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Castle Crashers crashing Xbox Live: The Behemoth working on fix photo

I'd love to be able to report that things are going swimmingly for Castle Crashers, but unfortunately I've had issues with the thing all day. So far I've managed one round of online co-op, and even then, it wasn't long before my character froze and I had to pull out. Since then, games won't connect, and even worse, my Xbox 360 has been (ironically) crashing when attempting to load an Xbox Live game.

Same goes for our very own Reverend Anthony, who has been having an awful time keeping a game going, and the Internet at large is also reporting problems. Apparently overseas connections have it the worst, too. It's safe to say that Castle Crashers has issues, son.

Not a very good start for a game that was sold on its online co-op potential. Fortunately, the game is still pretty fun on your own (although it makes archers unbearable) so you'll just have to muck through it is as best you can ... or find some real-life friends. Also, this is where you can make a snarky and cynical comment about the game costing 1200 MS Points. At least Braid's online co-op worked right.

[Update: The Behemoth is aware of the issue and claim to be fixing it, in their own cute way]


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BluFire's Avatar
BluFire at 08/27/2008 14:58
My problem is that I don't have a 360 to play it on.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 08/27/2008 15:01
Braid can has online co op?
VashTS's Avatar
VashTS at 08/27/2008 15:05
Having same problems. Game dropping all players, and the game froze when i first launched it, but hasnt since. Also sometimes a player will leave and thier stat screen will pop up and can't do anything.
giraffywaffy's Avatar
giraffywaffy at 08/27/2008 15:10
I just downloaded it, but I'm afraid to play it after hearing about this for fear of it destroying my system. I'll probably take my hard drive over to a friends tonight and try the offline co-op instead.
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konchu at 08/27/2008 15:12
This makes me a little sad downloaded this morning and played the 1st level but no online I hope they get this fixed stat cause this game is the kind of game I think many have been waiting for( a good 4 player coop brawler). Do not want to see another Mr Driller Online that is not Online they may have fixed it I don't know cause no one is playing it online now.
Danmartigan's Avatar
Danmartigan at 08/27/2008 15:12
The SSF2HD beta had some similar issues when it was first released. Here's hoping they get the freezing figured out.
tehAnt1the1s1s's Avatar
tehAnt1the1s1s at 08/27/2008 15:14
ive been playing it for about 5 hours locally and have had no problems except for a glitch a one point where i got stuck on some level geometry. havent tried playing it over live though, cause i have real friends
Cyberxion's Avatar
Cyberxion at 08/27/2008 15:16
Hmn. Glad I waited on this one then. Then again, I wasn't all that inclined to buy it. I didn't really dig Alien Homonid.
Cyberxion's Avatar
Cyberxion at 08/27/2008 15:16
Hmn. Glad I waited on this one then. Then again, I wasn't all that inclined to buy it. I didn't really dig Alien Homonid.
necrozen's Avatar
necrozen at 08/27/2008 15:19
I don't have a 360 anymore, but a buddy of mine was swearing up and down about 360 connection errors when i was talking to him on the phone earlier - I bet this is what it was!

I will say that, if you're going to put "crash" in your title, you should make extra damn sure it doesn't cause problems. Bad news multiplies exponentially on the interweb when irony is attached.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar
michiyoyoshiku at 08/27/2008 15:22
I won't buy this until it's fixed then.

When in god's name is mega man 9 coming? I'm getting impaitent
Gemsi's Avatar
Gemsi at 08/27/2008 15:22
I've been able to play fine with fellow euros, but as soon as i try playing with anyone from the US it all goes to crap.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 08/27/2008 15:31
I managed some good long co-op games this afternoon, but they all ended in us losing connection to the match. Still, it's doable. I just hope they get a patch out in the next few days.

@michiyoyoshiku
Then you're a fool. Start playing it offline so you can level up your characters, that way you won't get stuck in a match with a low-level knight.
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randombullseye at 08/27/2008 15:33
Occasional problems. Works sometimes. Others it doesn't work at all. Most every game drops at some point.

