Maybe expectations were too high?
I loved the first Gears of War and was looking forward to Gears of War 2 and was planning on really diving in and checking out the multiplayer. First off this should have been 4 person co-op campaign, Halo 3 set the bar and Gears 2 should have followed their lead. I also purchased the game new for the code for the maps you will never see for purchase later on, only to find that multiplayer is totally screwed. So far of the games I have gotten into either most of my team or the other sides team has left and how much fun is that? Trying to hunt down one guy competing with 4 other guys to kill one sucker without the sense to drop out of the match or getting raped as the only one left is no fun at all! Or I sit there for 10 - 15 minutes watching the game say (looking for players), then (looking for matches) and back and forth... I've read all up on what they say, to invite a friend or have a full party, well? I have no friends with this game so my comitment to this game is a couple matches a night and that is all! I have no problems with Halo 3 and other multiplayer games so what is the deal, where is the playtesting to stress test this problem? Really they need to fix this, you wonder why Halo 3 is back on top this week is becuse Gears 2 matchmaking sucks soooo bad. Really Gears 2 should have been on top at least for a few months topping Halo 3 and COD4 easily. But some of the good is I liked the campain and had fun playing it co-op with friends. Thought Hardcore would have been a little more challenging but oh well... I hate to say that once I am done playing the campain this is probably gonna be traded back for another game. Really a shame, thought this was gonna be one of my keepers along side other multiplayer games.
