The former Gears of War Lead Designer Cliff Bleszinski recently shared a Twitter thread of images of possible Locusts that might have been used in future Epic Games Gears of War titles beyond the third with some brief explanations of what they are. While CliffyB didn’t contribute to Gears of War 4 or beyond, the Locusts in the games have undergone their own changes, but nothing like what he has shared with his audience. The initial Gears of War titles focused on Marcus Fenix and his squad, and though he fought back the Locusts successfully in his campaign, the latest title’s hero, known as Kait Diaz, has a deep and complex connection to the destructive horde which remains unresolved.
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The first potential Locust shared by Cliff Bleszinski shows a winged legless creature that resembles the Vampire Lord from Skyrim but instead is emitting an orange glow that’s partially shrouded by smoke. Two of these incredible Locusts that never came to be are similarly winged and demonic, with one being a bit shorter and the other covered in lighter armor, with both glowing blood-red from their wings. Another unique creature in the thread showed what may be a pretty standard Locust that has been consumed by tentacles that have replaced its arms and droop down from its face and upper torso, while one is like a Cacodemon from Doom that has a sharp-toothed alligator face and seemingly smaller underwater creatures surrounding it.
The final post-Gears of War 3 Locust idea shared by Cliff Bleszinski so far resembles a Qunari from the Dragon Age franchise with a fittingly dark twist that makes it a proper menace to Gears of War’s COG Defense Research Agency. A black horn protrudes from near the creature’s ear, with glowing red eyes gazing into the distance and a wide open mouth showing multiple layers of teeth. Like the other Locusts that CliffyB teased, this one which has been dubbed “Big Bad” is clad in black spiky armor that may shield them from a few bursts of a Lancer assault rifle.
As many fans have expressed their disappointment that Cliff Bleszinski didn’t continue to work on Gears of War beyond its third installment and finds aspects of it to be “woke,” others compared the creations to Lovecraft and Doom. One player took the Twitter thread as an opportunity to take jabs at the Locusts in Gears 5, while another stated that the grit of the original games has been lost over the years.
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Source: Cliff Bleszinski/Twitter
