Grand Theft Horsie - First thoughts

[Harrison]

It is great to know the game is a good as they promised. Sadly I was planning on buying the PC version, which is due out until 15th Feb next year, so will have to wait before I can play it. Unless I have purchased a PS3 before then that is.

[Demon Cleaner]

Oz just finished it on the 360 and encountered a major bug in the lats level which almost drove him mad.

First time, he tried to kill some archers, who did not respond at all, they didn't even turn around to face him, so he could kill them without any problems from behind. Then he moved on and fell through the roof. There was no hole, no gap, nothing. He fell TROUGH the roof and didn't stop falling before he was dead.

Second time he found another assassin just like him next to a big rock. When he approached the guy, he followed Oz' character and did the same thing as him. So Oz thought it was meant to be that way, perhaps some plot. But no way, he encountered some foot soldiers and they did not attack him. He could just walk past them, he began to fight them off, with no resistance, and also his alter ego fought, he did just the same movements than himself. After the fight, he jumped over a rock to continue, his alter ego stopped, was stuck, and Oz died again.

Third time he tried to hit his alter ego, but he hit back, as he did the same as himself. He tried to assassinate him, but instead, his alter ego assassinated him.

He then look on the net if someone had a similar problem, and there was a guy, who had exactly the same issues. And he said, if he looks back with the character, all the graphics are gone. Oz tried it out, and he had the same, standing before a huge chasm.

Then he tried again the day after, and then it worked. The place where he met the foot soldiers, there was a cutscene, which never came up the day before. And he was now able to finish the level and the game. Oz thinks that it is a heating problem, as his 360 was cold when he tried the day after.

But what can lead to such bugs when the console is hot?

[Harrison]

Missing elements in a game can be caused by heat related problems. If the CPU and/or ram gets too hot the data can start to get corrupted so strange things start to happen within a game. It has happened to be before when I get a CPU and graphics card in a PC that were getting too hot.

One question though. Why is Oz buying the game on the 360, when he also has a PS3? He should be supporting the PS3, not the Xbox!

[Demon Cleaner]

He and a friend ordered the game in a shop here, and he ordered the special edition for the PS3 and his friend the special edition for the 360. The special edition is 80€ (normal one is 60€) and you get a figurine and other material.

So when the order arrived, they went to the shop, but the guy didn't order one for PS3 and one for 360, but 2 for the 360. I think the special edition for the PS3 will be released later. So he just bought the 360 special edition. Oz is a guy who can never wait, he is even tougher than me in such things. If he wants it, he buys it, whatever happens.

Same is as I told him why he didn't get a chipped 360, for 80€ more, he could at least d/l all his games. But again, he had the 360 hammered into his head, and when he was at the shop, he immediately bought it, and even the 20GB version, as they had no 120GB (premium or what is it called, the new one?), he just bought it right away instead of waiting.

I know that the waiting is the hardest part, but sometimes you have to make priorities.

[Harrison]

Is it 360 Elite? The black one with HDMI added?

[Demon Cleaner]

Yeah, but the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console version, which has only a 20GB HDD, don't know if it supports HDMI.

[Sharingan]

Ugh. That is one ghastly colour, to be honest.