Yup, the matchmaking in this game has pretty much ruined the multiplayer aspect of it. I just want player matches like Gears 1 had them. Those were actually fun. Ranked matches are annoying and cumbersome.
Yup, the matchmaking in this game has pretty much ruined the multiplayer aspect of it. I just want player matches like Gears 1 had them. Those were actually fun. Ranked matches are annoying and cumbersome.
purbeast0
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you can't join mid game on matchmaking because it's ranked, simple as that. and i have played games that are not 5v5 from the start. i've even played wingman with 2v2v2v1v1 before.
and the reason you "disband" the entire lobby afterwards is because your party finds NEW opponents instead of playing with the same people over and over, again, because it's ranked and the whole point of matchmaking is to find random matches against similarly ranked opponents.
so i dunno maybe you are just unlucky or do not understand the matchmaking system. did you play halo 2 or halo 3 at all online, and if so, did these same issues bother you, because the same "issues" you are describing are in those games as well, and halo 2 is kind of the pioneer of the whole xbox live party matchmaking system.
Yeah, this system sounds PERFECT :roll:
I understand the matchmaking system, thank you. The problem is not everyone wants to be handcuffed by the restrictions of ranked matches.
buuuuuuut you can only play with people on your friends list. I have like 2 people on my friends list playing gears 2 at any given time.
purbeast0
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you need more friends
last night 20 out of 20 were playing gears 2 on mine heh. but you can also have the friends invite friends invite friends, etc.
it is like the non-ranked games took a step back on gears2 but the ranked games took a step forward.
... good edit
I agree there should be ranked and non-ranked, but I don't have 9 friends (at least not 9 that play video games
).I will be playing Gears tonight, so anybody that wants to party up.....add me.
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Queasy
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Yeah, I'm just not sure about that. Epic has created a fantastic looking game engine with the Unreal Engine but I'm just not sure if they have the same capabilities to literally change up their playlist and gametypes like Bungie did with Halo 3.
Probably the best they'll be able to do is add more maps...
Queasy
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Yeah, that's pretty much what I mean by capabilities. Epic added the Annex gametype to GoW and pretty much stopped there. There doesn't seem to be the same level of dedication of resources and focus on continually updating the the multiplayer component to keep people interested and playing. But, to be fair, very few do.
I doubt it is as flexible, but they should still be able to add it with a title update. I'm cool with them not being able to change up playlists on the fly like Bungie, but a Social Elimination would be nice.
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purbeast0
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that is good news to hear. a coworker of mine was telling me this morning that last night it was almost unplayable. he was "playing" for an hour and a half, but probably waiting for about 45 of those minutes he said.
luckily i haven't experienced anything that bad, but on saturday i saw a wait of over 5 mins, restarted the party, and it found a game instantly.
Yeah, I haven't had waits that long, either. Mine are typically around 3 minutes, but if you ask me, that's 2 minutes and 38 seconds too long.
I'm VERY glad they added bots to the game, because I've just been playing Wingman against the CPU until they get this sorted out. And by "sorted out", I mean "unranked matches that actually have an in-game lobby where people can come and go."
Honestly, I agree. GoW was fun for awhile, but after the novelty of chainsawing people in half and moving from cover to cover wore off, I found it extremely, extremely bland.
GoW2 had enough changes that I had hoped would spice it up and give it a longer shelf life than the first one, but after playing it for 3 or 4 days, it's getting old again. I feel way too constricted by the controls, and despite "400 updates to the cover system", my character still rolls in unexpected directions. The cover system is MUCH better - don't get me wrong - but a few key flaws make it frustrating from time to time. For starters, you can shoot exposed parts of your enemies (even with a red reticule) but they won't take damage because they're in cover. Also, attempting to roll backward after a weapon pickup will frequently result in a roll forward (and towards your demise).
Single player is more fun than the first, but there are a few weak, frustrating puzzles/platforming scenarios that didn't hit me right. Player models slide and float a little bit, too, but nothing serious.
But all of this coupled with the matchmaking issues leaves me rather underwhelmed. Even if the matchmaking was faster, we'd still be stuck with a terrible matchmaking system. Epic appears to be working on the delays, but the design sucks, too.
I'm trying not to jump on the bash-GOW2-bandwagon, but there are so many little things - and a couple big things - that have left me, again, underwhelmed.
Can someone give me a break down on the coop/multiplayer? I think I'm confusing myself w/ all the different options: local, online, live, split screen, etc.
Let me see if I have this right:
For online Xbox Live MP, you can go up to 5v5. Also, you can do Horde mode on Live w/ 5 players, each on their own console.
For co-op campaign, I can do local split screen (2 people on same console), or I can host/join a game and get up to 5 (or is it 4?) players, each on their own console.
Now, tell me if this is possible: For campaign coop, if I do split screen on my console, is there any way to have 2 or 3 other people (each on their own console) join using Live?
Let me see if I have this right:
For online Xbox Live MP, you can go up to 5v5. Also, you can do Horde mode on Live w/ 5 players, each on their own console.
For co-op campaign, I can do local split screen (2 people on same console), or I can host/join a game and get up to 5 (or is it 4?) players, each on their own console.
Now, tell me if this is possible: For campaign coop, if I do split screen on my console, is there any way to have 2 or 3 other people (each on their own console) join using Live?
bucwylde23
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blurredvision
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I completed the game last night on Normal difficulty, and besides one really annoying part in the last act, I loved it. If I sat down to think about it, this would probably be my game of the year as far as shear gameplay is concerned. The final encounter was a cop-out, as I've been reading elsewhere, but I still enjoyed it a lot.
Also got my first taste of Horde last night, and it was pretty awesome.
Also got my first taste of Horde last night, and it was pretty awesome.
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