Gears of War 2 fail

So yeah, I bought Gears 2 couple days after launch and I cant see how it scored a 9.0 considering how the multiplayer is broken.

I have been playing multiplayer constantly (no singeplayer) and its realy broken. Im not talking about the chainsaws or that kinde stuff but everything else.

Lately I've been getting the 'host-connection time-out error' and it kicks me outta the game for no apparent reason. Also most of the time when I shoot someone pointblank with the shotgun he doesnt die, but when other people do it to me I die instantly. Plus lag is horrible. Sometimes connection is good but sometimes when shooting shotgun bullets appear one to 3 seconds later. Its not my connection, cause I have 20 mbps down and 1 mbps up and have no trouble when playing halo 2 or 3. Hell even halo 2 had better netcoding. There are way more issues like boomshield glitch etc.

How could Epic fail so bady. I thought after 2 years of Gears 1 and 10 years Unreal tournament experience Epic would know how to properly netcode a game. Apparentlt they dont, and I dont expect this to change in Gears of war 3.

BTW host advantage is still visible.

...I must have lucked out or something, because I apparently got the one copy with apparently little to no issues that I love and play around an hour or two of a day at least.Vaasman

...I must have lucked out or something, because I apparently got the one copy with little to no issues that I love and play around an hour or two of a day at least.Vaasman

maybe its bc im from EU and almost all the players are from US. I gets laggy as hellacekall

its a really great game.better than the first IMHO.jessesalinas

maybe its bc im from EU and almost all the players are from US. I gets laggy as hellacekall

maybe its bc im from EU and almost all the players are from US. I gets laggy as hellacekall

...I must have lucked out or something, because I apparently got the one copy with little to no issues that I love and play around an hour or two of a day at least.Vaasman

Gears 2's MP is fine for me for the most part. I have encountered some cheaters yesterday on a game of Guardian on Mansion where one guy lagged the entire game and me and my buddies were getting killed by an invisible guy. It was like one second i'm standing there and the next second my body explodes with no one around. Besides that my games have been pretty much lag free. sirk1264

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="DustAmulet"] Overall, Gears 2 is a much less skillful game, and is less balanced than Gears 1 was. Hopefully this will change, as the developers have said they are looking in to the problems and may release patches targeted at gameplay elements. For the moment though, Gears 2 is a complete disaster.DustAmulet

I have yet to see a glitcher, i know there is glitches but to actually execute them takes time. Also the shotgun is better, it's more unaccurate not weaker. If you actually tried it you would find out when shot form the hip it will do less damage because some bullets will not hit the target. The lancer is way stronger then the first. The sniper is perfect. Boomshot is weaker then it should be but whatever better then noobs fighting in front of the respawn. I believe epic nailed every gun, and critics think so as well. Only complaint is the chainsaw needs to have a longer start up, theres no point in shooting the guy anymore if he revs it up faster then a shot gun blast.

[QUOTE="DustAmulet"][QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"] How was Gears 1 balanced at all? Gears 1 was the terrible online game, IMO. Man, shotgunners and glitchers all day.DivinitySkate

I have yet to see a glitcher, i know there is glitches but to actually execute them takes time. Also the shotgun is better, it's more unaccurate not weaker. If you actually tried it you would find out when shot form the hip it will do less damage because some bullets will not hit the target. The lancer is way stronger then the first. The sniper is perfect. Boomshot is weaker then it should be but whatever better then noobs fighting in front of the respawn. I believe epic nailed every gun, and critics think so as well. Only complaint is the chainsaw needs to have a longer start up, theres no point in shooting the guy anymore if he revs it up faster then a shot gun blast.

I find it strange how GS gives x360 games with broken mp a free pass but not with ps3 gamesZoomZoom2490

Really? Because they know xbox live isn't a dedicated server and all networking issues can be fixed with patches. Also because it's not broken game critics know this noobs don't they whine and scream because epic fixed every loop hole making gears not a cover based game.

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[QUOTE="DustAmulet"] If anything, the lancer was slightly stronger than the shotgun (but it is very close). Yes glitching is rampant in both Gears 1 and 2. That doesn't make it unbalanced (those players are simply cheating by doing things that are not in the scope of allowable actions in the game).DustAmulet

I have yet to see a glitcher, i know there is glitches but to actually execute them takes time. Also the shotgun is better, it's more unaccurate not weaker. If you actually tried it you would find out when shot form the hip it will do less damage because some bullets will not hit the target. The lancer is way stronger then the first. The sniper is perfect. Boomshot is weaker then it should be but whatever better then noobs fighting in front of the respawn. I believe epic nailed every gun, and critics think so as well. Only complaint is the chainsaw needs to have a longer start up, theres no point in shooting the guy anymore if he revs it up faster then a shot gun blast.

