Gears of War 2 Patch in the Pipeline: Bugs to be Fixed & Achievements Added Written Tuesday, January 06, 2009 by Dan Webb Epic Games El Presidente, Mark Rein, via the Epic Forums, earlier announced that Gears of War 2 would be receiving a title update in the coming weeks to fix a whole array of problems whilst adding achievements to the DLC. Whilst no exact has been indicated, Rein states that "all indicators are it will go live within January." This list is non-exhaustive but Rein highlights fixes and improvements in the following areas: Online Glitches:
Online Improvements:
Achievements:
Shotgun Fixes:
** Please remember that these are only a sample list of what Epic are fixing and the full detailed listing will be announced in the coming weeks. ** [Via CVG] | |
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 | Comment #1 by Art Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:16:58 AM Suuuweeet. |
 | Comment #2 by rickyfeeney Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:17:20 AM good now this may become a great online game like the first |
 | Comment #3 by Paprikeh Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:20:08 AM Thank god. Hopefully this will make online a lot more fun. Especially penalties for quitting, I like that one. |
 | Comment #4 by IK IR cube Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:21:59 AM alrighty, that sounds like a better patch then the last one. |
 | Comment #5 by Jjayb263 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:22:18 AM Cool. |
 | Comment #6 by Ch13fsin Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:22:34 AM This is gonna be great! |
 | Comment #7 by KippJuHH Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:23:44 AM Now if they'd make the DLC free it would be even more awesome! :D |
 | Comment #8 by KillTheft_Echo Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:24:08 AM Thank you Lord Baby Jesus :DDD |
 | Comment #9 by SP4RT4N360 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:27:08 AM Unless they overhaul the online mode completely its still gonna be shit!! also i wish people would stop going on about " i wish they would make it free " its not gonna happen its not free to make it not gonna be free simple as stop whingeing. |
 | Comment #10 by Archer023 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:36:41 AM It's not that ridiculous for people to wish for it to be free, I mean they did release the map pack just a few weeks after the game came out. I personally bought the new maps but I bet that they had them finished them before the game came out, but didn't ship it with them in to get some more money from the game. Just a thought. |
 | Comment #11 by INFERNOII Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:37:49 AM OMG YES! HIP FIRE WITH SHOTGUN FINALLY |
 | Comment #12 by JDSquireBry Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:47:39 AM I hope this works ... REALLY pissed that I did the whole game (including Training the Rook) in co-op and didn't get the cheeve ... Grrrrrrr. |
 | Comment #13 by TJMJ2356 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:57:32 AM some of this stuff is sweet but when the host leaves from a match and the everyone disconnects, they get penalized cuz the host left. in other words, those who were disconnected have to win back that match so they could rank up. |
 | Comment #14 by TheItalianSnipe Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:07:26 AM well this sounds good if they do this it'll get alot of ppl playin it again |
 | Comment #15 by Smugu Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:08:16 AM This game is already dead |
| Comment #16 by KippJuHH Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:09:34 AM #9 They did make the map packs of Gears 1 free after few months, so why not do so again. I mean, come on, they must have made A LOT of money with the game so why not give fans something for free... |
 | Comment #17 by berserkerninja Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:16:05 AM holy shit boom shield glitch will be gone =DDDD |
 | Comment #18 by blackout529 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:20:14 AM Hopefully this makes the online experience a whole lot better like the 1st gears... |
 | Comment #19 by arCtiK AsSaSsIn Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:24:51 AM #15 This game is in no way dead... There are still scores of people playing actually because this game already is very good they just got to work out the kinks. |
 | Comment #20 by ImbecilePete Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:25:00 AM 1337 |
 | Comment #21 by Lil Miss Death Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:28:54 AM about time , i love gears but i cant stop thinking that this is another case of games and dlc getting rushed out because of 'deadlines' nbut glad the fix is on its way and new achievements are never a bad thing |
 | Comment #22 by MakoBallistic Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:29:36 AM considering there are no achievements for your multiplayer rank it seems a bit pointless to make a change to the penalty system. also this game is only fun in co-op the multiplayer sucks compared to the likes of R6:V2, theres a prime example of a game that uses the cover system well whilst also having a decent multiplayer. |
