What Gears of War 2 Needs
With Halo 3 being out on shelves for a couple of months now, its only natural for 360 gamers to look towards Microsoft's other giant IP and get excited. Although Gears of War 2 hasn't been officially confirmed, saying there will not be a sequel to the game that sold over 5 million units worldwide is like saying the sun will no rise tomorrow. Although the first game was amazing, there are some additions that we hope make it into the sequel:
- An improved matchmaking system. Something that hopefully will resemble something like Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3. The Gears of War multiplayer was a great experience, but it was let down by the matchmaking system that made it difficult to get into games at times and allowed for teams to be stacked (leading to some horribly one sided games). A good party system would allow for play with your friends without it being so unfair in a game like Gears of War.
- Curb quitting in multiplayer matches. Although it has always been an issue, if anyone has played an online match recently then you will know it is a full blown problem. Quitting ruins the experience for everyone and makes the game you've waited so long to get into worthless. I think a strong matchmaking system would do wonders to suppress this problem, but I also think harsher penalties need to be imposed on quitters (losing an experience point in halo 3 is a pretty good punishment).
- Implement media recording and sharing. Recording videos and screenshots of our in-game accomplishments is the future of gaming. I know Halo 3 brought this to the table (and there is some crazy stuff you can do), but I think that the visceral giblet splattering action of Gears of War suits a video sharing utility perfectly. I wish I could record some of the long-distance boomshot kills or some of the head pops I got in that game.
- Allow for user created content. Epic is currently trying to pave the way for user created content on the 360 with Unreal Tournament III. It will be interesting to see how much success they have against Microsoft's stringent certification process. This user created content could spawn millions of new map designs and dramatically increase the online replayability of the online component.
- Four player co-op over Xbox Live. Gears of War had two player co-op, I think Gears of War 2 can squeeze another two players into the mix. I think the more the better rings true here and the campaign could be a lot more fun with four players over two.
- New multiplayer game modes. Although I loved Warzone and Annex, Gears of War did not have the game mode variety that we expected with a game from Epic. Four total game modes will not cut it for Gears of War 2. They can keep the current game modes (although Assassination was the weakest of them) but additions such as capture the flag or some variations on attack and defend would be nice (with respawns). It would be very interesting if some of these games modes allowed for more than eight people. I think that some bigger maps could handle ten or sixteen players if the right game mode was used.
- A longer single player campaign. The short campaign was one of the few complaints that reviewers had about the first game. I am actually a big fan of short and sweet single player components, but I certainly wouldn't complain if I could spend a few more hours with Marcus Fenix by myself (or with three friends). This is one of those things where I would rather take the shorter campaign over dragging the story and gameplay out to long and ultimately hurting the game. I don't think Epic has to worry to much about this seen as they managed to break up the Gears of War campaign into fun and easily consumed pockets of action.
- Fix the glitches. Some people like glitches in their multiplayer content (I even have a feeling that glitches were purposely put into the game, fixed, and then added again as a variations to that glitch) but I certainly do not. It cheapens the experience for everyone and a game loses some of its legitimacy when there are glitches that deeply affect the gameplay. From the sliding weapon pick-ups to the chainsaw glitch, I was annoyed throughout my multiplayer experience by cheaters. Even when patches were released to fix these glitches, gamers would find new ways to do the glitch or find new ones. I know every game has a few glitches, but Gears of War seemed to have an excessive amount. Epic just needs to tighten up the code a little for a stronger multiplayer experience in the sequel.
To be honest, I don't want that much to change from the first game. The pacing was brilliant, the controls were great (although it took them awhile to amend the roadie run), and the game was incredibly satisfying (not to mention the tinkle inducing graphics). I thought four vs. four was great for the game modes included and no respawns (except in Annex) gave a real weight to dying. I believe that Cliffy B. did a lot of confrontational things on purpose because he wanted to pay homage to the games he grew up with and liked. Most of those decision worked very well if not flawlessly, but just a few could have been tweaked to make a better game. I also think that certain aspects of GOW were rushed and that alterations of these few mistakes could make Gears of War 2 a further improvement on a stellar game.
i agree with almost evrything he wrote, BUT 10 TO 16 PLAYERS ON GEARS OF WAR, NO THANKS MAN, that would make the game loose all its online flair, is just too much, and if u think about it, it will just suck, MORE IS NOT BETTER! PERIOD!
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Gears is the best game i ever played single and multi player i also have the gears of war skull tattooed on my chest,gears of war should not change,except for the coop i think a 4 coop is sweet,new weapons and new maps,also in single player new characters and new villans.
