backflip10019
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R*'s PATHETIC port job: Bully 360 freezing (among other glitches) [PATCH NOW OUT]
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darkressurection
Banned
I am gonna pick it up tomorrow with Brawl, I am not too worried about the situation now that there will be a patch coming out.Costanza said:
darkressurection
Banned
Never got to dig into it on PS2 so I am looking forward to playing it quite a bit.Costanza said:
cultofweaver
Member
I decided to splash out anyway and buy it (well since Army of Two was nowhere to be found in this town at all, and I mean not a single copy anywhere, I didn't have much choice as to which to buy) and can report that I've not had a single problem.
Framrate smooth as silk, one occasion of really nasty pop-in, no audio glitches and no lock ups. Played 5 or so hours overall and just turned it off at the very beginning of Chapter Two.
However a friend sent me a message while playing to say that he had two lock ups in 90 minutes, and his status page said he had completed 1% of the game. His 360 is also a new model (bought in 2007, with HDMI) while mine is a launch unit repaired in Autumn 2006.
It really does seem as if it's entirely random whether you'll get it or not and there's no way of knowing beforehand if you'll be affected.
Framrate smooth as silk, one occasion of really nasty pop-in, no audio glitches and no lock ups. Played 5 or so hours overall and just turned it off at the very beginning of Chapter Two.
However a friend sent me a message while playing to say that he had two lock ups in 90 minutes, and his status page said he had completed 1% of the game. His 360 is also a new model (bought in 2007, with HDMI) while mine is a launch unit repaired in Autumn 2006.
It really does seem as if it's entirely random whether you'll get it or not and there's no way of knowing beforehand if you'll be affected.
darkressurection
Banned
Also, kinda OT but to anyone who has beaten it on PS2, how long is the game? I am getting so sick of beating a game in under 7 hours (Portal is the exception) I heard that if you go for 100% it will take about 30hrs. That about right?
darkressurection
Banned
I usually do that with R* games anyway.Costanza said:
Thanks, you da man Costanza.Rummy Bunnz
Member
If this problem is so easily patched how come it wasn't fixed before shipping? I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't patched for awhile. SAINTS ROW. NEVER FORGET.
How is a PS2 to 360 port with major framerate drops not a pathetic port?VALIS said:
OK, you own thousands of games and you're obviously cool with throwing your money away, but not everyone is. You're really fucking warped if you're more concerned about a mega-buxx publisher and their employees' feelings than your fellow consumers getting burned. Though unfortunately that's not an uncommon thing on GAF. What the hell is wrong with you people.
MaizeRage25
Member
Costanza said:
I'm almost at the same point in the game (6 hours in and 20%) and it just became Christmas in-game.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Good news about the quick patch. It would nice if they sorted out some of the framerate issues while they were at it but no freezes is good enough I suppose. I'll start the game whenever the patch comes out.
LoveAndBeer
Member
A quick note for people when achievements don't register: While playing tonight I noticed that I didn't get my Freshman and Boy Genius achievements although I was 12 classes in and playing Chapter 2.
So I saved, logged to desktop, then reloaded the game. As soon as the game save was loaded it registered the achievements (thank goodness, wasn't going to be happy replaying a few hours to re-earn achievements).
Had 2 freezes and 1 'cant control Jimmy any more' episodes tonight as well -- very disappointing.
Really hope the patch solves these problems because I am really enjoying the game and story.
So I saved, logged to desktop, then reloaded the game. As soon as the game save was loaded it registered the achievements (thank goodness, wasn't going to be happy replaying a few hours to re-earn achievements).
Had 2 freezes and 1 'cant control Jimmy any more' episodes tonight as well -- very disappointing.
Really hope the patch solves these problems because I am really enjoying the game and story.
speculawyer
Member
6.05% in . . . just started Chapter II. No freezes yet for me.
The camera is a bit clunky. Funny game though. Loved the classic big prank on Halloween.
The camera is a bit clunky. Funny game though. Loved the classic big prank on Halloween.
In the interest of adding another data point to the graph.... been playing Bully for about 5hrs on a 6month old Elite. Not a single problem. Havent even been too worried about the framerate and believe me Im a massive framerate whore.
Maybe I had really low expectations considering all the bad press.
Maybe I had really low expectations considering all the bad press.
cleveridea
Member
I have a 2 week old 175W falcon and it froze on me during Halloween. So I think the 'only on older models' isn't true.
Absolutely loving the game though, and having tried the ps2 version I wouldn't swap it for anything the environments, framerate and characters are a big improvement. The gamevideos video convinced me against the wii version because the environments in particular are lower polygon/texturs.
I reloaded and finished the halloween mission without incident, and now on chapter 2. So I think 1 freeze in about 5 hours or so (I lose track of time in this game).
Absolutely loving the game though, and having tried the ps2 version I wouldn't swap it for anything the environments, framerate and characters are a big improvement. The gamevideos video convinced me against the wii version because the environments in particular are lower polygon/texturs.
I reloaded and finished the halloween mission without incident, and now on chapter 2. So I think 1 freeze in about 5 hours or so (I lose track of time in this game).
speculawyer
Member
An annoying thing about the load times is that it flips through the images too quick at times. It is so annoying to start reading a hint sentence and then it disappears 1/2 a second later.Bliddo said:
I was happily done with this thread as I said everything I wanted to say, but your apparent obsession with me and things I've posted three years ago is both creepy and intriguing, Rummy Bunnz.
