zerragon
06-24-2006, 05:07 AM
Me and my friend bought Heroes 5 and was excited about how cool the single player campaign was. We were really looking forward to play this in Multiplayer, to create some of the charm that H3 multiplayer had.
This is what happens during the course of about 20 hours of gaming:
1) We played LAN for about 3 hours, then the game kept crashing on the same spot due to one of the computer opponents never finished. The progress bar didnt move at all, loading the game didnt help, as the game kept locking up at the same place. Well, game seemed corrupt somehow.
2) Another LAN attempt, this time we played for maybe 2 hours, until we met. I attacked his hero, and the battle screen pops up for both of us. After we chose "Start combat", nothing happens. We then load again, and he tries to attack me instead. But, then he cant SEE where I am, and instead he attacks the zombies that i killed the round BEFORE !!! Though, my game detected that he passed through me, so only I get the combat screen. Which, of course, locked up. Massive synchronism problems here.
3) Well, since were hardcore heroes fans, we didnt give up. This time we tried through ubisoft.com. This time it looked better, we played for 6 hours with only a couple of problems.
First time, the opponents Heroes5 game crashed, when you tried to attack a dynamically placed unit due to week bonuses. This happens all the time, so we jus thave to SKIP attacking that unit. No problem, but it would have been if it was in the way for our main heroes.
After 6 hours, the game start crashing every time my friend hits "end turn".
Ok, we are starting to get really annoyed !!!
Again, the problem seems to be sync.
4) Well well..., what now. We then tried another UBISOFT game, but with fewer opponents.
Same happens here after a few hours. Waste of time..., Well, we conclude that both LAN and Ubisoft multiplayer is totally messed up.
5) We then try HOT SEAT !!!, not very fun compared to playing on different computers, as it ruins all the suprises.
We play for about 3 hours, everything looking fine. Then the game starts crashing EVERY time we click "end turn". Loading wont help, game corrupted. It seems like when first an error occurs, the game is corrupted and will never finish.
This is it !!!, we give up, after 6 multiplayer attempts on all Multiplayer modes. This game is very good, but the multiplayer part is just ridicolous. I cant belive Ubisoft could ship it in its current state. As for now, we regret buying it. We hope Ubisoft will come up with patch 1.2 really soon, and that they only focus on getting this piece of **** to work in multiplayer http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif, no offence.
Friendly greetings Zerragon and Hecstor.
This is what happens during the course of about 20 hours of gaming:
1) We played LAN for about 3 hours, then the game kept crashing on the same spot due to one of the computer opponents never finished. The progress bar didnt move at all, loading the game didnt help, as the game kept locking up at the same place. Well, game seemed corrupt somehow.
2) Another LAN attempt, this time we played for maybe 2 hours, until we met. I attacked his hero, and the battle screen pops up for both of us. After we chose "Start combat", nothing happens. We then load again, and he tries to attack me instead. But, then he cant SEE where I am, and instead he attacks the zombies that i killed the round BEFORE !!! Though, my game detected that he passed through me, so only I get the combat screen. Which, of course, locked up. Massive synchronism problems here.
3) Well, since were hardcore heroes fans, we didnt give up. This time we tried through ubisoft.com. This time it looked better, we played for 6 hours with only a couple of problems.
First time, the opponents Heroes5 game crashed, when you tried to attack a dynamically placed unit due to week bonuses. This happens all the time, so we jus thave to SKIP attacking that unit. No problem, but it would have been if it was in the way for our main heroes.
After 6 hours, the game start crashing every time my friend hits "end turn".
Ok, we are starting to get really annoyed !!!
Again, the problem seems to be sync.
4) Well well..., what now. We then tried another UBISOFT game, but with fewer opponents.
Same happens here after a few hours. Waste of time..., Well, we conclude that both LAN and Ubisoft multiplayer is totally messed up.
5) We then try HOT SEAT !!!, not very fun compared to playing on different computers, as it ruins all the suprises.
We play for about 3 hours, everything looking fine. Then the game starts crashing EVERY time we click "end turn". Loading wont help, game corrupted. It seems like when first an error occurs, the game is corrupted and will never finish.
This is it !!!, we give up, after 6 multiplayer attempts on all Multiplayer modes. This game is very good, but the multiplayer part is just ridicolous. I cant belive Ubisoft could ship it in its current state. As for now, we regret buying it. We hope Ubisoft will come up with patch 1.2 really soon, and that they only focus on getting this piece of **** to work in multiplayer http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif, no offence.
Friendly greetings Zerragon and Hecstor.