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Gears of War 2 |OT| ...Maria...MARIA!!!
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SMZC said:
only played a few games but the bullet lag was much improved in the ones I played.
I remember the old shoot the wall and see when the damage appears test. Did it last night and it was pretty instant.
The shotgun is severely reduced in accuracy and power though so sometimes you will be shooting someone, think you should be hitting them but you dont, suppose you could call that familiar by now. No doubt bullet lag does come into play as well sometimes.
The new modes are fuck-awesome. The new matchmaking, not so much.
xxjuicesxx
Member
How come I can't quit, the options are blacked out?
FFS I keep getting disconnected from XBL.
I also found a really bad bug in horde. My guy shielded himself from one of those big locusts with the mace and shield(I forget its name) and at the same time my guy did the animation, the locust died and the round ended. Next round my guy was stuck cowering like a pussy until finally 3 rounds later I was killed and respawned.
Edit: I can't sign into live now. Is it just me or everyone?
I also found a really bad bug in horde. My guy shielded himself from one of those big locusts with the mace and shield(I forget its name) and at the same time my guy did the animation, the locust died and the round ended. Next round my guy was stuck cowering like a pussy until finally 3 rounds later I was killed and respawned.
Edit: I can't sign into live now. Is it just me or everyone?
Darklord said:
This has been happening to me since the Monday downtime a few weeks back. I'm hoping it will resolve itself once NXE drops.
Gears 2 is a great time, but I do wish they'd implemented a points/XP system. Otherwise, the game is perfect, I'll certainly get my money's worth out of this one.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Just finished the game this morning. I enjoyed it much more than the first one. The best part is that the multiplayer really shines. I'm going to be playing Horde for at least a year.
xxjuicesxx
Member
I just had a game of complete red lag everyone was skipping around walking into walls, at one point I fell out of the map, and I'm not allowed to fucking quit, what the fuck is this shit?
kobashi100
Banned
My brothers get an Invalid coder error when trying to download the maps. Does anyone know the procedure on what to to next when this happens?
Thanks
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GhostRidah
Member
this game is nearly perfect, once they fix the match making and the numerous random bugs it will be sweet!
cleveridea
Member
I was never a fan of the first gears, I just stopped playing half way through and never got round to finishing. it just never clicked.
but this sequel, wow loved it from start to finish. gameplay just felt so good, so many varied and beautiful places to see, and some great surprises. loved the
afterwards after finishing GOW2, I went back to the original gears of war and really enjoyed it. so I plan on finishing it this time. Glad I never traded it in (its a collector edition too)
only confusing bit was
but this sequel, wow loved it from start to finish. gameplay just felt so good, so many varied and beautiful places to see, and some great surprises. loved the
worm level and also the brumak riding where you have a great feeling of power destroying everything instead of being battled to death
afterwards after finishing GOW2, I went back to the original gears of war and really enjoyed it. so I plan on finishing it this time. Glad I never traded it in (its a collector edition too)
only confusing bit was
wasnt obvious why he killed maria, she looked really messed up but just killing her 15 seconds after being reunited? was she beyond help, coz she looked really messed up but at least alive
GhostRidah
Member
cleveridea said:
she would have been fucked up mentally forever
Gary Whitta
Member
Stayed up too late last night playing Horde. Got to wave 36 on Day One with just three of us, it was nuts. Had to eventually stop because my eyes were tired and my hands hurt, otherwise I would have played all night.
I'm loving the mortar; once you develop an instinctual sense for how to range it, laying down massive fields of withering fire is so much fun, especially if you remember to active reload for the damage boost.
On one of the 30+ waves last night, both my buddies got stomped and it came down to me and a single surviving Kantus. We wound up in a chainsaw clash with the other two players cheering me on as I spammed the B button, and I eventually cut the sucker down to win the day. Exhiliration TOTAL.
Ugh, as if the GOTY conversation wasn't already going to be difficult enough...
I'm loving the mortar; once you develop an instinctual sense for how to range it, laying down massive fields of withering fire is so much fun, especially if you remember to active reload for the damage boost.
On one of the 30+ waves last night, both my buddies got stomped and it came down to me and a single surviving Kantus. We wound up in a chainsaw clash with the other two players cheering me on as I spammed the B button, and I eventually cut the sucker down to win the day. Exhiliration TOTAL.
Ugh, as if the GOTY conversation wasn't already going to be difficult enough...
Hit detection is similar to CoD 4 and Halo 3 thankfully.SMZC said:
It is far from perfect though. If you've got a high ping you will notice certain actions will leave you at a big disadvantage compared to other players who have a low ping (especially the host who has none), and you can't make sure to always play with people in your region. Another bigger problem is that the host is selected at random, so sometimes you'll get into a game which is practically unplayable. That's made even more frustrating considering how long it takes to get into a game.
Finished it last night over XBL. Started it Friday night, played 7 hours straight, then played till the end last night.
Possibly the biggest, most epic, mental and entertaining game i have played through in a long long time. Never really played a game for 7 hours straight before, so that was a new one to me, we just kept going!
Loved it from start to finish.
