The Fall is buggy

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:04 am

[Game -> Update]

<a href="http://www.rpgdot.com">RPGDot</a> report:<blockquote>Silver Style has announced at the official German 'The Fall' website that all customers who bought the game from Amazon are going to receive a EUR 5,00 refund. Additionally, the price of the game has been reduced by the same margin so the retail version no longer costs EUR 44.99 at Amazon but EUR 39.99 instead.
 Reason: Technical difficulties with the game. It seems like it's got massive issues. Silver Style has promised to release more patches ASAP.</blockquote>There's also a new translated interview with Carsten Strehse <a href="http://www.silver-style.com/forum/viewt ... 6">here</a>.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:50 am

Nazis had planned their shit before attacking Poland

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:02 am

If I recall, Soldiers of Anarchy had a whole slew of tech issues as well. It was incompatable with ... well... almost everything.

Tayl · Post by **Tayl** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:32 am

It's really frustrating, because the word I am hearing out of German players who have it is that the game underneath all of the technical problems is really really good. Great atmosphere, great dialogue, great quests, and even the combat isn't too bad. Dayum. I hope they get it in working order soon.

T-900 · Post by **T-900** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:23 pm

At the core of every one of these occurances is a completely fucking moron. Atleast one. Why don't we just string up all the complete fucking morons and set fire to them?

It would make sense i tell you!!!!!

*rattles the chains that hold him to the wall, straining to get out of his strait jacket*

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 3:48 pm

What the fuck was that post about T-900?

Tayl · Post by **Tayl** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:20 pm

Just read an update on the SSE forums from someone who works at RPGDot: Apparently the newsbit was slightly misleading. Here is what he said:

Gorath wrote:The newsbit will be changed when somebody with the necessary rights is available. ItÃƒâ€šÃ‚Â´s incomplete and thus a bit misleading.

The following point was not mentioned because the newsposter wasnÃƒâ€šÃ‚Â´t aware of it.

The price on Amazon was not (only) lowered because the game has technical issues but probably also because SSE told their community members a few days ago that Amazon would be shipping the game 2 days before the street date, of course with the implication that Amazon would be the place for those who want it ASAP. This info turned out to be wrong. Several retailers sold the game earlier, so those who ordered at Amazon actually got it slightly later than they would have at their local shop but also paid about 5 EUR more - 45 EUR instead of 40 EUR. This is the price difference which got corrected now.
So I would rather say itÃƒâ€šÃ‚Â´s a nice gesture for their community and not a desperate attempt to sell a buggy product.

He said a little bit more about the bugs that are known, but that was the stuff about the price drop.

Paranoid Jack · Post by **Paranoid Jack** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:04 am

Excellent news Tayl, thanks. I am really looking forward to an English release of The Fall and want it (very much so) to be a good game. It looks like my kind of game. I still have hope... at least now I do.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:26 pm

I'm not gonna pay fucking $52 USD for it. They need to drop the price substantially more for me to be interested. At least $35 USD. That would be a more appropriate price for a new-comer game with relatively low interest from the general public.

Post by **DarkUnderlord** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:13 am

Evil Genius did that. Now that's a good price for any game.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 5:28 am

Evil Genius is pretty bad, too.

Tayl · Post by **Tayl** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:18 am

I hear from German buyers that the new 1.2 patch fixes a lot of the problems. System performance is much much better, the major showstopping bugs seem to be fixed for the most part...there is fix coming out Monday or Tuesday that will address the save game problem some people are having. Things are looking a little better for the game at the moment. If the bug problems start to diminish this quickly then people can start talking about the content of the game(which seems pretty good) rather than the technical problems. Although the release still sucked big time.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:41 am

Fortunately, oh so fortunately, I care not at all for this The Fall nonsense !

WHAT THE FUCK !? THIS SANDWICH TASTES LIKE POISON . . .

Astute observation !

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:18 pm

Serves you right for eating tuna sandwiches

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:49 pm

Without mayo.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 11:34 pm

Nicolai wrote:Serves you right for eating tuna sandwiches

Egad ! I'm drowning in the double meaning . . . without mayonnaise ! FORSOOTH !

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:07 am

I still possess some interest in The Fall, but not as much as when it was originally announced. SoA dropped in price very quickly over here.