 | Comment #23 by ThChronicSmoker Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:33:05 AM Just got the game today, so glad i did with support like this. If only Team Fortress 2's DLC was released as clearly as this ... or ever!?!? |
 | Comment #24 by XxBrahma BullxX Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:33:48 AM finally a patch... now hurry up and release it ;P |
 | Comment #25 by ssj4goku539 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:36:28 AM you spelled fixed wrong |
 | Comment #26 by VinasErgoth Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:45:16 AM I just hope Epic (and Microsoft) don't make us wait as long as The Behemoth did with the Castle Crashers patch (partly TB, partly MS' fault). Thought this is still very good news, and I sincerely hope that they deliver on all claims, like they did when the game was released. |
 | Comment #27 by Codehead UK Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:52:12 AM Online GoW2 is horribly broken. I played GoW1 online from the week of release till GoW2 came out. Epic dropped the ball so badly with GoW2 that I don't play either anymore. Tried GoW2 again the other night just to see if things had got any better, but it's still just awful. So sad. :( I really hope this patch fixes it, but I won't hold my breath. |
 | Comment #28 by SK Beans Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:54:35 AM Yes! Thank you EPIC! |
 | Comment #29 by benmou13 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:55:37 AM should be no penulty when ur playing with laggy americans and u cant do anything at all. |
 | Comment #30 by Bajan Elite Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:55:38 AM haha i just traded this game and picked up Left 4 Dead, hopefully they do manage to fix these problems without making it worse, but what about host advantage and ppl hitting the standby button, if they don't fix thoses then, you still got a problem with mp. There are still many ppl out there who will abuse the flaws and kill the experience. Also even though this ain't the full list y didn't they at least put anything about fixing the chainsaw not being lowered when a player is shot? |
| Comment #31 by Heron T Beagle Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 08:06:22 AM should be no penalty when your playing with laggy brits and u cant do anything. |
| Comment #32 by Tailz Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 08:21:15 AM This game is complete shit this game has zero chance of every being as good as the first GoW. |
 | Comment #33 by mjc0961 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 08:32:12 AM The penalty for quitting early should be nothing less than being banned from Xbox Live Gold without a refund. More sever penalties should include things like Microsoft remotely detonating your 360. |
 | Comment #34 by Scaysie Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 08:36:41 AM YAY! Now we can play it..... |
 | Comment #35 by taintedassasin Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 08:40:15 AM great single player campaign..not played much multiplayer yet, but plan to. hopefully this patch will make it an even better experience |
| Comment #36 by Sloshpot UK Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 08:54:21 AM The games hasnt even been out 2 months and there adding achievements. At least Epic know this game failed. |
 | Comment #37 by danny hampson Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:01:09 AM does it meen theres more campaign achievements and dlc achievements :S |
 | Comment #38 by x b3Rt Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:02:17 AM lmaO @33 hopefully the patch makes the game playable again I stopped entirely bcuz the mp was krap ona plate |
 | Comment #39 by AOS Puck Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:32:06 AM I hate all of the glitches but what pisses me off the most is the host disconnect. I hope they take a note from Halo's book at some point and just assign a new host if the current host leaves. I can't stand the bastards who are losing 4-0 and then leave knowing they are the host. Also, does anyone else notice that the majority of people who quit the match are the higher rank players? 95% of the Rank 4 players I've played against quit if they were losing. |
 | Comment #40 by Morties Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:44:18 AM HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woo cant wait |
 | Comment #41 by ManicMangoiow Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:47:04 AM Sweet, Should sort all the moaning about the lag, shotgun, sheild and the whole game really @39 I agree with u completley mate, the 95% who do quit are the losers who dont have a life and dont want a loss added to their statistics, Oh how very terrible that would be :L |
 | Comment #42 by Mike Langlois Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:51:05 AM Still wont be enough for me to like Gears 2. Its still a let down to me, the online matchmaking system sucks completely. And new achievements arnt enough to make me wanna buy DLC. |
