March 31st 2009 7:00 am PT

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why would anybody buy these when the online multiplayer doesn’t work, this is the worst online game i have ever played, which in turn probably makes it the worst game i have ever played!!! no matter how good the campaign is. i wont be buying a new gears if one is to be made.

any chance of the original micro machines or road rash on xbox arcade????

@Lynch. The multiplayer works just fine ever since the last patch came out. Sure there are still some minor issues but it is a hell of a lot better now. If you don’t care for a game why post a comment on a post that is about that game.

It’s up yay and it downloaded real quickly. Lynch Idk if u played recently but it plays kinda like the 1st gears since the 3rd title update which isn’t a bad thing. You would be surprised who would buy these maps now that they fixed the issues many of us complained about. It’s not a perfect game no game every is but at least there trying to fix there mistakes.

Can you play with these maps in horde?

i played the first 2nights after the new patch, lagging players, running around with no guns in hand, not able to go into cover, and one guy from mexico getting 18 kills with no reply from anybody because you cant shoot at him, bad hosts, bad servers, BAD GAME. @Jambi Bum quote ‘sure there are still minor issues’ lol. its crap mate, worst thing ever, and i forgot to run my comment by you, i will do next time.

@flatliner718 : yes it can be played in Horde, and there’s achievements for playing it in Horde.

@Xcell Miguel : thats all i needed to know i’ll definitely be downloading this to play with some friends online.

No thanks.

Big whoop.

pass games dead to me.

Why isn’t the update there to let us CHOOSE a mode to play? Currently it seems 50:50 and a lot of the time only one mode gets voted for. So, it’s hard to progress for some public match achievements. Let players choose what they want to play I say for a new update.

This week on Arcade…………?

You forgot to announce it yesterday as promised. And last week too. Be nice if you kept your word for once Major Nelson. All you’ve announced for the Days of Arcade promo so far is the EA/hasbro ripoff. Nice going!

Not available in Germany or Japan… Russia too…

very baad – i can not download, though registered in the USA..(

MP is dead for me in Gears, I only really play it for Horde mode, so I doubt i’ll get these maps. I tried replaying MP after the update and i did not have an enjoyable experiance, I think it’s becuase i was a level 1 and it kept “matchmaking” (using this loosly) with people in their 20′s. After the 7th game of losing 5-0 I decided that maybe gears MP is not for me.

In till they fix lag switching im not getting them Maps.hey major next time you talk to Cliff Bleszinski ask him about hows he going to fix lag switching Please.

Im In Holland And It Says i Cant Get The Map Pack ????

Aussie xbox, Aussie xblive account paid with Aussie credit card.
Living in Japan. Can’t download it. *THUMBS UP*

What? No price drop for the Combustible Map Pack to coincide with Snowblind? I guess I’ll wait on that new Fable 2 content I heard about or the Final Fantasy IV sequel to come out on arcade.

Bought my xbox in the united states, have an american account, am american, and live in germany, and i cannot get the map packs, i know major nelson has something to do with xbox, and there are MILLIONS of americans living in germany, are we just supposed to accept that we were SOMEHOW able to download the unavailable combustible and flashback maps, but we cant download the new maps, EXCLUDING US FROM PLAYING WITH ANY OF OUR FRIENDS!? what is going on!

Dude somebody better check this out cause its pissing me off!!!
“Item not available in current location” WTF im registered in the UK!!!
How come my next door neighbour has it and i cant…..very poor microsoft
Better sort this out pronto!!!!

I really doubt we are going to get a response….

this is stupid ive payed sooooooo much money into my 360 to microsoft and epic and now im not aloud to buy a map pack which i got ms points for last week what the hell

Hi Major I’m surprised you forgot to speak about the Midnight Club LA DLC finally released last friday.
That’s certainly because of the R* lack of communication.
Nothing about the 2 car packs removed 10 min after they appeared on the MarketPlace

I really do not understand why the first two were accessible, and with these it’s just like, sorry, you can’t have these, everyone else in the world can, but you can’t. thanks, thanks a lot.

I was really hoping for a freebie somewhere down the road from the release of this game. I’ll probably download this later as I’ve not been playing it as much as of late.

we have offended against you,Major

There really should be a filter for comments, to filter out comments from countries other then US. Those of you that wish to see constant bitching about restrictions your countries place on things exported from here, can set the filter to all. Those of us that want to read comments that are useful, can set it to US only.

@lynch182

At the start it was very bad,they have fixed it and it works fine,I`m enjoying it. That must have just been one laggy match you had and that happens in all multiplayer games. Please stop moaning

wow Protonus that was very helpfull what a nice guy u are

Gears 2 could of been a great game……..

