Are you playing a different game than me? lol
Granted the game has only been out for 1 day so any impression (including my own) should be taken with a grain of salt.
The graphics I think look really good. There is a reason why reviewers are almost universally praising them. I don't see how you can say they even compare to Halo in the slightest....have you even played H3 lately? It's a totally different art style and color palette. Sorry but as nice as the textures were in the original gears it was kind of boring to look at. A lot of the outdoor environments looked very similar and drab. This one trumps that in scale, variety, and overall quality.
The matchmaking is probably the BIGGEST improvement of the whole experience to me. Last night from about midnight to 5am I had friends coming on and offline and we played Horde and some public & private matchmaking. Inviting and setting up matches was extremely easy and quick. If anything was clunky it was the original Gears setup. I know you said it was your favorite game but compared to other games out there the MP implementation for setting up matches was mediocre at best. There is a reason why all the big MP games now (Gears 2, COD5, Resistance 2) are trying to emulate this setup.
As far as the weapon balance I haven't played enough to comment on that. The shotgun does seemed to be toned down a bit but to be frank it was pretty overpowered in the first game. Host advantage & shotgun DDR matches were annoying and I'm glad to see they attempted to remedy the problem. Epic actually spent months beta testing in house multiplayer so I'll take their word for it (at least for now) that the overall changes were warranted. They admitted themselves that the MP component in the first Gears was tacked on and things like weapon balance & overall gameplay mirror that statement. The few vocal people I've seen so far remind me a lot of the diehard Halo 2 players that complained about the BR changing in H3.
I'm sorry you're not enjoying the game though. So far I'm having a blast. Fable 2 and this have been my favorite games so far this year.
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