TheDevilBringer wrote:

Okay, I already checked everyone that posted in this topic and each one of you have unlocked achievements for this game while connected to Xbox Live... it's not a for sure (it could really be anything from the chip sets in your 360s to other game saves) but looking at the fact that this is a Single Player game - SEGA would have no reason to provide the majority of QA testers assigned to this game ethernet cables while they tested an offline game. It's quite possible it was over-looked because of that or, at least, unresolved because it wasn't narrowed down or wouldn't get street date. I suggest playing the game with your ethernet cable removed it MAY solve the problem (or, at the very least, make it more of a rare problem) but I can't guarentee that. It's the only difference I can see off-hand and I'm not going to play online and test it on my console because - a) I may be a game tester but not for SEGA and have no connection to HULK or it's related propierties aside from working at Universal for 2 years and b) I don't want my console to lock up (lol). But it's worth a shot. Seeing the responses to this topic it's clear there is SOME kind of problem but the limited amount of people experiencing it implies it'd either be rare (not the case if one person could get it more then 4 times) or the method of getting this bug is something un-tested (or tested in a limited quantity). The game I last worked on for the 360 had an online and offline mode and offline testers had no need for internet connections unless some large online tests were being done so it's quite possible to think SEGA would not provide its testers with tools that should, in theory, not affect an offline game mode because it would only lead to testers fooling around.

Just to stress, I am in no way connected to SEGA or this game so this is all just a theory based off of what I'm reading on these boards compared to my own experiences and knowledge of testing. I have no way of saying SEGA didn't have people testing it online nor that Microsoft did the same when it went through submission but it certainly seems plausible for a game that has no current use for online connections.

I just had it lock up while I was playing offline. I was online when I started playing, unhooked the modem and played for another couple of hours before it locked up.

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AKA lingeredshade
SvR 2010 keyword: iron mask

By the time they confirm there is a massive problem in the software my xbox will be broke from too many lockups. This game is freaking awesome, however  I am SCARED TO JUMP or DESTROY BUILDINGS. Simply because it locks up every time.


I tried playing offline,well that does not work but thanks for the input. I guess I will have to play something else. THANKS SEGA!

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"Your training is nothing. Your will is everything! The will to act" -A Ghoul

I started playing last night for a couple of hours.  I had a couple of minor freezes.  One was on the first level in the factory.  It was definitely NOT a buzzkill.  I really enjoy the smashing things part of this game.

It will be a buzzkill after the first stage buddy, I looked at you achievement list. You just started.

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"Your training is nothing. Your will is everything! The will to act" -A Ghoul

yea, not even 4 min into the game the whole system frezes and at times the consol won't turn on or load up.

yea, I am add to my previous blog, my xbox just CRASHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  DON"T play the game, if you have then get rid of if cause it may cause your system to Crash. F*** Y** SAGA. now i have to buy a New System, D** IT!!!!!!!!!

Can a single game "really" cause a system to crash?

 

It would seem to me more of a coincidence. The system was probably ready to go and this just happened to be the game in the console

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Boardgames are fun to play as well! Give 'em a try.

Go BGG!!!

It has froze once for me, during the 3rd mission. Controller was vibrating constantly until I turned off the system.

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Everyone needs to try Rocket Riot on XBLA - It's Fantastic!

I had already beat the game and I had noticed it froze on me when there was multiple buildings falling down and when I was moving to fast for the screen to keep up and be careful when jumping through the city for to long it could happen then

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Decoy598

I had a weird audio bug happen today. While in missions, a loud scrambling like noise would randomly happen. Exited to title screen and re loaded and it was gone. WTF did they test this game at all?

I am really enjoying it but man does it have issues

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Everyone needs to try Rocket Riot on XBLA - It's Fantastic!

Happened once so far to me during a loading screen. Other than that it lags a bit from time to time. I have only rented it though.

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You suffer from a bad case of L.O.F.T.

 Sir Legendhead wrote:

I just had it lock up while I was playing offline. I was online when I started playing, unhooked the modem and played for another couple of hours before it locked up.

Well, it was worth a shot... so far, the majority of people experienceing this all have been playing online. I haven't experienced it at all and I played the game a good 6 hours yesterday (after playing an hour of Iron Man, and about 40 mins of 2 other games). If it has nothing to do with being connected to Live then it'd be something specefic you're doing. I got the 'Master of Destruction' achievement during my 6 hours of play so it can't just be breaking down a lot of stuff all at once...

 Lord Hisst Ka wrote:

Can a single game "really" cause a system to crash?

