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Fallout 3's 'The Pitt' is broken as buggery, claim gamers

Bethesda today released the next part of its Fallout 3 DLC, The Pitt, but warnings have come in from early downloaders to avoid this thing like the plague, because it's borked to Hell. Described as "completely broken" by one poster, and flagged as a "corrupted file" by a Dtoid community member, it sounds like this download needs to be avoided for now.

Giant floating exclamation marks seem to be the most striking phenomenon in The Pitt, although glitchy graphics and missing textures are also quite prominent. Raiders are showing "rainbow colors" on certain parts of their bodies, and that classic -- the complete game freeze -- is also rearing its ugly head with regularity.

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LeonSKennedy4Life5521d ago

I hope they fix this soon.

I really want to play this...

Unicron5521d ago

Geez Bethesda, wtf? Ever hear of QA?

rhood0225521d ago

no kidding. What's interesting is that they had originally planned to release this DLC in February but decided to hold off because they were having issues.

f7ss15521d ago

I wanted to download this later today, ill wait for a patch i guess

Anon19745521d ago (Edited 5521d ago )

Still, as I mentioned before, I wish this DLC would come to the PS3. That's over 1 million people who bought the game and are left out in the cold. I had the choice to buy it on either my PS3 or my 360 and, as always, I choose to game on my PS3 because I've been burned too many times with hardware issues on my 360 and play it as little as possible. I hate that I have to choose between playing the game on a reliable system or getting the DLC.
DAMN YOU MICROSOFT! I'll never forgive you for teaching me what it means to game in fear that your console is going to die every 20 minutes or so. After 4 consoles and the last console they sent me being older than the one it replaced, with no warranty left I'm always "Is it too hot? I've been playing for 1/2 hour. Maybe I should turn it off. Did it just pause there a little long on boot up. Oh, please no more rrod! Phew! It's ok! But maybe I should shut it down now?"
I'm glad it lasted long enough for me to finish Gears 2 and Fable 2. Now I'm hoping it holds out for Alan Wake but after that I don't know if I'll ever buy another game on it.

Edit @ Xiphos below: You know, I only had it freeze on me once the entire play through. I did have a couple of sound glitches though that I had to cancel out and reload my saved game to clear up.

Megaton5521d ago

The game itself is chocked full of bugs as well. I've never had a game freeze so much in my life.

Pennywise5521d ago

My PS3 froze so many times during FO3, I thought for sure my console was on its way out.

Turns out it wasnt. FO3 was just buggy and freezetasic.

Anon19745521d ago

I'm not doubting what you're saying but I didn't have any problems and I played Fallout 3 to death on my PS3. I had it freeze once on my 60GB unit. That's it. I wonder what the problem is and why it acted up more on yours than mine?

DavidMacDougall5521d ago

Im with Penny, i'd play it for like 3 hours at a time and it would freeze twice everytime

Megaton5521d ago (Edited 5521d ago )

@1.6 - I'm talking about the PS3 version as well, but my understanding is that they all freeze. Fallout 3 is actually the game I was playing when my PS3 died. Since getting it back I've racked up 2 60+ hour files. I'd say it's frozen a combined 100+ times in those 2 saves.

Aside from the mass freezing, I've experienced missing textures, loss of vocal audio, Liberty Prime refusing to continue through the city in the last mission (that whole mission is extremely freeze-heavy), Arefu residents and Shrapnel popping up in random spots on the map, and caravan merchants running from non-existant enemies. Those are just off the top of my head, I'm sure there were more.

Masterful game, but it's like they didn't even test the damn thing.

Tony P5521d ago

"We are continuing to look into the issues people are experiencing with The Pitt for Xbox 360. As of now it looks like the file for the English version on Xbox Live was somehow corrupted. We are currently working with Microsoft to remove the existing file off of Live to prevent any further downloads. Our plan is to replace it with a new file as soon as possible. We hope to have another update for you shortly."

Pretty much figured. Bethesda knows what they're doing on the coding level. Had to guess something unforeseen occurred.

Jager5521d ago

PC version of FAllout 3 freezes, the hit response system is crap (Bullets go through enemies, but do no dmg or register at all)...

Anon19745521d ago (Edited 5521d ago )

Easily 60+ hours on the game and only one freeze up on my PS3. Only had to deal with the audio problem more than once.

