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PS3 - bad experience.
lordOfTime
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Well... it looks like that's £160 quid thereabouts down the drain.
I've wanted, and I have for some time to play the "proper" version of Fifa. I think you can get that with the PS About a week ago I ordered a PS3 slim and Fifa13. It arrived the other day and for a time I've had a good few hours, on and off of Fifa bliss. When it works, it's a fantastic game and more than I hoped for. But as expected the game does lag at times and has crashed. Tonight however took it to a new level.
The system, (not the game) because I'd otherwise be able to press PS and quit it, freezes at Nov 17th 2012 in game time. :mad::mad:
This is in the Career mode of the game btw. I know there's more to the game that this one mode but tonights experience is the tip of the iceberg and I feel like a mug for going down this route.
It was either this or shelling out £300 just for a Wii U bundle console but my Wii has been grossly underused in recent years. I'll be hoping my PS3 will be able to play DVD's at any rate. I just want to be able to sit and relax. This computer is great for DVD's but I can't relax in the same way, if you catch my drift.
I've wanted, and I have for some time to play the "proper" version of Fifa. I think you can get that with the PS About a week ago I ordered a PS3 slim and Fifa13. It arrived the other day and for a time I've had a good few hours, on and off of Fifa bliss. When it works, it's a fantastic game and more than I hoped for. But as expected the game does lag at times and has crashed. Tonight however took it to a new level.
The system, (not the game) because I'd otherwise be able to press PS and quit it, freezes at Nov 17th 2012 in game time. :mad::mad:
This is in the Career mode of the game btw. I know there's more to the game that this one mode but tonights experience is the tip of the iceberg and I feel like a mug for going down this route.
It was either this or shelling out £300 just for a Wii U bundle console but my Wii has been grossly underused in recent years. I'll be hoping my PS3 will be able to play DVD's at any rate. I just want to be able to sit and relax. This computer is great for DVD's but I can't relax in the same way, if you catch my drift.
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As it seems you are new to the PS3, whenever a game freezes (and this will happen from time to time), the entire PS3 will freeze leaving the unit unresponsive to button presses.
Also a game crash will of ocassion freeze up the entire machine meaning no buttons will work as Conroy said
This is a known bug which was fixed by a patch a little while ago - did you update the game when you first started it up or did you skip it?
Actually while there is a patch, multiple in fact, my first career freeze issues happened after the newest patch so whether or not he has patched might not be the issue
Yea the patches don't seem to fix everything. I did the system automatic updates but I haven't been able to get a secure connection to the internet ever since. We have a WAP in the house but the connection from it where I have the system isn't reliable at all. So i've given up any hope on online gaming too,
Sorry, to come back to that point...
Every time the game has glitched to that extent, the system keeps warning me that some files might be corrupt. I'm not sure I believe there are, as the system is so new but it can't be doing the hardware any good to have to keep closing down while technically still in a game. Like resetting a computer on BSOD
If its keeps happening on a certain date you can just starting a new career, when mine froze it was when it was starting up a certain game and i had to sim past the game or i couldn't continue
Or than that your career is broken and as far as i know it will continue to freeze your PS3 each time you load that save, so if you are getting worried just stop playing it
Hmmm, I'll try that, but it does seem to be a certain date, I have to do some things with the Youth Acamedy and turn down an approach by the russian FA but when the day of destiny comes, silence and then, gone
I'll try it one more time then give it a break... go back to Football manager maybe.
Edit - Nope, there it goes again. I think what I'll do, because I'm stubborn, is start a new career from Professional difficulty, and see how far I get this time. Last time I started on semi pro because I was so new.
Double Edit - Something else I forgot to add, when it does it's check on reboot it seems to wizz through to 38% percent checking in seconds... and then just boot normally? Is this the same for you?
Fifa is just as buggy on Xbox so that wouldn't have helped. I'm.happy enough with what I've got.
If Career mode isn't going to be doable this time around.... Maybe tournament play will be more forgiving. Not sure I can settle for one-off. kick off games in the long run.
ea games are usually ported badly for ps3, so sams advice isnt far wrong
u go onto say that u hope ps3 will play dvds....it can do way more than that
first off if you have an hd tv ...u can turn an option for dvds to upscale them to hd.....noticable quality difference straight away.... but if u do have hdtv then start buying blurays.....well worth the extra cash
also the ps3 can connect to your pc/laptop or other devices using media server
you can stream just about any media file on your pc(pics/music/video) to your ps3 and view/watch/listen through your tv.....this is probably the feature i use most on my ps3
also if you got plenty pennies then you can get a 3DTV for games and movies
£160 for a 3 d compatible bluray player, media server that also happens to play some kickass exclusive games(and buggy EA ones) is well worth it
I didn't mean to run down the console at all. It's obviously a fantastic machine as the sales figures since it came out suggest and there's more to the console than Fifa but I was having fun with that season and would have liked to have at least one season to play about with before being forced to quit it.
Maybe I can try again for next year. <fingers crossed>
its fifa mate it happens to me too. I refuse to play fifa atm until greedy EA sort it out.
i'd rather not cheers although i did get a xbox360 you asked for that.
I might, but the thing is, I do enjoy playing the game, but when I do, I'm playing on eggshells like I expect the game to crash at any moment. I've never had that on Nintendo consoles, Ever!
I'll keep playing though.
I know I keep bringing the other consoles (.i.e. Nintendo) into it but trust me it's not an attempt to knock the PS3 down. I bought it because I wanted it.
But can you also see where my feelings of doubt and apprehension come from? I just wanted to express how I'm feeling when playing the game... that's all.