Smiles and Cries
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it would serve them right if Nintendo really did delay their software shipments
they both need to chill and just do business
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LEGO City Undercover |OT| This city has no ports
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it would serve them right if Nintendo really did delay their software shipments
they both need to chill and just do business
ShellyDeKiller
Member
But RRP is the same ridiculous 60/£50 as the others. So it's only discounted in the US?
Jaded Alyx
Member
They are long, yes.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I'm playing off HDD and yes, the primary loading of the overworld is 30-60 seconds. There's a progress bar on the gamepad screen itself for these official "primary loads", to track that with.
Fortunately, once it loads missions go on for quite some time before there's another big loading sequence, in most cases. So it's not Sonic 2006 degrees of loading for a minute between every game state. But it's not really acceptable, Traveller's Tales.
It kinda feels as if TT's engine has no proper streaming technology, so every time they load the game world they fill up the system ram with almost everything at once, then go.
Do you mean that the US version has dubs or subtitles?
I'm sure the European version will have subtitles but I would love to be stuck with the German dub. It might be good but no way does it sound as good as the english and I just know that the jokes won't be as fun. That's why I have my preorder on Amazon UK
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Anybody have any luck finding the retail version? I'm swinging by Best Buy after class... even though they told me Wednesday at the earliest. 
The loading times for me are around the 30 second mark. I am not sure if that's quicker or the same as the retail disk.
Also when the game gets going the load times are not that big of a factor. Most of the time when you load a section you are going to be in that section for a while before needing to load again. I guess I could see how it could become really annoying if you kept wanting to jump back to the police station because this requires loading.
Did anyone else see the cheat system on the Police computer? I wonder what cheats we will get .
.SteveWinwood
Member
I've turned on the stud doubler and now I have to go out of my way to not get the city hero on any story mission, where before I did that I would have had to spend a significant time hunting studs down to achieve that.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Does the game save after changing your disguises in the booths? Maybe that's a way to "hard save" the game.
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
A feud...... Really..... Ugh....that sucks
SaggyMonkey
Member
I was enjoying it last night, so much so that I got the red gamepad battery light for the first time since launch. I'm not fond of the driving sensitivity, though. It feels like it's tuned for tapping d-pad steering. (like PS1 games.)
A pretty good blend of both open world stuff and the confined puzzles from the rest of the LEGO games.
A pretty good blend of both open world stuff and the confined puzzles from the rest of the LEGO games.
SaggyMonkey
Member
No one's been able to "officially" comment on it, but it sounded like it had to do with Nintendo's policy of not allowing them to return unsold stock. Amazon barely even had Wii U systems listed at launch, only through their 3rd party sellers.
I think the US version has both (subtitles can be selected in the game's main menu), i recall having seen it on some of the early walkthroughs but i'm not sure. There's plenty of space on the disc so i won't rule out that you can select any EU language (in the EU version) with their respective voiceovers (would be cool)... guess we will know soon.
Saint Gregory
Member
It wasn't unsold stock as far as what we were able to find out on our own but 3DSes that Amazon wanted to return to Nintendo as defective because of the screen scratching issue. Nintendo said it wasn't a defect and the battle began. The only official word we got from either side was from an Amazon rep stating that they wanted to sell Nintendo products if Nintendo would send them stock so from that we've assumed it's Nintendo that's still pissed. You can catch up on the GAF sleuthing in one of the many Amazon / Nintendo threads from last year.
It sucks for a lot of us that used to VG shop exclusively at Amazon. Neither Newegg or BestBuy has proven to be anywhere near as reliable as Amazon was when it comes to meeting shipment dates.
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
well that really sucks...
I got it with a 20$ off coupon and if i cancel my order i lose the 20$ coupon.. Well good to know for next time I suppose.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Called every store today Walmart, Kmart, gamestop, Hastings, Bestbuy. No one has this game. Looks like another limited release then. WTF is up with Nintendo and getting games shipped out lately?
Reluctant-Hero
Member
NOA is severely under estimating demand with that they deem to be second tier titles like Fire Emblem and now Lego City.
Just spoke to my GameStop and the manager actually called the TX warehouse for an update. They'll hopefully have copies in-store by Thursday, just like Fire Emblem. I may actually just go to the local Target if they receive the game first.