| Comment #43 by ryan 3nn Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:54:04 AM pretty gd glitches fixed but the boomshield glitch owns so a shame tht got patched |
 | Comment #44 by Wehttam Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:56:33 AM Its about time they sorted this out. The game has sooooo many glitches, i just watched this video the other day with over 30 glitches in it. About time, hopefully they will nerf the chainsaw a bit and strengthening the shotgun. |
 | Comment #45 by Martin237 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:26:16 AM finally i hate noobs that shield glitch |
 | Comment #46 by ElBartoSRH Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:29:04 AM Its about time! I mean the game has been out for 2 months and they decided to release maps rather than fix the games problems it absurd! Epic really dropped the ball! |
 | Comment #47 by rockhopper Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:30:01 AM yeah the people with higher ranks quit out if they're losing. I have a friend that does it all the time. He quits to dashboard on the last round if he's losing because he claims that it won't lower his rank while if the people in game get disconnected, they get a loss. I think it's crappy, but I don't care at all about rank. I only play this game occasionally when a friend talks me into it. |
 | Comment #48 by KemicalSupreme Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:36:08 AM wow, I was unaware of all the problems. took 2 months to fix these? Potentially gonna add more DLC to just have more problems! What a joke! I am interested in the penaltys for leaving games early! |
 | Comment #49 by HybridPK Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:46:11 AM Wow, and I was just complaining to someone about how much the multiplayer in Gears 2 sucks because of the glitches. I'd say they just remove Smoke grenades and Boomshield from ranked. A simple solution to some major problems. Maybe I can go back to try for those public match achievements now. |
 | Comment #50 by Octobox Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:49:19 AM there should be an achievement for finding the toaster |
 | Comment #51 by cuzin26 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:52:33 AM I hope they fix the chainsaw not being lowered when shot. And do something with those damn somke grenades. |
 | Comment #52 by pined5551 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:59:00 AM Increased penalties for quitting? I want aware you could quit from public matches without disconnecting or going to dashborad. |
 | Comment #53 by zai95 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:05:17 AM All i can say is well done Epic ,lets hope it sorts all the problems :) |
| Comment #54 by Diaxen Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:09:24 AM Probably the worst online multiplayer experience of any game ever. It's disturbing to think that living breathing human being could have thought this game was acceptable to ship in such a form. And then they have the gall to charge $10 for 3 maps to play in their broken multiplayer game. |
| Comment #55 by emmet0100 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:18:11 AM woop-------if u are goodat wingman and can join matches fast will u please please send me a friend request and help me get the wingman achievement plz plz-----my name is UnKn0wN G4NGsT4-----if u help help me get it i will tell u how to do a chat invite glitch that keeps appearing on the person u sent it to screen plz |
 | Comment #56 by nightmare975 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:20:51 AM Will this patch actually allow me to play a fucking match? |
 | Comment #57 by Lord of Orion Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:27:03 AM Hopefully some of the matchmaking will be fixed as well ... Good start Epic! |
 | Comment #58 by radar616 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:33:51 AM slowly but surely Epic are getting there. the last fixed the issue of finding matchs. When my 360 arrives back from repair I may decide to play a few matchs. |
 | Comment #59 by wigidywaxa Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:34:29 AM This sounds good, especially the achievement counters!! |
 | Comment #60 by Darth Heyburt Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:49:04 AM #11. R-tard. |
 | Comment #61 by ianjcm Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:49:13 AM Hey. The poster of the article needs to stop this. It would be fine to just link to the forum post, or quoting the ENTIRE post would work, but this is the same thing IGN did. And the reason Mark Rein stopped posting for a while. This isn't an official announcement. I agree the announcement is great, but quoting him on something unofficial and making it seem like it is isn't cool. |
 | Comment #62 by Callum x360a Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:50:12 AM Stuff that should of been done before the piece of crap went gold. That's what I say. If they actually make the multi player playable, then I'll consider getting it again, if not, it can rot in hell with all the other shit games. |
| Comment #63 by ianjcm Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:52:15 AM BAHAHA I'm just kidding. I hope this game is playable again. |