@Lil Miss Death: What? He’s right. People from outside the US are CONSTANTLY bitching here about not getting things. It’s not Microsoft’s fault or Major Nelson’s that YOUR country’s copyright laws and what not cause these problems for you guys. And yet you come here all the time to complain to people who have nothing to do with stuff coming late to you.

well there has never been a prob b4 and i pay the same as you usa folk so why cant we moan for getting the same as you

Gears 2 was so disappointing. I am done with these studios that release untested, bug filled games. I absolutely refuse to give this studio more money. Rather than releasing a junk game and patching it later why not test it first and release something that actually works. Games like Halo and Call of Duty worked just fine out of the box, they deserve my business. Epic does not.

@Lil Miss Death: Again…because WE AREN’T THE ONES RESPONSIBLE. Go bitch to your governments or whoever controls distribution laws in your part of the world.

funny thing is i was not asking you , it was a post to help others not to bitch about it so keep you comments to yourself

@Lil Miss Death: Something even funnier…I don’t need you to ask me. And also I’d like to know how your posts help anyone. And why should I keep my comments to myself when you can’t keep your complaints to yourself?

@ Pinkeye.

The XP rank is not representative of skill.

You are still matched by your trueskill rank, but these are now invisible.

Waste of money! No thanks! Fix the bugs and lag first!

because when you post u may get a reply hence an anwser hence help for all that have the same prob

@Doh Ray Egon

I got the first two map packs no problem, the game is not illegal in Germany, but the problem is that Microsoft chose not to provide any commercial support in Germany, same with Japan, so we can get the game, and the old downloads, we just had to look in the bowels of the marketplace, but all of a sudden now, we cannot get this map pack, it is perfectly reasonable to wonder why, when major nelson works for microsoft…if you know of some blog of Bill Gates that talks about Gears of War 2, or maybe the creator of Gears 2′s blog, let me know. Until then, keep your hormonal outbursts to a minimum please.

@Lynch182
Such harsh words.

@PiNkEyE69
Myself, most of my friends and their buddies (check my friends list) and you’ll see we ALL play NOTHING but The Horde with each other – with an occasional WingMan. Multiplayer is cool when you get in, but if you want to get your fix fast, good luck outside of inviting friends in to fill the slots. I’ll be downloading these maps hopefully before 7 p.m. EST. (Note to self: Next time put in your MS Points Code BEFORE going to work.)

No thanks,I won’t be wasting my money on these maps like i did with combustible.I’m saving my money to buy the halo3 and COD world at war maps.Multiplayer is fun and usually enjoyable on those games.

To many unbalanced teams still, even after the last update on Gears of War2,what a joke!

I can’t download the maps either. I have a Swedish Xbox Live account and I’m living in Ireland now. I was able to download the Flashback and Combustible map packs just fine, and even the Snowblind map pack video! What could be the problem here ? Doesn’t Microsoft want my money ?

@Protonus
If they do that then I hope they add a filter for a$$hats. That way I wont have to read anymore comments from people like you.

Gears2 MP is too broken for me to spend any amount of money on new maps. Even after TU3 released it’s no better. I’ll hold out for Gears 3.

@mmm buddah: You don’t even know if what you’re saying is true. You don’t even know if this is something that is MS’s fault. You’re just assuming things. Perhaps YOU should “keep your hormonal outbursts to a minimum.”

I played the heck out of Gears 1 MP, but couldn’t get into Gears 2 MP (except, or course, Horde mode). Since the last title update, MP is no longer “broken”. I’ve been enjoying all modes with little to no problems. To those who are partial to Gears and haven’t played in a while, give it another try. Good times await…

Downloaded and played… great additions… I love all four new maps

Haters go complain to Epic. MajorNelson is not responsible for gameplay issues you may be having.

I live in a Live non-supported country and have an account registered in UK but I can’t buy/download some content because bloody M$ runs an IP address check on me whenever I try to access that content and denies it to me because they find a country/IP mismatch even if my IP doesn’t belong to Germany or Japan.

Why can’t M$ just take our registration country at face value and leave us alone ?? Porn websites simply ask if you’re over 18 and if you lie they are legally not responsible thus safe from any prosecution.

Playstation Network doesn’t do IP check

@Doh Ray Egon

Did you take all night for that response? And yeah, I do know what is going on, i talked to Microsoft Germany, and Epic, and Microsoft basically shrugged me off while epic let me know what was going on. It -is- microsofts fault, the game is not illegal, the first two map packs are available, and the video is available for us, so there is no reason the maps should not be avaialable to us, you need to just stop talking you are making yourself look more dense and immature every time you talk, and maybe stop saying “i know you are but what am i”, you sound like a pre pubescent teenager.

so far the card is not available (

@ Finkenator, do your research, microsoft germany does not want to give any commercial support to Gears of War 2 anymore, for some stupid reason, and refuses to put the downloadable content to the marketplace. The game is out, the first two dlc’s are out and working, and now all of a sudden, microsoft singles out germany, and japan ( japan is a similar story )

This sucks so much. At least you Guys at Ms could remove th Ip lock only for a few days. I am pissed to have to drive to france just to download the maps. See Major this is true dedication!!!!

