I liked it then the Sawed Off pissed me off too much and I went over to CoD/BF. This basically sums up what happened to everyone I know.
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I liked it then the Sawed Off pissed me off too much and I went over to CoD/BF. This basically sums up what happened to everyone I know.
SolarPowered
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Shit is dead compared to other genres.
The Real Napsta
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He's right. It's right under 100k every night during primetime in the US.
I think Gears is more exciting than the other 2 because most of the battles are close quarters and there's more depth to the melee. The learning curb is what keeps people away from deathmatch. Knowing how to use cover against AI vs another person is two completely different things. Multi requires smart movement and knowledge of blind firing the gnasher or how to avoid damage if you're using the sawed off to really have any success. Plus its really difficult for one guy to win the game for his team in Gears.
Gears 3 has good numbers. About 40k or so on versus and another 30k on campaign coop (which is surprising). I wouldn't worry about its online life, Gears 2 was awful and yet it stayed around spots 8-15 until 3 came out, and Epic does a good job with double XP weekends and whatnot.
Have you played online UMvC3 recently? Even on "any" rank/region, it can sometime take a while to get a match going. Depends on the hour of course.
Mr. Enigma
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I'll get on Reach tonight and see if I'm horribly mis-remembering what I saw.
Is this a meme? You have said curb twice now.
Risk Breaker
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Yep, this.
Gears is (or was) very focused on versus MP, and the Gears series learning curve WAS steep but not anymore, with the Sawed Off and the OP (for Gears standards) rifles and the warzone rules (that is, you can kill anyone from afar with your rifle) present in almost every mode. Players are too nimble so the gameplay changed a lot more than most people think.
As bad as Gears 2 was, it managed to keep people interested for much longer than Gears 3 (I know because both mine and my gf's friend list is very Gears oriented). Competition is much tougher now, there's a lot more variety while the maps in Gears are few and mostly shitty and the typical Gears Bullshit (TM) is still there.
I say this as a level 95 player btw :/
As Lingitiz says, there's a shit ton more players playing the campaign (there's a bump right now because of the MI: Ghost Protocol skin and because the campaign on insane is just fucking broken) than there are on versus MP, which tops at around 15k.
Mr. Enigma
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Gears of War 2 also benefitted from coming out against a Treyarch Call of Duty while everyone was still hopped up on CoD4.
Arjen
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Future PhaZe
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possibly the dumbest shit ive heard on GAF ever
AndresON777
shooting blanks
Diablohead
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ultimate marvel is rather weak online as it is, you expect many to buy the game a 2nd time in under a year?
TheChewyWaffles
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Well call me dumb then, cause I agree with him.
All GTA games will. I thought IV was a big disappointment so I am hesitant on the fifth one next year. They need to get away from the "srs bizness" stuff.
Loving Saints Row: The Third. I think with the new additions a MP mode would work pretty well. Shooting in Saints is improved over previous iterations and far above what GTA does. I think they can get something to work well if they put good modes in and get a decent enough server (THQ's work with WWE 12's online hasn't been exactly inspiring).
Risk Breaker
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They fucked up by adding the sos.
AdventureRacing
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Hopefully halo 4 gets back to what made halo fun in the first place. I really love the series but i didn't enjoy reach much and it is definitely my least played game in the series by a country mile.
It's all subjective because each person is going to want something different. But really, my hope for the game is setting out 11 or 12 quality MP maps. They need to dish out some really good ones, either new, remade, or inspirational ones. You look back in Halo 3 and Reach, the quality is so damn low compared to what 2 released in their launch. Set the tone, make it stand out.
Less maps in Halo 4.
I'm bored with meaningless variations. MP should be like a street with bars : small, diverse, different and with lots of people gathering outside building anticipation.
Today's offerings feel like a mall : infinite choice but in fact only small variations. Too much room which makes it feel unpopulated.
I'm bored with meaningless variations. MP should be like a street with bars : small, diverse, different and with lots of people gathering outside building anticipation.
Today's offerings feel like a mall : infinite choice but in fact only small variations. Too much room which makes it feel unpopulated.