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We all love a good glitch in a game but I've found the mother of all glitches on Lego Harry Potter.
I've spent a few minutes short of 40 hours on this game. I'm sitting and 99.9% complete and there is a little glitch that stops me getting that last 0.01%. For those that aren't interested in 100% it's a minor glitch that won't matter but I rarely go for the full 100% and to be stopped a mere 0.01% from the finish line is a tad inconvenient (polite version).
I'm a programmer and I wouldn't give the 100% Glitch Free Seal of Approval to any of my significant developments but I'd also like to think that any of my glitches don't cause this sort of pain and suffering.
I've spent a few minutes short of 40 hours on this game. I'm sitting and 99.9% complete and there is a little glitch that stops me getting that last 0.01%. For those that aren't interested in 100% it's a minor glitch that won't matter but I rarely go for the full 100% and to be stopped a mere 0.01% from the finish line is a tad inconvenient (polite version).
I'm a programmer and I wouldn't give the 100% Glitch Free Seal of Approval to any of my significant developments but I'd also like to think that any of my glitches don't cause this sort of pain and suffering.
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We all love a good glitch in a game but I've found the mother of all glitches on Lego Harry Potter.
I've spent a few minutes short of 40 hours on this game. I'm sitting and 99.9% complete and there is a little glitch that stops me getting that last 0.01%. For those that aren't interested in 100% it's a minor glitch that won't matter but I rarely go for the full 100% and to be stopped a mere 0.01% from the finish line is a tad inconvenient (polite version).
I'm a programmer and I wouldn't give the 100% Glitch Free Seal of Approval to any of my significant developments but I'd also like to think that any of my glitches don't cause this sort of pain and suffering.
I've spent a few minutes short of 40 hours on this game. I'm sitting and 99.9% complete and there is a little glitch that stops me getting that last 0.01%. For those that aren't interested in 100% it's a minor glitch that won't matter but I rarely go for the full 100% and to be stopped a mere 0.01% from the finish line is a tad inconvenient (polite version).
I'm a programmer and I wouldn't give the 100% Glitch Free Seal of Approval to any of my significant developments but I'd also like to think that any of my glitches don't cause this sort of pain and suffering.
I generally find glitches amusing, but only if they are non-consequential/abusable for fun (e.g. the GTAIV Swing Glitch)
However, two recent glitches that have horribly irritated me.
PES2010: The Wembley/Konami Stadium Freeze Glitch - Basically, the first time you start a match in one of these two stadia (might have even included a few more) in a session, there is a chance the game will lock up on the entrance scene, requiring a hard reset, very annoying if it follows a couple of unsaved matches, or is the first match of the session.
G-Force: Elevator Glitch - As you approach the end of the game, there is a section where you go into an elevator, triggering a cutscene. When I got to this section, no cutscene... Turns out this is a glitch with no explainable cause. The solution? Start the game anew.
However, two recent glitches that have horribly irritated me.
PES2010: The Wembley/Konami Stadium Freeze Glitch - Basically, the first time you start a match in one of these two stadia (might have even included a few more) in a session, there is a chance the game will lock up on the entrance scene, requiring a hard reset, very annoying if it follows a couple of unsaved matches, or is the first match of the session.
G-Force: Elevator Glitch - As you approach the end of the game, there is a section where you go into an elevator, triggering a cutscene. When I got to this section, no cutscene... Turns out this is a glitch with no explainable cause. The solution? Start the game anew.
There's a glitch on the completion of the entire Donky Kong game called the 'Kill Screen'. Any retro gamers, I recommend watching The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, it's a fantastic documentary.
HighflyerVII wrote:
> G-Force: Elevator Glitch - As you approach the end of the game,
> there is a section where you go into an elevator, triggering a
> cutscene. When I got to this section, no cutscene... Turns out
> this is a glitch with no explainable cause. The solution? Start
> the game anew.
PS3 or Xbox?
I remembering you telling me about this. I didn't come across it myself (xbox).
Hate the glitches on MW2 where body parts can be seen through scenery, causing a nice penetration kill for anybody nearby. Grrr!
> G-Force: Elevator Glitch - As you approach the end of the game,
> there is a section where you go into an elevator, triggering a
> cutscene. When I got to this section, no cutscene... Turns out
> this is a glitch with no explainable cause. The solution? Start
> the game anew.
PS3 or Xbox?
I remembering you telling me about this. I didn't come across it myself (xbox).
Hate the glitches on MW2 where body parts can be seen through scenery, causing a nice penetration kill for anybody nearby. Grrr!
