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I played it about a week after its release and the lag was HORRIBLE. i ran out of my xbox live subscription and was going to buy a new one, however I wanted to know whether they fixed the lag online? if not then im just going to trade this in for Marvel vs Capcom 3.
I was on an 8 ranked win streak. I found my 9opponent. He chooses good ol'scorp Lag was so bad I couldn't throw a punch, he was one of the worst players I've played with yet. I lost to him, and with it my streak, due to lag.
Same happened to me. Right at launch is always the best opportunity to get those types of achievements and I usually get them within the first half hour of playing the game. But I'm afraid that ship has now sailed.
I've been having some very minor lag issues lately, a little noticeable, but nothing beyond what I encountered play SSFIV... the only lag that gets in my way now is my mental lag
I might have just acclimated at this point, but the lag seems to have gotten better for me. Sure, there are still a lot of unplayable games and games that drop mid fight, but I'm getting into far more playable games than unplayable ones though.
It's far from perfect though. I'm wiffing a lot of my Sektor juggles because the timing still isn't perfect.
What's the point of a good game if you can't really play it?
What a ridiculous statement. I have yet to jump online with this game (and not because of all the lag complaints either) and I'm having a GREAT time with it just going through single player modes and practicing with characters. I don't understand what you mean by "if you can't really play it"
What's the point of a good game if you can't really play it?
What a ridiculous statement. I have yet to jump online with this game (and not because of all the lag complaints either) and I'm having a GREAT time with it just going through single player modes and practicing with characters. I don't understand what you mean by "if you can't really play it"
It's a fighting game, a competitive genre. The competition is a very core part of it. There are alot of people that bought this game so that they could fight real people. And that is not fully possible. If that is not enough for you to be a major point of criticism, I don't know what would be.
Ill give this game another week. If the patch that is supposed to come out this week (as pointed out by a user above) doesn't fix issues, i will trade this game in and buy MvC3.
@xhavoc86: You seem to follow this stuff pretty closely. Have they given any word on when to expect the patch? I keep on hearing "soon", but don't know if they've ever gotten more specific than that.
@Slaker117: No, just... "soon", i was under the impression that it would be released when the dlc came out too, but ive been hearing mix stuff about that lol
I wouldn't get your hopes up too much, it is definately coming but probably not for another 3-4 weeks. It'll be a fabulous day when it does, if it really does clear up a lot of the lag. It's just unbearable as of right now.
Ill give this game another week. If the patch that is supposed to come out this week (as pointed out by a user above) doesn't fix issues, i will trade this game in and buy MvC3.
MvC3 is not a good game and I'm pretty sure very few people still play it online.
@Afroman269: What we confirmed, they care more about the monies from DLC this week and the fact that EVO is around the corner gives them less incentive to fix net-code and just focus on patching with balances. i.e. what Capcom did with MvC3...that game still runs like shit online.
I'm a little surprised that nothing's been done at this point and the game's nearly been out two months.
Every game I play has been laggy to the point of being simply unwinnable. I can't time combos whatsoever because the lag affects my button presses. If I get through someone's guard, my reactions don't even matter because whatever I press a button, the action happens 2 or 3 seconds after I've pressed it.
What's even worse is I feel like my singleplayer skills don't mean shit and there's no way I can prove otherwise.
I'm a little surprised that nothing's been done at this point and the game's nearly been out two months. Every game I play has been laggy to the point of being simply unwinnable. I can't time combos whatsoever because the lag affects my button presses. If I get through someone's guard, my reactions don't even matter because whatever I press a button, the action happens 2 or 3 seconds after I've pressed it. What's even worse is I feel like my singleplayer skills don't mean shit and there's no way I can prove otherwise.
Think the PS3 version got 1.2 which addressed the lag somewhat.
I'm a little surprised that nothing's been done at this point and the game's nearly been out two months. Every game I play has been laggy to the point of being simply unwinnable. I can't time combos whatsoever because the lag affects my button presses. If I get through someone's guard, my reactions don't even matter because whatever I press a button, the action happens 2 or 3 seconds after I've pressed it. What's even worse is I feel like my singleplayer skills don't mean shit and there's no way I can prove otherwise.
Think the PS3 version got 1.2 which addressed the lag somewhat.
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