Fat Princess Priced & Dated [Archive]

Gorvi

07-27-2009, 10:37 AM

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The wait has been a long one for Fat Princess. Announced at last year's E3 gamers were taken in by it's charm, and some even got bent out of shape because of it's premise. All that aside, the game was supposed to come out last month, but for some reason saw a delay. Well, the wait is over, because the game has finally gotten a date: it'll be out worldwide with this week's PSN update, 7/30, for $14.99.

So, get ready this week for some class based capture the princess team based cake feeding. With hats. And blood. Lots and lots of blood.

Source - The PlayStation Blog (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/07/27/fat-princess-worth-the-weight-heres-the-date/)

total

07-27-2009, 10:41 AM

My roomate was in the beta. This game looks really neat.

astranoir

07-27-2009, 10:41 AM

Aha! Something to tell my boyfriend to get me for our anniversary! (On that very day :))

Suave Peanut

07-27-2009, 10:44 AM

Ugh who would date her?

This ridiculous and offensive pun has been brought to you by Suave Peanut.

Yeti2005

07-27-2009, 11:02 AM

This game looks awesome. My only fear is no one will talk as a team and this game requires teamwork.

total

07-27-2009, 11:09 AM

Aha! Something to tell my boyfriend to get me for our anniversary! (On that very day :))

You win for girlfriends. Can you give some pointers to mine? All she has played recently is Uno-Rush and Fallout 3. She liked Fallout 3, she really got into it. When I was downstairs doing some cleaning she suddenly screamed, "Hey, that motherfucker tried stealing my muffin!" Apparently she was none too thrilled with the gang after that, so she let dudes mom die and beat him up. I laughed pretty damn hard.

Hawkzombie

07-27-2009, 11:26 AM

You win for girlfriends. Can you give some pointers to mine? All she has played recently is Uno-Rush and Fallout 3. She liked Fallout 3, she really got into it. When I was downstairs doing some cleaning she suddenly screamed, "Hey, that motherfucker tried stealing my muffin!" Apparently she was none too thrilled with the gang after that, so she let dudes mom die and beat him up. I laughed pretty damn hard.

Muffins are like gold in the post apocalyptic wasteland. :p....god that was funny.

Virtual Pariah

07-27-2009, 11:26 AM

Sounds like a good buy.

total

07-27-2009, 11:30 AM

Muffins are like gold in the post apocalyptic wasteland. :p....god that was funny.

I would not steal her muffin. She is a vengeful one.

OldJadedGamer

07-27-2009, 11:39 AM

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, hot holy dog shit!!!! It's time, it's time. I have been eyeballing this game since it was announced and played it at E3 to the point where I had to force myself to put in the controller down!

I don't have a headset but I'll have to borrow one from my friend who got the Socom one and never plays. I'ts on, it's on. Crossing fingers for no network problems and hopes it's smooth as butter.

astranoir

07-27-2009, 11:39 AM

You win for girlfriends. Can you give some pointers to mine? All she has played recently is Uno-Rush and Fallout 3. She liked Fallout 3, she really got into it. When I was downstairs doing some cleaning she suddenly screamed, "Hey, that motherfucker tried stealing my muffin!" Apparently she was none too thrilled with the gang after that, so she let dudes mom die and beat him up. I laughed pretty damn hard.

Lol, awesome story. Doesn't sound like she needs any pointers :)

OldJadedGamer

07-27-2009, 11:47 AM

Also, I'm reading that the Beta didn't have any server browsing and all matchmaking so I really, REALLY hope they keep that for the full version. I despise server browsing.

Ten19

07-27-2009, 11:51 AM

I'll be picking this up day one, looks to have a lot of depth and be a lot of fun.

Sandman

07-27-2009, 11:52 AM

That fat bitch sure ain't cheap.

aVaKus

07-27-2009, 11:54 AM

Ugh! Why does this have to be the same week as the new Gears maps! :(

If anyone's looking for someone to play this with, please add me. I will def be getting this day one.

IIntrude

07-27-2009, 12:28 PM

Count me in, add me any friends lists and send me an invite come the 30th. Can't wait.

Codicier

07-27-2009, 12:30 PM

If there's a good number of people playing, I'll grab it and join. Add me to your lists in advance and I'll do likewise. :)

OldJadedGamer

07-27-2009, 12:40 PM

That fat bitch sure ain't cheap.

For this quality of a title, I would have paid up to $20

SpacemanSpiff757

07-27-2009, 12:42 PM

Oh. Hell. Yes. Glad I got my PS3 this weekend. Add me to your friends list as I will be playing this game

Mashidar

07-27-2009, 12:47 PM

Now this is a game I've been waiting to pick up and play with folks. Look forward to the games that might happen this week.

National Kato

07-27-2009, 12:51 PM

I'm in! Hope she likes pie!

EternalGamer

07-27-2009, 01:08 PM

I'm not biting until it gets below $10. Only have a few friends that have PS3 for multiplayer and I find the random PSN community pretty boring to play with (most people don't even have headsets).

total

07-27-2009, 01:28 PM

I'm not biting until it gets below $10. Only have a few friends that have PS3 for multiplayer and I find the random PSN community pretty boring to play with (most people don't even have headsets).

You can blame Sony for not making voice chat mandatory. And it sounds like you are in the minority on this one. I will most likely pick it up on release day.

Purple Santa

07-27-2009, 01:29 PM

I'm in! Hope she likes pie!

She only likes cake, pirates and waffles. Guess you are out of luck :p

It's been so long we have been talking about this game. I have to grab it and finally put to use my PS3 headset :D

digitalErich

07-27-2009, 02:04 PM

Buying this day one.

EternalGamer

07-27-2009, 02:08 PM

You can blame Sony for not making voice chat mandatory. And it sounds like you are in the minority on this one. I will most likely pick it up on release day.

I agree, the lack of pack in headsets was a stupid oversite, even a very cheap USB one would have been much better.

As far as the price, I'm not saying it isn't worth $15, just that it isn't worth it to me because I don't have a lot of friends to play with on the PS3.

Virtual Pariah

07-27-2009, 02:16 PM

(most people don't even have headsets).

I see that as a good thing. I'm sick of hearing the crap from the mouths of the general Live user.

