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Killzone 3 patch 1.04 causing major issues

Guerrilla Games’ patch 1.04 went live just a few short days ago promising many fixes but unfortunately the patch seems to have created more problems than fixes with the online multiplayer modes.

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Craptain_Steel5469d ago

It's made me laggier and because of this it takes a lot to kill someone, bur i'm still enjoying it quite a bit.

Ranshak5469d ago

True they should fix this asap.

Istanbull5469d ago

I dunno if this has anything to do with the servers or so but yesterday out of my 10 matches, I got 7 error codes and missed all my kills and points.

Why did they replace the awesome dedicated servers from Killzone 2 into match making in Killzone 3??!

gaffyh5469d ago

Seems to be fine for me, no lag or anything. The only issue I've got is that sometimes kills/assists don't register, but that happened before the patch too. It's relatively rare though.

hay5468d ago

Whoah, I thought it was my connection.

8thnightvolley5468d ago

lagzone3... i have been enjoying it but it needs to be sorted thou....

firefoxprime5468d ago

What? Another awesome/epic game dragged down by useless stupid patches? *rolls eyes*

Not trolling, but this is just pathetic. I want my game 100% playable out of the "box".

*Stomps foot*

Whats really said...is that many gamers have already settled for this mediocre foolishness.

jadenkorri5468d ago

haven't had any problems myself or haven't noticed, i think thou i think my kills/assists didn't reg one time. But compared to Bops, theirs nothing anyone should be complaining about. KZ3 multiplayer is on a level way beyond Bops.

pixelsword5468d ago (Edited 5468d ago )

All of the people can't be lying, but I'm sitting on 98% of trophies and with only one trophy before I platinum, I can't say that I noticed any in-game problems before or after the patch. I have experienced drops in gameplay about five times give or take, but considering I've been on this game almost non-stop I really can't say that I'm seeing the problems that this article or the threads are claiming. Maybe I just didn't notice. I don't know.

Maybe in Europe? It also says America, but I'm in America and I have not seen any problems other than the occasional drop.

Someone said that the earthquake may be a factor, I agree with this.

When I'm finished on my computer, I'll put in K3 and see if I see any problems. I will most likely update with another post or a Game review if I see something one way or another.

paintsville5468d ago

LOL. Patches galore. Imagine that? A patch for a Sony game acutally breaking it. Who would have thunk it? Maybe if Sony developers would actually finish their games, cought gt5 cough, before they released them this wouldn't be such a problem.

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hennessey865469d ago

killzone 3 for crysis 2, the game is as broke as blackops and the lag is terrible.

DoomeDx5469d ago (Edited 5469d ago )

I agree slightly. At the moment, the game is pretty broken (Play Guerilla Warfare in clan matches..there are BILLIONS of exploits)

But i have faith in GG to fix this broken game! So im not worried.

jukins5469d ago

lol because Ea published games never have network issues lol

Ifone5469d ago

Say the tromlfanboy without ps3...

Its not broken, stop lying to ypurself, and others...(even bbc2 after 1 year has more lag)

badz1495469d ago

I first started up playing online on 1.04 which was yesterday because I just got my copy and it was frustrating. can't join any game and a game I managed to join lagged like hell and then squad is not working and I gave up and play offline instead! I was skeptical this morning but I tried again but voila....works like a charm! no lag, no issue just plain FUN!

mind you guys that I'm only on 1Mbps connection and there was certainly no more issue! stop jumping to conclusion too quickly! I guess the servers only 'warmed up' fresh from the updates. for those who countered the same problem the 1st time, try again! believe me, no more issues!

PROJECTbadass5469d ago (Edited 5469d ago )

gotta love $60 betas. i would like to play, cause the game is fun, but i havent played in a full warzone match in 3 days. last night i played and finished 2 matches in a row and neither had more than 10 people in it. the dlc map loop is pathetic as well.

why was i in the 2 previous betas? the launch of killzone has been an epic failure. good job gg.

nnotdead5469d ago

the vast majority of the time (before 1.04) the game played fine for me, but the problems occurred enough to be an annoyance. i also just wasn't enjoying it as much as KZ2's mp.

with my $20 pre-order bonus and the $42 for the trade in im picking up SOCOM and hoping for a much better mp experience.

Jazz41085468d ago

Don't meai n this but I had to say it. Lagzone3 by gg garbage games. I didn't like kz3 at all but its not garbage its just very mediocore at best and I traded it for da 2 since id don't play online much I get a game that at least 40 hous longer then kz3.

the_best_player5468d ago

has been fine for me in UK apart from 1 crash

Jaces5468d ago

Don't fix what ain't broke.

That's exactly what GG did with KZ2's multiplayer and I hope they realize their mistake and correct it in the next KZ. (We all know there's going to be a 4 so don't act surprised.)

firefoxprime5463d ago

Oh dear...you just insulted 88 ps3 fans. Funny part is that maybe 20 out of the 88 actually disagree due to gameplay, and not stupid brand loyalty.

