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#1 _LEGIONS_
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According to the official Xbox site, Gears of War will only support 8 players online.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/g/gearsofwar/default.htm

Did they just change this?

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#2 Childeater10
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As far as I know it's always been 8 players online, 4 vs 4 in tactial shootouts...
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#3 _LEGIONS_
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First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

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#4 lawlessx
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First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

_LEGIONS_

you make it sound like its a problem
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#5 gokurocks2442
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Cod2 had 8 players online and it was still fun

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#6 Templar1991
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8 players will be fine.

It's not run and gun anyway.
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#7 STRICK26
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8 online wtf. I thought it was going to be a Halo type game??

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#8 AllSystemsRocks
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If you don't like it just don't buy it !!!

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#9 lawlessx
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8 online wtf. I thought it was going to be a Halo type game??

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note: halo is a fps..gears of war isnt. so theres no point trying to compare the two
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#10 sk8jim
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I might complain if it were 4 or less but 8 is great.
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#11 AwwZeeStar
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ill say this again....any game that takes skill online...people complain about it
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#12 H3llstrike
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First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

_LEGIONS_

now the 8 players online? dude where have you been its always been 8 nothing new here.
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#13 _LEGIONS_
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[QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"]

First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

lawlessx

you make it sound like its a problem

Well I wanted the game to be epic (no pun intended) in its online multiplayer. Sorta like having some modes that have 8 some other modes with big maps that support 32, or at least, 16
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#14 tbolt_88
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Its always been 8 ever since news of this game first came out. Its a tactical game that takes using cover..not a run and gun game..so it wouldnt make sense if it had 16 people in one game. It wouldnt be much fun so i dont see the big deal being made. Also the 10 hour campaign thing is also fine since well havnt you noticed that every game these days besides rpgs are usually 10 to 15 hour games so that is also nothing new.
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#15 lawlessx
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[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"]

First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

_LEGIONS_

you make it sound like its a problem

Well I wanted the game to be epic (no pun intended) in its online multiplayer. Sorta like having some modes that have 8 some other modes with big maps that support 32, or at least, 16

do you really think adding 8 player to its muitplayer is going to make it better? if you want a fragfest..buy a FPS..
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#16 _LEGIONS_
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[QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"]

First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

lawlessx

you make it sound like its a problem

Well I wanted the game to be epic (no pun intended) in its online multiplayer. Sorta like having some modes that have 8 some other modes with big maps that support 32, or at least, 16

do you really think adding 8 player to its muitplayer is going to make it better? if you want a fragfest..buy a FPS..

More is not necessarily a bad thing. Ps. So when do you intend on buying a 360?
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#17 Squall910
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Eight players is fine any more than that and it be chaotic your supposed to use cover, and if there are 16 or 32 people on a team then there won't be much cover for everyone....
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#18 lodlod
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8 online wtf. I thought it was going to be a Halo type game??

STRICK26

Wait a minute dont most halo 2 online matches only have 8 players?

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#19 limpbizkit818
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[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"]

First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

_LEGIONS_

you make it sound like its a problem

Well I wanted the game to be epic (no pun intended) in its online multiplayer. Sorta like having some modes that have 8 some other modes with big maps that support 32, or at least, 16

do you really think adding 8 player to its muitplayer is going to make it better? if you want a fragfest..buy a FPS..

More is not necessarily a bad thing. Ps. So when do you intend on buying a 360?

But having small groups of people works with some games. I love cod2's 4v4 matchs. Intense. Gears looks to be the same. There should be some multiplayer videos at X06, so lets all just wait untill then to see how it turns out.

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#20 Childeater10
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I just feel if they did more then 8.. like 16 the framerate would be horrid. I'm looking forward to the 4 vs 4
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#21 mixmax5
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wow thats not a lot at all
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#22 Halo2_Norad
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4v4 is perfect. My ideal MP.
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#23 mother_farter
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4 vs 4 is fine and so is the 10 hour campaign..stop complaining before you even play it

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#24 rambo368
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8 players is great for this type of game a lot of strategy will be used for this game instead of the run n gun chaos of halo which is a lot of fun still
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#25 lawlessx
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[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"]

First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

_LEGIONS_

you make it sound like its a problem

Well I wanted the game to be epic (no pun intended) in its online multiplayer. Sorta like having some modes that have 8 some other modes with big maps that support 32, or at least, 16

do you really think adding 8 player to its muitplayer is going to make it better? if you want a fragfest..buy a FPS..

More is not necessarily a bad thing. Ps. So when do you intend on buying a 360?

not when the level design cant support it. ps.in two months
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#26 MADVLAD123
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[QUOTE="STRICK26"]

8 online wtf. I thought it was going to be a Halo type game??

lawlessx

note: halo is a fps..gears of war isnt. so theres no point trying to compare the two

theyre basically the same thing so you can compare them just fine. I don't see why so many people always use this arguement when people try comparing halo and GeOW

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#27 _LEGIONS_
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[QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"]

First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

lawlessx

you make it sound like its a problem

Well I wanted the game to be epic (no pun intended) in its online multiplayer. Sorta like having some modes that have 8 some other modes with big maps that support 32, or at least, 16

do you really think adding 8 player to its muitplayer is going to make it better? if you want a fragfest..buy a FPS..

