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Freakbits has claimed that Need for Speed: Shift is “the most bug-ridden piece of code”, saying that the Xbox 360 version crashes sometimes when trying to access the PlayStation Store.
No, that ain’t a typo.
“The list of serious bugs being reported by customers is embarrassing and it has crashed on me at least a dozen times,” said the site.
“But this could be the most embarrassing fail of all.
“When navigating menus today while connected to Xbox Live the game suddenly crashed again. When my rage had subsided and I got a better look at the screen, I was pretty shocked at what I saw.
“Was my Xbox 360 version of Need for Speed Shift really trying to access the Playstation Store? Microsoft are not going to be happy about this.”
And the world LOL’ed.
Thanks, PSLS.
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Yoshi said:
F.A.I.L enough said lol
swat said:
fake
JonFE said:
How could something like *that* get passed the QA tests?
Psychotext said:
I guess they didn’t test it crashing.
That aside, if you’ve played the game you’ll probably understand that EA don’t actually have QA.
JonFE said:
Sorry, I wasn’t very clear (or accurate for that matter). I was thinking about Microsoft Certification process
Gekidami said:
Well theres a link through there leading to the EA forum, apparently this is far from being the worst bug in the game.
Looks like no one played this before it hit shelves…
Psychotext said:
The best bugs are the bouncing cars and being able to use your car as a snow plow and just drive under the cars in front of you.
Blerk said:
I imagine it’s just a placeholder image rather than it actually trying to access PSN. But all the same….
Bulk Slash said:
@JonFE
I would guess it got past MS because they don’t dare upset EA. Sega pissed EA off by buying a competing sports developer and in retaliation EA dumped all support for the Dreamcast…
As for accessing the PS store, seems to me from looking at the default text in the image that this is what an uninitialised screen would show or one that crashed before the screen was properly populated. It’s likely doing nothing more than showing a default image. This probably indicates the game lead on PS3 if they used the PS Store logo by default.
G1GAHURTZ said:
HAHA!!
This doesn’t surprise me.
Seriously, I was playing this this morning and I had to reset my 360 twice!
It’s a total joke really.
The game sometimes decides to put you in a never ending replay loop after events… Sometimes just before a race starts, the screen just goes completely black, and you can hear engine sounds, but see nothing… One time I just turned the thing on and it decided that it couldn’t find my save game….
It’s farcical.
I would have given this game a 9.5 if it worked properly, but with all of the bugs and the absolutely stupid implementation of ‘drifting’ it’s becoming more and more a chore to play the further I get.
Freek said:
And where was all this during the reviews?
Patrick Garratt said:
I’ve mailed EA.
Psychotext said:
“And where was all this during the reviews?”
Hookers and coke are a great way of getting reviewers to ignore the small details.
Yoshi said:
This just proves reviewers are biased as fuck, i remember Socom:Confrontation, when it first got released in US it was a complete mess and got bad reviews for it. This on the other hand is a complete mess but gets 8’s
Harry said:
Nonsense. You can’t blame reviewers for not seeing such a rare bug that only now after a few weeks on release someone has managed to find.
freedoms_stain said:
@15, from what I’ve read so far the game is totally bug ridden, GIGAHURTZ and Psychotext have listed their own bug experiences there, it’s not just one rare bug.
Freek said:
I’m not talking about this particular bug, i’m talking about the massive amount of other bugs that lots of people seem to be suffering from on a regular basis.
Psychotext said:
Yeah, this is a rare bug… the others, not so much.
I especially like the flag holding woman appearing in the middle of your car sometimes before a race.
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af18/BornToBeMild_2009/image.jpg
ShiroGamer said:
said it before
will say it again
NFS:SHIT
Hakkiz said:
Haven’t seen any of those bugs but it does crash sometimes on my PC. Typically it happens when it loads menus after a race. Hopefully they will fix the issues soon, because driving is shuuupah fun.
blackdreamhunk said:
$60 dallor game that crashies on you
Psychotext said:
PC version is the worst of them all. The framerate is screwed on certain, stupidly powerful, setups.
Not to mention the crashes. =/
360trollolol said:
hey how about the ps3 version is it good?
IMHO this game is good if without those mentioned bugs…
Gekidami said:
Thats normal for a PC Psycho.
/awaits the visit of satin.
rrod360lol said:
@360trollolol Hey get a more original name
360trollolol said:
haha lol!! sorry i didnt c ur name!! but urs is better im jealous..
im literally laughing my fucking ass right now haha!!
Cort said:
The bouncing cars bug is infuriating and has cost me many race wins or podiums. I haven’t had any other problems.
Incidentally, this is no departure from the NFS staple at all (as some reviewers have claimed): the vehicle physics are absolutely fucking ridiculously bad (HOW much oversteer? why is my steering column disconnected if I put a wheel on the grass?) and the AI is either on or off. So just like any other NFS game then. But, remarkably, I’ve enjoyed playing it.
I think it would take about 247 hours of gameplay to get Platinum though.
Cort said:
…actually I’m not sure the bouncing is a bug at all. It is worse on the cars with stiffer suspension (e.g. supercars) so is probably designed that way. And being a NFS game, the physics don’t have to be anything like, you know, real life at all.