Talanvor

07-27-2009, 09:03 PM

Nice, right on payday too.

mightbe

07-28-2009, 04:10 AM

Doesn't any bluetooth headset work?

KidCactus

07-28-2009, 05:09 AM

Doesn't any bluetooth headset work?
Yes, any standard BT headset should work just fine.

Nura

07-28-2009, 06:34 AM

I need to pick up a blutooth headset.. for this, and i've just gotten killzone 2 aswell which i'm playing online..

astranoir

07-28-2009, 07:01 AM

I need to pick up a blutooth headset.. for this, and i've just gotten killzone 2 aswell which i'm playing online..

I need to pick up a bluetooth headset as well, so I might not be playing online for a bit until I pick one up. Everyone who wants to play feel free to add me, though.

violent

07-28-2009, 07:08 AM

I should be on this Thursday as well.

Talanvor

07-28-2009, 08:48 AM

I have the headset from Socom... which I haven't really played. Oh well, headset!

MagGnome

07-28-2009, 06:41 PM

This game looks great. Enjoy guys and gals!

SpacemanSpiff757

07-30-2009, 09:21 AM

So I wanted to play this a bit this morning, but when I went onto PSN, it's not there. Granted, I'm new to this PS3 stuff, is there something I'm missing or did something happen with the release?

Codicier

07-30-2009, 09:21 AM

So I wanted to play this a bit this morning, but when I went onto PSN, it's not there. Granted, I'm new to this PS3 stuff, is there something I'm missing or did something happen with the release?

PSN updates are Thursday afternoons usually.

Suave Peanut

07-30-2009, 09:24 AM

Yeah, PlayStation is not as timely as Microsoft when it comes to posting items to the store.

Gorvi

07-30-2009, 09:25 AM

Updates are usually up around 6-7 PM EST, with the details as to what's coming usually around 5 EST on the PSB.

Nura

07-30-2009, 09:45 AM

And it's out on the EU store! Downloading now! Woop.

Wackman3000

07-30-2009, 09:46 AM

I'll probably be grabbing this as soon as the NA store updates. If anyone feels like playing some as soon as it drops, just hit me up on steam of a PM on here.

SpacemanSpiff757

07-30-2009, 09:48 AM

I'll probably be grabbing this as soon as the NA store updates. If anyone feels like playing some as soon as it drops, just hit me up on steam of a PM on here.

Consider it done. I will be playing this tonight. Hopefully we can get a good group going.

astranoir

07-30-2009, 09:51 AM

I should be picking up a bluetooth headset when I get off work, so hopefully I'll be able to play with everyone.

Wackman3000

07-30-2009, 10:46 AM

I should be picking up a bluetooth headset when I get off work, so hopefully I'll be able to play with everyone.

Good call, I should charge mine up now.

IIntrude

07-30-2009, 02:40 PM

Fat Princess download is a go!

Troggles

07-30-2009, 02:46 PM

Downloading it now. Will only get to play for a couple hours today, though.

digitalErich

07-30-2009, 02:50 PM

I'm grabbing this too, so if you don't have me on your PS3 friends list, shoot me an add. Now to find that headset...

IIntrude

07-30-2009, 02:57 PM

I added several people so far from this thread.

rein

07-30-2009, 03:00 PM

I'm in. I have already charged my headset and will be on some time tonight.

PSN ID is reinking for those that need/want/care to add me.

SpacemanSpiff757

07-30-2009, 03:08 PM

been playing it for about 10min now, and I can say it's a lot of fun solo, so I can imagine it being 100x better online with people.

Wackman3000

07-30-2009, 03:10 PM

almost done downloading it. Everyone add me and let's get a game going.

OldJadedGamer

07-30-2009, 03:33 PM

I've been reading that the online is kind of sucking right now so looking forward to more impressions. I can't even think about playing it until late tomorrow night so I'm using this time to make sure I read up and make sure everything is working.

I don't trust launch PSN games for online reliability. I've never had a good experience. Let's hope this is the exception and not the norm.

Ten19

07-30-2009, 03:41 PM

Tried about five online games so far and all of them never made it past connecting or crapped out when joining.

I know it's launch day, but considering how much the devs were bemoaning other online games for these very issues, I'm a little disappointed. Hoping it clears up, has a lot of potential.

mightbe

07-30-2009, 03:46 PM

It's up in the US store now.

Though I can't purchase it due to "An Error Has Occurred".

rein

07-30-2009, 03:56 PM

well... ...very disappointing to see server issues. I hope they clear up this evening. If not, I will try to catch some of you this weekend playing.

digitalErich

07-30-2009, 04:09 PM

I racked up a nice personal best on Shatter while waiting for this to download...

Wackman3000

07-30-2009, 04:13 PM

Tashi, Troggles and I (and possibly a few others I don't know) played a few rounds successfully without any problems at all. Voice chat works very well, probably the best I've seen yet on a PS3 game.

Pretty fun, frantic little game in the bit we played. Having a team that works together is a major bonus since having the upgraded hats is nice, and a good healer is essential.

IIntrude

07-30-2009, 04:50 PM

Been playing for almost 2 hours now. The game in a bit laggy right now online, with pauses and some warping going on. Also seeing players disappearing into walls and objects.

Other than that it is great fun, though I only heard 2 other people talk in nearly 2 hours. A huge part of the game is upgrading your equipment as soon as possible, which can be hard with everyone going out to gib each other right off the bat :)

So far my Favorite class is the priest. His Dark Priest skill is awesome for draining down enemies, though you have to smack em to issue a coup-de-grau.

Also the devs love them some good TV shows. So far have heard comments from the toons such as...

"I'm gonna cut you into little pieces like the Ice Truck Killer!"
and "Fracking Toaster!"

Zecon

07-30-2009, 05:11 PM

I'm taking it there's no demo? :confused:

inmostlight

07-30-2009, 05:23 PM

I'm downloading it now but looks like it's in the final stretch. My PSN id's "SaschaNein" if you want to add me. I don't have a bluetooth headset so won't be talkin', though.

digitalErich

07-30-2009, 05:42 PM

I've been playing through the Story move and Im close to the end but I've just been playing the same map for an hour. The map is this lava theme where the lava has 'tides' and cuts off certain routes at times. Great fun, but it kind of messes up their AI...I can't get my teammates to help me at all, even when I enlist them.

