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That's the thing though, the online stuff is mainly just leaderboards. There's not really any excuse for those not to be working. It's not like it needs to sync data between thousands of player simultaneously or anything. As someone who hasn't played a serious racing game since GT3 on the PS2, I do wish there were more 'assist' type things in the races (with say a penalty to Fame for using them) like racing/braking lines, as I've never really understand how I'm meant to take corners optimally so I know I'm losing a lot of time on them but am not sure how to improve.
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Aishan posted:That's the thing though, the online stuff is mainly just leaderboards. There's not really any excuse for those not to be working. It's not like it needs to sync data between thousands of player simultaneously or anything. It's not exact and I don't know how it will hold up with faster cars but the banners near corners kinda show how fast you can go - the green ones are pretty much flat out, for the yellows you lift off and for the reds you need to brake. They won't help with finding a proper racing line but might be of some help.
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Ularg posted:I don't think it's possible for a game to have a stable and smooth launch anymore. I don't even think companies try. It's not like renting Amazon servers is hard or anything for the first month. Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Destiny had a smooth launch putting other online releases to shame as it was the biggest release of the year.
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Oct 10, 2014 12:18
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I played a couple of hours of Driveclub this morning and I really enjoyed it. The little in-race challenges are fun and the handling is nice without being too punishing so even someone who is a bit poo poo at racing games could enjoy it. The sense of speed is unparalleled because it looks so realistic. The online stuff seemed to be starting to work just as I was finishing up playing because I could search for clubs and stuff. Which is the actual Goon one because there are around ten variations of it at the moment?
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Sprat Sandwich posted:It's not exact and I don't know how it will hold up with faster cars but the banners near corners kinda show how fast you can go - the green ones are pretty much flat out, for the yellows you lift off and for the reds you need to brake. They won't help with finding a proper racing line but might be of some help. Yeah, I picked up on those quite easily, they definitely help to give a sense of the severity of the corner. I also think the 'sector accuracy' bonus you accrue during the races are a measure of how well you're following the (invisible) racing line, as a score out of 500. spudsbuckley posted:The online stuff seemed to be starting to work just as I was finishing up playing because I could search for clubs and stuff. Which is the actual Goon one because there are around ten variations of it at the moment? As for the goon club, I'm under the impression that clubs are actually tiny: only 6 people per, which means there's going to be bunch of them. I'm not even sure if you can be part of multiple clubs. Aishan fucked around with this message at 12:45 on Oct 10, 2014 |
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Oct 10, 2014 12:42
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Obsidius posted:Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Destiny had a smooth launch putting other online releases to shame as it was the biggest release of the year. Yeah I grabbed destiny at launch and had zero problems at all. Same with... uh, basically all the other games I've bought this year. I actually can't remember the last time a launch was fumbled this badly.
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Anyone going to do a Driveclub thread? I mean, I can do it, but I suck at making OPs
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Nitr0 posted:Man driveclub is about a million times better when you can play your own music. I started the free trial of the music unlimited and it rules hearing stuff you want racing around these locales. Still kind of bullshit Sony won't allow an rdio app or your own mp3's just so they force you to sub to their service I had music unlimited for a month last year, and I found switching between games and the app to be a pain (it was just slow as hell). I'm now back on Spotify, but have they improved the switching back and forth at all? Bruiser posted:Anyone going to do a Driveclub thread? I mean, I can do it, but I suck at making OPs Just make the title : DRIVECLUB: Fame Lifeles' Wet Dream nate fisher fucked around with this message at 13:08 on Oct 10, 2014 |
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So has that free version of Driveclub been canned or something yet? There's like barely any official word on it, I thought it was today?
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Obsidius posted:Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought Destiny had a smooth launch putting other online releases to shame as it was the biggest release of the year. PSN hasn't recovered since Destiny launch. I haven't been able to send friend requests and the only way I can accept them is with the PSN app.