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Gears of War was amazing. It's the best game that has come out on 360 so far. Gears of War 2 has to have some changes, no sequel can be released thats the exact same even if a new story is included. There has to be adjustments that make the game better, like a matchmaking system. No one wants any game to be like madden where is the same every year. These are all good points that will make gears of war 2 better than the original.
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.... anyone forget host advantage.. some dedicated servers will be nice, why give them all to halo
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gears of war rocks i like all the new ideas more people is the way to go along with bigger maps for playing online
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i think this guy wants all the things in halo 3 to gears of war. i mean let them make there own game and stop wanting to change gears to halo. 10-16 players?halo. recording films and pictures?halo.be able to play with your freinds?halo. just let them create there own ideas.
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What are you talking about? He didn't say he wanted gears of war to become a shitty game, did he? 10-16 players is in every multiplayer game, recording films and pictures came from PGR and Burnout games first, and what game doesn't let you play with you friends. Halo 3 does some things good, but most of what they have is copied and all the the arguments you came up with are standard in a lot of games. Are you gonna say that having 4 player co-op is copying halo 3 even though gears of war had co-op first?
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wellllllll halo 1 had co-op and so did millions of other games b4 it just not 4 player co-op which is amazing i would love to c it in gears 2
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I believe Epic Games will not disappoint us, loyal gears of war-fans, because we all know that the sequel will be a lot bigger, better, and badder than the first one. And, oh, a lot longer on the single campaign mode. Trust me, when GoW2 comes out, many hardcore gamers will soon forget about Halo 3--which I find it not that very amusing at all. Halo 3 blows BIG TIME!!
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NO BLACK PPL ON MY TEAM, THEY BIG AND ANNOYING AND GET IN MY WAY. ALSO BRING BACK THE CHAINSAW GLITCH SO I CAN PWN NOOBZ
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What a DICKHEAD!!!!!!!
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i definitely dont believe you should be punished for quitting. because if you have to go somwhere or your tired and want to go to bed etc., its saying that you if you get of you lose all that that is a bullshit paragraph but the rest is a great idea and im with you on the glitch article all the way
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i definitely dont believe you should be punished for quitting. because if you have to go somwhere or your tired and want to go to bed etc., its saying that you if you get of you lose all that that is a bullshit paragraph but the rest is a great idea and im with you on the glitch article all the way ps acidently clicked twice so there might be 2 of my comments srry
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dont write anything about matchmaking you retard, matchmaking sucks
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ok well first of all, matchmaking is fine, it doesnt matter if a team wins or loses. and 10-16 players is so dumb. it would be way too chaotic. but yes, quitters should be penalized for sure or at least let people join ranked matches.
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i agreee host advantage has got to be stopped-people should have other reasons to host a match not because it makes them play better. That is ridiclous
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I think they should do what this guy says that would be awsome. I really liked the part about getting more poeple in a game like 10 to 16 would make it a whole lot funner. If you read this go with the ten to sixteen that would make the game so much better. And my friends where talking about how that would be cool as well
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yeah i apose that gears is the best to me but hey just wait till gears of war 2 comes out it would be tight if they let you costumize ur elite and stuff like in story mode create ur own locust or cog
so that way when you are playing you upgrade your elite that would be thigt.
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FUCK YOU ALL HATERS!!!! GO BACK TO GALO3 U DUMB MOFOS. GEARS OF WAR2 FTW
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1. It should be possible to kill people when they are in the middle of a chainsaw or kerb-kick animation.
2. Matchmaking needs to be waay faster and more reliable.
3. Reduce the host advantage (you know what I'm talking about)
3. Make it easier to tell who is who (like displaying gamertags or something for team-mates)
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4 person co-op!
action replay (halo 3 style)..
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More maps like 'Canals' where you can do serious flanking etc., and still not stray too far from the main action.
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Gears of war is the best game for the xbox 360. The online play is great and it never gets boring. I agree that glitches should be removed and the host advantage should be lowered. I'd like to see new weapons and maps, but most of all I want to see GOW 2 released!
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in my opinion there are 2 big problems that have to been fixed in gow 3.
1) host advantage! It really sucks if a newbie can kill you with just one shot, if you know what i mean.
2) Matchmaking! I hat to wait till a host starts a match. Why does it not start automatically? Some more game modes are a must. Capture the flag.
2) Glitching! It is just unfair and I am sure epic can fix that problem.
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