Gears of War 2 Suggestions

By Shane | February 2, 2007

Come one come all, let’s start a Gears of War 2 suggestion box. I know, Epic’s official site has one but I want to start a list because I have some issues with this near-perfect Xbox 360 game, in multiplayer mode.

1. First and foremost, I’ve never in my life seen so many quitters in one place. If people don’t like the ranked match they’re playing, they’ll quit, leaving you and your teammates high and dry. This really rubs me the wrong way, so let’s let people join a ranked game in progress like the non-ranked games - please!

2. The advantage the host has over others is insane because their ping times are way better. If you host a match, you’ve got a better chance of winning. I’ve approached many enemies and blasted them with one shot, no problem. It’s like you’re always a half second ahead of everyone else.

3. Better weapon balance. The game should be called Shotguns of War or Gears of Frag-Taggers, in my opinion. Tactical movement isn’t really in the code for this IP, so it’s pretty easy to be taken down before you were even aware you were down in the first place. Lose the sniper rifle and offer more balanced mid-range weaponry.

4. Maturity levels of the players are lower in Gears than the green toilet bowl water in a motel bathroom of a crack user. I want to enjoy talking to my teammates without the swearing, trash talking, bad singing, gangsta’ rap, and wining. Solution? Choose your age demographic you want to play in before you start your matches. I’m over 30 now and I want to play with 30 year olds. Also, I want to choose the speaking language of the people you want to talk to. I only speak English so when I’m in a room of Spanish, Italian or French speaking players, there’s some obvious language barriers there. “√âl est√° all√°!!…” What?

5. More players on the team. How about 8 per team? By the time Gears 2 comes out, perhaps the developers will unravel more mysteries of the 360’s code, and we can enjoy a broader team base. Rounds are too quick because there’s few too many people allowed to play.

6. A sealed map is a playable map. Yeah, Gears’ has a lot of glitches. Most of those reside in the ability to float around the map, hide and shoot where one wouldn’t usually hide, and slows the game down as we wait for Mc Joe to finish his 20 minute excursion to the very edge of Gears universe. A few cheats need to be addressed too, like the run ‘n gun or chainsawing yourself, although that’s only cheating yourself.

7. Lastly, Connection issues. It takes a good 3-4 tries before I can successfully connect to a match. Also, when people quit a game, why should we have to sit around and wait for that dialog box to go away? If someone leaves in other games I’ve played, they just leave and it says so on the screen.

Gears of War is an excellent game, it is definitely one of my all time favorites. I’m just hoping part two is a little more polished.

Tags: gears of war 2

Topics: XBOX 360 |

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Comment by Bill — February 3, 2007 @ 4:11 am

I’d like to see a booby trap or land mine element. Trip wires or timed grenades. Maybe a dummy sniper rifle that explodes the player who picks it up. Also maybe a flashbang type grenade that would temporarily blind all who were looking in its direction when it went off.

Comment by Sammael — February 3, 2007 @ 10:59 am

Here’s some for the single player
1) Story - If you are going to make a story-driven single player experience, it might be good to include a story. There was next to none in this game. Story only would have helped here.

2) No more “instant death by stepping in the wrong spot” crap. There were 3 sections of the game I can think of that had this kind of gameplay element, and it’s just really annoying.

3) Scarier bosses - The bosses in the game were pretty cool, but the only one that I really felt scared of was the last Titan (the blind thing in the greenhouse). All of the other bosses were “meh”.

Otherwise, I really enjoyed the game, they’ll just have to spice up the next one. (I have a feeling it’s longer off than we’d all like. )

Comment by swamp ape — February 3, 2007 @ 1:40 pm

dude…
you are obviously just bad at gears of war.
1)you need to get quicker with the shotgun or use another weapon. i kill tons of people with the pistol, sniper, and lancer, including its chainsaw. so maybe you should use them instead of just sucking at the shotgun.

2)the game is designed to play 4v4, 8v8 on these maps? no thanks.

3)before you go talking about ‘gangster rap’ and people that speak other languages, maybe you should realize that you are 30 and playing a videogame online. of course there are going to be people younger than you, youre in the minority. maybe these people dont want to play with your wrinkly ass either. hahaha

now, this guy with the singleplayer tips has really got it goin on… props sammael

Comment by Harry — February 3, 2007 @ 1:48 pm

Actually “Swamp Ape” the MAJORITY age of gamers is 30. Do some research, the way you talk portrays you as the minority and is the exact reason there’s problems like you on Live. He didn’t say he was bad at the shotgun either…

Comment by Sammael — February 3, 2007 @ 3:52 pm

Thanks Swamp Ape.

I’m sorry, but I have to agree with Shane on his gripes. Please keep in mind, I am so close to 30 I can smell the male pattern baldness… I liked the multiplayer when playing with friends, but playing Ranked has been an absolute nightmare for me (when I was able to get into Ranked. Which I think was 4 games?) and trust me, it wasn’t for lack of trying. I get pretty turned off when I can’t get into a game after 15 minutes of trying.
Note : I haven’t tried this in a while, but I’m at a point where I really feel that game can go F’ itself as far as making me wait to play a game I got sick of pretty quickly (multi). Not to say it wasn’t fun, I just got bored with it a lot faster than I was hoping.

Also, keep in mind Swamp Ape, he is asking about improvements, so 8v8 would of course mean new maps designed around that idea.

*Single Player and CO-OP FTW!!!!*
Multiplayer is just an added bonus for me to fool around with…

Comment by Shane — February 3, 2007 @ 3:57 pm

Sammael, what’s your gamertag? I’ll add you.

Comment by sifer2400 — February 3, 2007 @ 5:09 pm

wow u must have hit all the right points shane

my #1 problem is the quitters i can handle the big disadvantage between host and the regulars
second many people start to talk shit a lot i have friends that are over 30 and they don’t quit and don’t really trash talk
#2 problem is the shotty lag which can be pretty horrible you could be right behind some one and aim at him and he wont go down or die instead he will turn around and blow your brains out
#3 way to much glitching the run and gun (roadie glitch) the chain saw glitch which allows people to run and have the cain saw reved up but they look like there running and the second the touch u you explode

im only 17 and i have never heard so much trash talk in my life

Comment by Steve — February 3, 2007 @ 9:53 pm

#1 They need to add friendly fire for explosives (boomshot and grenades). You shouldn’t be able to throw a grenade/rocket into a crowd and only affect the other team.

#2 I agree with the host advantage comment. They need to fix that.

Comment by PowerLlama — February 3, 2007 @ 10:05 pm

A lot of people complain that it’s “shotguns of war” and stuff, but I just don’t see it. I take out way more people with the lancer than I do with the shotty.

Comment by Neil — February 3, 2007 @ 10:29 pm

ok, this doesnt have much to do with the list, i havent actually played that much GoW, but damn, this takes me back to when i was over at my friends house playing, there was only two people left, me and some dude on the other team, well the mofo stuck me with a grenade and in that instant before i went all boom i yelled “FUCK YOU!” did a forward roll and blasted his head off with my shotty, and apperantly it was the first time anyone in the game had seen anyone do that because everyone on my team was yelling and celebrating, saying shit like “you just revolutionized GoW gameplay!!” yeah, it was a great moment

sorry for wasting your time with that little story, but reading this list just took me back

Comment by Jack — February 3, 2007 @ 10:44 pm

Yeah i want to second about the language stuff, when i play online i feel like i am playing with the worst scum of the earth, everyone is jerks to each other, and if you kill someone? your automatically a F*** Head? not a very friendly environment

Comment by Rob — February 3, 2007 @ 11:06 pm

How about a crosshair on the screen at all times??? Why do I have to slow down to a crawl in order to fire my weapon. Give me a crosshair. Secondly, here’s how it works; If I am in the middle of putting 200 rounds into someone’s chest from 5 feet away, THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS ME SO THEY CAN SLAP A GRENADE ON ME!!!!!!

Comment by Jestek — February 3, 2007 @ 11:31 pm

One of my biggest gripes with the multiplayer for Gears of War is the lack of gametypes. After about an hour or even less, I get so bored with just kill everyone. They need to add some Capture the Flag or some other gametype to break the monotony. I agree with everything you said though. I hate the user base for this game. I get sick of the 12 year old kids with an attitude problem. People need to lighten up and remember it’s just a game.

Comment by Bradg — February 4, 2007 @ 12:26 am

I think a really great overall Live idea would be a age setting you could define in your gamer profile, similar to zone type. That way you could end up playing with people closer to your age if you prefer. I’m pretty good at GoW, but I can’t stand the quitters and the kids. I’m almost 30 now, and yeah definately would rather play with more mature people that don’t feel like it’s necessary to rap or yell at their family while they are playing. One GoW change I’d like to see is a better lobby system. Dropping you back to the MP menus is just lame. Take me back to the available games list so I can get back into things. It would also be nice if you had the option of a rematch too after a ranked match. More gametypes would also be nice.