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finbars755469d ago (Edited 5469d ago )

I love this game to death and cant put it down but there are definatley still problems with it.Im getting dssconnected with error and sometimes I can go over dead bodies and sometimes I cant which is annoying when Im trying to go up staircases.I noticed when killing someone the points come up 1 second later.There not bad problems but I do hear people complain alot about other stuff which you cant blame considering the game has been out for 2 weeks.At least its playable unlike some games and GG is doing everything they can which is nice to see.Im sure theres going to be another patch very shortly.Just cant wait until the new maps come out.Oh yeah they havnt fixed the cycle of the maps.Im still playing the same maps over and over and over.That is annoying.

xAlmostPro5469d ago

It's fine for me what region you playing?

Maddens Raiders5469d ago

lol I've been playing this on 3mbps from my hotel room with no issues. as soon as i'm done with the paperwork before me i'll be on again, enjoying the phuck out of this game. Peace.

psn: Maddens_Raiders

DeFFeR5468d ago

FYI - the word fuck isn't censored. Using "ph" makes you sound like a tool.

FanboyPunisher5468d ago (Edited 5468d ago )

MAG has similar issues with its new patch when i tried to play over the past two days.

Is it possible that SONY's Servers are hosting, or authenticating most/all of the effected games?

The earthquake 'plan' in Japan has something called phased blackouts, where they power on/off sections in the city so everyone has a short while to use power.

The people of Japan are hurting terribly,(Kojima even powered their servers down to help save power) its a very real possibility Sony is doing this in one way or another to help their own people (its the worst quake/tsunami in the past 1000 years).

Or some hardlines are seriously damaged from the 2.5 meter movement of the island of Japan (thats HUGE damage to anything in the ground.) that they may have serious bottlenecks with connections.

I've seen this issue on MAG/KZ3/S:Con/Warhawk yesterday and gave up trying to game it out.
Other readers are posting Blackops and crysis 2.

Something isnt right, I dont think its isolated to KZ3 only.

steviebhoy5468d ago (Edited 5468d ago )

Have no idea if your theory has any substance, however it makes some sense that some issues could be caused by this mate.

-PINNER-5468d ago

The power outages wouldn't affect the servers UPS's. They are in place to handle extended power failures. I would also assume that they have server banks all over the world.

Burackus5468d ago (Edited 5468d ago )

your not lagging they turned down the bullet damage. for me the patch has worked great i love it

tatotiburon5468d ago

and people complained because this game score lower than black ops? LMAO

RedDevils5468d ago

@Craptain_Steel nice stealth trolling LOL

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r0gueZA5469d ago

Ye, I had zero lag before the patch, but I to am still very addicted... stuttering and all.

DA_SHREDDER5469d ago

If it takes longer than this week to fix this then Im done with this game. No more waiting 3 weeks for a simple update, fuck that. Zipper Took care of shit within hours, at the worst a couple of days.

plb5469d ago

Come back and talk when you are a software developer.

Buho5469d ago

..Or when he owns a PS3 and a copy of Killzone 3. Seriously, all he ever does is troll the PS3 section.

Bodster5469d ago

No problems here at all, everything has been running smoothly(ish) since release.

I take it you guys are selecting the region relative to where you live?

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Ifone5469d ago

Same here (europe).

When its a ps3 exclusive (the best games each year since 2008), after the ridiculous nitpicking and stupid scores to satisfy desperate xbox fans, now they are writing about bad connections and lag, the kind of stuff existing in all games.

r0gueZA5469d ago (Edited 5469d ago )

@ifone

oh please... seriously, the game was perfect, now loads of people are complaining!

This is only like one of the biggest games of the year... and now its plagued, so count yourself lucky and take your blue skies and shove it

Marked5469d ago

I see where your coming from.....

Just go to killzone.com and checkout the english forums. You'll see a 20 page dev thread, a;; reported netwoork issues.

Dont be the salt in an open wound... those of us that are frustrated dont need to read your defenses.

jimbone795468d ago

I know I hate that man. 1,000 of people are having problem's and complaining, GG has recognized the problem and said their working on it and you have people on N4G say shit like this trying to make it sound like there's no problem. Well if you haven't had any problem's, and judging for what I've experienced and what 1,000 of others I doubt you've had none, Then whats the point of coming on here to gloat about it? Are you trying to suggest there are none, or are you just coming in here to rub it in our face that YOU can play? Either way it's kind of douchey.I can tell you right now there are problems and they need to fix them asap.

Bodster5468d ago

All i'm saying that for ME, as stated, there have been no problems...

The 1000's of people having problems are still in the minority at the end of the day. GG have said they will fix it, so fix it they will...

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piroh463d ago

There's too many games to choose from

No Metal geat solid 1,2,3,4?
No Resident evil?
No Silent hill?
No Midnight club 3?
No NfS Underground 2?
No Final Fantasy?
No Burnout 3?
No Dragon quest 8?
No Days gone?
No Ace combat?
No Tekken/Soul calibur?......
just from the top of my head

PS1 era was full of great RPGs, PS2 was racing generation i would pick top 200 and even that would be just a fraction.

