SweetBlackMagic Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 So I picked up the game this morning, and it's already not boding well... First, there was already an update available...on RELEASE DAY. Yikes. Second...during said update, my system locked up and I had to do a hard power down. Thanks, UBI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xTGMx INF3RNO Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 had mines since Saturday got the update today. no problems at all. so its probably your console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiyusNL Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Same here, had my game on saturday and the update was this morning when I started my xbox..So no problems with AC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetBlackMagic Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 I guess my point is more about a release date update than the lockup. Without the update, my system doesn't lock up. So I guess the update is the "chicken" and the lockup is the "egg"...or maybe vice versa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtoN899 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I've bought Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Revelations, and all had Updates on the release date, so I don't see what you're complaining about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKRAIZEEMANx Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I've bought Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Revelations, and all had Updates on the release date. Same here, though I did notice AC:R was 9mb as opposed to the 4mb ones for the other two games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtoN899 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Same here, though I did notice AC:R was 9mb as opposed to the 4mb ones for the other two games. Hmm, for me the Battlefield 3 patch were 167(!!)mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlySinz86 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I got mine on Friday, updated it today, no issues here. I wouldn't worry to much about it. Prolly just addressing some MP stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shavron Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 While I don't buy a great many games on release day I would say about half of them have updates on release day. I actually like this because it means the developers have still been working on the game since going gold and have ironed out a few more wrinkles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O00SuperLobster Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Been playing on and off since midnight last night with no problems. I'd keep an eye on your Xbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekikire Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Release day updates are a good thing, not a bad thing. It means they were working on fixing up bugs in the last month or so before release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSparacino4 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 So I picked up the game this morning, and it's already not boding well... First, there was already an update available...on RELEASE DAY. Yikes. Second...during said update, my system locked up and I had to do a hard power down. Thanks, UBI! First of all, you must not play games much on release day because 90% of them recieve an update day one. Like others have said, this is a good thing, because devs have been working on making your experience better. As far as the update locking your system up, I am also going to have to say it is your system and has nothing to do with the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enilson Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Release day patches are quite common - would you rather it was buggy on day 1 and they wait a month to patch it? Release cycles being what they are - no game is bug-free at launch - just the reality of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlySinz86 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 There was this bug in Multiplayer where people would go invisiible, I've not seen that happen since the Update, maybe it was that, that got fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon300 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 ^Nah, I just had that a couple of matches ago. Before the update, I couldn't play The Courtesan character. Maybe they just added/unlocked a few things in the multiplayer section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenta27 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I'd rather have a release date patch then things not be fixed at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear. Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 So I picked up the game this morning, and it's already not boding well... First, there was already an update available...on RELEASE DAY. Yikes. Second...during said update, my system locked up and I had to do a hard power down. Thanks, UBI! Like everyone else has said, pretty much every release date purchase I've made in the last year or so (off the top of my head that is about 10 or so games) has had an immediate update. Second of all, your system locking up has nothing at all to do with UBI. In otherwords...Settle down chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieLover84 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Settle down there. First, your system locking is I almost 100% positive has nothing to do with Ubisoft or AC:R Second, I think nearly every game has an update. This actually doesn't mean it's a patch, as MS has of course tweaked the dashboard so much that I remember back near the last update every game got an update. (and all it was for was to smooth compatibility with the Dashboard). Only some games have full fledged updates at launch. Battlefield had one addressing everything from the beta. (or as much as they could). Remember, a game's "gold" copy is sent out around 2-3 months prior to the release, it takes around 3 weeks to get approval at Microsoft, then of course they send the Master Disc to the disc press to get all the copies made. In the mean time, they can of course evaluate and work on anything that might creep up during that time frame. Anything that Microsoft testers found can be fixed, etc. So relax. Be glad that in this day and age console games can indeed get patchs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieLover84 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 And before you say "it should be perfect when release!" don't. It's impossible. Even with a large team of testers over several months, there is going to be things they miss. It's not possible to make the "perfect" code. Going from 60 testers to millions of fans is huge. It's why games like Skyrim finds bugs the testers don't within hours of release. There is just no way to account for everything, every possibility, etc. Not to mention the number of bugs/glitches that come up as "Non-Replicable". Simple glitches or bugs that they only see once, and test and test and cannot replicate it. It might be a freak one time thing. Or, it might be more better discovered once a million people get their hands on the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetBlackMagic Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Holy Hell...I wasn't aware that I was the one who should "settle down." I made two posts in a mostly joking manner. And...no, I don't play a ton of games on release day. My whole point was that for me at least, my initial play of the game seemed like bad "karma." Not complaining really...just making an observation. I wasn't actually blaming UBI for my lockup. However, it seems like a patch two or three days after "official" release day makes more sense so you have a bigger pool of possible glitches. So...I'm thankful for updates, not upset, and will now go and play the game on my dying XBOX. Let's all step away from this post now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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