Your mention of the boomshield glitch leads me to believe your playing it quite alot. The question is, if your experience is bad, why do you continue to play it?Burnsmiesta

Epic tried TOO hard to make the game different, for the fact it is a sequal...adding stopping power was good, but did they reall have to slow down the shotgun and make it feel so dam heavy? The stomping power is good enough, for those rolling and shotty noobs. Now they just went overboard and made the chainsaw over powered. Everything should have stayed the same, with the addition of stopping power and extra melees, etc. It just feels broken now, nothing but chainsaws and frags....awful.

IMO, those who complained about the first game, simply sucked.

Epic tried TOO hard to make the game different, for the fact it is a sequal...adding stopping power was good, but did they reall have to slow down the shotgun and make it feel so dam heavy? The stomping power is good enough, for those rolling and shotty noobs. Now they just went overboard and made the chainsaw over powered. Everything should have stayed the same, with the addition of stopping power and extra melees, etc. It just feels broken now, nothing but chainsaws and frags....awful.

IMO, those who complained about the first game, simply sucked.

Eyezonmii

Epic tried TOO hard to make the game different, for the fact it is a sequal...adding stopping power was good, but did they reall have to slow down the shotgun and make it feel so dam heavy? The stomping power is good enough, for those rolling and shotty noobs. Now they just went overboard and made the chainsaw over powered. Everything should have stayed the same, with the addition of stopping power and extra melees, etc. It just feels broken now, nothing but chainsaws and frags....awful.

IMO, those who complained about the first game, simply sucked.

Eyezonmii

Its alot better then Resistance 2 is

That game sucked

Epic tried TOO hard to make the game different, for the fact it is a sequal...adding stopping power was good, but did they reall have to slow down the shotgun and make it feel so dam heavy? The stomping power is good enough, for those rolling and shotty noobs. Now they just went overboard and made the chainsaw over powered. Everything should have stayed the same, with the addition of stopping power and extra melees, etc. It just feels broken now, nothing but chainsaws and frags....awful.

IMO, those who complained about the first game, simply sucked.

Eyezonmii

cut- The shotgun/lancer was very well balanced in Gears 1. There was a lot of skill involved in using both of those weapons, however now the shotgun is a much weaker weapon overall. Being shot while revving the chainsaw does not stop you, making the chainsaw more effective, and requiring less skill. Wall bouncing is better (you don't get stuck on walls), however this has been negated by the fact that the shotgun is not as powerful anymore, thus making wall bouncing much less effective. cut- DustAmulet

Chainsaw is deff unbalanced but the hammerburst is > than the Lancer SAGE_OF_FIRE

[QUOTE="StartARiot7"][QUOTE="DustAmulet"]Gears of War 2 has been a complete disaster. Matchmaking has essentially ruined Gears of War multiplayer. If it is to be included in ANY game, an alternate method of selecting games must be available (the private games given by Gears 2 is not good enough - what do I do if I have no friends playing Gears 2?). I do not want to play against people from the other side of the world, and they do not want to play me, because we both know that one of us will have a good connection, and the other will have a laggy connection. Us gamers want a choice. The shotgun/lancer was very well balanced in Gears 1. There was a lot of skill involved in using both of those weapons, however now the shotgun is a much weaker weapon overall. Being shot while revving the chainsaw does not stop you, making the chainsaw more effective, and requiring less skill. Wall bouncing is better (you don't get stuck on walls), however this has been negated by the fact that the shotgun is not as powerful anymore, thus making wall bouncing much less effective. Host advantage is less noticeable than Gears 1, but it is still noticeable. It is a tragedy that we have waited so long for Gears 2, and problems like this still exist. Dedicated servers should have been made for the game. Overall, Gears 2 is a much less skillful game, and is less balanced than Gears 1 was. Hopefully this will change, as the developers have said they are looking in to the problems and may release patches targeted at gameplay elements. For the moment though, Gears 2 is a complete disaster.DustAmulet

no that was the problem in gears 1 it was a shotgun fest and was lame. I am glad to see not as many shotguns now.

As ive said before if your planing on doing anything on GEARS2 other than CAMPAIGN dont buy it. THATS ALL IT WORTH.djsifer01