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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
Budboy311 at 10/14/2008 10:39
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.
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Cartman at 10/14/2008 10:40
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
ZombiePlatypus at 10/14/2008 10:46
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...
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JamnOnTheOne at 10/14/2008 10:48
Too little, too late.

The deluge of winter AAA titles is starting.
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ChunkyB at 10/14/2008 11:02
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.
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el_chack at 10/14/2008 11:10
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.
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Kryptinite at 10/14/2008 11:11
I still haven't played with anyone :(. And I still haven't beaten the game
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Brando at 10/14/2008 11:12
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.
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Knigge at 10/14/2008 11:13
Then, it could "take a few weeks" for me to finally buy it.
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SuperD1984 at 10/14/2008 11:21
toooooooooooooooooooooooo laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
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Sharpless at 10/14/2008 11:30
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.
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World Eater at 10/14/2008 11:37
I held off on purchasing it when I read about all the bugs. I probably won't bother at all with it now.
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KaL YoshiKa at 10/14/2008 12:00
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.
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Stella Wong at 10/14/2008 12:18
I haven't played it in a long time, but if the patch goes smoothly. I will most likely pick it up again :3
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casualweaponry at 10/14/2008 12:34
Too late. Just too much good stuff incoming.

Of course I can say that because I've beaten the game.
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cousinike at 10/14/2008 12:36
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.
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Azereki at 10/14/2008 14:05
When are they adding new content though?
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NihonTiger90 at 10/14/2008 14:17
Here's hoping they get this hammered down pretty quickly.
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MisterMingo at 10/14/2008 14:17
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.
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randombullseye at 10/14/2008 14:38
It's never too late to play a Beat Em Up.
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Butmac at 10/14/2008 14:45
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.
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ajaxender at 10/14/2008 15:18
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.
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Anus Mcphanus at 10/14/2008 16:13
It's never too late to fix things that need to be fixed.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 10/14/2008 16:17
I'd rather they take their time testing it, I don't want another Ninja Gaiden 2 fiasco.
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dawn fire at 10/14/2008 18:07
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.
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dawn fire at 10/14/2008 18:09
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.
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Holyetheline at 10/15/2008 12:03
damnet I wish they were faster.
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