Comment by Kevin — February 4, 2007 @ 12:39 am

1. 2 on 2 local Versus. It’s really annoying only being able to play against one other person on a single 360. It’d be awesome to have a team system on local, other than just one on one.

2. Jump ability! It doesn’t have to be huge, but just enough to get over the short cover spots. If you can’t have a jump ability, at least have a vault option that doesn’t require you to take cover before you jump over.

3. It’d be nice to have some sort of motion sensor, but if you can’t, I understand.

That’s my 2 cents.

Comment by AZRoboto — February 4, 2007 @ 12:50 am

Team Play:
Halo 2-like ranked games, so I can play with my friends on my team, and I don’t have to wait for enemies to join my server out of the other 50-100, they are automatically picked and thrown into my game. Also, the person with the best connection will be selected.

Auto-fix New Host:
Perfect Dark Zero and Halo 2 had this, where the host would leave and the game would find who would be the next-best host. In PDZ, we could play while it reconfigured…no interruption!

Host Controls:
The host should be able to:
Change the Map
End Game [send to lobby]
Change Weapon selection
Time Length
Point Limit
Change Gametype

all without having to restart the server!

More Gametypes:
Slayer w/ appropriate variants
CTF
Team Slayer w/ appropriate varients
Assault
Defend the Point

That’s it for now

Comment by Sam — February 4, 2007 @ 1:13 am

The fact that there’s no friendly fire for explosives is really frustrating, because it’s something that I’ve become so acustomed to in games.

The age thing would be great, I’m sick and tired of listening to little punks whose voices haven’t cracked scream about how awesome they are. It’s a game, chill out. (how about a ‘mute’ for players?)

You shouldn’t have to go back to the menu to join another multiplayer game, it’s annoying as hell, and kind of distracts from the fluidness of the gameplay.

I don’t think that ranked matches should let your friends join in, because then you’d just team up with all of your buddies and rise through the ladder and be cheapasses.

The lancer- I don’t know, even with the chainsaw I think it’s a bit underused and under rated. Perhaps if you only start people off with the lancer and the pistol and smoke, you’d get more interesting- and longer- matches. I’d much rather have a 10 minute game that’s fun and requires you know, squad tatics, then a 2 minute game in which everyone is reduced to gibs by screaming people with shotguns.

Capture the flag would be super nuts-awesome, but you’d definately need some bigger maps and respawning in game. Probably bigger teams too.

Although it’s frustrating how you move slow to aim, that’s a good gameplay mechanic, and they should leave it in, and no crosshairs.

If you quit out of a game, perhaps you wouldn’t be able to join a new game for 10 minutes? Because if you really have to leave, then it’s not going to matter to you, and if you’re a quitter, then your an ass, and you deserve to be penalized.

As far as a single player experience goes, I had no problems beating up to Raam on Hardcore by myself, but he was nightmarishly hard to kill, It probably took atleast 2 hours. Dom should be able to revive you if you’re playing by yourself, or atleast, he should be less useless.

More bosses! I loved the bosses, but they weren’t really enough of them, though it would be frustrating if there were more in such a short game. So, make the game longer, and throw more bosses in.

Although I enjoy the atmosphere, and the ‘plot’ I agree that it really needs to be more indepth to be engaging. When you goto the senate hall or whatever in chapter 1, Fenix (iirc) says “there’s a lot of history here”. Great. To bad you don’t talk about it.

Comment by Sam — February 4, 2007 @ 1:19 am

Also, fuck the part with the Kryll in the junker, particulary on insane (i wrote “nightmare” as the default for hardest, I suppose that kind of dates me), It’s just waaay to hard, and no part of the game makes you ready for that.

Comment by Warpped655 — February 4, 2007 @ 1:32 am

I agree with all of what Shane says and most of the complaints listed after on the comments. but just one moment… the shotgun is definatly overpowered BUT I have taken guys with the shotgun out EASY with the Hammerburst. its the hidden gem of GoW. with or without lag it seems to tear away at players and kill them with about 2 or 3 bursts. (depending if you get perfect reload, which is a sinch to get)

Comment by william — February 4, 2007 @ 4:56 am

Good idea for this posting…ok so besides screaming idiots, overpowering shotgun, and host advantage the MOST ANNOYING thing in GOW is getting hit with the pistol, omg just thinking about it irritates me, you can’t get away from it, you can’t block it, and it kills you in two hits, it’s soooo annoying, wow ugh! Um their needs to be some sort of mini-game for the chainsaw, it’s FAR too easy to chainsaw people from long distances, behind you etc…you just get sucked into it it’s frustrating, something like if someone comes at you with a chainsaw, if you catch it within like I dunna 1 second or a 1/2 a second you can start pounding “X” to reverse it on them, atleast than theirs some sort of revenge for people who just run around chainsawing you without any disregard for playing the game fair. Also more bosses, bigger bosses, longer storyling for single player. Oh and some sort of way to lock people into a server with no “quit” option. Screw them they want to quit, let them have to restart their ENTIRE system, atleast than it might keep them from doing it. K Thanks

Comment by JEEESUS — February 4, 2007 @ 8:32 am

C’Mon…. you are a victor meldrew sounding whiney little bitch. I dont want to play with kiddies want mature players who dont quit…blah blah blah

Get a life then you moron, if you dont like ranked matches dont play them. setup your own matches and invite your friends….ah…you dont have any….makes sense.

Mute players you dont want to hear..(they will probably mute you, cos u are a moaning old git)

Connection issues…..get a better broadband provider, get better kit , get a life…its only a frikin game

Comment by Chris — February 4, 2007 @ 8:35 am

Well you covered most of them but here are a few i’d like to see;

1) changing the view from right to left. Like you can do in Splinter Cell when you click down on the stick and the camera moves from right to left. The amount of times I’ve been blind sided because you can’t see your left side…

2) weaker shotgun. I’m a total whore with the shotgun and even I think it’s unfair. I often try not to use it as people just bored and leave.

3) melee with the sniper. It’s too quick. You hit once and the second is a guarantee and then you’re dead

4) tagging people when they are down doesn’t kill them? WTF epic, sort it out.

5) canned animations. When somebody is chainsawing you can’t even shoot them. it’s so stupid that you have to wait for the animation to end.

6) when picking people up they should be given 2 seconds to move or something. It’s so stupid that they just go up and down, up and down, up and dead!

7) a radar!

Comment by tony starks — February 4, 2007 @ 9:28 am

30 year old toolboxes complaining about kids playing games online.. seriously, get over it.

Comment by tony starks — February 4, 2007 @ 9:29 am

The age thing would be great, I’m sick and tired of listening to little punks whose voices haven’t cracked scream about how awesome they are. It’s a game, chill out. (how about a ‘mute’ for players?)

translation: i suck at video games and get mad when a kid talks trash like any of my ‘buds’ would do if were were sitting around grabbing our crotches playing madden..

Comment by tony starks — February 4, 2007 @ 9:35 am

Actually “Swamp Ape” the MAJORITY age of gamers is 30. Do some research, the way you talk portrays you as the minority and is the exact reason there’s problems like you on Live. He didn’t say he was bad at the shotgun either…

‘problems like you’.. god i if i turn into such a toolbox when i turn ‘30′… dear god NO.

Comment by tony starks — February 4, 2007 @ 9:47 am

oh and btw… the reason these kids have such bad manners? bad parents. who were maybe… too busying playing a video game to raise them?

Comment by Brandon — February 4, 2007 @ 10:01 am

Shane, I play with a great group of people, devoid of the prepubescent bastards who insist that they are God’s gift to gaming. We don’t have people that think Pokemon is “old school”. And we certainly don’t have any living stereotypes. No “gangstas” screaming “Fuck you N***a get out my grill!” just before they kill you with the roadie run glitch, they claim they’re not cheating.

If you just want to take a look at this wonderful community to see if you want in, contact me: magic4u02@yahoo.com

If you decide to join you’ll have plenty of fun, mature people on your friends list. They totally understand if you have to get up to pay attention to a loved one, or if you can’t play for a long time because of an emergency.

You don’t have to join, I’m just asking you to look, I know the scum that is on Xbox Live, luckily I never witness it anymore. I’m just asking that you come look and see if it looks good.

