May 2009
3 posts
The smokescreen...
Monday night marked the end of the Gears of War 2 “retro weekend,” a four-day event that reduced team sizes from five to four and also removed the “concussive” effect from smoke grenades, a change that apparently everyone found to be wonderful. Epic must have been watching their forums closely, because the weekend is officially over and the teams are back to normal...
Gears of War 2 is still going strong online...kind...
I’ve been playing Gears of War 2 on Xbox Live since the game first came out back in November, and frankly, I’m not even sure why. There are so many glitchers and lag-switchers online—I consider myself lucky if I can get through one three-hour session without encountering any cheaters. I must be a glutton for this kind of ignoble punishment though, because I’m still online...