Will be going through it on insane asap. (Well, if LBP and Motorstrom keep out of the way...) And im yet to even look at Horde...
Possibly the biggest, most epic, mental and entertaining game i have played through in a long long time. Never really played a game for 7 hours straight before, so that was a new one to me, we just kept going!
Loved it from start to finish.
Will be going through it on insane asap. (Well, if LBP and Motorstrom keep out of the way...) And im yet to even look at Horde...
Mr Vociferous
Member
Wait, since when did the Kantus carry a chainsaw?Gary Whitta said:
Gary Whitta said:
You nailed it. In my opinion, it's the single greatest addition to the game. I can't imagine the game without the mortar. As you said, you just develop this sense about how far things are... I pretty much know the distance between the mortar spawn point and key strategic locations on every map.
He probably meant Cyclops or Bolter. I don't blame him, I've played a ton of horde mode but I still can't remember all the enemy names.Mr Vociferous said:
*Edit* And holy shit. I forgot that I've had matchmaking on in Gears 2 since I wrote my previous post. It's been on for more than 20 minutes and STILL hasn't found a match. Epic should really fix this.
Finally finished the co-op campaign yesterday and it was amazing. I'm getting ready to start insane in the next day or so and have completed Horde mode through wave 50.
My gripes are still with the online multi, most people like me who played the original Gears and got the seriously achievement hate this game. I've also noticed a huge cheapness factor with gears. Yesterday in a 3 round match I had 7 chainsaw kills...and also had easy grenade plant kills where you put a nade on a wall guy runs by and he blows up.
Basically with the multi they need to bring back the shotgun, the lancer/chainsaw shouldn't be the only good weapon in close range battles. The shotgun helps balance things out like the boom shot and torque bow so these guys can't just run around and get one shot kills. It takes less skill to use a boomshot than it does a shotty yet nobody is complaining about the power of the boomer. The shotgun takes more skill to use than the lancer or chainsaw so again what was the problem with the original shotty?
And why for the love of god does a chainsaw wielding freak not drop his chainsaw when you blast him with a shotgun from 5 feet away?
One of the best things about Call of Duty 4 is that you can play a run and gun style or you can sit back and snipe from a distance. The only run and gun in gears is chainsaw after chainsaw and why have to tap the B button to win chainsaw duels? How many turbo controllers are being purchased as we speak?
The people that are most happy about the online multiplayer changes are those that didn't play the first game that much. Epic should at least try to appeal slightly to the people that played the game day after day and know the mechanics. Those are the people that will continue to play Gears online, not the guys that are praising the new shotgun/slingshot that will be done with the game in 2 months. The lancer has stopping power now, you can't just run around and shotgun if you want to with that gameplay mechanic implemented anyway.
Come on Epic, you nailed the singleplayer and Horde mode but what the fuck were you thinking with the online multi? I heard plenty of complaints about the shotty while plaing online multi yesterday, people aren't liking the new version.
My gripes are still with the online multi, most people like me who played the original Gears and got the seriously achievement hate this game. I've also noticed a huge cheapness factor with gears. Yesterday in a 3 round match I had 7 chainsaw kills...and also had easy grenade plant kills where you put a nade on a wall guy runs by and he blows up.
Basically with the multi they need to bring back the shotgun, the lancer/chainsaw shouldn't be the only good weapon in close range battles. The shotgun helps balance things out like the boom shot and torque bow so these guys can't just run around and get one shot kills. It takes less skill to use a boomshot than it does a shotty yet nobody is complaining about the power of the boomer. The shotgun takes more skill to use than the lancer or chainsaw so again what was the problem with the original shotty?
And why for the love of god does a chainsaw wielding freak not drop his chainsaw when you blast him with a shotgun from 5 feet away?
One of the best things about Call of Duty 4 is that you can play a run and gun style or you can sit back and snipe from a distance. The only run and gun in gears is chainsaw after chainsaw and why have to tap the B button to win chainsaw duels? How many turbo controllers are being purchased as we speak?
The people that are most happy about the online multiplayer changes are those that didn't play the first game that much. Epic should at least try to appeal slightly to the people that played the game day after day and know the mechanics. Those are the people that will continue to play Gears online, not the guys that are praising the new shotgun/slingshot that will be done with the game in 2 months. The lancer has stopping power now, you can't just run around and shotgun if you want to with that gameplay mechanic implemented anyway.
Come on Epic, you nailed the singleplayer and Horde mode but what the fuck were you thinking with the online multi? I heard plenty of complaints about the shotty while plaing online multi yesterday, people aren't liking the new version.
quick question, can you not chainsaw some of the medium sized locust? Ok it may have been one of the larger ones, but I was running into one with chainsaw revved on Horde and nothing happened, dunno if it bugged out or if it was simply impossible.
He didnt attack me either, just stood there, so I panicked and ran away whimpering.
re: post above, as we all said yesterday, its no longer all about close quarters shotgun duels, its all about the chainsaw battles - which sucks imo. Although it was cool when I chainsaw battled 2 guys in quick succession and beat both. Cool but tiring.
If I can sneak up behind someone, shoot my shotgun into his head and he has the chance to turn round and rev his chainsaw, something is very wrong with the game.
