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Condemned 2 has a painful glitch: disappearing save games

The game was bloody, scary, and a great time for people who like a little tactical fighting and survival horror in their first-person titles. That is, before the game decided that eating the save-game file was a great idea.

It's a feeling like ice water entering your veins. You restart the console, sign back into your profile, still, no luck. The game wants you to start from the beginning. All that time... just gone. What's even weirder is that the achievements are still there, as are the save game files themselves. Everything is, apparently, sitting happily on my hard drive. The game just refuses to let me begin where I left off. A quick search shows that other people around the Internet are having the same problem.

Note: Issue only confirmed on the 360 version.

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Condemned 2...PISSED!!! - gamespot.com | By: Foliage

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Published: 635 days 5 hours ago | News | Xbox 360

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BeaArthur - 634 days 23 hours ago

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That's interesting I might have to opt for the PS3 version.

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KidMakeshift - 634 days 23 hours ago

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I played through the entire game using only one save slot and had no problems

The game plays quite well (I don't think it's as good as the first one): no framerate nor tearing problems. No excessive loads, no collision glitches, etc. I give monolith props for making sturdy games

Maybe it's only older 360's that are having the problem. I just replaced mine with a new one not long ago so...

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BeaArthur - 634 days 23 hours ago

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That's good to know, I also had mine replaced recently, thanks for the update.

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1.3 THWIP | 634 days 22 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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BeaArthur - 634 days 22 hours ago

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I've acutally never experienced a save glitch since I had a messed up memory card on my PS2. I will probably get the 360 version then if only because the last dual port game I bought (RSV2) didn't turn out so well on the PS3.

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KidMakeshift - 634 days 22 hours ago

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The only glitch I've had of this kind was in Call of Cthulhu for the Xbox

There are certain save points that crash your game if you try to load them

I was so pissed off that I invested 10hrs into the game (which is actually really good I think) then saved on the boat (last chapter of the game) only to have it freeze up and crash on me everytime I try to load

So I guess the moral of this story is to always use at least two save slots when you're playing a game. Oh, and don't spread mustard on the cat.

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Excalibur - 634 days 22 hours ago

2 - No problems here.

I played the game through twice and never had a problem.

I can say for a fact that a buddy of mine had a problem with the PS3 version.
I felt horrible after I talked him into buying it.
He said the frame rate was horrible, the graphics weren’t as good and the music locked up while playing.
I thought he was exaggerating until I seen it for myself.
Has anyone had any problems with the PS3 version?

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BeaArthur - 634 days 21 hours ago

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I've only played the demo and I didn't see any issues. That's not suprising though they always whore the PS3 owners.

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2.2 THWIP | 634 days 21 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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xhairs - 634 days 19 hours ago

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Does your buddy have any other games like Rainbow 1 or 2? I noticed that my games used to freeze the sound or overlay sounds (one guy talking after his voice stopped moving over another guy talking) This was due in part by a faulty HDD though. I replaced the HDD never had a problem since. Warhawk also had problems with sound overlaying and skipping a lot but still due to the faulty HDD.

If I was your friend I would test more games than this one to see if he has any similar problems, if he does just go buy a 60$ 120gb Scorpio (WD) and replace the one in there now, should fix the problems.

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Are you even qualified to make a statement such as that? What gives you the right to think you know what game developers go through? The writers might have made the story line a little easier for the PS3 owners to understand but in fact look at all the other 360 ports, can you say they screwed up? I don't believe the story line in CoD4 was any different due to it's port...get real man all you ever do is post your own opinions. OPEN ZONE -->

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Excalibur - 634 days 17 hours ago

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Thanks for the heads up, I'll let him know.

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rmedtx888 - 634 days 21 hours ago

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I played the game in a PS3 and I didn't have that problem. Maybe if people post in the Sega forums they will release a patch for it.

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HolyShib - 634 days 20 hours ago

4 - And i thought i was stupid....

Yeah... that happened to me on my X360... luckily I haven't played
it a lot since I bought it...

Oh... my X360 is quiet new - Bought it last December

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DIECASTCOOK - 634 days 18 hours ago

5 - This just happened to me today!

This totally sucks! I was on the last level of the game and now I can't even access it! Sega better release a patch ASAP! By the way,I didn't have any problems just quitting the game and loading later.Maybe it only happens near the end?

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Amanosenpai - 634 days 16 hours ago

6 - ^_^

Note: Issue only confirmed on the 360 version

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NikV3 - 634 days 15 hours ago

7 - not just on older models

i just got my elite about 2 weeks ago and this happened to me, so its not just on older consoles

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DIECASTCOOK - 633 days 16 hours ago

8 - It's a corrupted data file!

Got in contact with Sega yesterday(by email-not phone) and they told me that it is corrupted data and that our save files CANNOT be fixed therefore all your hard work is gone! They are supposed to be working on a patch right now and said they would let me know what happens.

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