Still a lonely guy can have a lot of fun playigng beat em up by himself.

Like just now. Waited to get four people together, got dropped.

Is this the type of thing that could hurt a review score?
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TUoAnonymous at 08/27/2008 15:35
Haven't played it online yet, so haven't experienced that one yet. Just rescued the princess from the Ice castle, think that makes me near the end now.
Acefowl's Avatar
Acefowl at 08/27/2008 15:38
Wow, I'm surprised no one has made the obvious "Xbox Crashers" joke yet. Is it because it's still an awesome game despite?
JoeInTheBox's Avatar
JoeInTheBox at 08/27/2008 15:39
The problem I’ve run into, is that the game won’t save my friggin progress. For some reason the 1st time I played it, Alien Homnid was unlocked as a playable character. So I started the game as him and leveled him up to 5. Then I stopped and came back to it an hour later and the game had erased that file and AH was no longer available.

So I started a new game with the green knight and leveled him up to 9, then stopped and sure enough, when I went to play the game again that progress was not saved as well. PATCH THIS NOW!!!!!
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king3vbo at 08/27/2008 15:46
I haven't played any online, but it was saving my single player game
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 08/27/2008 15:49
The games' still alot of fun offline solo, though. Offline character progress carries over to the online part.
randombullseye's Avatar
randombullseye at 08/27/2008 15:59
I seem to save progress every time I go to the map screen.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 08/27/2008 16:00
Good thing I don't have time to download or play it.
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Timmeh at 08/27/2008 16:01
I hope they fix it soon. I managed to get a few games in earlier and a coupe just now before it bummed out and it is sooo much more fun playing with other people than going through solo.

It's pretty lame that a game that proudly displays "4 player adventure" on the title screen utterly and totally fails at online play. The game is excellent apart from a few oversights here and there (like getting stuck on the skill points screen if someone leaves).

I was going to play some local with a friend but he realised the football was on. foiled again!
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JamnOnTheOne at 08/27/2008 16:03
"it wasn't long before my character froze and I had to pull out"

...What does your sex life have to do with Castle Crashers Jim?

*ba dum bum*
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BahamutZero at 08/27/2008 16:08
I never buy games or do updates until at least 4 days have gone by... will be downloading this asap on patch release. come on guys.
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flay at 08/27/2008 16:10
"Wow, I'm surprised no one has made the obvious "Xbox Crashers" joke yet. Is it because it's still an awesome game despite?"

ITS BECAUSE THAT JOKE IS TOO, TOO OBVIOUS. THANKS FOR ENLIGHTENING US.
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Clockwork at 08/27/2008 16:12
That's too bad. I'm about to try it out right now but just offline co-op.
Crackpot360's Avatar
Crackpot360 at 08/27/2008 16:16
Dammit Micro$oft!! Stop using E-machine's as servers.
JonDarkwood's Avatar
JonDarkwood at 08/27/2008 16:38
Well it's not like they're going to leave it broken. Can't wait to play it online.
Volomon's Avatar
Volomon at 08/27/2008 16:41
Xbox Live pay to play service not working properly...hhhhmmm...what is it you guys pay for again?
Krow's Avatar
Krow at 08/27/2008 16:59
I'm assuming it's because every person in this galaxy and beyond downloaded castle crashers today. It's the same problems we had when Halo 3 was released.
Paroxysm's Avatar
Paroxysm at 08/27/2008 17:15
Well when I first downloaded it I couldn't find any games to join. Played single player for a while though. The game brilliant. I rarely like beat-em-ups but this thing vibratos my gellato past river city ransom levels.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 08/27/2008 17:15
This is going to affect sales of this game for first day, don't you think?
JavTheGreat's Avatar
JavTheGreat at 08/27/2008 17:26
Game wont save my progress...I am a sad panda bear :(
Brando's Avatar
Brando at 08/27/2008 17:27
I don't know why everyone is making such a huge deal out this. Most super popular games have network issues for the first week or so, boo frickin hoo, just wait a few days.
Dead Movie Star's Avatar
Dead Movie Star at 08/27/2008 17:34
It's pretty damn good single player so I can wait.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 08/27/2008 17:37
@BahamutZero
Normally, I'd agree, but this is fucking Castle Crashers. I would've paid 1200 points if they'd offered me a beta build.

