didn't Carmine #2 say there were 4 of them in Gears of war 2?
" Carmine must die. For it to be any other way is just ludicrous. Someone has to die for there to be some of that "Oh shit people are really getting killed" in the story, and if not Carmine, then who? "
Someone who matters, please. Preferably someone in the main cast. Carmine getting killed doesn't really have that effect anymore, considering that his name is basically a red shirt.
It would be much cooler if he turned around and saved their asses at least once. I would certainly enjoy that more than him falling down a pit or something.
The Carmines have been the only interesting characters in this series and it always bothered me that they were treated as jokes. Im hoping that Carmine lives and most of the main characters die it will be the only way ill enjoy this one.
Part of the old Carmines charm to me was that they were just rookies who wanted to help fight locust for the greater good and i was always sort of hoping that they'd make it out alive just to keep a more humorous or light hearted vibe to the story, now that this new Carmine falls into the same generic meat head category as all the other gears i really don't give a shit one way or the other if he lives or dies.. the inherent greenhorn vibe we got from the old carmine was a nice contrast to the other 4 dudes who only change slightly in appearance and are basically roid raging fuck heads.
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Thank you for saying exactly what I would had I not seen your post.
Oh and I think Carmine should die. That was just one of the things to look forward to in a Gears of War game. Someone explain, what is the fun in saving him?
I wonder if the vote is really that close, or they're just saying that to drum up more votes. I have a feeling Carmine Must Die is leading by a wide margin.
IF he dies, the only way to go is to have him die in a glorious hail of gunfire. No less than 10 clips must be unloaded on him. I want to see him do the machine gun dance.
Part of the old Carmines charm to me was that they were just rookies who wanted to help fight locust for the greater good and i was always sort of hoping that they'd make it out alive just to keep a more humorous or light hearted vibe to the story, now that this new Carmine falls into the same generic meat head category as all the other gears i really don't give a shit one way or the other if he lives or dies.. the inherent greenhorn vibe we got from the old carmine was a nice contrast to the other 4 dudes who only change slightly in appearance and are basically roid raging fuck heads.
@zityz: Him dying wouldn't exactly pack much of a punch either, running gag and all. Someone dying /= a better, more emotional moment automatically. It could, yes. But I personally can't see why people think killing off a character is the only way to achieve that.
Not that this is probably the thing people think about in concern to this whole thing.
He needs to die, just like every other gears game its like the running joke. Only difference this time is that it needs to be more of an epic thing. He dies saving someone else, takes a bullet for Anya or one of the other ladies. Then show a memorial at the end with all 3 brothers side by side.
I don't know why anyone would want the guy to live in the series. It just can't pack a punch like it would if he died.
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