Great game though, really fun...can't wait to get online.

Codicier

07-30-2009, 05:46 PM

Added almost everyone in this thread with a PSN id. :)

diablopath

07-30-2009, 05:47 PM

So, CoG nights are...?

OldJadedGamer

07-30-2009, 05:50 PM

I'm taking it there's no demo? :confused:

It's PSN... take a wild guess. Where demos are the exception and not the norm.

Primus

07-30-2009, 06:42 PM

Count me in for this. Need to get a headset for my PS3 though.

IIntrude

07-30-2009, 08:12 PM

Just got done with another hour long play session and I must say that this can be a very fun game. I got lucky and found a team who were talking for the most part.

I also noticed this one suicidal Warrior, charging headlong into the fray with abandon. I thought, what the heck, I became a priest and started healing him almost exclusively, and boy did he tear stuff up. It was a ton of fun, he protected me, and I kept him chuggin along. Soon we had a group of him, me, 2 shadow priests, and a mage tagging along, never seen so much gore before. And then something unexpected happened, we saw a Worker come running along the hill side above us with something in his hands, a big something. He chucked it down in the middle of our little unit, and BLAMMM everyone of us got gibbed. Thus we learned that there were large bombs in the game.

digitalErich

07-30-2009, 08:15 PM

Anyone have a recommendation for the PS3 headset? Apparently the MGS3 pack-in one I have doesn't have a working earbud...people can hear me, I can't hear them no matter what I do with the settings and volume.

inmostlight

07-30-2009, 08:17 PM

Codicier

07-30-2009, 08:29 PM

Played in a game with Sophism but he was on the opposite team. Only about 4 people talking and in the last game (before the host dropped) some douche was berating the team for bullshit.

It's a fun game though, if we had enough people I think we could get a fun all-CoG game going.

IIntrude

07-30-2009, 08:35 PM

Yeah, I just finished playing for a few hours, lots of crazy fun. So far I'm best with the priest and builder.

My one gripe is that it seems like the "pick up" button is most likely to pick up what I least want. Like if there's a group of teammates carrying the princess and I want to assist, I'll get next to them and hit triangle....and pick up a hat off the ground. So I switch to a class I don't want AND don't assist.

My main qualm with the controls are that sometimes, even though my target is well withing range, my healing stream will be directed to a different target suddenly. So far My fav Classes are Priest and Worker as well.

Pale Ale

07-31-2009, 05:22 AM

Woke up late, go the game, fucked around a bit, then got online...

Won a bunch, so this game must be awesome!:D

I didn't have any problems thought I did see a couple people rubberband.

astranoir

07-31-2009, 05:47 AM

rein

07-31-2009, 06:31 AM

I haven't played the online yet, but I'm enjoying the story mode. I think I might be a little dumb/forgetful because even though I read through all the tutorial/howto and have hints turned on, I'm still having problems remembering how to do things (I got the princess to my castle and couldn't figure out what to do with her in Chapter 1... took me a bit to bring her to the throne that matched her colors).
I'm glad I am not the only one with a short memory span playing this game. I figure an hour or two with it and I will be good enough to be used as a decoy or fodder while my team kicks butt.

astranoir

07-31-2009, 06:35 AM

I'm glad I am not the only one with a short memory span playing this game. I figure an hour or two with it and I will be good enough to be used as a decoy or fodder while my team kicks butt.

Lol. Maybe it's an Arkansas thing.

MagGnome

07-31-2009, 07:11 AM

Lol. Maybe it's an Arkansas thing.

That sounds about right. ;)

aVaKus

07-31-2009, 07:20 AM

I got to mess around with this a little bit last night and had a blast with it.

I don't really have a lot of CoGgers on my friends list at the moment, but if someone wanted to add me I'd love to play. :)

rein

07-31-2009, 08:18 AM

Lol. Maybe it's an Arkansas thing.

That sounds about right. ;)

Maybe it is another side effect of Tyson chicken, bigger boobs and shortened memory spans. :)

I get to experience Minneapolis for the first time next week. Unfortunately my experience will be three days of staring at AutoCAD drawings. I was hoping to have an evening I could break away from the heard but it's not looking good. :(

pronounconnoun

07-31-2009, 01:12 PM

Wow, I am really bad at this game. Later tonight I'm going to run through this thread and add everybody. Someone needs to teach me.

Clark

07-31-2009, 02:05 PM

I've only messed around in story mode. It is quite fun! Add me so I can get online and let the true chaos begin.

PSN: Clark352

Zecon

07-31-2009, 02:14 PM

It's PSN... take a wild guess. Where demos are the exception and not the norm.

dammit Sony.
I dunno I'm still on the fence about this one. Will watch some more videos later.

MagGnome

07-31-2009, 05:22 PM

Maybe it is another side effect of Tyson chicken, bigger boobs and shortened memory spans. :)

I get to experience Minneapolis for the first time next week. Unfortunately my experience will be three days of staring at AutoCAD drawings. I was hoping to have an evening I could break away from the heard but it's not looking good. :(

I hope you have a good time in Minneapolis! It sounds like you won't have much free time, but try to enjoy the city. Are you actually going to be in Minneapolis or the burbs?

Primus

08-01-2009, 03:10 AM

BLeeP

08-01-2009, 03:35 AM

I have literally lost every match in this game. I have been teamed up with armies of bluetoothless retards everytime. I have never actually been part of a push for the princess, and even the opposing team wins simply by letting one person slip by our defenses. I am usually the lone worker upgrading the entire base by myself, and it means nothing as the upgraded warriors just run around the base hitting the walls. The community of this game is the definition of what is wrong with public games. Seriously, someone add me. Even if I form some meager semblance of a plan with a single individual that fails horribly, it would be a huge step forward for my experience with this game so far. It is a shame because it is so much fun.

Wow, I'm terribly sorry you have had such dismal experiences with the online portion of the game. I picked it up last night and played through the single player and that was a lot of fun. I played a single online match today just to try it, and while I feel it took too long to get me into a match (a problem with the majority of all online games), the match itself seemed balanced and I wasn't irritated when we lost.