Comment by GcRayden — February 4, 2007 @ 11:43 am

The only thing i could prolly wish for in gears of war is a time limit on the hammer of dawn. Im tired of getting stuck in a game at rooftops with people who just constantly use the hammer of dawn. Make it like, after 5 or 10 uses of the hammer it annouces throughout the room “The hammer of dawn is now offline”. Theres no reason such a powerful weapon as such should be without a limit. Another thing i cant stand is when you play an assasination game and the leader runs in an gets himself killed instantly. I know theres no way to fight someones idiotsy but could we maybe have a vote feature or something for leader? my leaders always run in and kill like 2 then get himself killed and he stays leader because he has the most kills! If i could ask for anything, those would prolly be the only 2, thanks for listening

Comment by Jk — February 4, 2007 @ 2:56 pm

I think that the Host should be able to “pass” the game over to another player, allowing them to control the game, and actually be the Host. This would help a lot, as the Host usually just quits the game, so they should be able to let somebody else carry on.

Comment by Lucas — February 4, 2007 @ 3:06 pm

Guys, some of this is just unrealistic. It isn’t easy to make a video game that is so perfect, that a guy is chugged with the correct amount of bullets. Do you think you could aim in real life accuately while running. Do you have a crosshair at all in real life. NO. I like the language suggestion, but it’s their problem if they’re gonna scream and yell at you.
I think that it would be very complicated to work out a solution to equaling out the connections of all the players. One suggestion for the host complaint is to make other people move faster than the host. The shotgun thing is no problem. You have a choice. The weapons that are provided are available for use. It’s your choice. You can try to kill them with a lancer,but they can kill you with a shotgun if they want to. You might be pissed by a certain weapon, but it’s provided. As number two and any other Gears of War games are made, Epic will find their mistakes and find new tech. Just wait and see what will happen.

Comment by sickness — February 4, 2007 @ 3:16 pm

“oh and btw… the reason these kids have such bad manners? bad parents. who were maybe… too busying playing a video game to raise them?”

Ur an idiot.

Comment by snellraiser — February 4, 2007 @ 3:51 pm

1. Shotgun is to powerful if there was less of that used the games would be funner. i hate when you go and take everyone out on there team and then one guy kills you with a single shot with the shotgun and all i use is a lancer or pistal. then there are hole teams that just run with shotguns and that is the only weapon that they will use.

2. everyone complains about people quiting. but if you are good enough with the other person then you can take everyone out with out them ever seeing them.

3. the people that talk shit after you have just taken out two people when you have four on your team. you are not bad ass if you think that you are go and put your head in your ass

Comment by Chris — February 4, 2007 @ 4:19 pm

This game would be worlds different if it just had the ability to team-play w/ actual matchmaking. Somehow, in Halo, the idiocy of the 15 yo xbox set just wasn’t as bad when you had 3 buddies and when game time started you got to light up those little pricks.

Also - I do have to say tho that the generalization of teenagers being the sole proprietors of woefully lacking social skills is not always the case - sometimes you just know the whiny, shit-talking, and eventually quitting prick on the other end of the communicator is some 35 yo slob in his moms basement. You can tell the dif.

Comment by MonkeyBoy — February 4, 2007 @ 5:09 pm

I hate the way in canals you roadie run to get the sniper, you can’t pick it up crouched or any weapon for that matter. The game is about using cover yet you have to stand up pick up a gun. Reloading while roadie running would be fantasic. Yer animations are terrible need to get rid of those. A very glitchy game, needs some more game types, like Halo. I think when Team Fortress 2 comes out gears of war might will be up for sale. TF2 looks like a load of fun and quality. My

Comment by SCAGBARON — February 4, 2007 @ 10:59 pm

I agree that its annoying when people leave and you have uneven teams. There should be an option to change teams if its 4v2 for example, but not in ranked.

Ranked needs to be redone, because it sucks as it is now. What Xbox Live needs is the ability to create and join teams/clans/guilds/etc and then to have these teams play against each other in ranked matches.

Also when they use the slogan “Its fun to play together” they really should have thought more about it. It’s fun to play in groups - we don’t all get along together.

I also agree with your other points, but when it comes to the issue of player host advantage I don’t really see an easy solution, because of how xbox live is setup and run. They need dedicated servers to fix these problems. It will be interesting to see how UT3 for the consoles will handle this. I hope they don’t plan on relying on player hosts for warfare (lol at the thought)

Comment by geach — February 4, 2007 @ 11:21 pm

i like gears of war the way it is

Comment by Tkay — February 5, 2007 @ 12:50 am

rolling, running and taking cover all the same button? When I’m trying to dodge bullets and I get stuck on a wall it’s like I just gave the other player a gift. Running and rolling maybe could stay on the same button but taking cover needs to get it’s own button.

Comment by Mosez — February 5, 2007 @ 1:04 am

heh, i like the majority of ideas on here, except for some of the less “civil” comments, which were essentially flaming…

Anyway, i agree with a majority of what everyone has said, but the thing i’ve noticed about the “host shotty” is that it is usually 2-3 times more powerful than any other player’s, not that the bullets lag, etc. And to be honest, i’m only 15, and the shit that is talked about my demographic pisses me off alot, because i have many friends who are the same age as me (i’m actually the youngest, but they are all still within 5 or so years of me) who are alot of cool people, and don’t trash talk, or scream rap, or yell at their mommies or blah blah blah. So while the age thing is a good idea, i think someone who is old enough to drive a car by themself is old enough to play with the “big boys”

I think the way epic had the ranked matches before the update was great. if you were smart, you could get some buddies together and rock’n'roll, but now it’s like wandering though a cave blindfolded and cuffed, you have no chance of finding the exit to fun again. A lobby sydtem like Halo 2 would be a great idea also, but simply returning the selection screen to having host names would be awesome too.

let’s see, about the chainsaw, i agree about the minigame thing. Like in Mechassault 2, when someone was hacking you, you had a chance to knock them off, that was a great idea (from a not-so-great game imho).

And one more thing about the age argument. It seems that many of the posters (in this comment thread alone) are likely over the age of, well, me. And the only arguments they can come up with are ‘hahaha you’re a wrinkly old ass hahaha’ and such moronic tripe. Why slam on us younger ones when you can’t even speak like a well-mannered human either? Honesly, hypocrites…

P.S. Hammer of dawn idea above (putting a charge timer etc.) would be great. rooftops and tyro get to be terrible if people get a hold of that damn thing, there should be some kind of charge limit on it or something.

Comment by Jerry — February 5, 2007 @ 2:09 am

VEHICLES

Comment by brad — February 5, 2007 @ 2:35 am

GoW has wonderfully detailed texturing, and some good animation. The hiding and shooting around corners are great elements, along with eliminating the HUD and creating hairy situations where you don’t always know who the enemy is. It creates a lot of fast paced intensity, with some interesting enemies (Berserker comes to mind).

Other than that, it’s just a derivative FPS with no story and crappy cut scenes. It rips off Halo with the Marines fighting aliens; the sexy female narrator saying crap that no one cares about, or particularly understands; a floating robot with blue lights that helps access new areas; and a humvee pretty similar to the warthog. In addition, there are those Matrix-like flying sentinels.

The end boss it too difficult, resulting in a pretty anti-climactic game experience overall. The controls get screwed up by all the auto-animation going on. Having the same button for dive and hide is pretty stupid. There are a number of times where you dive out into the open when you thought you were going to take cover.

Overall, it hits the spot on fast-paced bloody action, with a bit of hide and shoot strategy. Other than that, it’s about as intelligent and exciting as a Michael Bay film.

Comment by prence — February 5, 2007 @ 2:58 am

1. Remove the invincibility from when people are chainsawing or curbstomping someone. That’s such a pain in the ass.

2. Let me be able to hit the left bumper when I’m roadie running. It’s no fun to be booking it towards your teammates then to find out they’re no longer where they were before you started your run. I’d also like to know who is talking on my team when I’m hauling ass around the map.

3. Do something to make quitters not want to quit. Whether it be some way to view another users feedback (only in GOW) before playing with them or something else. NHL 2k7 has a decent feedback system in which you can view someones feedback on the game prior to playing them.

4. Definitely a good idea to put a charge limit or something like that on the Hammer. Making someone wait only 5-10 seconds before using the hammer again would make maps like Rooftops a lot more fun.

5. Fix that damn roadie run and shoot glitch. I can’t count how many times I’ve been watching someone roadie right up to me with my shotgun ready to go and then I get blasted while they’re running. File a complaint? I thiiiiiink sooo.

Comment by prence — February 5, 2007 @ 3:00 am

Oh yeah, also figure out a way to stop those assholes that start up a ranked match then they close it when there are 8 people in there just because one of their dickhead friends didn’t make it in on time. The other day that happened to me three times in a row with the same guy because I kept selecting random ranked match.

Comment by Jojje.B — February 5, 2007 @ 3:28 am

I want the next game to feel like im in a war. There was nothing hapening in the backround. No war sounds, nothing..

Comment by Ian — February 5, 2007 @ 5:17 am

Inviso-trigger-spawns. This is 2007, not 1995. The berserker on the train was 100% lame. Where did it come from? Go to the back, there’s nothing there. Then there are the train decouplers that spawn out of thin air.