 

It would seem to me more of a coincidence. The system was probably ready to go and this just happened to be the game in the console

Crash? Yes. Red Ring of Death it? Well, there is a certain (completely outta the way of the game) thing you could do in Halo 3 (or at least in the Retail - non updated - version) that would cause your system to Red Ring on you. So, it's possible.

You think it might be a memory cache issue? Like the game is having trouble keeping up with everything that's going on?

I'm just guessing here. The last time it locked up on me was right after I got gold in one of the minigames. I think it was the one where you have to beat x number of flying enemies.

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AKA lingeredshade
SvR 2010 keyword: iron mask

man hearing about all these freezing issues really makes me want to sit up and strongly reconsider renting this game. sounds like this is happening way too much for you all thus ruining the game experience for this title.

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My game has been running somewhat smoothly after I have been quiting and saving when I notice small glitches. I've played maybe about 12-14 hours the last three days with only one lock up.

Ever since I don't abuse the jump system (when hulk can time his jumps to futher his height) it has been 100% better.

I think this game is worth the money, I'm having a blast playing it still after I beat. But that's just my opinon.

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"Your training is nothing. Your will is everything! The will to act" -A Ghoul

 The Smoking Ace wrote:

man hearing about all these freezing issues really makes me want to sit up and strongly reconsider renting this game. sounds like this is happening way too much for you all thus ruining the game experience for this title.

It doesn't happen all the time, it just seems that way because we keep talking about it so much, lol.

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AKA lingeredshade
SvR 2010 keyword: iron mask

 Sir Legendhead wrote:

You think it might be a memory cache issue? Like the game is having trouble keeping up with everything that's going on?

I'm just guessing here. The last time it locked up on me was right after I got gold in one of the minigames. I think it was the one where you have to beat x number of flying enemies.

It COULD be a cache issue but I think we'd be seeing a lot more people with the problem...

mine froze 3 times the first day i got it and it froze like 3 more times in the last few days and thats my new copy cuz i exchanged the old one. someone needs to write sega and tell em to release an update that fixes this crap

I just had 3 freezes in a row on the nanite garbage truck mission!!!!!  And each time I beat the mission and it got stuck on the loading screen or whatever.  Man this sucks....

my minds made up on this one, i'ma wait till they put some type of a patch out then maybe check this title out.

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Well yesterday I put in some serious time playing it and yeah it froze like 2 or 3 more times. I'm a huge Hulk fan but I'm glad I didn't waste the $60 bucks on it.

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You suffer from a bad case of L.O.F.T.

I have had several lock-ups in the past couple of days.  What version of the game do all of you have?  I have the Gamestop edition with the Red Hulk.  Just wondering if these technical problems are linked to this particular version......

 Nemesis GTX wrote:

I have had several lock-ups in the past couple of days.  What version of the game do all of you have?  I have the Gamestop edition with the Red Hulk.  Just wondering if these technical problems are linked to this particular version......

I don't think so, I have the exact same version and have had the game over a week and got no lockups.

it really freezes up when you re-attempt a mini-game...

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Colt .45 .........works every time

Yeah it froze on me once. I was 3 minutes away from getting the achievement for destroying a whole neighborhood. I'm not bothering with that one again.

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 DEMON CHIPZ wrote:

glitching is part of the game so get over it

^ Lol

I was going to get this game until i started reading these posts. Ultimate destruction was awsome for xbox. They even patched it for 360 to make it 16x9 which i thought was cool! But again these posts have made me not wanna buy. Especially after i bought superman! haha

 

Anyway alot of people are having same problems. At least you dont have the PC version of the game which ive read that alot of people are complaing that the game is a ps2 port!

 

Check out the forums at sega:
http://boards2.sega.com/sega_board/viewforum.php?f=61
http://boards2.sega.com/sega_board/viewtopic.php?t=89649

Hi mine started playing up yesterday.  I tried it this morning and it froze on me twice more. I thought my xbox was going to die on me, but sounds like it's happening to everyone though.

It seems to freeze after I have done some of the hidden jumps and then I have to do them again, how damn frustrating lol.

 

Yes, i have never had lagg in single player before.lol...

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I have completed 20 games worth 20,000 =p

Lag is becoming surprisingly common now in single player games lol but lock ups aren't.

I had another lockup last night. This is the second one I've had since I got the game on the day it came out.  I've played it pretty heavily. So lockups are disappointing but haven't made the game less enjoyable for me.

When the lockup occurred there was quite a bit of onscreen activity with multiple helicopters launching rockets, buildings crumbling, and a large number of foot soldiers.