Maybe Don't Download That New Fez Patch

@NoK:

Not that much wrong with that usage, just the final preposition that could have needed a bit more attention:

"[I] am currently basking in the [pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others] of his plight"

But this is not for a graded essay, and I feel @Hailinel's sentiment was communicated in an efficient and colourful way.

On a more related note - I'm glad they pulled the patch, finally have time for another fez-fix.

@onan said:

Makes you wonder what their patch testing department does all day when they delay these things for months and then don't even test out the most basic functionality, like, I don't know, if a game completely destroys the save file...

@NoK said:

@Hailinel said:

I feel sorry for those that are affected by the consequences of the patch's problems. I do not feel sorry for Fish, however, and am currently basking in the schadenfreude of his plight.

What the hell does this even mean. You are basking in his pleasure at his own misfortune of.....just no no no. Wrong usage.

Hello, grammar nazi.

@InfiniteGeass: What's up!!!

@Hailinel said:

I feel sorry for those that are affected by the consequences of the patch's problems. I do not feel sorry for Fish, however, and am currently basking in the schadenfreude of his plight.

What the hell does this even mean. You are basking in his pleasure at his own misfortune of.....just no no no. Wrong usage.

@Brackynews: My point is, they don't have the ability to QA that a larger developer or publisher has. Had they had better QA resources, and not had to wait weeks on end for Microsoft to certify the patch, they may well have noticed this and not published this patch.

@Alex:

...almost assuredly already is.

ALEX Y U MAKE GRAMMAR BUNNY CRY??

@Gildermershina said:

They messed up, because they lack the resources of a larger company to do full-scale testing themselves, and now because of the way certification works they're pretty much back to square 1 with this stuff.

While true that Polytron lacks resources, the fact is that Microsoft itself has pushed out console updates that brick their own hardware. The size of a software team is not related to success, given these complexities.

@hollitz said:

Canadian game patches suck.

What. So is there any word on when they are going to fix this game? I have points sitting there waiting.

Canadian game patches suck.

I don't understand what the first paragraph adds to the discussion. Doesn't every developer get upset if their game is broken?

Has there been any news on whether Fez will be introduced to other platforms?

@Gareff said:

Ok, I was waiting for this patch before I bought the game. You say that the patch flags up your save as corrupted, but what if you don't have a save yet??? Would the game run AOK?

Wanna know the answer to this as well. I was thinking of buying it, but I won't bother if it's going to corrupt my saves.

Fez is a snoozefest of epic proportions. Played for an hour, never touching again

Well I got the patch and I was fine. Oh well.

Having seen Indie Game the Movie, I empathise with Polytron on this. They messed up, because they lack the resources of a larger company to do full-scale testing themselves, and now because of the way certification works they're pretty much back to square 1 with this stuff.

I am waiting and hoping for a Steam version since I have no 360. Steam's update policy seems far more suited to this kind of game, so they can push a lot of small fixes one at a time, and not break the game with a huge patch all at once.

I'll pick up the game when the patch that fixes everything comes out.

This however should be a lesson to Phil though. Next time Polytron should just release their games on Valve. Look how well it worked out for Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Issac.

@AlisterCat said:

Is the patch out in the UK? It didn't prompt me to download anything.

Microsoft pulled the patch. It's no longer available for download.

@Eristocrat: That comment deserves to be first.

Is the patch out in the UK? It didn't prompt me to download anything.

Ok, I was waiting for this patch before I bought the game. You say that the patch flags up your save as corrupted, but what if you don't have a save yet??? Would the game run AOK?

Giveth with one hand and taken away with the other

Makes you wonder what the Microsoft certification process involves if it can't even find a fundamental problem like broken saves.

@Kowbrainz:

Get a better programmer then. ^^

You mentioned Phil eight times in this article. Lets keep it real, stop talking about Phil all the time, theres someone else to bitch about.

I blame Renaud. LOL

ITS ALL YOUR FAULT RENAUD BEDARD

@ImsumDave said:

@Illuminosopher said:

Karma?

Uh...for what? The internet overreacting to a relatively harmless things he said, that was misinterpreted by most.

Nope, he's still a douche well beyond his GDC and IGF comments.