The berserkers were in general super lame. You need an orbital death beam to kill a 12′ tall organic thing? Makes no sense whatsover. Even if it’s skull was on inch thick and made of some sort of composite ferro-cermaic armor it wouldn’t stop a .50cal armor piercing sniper round.

The berserker round in the greenhouse was also quite weak. What, the glass cieling cannot be shattered with any gun, only a blind retarded monster running into the wall can do that? Stupid.

Games that add difficulty by adding “hit points” are the result of lazy game design.

I loved the look of the game, most of the action set pieces and the voice acting was great for the most part. Which is too be expected when the lead is the same guy who does Bender on Futurama. It could have used a deeper story. That’s where I think the Halo guys got it right, IMHO. Not too deep, but deep enough to make you want to find out what the deal is.

Comment by AZTRO — February 5, 2007 @ 7:27 am

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YA ON THE FAG TAGS, THE MELEE,S AND THE CONNECTIONS PROBLEM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AT LEAST AFTER 3 MELEES U GO DOWN, BUT THAT AGE THING DOESNT BOTHER ME AM 28 AND WHEN SOMEBODY IS A PAIN IN DA ASS I JUST MUTE HIM, PROBLEM LOST! AND ABOUT THE WEAPONS I HAVE NO PROBLEMS AT ALL, AM RANKED 908 RIGHT NOW AND BELIEVE ME I DONT USE THE SHOTG. AT ALL… MASTER THE CHAINGUN (ACTIVE RELOAD). AND U WILL BE MASTER

Comment by Gimbly — February 5, 2007 @ 10:46 am

The shotgun is a cool weapon and 4 against 4 is good but wy do you have too quite when the host leaves thats sucks and the weapons gut be better balanced and i wanna see some new weapons and wy friends can’t join matches that sucks and maybe something with clans would be cool so you have a clantag for your name because gears of war with clans that would be so nice just maken the same game with new weapons and new maps bug fixxes and with a clan option.

Comment by theSaint — February 5, 2007 @ 11:50 am

1) SHOTGUN ISSUE- The best solution for the shotgun advantage is to make the lancer rifle more lethal for mid range and should be able to take down someone with a shotgun who is charging at you. Also, a lancer rifle that is deadly at mid range will result in more drawn out firefights where you’ll have players utilizing cover and squad tactics more.

2) CORRECT THE BLINDSPOT/FIELD OF VISION- When a player is leaned up against cover, his field of vision should be slightly to the right or left, so his blind fire is really blind fire. Also, I was able to sneak up on someone who in real life should’ve seen me coming but he wasn’t able to because his blind spot as he was leaning against cover was not what it should be in real life. You should have some sort of peripheral vision when pressed against objects and not have a clear view of what’s behind the cover, and that can be easily solved by adjusting the camera towards the right or left.

Comment by N1NTENDO THUMB — February 5, 2007 @ 1:27 pm

“Old School Gamers Unite!”
I agree with the #4 suggestion. My friends and I have also run into the same problem (all 29-33 years old). I am suggesting to compile a list of gamertags for those in the 30ish age bracket that just want to play, have fun and not worry about people quitting because they are losing. Mild verbal banter is fine, but continual cursing and racial slurs make the experience frustrating. Friend requests can be utilized to create your own group of people that you can have a positive GoW experience with. I will start with my gamertag. Anyone interested, email zlanders@hotmail.com and I will give you my gamertag. Hopefully this will create a database of players who want to have fun, won’t quit just because they are losing, and know when to lighten up on trash talking. Also, we occassionally like to play as a team, using some type of tactics (crazy, I know). Hope everyone enjoys this game, Game On.

Comment by getoverit!!! — February 5, 2007 @ 2:05 pm

holy crap!! most of you are a buch of little whiny bitches! oh and im sick and tired of reading “like on Halo” “Halo had this” I dont know if you noticed but you are playing GOW!! if there is so much wrong with the game go play Halo!Oh yeah one more thing the shit talking is part of the game if you where better at the game maybe just maybe you could talk some shit.

Comment by just a tip — February 5, 2007 @ 2:28 pm

ok just a tip, im 23 so just cill out all you 30 y/o,ok you wanna play with out the screaming kids? host ur own game,invite your own friends,and make privet slots so they are the ones playing. If you dont know how to do that host your own game invite your friends and boot the people that join that you dont want. Its too easy, now with all due respect STOP BITCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by pimpdragon — February 5, 2007 @ 6:34 pm

1. Fix the melee system. I melee should take 3 hits to take someone down. Also I don’t like the idea of been stunned and unable to do anything, I think been able to fire back would be nice. Meleeing someone would still be viable if person came up and hit you from behind, so they might still be able to down you if you can’t see them.

2. I hate the fact that I see someone charging me, and I unload nearly a full clip into them and they just keep charching. Shouldn’t unloading a clip into someone slow them down a little ?

3. I don’t mind the power of the shotgun, but the lancer power should be increased to enable better and more squad based mid range fights.

4. Maybe I’m just oldschool, but I believe a continuing game, say 10 minutes, where players re-spawn would be alot of fun as well. When a player spawns, all the have is a pistol, and they have to find the weapons, more straight deathmatch. Maybe that’s just the quake in me, but why not have that as a possible mode ?

5. Also, maybe some tight 1 on 1 maps would be fun. It would be cool to be able to duel.

6. My eyesight is not that great, and I sometimes lose track of who killed who, how many enemies are still alive, etc..Some sort of transparent hub to show this would be neat.

7. I don’t mind so much that I’m playing against little white sub-urban kids who probably have a decent education who talk like they’re gangsters, as they just make themselves look stupid. However I have a problem with really young kids playing this game. This is a very violent game. I really believe that parents should pay attention to what type of games their kids play. 8-10 year-olds should not be allowed to play this game. Some age verification system should be in place. Like disabling online play unless an adult has consented by providing information that only a adult would have. Not sure how to implement a system like this, but there must be a way. They do not have the maturity to deal with this content, especially online. These kids learn to swear, cuss people out, are exposed to flying organs.

Overall, a very fun game, keep the maps coming,

Comment by warrenpeace — February 5, 2007 @ 6:39 pm

This post was created so that people could have a dialogue about the game, so stop bitching about people to ’stop bitching’.

I love the game and the 360 has made me love gaming after hardly ever being into it before. I had a SNES when I was a kid and a GameCube that I hardly ever used it ’cause I felt like the key to winning a game was to just mash the buttons for 30 minutes. GoW has made me love gaming and will be the yardstick for which I judge other games for a long time to come.

I’m glad to see people commenting on the lag that happens ’cause there were a couple games where I thought I was losing my mind. My player moved like he was wading through syrup.

I hosted a game the other day and took out the sniper rifles and the grenades. The game was so much better! We had long rounds and it was all about strategy and challenge between players, not who can snipe the fastest. There’s always someone who just tags people with grenades or runs for the sniper-rifle every round, for the entire game and it’s lame.

One change I’d like to see, mentioned here before, is that you can move forward when getting shot at. A character should have a reaction to the hit. I remember a game where I was unloading lancer fire into a guys face and he still used the sniper rifle to blow my head off. I know it’s a game and not real, but how do you squint and aim while getting shot in the face?

And lastly, the age thing. I don’t know what to say. I’ve played with a few really awesome people younger than me (half my age, I’m loathe to admit

Comment by Brandon Tex — February 5, 2007 @ 7:01 pm

K first thing — when ur reloading ur gun and u mess it up, why is it that if ur in the middle of battle or anywhere for that matter, u cant switch weapons you cant melee attack like what the hell, the guy could walk up and smash u on the head becuase ur character cant multitask! SECOND thing is why is it when u use the machine gun if u get hit and ur TRYIN to get that chainsaw to start revin it takes him forever?! if that were a real situation ud be tryin ur best to run away and start the rev up yet he jus gets knocked or stands there until the games timing or watever allows the chainsaw to start up, Ive died many time cause of this! LASTLY, there needs to be a much more diverse variety of weaponry. Like the weapons are cool (Machine gun is sikk with the chainsaw but the machine gun doesnt sound like its blowing the socks off ur enemy, it sounds like a painball gun) there needs to be more rockets, maybe like alien ray weapons or pulse rifles. alot of creative stuff, and there needs to be more uses for rocketlauchers. LAST is grenades, they are great but ur tellin me that this is the battle of history and u can only hold 4 at a time? get one of them belts that wrap around the chest and stuff and staack up lol!

Its a great game, just some minor touch ups sound wise for guns ( need more loudness in the machine gun fire) and gameplay issues

Comment by Brice Howard — February 6, 2007 @ 6:22 pm

I think the game should have a “pre-gamelobby” so you can party up with friends before you goto in a match together. (Yes, like Halo 2). Rather than goin on private chat until you find the same ranked match like everyone does anyway. Whats up with that anyways, it seems as if Epic doesent want you to play with your friends on GOW. and I find that very odd because thats the best part of online gamming…… playing with your friends.

