Hey, remember that patch for Castle Crashers? You know, the one that was supposed to fix the data loss bugs and the online multiplayer issues? The one that they promised would soon be here roughly six weeks ago and yet still isn't? Yeah. You can see where I'm going with this one.
Once again, The Behemoth is stating that they're "reaching the end of the process," and "can't really comment on the release yet." If I remember correctly, that's damn near exactly what they said last time.
It's been three months now and, frankly, I'm out of patience. I shouldn't have to log out of Xbox Live in order to restore the save file that took me weeks to earn and now is inexplicably absent from my account. And then, I should be able to start a game with some friends and actually be able to play it with them for more than five minutes before one or all of them are dropped.
I've continued to recommend the game to friends in spite of these issues under the assurance that they would be fixed in a reasonable amount of time. That's done. I simply no longer care. The Behemoth is going to have to re-earn a lot of trust and respect from me because this whole situation is completely unacceptable. I don't normally cry out for free DLC -- the market has made me accustomed and even excited to pay for it in many cases -- but I had damn well better be getting something for my pain and suffering. A wait of this magnitude to fix a broken game makes me feel like I've been cheated. Bamboozled, even.
I don't give a damn who is at fault here, either. I've seen title updates come and go for a dozen games in this time, games that I have far less interest in as a consumer. Microsoft and The Behemoth both need to get off their f*cking asses and get this goddamn thing working.
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10:43 PM on 12.01.2008
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j/k.....?
Either way I wanna play some castle crashers online already, and I want my save game back too :/
"You've been hoodwinked. You've been had. You've been took. You've been led astray, led amok. You’ve been bamboozled."
way too late.
Most indie games I play have bug fixes that solve unplayability issues within a week, or even a few days of release. This is a bigger issue, but if it's a big problem, explain why and compensate. Since I can play an awesome game that actually works as advertised for free, that's the minimum I'd expect for a paid game.
I'm not saying they had to fix this right away, but that they need to communicate why they're not able to, no matter who it burns.
as you can see, emil has already written about how we're frustrated that we can't talk. i think we're on the same page with that one, and i am sorry.
Wow, the man himself. Nice to see you here man, I <3 your art.
On a side note, I fortunately didn't have any issues with memory, and when I played online, I did it with two of my main XBL friends who coincidentally live in the same province as me and we had no issues. I'm looking forward to this patch so I can play randomly with friends when we're bored.
We do that all the time with random XBLA games.
Hey Dan, we still want your next game!
The worst part is that The Behemoth was the toast of Destructoid just a few short months ago, and now almost every comment here is negative. Are we too fickle, or is all of this deserved?
Only way i would go back and try it online, is if you give that DLC for free. I mean, about 70% of people who waited until 3 A.M. drunk after a party, huddled around the powerbrick waiting for the game to pop on xbox live(yes, thats me), probably wont go back and play it for more than one level just to test out the LIVE portion of the game.
TL;DR
I am hC22 and i approve this (Conrad's) message.
@danpaladin
Did you guys hire more people since the release of the game? It would have really been a good idea to hire some coders to help speed up the bug-fixing process with the warehouse of moneys you guys made with this game.
how is babby fromed?
Also, cocks.
1) PUMPED!!!
2) oh wait, it's broken? poop.
3) hmm… i'd better wait for that patch before i buy
4, 5 & 6) still waiting…
7) don't care anymore
sorry, too late. unless the title update magically makes this game popular for online play again (which rarely happens with XBLA games no matter how good they are) then i'm out, and The Behemoth/Microsoft have lost a sale.
Also, Conrad, Behemoth finished the patch, like, a month ago. It's been waiting for Microsoft to certify it. Maybe something came up?