I bet the weaker shotgun was a mistake and they patch it eventually, weaken it fine, but not reduce it this much.
He didnt attack me either, just stood there, so I panicked and ran away whimpering.
re: post above, as we all said yesterday, its no longer all about close quarters shotgun duels, its all about the chainsaw battles - which sucks imo. Although it was cool when I chainsaw battled 2 guys in quick succession and beat both. Cool but tiring.
If I can sneak up behind someone, shoot my shotgun into his head and he has the chance to turn round and rev his chainsaw, something is very wrong with the game.
I bet the weaker shotgun was a mistake and they patch it eventually, weaken it fine, but not reduce it this much.
Future PhaZe
Member
ThirdEngine said:
I'mmmm baaaaaaack.
We'll get something going in the coming days!!!
Playing Guardian last night got me using the Skorge model in multiplayer. Its disappointing how he's just a head-swap of the Kantus model with the top robes removed. Would it really have been so hard to add some spikes to the arms and color the robes red rather than ship out this half-assed game model? In a game thats so graphically polished, that really stuck out as an annoyance.
Warm Machine
Member
There are two really cool thing they could have done with the story. First is a missed oppurtunity, second would have blindsided the audience a bit.
After they escape from the Worm and are covered in blood, the last line from Fenix should have been "I'm going to need a shower." Then cut to the pouring rain in a puddle as the centaur drives through it and toward the COG outpost.
Second thing would have to Carmine wear his helmet all the way until a few missions before his death and then have him take it off to reveal a fully realized face. As soon as I saw the guy, and because of the helmet I knew he was dead. If I saw that there was work put into his head I would have thought differently which is why Tai was a surprise.
Really, if the framework of the game could change I'd have prefered Carmine to live through the whole game as a twist on the first Gears and then reveal the what his face looks like at the end.
After they escape from the Worm and are covered in blood, the last line from Fenix should have been "I'm going to need a shower." Then cut to the pouring rain in a puddle as the centaur drives through it and toward the COG outpost.
Second thing would have to Carmine wear his helmet all the way until a few missions before his death and then have him take it off to reveal a fully realized face. As soon as I saw the guy, and because of the helmet I knew he was dead. If I saw that there was work put into his head I would have thought differently which is why Tai was a surprise.
Really, if the framework of the game could change I'd have prefered Carmine to live through the whole game as a twist on the first Gears and then reveal the what his face looks like at the end.
cleveridea said:
Like I said earlier in the thread, if the biggest baddest COG in the army, Tai wanted to commit suicide after what the Locust did to him, what do you think Maria was feeling?
Warm Machine
Member
Shins said:
If the third game does that it'll be nothing but a bad joke.
Gary Whitta
Member
Oh maybe it wasn't a Kantus. It was tall whatever it was.Mr Vociferous said:
Shins said:In a game rife with bad jokes, would this surprise you?
Gears 3 should have 2 possibilities, one where you can save him and one where you fail. Add an achievement or a war journal entry and it'd be cool.
I really disliked seeing him die as I'd got quite attached to him through interacting with him at the start. Really gruesome death too!
I really disliked seeing him die as I'd got quite attached to him through interacting with him at the start. Really gruesome death too!
Eh, they need to make the respawn time on the weapons a little longer on submission. Because any level with boomshot will have that camper waiting for a pick up and some ammo. Believe me I had this happen just now and man was it pissing me off.
I tried everything....
I tried everything....
This.Shins said:
Why mute these people when you can just mentally fuck them up? I destroyed this one guy the other night that was getting all angry, and at one point he told me "not today junior", so for literally the next 4-5 rounds whenever he attempted to speak I would just cut him off by yelling "not today junior" and then the rest of the GAFfers on my team got in on it too. That shit's way more fun than muting.
Saren is Bad
Member
Ryder said:
I think that Adam is a Locust and he is saying "what have you done" because his own son has destroyed his creation of sorts and their home before they could take over the surface. However, now that the Lambent are destroyed, the Locust can regroup and GoW3 would take place a few years after GoW2. This could lead to a final showdown between Marcus and his Dad at the end of GoW3. Another option is that Adam Fenix was undercover of sorts and was working on a way to destroy the Locust once and for all from the Hollow but since Marcus and Dom sped up the process and destroyed the Hollow, he lost all of his work and now the Locust can regroup hence "what have you done."
lawls, just got cheated by a dude who standbyed me and my whole team. the funny thing is his entire team quit out because he told them he was cheating (according to the opposing player he messaged me.)
whenever you shot the idiot he would pull out his chainsaw and you couldn't hurt him. he would be running in a straight line and i would have inifnite ammo somehow but wouldn't be able to injure him. after 10 seconds i would be dead.
i hope this doesn't bcome an epidemic.
whenever you shot the idiot he would pull out his chainsaw and you couldn't hurt him. he would be running in a straight line and i would have inifnite ammo somehow but wouldn't be able to injure him. after 10 seconds i would be dead.
i hope this doesn't bcome an epidemic.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
Amir0x said:
I missed that first time through, I didn't want to waste my ammo so stopped at three.... definitely going for the lols on my next run through.