Comments on: Zelnick claims GTA IV is glitch-free

By: BillyBatts

BillyBatts — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:31:30 +0000

Mine has crashed about 5 times now (X360). My ‘box isn’t connected to LIVE at the moment, I’m only playing single player.

They all happen at random times and there doesn’t seem to be any pattern to it. I thought it might have been just after you complete a mission but it’s happened twice in cut scenes.

Fortunately, thanks to the game’s bitesize mission structure it hasn’t impeded my progress or enjoyment too much, as at worst I just have to restart the mission I was doing when it froze, but it’s pretty annoying all the same.

By: thuko

thuko — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:57:04 +0000

Okay, this may be old, but giving the unpredictable nature of the freezes (I had one too), and the fact that shutting down the internet connection helps, I have a strong feeling this is a server related problem. One R* couldn’t possibly test for, since it’s probably got to do with the massive amounts of people connecting at the same time from a wide variety of providers and network settings worldwide. Does anyone remember Xbox Live’s problems after the Halo3 launch?

Therefore this cannot be patched on the client side, or it must be a workaround (i.e. a patch that makes the game not automatically connect to the network).

By: mart

mart — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:21:11 +0000

What.

By: Shatner

Shatner — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:58:19 +0000

Uh-oh. That tone is unjustified.

I’ve had the game freeze on me twice during heavy action. One time it failed to load up after repeated resets.

This game has issues.
Zelnick has issues.