@san_salvador said:

Maybe hire a professional programmer, creativity is not everything.

Renaud Bedard already does all the programming, Phil is the designer.

hahaha "clear the cache"... it's become such a joke at this point

Maybe hire a professional programmer, creativity is not everything.

This is how you get the real ending, if you had the full heart piece and then get your file corrupted you can go through the game again and when you go into the heart room after finding all 3 pieces there is a new puzzle, no one has figured it out yet.

@Seastalk said:

I doubt it would have cost Polytron $40,000 to push a patch. But sure lets all jump to conclusions based on hear-say.

40K is a lot, I was under the impression Microsoft allowed 1 free patch then 10k a patch after that. Most recent source I could find after a quick google search shows $40 000 is correct (if you believe what some guy called Tim Shafer has to say...)

I doubt it would have cost Polytron $40,000 to push a patch. But sure lets all jump to conclusions based on hear-say.

When I heard about the initial bugginess, I resolved to wait for the patch that makes this game stable before playing it. I hope we get there before the $40k patches have to be individually kickstarted.

Hey, might as well patch 'er up. If it reads as corrupt and the fix doesn't work, just wait until the incoming hotfix arrives and play the save just like before.

I feel sorry for those that are affected by the consequences of the patch's problems. I do not feel sorry for Fish, however, and am currently basking in the schadenfreude of his plight.

Ah. The wonders of software development.

Fuck.

Oh, I would have been pretty bummed if my file got corrupted. Thanks for the heads up, Alex.

@Vegetable_Side_Dish said:

@charlie_victor_bravo said:

I have had no problems with patches for modern Japanese games...

Yep, my Soul Calibur Sexy Maid Outfit Super Pantsu Edition DLC installed just fine.

probably because it was already "installed" on the disc

@artgarcrunkle: Alex is a bug

Hey Alex maybe you should release a patch before writing an article about someone elses patch???

Sounds like this will push back or even fully cancel the possibility of this game ever getting a release on other platforms. They need to get this version right first, then think about other platforms. If another patch will take this long to create, they might just be satisfied with the game as it is and decide not to revisit it to port it to other platforms... and start another game?

Seeing as how it'll take another 5 years.

I have had no problems with patches for modern Japanese games...

@glyn said:

So Microsoft in their great wisdom allowed $40K to be released into their bank account for a patch which wipes out every save....

Thats not exactly how that bug works

I have had no problems with patches for modern Japanese games...

@yoshimitz707 said:

@Crixaliz

Do you have to pay Microsoft money to push out a patch?

I thought Bioware said something like that, but I'm not sure.

Yeah, it's some ridiculous number like 40k, IIRC.

In a way, I sort of support this idea... well, providing it worked. My assumption is that it is intended to discourage shipping of broken games just to patch them on release. I mean, it doesn't really stop people from shipping broken games, so...

@TheGorilla said:

@DavoTron said:

@onan

Makes you wonder what their patch testing department does all day when they delay these things for months and then don't even test out the most basic functionality, like, I don't know, if a game completely destroys the save file...

What testing department? Isn't it like 3 dudes?

Have you never heard of Microsoft certification? Microsoft doesn't just upload every file their given no questions asked.

Thank you.

@tamriilin said:

@onan:one, they don't have a "patch testing department", it's literally him and one other dude. Two, they didn't "keep delaying the patch", they kept sending it to Microsoft for certification and it was taking forever.

Do SOME research at least PLEASE.

Learn SOME reading comprehension, PLEASE.

I was referring to Microsoft Certification when I said "they." EVERYTHING going through them takes forever, and that's fairly common knowledge. Retail games, XBLA games, DLC, and patches. Why you'd assume I was talking about Polytron, I have absolutely no idea.

I had a similar issue just weeks after launch... my save file was lost. As much as I love the game I probably wont finish it now, starting from scratch and redoing it just wouldn't be much fun.

So Microsoft in their great wisdom allowed $40K to be released into their bank account for a patch which wipes out every save....

Hrm, I haven't touched it since I finished the first playthrough. Guess I'll wait.

Do you have to pay Microsoft money to push out a patch?

I thought Bioware said something like that, but I'm not sure.