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As others have mentioned, despite Gears of War 2's critical acclaim, the multiplayer is broken. The single-player campaign is ambitious and delivers on most fronts (to a stella level in fact), but the multiplayer fails on the most fundamental level - it prevents easy access to online play. Waiting 5 - 10 minutes for a match is unacceptable when other games (such as Halo 3) offer almost instant access. Halo (as just one example) allows users to schedule in time (10 minutes here, 10 minutes there) rather than allow a potential GoW2 multiplayer match that was supposed to only take up a bite size amount of time, last 30 minutes due to poor networking code.

2-8 player co-op throughout DLC story missions

70 out of 100

From: Official Xbox Magazine

"There are certainly bits and pieces of decent storytelling hidden throughout the game, but for every ounce of beauty, you get three humdrum pounds of grind." [Holiday 2008, p.78]

Metal Gear Solid 4 scores 80%

EuroGamer says

"Guns of the Patriots is a frustrating, fractured game that turns Metal Gear Solid's world upside down several times over, but never changes it."

Many an aussie has a relative in the UK. Perhaps ask them to send a copy over.

I'll order a UK pal copy from play.com and have it delivered to Australia so that I can play it on my Aussie pal 360.

Just received an email from Microsoft stating that my Prepaid Xbox Live Gold 12 month subscription has been canceled!

Has anyone else experienced this? Must be something to do with the update?!

Just your typical PR behaviour(s) being exercised here. In reality, if the news became official that MGS4 is coming to 360, then many a gamer may see the reason(s) to pick up a PS3 less than justified. Sony has a lot of money/time invested in Konami's project, and a lot at stake. I see this as an attempt to persuade public opinion in the short term. If PS3 attachment rate sales do not pick up, then sound business sense suggests that MGS4 will one day shine on 360 (especially when the MGS series sales have been RELATIVELY underwhelming when you consider the 100+ million install base). The question is, however, do 360 gamers care for Solid Snake?

Hmmm. My bet's on a watercolored aesthetic -much like Okami- where a traditional 2D art-style will be exploited within a 3d realm.

"I was playing Halo 3"

Damn, that line has already been used!

It's an adventure that is so captivating that you'll be counting the days for the sequel. It takes interactive storytelling to new heights, and brings the player closer to content than ever before. It's easily one of the year's best titles and one of the most impressive games to date. [Nov 2007, p.151]