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Broforce PS4 is fucking terrible
- Thread starter MetroidPrimeRib
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Also, they seem to have a sense of humor regarding this at least lol
Heh, I definitely can respect that.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
i'd rather defend a bunch of human beings who are actively working toward correcting their own fuckups, than defend some dick putting in cheap shots on the internet calling them unilaterally shit at their craft because of a bad version
but then again this is video games and sometimes i forget just how fucking serious video games is
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Not defending the situation with the game, however, to call them shit is being an ass.
They are communicating, and even admitting their struggle in a tongue and cheek way.
But carry on end user vs. developer warriors.
Exactly.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Played it once. Didnt like it at all. Deleted it.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
And yet here you are insulting someone else over a video game.
Being communicative is the bare minimum when you release a game in such a poor state, they either didn't test the game or thought that launching it in that state would be acceptable.
But yeah keep framing it as a "end user vs developper warriors" or whatever.
You think ANY dev THINKS putting out a broken game is a good idea knowing very well people like you and the rest of internet activists will be infinitely more toxic and detrimental if they do?
There are a host of other possibilities than the ones you listed. Maybe sony gave them a time limit and said it needs to be ready for this PS+ deal, Maybe the Publisher (Devolver?) gave them a time limit or forced them to release as-is. MAybe it DID get overlooked (accidents happen man) Or maybe the dev kits and PCs they used had the game running and they made the error of not testing consumer units...
But dont dwindle it down to Devs were malicious or stupid. theres other options too.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
How am I being toxic? I didn't insult the devs or said they were incompetent, just that releasing a game in this state is not acceptable.
There might be some other reason but along the way someone (not specifivally the devs) thought that releasing a game in that state was ok whether it was knowingly or whether it was because they didn't thought testing the game was worth it. And that's something I'm not going to accept just because they're indies.
Downloaded the new update. Struggling to even join my brothers game now. Even more broken now perhaps.
Update: He had an "error has occured" with the game closing back to the dashboard. After that, we were unable to join his game without it glitching completely. I then hosted with my save and I eventually got the same error and bugs. I then played with my other brother who was the host and we eventually dun into synching issues where it ultimately became unplayable. I'm sorry but this game should be taken off PSN. I didn't even mention all the other shit we bumped into before the update. It's so broken. It's not even funny.
It's fixed the movement glitch at the beginning. Other than that, it's still fucked.
Update: He had an "error has occured" with the game closing back to the dashboard. After that, we were unable to join his game without it glitching completely. I then hosted with my save and I eventually got the same error and bugs. I then played with my other brother who was the host and we eventually dun into synching issues where it ultimately became unplayable. I'm sorry but this game should be taken off PSN. I didn't even mention all the other shit we bumped into before the update. It's so broken. It's not even funny.
It's fixed the movement glitch at the beginning. Other than that, it's still fucked.
El_Cinefilo
Member
How about single player, is the controller freeze fixed now?
SolidusDave
Member
Just tried it in SP and it seems to be gone!
edit: 1.02 update history:
- Fixed freeze + input lost on level start
- credits now loop back to main menu
- arcade mode level selection fixes
no mention of performance improvements. Haven't tried heavy load levels or MP yet. Might have fixed the very long black loadings screens for the later levels, but not sure.
NeoGold123
Member
Just gave the Satan fight a go, which was a mess before the patch. Still got huge drops with explosions and when Satan's head floats, it just stays there, floating forever. Trying again to see if it was a one-off. Awesome patch, bros.
Well, head turned to Death field this time, but the frame rate is still as abysmal as before. Really makes it hard to play and the slowdown at what I assume is the final fight is still just as bad. I had high hopes for this patch.
Well, head turned to Death field this time, but the frame rate is still as abysmal as before. Really makes it hard to play and the slowdown at what I assume is the final fight is still just as bad. I had high hopes for this patch.
It's coming
Will see if it has sorted most of the issues tonight
Edit: Frame rate is still quite bad when a lot is going on. Next patch, it is
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Sadly I'm no longer interested in playing the game, even if it did get fixed.
MegamanXZero
Member
Was about to ask about the patch, but I guess it was bogus.
markofhavoc
Member
Literally the most important thing for me, it got so frustrating near the end
Glass Shark
Banned
It's a bummer this is happening. I had a lot of fun with the PC version and it's a shame more people won't get to experience it running smoothly.
Seems like that just got patched out, the framerate in later levels though is abysmal.
D
Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
Frame rate is still really bad, but they fixed the issue where you couldn't move at the start. Next patch maybe.
"Hopefully mess up less in the future".It's coming
Keep in mind, AAC released flawlessly on time and with a staff of literally 3 people in their team. Yet even after an extra month the Broforce/Devolver people still can't get their act together.
AAC and Broforce don't have anything to do with each other.
YianGaruga
Banned
The were both in the PS+ vote
And they both run in Unity.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
And like you said, somehow AAC runs like absolute butter and Broforce ran (?) like ass.
Enter the Gungeon just got released on PS4 and it runs great, and it runs on Unity and Devolver Digital is also publishing it http://youtu.be/URzR1gO7iX0
A real tragedy.
Corrected the two second unresponsiveness at the beginning of the level.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
They fixed the biggest issue, the delay at the start of levels. Once you get further in the fps will be worse and worse.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
i guess the devs can be comfortable now that lichdom battlemage is worse then this so they are only #2 now
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
You have to buy the Neo to get that smooth Broforce experience.
Honestly I don't want to rag on the developers. Half the small, indie games I play on PS4 seem to have this "off" feel like I'm playing them through an emulation layer or something. I get the feeling engine considerations are just sort of all over the place right now. Overall it kind of sucks, compared to PS3 PSN games... it's not just Broforce.
Honestly I don't want to rag on the developers. Half the small, indie games I play on PS4 seem to have this "off" feel like I'm playing them through an emulation layer or something. I get the feeling engine considerations are just sort of all over the place right now. Overall it kind of sucks, compared to PS3 PSN games... it's not just Broforce.
AmaterasuOni
Banned
I already deleted it.
Omegasquash
Member
That reminds me, I need to delete mine. The controller drop had me loling.
hikarutilmitt
Member
It's sad to see a game dev do this. I'm not returning to the game even if they patch it because it just wasn't that interesting to me, but they should really at least update people about the status.