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Gears of War 2 - Lots of new info from Game Informer
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BenjaminBirdie
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Salazar said:
Actually, I was thinking Oddworld.
*turns up Sleep records*
Tieno
Member
I like the idea of the dog tags as I was suggesting after Gears 1 they should do more with that like give some story with it instead of just some random tag you find.
I like the model for Maria, very hot. All the art seems pretty cool.
Sounds all very very good.
I like the model for Maria, very hot. All the art seems pretty cool.
Sounds all very very good.
"There's a certain percentage of the audience that wants to skip all that, and they just want to shoot some s---, and we're more than willing to cater to that." -Cliff BleszinskiSean said:
nelsonroyale
Member
cant wait to see the slab of meat in action...looked brutal
damn sounds great. I'll have to wait (a long time) for the pc version though....
and romance this time hahah.
Honestly this sounds ridiculously good...biggest 360 game of the year
damn sounds great. I'll have to wait (a long time) for the pc version though....
and romance this time hahah.
Honestly this sounds ridiculously good...biggest 360 game of the year
elguerosinfe
Member
I'm kind of disappointed that Gears 2 isn't going to be a prequel to the original. In G1 there were so many little hints to events that had happened in the past [Marcus' disgrace and trial, his connection to Anya, etc]. Hopefully they'll at least tie up all the lose ends...
Francias Castiglione
Banned
Sounds amazing, doubt it will win over those who hated the first.
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
Francias Castiglione said:
My opinion of this game depends ENTIRELY on them fixing the netcode. Everything else is trivial.
AgentOtaku
Member
I will admit...I'm really diggin the new character art....
Looks more stylized and colorful, which is nice
Looks more stylized and colorful, which is nice
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
AgentOtaku said:
This is a point worth repeating. I managed to get a look at the scan with the concept faces and I thought I was looking pics of the wrong game. They already have way more character than the entire crew of the original. It still won't matter if they don't fix the netcode though!
nelsonroyale
Member
AgentOtaku said:
wonder how accurate they will be able to represent the female though...in the first game, the female character (reporter?) didnt really look so good
MisterSINISTER
Member
i dunno...i loved the first game but i honestly am not excited at all for the second...could be because ive exhausted all of the hype in my body for mgs4
MisterSINISTER
Member
Skilotonn said:
in engine? yes. realtime? absolutely not
Francias Castiglione
Banned
Dizzan said:
First R2?
What about the Scarab battles in Halo 2/3?
Francias Castiglione
Banned
Dizzan said:
Just saying is all. The dual Scarab battle in Halo 3 was epic as hell.
Tieno
Member
Not necessarily with scarabs, I could kill the scarabs in a few seconds by dropping myself from a Hornet or landing on top of it with a warthog and rushing its core, 2 or 3 shotgun blasts and it was dead. Amazingly satisfying and cool.Dizzan said:
Or you could take the long way and try to make it lower its body by targetting its legs. Or blast off its armor protecting the core and then sniper it from afar.
Best fps boss.
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
Ramirez said:I really want them to fix the online portion, but I have my doubts as I've never even heard them admit that it had problems in the first place.Hell there were tons of people on this board that tried to argue that the host advantage wasn't that big of a deal...:lol
It's unbelievable. Nobody called them out on this. None of the reviewers, nobody. They got a complete free pass on something that was completely broken and crippled the game. For me, it made it completely unplayable and I won't be touching the sequel until I have assurances it's better (I'll probably rent it). Most of GAF pretends it wasn't a problem either. Or maybe they never even tried online, I dunno.
Given a given GeOW thread, with say, 1000 replies, there will be like two posts (one of them mine) complaining about the netcode (or lack thereof) in the first game. Everyone esle is just splooging like it wasn't a gargantuan problem. It baffles me.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
According to the newest OXM (May issue), one of their rumor moles state that Gears 2's SP will outpace Mass Effect.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Tieno said:
It'll be better than Mass Effect's SP?
Router said:
I like the idea of adding more story elements but they could've come on stronger then "she got lost in a ruined civilization". Sounds pretty weak to me since everyone thought she was dead.
elguerosinfe said:
We got that "Pendulum Wars" prequel novel for that fix in the summer I believe.
Green Shinobi
Banned
I think it means that Gears 2 will have four or possibly even five different building variations to explore, which is a huge improvement over the three building variations in Mass Effect.Tieno said:
My Arms Your Hearse said:
While I do recognize it as a problem, it didn't make the game not fun, I found it fun to play online.
On the other hand, if I were playing it very competitively, I'd be singing a different tune.
I am just hoping that the media is just like me...not really bringing it up a whole lot because I think Epic already knows about it and they are going to fix it. Perhaps that's a dangerous attitude...don't know yet.
Sean said:
Could the fact that I was always invited by local friends have anything to do with it? Closer geographical proximity means less lag issues?
Even if it was broken to some degree, if it's crazy fun, it's crazy fun. I remember playing Quake 2 CTF over 28.8 dial up and even though lots of us had a bad ping the game was still fun. I remember playing FLF over European servers with 150 ping (and I wasn't the only one) because it was so fun.
GoW's concept is fairly unique and fresh...and implemented well. Add great visuals, sound, and presentation to that...and it's no surprise to me why so many enjoyed playing it online. Again, if there were clans or serious competitors out there, I can understand their frustrations. But for many of us it was a fun multiplayer experience.
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
Ramirez said:
It tracked a fair number of stuff from Ranked games but I don't remember the details. It definitely recorded kills (and how you killed) but I don't think it had deaths.
I never bothered with the ranked portion because my blood pressure really would have reached life-threatening levels. It's even more boggling considerding who developed the game.
Tieno said:
I don't care about my K/D ratio either but it's annoying to shoot a guy at point blank range with the shotgun and have nothing happen to him, but he does the same and you go down. It's especially frustrating since you don't respawn so essentially you are punished for Epic's shitty netcode.
I don't play competitively (almost always unranked "player matches") but I just found myself cursing at the game too much. Probably 95% of the games were super laggy for me.
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
Sean said:
It's even better when they shoot you with the shotgun, FROM TEN MILES AWAY, and your head is "sniped off." I still don't have a reasonable explanation for that one (because, well, there isn't one).
The game really got unbearable as they began to "beef up" the Lancer. Well, that's good IN THEORY. The problem: The only person it helped was the host. My improved lancer could fire all day long! None of the bullets ever bothered to register! Host shoots you with Lancer? You're down in less than a second! Awesome! And the Pistol was always extremely abusable in this manner. The shotgun gets most of the hate, deservedly, but the whole thing was borked. And well, the shotgun was completely random, even when the host wasn't involved - I mean, fix that shit.
Tieno
Member
If Epic is not going with dedicated servers they should call Bungie regarding netcode. As time goes on I rarely experience lag (especially after the improved melee code). I'd be interested if MS can somehow leverage Bungie's experience with netcode or is this stuff too dependent on the game itself?