Bad Multiplayer in Gears of War 3 Will Kill the Series, Says CliffyB

[Rad Party God]

Ah, the memories of local multiplayer of Gears 2. Seriously, I enjoyed every bit of Gears 2, online and offline. Playing through the entire singleplayer campaign in Insane with a complete stranger was simply epic and Gears 2 was the very first (and only) game that made me use the microphone headset of the 360.

That game is the only good memory I have of the 360 before I sold it, it was the only game that justified my Gold suscription to Live.

Yes, I was completely aware of the "host advantage" problems and I didn't cared, it was more satisfying to kill someone when you're lagging.

Also, for me, the "online" portion I enjoyed the most, was the Horde mode, I wasn't a fan of MP online, only local MP.

 

[CheckD3]

I agree that Multiplayer is important, and I'm glad they're working hard on making it the best it can be, but I hope they're making sure the single player isn't a 5 hour game for vets of the series like Homefront is

I understand that multiplayer is a big thing nowadays, but why is it more of a focus than the single player? I'm tired of being shafted on a sub-par campaign while the multiplayer has been shined that looking at the finished product would blind you.

Worry about the campaign if you haven't Cliff, multiplayer should be number 2, campaign number 1

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

IMO:

That means he is focusing on the MP > Story

-Thats right we shoot some grubs and now Dom wont BAWL about his wife every other cutscene...-


Also what the hell is left in Gears of War universe to kill...we blew that shit up twice and I killed your radioactive TRex...and your General...and your MatronRuler

OMG MARCUS' DAD IS THE LEADER OF THE LOCUST!

 

[mjc0961]

At first I was offended when it said that GameStop preorders get you in the beta. What, my preorder on Amazon that I've had in place since July 2010 isn't good enough for you, Epic?

But then I remembered: I don't WANT to play a beta. Despite what most people think, betas aren't "I get to play teh game earliez lololol!" It's likely to be unbalanced, a bit buggy, and maybe even completely broken in an area or too.

So don't get me wrong. Whenever a company wants to run a beta and take it seriously to tweak the final game before it ships, I am appreciative. Just don't expect me to help, I like my games polished and balanced.

Forget it. Unless you fix your entire damn engine or provide low latency dedicated servers everywhere that just won't work. The Unreal Engine is awful at handling lag, the worst example I've seen was Bulletstorm. If games are player hosted you'll end up dealing with lag more often than not because residential connections just aren't set up for hosting stuff like that and e.g. the Bulletstorm matchmaker won't even try to get some kind of optimum hosting in there, it just picks the first guy who joined.

Seriously, to me the Unreal Engine is a surefire sign that online latency will suck. The only game that avoided that was Monday Night Combat by virtue of having so many dedicated servers. Everything else would frequently become unplayable.

Gears 3 is getting dedicated server, so at least you don't have to worry about one of the players being the host and getting that huge advantage.

 

[Sniper Team 4]

IMO:

That means he is focusing on the MP > Story

-Thats right we shoot some grubs and now Dom wont BAWL about his wife every other cutscene...-


Also what the hell is left in Gears of War universe to kill...we blew that shit up twice and I killed your radioactive TRex...and your General...and your MatronRuler

OMG MARCUS' DAD IS THE LEADER OF THE LOCUST!

First off, if you lost BOTH your kids, your mother, father, and extended family in ONE day, and the only person you had left was the love of your life, you would be worried sick if they disappeared. The fact that he has to blown her head off completely justifies the fact that he's an emotional wreck. His life just ended.
And there are plenty of things left to kill, mainly the Lambent. They play a major part in Anvil's Gate, and will be the main enemy in Gears 3.

I couldn't care less about multiplayer, but I'm excited about seeing the conclusion to the story.

 

[MasterWhatever]

I did enjoy the first two and I do hope this one does turn out well. I'm not utterly in love with the series but it is good. The multiplayer I found was never really the strong suit of the series but really the co-op campaign and horde mode (Introduced in Gears2). Which was such a success that now every shooter with online multiplayer need in include there own form of it. Which does in fact indicate that something was done right. All I want is a btter conclusion then gears2 and a better horde mode.