OldJadedGamer

08-01-2009, 03:32 PM

dammit Sony.
I dunno I'm still on the fence about this one. Will watch some more videos later.

Don't buy it yet. Just like every other PSN game at launch it's horrible online is getting in the way of actual gameplay. I've tried to join 5 matches and have error/timed out of every single one of them.

The game is a mess right now. Wait for the patch. Super shitty considering that it's a first party title that had a beta beforehand. You get what you pay for with the PSN.

rein

08-01-2009, 04:49 PM

I hope you have a good time in Minneapolis! It sounds like you won't have much free time, but try to enjoy the city. Are you actually going to be in Minneapolis or the burbs?No burbs for me. I will be staying at the Sofitel Hotel.

Don't buy it yet. Just like every other PSN game at launch it's horrible online is getting in the way of actual gameplay. I've tried to join 5 matches and have error/timed out of every single one of them.

The game is a mess right now. Wait for the patch. Super shitty considering that it's a first party title that had a beta beforehand. You get what you pay for with the PSN. You are such a negative nelly when it comes to anything PS3. Honestly, I'm not sure why you bothered to buy one. I've been playing this afternoon and with no problems at all... ..except I suck at it. :D

Epix

08-01-2009, 04:50 PM

This games a lot of fun. The first few matches that I played online, I was on a team with mostly bots while the other team was mostly players, so I got rolled badly. The last few were pretty even and quite a few people on my team had mics.

There are quite a few connection issues and it takes a few tries to actually get into a game, but it's worth it when you find a good match.

Wackman3000

08-01-2009, 05:04 PM

Gorvi

08-01-2009, 05:18 PM

Just like every other PSN game.......
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's not true there.....

OldJadedGamer

08-01-2009, 05:32 PM

Maybe you just don't have people on your friends list to play with, but every game I've joined that people on my PSN list are playing in work without a hitch.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but my online experience with the game is just fine.

Try a quick match and tell me how successful you are. I'm working a lot right now... a LOT so I have very limited time to play. The few times I've tried I've been totally unsuccessful. Doesn't matter how many people I have in my friends list when the only time I get to play is 3am, no one is on anyway. I just want to play the game and I cannot.

Also, it's very well known and many forums are blowing up about this and not only that the developers have admitted the problems are are working on them. If you are playing every game perfectly fine, connecting with zero lag then you are 100% the exception and not the norm right now.

No burbs for me. I will be staying at the Sofitel Hotel.

You are such a negative nelly when it comes to anything PS3. Honestly, I'm not sure why you bothered to buy one. I've been playing this afternoon and with no problems at all... ..except I suck at it. :D

Uhhh, I bought the game and it doesn't work... WTF. I think I'm allowed to be a little negative here when it's a first party title that had a beta and still doesn't work.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's not true there.....

Warhawk, Little Big Planet, Socom and those are just first party titles. Seriously, if it's a first party title with a beta then there is ZERO excuse for it not to work at launch. I wouldn't be so negative if I could play the damned thing. I'm just pissed about being burned once again and let down that I got really excited for a title only to have Sony's shitty online environment ruin it for me.

rein

08-01-2009, 06:20 PM

...I don't think you have ever said anything positive about the PS3 but I was just poking fun with my post above. After all, your name has old and jaded in it, I would expect nothing less.

Are you the one that someone asked about your connection? I remember someone here on the boards that was always having a hard time with PS3 games and someone suggested they check their connection. Thought it might have been you.

I've been playing a little this afternoon and even when a host drops a game the transition to the "new" host has been pretty damn fast and smooth. I didn't attempt to play online until today so I can't speak about earlier but today has been a pretty good experience for me.

OldJadedGamer

08-01-2009, 06:31 PM

I don't think you have ever said anything positive about the PS3 but I was just poking fun with my post above. After all, your name has old and jaded in it, I would expect nothing less.

I've posted more then a few threads about good games for the system and the system over all. In fact... I'm the one that started the original Fat Princess hype thread here!!! I've also been a huge supporter of Afrika and Hot Shots Golf. When it's a good experience or bad one, I'll write about it.

Are you the one that someone asked about your connection? I remember someone here on the boards that was always having a hard time with PS3 games and someone suggested they check their connection. Thought it might have been you.

I have a 8meg upload and 16meg download with a 12ping and a type 1 (open) hardwired connection. I have a great connection at my house that is pretty much set up only for gaming.

I've been playing a little this afternoon and even when a host drops a game the transition to the "new" host has been pretty damn fast and smooth. I didn't attempt to play online until today so I can't speak about earlier but today has been a pretty good experience for me.

Please go into Quick Match and let me know how often you time out vs connected.

rein

08-01-2009, 06:38 PM

Please go into Quick Match and let me know how often you time out vs connected.I joined a quick match earlier with zero problems. The other matches I joined I did the "play with friends" option. I'm not sure if that counts or not. If it does count, quick matches are all I have played. Not trying to bag on you, I hope it helps you narrow down any issues you are having.

OldJadedGamer

08-01-2009, 06:48 PM

I joined a quick match earlier with zero problems. The other matches I joined I did the "play with friends" option. I'm not sure if that counts or not. If it does count, quick matches are all I have played. Not trying to bag on you, I hope it helps you narrow down any issues you are having.

As I stated, it's not just me. There are lots of forums blowing up about this right now and the developers have even said it's a problem and they are working on a fix.

Here's something to chew on, when everyone was complaining about Castle Crashers I was playing perfectly with my friends all the time and never ran into a single issue... ever.

Gorvi

08-01-2009, 06:50 PM

Warhawk, Little Big Planet, Socom and those are just first party titles. Seriously, if it's a first party title with a beta then there is ZERO excuse for it not to work at launch. I wouldn't be so negative if I could play the damned thing. I'm just pissed about being burned once again and let down that I got really excited for a title only to have Sony's shitty online environment ruin it for me.
Resistance 2 worked great from day one, and though I didn't play it, I'm pretty sure KZ2 only had minor issues if any. I'm pretty sure Motorstorm 2 had no issues as well, but I didn't start playing that one until earlier this year. It happens for some games, but it's hardly an issue exclusive to Sony. Hell, just look at Gears of War 2.

EDIT: Oh, and WipEout HD ran fine w/o issues.

