As someone who plays Gears 2 every night, I'll say you really have to love the gameplay to get into the multiplayer. It's very unforgiving to new players and the difficulty curve is a lot steeper at the bottom than Halo (I haven't played Call of Duty, so I can't comment). That said, when game's are technically solid, it's a whole lot of fun, so hopefully Epic can deliver this in Gears 3.