 | Comment #64 by Krueger1428 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 12:00:00 PM about goddamn time, I almost lost all hope |
 | Comment #65 by ugoindownsaka Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 12:14:09 PM man i suck online, single player ftw |
 | Comment #66 by Dr Punx Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 12:17:00 PM wOOt, havn't even touched the game since 15 nov, will start playing once my shotty works again. Idc about the other stuff lol just the shotty!!!! |
 | Comment #67 by Alshain Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 12:37:49 PM The chainsaw not being lowered when shot is not a glitch. It's just handled differently now. You have to do a certain amount of damage at a certain rate to get it to drop. It's hard to do with the shotgun, but the hammerburst and the lancer can do it easily. Rapid fire is the way to do it, not just hitting them at all. |
 | Comment #68 by mikeh88 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 12:54:13 PM finally I'll be able to play the game again without all these glitches |
| Comment #69 by !xobile Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 01:12:34 PM yes... finally i will be able to play this game without getting pissed off all the time |
 | Comment #70 by Apache 117 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 01:14:55 PM They still wont be able to sort the lag thats why call of duty games are better |
 | Comment #71 by daman12369 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 01:36:37 PM finally, god i havent been playing online because a lot of these problems! |
 | Comment #72 by Reaper_Grim Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 01:57:24 PM great! now i might actually have a chance at competing online. |
 | Comment #73 by garken1435 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 01:57:37 PM It's about damn time. Should have happened before DLC came out. |
 | Comment #74 by The Cats Meow 0 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 02:14:54 PM I personally like the achievement progression stuff, they'll be easier to track. Of course, now I may actually be able to play a Horde match without everybody quitting. |
 | Comment #75 by P I Staker30 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 02:16:41 PM Great news!!!! Also please if you don't have anything to say that has something to do with the game (Not your detest of it or how its 'dead') then please don't say anything. |
 | Comment #76 by Nick Is I Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 02:17:12 PM now lets do something about that concussion/smoke grenade... like get rid of it. |
| Comment #77 by Akumario Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 02:17:35 PM fix the ranks , i have been playing for ages and i have the second rank only i lose sometime , but i win alot too , and i never quit matches , sometimes is really laggy the server quick you that is something also |
 | Comment #78 by The Killer Cook Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 02:22:10 PM About time |
 | Comment #79 by Tjc1993 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 02:43:43 PM AWESOME!! |
 | Comment #80 by ClutchPapi34 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 02:47:36 PM i might play gow 2 again |
| Comment #81 by RFOM Z00MAN Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 02:53:48 PM Great news this will finaally be an awsome online game |
 | Comment #82 by porschephiliac Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:08:19 PM More cheevos?! I am still working on the first batch! lol |
 | Comment #83 by Olliezilla Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:14:10 PM great news :) |
 | Comment #84 by knockton55 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:18:57 PM Fuck Epic, the entire multiplayer is a bug. Maybe if Epic took the damn invincible chainsaw off i'd play it. Damn chainsaws not lowering once you shoot em, wtf is the point. |
 | Comment #85 by dudecrazy108 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:28:04 PM Nice hopefully it doesnt take 10 minutes to find a match anymore. |
| Comment #86 by Kitamaru Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:31:02 PM It's about time they started to fix the shutgun |
 | Comment #87 by Axe Argonian Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:31:22 PM Now I have a reason to get the Combustible Map Pack! Yay. To my delight... (Sarcasm; I don't like being forced to buy DLC for Achievement completion.) |
| Comment #88 by mirageisbk Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:37:44 PM Sweet,too bad it's still going to take 20 minutes to find a match. |
 | Comment #89 by JKILLA859 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:41:10 PM woot |
 | Comment #90 by poopinyoface418 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:46:50 PM nice..so happy this is coming.And for all the ppl complaing about the game suck and its "dead" y are u on here commenting on it..if ur over the game y do that.get a life. but yea hopefully this will make online alot better cause im still playing it. and new achievements...still trying to get them still.lol |
