Gears of War 2 First Multiplayer Video next Wednesday.. Yes Bond, Multiplayer! ;)

[Aladuf]

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8777513&publicUserId=5380373

And then on Wednesday is our long-awaited (at least, internally) Gears of War 2 multiplayer coverage, which includes the first MP gameplay footage. And, hopefully, some details on the evolution of sticky grenades there.

I only figured I'd post this here because there seems to be a couple Gears fans finally poking their heads out on GT.

Also, you guys had best damn believe that I have a podcast topic next week! :D

[Renwood]

evolution of smoke-tags oh my yes

[Dyne]

Awesome! I was semi-decent on Gears, so I'll definitely be watching this.

[Bond]

This is all a giant hoax, do not buy into it!

[flunkie44]

The only way that I'll play Gears 2 online is if host advantage is gone. And that's unlikely - XBL is P2P.

[Aladuf]

Lucky you, host advantage is out. Gears 2 MP will be nowhere near the same as Gears 1.

edit: here's where he mentions some of it.
http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/features/193148.shtml

[Null]

well its still p2p, and theres still going to be issues with that. always is. people just dont have enough upload bandwidth on a home connection to do it perfectly.

im almost wondering if they're just going to add a slight artifical lag to the host to put it on even grounds with everyone else.


But what they need to do is let people host thier own servers on the computer that the console can connect to. then you'll get more people. bigger worlds, less lag, etc.

but see how it goes. hopefully it all got fixed and is working better.

[flunkie44]

Lucky you, host advantage is out. Gears 2 MP will be nowhere near the same as Gears 1.

So it'll be even suckier? ;)

[Aladuf]

So it'll be even suckier? ;)

YOU TAKE THAT BACK YOU WHORE!

[flunkie44]

I take it back. I had fun tonight.

[Renwood]

start match jump jump shoot die wait start match

[flunkie44]

start match MASH A BUTTON MASH RIGHT TRIGGER MASH A BUTTON MASH RIGHT TRIGGER die wait start match

Fixed.

[Aladuf]

Here it is ladies:

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168396

I'll post impressions when gamevideos finally finished loading the damn video... that site takes too damn long.

[Vampyr]

Very much awesome. :D

[Aladuf]

After many problems trying to get it downloaded it finally worked earlier.

THIS.

GAME.

IS.

GOING.

TO.

FUCKING.

OWN.

ME.

FOR.

A.

VERY.

VERY.

LONG.

TIME.

[flunkie44]

At this point, it's looking, in every way, leagues above Resistance 2. Amazing footage. I'm actually really hyped for this game now. I guess it was getting back into the swing with my 1v1s with Team Pile. :)

Cliff Blezinski is still a tool, though.

[Bond]

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[Combine 017]

Hey Aladuf, the Lit Fuse crew is working with the gears engine so expect some gears machinima at some point.

[flunkie44]

Hey Aladuf, the Lit Fuse crew is working with the gears engine so expect some gears machinima at some point.

Don't make his boner harder.

[Aladuf]

Hey Aladuf, the Lit Fuse crew is working with the gears engine so expect some gears machinima at some point.

Fucking Sweet!

Don't make his boner harder.

Too late.

[Aladuf]

http://i29.tinypic.com/246nzgw.gif

Just had to post that <3

[Dyne]

http://i29.tinypic.com/246nzgw.gif

Just had to post that <3

Don't tell me they'd be using that in multiplayer? That leaves you SO open for attacks but it does look cool. :lolz:

[Aladuf]

Yessir it is in MP, Cliff said that they wanted you to have the choice for your kill. Either take the risk of doing that or just kill him off another way. But that execution is the longest animation of all of them I believe too so they're all not that lengthy.

[Dyne]

Actually, what the fuck am I saying - knife kills are about that long in Turok. :lolz:

But then again you can do knife kills with any amount of life, and not just when they're down. Teammates are probably going to be attracted to fallen comrades so that's what makes it dangerous.

[Aladuf]

Teammates are probably going to be attracted to fallen comrades so that's what makes it dangerous.

This is Gears we're talking about, teammates never help other teammates. :lolz:

[Dyne]

This is Gears we're talking about, teammates never help other teammates. :lolz:

Yeah, I meant more in the way of "someone's probably going to go sniper-bash that guy - I should focus on him for a while so I can get an easy kill." :D

[Aladuf]

Yeah, I meant more in the way of "someone's probably going to go sniper-bash that guy - I should focus on him for a while so I can get an easy kill." :D

Ok gotcha, that definetly is the "Gears mentality"

[flunkie44]

http://www.moiee.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gearsofwarvs1.jpg

http://www.moiee.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gearsofwarvs2.jpg

http://www.moiee.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gearsofwarvs3.jpg

http://www.moiee.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gearsofwarvs4.jpg

http://www.moiee.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gearsofwarvs5.jpg

[Bond]

This game needs a wider color palette.