Plus if they had a Pre-game lobby then you wont have to wait ten minutes for people to join a ranked game.

You should also should be able to change the game options between rounds on player matches so you dont have to Re-Host every time you wanna play a different game type.

You should also start off with 4 smoke grenades (seeing as how that is you only protection against a sniper or torque bow weilder).

And last but not least!!! Stop putting in ridiculously useless weapons on the ranked multiplayer. such as the…..

Hammerpistol
Magnum (or whatever its called)
Botolk pistol (if its on the map)

all of these have the same reputation that the “Needler” has in halo, and that sure as heck aint a good one.

Maybe you should make it to where there are maybe 5 weapon variation presets and choose which weapon presets you want to play with in a ranked game type.

ex.

Preset 1 = Classic (All map default weapons)
Preset 2 = Power weapons (all USEFUL weapons)
Preset 3 = Torque Mainia (Spawn with TQBWs)
Preset 4 = Boomshots or Snipers.
Preset 5 = No weapons on map.

Comment by sounds good — February 6, 2007 @ 7:51 pm

it all sounds good but the only thing that really bugs me is the locust don’t have any specific weapons I realize that they have the hammerburst or whatever but thats it, the only difference is that the color in the scope is red insted of blue and if they are from underground shouldn’t they have some kind of claws for a special kind of melee or those teeth i mean they are out there why not use them it might sound weird but there really is no set difference from human to locust only the way they look. They move the same they fight the same and like i said have the same weapons.

oh yeah maybe some different locust to play with like the boomer,berzerker,or the courpser i mean how cool would that be? use a courpser for a vehicle??? it speaks for its self!

Comment by Klobe the Globe — February 7, 2007 @ 7:04 am

1st of all, gears is the best game out, and probably the best game ive ever played since the days of SNES.

The epic elements of Gears;
*(clearly, the pun was intended)

1.) Movement. The moving in the game is brilliant. If you want to whine about the way it is, play CS.
Although i do love the running, diving, hiding, i would like to be able to dive off of higher areas with greater ease.

2.) Camera. Camera + Movement= a game that gives reason for consoles.

3.) Active reload. Ten bucks says other game developers will “borrow” this idea, if their smart. I believe it helps keep players on their toes, while rewarding patience and precision.

4.) “Sploosh.” This joyful onamonapia brings laughter to the hearts of man. Whether it is the shotgun that sings this sacred hymn, or a boom-shot from yander, there will always be satisfaction in the ’sploosh’ of an enemy.

How to make Gears of War better;
1.) The running glitch= kinda awesome. Doing the moonwalk while getting the torque bow under the bridge is extremely satisfying.
As far as someone doing the run-and-saw, its your own fault for letting them get that close to you! ;0}
Howevever entertaining these glitches are for the time being, i do hope that they will be fixed.

2.) Give a ping alongside the host’s name.
The ‘host dominance’ aides the host and his shotgun a bit too much. However, there is always a way around the shotgun.

3.) Friendly fire should exist for explosives, and for downed-enemies/downed-teamates.

4.) No Hammer for multiplayer. It requires no skill.

5.) Slow down the sniper melee just a hair.

6.) More body dismemberment and gratuitous violence.

7.) The addition of:
a sub-machine gun
another pistol (perhaps a torque crossbow)
flashbangs

–Gears is by far the best game out. I couldn’t give a flying firetruck about Halo 2, lost planet, call of duty. I’ve played them all, nothing special.
Gears of War is the only reason i have a 360.

Comment by Izzy — February 7, 2007 @ 8:06 am

How about finally using that xbox 360 gesture recognition camera capabilities to peak from the side of a wall as you move your head to the right and left while playing. Wii want some gesture action.

Comment by SWAMP APE — February 7, 2007 @ 10:45 am

i would like to revisit this post only to say that after reading all of your gripes that you are all a bunch of noobs. Everyone crys about what they get killed with the most. you guys are just old and your reaction time sucks. get over it.

old people are new to the industry - and they are trying to ruin our games with a ton of shit all over the screen all the time and making games they think are ‘too hard’ easy.

and how can you be mad when someone says FUCK when youre blowing someone to bits with a shotgun. get a life and go back to your cubicles losers.

Comment by pimpdragon — February 7, 2007 @ 1:04 pm

SWAMP…

Old people are not new to the industry, I’ve been buying games and playing them actively since 1992, when you were probably in diapers. Some sit in cubicles(and very shorly, so will you) to support a family, to buy fun toys like a 360. Others, like you, save up their allowance for a year to buy it. I spend $60.00 a year on my credit card to play online. You use your parents credit card. In the end, we all have a say in what we want in a game, because we all support the industry.

You didn’t read the purpose of this forum. It’s to post suggestions. Your post is not a suggestion to the game, therefore does not belong in this discussion.

Comment by swamp ape — February 7, 2007 @ 8:48 pm

i like that you assume i am 12. im in my twenties you square. and no, i will not be soon in a cubicle, my life is not that pointless. and yes, i have a job . your narrow minded view on young people is only proof that you are a weener.

lets settle this on the battlefield, and i can prove that all of you are just whack old people.
email me for a gamertag - i’m not afraid. we can play a 3 round match so i can kill you with each and every starting weapon…

spencercaratti@bellsouth.net

to defend myself… im ONLY HATING ON YOU OLD PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU HATE ON MY AGE GROUP. racism, sexism, bigotry, and homophobia are RAMPANT on xbox live. yes, id LOVE to see a solution to this problem, but blaming it on young people is not the answer, only a cheap copout. Ive run in to plenty of racist, sexist, homophobic old people on there too.

in the end - as so many people have said on this post - if you want to only play with people your age… start your own room. its that simple.

or you could get stomped by me and my ‘mooching young friends’ we’ll see if youve got the guts

Comment by air1 — February 9, 2007 @ 8:38 pm

It seems like the chat in this forum is just like the game. That

Comment by HPJIM — February 10, 2007 @ 2:03 am

Wow,
Lots of opinions out there.
1. This forum is about improvements to the next GOW but I have to hit on the age thing. You guys have to understand. XB Live is open forum for anyone who wants to come in. As others have said, if you want to play with a certain kind of player, seek them out while playing and become friends with them. I don’t even use matchmaking anymore. I just go straight to my friends list and get in with someone I know or start my own game.
2. Gameplay. GOW is what it is. Its the best frikin game anybody has ever played. I consider myself an above average player. I’ve adapted to the rules of the game just like any other game ive ever played. The A button is brilliant once you get use to it. I would like to see more in game options like seeing your teams location while running. And seeing who is speaking.
3. Active Reload. This is the crown jewel of this game. Everyone who is complaining about any of the weapons needs to master active reload. It makes ANY weapon the best weapon(besides hammer of course).
4. More open enviorments with more players and game types would be great. The more open the enviornment, the more strategy/cooperation you would need to overtake the enemy. Most of the maps are so closed in with so many entry points that most of the battles end up in a coridor or around a few corners. I realize thats GOW’s nitch but it has so much potential for a large war type of feel.
PROXIMITY MINES? MORE CHARACTERS? EDIT YOUR OWN CHARACTER?

The main thing I would change in this game is nothing. It is freakin’ amazing. Being the last one standing on your team knowing your being hunted by 2 or 3 other players is a total rush!

You all have hit on a lot of good ideas but lets remember that GOW is what it is. An unbelievable gaming experience that can only get better.
cant wait!!!! see you little biatches online. jk

Comment by peter parker — February 10, 2007 @ 11:50 am

quitters suc like my mom - the solution is -1000 points for quitting not -50

Comment by ryanokdontbother — February 10, 2007 @ 8:12 pm

Brandon Tex you have some great points so do a lot of other people and i know this because i literally just sat here for about an hour and read every single post made so far you guys all have you points but deal with it.

Comment by chris — February 11, 2007 @ 10:34 am

i really like all of the game modes. But there is a lack of variety there.You should be able to respawn at one point instead of watching the kid that is no good hide and get ambushed by 4 guys at once.

Second… There should be like areas for diff. skills. I hate being a good player, and get killed by good players, then have the bad player hiding have to do all of the work.

Third…More players per team!.
this would be great… because there would be more people to kill.

Fourth… There should be some more multiplayer maps. The ones that are there are good ones and i like playing on them, but there are so few.

Comment by Josh — February 11, 2007 @ 10:50 am

i think that a kryll gun would be a good idea, like a locust version of the hammer of dawn.l I also think that you should be able to control the way you chainsaw people.

