The female version of Dom would have been named Dominique, and though she would have sported a much different appearance, it seems as though her character arc would have been virtually identical to that of her male counterpart.Įven so, the change in gender would have doubled the amount of dialogue that needed to be recorded for the game, and so the idea was scrapped. According to Gears of War 4 director Rod Fergusson, he originally pitched the idea of a female Dom to series creator Cliff Bleszinski (Cliffy B) during the development of the first game, but it was shot down.įergusson's idea was that the second player in Gears of War would choose between a male or female Dom. It may be hard to imagine for fans of the franchise, but there was once a time when the character Dominic Santiago, the resident 'player 2' in the Gears of War games, could have been female. The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson reveals that Dominic Santiago in Gears of War could have been a female character named Dominique, but the idea was rejected.
