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- January 22, 2009 04:20 AM PST
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A long-awaited patch from Epic Games has provided a few much-needed fixes and upgrades to Gears of War 2.
Are you a Gears of War 2 cheat? Do you roadie-run while discharging flamethrowers? Kung-fu catapult yourself through the air? Finagle unlimited ammo for your Lancer Assault Rifle? Employ a shield and a two-handed weapon simultaneously?
Hello bygone days: Epic's "Title Update 2" ("title" because?) has arrived, eliminating some 16 exploits from the popular 360-exclusive tactical shooter.
It's a sobering list, full of curiosities like the "ability" to melee through walls, make shields invisible, become invisible, force other players into the vulnerable down (but not out) position, or prevent them from plucking heavy weapons off the ground.
Several additional fixes reportedly remedy issues like client-side hit detection for the Gnasher Shotgun (it's more reliable in high-latency situations now), improve bot functionality, eliminate a "Horde" mode split-screen issue "that could cause a team to get -2 billion in score, which when posted to the leaderboards looked like +2 billion," and quash an annoying bug that prevented vote-quitters from showing up in end game stats, making it difficult for other players to tag them with negative feedback.
The update also adds seven new downloadable-content-based achievements worth 175 points total, though not retroactively. You'll also have to drop between $10 and $15 in Microsoft Points for the necessary "Flashback" and "Combustible" maps, if you haven't already.
Speaking of scary, have you had a chance to check out the upcoming FPS survival game I Am Alive? No? Get to it then!
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- Jan 22 2009 at 06:11:07:AM PST
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kevinamadi wrote:
dammit, now i HAVE to buy that damn 'Combustible Map Pack'!
Its all about money buddy. ZUKX!!!
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kevinamadi wrote:
dammit, now i HAVE to buy that damn 'Combustible Map Pack'!
Its all about money buddy. ZUKX!!!
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kevinamadi wrote:
dammit, now i HAVE to buy that damn 'Combustible Map Pack'!
Glad I purchased the Limited Edition copy got them free
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they need to fix the matchmaking so I'm not playing people from like 5000 miles away. I hate lag.
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htown4life wrote:
kevinamadi wrote:You're thinking of the 'Flashback Map Pack' that came with the Special Edition, which I got. The 'Combustible Map Pack' is 800 Microsoft Points for everybody.dammit, now i HAVE to buy that damn 'Combustible Map Pack'!Glad I purchased the Limited Edition copy got them free
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I thought the flashback map pack was free? I downloaded it a while back.
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sadamandok wrote:
they need to fix the matchmaking so I'm not playing people from like 5000 miles away. I hate lag.
Where people are have no effect on lag in matchmaking... it's all done over the internet. If I sent two emails, one to my neighbor and one to a guy in South Africa, they'll arrive at the same time.
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kevinamadi wrote:
htown4life wrote:kevinamadi wrote:You're thinking of the 'Flashback Map Pack' that came with the Special Edition, which I got. The 'Combustible Map Pack' is 800 Microsoft Points for everybody.dammit, now i HAVE to buy that damn 'Combustible Map Pack'!Glad I purchased the Limited Edition copy got them free
Got mines free both of them :)
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Good to see that Epic cares about its gamers' needs. Now if only they can release some newer content for UT3!
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