SmallFry

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Shadowrun forgoes TrueSkill for 'party' play, Epic told the truth [update 1]

Dec 7th 2006 11:25PM (Joystiq)

@8 : Your leaderboard ranking is not the same as your Truskill. You can't see your Truskill in Gears, but that is what is used to match you in Ranked matches, and is based on your performance relative to the other players. It's quite complicated but works quite well - after about 10 matches it should be matching you with people around your skill level (in Ranked games).

Shadowrun has online party system, further damages Epic's claim [update 1]

Dec 7th 2006 8:46AM (Joystiq)

Microsoft are planning on supporting parties/clans at the Xbox Live level. I'm _sure_ that will be done in time for Halo 3 to use it!

I personally think MSFT are being a little over-zealous in stopping cheating like boosting. But every 360 game I've played disallows inviting friends to ranked matches, so I think it might be Saints Row which is the odd one out...

Gears is really a SP/co-op focused game - I don't think it was ever intending to beat Halo as the 'next big MP game'!