Gears of War 2 goes old school this weekend

In other news: Use of the phrase "i wasn't even close!!!" is down 78% on XBL this weekend... hmm...

Thank God! I might actually spin the disk this weekend.

in that case, they gotta bring back 1-hit downs from active reload snipes too

I wish they would get rid of the concussive effect on all grenades for good. I do however like the 5v5 component, but I do like the idea of having an old school weekend. Maybe they should offer "old-school" as a match type to choose. Rerelease all of the maps from the originals and get rid of ink grenades and concussion effect and everything else. It would be an option I would try every once in a while just to mix things up. As long as Epic keeps doing new things every once in a while I will continue to play this game.

that's a pretty good idea..i did not play the 1rst one that much..so i gotta see what everyone be complaining about because i like the GOW2 when it does not have lag or lag-switch users

This is cool. Getting killed while being on my back from a 'smoke' stun grenade by some noob kid is infuriating to say the least. It takes no skill to tag a stun grenade, hide like a girl behind something, and one shot the downed opponent.

Gears1 was so much better in so many ways, but Gears2 does have a lot of great stuff to it. This weekend will be tons of fun.

Epics idea of turning off concussion is not the same as mine. Instead of falling to the floor for 5 seconds you are now stuck on the spot unable to move for 5 seconds and a bigger target for shooting. Atleast when on the floor only enemies near you can kill you, when bolt upright you can be shot from clean across the map.

At first glance, I thought Marcus Fenix was offering me a hit.

Personally I think they should just convert them to flash grenades and be done with it. I think it would add more depth to the MP if your opponents were unable to see for a few seconds.