So yeah… I love my Xbox 360, but sometimes I have to scream about it.
Recently I purchased Dead Rising and Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Both games looked to be fun and, graphics wise, looked gorgeous!
But what was the problem?
They both freeze when I try to start the game… with Dead Rising, I could fix it by taking off my hard drive, starting the game, saving and reloading with the hard drive. It works, but its the kind of problem that drives you absolutely fucking nuts.
With Splinter Cell, I can start the game… and anywhere from 2 to 30 seconds later… the game freezes. Forces me to restart the xbox. The more I want to play the game, the more I try… and the more pissed off I get.
It’s frustrating. None of my other 360 games do this… and BOTH companies have not acknowledged the problem…
arg
[UPDATE 1]
So I exchanged my copy of Splinter Cell… only to bring it home and once again, find it freezing… I also tried playing the new Rainbow Six demo… and lone and behold, it froze as well… Good thing I bought the Product Replacement Plan from Best Buy… $35 saved me from buying a new 360. I’ll exchange it tomorrow and let you guys know how it goes…
[UPDATE 2]
I got the infamous 3 Red Lights of Death / Circle of Death… Taking it back this morning.
I heard about similar problems happening with Dead Rising. Apparnetly the 8 trillian zombies it tries to render at once, really taxes the fledgling SexBox 360 hardware. I even heard a few reports of that particular games totally waxing a 360 completely.
Time for that PS 3 soon dog. Don’t fight it man. I know you want to go to the dark side. I know it. Hahahahaha
Funk that shit… I’m not buying a glorified George Foreman Grill…
Hahaha!
Touche!
600 bucks vs 400 bucks? Same games too? Ya, nuff said.
Are you running any added cooling like the Nyko intercooler? I have had this since the first week and never see any type of freezing. Before I bought it though i noticed a good freeze up once or twice a day
My 360 has frozen only a few times since I have bought it. I even have a day 1 system which seem to break the most. Maybe I got lucky?