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Oct 10, 2014 13:13
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Ularg posted:PSN hasn't recovered since Destiny launch. I haven't been able to send friend requests and the only way I can accept them is with the PSN app. That's... not a normal user experience.
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Platypus Farm posted:That's... not a normal user experience. Has been normal for most in the Destiny IRC. Tried doing things like rebuilding database and such and none of the fixes work.
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I've had the same issue - the friends list loads slowly or not at all, and there's no way to add friends.
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StabMasterArson posted:So has that free version of Driveclub been canned or something yet? There's like barely any official word on it, I thought it was today? quote:Hi Everyone,
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what sucks is that, if the servers weren't made of crepe paper, it would actually be a fun game- and what I'm looking for. We could field like, 10 Goon Clubs and run hogwild out there on the course. I'd love racing with my friends! It sucks because I can see what it would be, and it's just not there.
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Ularg posted:Has been normal for most in the Destiny IRC. Tried doing things like rebuilding database and such and none of the fixes work. Oh well, I had no idea that was so widespread. That's insane that a month old game launch is still loving everything up.
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Ularg posted:Has been normal for most in the Destiny IRC. Tried doing things like rebuilding database and such and none of the fixes work. Stuff breaks on the weekend sometimes on PSN but it's definitely not normal to not be able to do the stuff you're unable to do. Mine always comes back and is always broken when everyone else's is. I've never had to do anything to fix it either, it just starts working again.
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Platypus Farm posted:Oh well, I had no idea that was so widespread. That's insane that a month old game launch is still loving everything up. Yeah, not sure if it's a Destiny related thing or just because I've passed the 250 mark on my friends list (lots of cool goons out there).
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I can't really blame them for holding back on the PS+ free version, if the servers are already under strain as is adding potentially millions of extra players would certainly not help matters. Still I don't think it should have been an issue in the first place, unless they drastically underestimated the number of people who wanted to play.
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I guess Evolution doesn't quite have the funds Bungie/Activision has to spend on servers but you would have thought Sony would have helped them out a bit given that they've been trying to frame it as one of the experiences to be had on PS4. Also the fact they've held back the PS+ version is troubling, I imagine the people who actually bought the game must be a small fraction of those who will get access when it hits PS+ so surely if they're having problems now it will just poo poo the bed again once a few million more people try and connect.
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Still sounds like software to me. Too much active talk with the server from each client. Like instead of sending a package of information at least once per lap (per race would be best) it does it for every thing it can record and send. Seen it happen many times in alpha and beta stages but usually it's caught when it goes live. May have lacked the right network experienced engineer to look at the I/O.
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MZ posted:I guess Evolution doesn't quite have the funds Bungie/Activision has to spend on servers but you would have thought Sony would have helped them out a bit given that they've been trying to frame it as one of the experiences to be had on PS4. I still find it admirable that during the mess they are trying to get the experience working for their paying customers first. Yea it sucks but I will patiently wait for the PS+ free version to be available and let the experience working decide if I should get the game.
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Ularg posted:Yeah, not sure if it's a Destiny related thing or just because I've passed the 250 mark on my friends list (lots of cool goons out there). While I wouldn't rule it out as a potential factor, I'd wonder if there was still more to it. For example, I'm nearing 400 friends (need people for leaderboard competition  ) and haven't had any issues.
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magimix posted:While I wouldn't rule it out as a potential factor, I'd wonder if there was still more to it. For example, I'm nearing 400 friends (need people for leaderboard competition It's definitely not related to # of friends because I was having those issues even after paring my friend list down to around thirty or so. But it's also been about a week since I've had any of those issues pop up. The point stands that Destiny's online launch was relatively painless and I don't really think it's Bungie's fault that the PSN is apparently hot garbage.
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I have two friends and PSN is often hot garbage when trying to coordinate messages/parties/friend requests when setting up Destiny raid teams.