@Volomon
It's not Xbox Live, smartass. It's the game itself.
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 08/27/2008 17:42
@those who say it won't save

level progress is determined by what character you are playing as. So, double check that when to try to play the newest level you are using the char. you got there with.
superezekiel's Avatar
superezekiel at 08/27/2008 17:52
They'll fix it. I'm using this time to beef up the fuck out of my Orange Knight.

This game is amazing with friends in the living room too, so try and have a social life and maybe this online fiasco won't matter so much?
JavTheGreat's Avatar
JavTheGreat at 08/27/2008 17:57
@RedRabbit:

I'm preety sure everyone knows that...

From what I heard, you have to play on the original 360 that you purchased the game on or else it's all screwy...
Capn Birdseye's Avatar
Capn Birdseye at 08/27/2008 18:00
This is pretty serious - Castle Crashers had the potential to take away downloadable game of the year.

I wonder what possesses devs to release broken shit just to stick to a release date? Why wouldn't they just push it back a week or so and fix it? Surely the damaged reputation far outweighs some perceived advantage to releasing it on time?
TheStripe's Avatar
TheStripe at 08/27/2008 18:06
Maybe they didn't realize there was any shit broken until it hit the masses and tens of thousands of games hit the server over the course of a few hours. No one wants to release something broken. Perhaps you should write some software, bug check it, then release it to the masses and count the emails you get about broken shit before you point your finger.
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Capn Birdseye at 08/27/2008 18:11
TheStripe - maybe, but you would think there would be some sort of QA in place to stop this from happening.

The tired old "Let's see you do it" defense is moronic, mate. I don't program games for a living, I work in finance. If I make a mistake, people don't sit around and blame the complexity of the work, they blame me.

It's called accountability. They are running a business, they should be held accountable for their mistakes, whatever the cause.
Max Power's Avatar
Max Power at 08/27/2008 18:16
I hope this will be resolved soon, but I'll really be buying this game for the four player local capability. That's one thing I really miss from the past console generations: Multiplayer fun where you can retaliate for being killed or a dumb coop frak-up by hitting your friends with the controller. So far I could only hit my house-mate for being stupid in R6:V terrorist hunt, now there's going to be three people punching him in Castle Crashers.
Corak's Avatar
Corak at 08/27/2008 18:24
Not having a gold account I was hesitant about its single player part, maybe I'll give the demo a shot when these problems die down.
Vitamin Awesome's Avatar
Vitamin Awesome at 08/27/2008 18:54
I've noticed a bug that isn't a connection issue.

My Alien Hominid Character can't change weapons. He got the pitchfork, but after that that's all he can use, even when I'm in the weapon frog I can't go back to his default, or any other weapon for that matter.
JamnOnTheOne's Avatar
JamnOnTheOne at 08/27/2008 19:37
@Captn Birdseye

"I wonder what possesses devs to release broken shit just to stick to a release date?"

Money.

"Why wouldn't they just push it back a week or so and fix it?"

Loss of money.

"Surely the damaged reputation far outweighs some perceived advantage to releasing it on time?"

Hardly...No one will remember this in a year (or less).
PerfectSpade's Avatar
PerfectSpade at 08/27/2008 19:37
That is weird, I haven't had any problem with it online nor offline.
bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 08/27/2008 20:36
You have proof that it's broken code?

I see it more as a misallocation of server resources. The game works, just not the online portion. This is XBL. This is what we pay for.
Radius Zero's Avatar
Radius Zero at 08/27/2008 20:43
Fucking awesome, I can save my money now.
DaveKap's Avatar
DaveKap at 08/27/2008 21:18
One of many, I'm sure, but my 360 is now red-ringed permenantly (won't show video, won't spin up, just red rings as soon as the button is pushed) thanks to this game. Goddamn Microsoft... you've got trouble on your hands.
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