My first online experience was with SOCOM 2. I feel that is the greatest online experience of all time. I was able to make friends easier, find the exact match I wanted with no problem, and it was hella easier to find a good clan.
What made it so great was the online structure. From the online menu, they had Friends List, Clan Roster, Quick Game (Which is basically matchmaking), Rankings, Player Info, and Lobby Select. Lobby select lets you pick which server you wanted to go to. (US East 1-17, US West 1-17, US Central, etc.) Each could hold 256 people. They also had Clan servers where you could go in also. Once you selected a server, you saw a list of all the rooms people created in that server. Each had a description that told you what kind of match it was, the requirements, etc. And it also had a chatbox (mostly used on Clan servers, where people would put up msgs like "looking for a 4 vs 4 battle" or somethin). Once you selected the room, you'd go into the room lobby where you'd get ready for the match. You play the match and all, then when it's done, you all go back to the same room lobby (which made it easier for me to actually make friends with people since you'd play with them more than once)
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You could make a room and use it for anything. Some people made private rooms and named them "so-and-so clan practice", some people held clan tryouts (so you don't have to go on the net, find someone advertising a clan, then wait for them to get online, etc..). Some people made rooms where users made the rules (like Shotgun duels. but games like this weren't made by the game developers so you just had to boot people who were being a$$holes).
Friend list/clan roster feature was cool also because it told you what server/room someone was in, and you could go see if it had enough room for you to jump in with em.
I could go on and on about it, but I'm basically saying, there was more freedom.
Now I have a 360, and it seems every game revolves around "matchmaking". God, I hate matchmaking. You get thrown in a room with random people, half the people quit in the middle of the match. Half the people don't talk, so there is no teamwork. And then, when the match is over, you're back to the matchmaking screen having to find another match. I'm used to playing with people a few times, then end up adding them to my friends list. Can't do that here though.
And I don't know how to find a clan.
I'm mostly talking about Halo 2, which everyone bragged about it being so great online. I wasn't even into the gameplay that much because it required no skill but that's another story.
How do you guys enjoy matchmaking?
EDIT: Right now I'm playing GOW. The gameplay is superb but finding a match is hell.
What made it so great was the online structure. From the online menu, they had Friends List, Clan Roster, Quick Game (Which is basically matchmaking), Rankings, Player Info, and Lobby Select. Lobby select lets you pick which server you wanted to go to. (US East 1-17, US West 1-17, US Central, etc.) Each could hold 256 people. They also had Clan servers where you could go in also. Once you selected a server, you saw a list of all the rooms people created in that server. Each had a description that told you what kind of match it was, the requirements, etc. And it also had a chatbox (mostly used on Clan servers, where people would put up msgs like "looking for a 4 vs 4 battle" or somethin). Once you selected the room, you'd go into the room lobby where you'd get ready for the match. You play the match and all, then when it's done, you all go back to the same room lobby (which made it easier for me to actually make friends with people since you'd play with them more than once)
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You could make a room and use it for anything. Some people made private rooms and named them "so-and-so clan practice", some people held clan tryouts (so you don't have to go on the net, find someone advertising a clan, then wait for them to get online, etc..). Some people made rooms where users made the rules (like Shotgun duels. but games like this weren't made by the game developers so you just had to boot people who were being a$$holes).
Friend list/clan roster feature was cool also because it told you what server/room someone was in, and you could go see if it had enough room for you to jump in with em.
I could go on and on about it, but I'm basically saying, there was more freedom.
Now I have a 360, and it seems every game revolves around "matchmaking". God, I hate matchmaking. You get thrown in a room with random people, half the people quit in the middle of the match. Half the people don't talk, so there is no teamwork. And then, when the match is over, you're back to the matchmaking screen having to find another match. I'm used to playing with people a few times, then end up adding them to my friends list. Can't do that here though.
And I don't know how to find a clan.
I'm mostly talking about Halo 2, which everyone bragged about it being so great online. I wasn't even into the gameplay that much because it required no skill but that's another story.
How do you guys enjoy matchmaking?
EDIT: Right now I'm playing GOW. The gameplay is superb but finding a match is hell.
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