UPDATE: comPile of Gears of War 2 Epic Fails - PART 2
Not sure how Epic was able to send out a game with more bugs, more glitches, and more problems than the original Gears of War but they pulled it off!
That's right, you're not going crazy. There's more wrong with this game then any of us could have ever imagined.
Before I and many others (see poll on sidebar) will buy any DLC, map packs or anything Epic, for that matter, they will need to release a patch and soon to fix the following issues: (And if and when they do, it better not make it worse than before [looking at you original Gears]).
My comPile of Gears of you know what, Glitches and more!
Shotgun Boomshot Host Glitch
I knew there was something wrong with this game the first time I blind fired the Boomshot. Guess what happened? I died! This ever happen to you? How about blind firing your shotgun? Feel you should have taken out or down a guy but didn't even graze him?
The Gamer gene sums it up well, "Bizarrely enough, if you’re not the host, or on the host team, your shotgun and boomshot will not work correctly. “Blind firing” (a staple of the first game) will send your blast straight into the floor in front of you. Frustratingly, Epic has decided not to acknowledge this at all, despite video evidence created by two fans."
Be sure to check out the video evidence, it will shock you. Epic, what say you?
Grenade Tags and Melees Through Wall Glitch/Game Bug
Xbox360Fanboy pointed this out because it's actually a BIG and annoying bug rather then a user exploit or glitch.
Never knew this until now but apparently NO wall is safe anymore. You're able to take someone out or even tag an enemy with a grenade right through the wall. We tested this out and it works, but only if you're NOT the host. Check it out!
Shield Glitches
On Pavilion you can place a shield at the back doors that are locked, take cover and jump over right into your enemies spawn. How do these kids find this stuff?
The worst shield glitch is when they're crab walking with an invisible shield and shotgun you to death. What!!! From this video you can use any weapon.
People Lagging Out/Dropping or just down right Quitting from Matches
I'm sure you've seen it. Looks like people leave right before a match starts but really there lagged out, dropped from the game for some unknown reason. It could be a number of things causing this. Bad code, routers don't match the host properly, who knows? Epic?
That's not to say people aren't quitting early as well but we have had a party of 5 load a game and one of us would drop for some reason at the loading screen, even in the middle of a match some from our party have lost connection with the host.
For those that quit early though, that is a problem in all games and there needs to be striker rules in play for those that quit often. Some quit right after they get owned or if they feel they are about to lose a match or even right when the game is over and they have lost, they quit out in hopes they won't lose their rank.
For those that quit, they should have their rank stripped and be matched up with only quitters for a week. That would teach them.
Spawning without a Weapon Game Bug
This makes for a great game, spawning without a weapon. Not sure what causes this but it's a whole lot of fun just running around all laggy with no weapon, NOT! It can happen from the first match or the last or anytime in between. It can happen to more then one person, multiple times and to ones on both sides. When this happens all you can do is hide, be a decoy, or not play Gears 2 until Epic patches this mess.
Broken Chainsaw
This is something I am tired of, getting Chainsawed. Why? Because everyone knows that it's broken in Gears 2. The chainsaw was patched in the original Gears so how did they screw it all up in Gears 2 is beyond me.
When you shot someone with a revved chainsaw it's supposed to stop it. If they want to continue to chainsaw you they would need to release and push B again to rev it back up. Not In GOW2, 99% of the time they just keep running toward you with it revved and sucking you in like a vacuum no matter how many shots they take.
Weapon Slide Glitch
Weapon sliding is a way to pick up a weapon without the animation actually picking up a weapon that would normally take a few seconds to do, risking the chance of dying in the process.
This is cheating and Epic should have fixed this since it was fixed in the original Gears until they figured out a new way to do it.
Don't Cheat people!
Game Design
After a match is over we are stuck at a basic stat page for over 25 seconds with either obnoxious trash talking or an awkward silence with no button option to leave back to our lobbies and no way to have a rematch with the other party. 25 seconds feels like forever when you want out, what a waist of time!
Update 12/21/08: Walking Dead
Another game bug is when you down someone but they still appear to be standing and/or walking very slowly in one direction making you think you didn't down them. Thanks kducks79 from the GoW2 forums for the reminder, I have seen that a few times as well. I have also seen enemy's laying flat on the floor up in there spawn. Just crazy!
UPDATE 12/24/08: comPile of Gears of War 2 Epic Fails - PART 2
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