Your gladiator is dead at that point. You have to buy a new one.

Post-game Everfall has the best weapons short of the Ur-Dragon drops.

Assassin is a very powerful class and well worth switching to. It'll give you access to some of the most broken augments in the game. (autonomy combined with bloodlust allows you to solo Urdy) Invisibility also makes you impossible to kill if you have liquid vim potions.

If it is strength you are really concerned about though, you should switch to warrior and get the clout augment (20% strength boost) It is worth doing most classes for the augment choices.

Gamestop. I can see having more bullet time being he best if the game has bosses.

I play Gears one, two or three times a week usually. I never have problems finding an Execution game. I also find that there have been less crabwalkers since the second one came out.

Left 4 Dead was the best game of last year, in my opinion. I spent more time on that game than any other. Left 4 Dead 2 I can see being my favourite of this year as well. The zombies do react to being shot, although it can be hard to see through the hordes. The new dismemberment system that Valve introduced works really well. It isn't a realistic game in gameplay terms, unlike Operation Flashpoint, but many other games aren't realistic that do well. The main selling point, for me, is the co-op. The game is built around being able to play with a group of your friends. The best mode is versus because playing as the infected is an unmatched experience. Mind you I also love zombies.

In summary, it is an excellent co-op game with emphasis on teamwork for survival and mimics zombie movies. If you aren't a fan of these things then it is pretty much guaranteed that Left 4 Dead 1/2 aren't for you.

EDIT: I forgot to add in that Left 4 Dead 2 doesn't get repetitive to me, especially not with the random paths feature. That means that not only are all the attacks are different every time you play but the levels are as well.

I believe the xbox online is the best online out of the systems.

The biggest complaint I have about PC online is the sheer amount of hackers. There is not a single game I have played where there was not hackers. Whereas I have never run into a hacker on live.

As for the PSN, well I have friends with PS3s and their biggest complaint is usually the unreliability of it. Mind you that is offset by the fact that it is free. I would put it close to, if not, on par with live but their is one thing that the PS3 online lacks. That's simply that there are very, very few PS3(exclusive) games that look interesting to me.

Xbox live has great games, including exclusives, that fit my tastes. There is a insignificant modder/hacker base, if one at all. It's reliable expect for that crash it had after the holidays due to the unforseen influx of active gamers. It's for these reasons that I pay $50 every 13 months for my preffered online gaming service.

Mario is obviously more popular. Anyone can enjoy a Mario game but it takes a gamer to enjoy a Halo game.