 | Comment #91 by ArmyOfPie Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 03:54:23 PM Awesome! Nice job, Epic. :) |
 | Comment #92 by Sgt McMuffin117 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 04:04:44 PM EPIC cannot remove something encoded in the disc so stop complaining about the smoke grenade or the lancer. the host advantage (i.e. higher damage and more health) is nonexistent in Gears 2 so if you complain about the host advantage then you must not be aiming at then properly. the people who want the DLC to be free obviously don't know that EPIC and Microsoft spend time and money just to get the DLC up and running and that they themselves have families to feed so stop whining. for those who are complaining about people from other countries lagging need to shut up because you can't go to a menu to find out who has a bad connection or not and where they live or just don't get a Wal Mart connection. don't blame EPIC for the shortcomings of the game when it's not EPIC's fault that people gli |
 | Comment #93 by mrhobo Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 04:17:01 PM what did people not like the mp about this game? the only thing that I had a problem with was wishing the chainsaw didnt take as many shots with the lancer to stop revving. I LOVED the MP, but then again, I always played with a party of 5, never played by myself so I never had bad wait times. |
 | Comment #94 by RisingRawr Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 04:19:41 PM To comment 92# it would be wonderful to have free DLC... Yes they spend time and money to get DLC up but even without the DLC they make more money then we can imagine. Plus it would also shows Epic actually appreciates their fans for playing their game and for continuing to play. Host Advantage does exist in the game. When you enter the match the game chooses a random host. The Host does not recieve "Higher damage or Health." The host only has the best connection thats all. Epic should be responsible for the best experience for the player. Therefore they should make the matchingmaking system more specific in terms with connection AKA don't make host people who have a high ping. |
 | Comment #95 by xpectsthexpctd Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 04:22:42 PM Fallout 3 got me away from this, and most of my buds don't play Gears 2 anymore. This might get me back into playing GoW2 just for the achievements and the fact that I can more easily keep track of the seven I still don't have. |
 | Comment #96 by xI im a bear Ix Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 04:38:30 PM thank god they're fixing the shotgun i just creamed all over the screen, i might be able to play this again. |
| Comment #97 by Bajan Elite Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 04:44:30 PM @92 Dude Epic is to blame for the shortcomings in mp, there is host advantage, the game doesn't have dedicated servers. I understand if ur a big fan of the game but don't go telling others to shut up and say supid shit. There is host advantage in the game and its noticeable, maybe u end up being host most of the time. |
 | Comment #98 by OmarStyles9 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 04:57:47 PM YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is awesome! |
 | Comment #99 by IXISHADOW Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 05:21:02 PM About time there was a patch all these glitches need sorting out. Also the achievements will hopefully be good and not stupid annex ones like GOW. |
 | Comment #100 by Xbox 360 holic Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 05:25:07 PM sounds ok waiting to hear more |
 | Comment #101 by Gilian85 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 05:28:49 PM EPIC did ruin gow bij making the second game simply TERRIBLE,A HORROR,they just fucked the game up,... I ain't gonna play it anymore |
 | Comment #102 by harvinator2000 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 05:29:57 PM You cant turn shit into gold,they fucked up big with gears 2.They can bring all the dlc out they want and glitch fixing.This is the new noob game,let the halo fans keep playing it and il stick with left for dead.R.I.P gears of war 1 i miss you so much! |
 | Comment #103 by subway Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 05:39:37 PM How about the actually fix match making, get rid of the ridiculously over powered smoke grenades, and make the shotgun at least somewhat consistent. |
 | Comment #104 by hansen578 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 05:40:09 PM i hope the achievments for DLC are just like Gears 1. Good times playing player matches in annex with buddies just messin around. |
 | Comment #105 by jason86586 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 05:40:24 PM NICE, hope the new achievements are good |
 | Comment #106 by Sonnenberg Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 05:44:58 PM this game is already dead |
