gamestyle.net— Phil Spencer, the Head of Game Development for Microsoft Game Studios wonders why no one has equaled Halo 2's matchmaking service yet.
Feb 13, 2007View in Crawl 4
I'm just happy that Bungie is doing such a huge public beta with Halo 3 multiplayer. Hopefully most of the bugs/glitches will be caught during this period to keep H3 from becoming what Halo 2 did, or what Gears of War is becoming right now; all glitching, no fun.
it's very simple why i play halo 2 more , with all the other games i get booted all the time, so their are'nt as many players as a consequence. someone finally got that.
Wow this story is basically plagiarizing the 1UP story, nicking entire paragraphs and the transitions -- and the story has an author's name on it? Pathetic.
I'd love to see even basic matchmaking functions added to games coming out today...when I play a team based game it makes no sense to play with people I've never even met before...or you can just spend hours searching for your friends matches. That's one of my biggest complaints about any online title
I agree. CoD2 was THE game to get on launch day for the 360, but it quickly faded away because of its troublesome online mode. If they had gotten that right from the get-go, more people would have played it for a longer time. And GoW? GoW is almost impossible to play with your friends, although it is better than some 360 games because you can pick the ranked game you want to go into. And the other games? Not a chance that they come even the littlest bit close to Halo 2 in terms of matchmaking prowess. I have played a lot of 360 games, and there is not one out there (to my knowledge) that lets you play with guests! There are maybe a few that even let you play with 2 Live accounts at the same time!!!Halo 2 remains the best matchmaking system out there, even 2 years after its release, because of these 3 things:1. Lets you join (ranked) matchmaking with parties of your friends, and stay with that party after the game ends2. Lets guests play with you in full (unranked) matchmaking playlists3. Lets more than 1 Live account play on the same Xbox at one timeAnd that is why I support Halo 2 type matchmaking on all future 360 games.
dolemite5005Feb 14, 2007
I'm just happy that Bungie is doing such a huge public beta with Halo 3 multiplayer. Hopefully most of the bugs/glitches will be caught during this period to keep H3 from becoming what Halo 2 did, or what Gears of War is becoming right now; all glitching, no fun.
swareFeb 14, 2007
I say Console gaming is behind, PC games already have it.Well most, GOOD Games for PC have it.
warchantFeb 14, 2007
pc games had a huge jump on consoles when it comes to online gaming...they should be ahead of consoles
rowlodgeFeb 14, 2007
it's very simple why i play halo 2 more , with all the other games i get booted all the time, so their are'nt as many players as a consequence. someone finally got that.
jonasprojectFeb 14, 2007
Wow this story is basically plagiarizing the 1UP story, nicking entire paragraphs and the transitions -- and the story has an author's name on it? Pathetic.
munkyxtcFeb 14, 2007
I'd love to see even basic matchmaking functions added to games coming out today...when I play a team based game it makes no sense to play with people I've never even met before...or you can just spend hours searching for your friends matches. That's one of my biggest complaints about any online title
doomyFeb 14, 2007
I agree. CoD2 was THE game to get on launch day for the 360, but it quickly faded away because of its troublesome online mode. If they had gotten that right from the get-go, more people would have played it for a longer time. And GoW? GoW is almost impossible to play with your friends, although it is better than some 360 games because you can pick the ranked game you want to go into. And the other games? Not a chance that they come even the littlest bit close to Halo 2 in terms of matchmaking prowess. I have played a lot of 360 games, and there is not one out there (to my knowledge) that lets you play with guests! There are maybe a few that even let you play with 2 Live accounts at the same time!!!Halo 2 remains the best matchmaking system out there, even 2 years after its release, because of these 3 things:1. Lets you join (ranked) matchmaking with parties of your friends, and stay with that party after the game ends2. Lets guests play with you in full (unranked) matchmaking playlists3. Lets more than 1 Live account play on the same Xbox at one timeAnd that is why I support Halo 2 type matchmaking on all future 360 games.