Både Eurogamer & VideoGamer har her til formiddag spottet, at det kommende nummer af X360 Magazine bidrager med yderlige detaljer omkring multiplayer-delen i Epic Games’ Gears of War 2 (læs mere på Xbox 360 Fanboy). Der bliver bl.a. plads til 5on5 (tidligere 4on4) og de forskellige game-modes er også beskrevet. Dertil kommer der et “matchmaking-system” a la de man kender fra Halo (3). Gears of War 2 vil være i butikkerne i november måned.
- Ten person, 5v5 online multiplayer.
- Yes, Gears of War 2 will have a Halo-style matchmaking system.
- There will be respawning multiplayer modes, but the focus is still towards traditional non-respawn gaming.
Multiplayer game modes:
- “Guardian” game mode: A remade version of Gears’ Assassination game mode where the objective is still to kill the other team’s leader, but players keep respawning as long as their leader is alive. Opponents’ leader will be marked on the HUD to keep the game moving along.
- “Wingman” game mode: You and a buddy team up, sharing a single character model in this five teams of two game mode.
- “Meatflag” game mode: A CTF-style mode where the “flag” is actually an AI-controlled player who’ll wander the map and attempt to kill anyone who gets near. To “capture” him, you’ll have to first down, then escort him as a meatshield all the way back to your base, all while your opponents are trying to kill you and shoot at the “flag”. Because, if shot at enough, your meatshield flag will break free, go berserk and deal out the pain. Respawning will be featured in this game mode as well as stats for the amount of kills the AI-controlled flag dished out


























Guardian fungerer ihvertfald fedt i R6V2.
Meatflag lyder sjovt
To personer om en figur? Lyder kikset.
Hm.. meatflag lyder sjov og lettere innovativt…
men som #2 forstår jeg slet ikke hvordan Wingman vil fungere… med mindre man styrer et våben hver eller lign (og så kun en styrer hvor man går etc.), men det virker skidt… og hvis der er en der skyder og en der styrer bevægelser virekr det endnu værre…
kunne godt se at det kunne være sjovt for dem at afprøve disse idéer i en beta for at se om det kunne være sjovt, men så skal de jo ikke sige noget officielt om det.
Meatflag lyder über fedt