Edit at Pennywise below: I was off sick last week right after holidays and I pretty much played nothing but Fallout 3 until I was done. Great game! Once I was finished I finally took a stab at Resistance 2. Made it to the final chapter and had THAT one froze on me so I had to turn it off at the back. Turned it back on and no saved game. Still too pissed off to play it again at this point. Besides, wife and I are having a blast with RE5 right now and I still have Killzone 2 to sink my teeth into. And Prince of Persia and Dead Space, which I got for Christmas. And I should finish GTA. And Condemned 2.
Work really seems to be getting in the way of my gaming.

Pennywise5521d ago

DarkRide, I have a 60GB unit too. This game would freeze at random... I didnt have to be playing long, it would just lock my whole system up at random to where I would have to turn it off by the switch in the back. Ive had freezes on the PS3, but FO3 gives me nightmares.

^And this was AFTER the trophy patch. I completed the game because I did like it, but man QA goes a LOOONG WAY.

Viper75520d ago

Actualy Bethesda has always been like this. From the days of Morrowind to the these days of Fallout3. Oblivion crashes and freezes in regular ocasions after 100h of playtime.

I like the way they make games massive and full of things to do, but I am a bit disapointed that after all these years they lack the skills to polish their game. Even after relase patches usualy take a while to appear if they appear.

even the games that might ruin your savegame take forever to be fixed. In oblivion goty Ps3 ppl cant still cure vampireism without reverting back to normal oblivion :|

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Cheeky Gamer5521d ago

That's pretty shocking, as Bethesda's games are almost always as polished as can be. Sure, games such as Oblivion and Fallout 3 have a few small bugs - it's expected when you consider how massive both thos games are - but 'broken'? I'm pretty surprised.

bob saget remix5521d ago (Edited 5521d ago )

Bethesda makes good games. But every game they make has a lot of bugs. Bethesda should just stick with the Elder scroll series. Its a lot better then Fallout.

TwistedMetal5521d ago

Im sure it will be fixed but people shouldnt touch this untill they get conformation that it works properly.

peeps5521d ago

i believe it's also out on pc?

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10 Expansions That Are Better Than The Main Game

NoobFeed Editor Joshua Burt writes - It is now a mainstay of gaming that post a title's release, and DLC will accompany the game. Some of the most popular games of the last fifteen years have followed this practice. But there are some DLCs that are better than others. That stands on the shoulders of their base game, and in some cases… Surpass it. These are the 10 expansions that were better than the main game.

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Dudeson683d ago

Damn, I feel stupid when years ago I played all the dlc for fallout 3 except the pitt. My younger ass looked at it and thought it was boring without trying I believe... Well good reason to fire up the old dusty ps3!

PhillyDillyDee683d ago

Bethesda usually does great DLC. Makes sense they are on the list 3 times.

generic-user-name683d ago

Solid list, I'd add inFamous: Festival of Blood, although it was a standalone download, it still felt like an inFamous 2 expansion.

Blood and Wine might be the best ever though.

SullysCigar683d ago

I'd also add in Horizon The Frozen Wilds. As I started it, I wasn't sure I had the energy, but my God that was awesome. Some of the best weapons, enemies and missions in Horizon for sure.

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RaidenBlack683d ago

Blood and Wine is always the reason these "best DLC of all time" list gets made in the first place nowadays.
Don't think CDPR can come any where near with any upcoming CP2077 DLC.

Silly Mammo683d ago

I have beaten Bloodborne but though i have the DLC I never played through it. For now I want to wait and see if it gets a Bluepoint remake.

anast683d ago

It's the best DLC in the genre. You are missing out.

SarwarRon683d ago

I double that. If you've liked Bloodborne, don't miss out The Old Hunters.

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MadLad683d ago

I skipped on Demons Souls remake, but Bloodborne would be day one. I love the game, but it is very, very jaggy and really needs a 60fps edition.

anast683d ago

I didn't like Blood and Wine too much, but the grandmaster gear is worth it.

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10 Video Games That Forced You To Answer Impossible Questions

WC:
"The video game equivalent of would-you-rather. "

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How Fallout Teaches You How to Move Out

Fallout is a rare game that deals with the real life process of moving in a realistic way. What can be learned about how you should move out on your own from how you play Fallout?

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RondoMachete3522d ago

I never thought of it like that.. Fallout 3 is still my best game ever,so wanting Fallout 4.

Omnisonne3522d ago

Personally I learned alot from Fallout, especially New Vegas' DLC

There are alot of hidden teachings and different perspectives in those games

Matt6663521d ago

Oh yea its fine considering on Fallout you don't have to pay for the following;

mortgage,
water bills,
gas bills,
electric bills,

I wouldn't really say it taught me to move out, but I would say it has taught me other stuff like how to barter etc