Let me preface this by saying that Gears of War 2 is an awesome game. Epic did many, many things right this time around. I love the new weapons, Horde, campaign, new characters, etc. But Jim, I think you took people bitching about the shotgun as the only complaint against the game, but that is not the case. I personally couldn't care less about the shotgun, as I rarely used it in my 2 years of faithful Gears 1 playtime. I was a lancer/pistol guy myself.
Anyway, my point is that there are some very valid complaints that seemed to go ignored in you article. The main complaint(for myself anyway) is matchmaking. Now, I fully agree with matchmaking for ranked games, as it helps even out team-stacking and supposedly host advantage. My complaint is the lack of options. I, and many others, would like a server list a la Gears 1 for non-ranked/public matches. Yes, I know Gears 2 has private matches, but there is no way to search for them and only your friends can join. I love playing with a team of friends against random people, not just people on my friends list. I also like to play mainly execution, as I do not care for warzone. But, with the current system, it is all a vote, and only for 2 options that the server chooses. Now, I know some people love the matchmaking, and that's awesome. But Epic should give those of us who do not require as much "hand-holding" a server list. Let us pick our options and search to see if anyone is hosting with those options. A forum poster over at the official Gears forums said it best:
"1. Cant decide game type.
2. Cant decide map.
3. Cant decide what side I want to be.
4. Cant decide the number of rounds.
5. Cant decide if I want to host or not.
6. Cant decide between ranked or unranked.
7. Cant decide what server I play on.
8. Cant decide server based on ping.
9. Cant decide bleed out time.
10. Cant even quit if I need to.
11. FFS I cant even stay and the end of a match if I want to."
Also, the chainsaw is a huge problem. And the only reason is because it does not lower when the person is hit. I have watched numerous times where a person will run across the map with his chainsaw revved and not miss a beat while walking through lancer fire, shotgun fire, pistol fire, and hell, even a whole clip of flamethrower fire. It really does need to have a damage stop for the thing.
I will agree again about the shotgun. But, only to an extent. Yes, it was severely overpowered/inconsistent in Gears 1. But, that's no reason to make it damn near useless. "Useless" may sound extreme, but I've seen numerous youtube videos of offline play where point-blank aimed shotgun shots do nothing. Much less what I've seen with my own eyes. And, as a personal opinon, but definitely not a request, I feel the active-down sniper should have remained the same. Only because of the ability to crawl away would now cancel out any active-whore sniping techniques from the first Gears. I personally felt that making the sniper down someone was what made it a power weapon. But, again, that's just a personal pet-peeve, not really anything that needs to be addressed like what was mentioned above. I only ask that you don't lump the legitimate complaints in with the "OMG I can't HOST shotgun no morez" complaints. Thanks for your time.
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But the matchmaking in general is a huge step up from Gears 1, so I can't complain. I also liked Jim's article, since I hear it so much online.
I agree with that list, it really is catered to the less "hardcore" players when I believe Gears is more of a "hardcore" game.
You know when the games gonna get better? When the fact that its new wears off and when the people who only play it for achievements get all 1000 points and fuck off to another game.
Shotgun is shit, its less than worthless now so is the flamer since you can still chainsaw someone through the fire, overall, I pretty much hate the PvP, I've done Horde and co-op and will continue to do so.
Also, the chainsaw doesn't lower all the way but it does need to be re-revved. AND people do get slowed down with it. If you saw someone run across an entire map under fire and still chainsaw someone then the person was simply better than everyone shooting at them, because I've stopped people with chainsaws from killing me within the range they are supposed to be able to reach within. One good shotgun blast to the chest and it buys enough time to dive backwards and blast them again to the ground. Simple as that. It's called skill.
Also, if you want to be host, you simply want host advantage. If you want to choose anything else, play a private match. What Epic did was genius, it took the control out of EVERYONE'S hands so NO ONE had a clear advantage. Anyone whining about it just exploited it the first time around. Simple as that.
Just don't suck balls at the game and you won't have to bitch as much.
and without the chainsaw. that's why i'll pic the hammer burst instead of the lancer...because of stupid fags chansawing more often it seems like. I'm boycotting the lancer, cause it's fun to hear them bitch when i take them down without the lancer...he he he.