Major framerate what?! Where? Do you own the game, by chance? It doesn't seem like you do. Do I own the Willy Wonka gold version of this game or something? I haven't had a single stupid issue yet, and neither have a lot of people, according to this thread. And surely you know people who do have a problem are far more likely to post about it on a messageboard than those who don't, right?
Of course, you have to try and reduce my argument to being concerned for "mega buxx publishers" and not the poor consumers because you wouldn't have a great counterargument if you presented my side the way I laid it out - that everyone is entitled to a working copy of this game (I must have said that a dozen times) but purposely going overboard and creating a panic (which he admits he did!) isn't the right way to go about it.
If I buy a dozen eggs at the supermarket and find three of them cracked, I could go back to the supermarket and start ranting up and down the aisles about how this place sells bad eggs and try to scare the other people from buying eggs there. I would almost certainly get prompt attention by doing that. But is that right? Who cares if the ends justify the means?
Or I could have just walked up to an employee or the help desk, showed them the eggs and said, "Hey man, you sold me some cracked eggs." Just like 99% of the people who have technical problems with games go to the developer or publisher website to report their bugs and register their complaints. But, ah. What if I create a good, hyper arm-waving GAF thread about the problems I've been having with the game and try to spam it across the internet? Then I'd create a nice big attention getting GAF thread AND I'd probably get a quick response because I'm representing their product as broken to the world when that isn't the universal case! Win win!
So I dunno man. You're trying to paint me as simply defending the publishers and you're wrong. There's just a responsible and an irresponsible way to get the same thing done, and obviously that's where my issue is. Now I guess you can come back at me with more misrepresentations of what I'm saying along with some more three year old nuggets from my posting history. Heh. Weird. You're taking this far more personally than even Costanza is.
Rummy Bunnz said:
Major framerate what?! Where? Do you own the game, by chance? It doesn't seem like you do. Do I own the Willy Wonka gold version of this game or something? I haven't had a single stupid issue yet, and neither have a lot of people, according to this thread. And surely you know people who do have a problem are far more likely to post about it on a messageboard than those who don't, right?
Rummy Bunnz said:
Of course, you have to try and reduce my argument to being concerned for "mega buxx publishers" and not the poor consumers because you wouldn't have a great counterargument if you presented my side the way I laid it out - that everyone is entitled to a working copy of this game (I must have said that a dozen times) but purposely going overboard and creating a panic (which he admits he did!) isn't the right way to go about it.
If I buy a dozen eggs at the supermarket and find three of them cracked, I could go back to the supermarket and start ranting up and down the aisles about how this place sells bad eggs and try to scare the other people from buying eggs there. I would almost certainly get prompt attention by doing that. But is that right? Who cares if the ends justify the means?
Or I could have just walked up to an employee or the help desk, showed them the eggs and said, "Hey man, you sold me some cracked eggs." Just like 99% of the people who have technical problems with games go to the developer or publisher website to report their bugs and register their complaints. But, ah. What if I create a good, hyper arm-waving GAF thread about the problems I've been having with the game and try to spam it across the internet? Then I'd create a nice big attention getting GAF thread AND I'd probably get a quick response because I'm representing their product as broken to the world when that isn't the universal case! Win win!
So I dunno man. You're trying to paint me as simply defending the publishers and you're wrong. There's just a responsible and an irresponsible way to get the same thing done, and obviously that's where my issue is. Now I guess you can come back at me with more misrepresentations of what I'm saying along with some more three year old nuggets from my posting history. Heh. Weird. You're taking this far more personally than even Costanza is.
Any chance the patch is up today? I'm too lazy to check.
Also, They talked about us (and my "hacker alias" Costanza :lol) in the PlayerOne Podcast this week.
http://playerone.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=315805 around the 26 minute mark.
Also, They talked about us (and my "hacker alias" Costanza :lol) in the PlayerOne Podcast this week.
http://playerone.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=315805 around the 26 minute mark.
Beer Monkey
Member
I've played past Halloween on an August '07 refurb, no crashes.
Gamespot knocked a full point off of the review for "Frequent crashes, bugs, and glitches" as well as "Inconsistent frame rate and other minor annoyances."
I guess they're part of the 'minority' of people who had this broken, rushed out the door port crash their boxes as well.
I guess they're part of the 'minority' of people who had this broken, rushed out the door port crash their boxes as well.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
darkressurection said:
i spent around 15-20 hours, but you can EASILY spend more than that if you really want to be a completist about it. There's a lot to the game, but not nearly as much as a run-of-the-mill GTA game. Its very tight, not that many places to go.
i didn't do much of the extra stuff, i basically finished the story and that was it.
i loved the game, though. and they let you play through the whole thing again i think. but you lose some sort of progress or something like that.
speculawyer
Member
I kinda doubt that will happen. It take more than a week just to certify a patch.Costanza said:
Scottlarock
Banned
okay screw it, crashes and all... I'm buying it.davepoobond said:
speculawyer
Member
You won't regret it. Fun game. Definitely some flaws in the engine but very fun. I had some people over last weekend and they ended up playing it for 6 hours.Scottlarock said:
Revengeance
Member
Yeah, the load times suck, and the framerate drops occasionally, and the go kart race feels like I'm lagging out in an online event, but the game still rocks.
It's frozen on me once; I"m at the beginning of Ch. 2. It would be nice if the game had no issues, but I don't regret the purchase.
It's frozen on me once; I"m at the beginning of Ch. 2. It would be nice if the game had no issues, but I don't regret the purchase.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Oni Jazar said:
load times were the most tragic thing about the game. took wayyyy long
Psychotext
Member
MS has been known to push through certification (they did it for SWOS)... but who knows if they'll do it here.