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
Worry that despite my best-laid plans I am not going to be able to find a Target in my area that has this, NFS, and MonHun. Sucks a lot, cuz that deal was too good to pass up...
megabytecr
Member
Damn, I went to bed yesterday with the turn off option after downloading and when I wake up, the system was shut down and at 27%.
Is there a way around this?
32% really slow, I have 4mb line.
Is there a way around this?
32% really slow, I have 4mb line.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Don't use the turn off option.
Saint Gregory
Member
I've run into this issue too, I'm going to try the static IP trick when I get home to see if it helps. I also do unattended downloads on PS3 and 360 and I've never had it happen on either of those systems.
Does MS have a patent on downloads while the system is off? I thought Nintendo advertised this as a feature but I've never seen it on Wii U.
Will the download eventually start again if interrupted with the turn off option disabled?
megabytecr
Member
But do I need to do something in the options, or just dont click on that option in the download management screen?
Jaded Alyx
Member
As far as I'm aware, the system has an auto-off feature if idle for a certain amount of time. Maybe this is causing an issue with the 'turn-off-when-download-is-finished' feature?
megabytecr
Member
Thanks!! I just went to the settings and turned the auto power setting to off.
Should be playing by now, arghhh!
This game is real quality. Hated all other lego games, but this clicked with me for some reason. The open world nature of the title makes it a blast to play, it looks great and is just filled with things to do.
This is like an (inner) child's stream come true. It really is like having all the Legos in the world come to life.
This is like an (inner) child's stream come true. It really is like having all the Legos in the world come to life.
ShironRedshift
Member
Because that really explains why the same thing happened when Nintendo started to move away from Sunday release dates for some DS games, like Kirby and Professor Layton. It's not really a new phenomenon--it''s just that in recent times, it's started happening to games the core actually cares about having day 1, but it's really been happening for a while now. Best theory: the release dates for such games are really the dates Nintendo starts shipping them out to most stores and isn't the actual retail release date. In any case, just never trust a Nintendo game that claims to release on a day other than Sunday, because it probably won't be in most stores day 1 if that's the case.
My local Target had this in stock today no problems. Very excited to play it. Picked it up not too long ago (along with Tetrix Axis and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection) for just $25 total. Used my $50 gift card I got with my Wii U purchase!
Will be playing later tonight. Can't wait.
Will be playing later tonight. Can't wait.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
After playing more, I agree, and I even liked the other Lego games.
This one seems distinctly aimed a little higher than the others; just a bit more complex, more stuff to think about and experiment with. I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo's influence here informed TT that yes, kids can handle a little more than given credit for. It's alright to turn the game up a notch.
FamousLastX
Member
Came in here to complain about my pre-order from Best Buy having not even shipped yet but looks like others are having issues getting physical copies of the game as well. I usually buy digital but I had some Reward Zone certificates I wanted to use :/
I just picked this and NFS up at Bestbuy. Went to Target first to get the b2g1 deal but they said they didn't think they were getting Lego City until tomorrow. Bestbuy had it on the shelf, behind Madden, but then I had to wait around at check out while they figured out how to sell it to me because it wasn't in the system yet. I went home with a receipt for NFS and Just Dance 4. The lady said they'll do an exchange tomorrow or Thursday when it's in the system so their inventory is right.
They don't price match b2g1 but I'm not really bothered since I didn't know what my 3rd game was going to be anyway.
They don't price match b2g1 but I'm not really bothered since I didn't know what my 3rd game was going to be anyway.
If you return NFS tomorrow for Lego, you can get it from EA/Origin today for $30 with free shipping. Click the link in the OP.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=526386
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
THERE IS A WAY TO SAVE WITHOUT DOING A STORY MISSION OR FINDING A SPECIAL ITEM
All you have to do is enter one of the 17 disquise booths across LEGO City. Press B to exit and the game saves your progress.
All you have to do is enter one of the 17 disquise booths across LEGO City. Press B to exit and the game saves your progress.
shinobi602
Member
Nice, thanks.
Good to know, now I just have to wait the PAL release.
Perfect. All I need to do is wait till next week now.
Jaded Alyx
Member
But I don't recall seeing any of those...unless I'm blind.