I got my first one of those yesterdays! Was on Karachi, hiding on the river, and someone's kneecap was sticking through the wall *bang bang* penetration....
HM wrote:
> PS3 or Xbox?
>
> I remembering you telling me about this. I didn't come across
> it myself (xbox).
>
PS3 for me. It's a fairly rare glitch, it has been reported on both consoles if I remember correctly, though. Just me being particularly unlucky, I guess. But heavily annoying on a game that I had planned on 100%ing.
> PS3 or Xbox?
>
> I remembering you telling me about this. I didn't come across
> it myself (xbox).
>
PS3 for me. It's a fairly rare glitch, it has been reported on both consoles if I remember correctly, though. Just me being particularly unlucky, I guess. But heavily annoying on a game that I had planned on 100%ing.
HM wrote:
> HighflyerVII wrote:
> G-Force: Elevator Glitch - As you approach the end of the game,
> there is a section where you go into an elevator, triggering a
> cutscene. When I got to this section, no cutscene... Turns out
> this is a glitch with no explainable cause. The solution? Start
> the game anew.
>
> PS3 or Xbox?
>
> I remembering you telling me about this. I didn't come across
> it myself (xbox).
>
> Hate the glitches on MW2 where body parts can be seen through
> scenery, causing a nice penetration kill for anybody nearby.
> Grrr!
Been happening on MW2 PC for the last few weeks - graphic driver updates- too many MW2 updates on Steam these days - get killed and your legs hang out of the scenery....really cool B¬)
> HighflyerVII wrote:
> G-Force: Elevator Glitch - As you approach the end of the game,
> there is a section where you go into an elevator, triggering a
> cutscene. When I got to this section, no cutscene... Turns out
> this is a glitch with no explainable cause. The solution? Start
> the game anew.
>
> PS3 or Xbox?
>
> I remembering you telling me about this. I didn't come across
> it myself (xbox).
>
> Hate the glitches on MW2 where body parts can be seen through
> scenery, causing a nice penetration kill for anybody nearby.
> Grrr!
Been happening on MW2 PC for the last few weeks - graphic driver updates- too many MW2 updates on Steam these days - get killed and your legs hang out of the scenery....really cool B¬)
I came across another one at the weekend.
I'm on the final tier of races in Need For Speed Shift. I've won the first set of races and moved onto the 2nd which is a 6 race tournament, 5 laps a race and no saving inbetween.
Attempt 1: the game hangs at the end of race 3.
Attempt 2: the game hangs at the end of race 4.
Attempt 3: successfully traded the game in along with Lego Harry Potter which also didn't want me to complete it.
I'm on the final tier of races in Need For Speed Shift. I've won the first set of races and moved onto the 2nd which is a 6 race tournament, 5 laps a race and no saving inbetween.
Attempt 1: the game hangs at the end of race 3.
Attempt 2: the game hangs at the end of race 4.
Attempt 3: successfully traded the game in along with Lego Harry Potter which also didn't want me to complete it.
HighflyerVII wrote:
> HM wrote:
>
> PS3 or Xbox?
>
> I remembering you telling me about this. I didn't come across
> it myself (xbox).
>
>
> PS3 for me. It's a fairly rare glitch, it has been reported on
> both consoles if I remember correctly, though. Just me being
> particularly unlucky, I guess. But heavily annoying on a game
> that I had planned on 100%ing
Ah right. I guess I was lucky. I found a glitch on TimeShift. Was playing through the third scene and it kept freezing in the same spot. It wasn't just the disc either...it must have been a corrupted save file or something :(
As for MW2, well a new wave of hacks are out there. I was playing earlier on and unless my opponent was trained by the assassins out of the film "Wanted", they were able to curve bullets around scenery... oh and deflect bullets...
> HM wrote:
>
> PS3 or Xbox?
>
> I remembering you telling me about this. I didn't come across
> it myself (xbox).
>
>
> PS3 for me. It's a fairly rare glitch, it has been reported on
> both consoles if I remember correctly, though. Just me being
> particularly unlucky, I guess. But heavily annoying on a game
> that I had planned on 100%ing
Ah right. I guess I was lucky. I found a glitch on TimeShift. Was playing through the third scene and it kept freezing in the same spot. It wasn't just the disc either...it must have been a corrupted save file or something :(
As for MW2, well a new wave of hacks are out there. I was playing earlier on and unless my opponent was trained by the assassins out of the film "Wanted", they were able to curve bullets around scenery... oh and deflect bullets...
Tomb Raider Underworld on the Wii. Missing ledge means the game can't be completed unless you download the patch from Eidos onto a memory card. I can't be bothered.
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