Comment by atl shawty — February 11, 2007 @ 3:20 pm

90% of the people posting here probably are not even remotely good at this game. Everyone comes on to this forum to whine. I was trying to look up something else and I find a bunch of cry babies looking for a place to drown their sorrows because they got melee’d or chainsawed to often. You guys should just return your game to Gamestop and take whatever you can get for it, because your obviously not good enough to handle GOW.

Only thing I agree upon is the chainsaw glitching. But at least you can stop that. All you comparing this to halo, I guess you don’t remember when you hit about level 30 and every round you get MODDDED. That you can’t even stop…. Go play halo, be one of those de-leveling bitches, and go get modded….. better yet…. just go play Viva Pinata fags…

Comment by john — February 13, 2007 @ 5:04 pm

Team Ranked Matches!
-i want to be able to play with who i want, and not be literally forced to play with random people who can be obnoxious, bad, foreign, or quitters. Or 10 year olds whos girl high pitched voices hurt my ears. There should be ways to pick your team and go up against another team, it makes so much sense…
its kind of concerning how a games engine and gameplay can be so advanced, yet the features are barely above n64, next-gen needs to take what has been developed in the past, and add to it, not try to keep up with the features of the past.

Comment by samtheman — February 13, 2007 @ 8:55 pm

Hey guys,

heres some constructive critisism

yeah, im 13 years old, and probibly way too young to be playing an M rated game, but yeah being in that annoying kid age group…i agree with the 30 year olds, it can be annoying to be stuck with the REALLY young trash talkers. And i dont like how if the host has a scratched disk and they disconnect everybody. There should be an auto re-pick host system, an i really like the matchmaking in halo 2
they should do something like that.

And as far as crosshairs go, i would like it if they could make an actual crosshair for the lancer and not just a retarted circle.

i loved the story, it was one of the few i could replay and enjoy, but it definitly wouldnt hurt to be longer with more bosses.

Comment by samtheman — February 13, 2007 @ 9:02 pm

and as for atl shawty

dude, u gotta remember that its just a game dude, and cant handle GoW? dude, its a game meant for ENTERTAINMENT…not for trash talkers like you…thats why they invented chat rooms

Comment by Brad — February 17, 2007 @ 12:11 am

yeah, u know what would be sick?

remember that dinosaur lookin thing with the cannon strapped on its back at the end of the fourth chapter? u should have to kill one of those things.

Comment by imahappypanda — February 20, 2007 @ 10:58 pm

i jus spent an hour of my time readin every comment so i fort id post a reply so it wasnt a total waste of time lol xD ,i wudnt mind more weapons and better storyline, its like all u knew is tht the locust came from under ground and slaughtered the humans, the wars bn going on for 14 yrs etc. its like just a brief cutscene to explain what the locust actualy are,wer they came from, how the humans got ther would of bn nice lol, maybe brief summary of the war so far and more about fenix’s background, but to be honest apart from the storyline not bn gr8, the game is an absolute gem, epic have done a gd job, and as for the online gaming i really havnt played that much online as i dont have x-box live atm, i play it at my dads or at a friends house and ther is quite a lot of bad mouthing and attitude, which ther is really no need for, but its not always teenagers as ive come across sum older ppl tht are just as bad and worse in some cases, some ppl have suggested start a game and invite friends, and tht i would agree with tht would solve the problem of goin into a game full of (to be frank) A-holes, anyway thts all i got to say and again GOW a gr8 game no doubt :D, and another thing i just remembered the guy who sed the final boss was to hard are you joking?(im not takin the piss btw i mean it in the nicest way possible xD) it took me 5 mins to take him down with the the lancer runnin from 1 end of the lighted area to the other was piss easy lol, fair enuf it took me 10+ goes to work out how to actually kill her i used to try n chainsaw her n everything lol n then i tried the simplest option and no doubt it worked lol anyway i think i shud shut up now ive blabberd on wayyyy to much cya xD

Comment by AngelFaust — February 22, 2007 @ 1:30 am

Personaly i think Gears is a god of a game, yes i beleive they should fix the host advantage, but as far as glitches go the running chainsaw and run and gun must go. other glitches such as sliding and glitching out of map i think actually adds to the game when ur not in the mood for ass kicken or in the mood for showin off. as far as multiplayer game modes i think CTF is a no no but a defense mode for maps specially designed for it is a good idea. for instance picture a map similar to war machine eccept the upper area is slightly larger and also has about 3-4 ways up total, depending on the map their should several troikas and resp[awns but only for this mode. other wise it would be stupid because one team would merley kill the other team and take the victoy tower/beacon/watever. i agree that the little perks online suck, but i think that is the fault of parents for allowing a kid with a squeeky voice(obviously under 11) to have a game 17+, 14yr olds and up i can understand but more like 15+. For the sequal i think it should have ten acts. first five are a prequel starting at the end of the pendulum wars and ending more or less with marcus’s imprisonment. the next 5 acts should be a sequel and continue more or less where gears left off and go deeper into story without sacrificing gameplay. the bosses i agree should be much harder except for Raam he just needs to be more interesting and maybe a lot harder on co-op. Next i would like to see 4 person split screen and be able to only link 2 360s to play 4 vs 4. also a 4 person co-op maybe ok but it also may throw it off.

Comment by HPJIM — March 1, 2007 @ 8:50 pm

Suggestions for GOWII.
1. 4 player online co-op.
2. Host swap.(search for best connection w/o kicking everyone)
3. Mute button for certain players.
4. Berzerker on multiplayer. I dont know how but it would be bad ace. Maybe one in a cage you had to do something to get out. And you had to direct him with a hammer o dawn type weapon.
5. No More Glitches..
6. Some more Crazy weapons.
7. More Melee attacks. Not just the x button. And different ones for Cog/Locust. i.e. beating there heads in w/ a single punch or ripping there arms off. I know it’s violent but isnt that why were playing. Everyone whos dead in a room ALWAYS says damm…when someone gets wacked.
8. Make it rated ADULT or have the option of turning off the gore.
9. More game types. Flag/Assault/defend.
10. Be able to change Maps/game types/weapons between matches.
11. Better ranking setup. Invite friends. Play against teams with equal scores.
12. Power down the sniper/, even though its my best weapon.
13. Bigger maps and more players on multiplayer. 10 or 12. Not 16.
14. Longer, more in depth campaign.
15. More characters. Maybe even a little personalization. Nothing crazy though. Perhaps some sort of symbole like…dare I say it..halo.
16. Better bosses.
I know you guys have already hit a lot of these but thats my list for now. I know i have a bunch more but I cant think of them all right now.
good times

Comment by Billy — March 1, 2007 @ 8:59 pm

overall, GOW is a great game. Most of the pain in the ass glitches and disadvantages in the game have been covered, except the fact that your guy ducks when a grenade is thrown near him. that is the dumbest thing ever. in the middle of a battle a grenade is thrown 10 feet away from you and your guys sheilds his face withs his arm for like 5 seconds. giving the enemy a ridiculously long time to kill you. That definetly needs to be fixed.

Comment by Castfiredragon — March 4, 2007 @ 6:18 pm

Wow.
Really, all I do is join ranked matches. When someone on your team quits, someone else on your team gets pissed that the other guy quit and so he quits. It pretty much keeps going after that until the game is 4 vs. 2 or 1. You need to enable people to join ranked matches midway, like in non - ranked. Oh, and another thing about that. When the team that has 4 people kills the team that only has 2 people, they’re talking like they’re all bad-ass. I hate it. Also, put in an age type thing, like you would set you’re age (12-18, 19-25, 26-30, etc.) so 30 year old people won’t have to hear some overhyped 8 year old talking about how good he is, or how he “pwned all teh n00b5″.

Comment by Castfiredragon — March 4, 2007 @ 6:18 pm

Wow.
Really, all I do is join ranked matches. When someone on your team quits, someone else on your team gets pissed that the other guy quit and so he quits. It pretty much keeps going after that until the game is 4 vs. 2 or 1. You need to enable people to join ranked matches midway, like in non - ranked. Oh, and another thing about that. When the team that has 4 people kills the team that only has 2 people, they’re talking like they’re all bad-ass. I hate it. Also, put in an age type thing, like you would set you’re age (12-18, 19-25, 26-30, etc.) so 30 year old people won’t have to hear some overhyped 8 year old talking about how good he is, or how he “pwned all teh n00b5″.

