Epic has released information on what will be contained in the fourth major title update to Gears of War 2. The update adds multiplayer experience rewards for playing Horde mode, improves the odds that downloadable content will appear in map selections (provided all players own the relevant DLC) and adds support for the deleted chapter, "Road to Ruin," which will be released on July 28th in the Dark Corners Map Pack. It also contains a host of bug fixes, closes a few exploits and makes some balance adjustments.
More importantly, the multiplayer game will now warn players when they are about to drop out of a match that they will lose multiplayer experience for the action. With luck, that may convince some people to actually stick around to the end of a game that they're losing. If I had my druthers, that message would be a painfully long, slow, auto-scrolling message that could not be exited until it reaches its conclusion. That, to me, is a far greater punishment for dropping out than losing a few XP.
The update is currently going through Microsoft's certification process and is expected to release in the next few weeks.
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11:20 AM on 06.23.2009
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For a game that has been updated so often, I still see tons of people who are unhappy with the multiplayer in Gears 2. I just wish it didn't take 8 years to get a match going.
Love Horde, good to know there will be experience for it now...
Sorry EPIC I gave up on Gears MP a looong time ago.
Also, how about some player matches, eh Epic? You know, for those of us who don't give a shit about ranked play but still want to play with random people. No, they jeep ignoring that the request for player matches thread/poll is the biggest one on the Gears forums and continue to release bullshit maps for a broken game. Thank God for horde and campaign, otherwise this game would be utter trash.
If nobody is actually hosting or there are no open slots on local servers, you're going to end up on a distant - LAGGY - server. That's simple, you know, physics. Or perhaps you'd like Epic to fold time and space for you?
Good lord, 4 updates and they're still bug fixing? Hahaha, pathetic.
You seriously want that horribly overpowered shotgun back?