Stmfuller

08-01-2009, 06:51 PM

been playing off and on since i picked it up thursday night.
Add me and I play with yous!!!!

OldJadedGamer

08-01-2009, 07:00 PM

Resistance 2 worked great from day one, and though I didn't play it, I'm pretty sure KZ2 only had minor issues if any. I'm pretty sure Motorstorm 2 had no issues as well, but I didn't start playing that one until earlier this year. It happens for some games, but it's hardly an issue exclusive to Sony. Hell, just look at Gears of War 2.

EDIT: Oh, and WipEout HD ran fine w/o issues.

Yes, Resistance did work great. Killzone 2 had a slight bump but was patched super fast. These are the exceptions and not the norm. Again, I'm talking about games that had betas. Gears 2 (stupidly) didn't have a beta to work out the issues before hand.

Name a game not on the PS3 that had an online beta and had horrible issues at launch. Socom STILL doesn't work right. Oh, btw... Wipeout HD had big connection issues at launch. Speaking of Resistance 2, I have to give mad props to their community manager who posts regularly on GAF (and gave me a beta code) when he wrote once that the entire reason to do a beta was to make sure that when the game came out that people wouldn't have problems.

Again, it's just major sour grapes from me that I'm excited for a title and get shit on at launch by their crappy service. First it was LBP and now this. I should just learn my lesson already to never buy a game at launch for my PS3 if it has any online element to it.

digitalErich

08-01-2009, 07:00 PM

I need to get out tonight and get a headset for my PS3 for this game...any suggestions?

OldJadedGamer

08-01-2009, 07:01 PM

I need to get out tonight and get a headset for my PS3 for this game...any suggestions?

Buy the official one. Get Socom and sell the game. It's only $10 more then the headset by itself.

Wackman3000

08-01-2009, 07:03 PM

I grabbed a Plantronics for about $25 shipped. Works fine and feels comfortable enough.

astranoir

08-01-2009, 07:24 PM

Has anyone been playing the soccer stage? I'm having a blast with it (just "playing with myself," but still a ton of fun).

Epix

08-02-2009, 04:21 AM

Developers update of the problems: http://titanstudios.com/blog/2009/08/update-from-titan-fixes-coming/

RandoM51

08-02-2009, 05:21 AM

You are such a negative nelly when it comes to anything PS3. Honestly, I'm not sure why you bothered to buy one.
It is a beard.

MagGnome

08-02-2009, 09:17 AM

Don't buy it yet. Just like every other PSN game at launch it's horrible online is getting in the way of actual gameplay. I've tried to join 5 matches and have error/timed out of every single one of them.

The game is a mess right now. Wait for the patch. Super shitty considering that it's a first party title that had a beta beforehand. You get what you pay for with the PSN.

Yes, because every PC and 360 game is perfect out of the gate. Oh wait... :p

No burbs for me. I will be staying at the Sofitel Hotel.

I'm not sure where that is, but I hope you have a good time in the city! You can PM me if you'd like any recommendations, although I know you said you don't have much free time.

You are such a negative nelly when it comes to anything PS3. Honestly, I'm not sure why you bothered to buy one. I've been playing this afternoon and with no problems at all... ..except I suck at it.

I sometimes wonder if he and Orca are alts of the same bitter, jaded person. :p

Edit - All kidding aside, it doesn't surprise me that a lot of people are experiencing issues with the game. It's something I've come to expect with all online games at launch, as sadly the ones that work are the exception and not the norm. This applies across all platforms though, and is definitely not a PSN-exclusive phenomenon.

Stoke

08-02-2009, 09:58 AM

Damn, I finally found out why it seemed no one at CoG was playing this game, you guys hid the thread in the news forum. :p

I've been playing since release and I have to agree that the quick match is a horrible way to get into a game, it's only worked once for me so far. Now, I just choose the "Find Game" option and it usually works. Never had anyone talk during the game but I don't think it's because of a lack of mics. Once in a group at the start of the game one guy asked if anyone had a mic and about 7 people answered "yes." No one said another word during the match. :confused:

So far my favorites are the Priest and Worker but I have an awful time of healing the right person if there are several people near me (or even far away sometimes.) I like being able to drain with the dark priest but not being able to kill anyone is a real problem if you get separated since there is no way to protect yourself. Occasionally I'll get into a game with a bunch of retards and I go around slaughtering people left and right feeling like a god. Any game that makes me feel like a god is doing something right.

inmostlight

08-02-2009, 10:00 AM

I like being able to drain with the dark priest but not being able to kill anyone is a real problem if you get separated since there is no way to protect yourself.

If you just tap the attack button with a priest, you'll swing your staff for minimal damage. So the dark priest can drain somebody down and then bash them for the kill. It's so wonderfully humiliating when I do that to a warrior who started out at full health. :)

Stoke

08-02-2009, 10:10 AM

If you just tap the attack button with a priest, you'll swing your staff for minimal damage. So the dark priest can drain somebody down and then bash them for the kill. It's so wonderfully humiliating when I do that to a warrior who started out at full health. :)

Wow, I didn't realize that. Thanks!

Wackman3000

08-02-2009, 10:34 AM

Wow, I didn't realize that. Thanks!

It's funny, because I notice ALOT of dark priests sitting there draining an enemies health, yet they never go in for a kill.

As for healing when there's a big group of people, I just switch to the charge heal instead, since you will heal more than one person as well. Just run a few paces back from the front line, start charging it up, then get back to your guys and put as many of your team in the circle as possible before releasing.

Clark

08-02-2009, 12:23 PM

I've also had little luck playing online. The one time I did was a blast, however. I was nervous that I would suck, but found myself on top of the leaderboard the entire time.

Great, great game. I hope to play with you lovely bastards soon.

violent

08-02-2009, 12:24 PM

My equipment crapped out but I rigged it enough to download the game last night. I'm gonna buy a new router and nic and I'd be down to get a CoG game going.

OldJadedGamer

08-02-2009, 01:17 PM

I sat down and tried last night to play and out of 4 times I got into one game... but lagged out after about 10 minutes. I'm going to try other methods today to get into a game that I've seen people suggesting. Btw, when you see the snail in the bottom left corner that means your connection is poor and you're likely to drop soon.

