[Official] Gears of War 2

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anyone else having connection issues since the patch? I just patched it and now it is saying that I have a closed NAT. I played until about 1 am yesterday morning and worked fine without any trouble. I haven't changed

anything with my connection at all and after this update gears is telling me I have a closed NAT. Any suggestions?

Edit: after running a xbl connection test it seems to be working fine

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Grand Master

DR3AMxCATCHER

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Looks the new patch hasen't fixed the shield bug AKA use a shield and use any weapon you want at the sametime (the glitch looks cool and works really well)

I hate that damn glitch so annoying. I haven't had much lag at all recently though.

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Brad.

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yeh thats the same here

why are there so many annoying little children on this game its ridiculous

Not sure, in one game only one guy on their team had a mic. Mine was muted and I wasn't sure if anyone had a mic either. But DAMN that one guy wouldn't STFU all game.

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on a different note, finished the SP campaign and here are a few quick points:

much better than Gears 1 - not as difficult, smoother, longer, more content and deeper story.

emphasis on proper action, it pretty much never lets up

the Brumak level is freaking awesome

more attainable achievements get you involved - i can even see many of us going for the Seriously 2.0 one since just the SP campaign nets you 1.5K kills, let alone Horde.

the Maria cinematic is simply great - i don't mind admitting it made me weepy. Good job there.

in short, this is my second favorite game of the year so far, and time's running out for this year.

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Ugh. This is really annoying the heck out of me. You guys know in the campagin where you have to defend those Com Satalites against the Reavers using the Troikas? Well apparently I"m playing by myself and it's soo damn hard on Hardcore. Dom and Hoffman just stay in the back and do nothing, while I have to take out each Reaver by myself (which is hard to do already), and I fail each time... :s... Epic should really fix Dom, especially as your partner to take the other Trioka, instead of telling me to go to the Trioka, why don't he go himself? He bloody just stands behind me and looks around.

Ha, did it in one playthrough on Hardcore. Hardcore is so easy now in Gears 2 whereas in Gears 1 it was a chore.

in short, this is my second favorite game of the year so far, and time's running out for this year.

It is a phenomenal game and should be a shining example on what makes a FUN and successful follow up game.

Now was it just me, or did Epic make jabs at Bungie and the Halo series throughout the story?

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.KICK

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Me neither..

Anyways, has the matchmaking been fixed yet? I've not played in the past week almost cause I couldn't deal with the stupid waiting times and lag.

Apparently not, getting a bit of a joke now as to how long it is taking them. They should've done some sort of beta for this game with this match-making as both Halo 3 and COD4 did and definitely helped them but unfortunately they did not so we are left with these problems :(

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Ayepecks

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I don't see how Epic was taking jabs at Halo at all. They took a jab at Doom with the whole flashlight thing in one of the levels (where you have to escort Dizzy through a dark tunnel), but I don't remember any jabs -- explicit or implied -- at Halo. :blink:

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Ayepecks

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I'd recommend trying it, actually. My times are slightly faster. It takes me 2-5 minutes on average to find a team and get in a game, but a lot of times people quit. Other than that, it does seem a bit faster. It seems to be hit or miss for people. Sometimes I'll get in a game ASAP, others it'll take 10+ minutes.

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Brad.

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Waiting in excess of 5 minutes to get in a multiplayer game is poor

Worse than poor.

Seriously, why take out the old Gears matchmaking system? That was good, getting into a lobby talking to people WHILST waiting for others to connect.

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