| Comment #107 by xI im a bear Ix Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:21:07 PM #97 and #92 are fucking joking me, u seriously think there is no host. I know for sure because it makes me host very often and you cannot weapon slide when you are host so thats how i know for sure. anyways, when I am host the shotgun is like gears 1 host connection, when im not host which i can tell if i am or not just by shooting straight and watching my laggy bullets hit the ground 2 seconds later, it is ridiculously easy to tell and i hope you get molested for your comment |
 | Comment #108 by TOEJAMandTOAST Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:25:48 PM cool, was getting bored with this after i got all the achievements. |
 | Comment #109 by BoswellBum Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:26:19 PM I really hope this patch fixes the matchmaking since I got this game on christmas and have yet to be able to join an online match! I'd like to be able to at least try to get the online achievements (the ones that you can't get with bots lol) and the new achievs are most likely going to be for online too. |
 | Comment #110 by Bolt Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:26:50 PM better be soon, the multiplayer is f'ed up bad right now |
 | Comment #111 by DJTIBTOTS Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:35:03 PM nice update -more penalties -more achievements -better achievement notifications -also hope there will be a lot more achievements and not just 250 more points |
 | Comment #112 by Zacxx201 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:37:20 PM You mean to say GOW2 Online will actually be fun!? Impossible I say IMPOSSIBLE!!! |
 | Comment #113 by HoST GHoST Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:45:02 PM Asome |
 | Comment #114 by bloodstainedwings Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 06:59:01 PM I love not beening able to move or shhot my gun makes me keel good. With all the problems this game is still better then Halo 3 this comming from a huge halo fan. To many tekkers in Halo 3 who hop and got in cunty aeras of the map to take advantage of other people. is why i dont play it any more. |
 | Comment #115 by HELLuSINation Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:04:46 PM After this update i will play a lot more gears online. |
 | Comment #116 by d00gler Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:08:09 PM good news |
 | Comment #117 by Butters Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:09:11 PM This is great news! |
 | Comment #118 by AK Punk Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:41:37 PM Hopefully this will fix the Matchmaking a whole lot more. Hate to see such a great game get ignored due to bad matchmaking lobby. |
 | Comment #119 by Renesis Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:47:39 PM What I find funny is all the retards complaining about this game. If you don't like it, then don't bother reading or playing anything Gears of War related at all. Seriously. |
 | Comment #120 by Chuppernicus Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:48:02 PM Free maps huh? What would you say if your boss asked you to work a few hours, or even 10-20 for free? What would you say to that? They've paid you enough already, you must have tons of cash. Come in and work for free. I just laugh at the give me free stuff rants. Free is good yes, but everything can't be free. It's great living in a free country, here in the states or somewhere across the pond. You can decide to play whatever you want. If this game sucks so bad why complain? I think some of you must just want attention. Great to hear about the update. |
| Comment #121 by bloodstainedwings Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:48:40 PM sorry about my last post. Goes to show you i should not type in the dark |
| Comment #122 by bloodstainedwings Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:50:27 PM #119 I bitch cause I enjoy it. |
 | Comment #123 by badasz Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 07:56:38 PM still there will be more lag and more glitches. they already made thier millions on the game. if you noobs downloaded the maps then shame on you to waste 10.00. thats telling the developers that they can put out anything on such a crap game and you will buy. do not buy the maps until all glitches and lag is fixed. |
 | Comment #124 by Dre Dont Play Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 08:43:10 PM It's about damn time. |
 | Comment #125 by bizzlzkrage333 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 08:51:10 PM one of the better ways of fixing the host disconnection is making a computer player somewhere hidden in the map to prevent people becoming upset every freaking time the stupid host quits just because he is losing |
 | Comment #126 by cool4joe Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:24:45 PM I don't see why many people complain about GoW2 MP, just look at GoW1, glitches galore and host shotty. The only reason people did not quit out of games is because there was not a ranking system in the first game. Glitches and host advantage is just something to expect when playing anything by Epic. |
 | Comment #127 by mastershoter Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 09:59:07 PM yayyyy more fun in gears of war |
 | Comment #128 by RenegadeSniper7 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:19:32 PM Fuckin' A. About goddamn time. |