More is not necessarily a bad thing. Ps. So when do you intend on buying a 360?

not when the level design cant support it. ps.in two months

Guess we'll have to wait and see. Good luck on getting your 360 (what made you wait this long?).
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#28 lawlessx
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[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"]

First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

_LEGIONS_

you make it sound like its a problem

Well I wanted the game to be epic (no pun intended) in its online multiplayer. Sorta like having some modes that have 8 some other modes with big maps that support 32, or at least, 16

do you really think adding 8 player to its muitplayer is going to make it better? if you want a fragfest..buy a FPS..

More is not necessarily a bad thing. Ps. So when do you intend on buying a 360?

not when the level design cant support it. ps.in two months

Guess we'll have to wait and see. Good luck on getting your 360 (what made you wait this long?).

i use my friend's xbox360. i wanted to wait a full year so the box im getting will have less bugs lol
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#29 FrStyleKing
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First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

_LEGIONS_

Unless you want them to drop the level of the graphics online like GRAW did then you just have to deal with 8.  I'd  rather it still look good and have fewer people than have a bunch of ps2 level graphics guys running around.

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#30 luke182777
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they wanna keep it stop and pop. if there were more than 8 you would be pushing run and gun tactics online.
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#31 _LEGIONS_
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[QUOTE="_LEGIONS_"]

First it's the 10 hour campaign, now the 8 players online?

FrStyleKing

Unless you want them to drop the level of the graphics online like GRAW did then you just have to deal with 8.  I'd  rather it still look good and have fewer people than have a bunch of ps2 level graphics guys running around.

I don't know what you're talking about. the graphics in GRAW multiplayer were awesome.
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#32 fore_runner
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8 players will be fine.

It's not run and gun anyway.
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Not "Run and Gun" it's "Stop and Pop" 8 players is plenty.....
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#33 napalm44
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8 online wtf. I thought it was going to be a Halo type game??

STRICK26

most of the halo gametypes had only 8 players silly buns

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#34 MrBrownstone1
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In the audio interview with cliffyb(epic) he says 16?
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#35 ClandestineZero
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[QUOTE="Templar1991"]8 players will be fine.

It's not run and gun anyway.
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Not "Run and Gun" it's "Stop and Pop" 8 players is plenty.....

It's always good to see people who grasp the concept of more =/= better. Gears doesn't seem suited for large crowds of players, so 8 is a nice, rounded number.
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#36 justforlotr2004
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Yes its 4v4 tatical based multiplayer.  The maps wont be huge and will have many side paths so you can flank your enemies, also some will have destructable enviroments and stuff like that.
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#37 Oni_Ookami
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Cod2 had 8 players online and it was still fun

gokurocks2442

8 players in cod2 is ok to a degree but everyone that plays it still wishes they had at least 8v8 games...4v4 is really small, and the levels will have to be tiny as well. For a Killer App 4v4 is unacceptable IMO. That 4v4 experience better be awsome, my expectations have now been elivated.

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#38 lespaul1919
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4v4 is the best if you haven't learned taht from halo already.
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#39 GG7
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According to the official Xbox site, Gears of War will only support 8 players online.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/g/gearsofwar/default.htm

Did they just change this?

_LEGIONS_

GOOD! I'm tired of all these wingnuts with crappy connections trying to host 20 more players than their crappy broadband service can handle! Maybe we might actually have some relatively lag free games with this one?
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#40 luke182777
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and dont forget. this is cliffy b's flagship. he's not going to push out anything but excellence. you can bet the 10hrs of single player are going to be magical, and once you play the online you are going to think 4 on 4 is the way to go.
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#41 Kash_1095
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8 players is perfect to me.
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#42 FragingKing
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10 would have been nice. But you know the 10 hour campain I may not be getting this game.
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#43 tonight1234
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i tihnk that more then 8 people with that kind of game would lag it baddddly and i think that 8 people would be perfect you say how cod2 turned out awesome and saints row with 16 people hmm kinda laggy right? so 8 people is like perfect!
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#44 -Zaku-
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8 is fine. I'd actually like to see 2 well organized 4-man teams go at it in a tactical fashion (suppressing fire while buddy goes around for the flank, or lay down fire to move closer to the enemy's position, etc.)
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#45 Oni_Ookami
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I still think they could have allowed more people...i mean PDZ handles 32 people with ease and gears of war cant handle more then 8? 
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#46 Jshoes
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8 online wtf. I thought it was going to be a Halo type game??

STRICK26
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#47 tlcain
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Sounds like they are going for quality over quantity.  Hopefully it won't have framerate issues out of the box like most recent games.  It looks like they are really taking advantage of the smaller levels by making them all unique and interesting, as there is one with lots of explosives and a gas station, one with degrading cover like couches, and one with a speeding train that goes through the middle and kills everything in it's path.  I'm actually more hyped than ever!!

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#48 xelloss88
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I swear this game will blow if we can't do 4 people on each Xbox 360.
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#49 VirginFingers
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8 is kind of low. It isn't very low, but it's low. I guess it really depends on the map size. Large maps with no one to fill them sucks. I don't care at all about the campaign I never play any FPS campaigns I just go online. I wonder how many people UT07 will supprt.
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#50 blue183
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its 8 cuz anymore than 8  and gears will have big  fram rate problems