Gears of War 2

[Bad^Hat]

If I try to find a game late at night or early in the morning here it can take ages, but around peak time (evening-ish and just before) I can usually find one in a minute or two at most. Still a bit longer than I'd like to wait, but bearable.

Spoilers for end of act 3 -

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Epic boss fight! But... lol, Resident Evil 4 much? I'm convinced the leaky old boat they were going to take at first is a direct reference to that, Cliffy's said he likes RE before and the influence is already apparent.

 

[CrazyHarij]

finished the game real quickly with a friend in coop.

if you have an xbox360, ****ing get this game

 

[knut]

is it taking unusually long for anyone else to find a game? Takes me a good several minutes.

Yeah, I do. Bit annoying - hope it irons out/is fixed in the next few days.

Horde is AWESOME, and just with me and one player on split screen on casual (he's never played before) it was really quite difficult but incredibly good fun all the same. Can't wait to go at it with four others.

Just started Act 3.

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The start is identical to Act 3 from GoW 1, am I right? The atmosphere is, at least.

 

[bam23]

i actually haven't even started the single player campaign. im waiting to play it in coop. do appreciate the spoiler tags.

 

[Gargantou]

[spoilers]Aye, both stopped me in my tracks a little, which is odd really, but also great. I do love how much GoW does feel like a real gritty and brutal war game when compared to others.[/spoiler]

Was that an intentional **** up off the tags?

 

[bam23]

lol. my xbox live subscription just ran out and i completely forgot that it would.

:|

 

[Bad^Hat]

Just beat horde mode on casual, on the map River. Got messy a few times but on the whole it wasn't too difficult. Especially considering one of our team dedicated the last ten waves to shooting pillars. :|

On to act 5 now.

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Act 4 was goddamn epic. Looooove the architecture in the palace area.

Didn't really like the Reaver section though. Not looking forward to doing that on insane...

 

[Sam]

Can you play more than 2 players on splitscreen?

 

[knut]

Was that an intentional **** up off the tags?

?

It wasn't messed up when I posted it. :| Or at least, not that I remember. I checked this thread a few times last night so unless a mod fixed it real quick or something then I really don't know.

EDIT: Wait, I'm looking at the wrong post. You've only made it worse by quoting it, y'know.

 

[Wanted Bob]

Man, the last bit of Act 2 was pure awesome. Also, loved the speech after the first chapter.

 

[Dumb Dude]

Ok so I'm on the beginning of Act 5 now and

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Does it honestly expect me to attempt to shoot those rockets that are coming at us at like 1000mph while the camera is jerking every which way? Because I simply can't, I don't even think if I had a mouse I could pull that off, it only gives you like 2 seconds from when you see them coming at you to when they hit you AND the camera is jerking like mad preventing any type of actual aiming. WTF? Am I doing something wrong??

EDIT: Nevermind, I just realized you can actually control the stupid reaver with the right stick, yes I'm stupid.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Near the end of Act 3 and

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Jesus **** that moment with Dom and Maria left me kind of shocked.

 

[CrazyHarij]

Tollbooth Willie:

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Yeah that was way good!

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

I have to say, they've done a lot better with the story and everything this time.

 

[knut]

I just played through Act 3 and 4 with a friend on his hosted co-op game and we got til about mid-way Act 5. It was crazy fun, but I'm a little annoyed the saves don't carry over to my own files. I now have to do Act 4 on my tod again if I want to get to Act 5 and I seriously can't be arsed as I really didn't enjoy it that much. I loathe ancient enemy hives/palaces/ruins. So dull.

 

[Dumb Dude]

Well I finished the game and honestly,

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I thought it was pretty darn awesome. Insanely better than the first game but I can't help but feel that the ending didn't really close anything up. I mean, the Queen got away, the humans are left with no real city now, and did we win? Also, I thought the ending was fine even with all that but what I think ruined it for me was that BS voice clip of Marcus' dad at the end. Really? Grrrrr.

 

[Moods]

Game is pretty good.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Can you play more than 2 players on splitscreen?

Nope, don't believe so.

Near the end of Act 3 and

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Jesus **** that moment with Dom and Maria left me kind of shocked.

Agreed. D:

I just played through Act 3 and 4 with a friend on his hosted co-op game and we got til about mid-way Act 5. It was crazy fun, but I'm a little annoyed the saves don't carry over to my own files. I now have to do Act 4 on my tod again if I want to get to Act 5 and I seriously can't be arsed as I really didn't enjoy it that much. I loathe ancient enemy hives/palaces/ruins. So dull.