 | Comment #129 by macreco Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 10:31:51 PM O Lord... Yes finally... Yeah i Guess EPIC heard me speaking through the mic because I always wanted achievement progress numbers in the war journal. Well, anyways it's about time. I HATE BOOMSHIELD GLITCHERS. especially in territories. The Boomshield glitch only deserves to be used in capaign on insane. LoL |
 | Comment #130 by StarmanX22 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:26:32 PM FINALLY! thank you EPIC.. my favorite dev comes through yet again with exciting news :D |
| Comment #131 by massdomination0 Tuesday, January 06, 2009 @ 11:36:13 PM I'm excited for the new achievements and patches and I play gears most of the time but i gotta say 800 points for three new maps are a complete rip. they came out less than two months after the game was released. epic said they wanted to give us the "best bang for our buck" and ship the fans a "complete package" not give us game with screwed up multiplayer and costly dlc. why couldn't they toss in a few extra gears 1 maps like fuel depot and change them around a nit like they did for the flashback maps and cut the price in half. that would actually make me think of buying it |
 | Comment #132 by Bastado Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 01:08:03 AM #123 stfu. you know who's a real noob in my opinion, someone who actually calls someone else a noob. you may question why this is. well i simply justify this with fact, noob was created by a younger generation than myself. from my experience those that use the word noob are usually somewhere under the age of 14 or haven't sprouted a ball hair to call their own. therefore the ones who use the word noob are actually noobs to life. you have no substantial experience to draw from, therefore stfu first off you dont know to what extent Epic has went to to address the problems with the muliplayer, for all we know when we get the update Gears 2 may end up being the least glitchy game ever. second, who the fuck are you to say Epic shouldn't want to profit as much as possible from what I can t |
| Comment #133 by Bastado Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 01:37:24 AM ahh this shit cut me off... i had more ranting for your sorry, whiny excuse of a post but i dont wanna type anymore |
 | Comment #134 by Waggaz Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 01:45:16 AM y cant hey add a region filter for online matchmaking. im from aus and im sure every single australian gow2 player is sick of the lag because we dont connect well with americans. So disappointed. |
 | Comment #135 by H3ADSHOT Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 03:06:28 AM I hope the DLC is free. :D |
 | Comment #136 by Mother Beef Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 04:45:13 AM meh, i had to ban myslef from playing GoW2 online, that game gives me angry problems, the amount of 1 hit kill weapons in that game has turned pathetic. I developed a large anger problem from it haha. |
| Comment #137 by Itz Doomzday Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 05:48:48 AM sweet. now i might be able to be the 1st in the world to 1100 or 1250 Gears2. =) |
 | Comment #138 by Turbo Choppa Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 08:09:44 AM Sorry if it's been said already, but it might be worth saying again. Epic needs to have ALL gametypes available for playing. For example, on Territories, all gametypes should be listed, not just 2 of them. There might need to be a way to resolve ties, as I understand the concept behind just 2 types listed (makes voting easier). |
 | Comment #139 by lifebringer23 Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 08:28:06 AM thank god, the amount of time i blow myself up but not the enemy with a boomshot is unbelievle |
 | Comment #140 by xHHx CURT xHHx Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 12:26:48 PM i think alot more has to be done for people to even like this game online. obvious ones are servers have to be sorted out as if you are playing shadowrun or cod4/5, shotgun and chainsaw need to be completely changed (changed back to the same as gow1). if these are not changed im selling it... badasz: fair point definitely agree bastado: FUCK OFF |
| Comment #141 by Zmoke Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 10:34:07 PM Awesome! |
 | Comment #142 by FazedxFear296 Wednesday, January 07, 2009 @ 11:14:38 PM Itd be nice if they made it easier to rank up, and you shouldnt be able to rank down. |
 | Comment #143 by strictly86 Thursday, January 08, 2009 @ 04:13:32 AM what they need to fix is the ranking system! you should be able to know how close/far you are from ranking up! also what helps you rank up? I have been stuck on 3 stripes for ages, even though i have won loads of matches (againsts higher ranked teams too) and have a good k/d |
 | Comment #144 by Flyin' Chipmunks Thursday, January 08, 2009 @ 04:33:57 AM And About Fucking Time Aswell... |
 | Comment #145 by illuminati IV Friday, January 09, 2009 @ 11:37:13 PM So does this mean this game will be good again? |
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