"But the fact that Trevor (and you, if you want to progress through the story) tortures the man regardless, and that he does end up spilling more information as a result, sends a very different message"

But this statement is wrong... If you played the torture sequence, you'd notice that Steve never gave the tortured guy more than 2 seconds to give a description before ordering Trevor to mutilate him. Later, the guy admits to Trevor that he would have given them the description regardless of the torture.

This reinforces Trevor's political torture rant.

anyone complaining about Gears 2 MP clearly hasn't played it in years. The Lag is virtually gone, and matchmaking is hella-fast. They fixed just about everything. Unfortunately I think Gears 3 is gonna end up goofy and overloaded with features. Girl Gears? Really Epic?