It doesn't save which checkpoint you get up to as Dom, but it does unlock which chapters you completed. Go into solo/host coop, and press whatever button it is for "change chapter," then just go act 4 --> whatever chapter you're up to.

 

[Cormeh]

Traded in 9 old games yesterday and got me some Gears 2 for absolutely sweet **** all! Awesome.

Really enjoying it so far. Haven't run into any new weapons or 'nades yet, but it's only a matter of time. How awesome was:

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Riding around with a Troika Gun wasting Brumaks?

:E

 

[B_MAN]

finished it with a buddy of mine last night
gotta say, as far as the campaign is concerned, cliffy B was right in saying it was gonna be "bigger, better, more badass"
now it's time to get back into MP!

 

[knut]

Some multiplayer annoyences I've found in the last 30 minutes or so.

- No leaving a game mid-play? My team was 3 men down against a really good team and it wasn't fun at all, and you can't leave the game. Suck.

- No continuing playing with folk straight after a game ends, or at least a choice to ala Halo 3 lobby.

- Straight back to the Horde menu if you're team fails on one wave. No re-try or punishment, just everyone gets kicked out and you have to play from the start. Baaah.

 

[B_MAN]

Some multiplayer annoyences I've found in the last 30 minutes or so.

- No leaving a game mid-play? My team was 3 men down against a really good team and it wasn't fun at all, and you can't leave the game. Suck.

- No continuing playing with folk straight after a game ends, or at least a choice to ala Halo 3 lobby.

- Straight back to the Horde menu if you're team fails on one wave. No re-try or punishment, just everyone gets kicked out and you have to play from the start. Baaah.

x2
wtf were they thinking? if you want to leave any public MP game you have to log out or shut down your console? wtf?!

 

[Bad^Hat]

Finished it. Final impressions:

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It certainly is bigger, better and more badass. It suffers from a couple of the same shortcomings as the first game, but to a much lesser extent. Namely that the last act feels a bit rushed, and the ending was less satisfying than I'd have liked. Also there were a few bits that I just didn't really get into, like the Reaver riding section, but that might just be personal preference.

Besides that, loved it. The formula still hasn't worn on me somehow, even with only minor refinements. At this stage I'm pretty sure it'll still be fresh enough to carry me through Gears 3 (it was planned as a trilogy, right?), as long as they include some much needed answers.

Edit - It's a lot easier to set up and play private matches, so if you can find a community who plays it, add a lot of friends from your area just so you can join games from the what's up menu. The only down side is that you're at the mercy of the host to pick a game mode you want to play, but I'm finding it's worth it just to get a lag-free, wait-free game, not to mention with people who actually communicate and have fun sometimes.

They really could have done the matchmaking better, though. And your score resets on private Horde when you retry a wave, so I don't see why that'd be an issue on public.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

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I thought the initial Reaver scene was a bit eh, but once it transitioned into fleeing to the surface while Skorge was chasing you on a Bull Reaver TRYING TO EAT YOU was pretty damn cool.

 

[knut]

Edit - It's a lot easier to set up and play private matches, so if you can find a community who plays it, add a lot of friends from your area just so you can join games from the what's up menu. The only down side is that you're at the mercy of the host to pick a game mode you want to play, but I'm finding it's worth it just to get a lag-free, wait-free game, not to mention with people who actually communicate and have fun sometimes.

They really could have done the matchmaking better, though. And your score resets on private Horde when you retry a wave, so I don't see why that'd be an issue on public.

The thing is, though, is that I shouldn't have to do that just to get a good game on the go. Yeah, it's an option sure, but in a game like Halo it seems very seemless to get through to a battle whereas here it's all abit rough around the edges.

Whilst I prefer multiplayer to be with close buddies with communication and an atmosphere of fun, and I probably will be going through the private Live lobby for the most part, it shouldn't be such a hassle to just get a normal game going. It's not on that things are a little hectic, really.

That said, not many of my friends have this. Anyone up for some 4 v 4, or just general shenanigans as a HL2.net team? I think Horde could be pretty sweet with a few of us. I just got off a game and we got to wave 17 til we died. I had to retreat from the frontline after going too far into enemy lines to get a minigun and I was pretty much living off of that. When the ammo dried up, I was rushed. But anyway, it's really gotten me pumped up for L4D thats for sure.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Oh yeah, definitely. I'm just saying the option's there.

Hopefully it gets patched sooner or later, anyway...