[BreakABone]

This actually sounds cool...

Wingman is another new take on multiplayer. Consisting of five teams of two, you have to balance the aggressiveness of going after the other teams, while protecting your partner. If you go down, he can revive you. If he dies, you're on your own and you've let your man down. It's a brilliantly inspired tactical bout. Five teams jostling on a medium-sized map keeps the battles interesting and continual, and the nature of the match-up forces you to work as a team and co-ordinate a measured combination of concerted attack, while trying to watch your partner's back. Simple aggression will certainly result in at least one teammate's casualty. Then you're stuffed.

[The Duggler]

Anyone knows if 2 persons will be able to play online from the same console? A la Mario Kart?

[flunkie44]

Anyone knows if 2 persons will be able to play online from the same console? A la Mario Kart?

It was possible in Gears 1 - I don't see why it wouldn't be in Gears 2.

[Dyne]

:lolz: Wingman. Oh CliffyB.

Hi, have you met Ted? *pistol whip from behind*

[BreakABone]

:lolz: Wingman. Oh CliffyB.

Hi, have you met Ted? *pistol whip from behind*

It's

"Heeeeeeeeyyyyy have you met my friend Ted?"
Jeez!

[Bond]

The HIMYM quote correction police have been here.

[Dyne]

It's

"Heeeeeeeeyyyyy have you met my friend Ted?"
Jeez!

The official BLOG is named "have you met ted."

http://have-you-met-ted.com/

It's not like it has to be perfect. :lolz: Plus, who's to say your wingman is your friend?

[Bond]

Isn't that a fan-made blog?

[Dyne]

Oh, probably. I didn't do very much searching.

[The Duggler]

It was possible in Gears 1 - I don't see why it wouldn't be in Gears 2. How do you do it?

[BreakABone]

How do you do it?

That was always a pain in the ass.

But I believe you had to go into the Xbox Live and start a player or ranked session but before you confirmed. Hit the X button on second controller to sign in as a guest or another account.

It was a pain that took ppl a while.

[The Duggler]

That was always a pain in the ass.

But I believe you had to go into the Xbox Live and start a player or ranked session but before you confirmed. Hit the X button on second controller to sign in as a guest or another account.

It was a pain that took ppl a while.Thanks man. I didn't know that.

[BreakABone]

Not that I care just need to steal Aladuf's thunder.
New impressions and videos.

Recently, Microsoft showed the game off to a bunch of game journalists (including yours truly) in their Redmond office. Once there, Bleszinski gave us a quick rundown of some of the new weapons and features in the game, as well a little more about the story and some of the new characters and locations. It’s stuff you’ve mostly heard before (saving the world jazz, no biggie) but it sounds like the single player will be as compelling as it was in the first game.

But we were here for some competitive multiplayer, and we got to play multiple rounds of three different multiplayer modes on three different levels: Gridlock 2.0, Security and River. Actually we played some other maps I’m not allowed to talk about yet as well as some other modes I’m not allowed to talk about until E3 time either. But trust me: wowza.

This makes for some interesting gameplay possibilities, especially when you consider a couple of the new features of the grenade. You can stick grenades all over a choke point on a map, hoping someone will trigger it as they fight through. But if you use poison gas grenades you create a much bigger and longer lasting obstacle for your opponents to get through. Grenades also cause a concussive blast now too which can knock a player down or even over something.

Guardian

Bleszinski described this as sort of like “Assassination 2.0. Both teams have one “leader” who is armed just like a real player – he’s not some dude in an El Presidente uniform holding a crowbar. But even though the leader is just another player (and will cycle equally through your team) if he dies, it’s bad news for your team. As long as your leader is alive, his escorts will continue to respawn, keeping up the fight. So teams have to strike a balance tactically between guarding the leader and hunting down the enemy leader, making for some interesting team play concepts.

http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/2025/Gears-of-War-2/p1/

http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/xbox-360-hires/7236/Gears-of-War-2-Multiplayer-Gameplay-HD/
Older video in HD apparently.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/886/886441p1.html
http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/1942/full-res/1215358387.jpg

[Aladuf]

Just caught that on GAF, I haven't watched the IGN video or whatever it was because I hate IGN's video player with a burning passion but the screens are nice, especially the one you posted.