Hey guys!

I’m new here…i read all of the comments here and on some other sites.

Honestly, Gears 2 MP sucks – i told, stupid who is playin this shit crap and why ?

I tell you why: The mp sucks in everyway – the lag, i said LAG!!!!!!!!!!! broke this sh*t really

After the TU3 came out, i was come back for some quick checking match what changed, but NOT TOO MUCH

I’m laughing on the noob casuals, whos BEGGING etc to Epic – fix fix fix pls fix FIX fix blablabla – when the game came out, there was a lot of topic on the Epic’s forum.

Only the noobs/idiots think that Gears 2 is fine BEACUSE – they’re fine with the Lancer, shotty, laggiing via other noobs or whatever – chainsawnoob etc

The shotty (in gow2) is the worst weapon I HAVE EVER SEEN – only two-piece works but that is so gay – the wpn is SO WEAK, AND LAGGY CRAP
Oh sry, i’m almost forget to say, after rolling and running you cant shoot, u need to wait some second

OH WAIT FOLKS!!!!!!! If there’s a lag -WHICH IS IN ALMOST EVERY MATCH, 9/10- so then this wait WILL BE MORE THAN the “normal”

I start playin Gears more than 2 year ago – but – ON 1 MATCH IN GEARS 2 THERE ARE MORE BULLSHIT THINGS HAPPENIN THAN GEARS1 UNDER 100 MATCH

The SNIPER hit detection sucks – this was the KO for me

THe SMOKE is one of the noobiest features i’ve ever seen

And THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN THIS – i dont care to write all of them, but i felt to need to leave out (the rage) of myself.

One more thing, Gears 2 never will be good, if there wont be a lag – then wont be too much changes either, beacuse you know guys:
Gears 1 has a so much better gameplay (clear, enjoyable, hardcore etc etc etc.) – so i mean the differences – the way, the gameplay etc (sorry my eng) is totally different between the two gears

Sorry my english, but the point is, all of this what i just write down here (and many more what i didnt…) IS A FACT!!!!!!!!!!

Btw, I’m a huge Gears fan, so just like every “normal” gamer playin Gears 1

Ragnar

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Sorry, forget to say: i’d like to buy this map pack (cuz it looks AWESOME, quality maps – REALLY!, i say this now, i saw some vids, btw nvm) but the same problem, region lock

Hungary

Where is no xbox live offcially, then there is a region lock on some content… oh and now the laws doesnt matter, cuz they’re seeing us like they germany or whatever – where the law sucks

If you can’t download the maps: http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=671150

PLEASE MAJOR NELSON HELP US!

i just got a 1600 points card to get it buy making a new account in holland (as im from uk but live in holland and its what a microsoft helper told me to do) and it was a waste still does not work very angry with microsoft and/or epic atm

im guessing microsoft is hinding away from this one great customer service once again thanks for nothing

I have to take back a few of the things i said about the gears 2 multiplayer because after playing some more it is much improved after that update.While it still needs ongoing work,I have played it about 4 nights in a row and it is much improved over the other updates.I may just have to get this map pack after all,keep up the good work!(it’s about time)

in a world of cod 4, how can anyone in their right mind feel that gears has acceptable multiplayer? cant pick mode, cant keep playing after game, still get matched with all wrong ranks . . . plus the game has what 6 guns? snore and annoying

i got this game day 1, just like gears 1, but unlike gears 1, this game lasted me a week maybe?

gears 3 is not a day one for me, unless i trade stuff

I agree the options are not there ,but for me that is not what defines how I enjoy my gameplay.I like the noise and in your face action,and quite frankly i have had more of that from gears 2 over the last week than i did with cod4 anytime.I also see you havn’t played it much since the update.Unless you suck pretty bad at gears,it’s a lot better than it has been ever in my opinion.That’s including Gears1 .Whatever they did it’s a hell of a lot more enjoyable now.

@ Dustin Krieger

And the award for the most retarded comment goes too!!!!!! KRIEGER! :: drum roll :: You obviously have the IQ of a chipmunk so, turn around , hang your head, and leave, you obviously have nothing of any relevance to say.

So, 1 week after the release, and still no comment as to why it is blocked around the world. And I see major nelson is not even looking into it, because it has NOTHING to do with the laws, the game is legal, the first two map packs were available, and there is NO REASON that this map pack should have a block. Oh no, MS germany doesnt want to commercially support GEARS 2, oh well, PUT THE MAPS ON THE AMERICAN SITE ANY HOW AND TELL THEM TO **** off, they have no case, if MS US decided to release it on Xbox live, even when it says that your ip is in so and so country, STILL LET US download it, who cares! They would have 0 case cuz the other maps are already out, and the game is on the market!