Edit - I'd be up for some hl2.net horde, provided I can bear with the lag. Do I have you added as a friend? It's BadHat NZ (formerly BadHat54).

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I thought the initial Reaver scene was a bit eh, but once it transitioned into fleeing to the surface while Skorge was chasing you on a Bull Reaver TRYING TO EAT YOU was pretty damn cool.

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Cool, but also frustrating. Kept dying because I couldn't see where the ****ers were amongst all the trees. Also because Dom's a bitch who enjoys soaking up my bullets a little too much.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Oh yeah, definitely. I'm just saying the option's there.

Hopefully it gets patched sooner or later, anyway...

Edit - I'd be up for some hl2.net horde, provided I can bear with the lag. Do I have you added as a friend? It's BadHat NZ (formerly BadHat54).

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Cool, but also frustrating. Kept dying because I couldn't see where the ****ers were amongst all the trees. Also because Dom's a bitch who enjoys soaking up my bullets a little too much.

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Good god, I spent a minute firing at a Reaver, not realizing it was Dom and Baird until Marcus said "Could you please move the f*ck out of my way?"

 

[Dumb Dude]

I'm a bit disappointed at the Insane difficulty. I'm not having any more trouble than I did going through Hardcore. Did they make it easier this time around? I remember being proud to say I did Gears 1 on insane solo but I can't help but feel that everyone will be able to do insane solo on this one.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

I dunno. Bloodmounts and Tickers + Insane =- GET THE **** AWAY FROM ME AHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFGGGGGGGG.

 

[bam23]

i'm down for hl2.net horde. i'm using an alternate XBL account atm, gamertag is McFrags. Add me yoz.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Finished it. I have to say
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The ending was a bit weak, and a lot of questions were brought up, while few were answered. The campaign definitely delivered on the some of the emotion conveyed by the trailer imo.

 

[Dynasty]

My bro owed me some money so has bought this for me and sent it on monday, havent recieved it yet, im gagging to get my claws into it!!!

 

[Dumb Dude]

Nothing here.

 

[ailevation]

i'm down for hl2.net horde. i'm using an alternate XBL account atm, gamertag is McFrags. Add me yoz.

So this is you on hl2.net. lol

That match we played was all right, have you played Gears of War? You said you suck, but you didn't do bad... especially when you caught me with that 2 piece.

 

[bam23]

i've only played the GoW campaign. only played probably a total of 8 matches on XBL so far lol.

 

[knut]

I'm still tackling the MP learning curve because I still keep getting lumped against better players. I really just need a few matches against people like me who have just started MP so that we can all plug each other a few times and not get constantly rushed by a group of better players. But really, I just need to play with people I know and can communicate with - thats where Gears 1 shone.

That said, I can dig Territories games because you don't have to wait for the next round when you die. I can't take Elimination game types where theres too much pressure to tay alive. I mean, I do like the concept, but I'm going to stick out of them for a while.

The Lancer and shotgun feels so goddamn useless in MP, too. Nnnngh.

 

[ailevation]

i've only played the GoW campaign. only played probably a total of 8 matches on XBL so far lol.

have you beat the campaign for Gears 2 yet? I'm trying to do a second run through with somebody to beat the game on insane.

 

[Bad^Hat]

So I'm having an odd... problem with multiplayer recently. I'm not sure if I should even call it that.

It keeps picking me as host. Which is great for me, but crap for everyone else since, not only is my connection a bit arse, I live in freakin New Zealand and keep getting paired with Americans. I have NO idea why it keeps picking me, but it's presenting me with an odd problem now - the game is too easy. Everyone else is so lagged that they present zero challenge with me as host. I can literally walk right up to each and every one of them and just shotgun them in the face and they can't do anything about it, the only time I ever die is by pure chance.

And it's... no fun. =/

I mean, yeah, it's less frustrating than actually being in a lagged-as-hell game and having no chance whatsoever (and not being able to leave, for ****'s sake), but it still kind of ruins the game... not to mention people keep submitting bad reviews about me because of it. :frown:

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Matchmaking is ****ed atm in the game, so I sit and have to wait ranging from 2 minutes to about 15 or 20. Epic/MS NEED to fix the issue.

 

[B_MAN]

ya the MP can be a little intimidating at first
but stick with it, cause once you get the hang of it, it's oh-so satisfying

does anyone know how the rank system works? i swear i played like a million matches with AT LEAST a 1.1 k/d ratio and i JUST leveled up for the first time last night
is it total points? or just wins? can you be demoted?