FinalFantasyFanatic462d ago

30 is way too low over the entire history of Playstation, I just wouldn't be able to narrow it down that much, I would pick 100 at least.

Storm23462d ago

Yeah...really odd list. I get that it is personal preference and I love most of the games listed, but my list would definitely be different. I agree though, it would be incredibly difficult to come up with just 30.

lockedongamer1462d ago (Edited 462d ago )

I only picked first-party titles. Otherwise, I agree!

EDIT: Except for Days Gone, I don't get the love for it but you do you!

Chocoburger453d ago

I didn't like Days Gone either, it doesn't deserve to be on any best of list.

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20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

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SullysCigar1029d ago

Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.

1Victor1029d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar1029d ago

Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!

jznrpg1028d ago

I’m with you I want Horizon 3 , Killzone and new IPs

badz1491028d ago

I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.

man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!

Vengeance11381029d ago

32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III

Shane Kim1029d ago

That's kind of a huge drop though. It's only been two games.

VersusDMC1029d ago

One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.

https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...

So not a drop off.

Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?

Vengeance11381029d ago

It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.

solideagle1029d ago

lol you are comparing:

HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)

HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)

We will see if it surpass original number.

Phoenix761028d ago

@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years

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REDGUM1028d ago

Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself

thesoftware7301029d ago (Edited 1029d ago )

Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.

I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.

blacktiger1028d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca1029d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.

OzzY-waZZy1029d ago (Edited 1029d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain1028d ago

They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.

Imalwaysright1028d ago

There were rumours that they were working on a Socom reboot.

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Killzone 3 is playable with mouse & keyboard on PC via RPCS3 & KAMI

DSOGaming writes: "While Sony does not plan to release Killzone 3 on the PC, Yahfz shared a video that gives us a glimpse at what such a PC version could look like."

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bouzebbal1779d ago

Still looks secure 2 gens later... one of my favorite ps3 moments. With 3D and move the game is on another level

MadLad1779d ago

PC almost always ends up the best place to play games, even if it takes a while.

What would you rather play decades down the line? A game at a fixed resolution and frame, considering you have a working disc, and the hardware?
Or run it on an emulator that can update the experience all around, and let you use whatever control input you prefer?

If you insist on the former, it's really only for the sake of nostalgia.

Applejack1779d ago

I disagree. The main draw for consoles has always be the simplicity of just putting the disc in / downloading it and playing without worrying about anything else. The average person just wouldn’t want to deal with emulation even though it’s very important for preservation.

Terry_B1779d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1779d ago

Youre getting flak because people on here thibk of themselves as pc wizards. But honestly most poeple try and go get emulators and romz they end up with malware.. yes theyre "easy" if you know the basics but alot of people dont. That said the fact that its taken nearly 20 years to get a sustantially better experience for ps3 games than on its native system shows the complexity of getting bc to work. Sony, if they have any intention, should just invest in a vastly better psnow experience.

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Vegamyster1779d ago

jukins

Most people who emulate don't get malware, you'd have to be going to some weird sites for that to happen, heck years ago people were getting sketchier ad's resulting in malware warning on this site if you didn't have a ad-blocker lol.

SinkingSage1779d ago

Can't get malware if you legally dump your own games, which you should.

Rachel_Alucard1779d ago (Edited 1779d ago )

That's fine if that's the main draw, but it doesn't make it a better experience, just a preference. Having the freedom to do the things you can do on PC is what the appeal of PC is. Buying a game on PC means you never have to worry about the console makers just deciding the next hardware shouldn't support the generation anymore, which means everything you bought is stuck on that hardware instead of moving up with everything else. Nintendo uses this tactic to keep reselling the same games over and over at inflated prices. Sony cut all previous gens off the PS4 and sold it back to people in a poor attempt with PSnow. While the PS5 supports PS4 games, that may not be the case in the next gen after this. No to mention shutting off all the previous stores and updates completely. Even MS stopped making new BC titles at some point, so now there's a big list with 17 pages of titles that are not playable on Xbone and are just trapped on older gen. That's not a problem on PC, the reverse happens where you only have to worry if your hardware can play the newest releases at ultra with no issue.

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AzubuFrost1779d ago

Shhh don't say that aloud! You're going to trigger a lot of console infidels here.

Shane Kim1779d ago

I rather play it when it's available then wait 10 years.

MadLad1779d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1779d ago

Well that's the beauty of still owning a retro console tho. Those who usually complain about emulation are just being blindly loyal to a company. Emulation is great for many reason, but if I still owned the console then I disagree nothing beats plugging it back in and going down a nostalgia trip

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RevXM1779d ago

The RPCS3 devs are doing great work. And Kami works nicely with it too it seems.
Very neat.

Magatsuhi1779d ago

Been playing mgo on pc with mouse. It's not perfect but I can make it work.

Binarycode1779d ago

2 is the better game.

A Remake would be good. 60fps 2-4k

Omar3li1779d ago

60fps is peasant for FPS games now

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