a friend of mine was playing with a guy the other day on the 1st Gears and he noticed that the guy had achievements for gears 2, when he questioned him it turns out the guy worked for Elite. They spoke about it for a while apparently the multiplayer can get annoying with loads of frags (which now blow you away aswell as shocking you when they go off near you) but the horde multiplayer game is a good addition where you and some friends join together to fight wave after wave of baddies.