Gears of War 2
Gears of War 2 replaced Gears of War, which in turn replaced everything Halo. In fact, Halo 3 was released after Gears of War and I played it for maybe three weeks then went right back to Gears. I can never play Halo again. I have grown to accustomed to Gears that anything else just feels wrong.
Gears of War 2 is quite an upgrade from Gears. There are more multiplayer maps and the maps themselves are on a larger scale. The whole game itself has been scaled upward. This is a great thing. New additions to gameplay include chainsaw battles, moveable cover, meatshields and some new heavy weapons. Even the campaign takes place on a much larger scale. Once again kudos to Epic. Gears of War 2 was great.
I saw was because it has been plagued by the bastards that play this splendid game online. Yes every system has a flaw, and it’s always human. The idiots that are allowed to play online amazes me. First off, why are there so many pre-pubescent children playing a game that is rated M. Parents … what are doing? Those ratings are there for a reason. I don’t want to play a game and have some kid screaming obscenities in my ear when he glitches and and still manages to only get 1 kill per round. I say it again .. why are you parents not moderating your children? My other issue with people is this incessant need to cheat in a video game. Gears was terrible with the cheaters, but Gears of War 2 took it to a whole new level. The glitchers don’t really get away with much anymore after numerous patches by Epic. However the laggers will forever prevail.
Lagging in Gears of War 2 is apparently the easiest thing in the world to do because everyone and the granny knows how to do it. Everyone has their own custom made lag switch that they use to cause everyone in the game to lag. Of course the host doesn’t lag himself, but everyone else in the game suffers. The worst is when someone does the standby thing where everyone in the game is unable to move except the host and you just see yourself running endlessly in one spot. The host is free to as he pleases and a long string of headshots usually follows and you find yourself dead and you never even knew what happened. Well done Epic.
Gears of War 2 has slowly gotten on my last nerve. There are too many cheaters out there. Every single game is laggy and I don’t even have the option to host my own games. I am forced to die over and over again because some punk has to prove their self worth by cheating to win at a video game online. This is a sad world we live in. Hopefully Gears of War 3 will address these issues because Epic is slowly losing it’s foothold on the number one spot on Xbox live.