IT IS A PIECE OF SHIT.
first off, the matchmaking is horrible. I am constantly getting stuck in games where the other team has 5 players all above my teams rank and half the time my team only gets 3-4 people! Its total shit!
Then there is tons of lag issues. Having a random host causes it sometimes to have a host with such a shitty connection he is the only person that can even fucking move on the damn map! let alone shoot! then he just kills everyone on the other team and wins.
finally its just plain bullshit how little thought they put into it. the fucking campaign is amazing, the game itself is awesome. but the multiplayer is retarded! look up my stats on gearsofwar.com my id is ROLNICKD i have a pretty damn good record. but i have lost the last 25 games in a row because of either lag, or glitches, or having the worst fucking team ever!!!!
edit:
i forgot to mention how frustrating it can be with the weapon selection. they put things like mortar strikes or rocket launchers with 3 rockets and its only a 5v5 game max! it can be frustrating when someone shoots 1 mortar and kills 3 people. it makes it where practically the entire game rushes towards the 1 or 2 power weapon on each map and totally removes and real strategy!
agree
I love Gears of war 2 but yes I agree that the multiplayer is quite bad, the ranking system is retarded & it takes hour's to find a game, It's best used for private matches (or horde) only.
20 minutes waiting for a game
it seriously can take up to 20 minutes to find a game to play. its ridiculous. i know there is 9 other people online trying to find a game. so why does it take so damn long!!!
So I guess paying for Xbox
So I guess paying for Xbox Live doesn't make a damn difference if one dude online has a bad connection.
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exactly!!
i pay money to have xbox live. and its great most the time. but then you play a game like gears 2 and they make it where 1 person has to host the game. and its completely random who hosts (they did this becauase the host gets a major advantage in the game having zero lag) so if the person that ends up being host has slow internet then the game is unplayable and you must take the loss.
Well said
It's because of bullshit like this that I hardly ever play games online.
Yea..
I have the same problem, gears needs to take a lesson from the COD waiting rooms
It needs servers.
Serisously. I love the server system on PC etc. Why couldn't every game have it. You can go to a certain server always and you'll get to know the people there etc. And if you want to invite your friends then you can give them the ip. Or if you don't want to go to any other server and buy yourself a decet server the one with the best connection just could host a server himself....
servers would be amazing
i loved the servers when i played counter strike. servers would fix a lot of these issues!! but even games with match making like call of duty or halo dont suffer from these issues!