Comment by John — March 4, 2007 @ 6:19 pm

Hmm I agree with many of your points E.G
The host shotgun advantage , The leavers , And The glitches need to be fixed but i dunno about the age barriers and 8 VS 8 . First of all there are childish , moronic players of all ages . Also i think the 8 VS 8 is up for debate …. I mean the prospect of playing with more people sounds good but
The prospect of dying and waiting for the remaining 15 players to mutilate each other so i can play Oh ye and i have never had a problem finding / entering a ranked match ….. That may be due to your connection , oh ye and 4 player coop over live a split screen is almost essential in gow 2 IMO

Comment by Frankie b — March 7, 2007 @ 5:23 am

i just think they need to fix the glitches. maybe add a2 or 3 new weapons and modify the older ones. everything about gears of war is pretty cool. oh and host advantage. it’s not a more powerful shotty , it just host dosen’t get much of any lag at all. story mode could be longer and have more details. new people. i’d like flashnades too

Comment by Hmmm — March 7, 2007 @ 2:41 pm

While I like the idea of 8 vs. 8 matches, there’s already a problem with 4 vs. 4 when you have players on your time that regularly go into “dark op ninja” mode and consistently leave your teammates outnumbered. So I guess I’m just unsure about how that might be resolved…respawning, maybe?

A mute option would really be nice…the trash talk is one thing, but the xenophobic slandering is not okay.

More weapons, more multiplayer modes, and a lot more maps…

Lag sucks, although I’ll just leave a really laggy match and find one that isn’t a problem.

The age thing would be nice, but how could you actually implement it? I mean, you might join a game with someone who claims to be 35 but is actually 11…I think it’s worth a try, though, as I like the competition, but the remarks often go way too far (except this one game that had this pissed off Brit on one team and a black dude on the other, and their angry dialogues were hilarious - like, “You bluh-ee f$$$in prick, I’ll bluh-ee kill you” vs. “Man, shut tha hayll up - I’ll blow yo a$$ to shreds”…etc. etc.)

Comment by KW — March 9, 2007 @ 12:08 am

hey tony starks what the hell is your problem us “little kids” love the game to and not all of us talk trash and crap like that
ya trash talk pisses me off to but what about you “30 year olds” you guys com on to gears drunk as hell Hey if a person trash talks but can play well and he’s on your team i can live with it but if some drunk guy comes online and screws up your game and crap like that its even worse so stop complaining about us!!!!!

Comment by Onyx — March 11, 2007 @ 12:11 am

I love the game as it is. But I still see things that could be improved. I think that in the online play a 6 on 6 or 8 on 8 team match would be great. And there should defintely be more game types. But I do hate having to wait for everyone to die until the next match starts. If you don’t like what the other players are saying than thats to bad to bad. You can get the host to kick the player(s) or you could just leave the match. Stop crying about other people’s opinions and get on with your life. Its just a game. Also some new weapons and upgrade the old ones and a lot of new maps. If you could please find a way to make the story mode a little harder. That corpser was a joke. The game is much more fun when you have to rely on the game’s tactics like taking cover and blind fire. A couple new types of enimes and new allies will also help

Comment by Spen — March 12, 2007 @ 10:39 am

OK Guys, read through all these comments a few of the eariler ones are easily dealt with.

Friendly fire.. host a game and turn friendly fire on, then when u throw a grenade your team mate will die 2.

You can mute people, go on their gamertag right at the bottom ‘mute’ there easily done.

I also disagree with people wanting to invite people into their ranked games.

If this was allowed people would have all those pistol/chainsaw etc achviements so quickly because they would just cheat, so good move i thought.

A few things that need changing/removing.

Host advantage

Lag or atleast try and reduce it

If anyone wants to hit me up my gamertag is ChairBasher (im a nice guy but if your playing some my games some people get agressive (mostly guy’s called blindsiper xx etc etc) but my friend is a nice guy TableBasher so if you wanna join me tonight for some player matches id be honoured.

Hint: dont show me your head to long

Comment by Spen — March 12, 2007 @ 10:45 am

one other thing, im sure on options you can turn off the gore

Comment by Spen — March 12, 2007 @ 10:59 am

Oops, another comment,

on feb 5th pimpdragon say’s he struggles with knowing who is dead etc,

If your press the ‘back’ button on your controller, i keep thinking it is the select button, then this shows who has died who is left etc (dead=line accross and skull next to their name).

Comment by PlayingPlato — March 13, 2007 @ 6:52 am

Hi Shane,
I play from Singapore and am over 30 (actually I’m closer to 40). I really cannot take the trash-talking for 2 reasons - it’s just not ‘cool’ and I have my 8-year-old watching sometimes when I play.

I’m not sure how this will come across, and I’m certainly no racist, but I feel that from the accents, it’s usually people from 1 clear certain ethnic group from the States that really cusses about people’s mom etc. I really enjoy those few matches where there is fair play and when people from both teams applaud moments of great skill.

I think you’ve pretty much hit the nail on the key improvements on the game. The host advantage is a pain. When I play on US host games, 7 shots from the shotgun behind the host doesn’t leave him with a scratch.

PlayingPlato is my gamertag, you can add me to your Friends list if you’d like.

Comment by spen — March 13, 2007 @ 9:48 am

Hi PlayingPLato,

Can i add you on xbox so that we can have a fun player game tonight?

me and my freind have never lost a match even 4vs2 (weve lost a few rounds though) and we like new challenges?

You want to, i promise no trash talk and i applaude anyone who manages to kill me

Comment by spen — March 13, 2007 @ 9:54 am

Wow missed out a few words there hope i didn’t come accross as arrogrant i wasn’t really paying attention, ill be on around 6ish (uk) i think ill invite you.

Comment by anthony — March 14, 2007 @ 10:08 pm

i think in gow 2 they should have certain abilities for certain game characters

example-carmine’s faster
marcus is stronger and stays alive stronger

something like that

Comment by spen — March 20, 2007 @ 7:48 am

carmines dead so he can’t be faster i doubt we shall see him on xbox live on gow2 hope we do though, i always play as him

Comment by anthony — March 28, 2007 @ 9:31 pm

true about carmine being dead..
i still always play with him……

but the host shottys gotta go.i hate it when its 4 on 1(the host is the only guy left alive) and somehow the host pulls it off

and we should decide what kind of games we want to go in..i hate it when i go in a match and 5 out of the 8 people there dont have a headset.and also choose if u want to be in a 6 player game or 8 player game

and epic should start giving us some new maps for original gears..its kindof getting boring..but still an amazing

anyone can add me

gamertag= ANTHONY JM7

Comment by Nick — March 30, 2007 @ 11:59 pm

i have bin playin gears since it came out and one of my friends has bin complaining that the game is unbalanced when i asked him why does he think that he tells me that the active reload mechanic is whats doin it so one thing they could add to gears 2 is a rank system like in halo 2 or lost planet, so that u know that ur not playin with people way out of ur league. Also for co op in campaign i think u could have up to 4 ppl instead of two so that when u split up u a;ways have sumone to revive u.

Comment by HPJIM — April 5, 2007 @ 8:15 pm

Hey Spen, not to get off the subject but Im not to shaby with Snipes either. Send me an invite sometime and Ill show you what I mean.

Comment by HPJIM — April 5, 2007 @ 8:16 pm

I guess my gamertag would help.

Comment by Peter117 — April 9, 2007 @ 9:08 pm

Hi.

Some nice points, some not so nice points.

Firstyl, I agree that weapon and map balance needs to be sorted. As it is, many players just use one weapon and stick with it; hardly tactical gameplay. I appreciate that to an extent that is down to the player; but surely the game should offer a bit more of a varied arsenal. Still, you can’t got wrong with chainsaws on guns
The maps too, whilst nicely made, need to have the glitches ironed out. It just generally ruins the game.

In terms of your experience with other players/games, I think that that’s largely down to who you play. Whilst obviously different language options would be helpful, I feel it may intrude too much for the casual users; besides, after playing it for several months now, I’ve yet to play a single game with foreign speaking players. Likewise with abusive or ‘gangsta’ players; it’s not the games fault you’re playing them, it’s down to the fact that they constitute part of the user base and the game can and will randomly assign them to your games (or you to theirs); at the end of the day, there’s nothing stopping you from quitting the game and finding a new one.

Likewise, generalising that you want to play against 30 year olds only seems a bit closed minded. Not all people follow the same behavioural patters as you may think of them; I’m 15, and yet behave online far more maturely than the majority of people I meed in random games; which is why I almost always play games with people on my friendslist, who I know and who I can enjoy the experience with.

In regard to single player, I have one comment: please add a story.

Comment by Turbo Baloney — April 15, 2007 @ 7:01 am

Shotty should stay the same, but should be a weapon pickup (like where the boltoks are). Agree with Hammer of Dawn Needs some kind of limitations (ammo or time) Diving and Cover should be diffrent buttons. Fully customisabe Gamepad. Host migration like Halo2. Standing up to pick up weapons seems dumb. if 2 players melee attack one another at the same a time,they should grapple a Fast active reload like timer should determine who gets the hit, a “tie” would result in them pushing eachother away, as a cool mini game grapple. (of course the “perfect reload” section will be placed randomly). A BACK TO LOBBY BUTON!

