Comments on: Gears 2 knocked off most played… by Halo 3 and apathy?

By: Cole Train

Cole Train — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:54:48 +0000

Matchmaking is terrible, period. I’ve played alot of Campaign and Horde, but I have been totally unable to play even a single other gametype. I wait for 5 or 10 minutes to find a match.. and cancel. It’s really quite bad!! Shame, EPIC! That you would allow such a great game to die because of such horrendous matchmaking.

By: Ch1cken X

Ch1cken X — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:16:47 +0000

There are just too many other games out there right now. I still haven’t finished COD:WaW, Fallout 3, or a slew of other games. ( I haven’t even started Endwar, Mirror’s Edge, etc…) I will go back to it, but right now, I’ve got too much on my plate.

By: DeathByWaffle

DeathByWaffle — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:06:39 +0000

Damn, even Doc is calling me Waffleboy now?

Well see you in a while then. I (stupidly) bought Fable 2 also so maybe it won’t be so long .

By: Apex8

Apex8 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:40:26 +0000

slow matchmaking, thats all it is, if epic fixes it im williing to bet gears 2 will be back with a vengeance and hey im still playing it

By: McChiken

McChiken — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:23:33 +0000

Mamma said knock you out! There goes Halo 3 king of Online games.

By: Tom Sawyer PhD

Tom Sawyer PhD — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:26:30 +0000

As mentioned above, the matchmaking in GOW2 is horrific. I can find a match in Halo 3 in about 45 seconds, not much waiting. Why didn’t EPIC fix the matchmaking in the last patch update ?

Finally, I just think Halo 3 is a better multiplayer game and it has a very large group of dedicated fans, myself included. You’ll see Halo 3 in and out of the top XBL title, but its longevity in the top 3 is what sets it apart. Great post Doc !

By: Doc

Doc — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:10:42 +0000

Thanks Waffle boy I will look you up after I finish Mirror’s Edge… and Fallout 3.
And Fable 2
And Far Cry 2

Talk to you in February. lol

By: DeathByWaffle

DeathByWaffle — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:23:29 +0000

Doc if you need someone to play with don’t be afraid to ask .

One of the reasons I don’t play it as much is because the achievements. The achievements in the first game were all difficult on some level, and made you try new things (100 headshots, 100 sniper kills, 100 boomshot kills, ect.) Now they are all really easy and just not fun to do, giving me no reason to go back and try new things.

By: T3mpus Fugit

T3mpus Fugit — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:46:50 +0000

Oh come on. I got RROD like two days before this game came out, and I planned to get it on launch day. Now I’ve got my Xbox back I have the game and ABSOLUTELY NO-ONE GIVES A CRAP ABOUT IT ANYMORE. What the hell is going on?! It is easily the best game I have ever played, so why the onpopularity?

By: MagusGamer

MagusGamer — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:53:13 +0000

Well, I’m not playing it right now because I’ve finished the single player, and I’ve moved back to Fallout 3. I’d really like to play more, but like you said, many of the people on my friends list aren’t playing it anymore. If we were to get a group going for something like Horde, I’d put the disk back in the drive.

By: Sean "Rothbart" Workman

Sean "Rothbart" Workman — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:01:45 +0000

I see… I (the “PS3 Guy”) start playing Gears 2 and everybody bolts… guys… if you KNEW me, you’d KNOW that I’m not there for multiplayer anyway… it’s safe to come back. I feel bad for Cliffy B. Play his game. Cliffy B thinks you should, and he’s NEVER wrong… except when it comes to picking out realistic looking veneers.

By: greeneyedpsyko

greeneyedpsyko — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:25:57 +0000

That was @SaintMantooth by the by

By: greeneyedpsyko

greeneyedpsyko — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:24:40 +0000

^ that’s what I’m playing too. I think it was a bit overhyped, I’m getting the enjoyment that I thought I would get out of RROD, even though it’s a dramatic enough name. I’ll be playing it till probably well after christmas.

By: Royale

Royale — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:22:37 +0000

I’ve stopped playing mostly because the multiplayer is still buggy. In my experience, the lag is killing the game. Out of the last 4 matches I played only 1 was playable because of the lag.

I love the game and would play it, but because of the terrible matchmaking I will probably play a bunch over system link… and that’s about it. Unless my friends are playing, but like Doc, most of them have moved on… not all, but most.

By: harpox2

harpox2 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:18:20 +0000

Problem was/is that finding a ranked match takes way too long and it get boring rather quickly playing bots in a private match. The patch helped but its still nowhere near as quick and easy to find matches like in the 1st gears.

By: SaintMantooth

SaintMantooth — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:17:15 +0000

I’m too busy playing RRoD to enjoy it

My xbox is shipping out today, so hopefully I’ll have it mid next week, then I’m back on Gears2. Doc, if you’re feeling lonely and none of your friends want to play with you anymore I’ll dig out your gamertag from the forums and send you an invite

By: Dalamornight

Dalamornight — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:10:51 +0000

I’m taking my time playing though Gears 2 with one of my friends and he can only play certain night of the week. I been playing a ton of Left 4 Dead.

By: Artemas

Artemas — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:11:02 +0000

Now maybe people will stop inviting me to play G2 *heres to hoping*

I guess it just shows how dedicated bungie’s fans are and that over a year later Halo3 is still fun for them.