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When will they learn that having decent servers ready and online for any release is pretty much a very important thing to have?
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For the last week or so I receive PSN messages exactly 24 hours after they are sent.
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I'm not impressed with PSN at all. I was expecting that with paid membership we'd see more than an upscaled PS3 market place.
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The guys who are experiencing issues, do you have a lot of PSN friends? Has to be something in common for why you're having issues and others arent.
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Just a bit of positivity amongst all the (deserved) griping. Me, barely hanging on while whipping a RUF CT3 Clubsport around a sleepy town in Scotland in the wee hours of the morning. (be sure to watch in HD.) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27of01_driveclub-ruf_videogames
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Ularg posted:Yeah, not sure if it's a Destiny related thing or just because I've passed the 250 mark on my friends list (lots of cool goons out there). What's your handle on PSN?
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Harlock posted:The guys who are experiencing issues, do you have a lot of PSN friends? Has to be something in common for why you're having issues and others arent. Then how come this guy isn't having such issues? He has twice as many friends as me: magimix posted:While I wouldn't rule it out as a potential factor, I'd wonder if there was still more to it. For example, I'm nearing 400 friends (need people for leaderboard competition ______________________ echronorian posted:I'm not impressed with PSN at all. I was expecting that with paid membership we'd see more than an upscaled PS3 market place. I was hoping the same thing. If they could keep the value of PS+ free games and use the money from multiplayer subscribers to upgrade the system I would be happy. But it seems to not really be happening. Then again there are a crazy amount of people using Sony consoles online. So no doubt they are probably scrambling to upgrade as fast as they can. Edit: Megaman's Jockstrap posted:What's your handle on PSN? Phorrum
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I'm going to add Ularg and see if my PSN goes to poo poo. Maybe he's contagious.
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When does Spelunky become frustrating? Because I'm all smiles and laughs, 42 deaths in, without using the shortcut I make it to level 5-6 regularly now and I enjoy every moment, dying to hilarious combos of oopsies as I'm still learning and figuring things out. These games journalists have just made me wonder when. A certain one of them ranted about it being Dark Soulsian difficult to get to the Jungle early on. One of my fave PS+ indies if not The One Fave of the lot. Still wishing I had gotten in on it earlier. (I can feel hinting when the shopkeeper gets pissed off in the dumbest of ways from across the map but I laugh it off. Maybe it's the kind of guy I am)
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It is hard and you die a lot but if you don't mind that it's a lot of fun. My wife and I have been playing co-op and having a blast. We don't usually make it to the jungle and have only made it past the first jungle area once but we don't mind. I just like making her fall off ledges as a ghost after she accidentally kills me with a rock.
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MrLonghair posted:When does Spelunky become frustrating? Because I'm all smiles and laughs, 42 deaths in, without using the shortcut I make it to level 5-6 regularly now and I enjoy every moment, dying to hilarious combos of oopsies as I'm still learning and figuring things out. I would say in some senses Spelunky may never become frustrating or rage-inducing. The most drama I have gathered from Spelunky was after playing for many weeks and realizing I just wasn't gonna see past maybe the second world because I wasn't good enough. That was a little frustrating (because I mean, there's all this content there and it'd be cool to see...) Maybe one day... 
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Even though it's randomized I just hate seeing I'm back at stage 1-1. It's literally just a number and it pisses me off.
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Pix the Cat is the best game. I feel like I cheated somehow to get this game free.
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I reduced my friends list and PSN works better. It's still a mess and on some days it shits the bed, like 4 or 5 days ago, I couldn't do friend invites. It's not all Destiny traffic though. The DDOS crew have been hitting PSN, XBL, and Blizzard off and on for over a month now. Blizzard has a somewhat better time handling them since their entire revenue stream depends on connectivity at this point but the already sort of gimpy PSN and XBL have been struggling between DDOS attacks and Destiny basically DDOSing them through regular use.
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