Yes, because every PC and 360 game is perfect out of the gate. Oh wait... :p

I don't care about PC but what 360 game that had a beta was this bad out of the gate?

violent

08-02-2009, 01:47 PM

I don't care about PC but what 360 game that had a beta was this bad out of the gate?

The beta is irrelevant unless the number of beta entrants was equal to those who purchased. Granted, load testing is a reason for beta testing but life is rarely that convenient.

OldJadedGamer

08-02-2009, 02:04 PM

The beta is irrelevant unless the number of beta entrants was equal to those who purchased. Granted, load testing is a reason for beta testing but life is rarely that convenient.

Come on... there has to be a game on 360 that had a beta and then had problems at launch. Warhawk, Little Big Planet, Socom, Fat Princess... all had betas and had issues at launch. Those are just off the top of my head. If it's such a common problem that affects all games and not just PSN games...

At the end of the day it's inexcusable. It's a first party title that had a beta to work out these issues and only had a release date recently so it's not like it was rushed to hit a certain date. There should be no excuse why people should be having this issue and it's not just a small amount of people having the issues. It's a very large group and even the devs have admitted it.

But like I said, it's lesson learned for me to not buy online PS3 games at launch.

edit: Btw, Violent... for someone who was so harsh on Castle Crashers problems (with no beta), you seem oddly lenient on the online mess that is Fat Princess.

violent

08-02-2009, 02:20 PM

Come on... there has to be a game on 360 that had a beta and then had problems at launch. Warhawk, Little Big Planet, Socom, Fat Princess... all had betas and had issues at launch. Those are just off the top of my head. If it's such a common problem that affects all games and not just PSN games...

At the end of the day it's inexcusable. It's a first party title that had a beta to work out these issues and only had a release date recently so it's not like it was rushed to hit a certain date. There should be no excuse why people should be having this issue and it's not just a small amount of people having the issues. It's a very large group and even the devs have admitted it.

But like I said, it's lesson learned for me to not buy online PS3 games at launch.

edit: Btw, Violent... for someone who was so harsh on Castle Crashers problems (with no beta), you seem oddly lenient on the online mess that is Fat Princess.

I was arguing your idea of beta being relevant to release date network infrastructure. There has been a shit ton of games on the 360, PS3 and Wii alike that have had shit netcode upon release. I don't see a beta as being a sufficient qualification to dictate what is inexcusable. Beta, no beta, demo, no demo. A game is released with shit netcode and it's inexcusable. This is my point. And I assure you, they are abundant in every platform.

And to correct you, I am not being lenient towards Fat Princess. In order to do so, I would have to have played it online and omitted certain facts. As it stands, I bought it just last night and haven't played a single multi game yet. When that time comes I assure you there won't be lenience as you so put it.

EDIT: Castle Crashers had shit netcode.

OldJadedGamer

08-02-2009, 03:03 PM

And to correct you, I am not being lenient towards Fat Princess. In order to do so, I would have to have played it online and omitted certain facts. As it stands, I bought it just last night and haven't played a single multi game yet. When that time comes I assure you there won't be lenience as you so put it.

EDIT: Castle Crashers had shit netcode.

I look forward to the exact same fury and nastiness in your comments about this game as we saw with your Castle Crashers comments.

violent

08-02-2009, 03:05 PM

I look forward to the exact same fury and nastiness in your comments about this game as we saw with your Castle Crashers comments.

I'm glad you follow my work and I hope not to disappoint.

RandoM51

08-02-2009, 05:10 PM

Violent, you're being unreasonable. Everybody knows that every XBLA game is flawless the day of release while every PSN game is a cesarean gone bad. If OJG can stop even one innocent consumer from suffering what is loosely referred to as gaming on a Sony platform, it will be worth his tireless efforts on this and other forums.

He is a humanitarian and what he goes through for his fellow gamers is above and beyond the call of duty.

violent

08-02-2009, 05:14 PM

mightbe

08-02-2009, 05:33 PM

Jesus it smells like hater in here.

Shut the fuck up about platform ups and downs and either talk about the game or GTFO.

My question:
Worth the 15$ and headache to call PSN tech support?

digitalErich

08-02-2009, 05:36 PM

For me, I'd say 1 out of 3 games has pretty bad lag, but it's getting better every time I play. Today I had a couple of games where the host left and all but one found a new host within 5 seconds and kept going.

This game supports a large number of players, and it seems they are using the P2P model so that could be where a lot of the lag is coming from.

digitalErich

08-02-2009, 05:36 PM

Also, this game is in desperate need of a minimap.

Stoke

08-02-2009, 05:51 PM

Also, this game is in desperate need of a minimap.

I dunno, I kind of like the way it forces you to learn about the levels on your own. Of course, for now I find it frustrating when I can't find a tree or stone to collect from but in the future having a team leader that understands the lay of the land better than the other team's leader could be a boon in battle. (Assuming of course that eventually there are teams instead of random guys in the same color costume.)

OldJadedGamer

08-02-2009, 05:57 PM

I'm glad you follow my work and I hope not to disappoint.

Considering most of your comments were in my threads it's hard not to follow your work.

Violent, you're being unreasonable. Everybody knows that every XBLA game is flawless the day of release while every PSN game is a cesarean gone bad. If OJG can stop even one innocent consumer from suffering what is loosely referred to as gaming on a Sony platform, it will be worth his tireless efforts on this and other forums.

He is a humanitarian and what he goes through for his fellow gamers is above and beyond the call of duty.

So Random... what XBLA game had a beta before hand and was still shitty at launch? Random... I seem to remember your nasty comments about Castle Crashers as well, but missing out on your wonderful comments about how great this game is online. Of course you bought it since you are posting in this thread.

Jesus it smells like hater in here.

Shut the fuck up about platform ups and downs and either talk about the game or GTFO.

First off, I made an entire thread dedicated to how excited I was for this game pre-launch. I'm not a hater of the game. How can you talk about the game when it can't be played online? I would LOVE to play the game instead of typing this but I cannot due to their shitty netcode.

digitalErich

08-02-2009, 05:59 PM

I dunno, I kind of like the way it forces you to learn about the levels on your own. Of course, for now I find it frustrating when I can't find a tree or stone to collect from but in the future having a team leader that understands the lay of the land better than the other team's leader could be a boon in battle. (Assuming of course that eventually there are teams instead of random guys in the same color costume.)
I was thinking more for Pincess locations and who owns which tower. The maps are easy enough to remember, but the "Enemy has captured a tower" messages and Princess indicator are all but useless in their current form. They are giving you half the information you need to be effective.