Comment by Turbo Baloney — April 15, 2007 @ 8:28 am

sorry run/dive/cover…all diffrent buttons..sorry for double post

Comment by MATT — April 22, 2007 @ 11:55 am

you shouls do a map in a skool, that would be totally amazin.

matt
gears of war no 1 fan!

Comment by yellowBEARD1988 — April 24, 2007 @ 8:55 am

The first thing i want changed is the ‘incincible when your chainsawing or reviving’ thing. that sucks because they always get away. secondly why should the host get an advantage? and lastly you shouldnt be allowed to quit a ranked match or if you do the other players shouldnt lose points. if 3 people quit from one team a player from the other team should have to voluntarily swap sides before the game will continue

Comment by Jordan — April 25, 2007 @ 1:04 am

I think that we should have baonets on the end of the shots guns so if someone is comin to chainsaw u u can fight back instead of tryin to run

Comment by jordan — April 27, 2007 @ 5:18 pm

in gears of war 2 i think u should drive any car around and have way alot of guns and have your health refuel better and have alot more people to fight and fight boses and have cheat codes for the game and let it be on xbox360

Comment by theuntamedbeast — April 28, 2007 @ 11:19 am

just play against me and you will see

Comment by theuntamedbeast — April 28, 2007 @ 11:21 am

but if you have cars in gears and other stupid stuff than it wouldnt be gears

Comment by theuntamedbeast — April 28, 2007 @ 11:24 am

if you have beoonets on the end of the shotty there would be no reson to have the chainsaw on the end of the lancer the whole point is to be the faster one and shoot your shot gun before the chainsaw gets you

Comment by theuntamedbeast — April 28, 2007 @ 11:27 am

now thats a good one have a map in a school where theres actually class roooms that would be so tottaly awsome

Comment by theuntamedbeats — April 28, 2007 @ 11:29 am

there is a time on the hammer if you use it for to long it does turn off and wont let you use it for a while

Comment by Germanchris1991 — May 4, 2007 @ 3:42 pm

Yo, how come u want to take out snipers? that’s the best weapon on the game. The weapons are all fine u probobly just suck. They should just make new ones but leave the ones we respawn with.

Comment by dbeb — May 7, 2007 @ 2:02 pm

hey.

a few things i would like to see changed:

1. me and my mate want to be able to work on the achievements in multiplayer together. it sux that we can’t. ok, people are worried about stacking etc, well make the achievements available in the player matches then.

2. it would be cool if left bumper did the melee attack. the number of times i’ve tried to melee, punching B but not being able to turn around does my noggin in!

3.the running into cover is a wee bi sensitive don’t ya think?

4. the lancer should be a bit more effective

5. the pistol bullets are curiously slow…. what’s that all about?

6. any change of being able to choose servers local to us?

7. someone should send this lot to epic, it might be good for ‘em

Comment by Alex g — May 17, 2007 @ 10:37 am

I thought gears of war was one of the best games ive played on and so i dont think it needs much change but:
1.id like to see a wepon that grapples the enemy and pulls off a body part.
2.maybe have a chain sword or something.
3.The thing i would like to see the most is a rail gun that could shoot a steel cillinder filled with emultion that would go into the locust then relise the emultion and burn them inside out.

Comment by Bradley — May 19, 2007 @ 5:58 pm

First off…

1)General Raam is too small to be the hardest boss, the berserkers are bigger and harder than him, why not make him use huge fists, not a gigantic lancer?

2)Markus looks retarded around the nose area, maybe in Gears of War 2 give him a nose job? I couldn’t take the game seriously with that on my screen.

3) Are the Boomers supposed to be hard? 3 headshots and they’re dead.

4)Down enemies on campaign, i get bored and feel like leaving enemies lieing around still alive, toying with them, chainsaw, curb stomp, melee, there isn’t enough ways to kill someone on campaign.

Comment by Alex g — May 19, 2007 @ 6:02 pm

Bradley, you seem fit, will you shag me? fuck this whole website gears of war 2 is coming out ur not gonna change the ideas

Comment by sam — May 27, 2007 @ 7:13 pm

make the offline multiplayer 4 players instead of 2!!
and it needs no other work, its amazing!!!

Comment by Dalamar9876 — May 29, 2007 @ 12:27 pm

I have tried the beta test of halo3 but have always been drawn back to GOW this game is like a drug. Now I have found a group of friends that i can relate to and yes I trash talk but can take it myself with all the grace of a shot gun to the face!!!
I have been a host and come up against the host, so have seen both sides of the coin and quite frankly who cares.
GOW2 will be a jewel if they follow the same rules as the first, but with improvements. New weapons and tweaking of the old, new maps though if the four new multiplayer maps that are available are anything to go by we are in for a treat!!!
I could say I agree with the age thing but then no-one would know what side I was on. One thing i do say is its not the age group its the individual that is to blame, being told your doing badly for your team and to pick up the pace is fine but to start verbally abusing an opponant just because they were quicker on the draw than you well these people should be told that the world isnt fair. The chainsaw that some people think is only a noobie weapon can be put to good use in the hands of master maniac on a death wish mission or for that surprised look when that sniper dude on the other team suddenly relises he is dead. Well ive had my say and see you on the game, dont forget my motto ‘I’M NOT CANNON FODDER’!

Comment by God of Raiden 671 — June 6, 2007 @ 2:11 am

“I love Gears of War because it is the best shooter ever! But I just hope that on the next one, it will have more weapons of choice and longer stages or more acts than just five. Smarter enemies( computer A.I.), booby traps, different kinds of grenades and please…avenge Carmine! Poor guy! I just can’t wait to find out who is the character on the ending part of the story, that was on the back of a weird flying monster. Is he higher than Gen. Ramm? What’s his name? Is he the Emperor of the Locust Horde? And, oh…please…more Amya!!! Do you think Col. Hoffman will be the next one to be killed by this other guy? Maybe? C’mon, Epic…many of us can’t wait for the GoW2 to come out someday—have mercy, man!!!

Comment by Graf — June 7, 2007 @ 10:16 pm

All of the opinions in this forum are excelent and many of the suggested improvements are sure to be included in the future of the franchise but we must remember that this is Gears, the game we have all come to love and although evolution is inevitable we must be careful not to change that which diferentiates Gears from every other game we play.

Comment by HPJIM — June 10, 2007 @ 4:13 am

Well said Graf, I hate to say it cause I was the biggest Halo CE fan there was when it cam out, but H3 may not have a chance against GOWII. Im not even sure if it will touch GOWI. CliffyB is a genious and has revolutionized the shooter. He slowed it down and made people think. Sometimes, its like a chess match. I think we can all rest easy in knowing that GOWII is going to take everything gamers are hopeing for into consideration and blow all video games out of the water. 2cents. btw, Im 29, my peeps have good sportsmanship and we play together all the time, send me an invite. Im the best sniper I know.
H PainTrain.

Comment by I KoS Liquid I — June 11, 2007 @ 9:28 pm

For me right now the biggest problem on Gears would have to deal with the weapons. Yeah I know when you first start out the weapons are sweet and you can’t get enough of them. But after you get all of those weapon acheivements they weapon selection is really restricted to 3 Weapons, Shotgun, Sniper, and Torque Bow. For me I would like to see a few new weapons in the game. Here are my suggestions.

1) Auto- Sniper Rifle, I would like to see this because im one of the people who always die by active reload with the sniper. I would like to see people having to hit the person in the head twice to get a head shot.

2) Flamethrower, To me this would just be awesome to torch someone who goes to pick up a weapon or pick up a teammate. I really think that would be halarious. Also if this weapon made it into the game I would like to see a sideclip when you kill someone, sorta like the chainsaw.

3) Tripmines, This idea is a simple thing, laydown a mine if someone runs over it then they die. I think this would add a whole new aspect to any gamemode where you can get up after you have been downed. Just think about it, the host totally owned you but right before you got downed or blownup you lay a mine, so when they run over to get the kill theres a chance that they run over the mine hahaha.

4.) Headshots with the Torque Bow.

Well those are the weapon ideas I had.

Here are some other ideas that I think can make the game hellafun.

1) Invite friends to ranked matches

2) An action button to kill people from behind, what this means is when your behind someone you would press a button like X, then it would go into a sideclip where Marcus takes his shotty and blowing off the locust legs. Or taking his chainsaw and sawing the locusts head off.

3) More online game types such as CTF, Slayer, Specific Weapon like all Pistols.

Comment by Brad — June 14, 2007 @ 4:18 am

I would like to see a super lancer, something higher caliber and a higher capacity. OR a flame thrower, that would kick major posterior.

Comment by anthony — June 18, 2007 @ 9:43 pm

some kind of sharpshooter(not team sharpshooter)and survival matches

the idea of you starting with just a pistol and having to go and get everything else would also be pretty cool,and the landmine feature would be cool too

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