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How many times have people in this forum bought a game then taken it home, cooked it a lovely candle lit meal and got all romantic, Chef loving style.... no, no wait! wrong thing...lol *looks around very nervously*
Seriously though the issue of bugged games is a pain in the (expletive deleted) to the gaming community, so many times have i bought a game then found out that i have to spend countless hours searching for a patch to download so i can fix the errors which should have been sorted out before the release of the game.
For example i'm talking about little things like clipping, i've played loads of games where if you go up to a wall it just dissapears. How realistic is that (if your superman yeah). Also mafia has a major bug on the first city, there is a particular part of grass and if you step on it you just fall through the floor.
So beyond a doubt be prepared to once again this year spend a few hours downloading patches for the future game releases.
Seriously though the issue of bugged games is a pain in the (expletive deleted) to the gaming community, so many times have i bought a game then found out that i have to spend countless hours searching for a patch to download so i can fix the errors which should have been sorted out before the release of the game.
For example i'm talking about little things like clipping, i've played loads of games where if you go up to a wall it just dissapears. How realistic is that (if your superman yeah). Also mafia has a major bug on the first city, there is a particular part of grass and if you step on it you just fall through the floor.
So beyond a doubt be prepared to once again this year spend a few hours downloading patches for the future game releases.
machine1 wrote:
> I've got Vice City and there are quite a few bugs in that but it's
> still polayale. As you said though you can't patch Console games but
> thank fully you can patch PC games to sort out the problems.
lol polayale - god what was i thinking, Playable it was to suppose to say.
> I've got Vice City and there are quite a few bugs in that but it's
> still polayale. As you said though you can't patch Console games but
> thank fully you can patch PC games to sort out the problems.
lol polayale - god what was i thinking, Playable it was to suppose to say.
I really like Vice City, it's just I felt really dissapointed with the games graphics especially after they recieved quite a bit of hype. Just one case I suppose where patches would have been a welcome feature.
cipro wrote:
> GTA: Vice City - Took a year to complete, and it's easy to see where
> the developer cut corners to release the game after such a short
> period of development time. The graphics seem to bee crapper then
> GTA3's, they sure 'look' better, but they come some really stupid
> glitches. Pop-up, slowdown and there are even parts of the game where
> I turn the corner in a car only to see the road, buildings and
> everything else fade in rather than already being there. I was really
> unimpressed with the graphics, especially the hype they got before the
> games release.
I've got Vice City and there are quite a few bugs in that but it's still polayale. As you said though you can't patch Console games but thank fully you can patch PC games to sort out the problems.
> GTA: Vice City - Took a year to complete, and it's easy to see where
> the developer cut corners to release the game after such a short
> period of development time. The graphics seem to bee crapper then
> GTA3's, they sure 'look' better, but they come some really stupid
> glitches. Pop-up, slowdown and there are even parts of the game where
> I turn the corner in a car only to see the road, buildings and
> everything else fade in rather than already being there. I was really
> unimpressed with the graphics, especially the hype they got before the
> games release.
I've got Vice City and there are quite a few bugs in that but it's still polayale. As you said though you can't patch Console games but thank fully you can patch PC games to sort out the problems.
Console games rushed sniper; believe me I have played plenty of console games, which came with their fair share of bugs and glitches before. Here are a few examples:
Smugglers Run - Hyped up before the PS2's release, but it was rushed to fit the actual release of the console, so felt half finished. The graphics where bland, the missions where way too repetitive and the sound had a tendency to cut out every once in a while for no explainable reason. The game also had three environments set around different climates, only two of the environments where exact replicas of each other, only one was covered in snow and other one wasn't.
Timesplitters - The original Timesplitters was rushed, the developers even admit this, and after playing it's sequel I can see just what that game left out. The graphics where slightly crapper than it's sequel and needless to say the single player section was crap and there where allot of things put into the sequel that had to left out of the original to fit the release of the PS2.
GTA: Vice City - Took a year to complete, and it's easy to see where the developer cut corners to release the game after such a short period of development time. The graphics seem to bee crapper then GTA3's, they sure 'look' better, but they come some really stupid glitches. Pop-up, slowdown and there are even parts of the game where I turn the corner in a car only to see the road, buildings and everything else fade in rather than already being there. I was really unimpressed with the graphics, especially the hype they got before the games release.
Just don't be ignorant in thinking console games are made perfectly because you can't patch, and again don't be ignorant in thinking all PC games are merely rushed from lazy developers.
Smugglers Run - Hyped up before the PS2's release, but it was rushed to fit the actual release of the console, so felt half finished. The graphics where bland, the missions where way too repetitive and the sound had a tendency to cut out every once in a while for no explainable reason. The game also had three environments set around different climates, only two of the environments where exact replicas of each other, only one was covered in snow and other one wasn't.
Timesplitters - The original Timesplitters was rushed, the developers even admit this, and after playing it's sequel I can see just what that game left out. The graphics where slightly crapper than it's sequel and needless to say the single player section was crap and there where allot of things put into the sequel that had to left out of the original to fit the release of the PS2.
GTA: Vice City - Took a year to complete, and it's easy to see where the developer cut corners to release the game after such a short period of development time. The graphics seem to bee crapper then GTA3's, they sure 'look' better, but they come some really stupid glitches. Pop-up, slowdown and there are even parts of the game where I turn the corner in a car only to see the road, buildings and everything else fade in rather than already being there. I was really unimpressed with the graphics, especially the hype they got before the games release.
Just don't be ignorant in thinking console games are made perfectly because you can't patch, and again don't be ignorant in thinking all PC games are merely rushed from lazy developers.
pc games are often rushed tho hence patches some classic console games takes years to make and does have a few bugs but few compared to most pc games.....
IGI has a few bugs, I had to uninstall my latest graphics card drivers to run it properly because it was quite laggy and didn't have the HUD or crosshair on screen. Not the developers fault though, as I don't think they where given permission to release a patch that would fix the bug.
I don't really mind small bugs like Clipping problems and so forth, and to be honest I don't think I've played allot of games which come with a huge amount of bugs. Those games which do have either been lazily developed, rushed or have been made by small time developers who can't really afford to fix the problems the game may come with.
I don't really mind small bugs like Clipping problems and so forth, and to be honest I don't think I've played allot of games which come with a huge amount of bugs. Those games which do have either been lazily developed, rushed or have been made by small time developers who can't really afford to fix the problems the game may come with.
How many times have people in this forum bought a game then taken it home, cooked it a lovely candle lit meal and got all romantic, Chef loving style.... no, no wait! wrong thing...lol *looks around very nervously*
Seriously though the issue of bugged games is a pain in the (expletive deleted) to the gaming community, so many times have i bought a game then found out that i have to spend countless hours searching for a patch to download so i can fix the errors which should have been sorted out before the release of the game.
For example i'm talking about little things like clipping, i've played loads of games where if you go up to a wall it just dissapears. How realistic is that (if your superman yeah). Also mafia has a major bug on the first city, there is a particular part of grass and if you step on it you just fall through the floor.
So beyond a doubt be prepared to once again this year spend a few hours downloading patches for the future game releases.
Seriously though the issue of bugged games is a pain in the (expletive deleted) to the gaming community, so many times have i bought a game then found out that i have to spend countless hours searching for a patch to download so i can fix the errors which should have been sorted out before the release of the game.
For example i'm talking about little things like clipping, i've played loads of games where if you go up to a wall it just dissapears. How realistic is that (if your superman yeah). Also mafia has a major bug on the first city, there is a particular part of grass and if you step on it you just fall through the floor.
So beyond a doubt be prepared to once again this year spend a few hours downloading patches for the future game releases.