-Tell me which tower we just lost. This is much more useful to me than just telling me we lost a tower.
-Tell me where the Princess is. It doesn't really help me to know she is 25% across the map when there are 3 paths across that map.

A simple minimap that had towers and princess locations (and nothing more) would solve this and make for a better game.

Edit: Still loving this game, though...splitting time between the worker and ranged classes

violent

08-02-2009, 06:09 PM

Considering most of your comments were in my threads it's hard not to follow your work.

Again, thanks for following.

So Random... what XBLA game had a beta before hand and was still shitty at launch? Random... I seem to remember your nasty comments about Castle Crashers as well, but missing out on your wonderful comments about how great this game is online. Of course you bought it since you are posting in this thread.

Listen dude, let me explain something to you. The reason why people don't respect your opinions is because you seem to have the argument completed before you type your first sentence. You are accusing Random of the very thing you tried to accuse me of about an hour ago and I flat out proved your accusation was baseless. And here you are making the same damned assumptions once again. Do you even read what people reply to you or is this simply an exercise in typing?

And since you are so caught up on the accusations then let me as you, why do you feel the need to give Castle Crashers the ok and give Fat Princess so much shit? Answer your own bullshit for once.

rein

08-02-2009, 06:17 PM

digitalErich

08-02-2009, 06:18 PM

I do find myself hitting the select button a lot to pull up the map. A mini map would be very useful.
Yep, I mean it's there on the Select button, they obviously want you to have easy access to that information...all I'm asking for is better and more efficient presentation of that information.

OldJadedGamer

08-02-2009, 06:18 PM

Listen dude, let me explain something to you. The reason why people don't respect your opinions is because you seem to have the argument completed before you type your first sentence. You are accusing Random of the very thing you tried to accuse me of about an hour ago and I flat out proved your accusation was baseless. And here you are making the same damned assumptions once again. Do you even read what people reply to you or is this simply an exercise in typing?

And since you are so caught up on the accusations then let me as you, why do you feel the need to give Castle Crashers the ok and give Fat Princess so much shit? Answer your own bullshit for once.

I've said it many times over in this thread and the thread where both you and Random were complaining about Castle Crashers is that Castle Crashers worked perfectly fine for me but I'm not stupid to know that no one else had any problems. Why would I personally complain about something I never had a problem with? I'm having a problem with Fat Princess's shitty netcode... hence I'm complaining.

Reading that last thread it seems that I said that I hoped Fat Princess didn't have online problems at launch then totally and completely off topic Random posted something about Castle Crashers... then you chimed in right after him complaining about it until I had to ask why it was bring brought up in the first place taking the thread off topic. No one had said ANYTHING related to CC until Random and you chimed in like a an old school WWF tag team.

edit: I stand corrected. Talanvor actually brought up CC then you and Random took turns complaining about it and shitting up the thread.

J Arcane

08-02-2009, 06:18 PM

First off, I made an entire thread dedicated to how excited I was for this game pre-launch. I'm not a hater of the game. How can you talk about the game when it can't be played online? I would LOVE to play the game instead of typing this but I cannot due to their shitty netcode.

I believe it's what comedian's call "the set up". There's also "bait and switch", if you prefer a more familiar term.

RandoM51

08-02-2009, 06:28 PM

So Random... what XBLA game had a beta before hand and was still shitty at launch? Random... I seem to remember your nasty comments about Castle Crashers as well, but missing out on your wonderful comments about how great this game is online. Of course you bought it since you are posting in this thread.

You're cracking me up. Every time there is a discussion like this you find a loophole to hang your argument on. This time you're off the deep end and using the beta/no beta. You're actually positioning the games which didn't beta at all as better than the games that did, at least in terms of trying to have smooth release.

I played the Castle Crashers demo. I held off on buying it until hearing how the netcode was at release. The netcode had issues, I did not buy it. If you think that was nasty, you might want to stop viewing things through your fanboy decoder ring.

Considering the thread title is "Fat Princess Priced & Dated" I think it is rather silly of you to think posting should be limited to only people who have purchased the game. I suppose the thread was started and then was supposed to sit idle until the first lucky person bought a copy of the game?

I'll no more buy Fat Princess with faulty netcode than I would Castle Crashers. But you don't see me insinuating that this issue is unique to one platform or the other.

One wonders why you go out of your way to do so....

violent

08-02-2009, 06:32 PM

I've said it many times over in this thread and the thread where both you and Random were complaining about Castle Crashers is that Castle Crashers worked perfectly fine for me but I'm not stupid to know that no one else had any problems. Why would I personally complain about something I never had a problem with? I'm having a problem with Fat Princess's shitty netcode... hence I'm complaining.

Reading that last thread it seems that I said that I hoped Fat Princess didn't have online problems at launch then totally and completely off topic Random posted something about Castle Crashers... then you chimed in right after him complaining about it until I had to ask why it was bring brought up in the first place taking the thread off topic. No one had said ANYTHING related to CC until Random and you chimed in like a an old school WWF tag team.

Trust me, I can vouch for the fact that both Random and myself can handle a situation by ourselves so don't feel that this was a coordinated attack on you because if that were really the case, things would have been much uglier than they were. That aside:

You claim you didn't bitch about CC because you didn't have any issue. That's entirely understandable. What is more difficult to swallow is your accusation that I chose to overlook all issues of Fat Princess. That I'm willing to bitch about one game and not about another game with similar faults. Not only did you make this presumption based on so little evidence that you failed to realize I haven't owned the game for more that 15 hours and not a single multi match had been played, but you actually believed I chose to omit my bad experiences instead of consider for one second that I may not have had issue. The very thing that you feel separates you from everyone else who may have actually had issue. That good sir, is called a hypocrite. You sir, are a hypocrite.

