Epic’s Mark Rein recently alerted fans on the Gears of War 2 forums that Gears 2 should be receiving a patch this January. Rein said that the patch would address “bugs and exploits” and add “new achievements related to downloadable content.” Rein went on to give specifics but failed to explain how long it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
The stuff the patch is said to address should save the sanity of the two rational people still playing Gears 2 online. According to Rein, glitches such as “[the] ability to wield an invisible shield, melee through some walls, gain infinite Lancer ammo and equip a shield and a two-handed weapon simultaneously” are getting axed. The boomshot is losing its ability to be fired from the hip directly into the ground. And the shotgun is receiving better “client side hit detection,” earning it the title Lag Slayer once again.
This epic patch is also set to give quitters bigger penalties, players the ability to Sat/Com spot a Submission flag carrier, and provide better “spawn protection” against jerkoffs who plant frag grenades in the holy respawn zone. As if all of that wasn’t enough, DLC-related Achievements will be added and the frequency of the in-game Achievement progress pop-up will be escalated to ensure that little babies are aware of how close they are to getting their token rewards.
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Yet both games now (1 and 2) have completely screwed this up. It's like they don't realize what their own game is good at or could be good at. GoW 1 had a horrendous online play system. If I remember correctly it was a ranked system where you picked who you played with and against. You might have had a team of 4 playing against 4 Pugs for their points. GoW 2 now has all of these matchmaking bugs holding it back. In addition I hear many of the changes (I haven't really played GoW2 MP) are detrimental to the gameplay and flow (flame thrower and smoke grenades) as well as the inclusion of a button mashing event (chainsaw battle) rather than something more skilled, though at least it's not random.
Really if Epic would just focus on the 4v4 multiplayer and provide good matchmaking + ladder along with gameplay decisions favoring skilled combat they could have a real competitive hit game on their hands to fuel the series for a long time.
But, it does suck when the normal guy who isn't looking for an advantage is getting cheated by these guys.
I don't know if there is a clear person(s) to blame in regards to GoW 2's online glitches.
Epic FAIL Games better fix this fuck fest, playing Gears 2 online is like being raped over the internet.
While I have experienced some of the glitches, and certainly had plenty of times waiting for a while before getting into a game, I've rarely waited more then 3 minutes since the last update. This is still an annoyingly long wait when compared to the likes of Halo 3 or CoD 4, but it's not as bad as it used to be.
Sure, when Halo 3 and CoD 4 can get multiplayer so right, it's bad that GoW 2 has these problems, both in terms of connectivity and glitches. So I'm glad its getting patched. But till then, I'll enjoy my games of GoW 2, and curse those abusing those glitches. Then just shotgun them in the face.
As it is, I get into matches in under 30 seconds usually.
But the glitches really ruined it this time around.
I just cant, that metal case is just too cool