The few games I've been able to play online have been amazing amounts of fun. It's really too bad the game only connects around 25% of the time, and the fucking initial loading screen lasts 5 minutes.

Of course they say they're going to fix it. Though, if the problems have been prevalent throughout the beta, does it make sense that a patch will hit anytime soon?

I have actually had very little trouble with the online play. I've had a few mindless loading screen stares only to be kicked back to the main menu but overall its been pretty decent, especially when playing the soccer gametype.

i've definately noticed trouble connecting to games (its hit or miss somedays its perfect others i give up). But as far as lag goes i haven't had any trouble there and i've yet to be kicked out of a game. Still they need to get that fix out pronto i'm surprised it wasn't addressed before this. With all that said i'd still suggest it to just about anyone the bugs are annoying but haven't rendered it unplayable or any less fun for me

Only problem I have is to find and connect to a game, I get connected two or three out of ten times. Never experienced lag or any other problems once connected, except for when the host leaves the game and it tries to find another host, then it just disconnects and puts me in the games main screen.

I was watching someone stream this online with 8v8 and there weren't any problems.

Its not terribly bad. Like some one said up there. All you need to do is get connected and then its good to go.

Don't forget about the numerous left over bugs. Like the winning screen staying up the whole time for the next game or menu options overlaying other menu options.

Also why are all the MP games Capture the Princess only? Why can't anyone put up the Soccer match (badass btw), or any other options? There should be some sort of play list setting.

Right now it appears that only Sony official servers can host anything.

@Volomon
Didn't they (Valve) do something for the PS3 build of the Orange Box? I can't remember....

@GameraTheGreat
Yeah, they're released a patch for it.

Titan Studios seems like a good company. They'll do what they need to do in good time.

I actually had a few awesome games on friday even on my home craptastic internet, it was shocking.

I was thinking it was a little sketchy that they announced the game was coming out one day before it came out, giving nobody a chance to review it before release. Like they were trying to trick me into buying it even though i have every intention to get it. Anyways ill wait a few days and hopefully the patch will smooth things out.

Very disappointed with the online in this game, I have only been able to play 2-3 games. Considering it had a BETA and a crap load of development time, this is ridiculous. Wish I had my $15 back until its fixed.

@Volomon

Yeah, I'm aware that Valve/EA hasn't done jack for the PS3 version of TF2. It pisses me off to no end (PC version kicks ass) but I'm still gonna stick with what I said. You can insert any other capable game-design company if you like, I just chose them since their games tend to be very polished.

There's a lot of other subtle stuff that Valve took into account when making TF2 (like using visuals/design/lighting to make characters easy to tell apart) that I'd love to see in a Fat Princess update.

Christ, I didn't think people would get so caught up in the "Valve" part. Can we at least agree that this game would be a hell of a lot more fun if they tweaked or fixed some of the mechanics?

Good to see all my time in the beta spent complaining about the online payed off.

I thought the game was great, until I realized that the single player would be over in 1.5 hours and that I couldn't connect to an online game for the life of me.

I've got a recent "gamer-convert" friend, who is using current gen for the first time since sticking to his nintendo roots, I've had to explain, and it's a shame i had to, that...

"Yeah a lot of online games usually take a few days to get their online up and running, it'll be working soon"

I should not have to say that! They knew full well how many people wanted to play this fat bitch, be prepared mother fuckers?!

I've got an idea, why don't you let us download it, say a week before "actual launch" let us play the training or something, then on launch day, you'll know how many people have it DL'd and how many you need to accomodate on the servers when you flick the switch.

Rather than the current idea of, "Flick the switch, fuck! it doesn't work, make all those people who paid money for the game wait a week or so while we sort it out."

Saying that, the games i've gotten into (persistent bastard me) have been fucking BRILLIANT! its a fucking awesome game and as soon as the online issues are sorted i'm gonna sink some serious hours in.

If most of the problems were prevalant in the beta, why do a beta anyway, if you are not going to fix the problems..

I've been torn whether to throw my tenner at this or the Killzone map bundle. As much as i've been anticipating this game's release, i'm kinda glad the bug made the desicion easy, for me at least.

i'm glad a patch is on the way, but i'm getting really sick of having to wait for a patch or some other fix until games function like they should. Battlefield 1943, KOF XII, Fat Princess… just some recent examples. i freely admit my ignorance of the technical side of online gaming, i just wish i could buy a game on day 1 that works like it's supposed to.

Meh, I played this game single-player for about 3 hours the other night. It was entertaining for a while but has absolutely no depth and every round is the same.
Multiplayer might be fun for a while but I doubt it since there is no room for using actual tactics with 16 people per team, and every class seems to be about as powerful as every other.
I gotta say, I was disappointed.

@pacopaco

I agree with you. Valve responds to their community like no other, but there will always be a vocal minority of ass-tards that can't stand change.