And since we're here, you have to imagine your argument loses luster when you complain people came into your Fat Princess thread and derailed it by bringing up Castle Crashers, then you go into another Fat Princess thread and are the very first person to bring up Castle Crashers. You sir, are a hypocrite.

OldJadedGamer

08-02-2009, 06:40 PM

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You're seriously telling me you are bitching about games you didn't even pay for?

...

Yup, I did bring up CC here because so many folks loved discussing it in my FP thread from before and I wonder why the same comments and anger geared toward that game isn't coming to this one. That is why it was brought up.

Again, I'm very looking forward to your experience with this games shitty netcode.

In the end... I paid for the game and 100% am allowed to complain when it doesn't work. Once a patch is out and it does work, I will no longer complain. It's very stupid to complain about it after the fact.

Stoke

08-02-2009, 06:50 PM

I was thinking more for Pincess locations and who owns which tower. The maps are easy enough to remember, but the "Enemy has captured a tower" messages and Princess indicator are all but useless in their current form. They are giving you half the information you need to be effective.

-Tell me which tower we just lost. This is much more useful to me than just telling me we lost a tower.
-Tell me where the Princess is. It doesn't really help me to know she is 25% across the map when there are 3 paths across that map.

A simple minimap that had towers and princess locations (and nothing more) would solve this and make for a better game.

Edit: Still loving this game, though...splitting time between the worker and ranged classes

I imagine they didn't have too much call for that sort of thing in internal testing since those are thing that would quickly be remedied by communicating teammates. But I see what you mean about the messages not giving enough information.

Additionally I'm seeing that I need to go back through the tutorials as I had no idea select brought up a map. That deflates my idea of people having to know their shit a bit. :(

violent

08-02-2009, 06:52 PM

Yup, I did bring up CC here because so many folks loved discussing it in my FP thread from before and I wonder why the same comments and anger geared toward that game isn't coming to this one. That is why it was brought up.

So it's "do as I say, not as I do" with you? Bitch about people doing something but then when the time is right, you do it and hide behind the validation that others did it? Nice work.

Again, I'm very looking forward to your experience with this games shitty netcode.

And if my experiences turn out to be good just like yours were with CC, would you be ready to accept that? Call me crazy but I don't think you are. I think you've already made up your mind.

In the end... I paid for the game and 100% am allowed to complain when it doesn't work. Once a patch is out and it does work, I will no longer complain. It's very stupid to complain about it after the fact.

You have forgiven after months of it not being fixed, some of us haven't. Neither opinion is right or wrong, it's merely preference. It's the guy that says the other opinion is stupid though, that is the only ignorant thing in the equation. You catching my drift here?

Camel

08-02-2009, 07:15 PM

A few comments:

- Single player is fun, but it's more than a little frustrating to find four of your teammates just running into walls not going anywhere. I played the first four single player levels and saw this problem in every one of them. I understand that the focus is on multiplayer, but that doesn't mean that the single player should have such a big problem.

- Took me about five tries to connect to a multiplayer game (using the "find a game" option, not quick play). Once I finally got connected to a game I didn't have anymore problems. I had some issues in two out of the three games I played with some lag, but nothing too terrible. The game seems really fun for multiplayer, but the teams I was on really stunk. Once people get used to the game a little more (if you haven't played it yet and plan on it, go through a few single player missions to get used to the different classes and upgrades) it should be better I would imagine. I need to play with some CoG people and get myself a headset!

- I really enjoy playing the worker, although I have a question. How do you fix doors? Do you target it first and then hit square? Or maybe circle? It seems to be very hit and miss for me and in the middle of combat I have trouble figuring out what is working. I think the priest (white, not black) is my second favorite class, just because they can make a big difference and not enough people seem to play as them. I'd probably put mage last on my list of classes, as I would rather play the ranger if I am going to be a ranged class.

Overall it's a fun game. It looks and sounds great, the credits are funny as are many other parts of the game, and I think it's going to be a great game...eventually. Could use a little work as far as matchmaking goes and the pathfinding in single player stinks, but otherwise I'm not regretting my purchase.

digitalErich

08-02-2009, 07:20 PM

- I really enjoy playing the worker, although I have a question. How do you fix doors? Do you target it first and then hit square? Or maybe circle? It seems to be very hit and miss for me and in the middle of combat I have trouble figuring out what is working. I think the priest (white, not black) is my second favorite class, just because they can make a big difference and not enough people seem to play as them. I'd probably put mage last on my list of classes, as I would rather play the ranger if I am going to be a ranged class.
Target with L1 and then hammer Square, just like harvesting. The first time you build a door, it takes no resources, but rebuilding them can take a lumber or two (I didn't catch this at first, either). It seems like on some maps only the first (of two) pieces of the gate is free, the second door needing one lumber, but I could be mistaken.

Camel

08-02-2009, 07:21 PM

Target with L1 and then hammer Square, just like harvesting. The first time you build a door, it takes no resources, but rebuilding them can take a lumber or two (I didn't catch this at first, either). It seems like on some maps only the first (of two) pieces of the gate is free, the second door needing one lumber, but I could be mistaken.
Ah, this makes a lot of sense. I definitely noticed that sometimes door upgrades seemed free and other times my team didn't have the lumber.

It is very annoying when the opposing team knocks down your doors and there is no lumber available because everyone is out there throwing bombs instead of cutting down trees! :mad:

OldJadedGamer

08-02-2009, 09:50 PM

- Took me about five tries to connect to a multiplayer game (using the "find a game" option, not quick play). Once I finally got connected to a game I didn't have anymore problems. I had some issues in two out of the three games I played with some lag, but nothing too terrible. The game seems really fun for multiplayer, but the teams I was on really stunk. Once people get used to the game a little more (if you haven't played it yet and plan on it, go through a few single player missions to get used to the different classes and upgrades) it should be better I would imagine. I need to play with some CoG people and get myself a headset!

I've only connected to a single online game and I timed out after playing that. I did the Jump In option for that. Took me about 8 tries before I got in. I've been trying the Find Game with no luck. I've searched 3 times with no game just while typing this. I get to the "connecting to host" then I get "a slight problem". I'm trying hosting games too but only end up playing with bots the entire time.

I'm getting trophies doing it that way but would still like to actually connect to just one game tonight. Maybe I should just go back to COD4 and wait for a patch.