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Castle Crashers finally getting bug fixes, could 'take a few weeks' photo

A month and a half after release, The Behemoth has posted on their development blog that they've stomped out the last of the bugs which plagued Castle Crashers on release. The problems users had with connecting to each other in games as well as a nasty glitch that caused some players to lose all of the items accumulated in-game will be fixed in an update which they are about to send off to Microsoft for review.

Don't get too excited just yet. The certification process could take a bit of time, up to a few weeks, according to the designers. They also warn that, should there be some sort of problem with their patch that doesn't satisfy MS, Behemoth will have to fix the issue and start the certification process again from the beginning.

Being a person who has experienced the heartache (and blind rage) which follows losing all of their hard-won gear in the game, I'm glad to hear that the issues are being addressed at long last. It's a fantastic game in spite of the issues, but it's been quite some time and I have to wonder how many people have moved past Castle Crashers in light of all the other big titles dropping in our midst. 

What say you? Are you looking forward to being able to play with people over Live without all the dropped connections? Is it too late?

[Via Joystiq]








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Budboy311's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 10:39
Budboy311
I hope this gets pushed through pretty quickly. I've never been able to try out the online side of the game due to the issues. It'll be fun to fight over some princesses.

I just wish I was still as pumped about the game as when it came out though. You hit that one on the head Mr. Zimmerman, it may have taken a bit too long to get this out. Coming back for acheivements will help at least for a little bit.
Cartman's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 10:40
Cartman
Too late? How long has call of duty 4 been out, and I always have problems trying to play a game with my friends.
Go Behemoth.
ZombiePlatypus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 10:46
ZombiePlatypus
I'll definitely dive back in once the patch is released. It'll be nice to finally be able to play online with my brothers. They haven't been able to stay online for more than like five minutes all but one of the times we tried, so I've been waiting for this patch...
JamnOnTheOne's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 10:48
JamnOnTheOne
Too little, too late.

The deluge of winter AAA titles is starting.
ChunkyB's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 11:02
ChunkyB
This is absolutely not too late for me. Luckily I haven't lost all my save data yet, but it does worry me. I still play the game all the time.

I'd love to not have to worry about the glitches in game, such as sprites freezing up or the screen getting all messed up (both of which have required a restart for me). Have they addressed glitches such as this, or is it just the save game and online multiplayer glitches.
el_chack's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 11:10
el_chack
I have a 1024 kbps Internet connection. Add this to Castle Crashers bugs and it'll be impossible for me to play this game.

I really want Behemoth to fix it so I'll download it and play it.

I'll wait and give it a chance.
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 11:11
Kryptinite
I still haven't played with anyone :(. And I still haven't beaten the game
Brando's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 11:12
Brando
Microsoft certification aside, a patch like this should take DAYS not months. Either Behemoth is too busy counting benjamins to care or they are totally botched the testing to rush the release out the gate, this is totally unacceptable. I expected more from The Behemoth.
Knigge's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 11:13
Knigge
Then, it could "take a few weeks" for me to finally buy it.
SuperD1984's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 11:21
SuperD1984
toooooooooooooooooooooooo laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 11:30
Sharpless
I think it's sort of too late... but I think I would be burned out on it at this point anyway, with or without bugs. It will be nice to play it without worrying about any issues, though.
World Eater's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 11:37
World Eater
I held off on purchasing it when I read about all the bugs. I probably won't bother at all with it now.
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 12:00
KaL YoshiKa
Yeah I played it for a few days...it's nice that they fixed it and all but you'd think they would have acted a little faster (and you'd think Microsoft would be all about trying to keep their edge on PSN).

I'm tempted to think after this patch hits we could be seeing the DLC very shortly.
Stella Wong's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 12:18
Stella Wong
I haven't played it in a long time, but if the patch goes smoothly. I will most likely pick it up again :3
casualweaponry's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 12:34
casualweaponry
Too late. Just too much good stuff incoming.

Of course I can say that because I've beaten the game.
cousinike's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 12:36
cousinike
I to haven't played it in a long time, this was one of the only Arcade games that all my friends also have and we tried so many times to play it together and never could... Now most of us have moved onto other games and forgot about it, and I doubt we will even pick it up again with the fix. To little to late Behemoth.
Chris Morris's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 14:05
Chris Morris
When are they adding new content though?
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 14:17
Brian Szabelski
Here's hoping they get this hammered down pretty quickly.
MisterMingo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 14:17
MisterMingo
How is it too late? You can't buy and enjoy Castle Crashers after you play the retail games you want? You can only play it when it's first released? I fail to see the logic here.
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 14:38
randombullseye
It's never too late to play a Beat Em Up.
Butmac's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 14:45
Butmac
I'm not gonna lie - this may be too little too late. This game is certifiably insanely awesome but the amount of time that it has taken for them to deliver the other half of a game we already paid for is really pretty aggravating.
ajaxender's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 15:18
ajaxender
I wouldnt play online anyway. At least half of the stupid amount of enjoyment ive had with this game has been playing it with 2 of my flatmates.
Anus Mcphanus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 16:13
Anus Mcphanus
It's never too late to fix things that need to be fixed.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 16:17
Kyousuke Nanbu
I'd rather they take their time testing it, I don't want another Ninja Gaiden 2 fiasco.
dawn fire's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 18:07
dawn fire
i'll be honest here, i thought the game was pretty damn amazing, played forever then lost all my data. i spent a fair ammount of cash on an untested broken game. i haven't played it since, due to the posibility of it happening again. too little too late..in my opinion. they should give us this proposed dlc for free as an apology...or at least something.
dawn fire's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 18:09
dawn fire
i'll be honest here, i thought the game was pretty damn amazing, played forever then lost all my data. i spent a fair ammount of cash on an untested broken game. i haven't played it since, due to the posibility of it happening again. too little too late..in my opinion. they should give us this proposed dlc for free as an apology...or at least something.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/15/2008 12:03
Holyetheline
damnet I wish they were faster.
jeff is cool123's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2009 10:34
jeff is cool123
I have three accounts and my charecters are the same on every one. But i lost all my weapons and animals.
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