We hope you weren't too excited to snag Mr. Driller Online for Xbox Live Arcade. We decided to take the plunge and put down our 800 Microsoft Points. At first, everything seemed fine. We plowed our way through a few single player levels and Mr. Driller is as fun as it's ever been. However, once we started up multiplayer things went terribly wrong. In short, the game is unplayable over Xbox Live, which is particularly ironic given the title of the game. We're not sure why XBLA games in particular seem to be the worst offenders when it comes to online lag, but Mr. Driller Online lags so much that it actually moves backwards. Watch our latest video and see for yourself.
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I bought this game this morning and have been playing ti allday(except for a Rock band break) really fun, I havent tried multiplayer yet though but now I know not to till the lag is fixed :)
Wow, that's pretty sucky... I'm gonna get it for the single-player game regardless (please PLEASE tell me that's not broken in any major way?) but I hope they fix that soon, the lag shown in the video was pretty unacceptable...
This has be brought up on the official Xbox forums, and is apparently being looked into, just so you know.
It really is a mess. I can't even fathom the meaning of having "Quality control", when messes like this make it through. And from a big-time publisher like Namco Bandai.....
Uh the reviewer is a dumbass with something against Mr. Driller, too hard for him perhaps? The guy he was PLAYING against was from JAPAN. Ok, I dont know about you but if the HOST of a game is from a country another world away.. uh.. there WILL be lag. EVERYONE (I would have hoped) knows this. Next time join a game hosted by someone close to home before bashing a game.
I've played with people in Japan plenty of times on XBL without lag, the only time you should lag when playing with people overseas is with Wi-Fi based online play, that's why the Wii's online lags when playing with people in Japan
Let's say (just for grins) that I played more games than just the ones seen in the video. Let's also say that I played some games with people that don't come from Japan and those games were laggy disasters as well. See where I'm going with this?
Besides, I've played games with people from other countries before without problems. There are people from the UK playing COD4 all the time and I didn't have any problems playing with them yesterday.
I was actually having problems with Xbox Live in general today. Friends list not loading, friends signing in and out over and over again and screens taking forever to load so maybe it was just an xbox live issue and not the game....Maybe.
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4-02-2008 @ 6:59PM
NitroFrost said...
I bet your pissed that you shelled out the MS$
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4-02-2008 @ 7:02PM
Quinion said...
ugh i just bought it before i signed on....the vid is correct online play is BROKEN
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4-02-2008 @ 7:05PM
ZenGaijin said...
I don't quite get this game there doesn't seem to be much to it.
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4-02-2008 @ 7:08PM
Dante Sparda said...
I bought this game this morning and have been playing ti allday(except for a Rock band break) really fun, I havent tried multiplayer yet though but now I know not to till the lag is fixed :)
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4-02-2008 @ 7:11PM
AoE said...
Wow, that's pretty sucky... I'm gonna get it for the single-player game regardless (please PLEASE tell me that's not broken in any major way?) but I hope they fix that soon, the lag shown in the video was pretty unacceptable...
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4-02-2008 @ 7:13PM
SABCA said...
This has be brought up on the official Xbox forums, and is apparently being looked into, just so you know.
It really is a mess. I can't even fathom the meaning of having "Quality control", when messes like this make it through. And from a big-time publisher like Namco Bandai.....
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4-02-2008 @ 7:24PM
EDW said...
that's pretty horrendous
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4-02-2008 @ 7:29PM
bigmac375 said...
what a crock of shit that is
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4-02-2008 @ 7:55PM
Insomnious said...
Somehow the comments the N+ guys had rings more true each day.
They should stick to bringing classic Mega Drive/Genesis games back; Toejam & Earl anyone? Road Rash?
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4-02-2008 @ 9:08PM
Jayslacks said...
Why the hell would you get that game anyway?
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4-02-2008 @ 10:26PM
AoE said...
because it's fun?
4-02-2008 @ 9:47PM
Charles Nickerson said...
Uh the reviewer is a dumbass with something against Mr. Driller, too hard for him perhaps? The guy he was PLAYING against was from JAPAN. Ok, I dont know about you but if the HOST of a game is from a country another world away.. uh.. there WILL be lag. EVERYONE (I would have hoped) knows this. Next time join a game hosted by someone close to home before bashing a game.
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=K+Kutaragi
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4-02-2008 @ 10:06PM
ArturoRRG said...
Even if the host in the other side of the world (hes not another world away), there shouldnt be that kind of lag that lets you travel back in time.
4-02-2008 @ 10:28PM
Xanto said...
I've played with people in Japan plenty of times on XBL without lag, the only time you should lag when playing with people overseas is with Wi-Fi based online play, that's why the Wii's online lags when playing with people in Japan
4-02-2008 @ 10:43PM
Charles Nickerson said...
Thats funny, I havent had any lag on SSBB and I have a friend from Japan I play with.
4-02-2008 @ 10:41PM
Xav de Matos said...
There is usually an acceptable amount of lag online, but what is happening in this situation is not acceptable in the least.
4-02-2008 @ 11:37PM
TheDragon said...
You're never allowed to speak.
Ever.
Again.
4-03-2008 @ 10:11AM
Richard Mitchell said...
Let's say (just for grins) that I played more games than just the ones seen in the video. Let's also say that I played some games with people that don't come from Japan and those games were laggy disasters as well. See where I'm going with this?
Besides, I've played games with people from other countries before without problems. There are people from the UK playing COD4 all the time and I didn't have any problems playing with them yesterday.
4-03-2008 @ 1:56PM
Neuromancer said...
I used to play Ridge Racer 6 online with almost exclusively Japanese opponents... No lag to speak of.
4-02-2008 @ 10:48PM
ccc said...
@Richard
I was actually having problems with Xbox Live in general today. Friends list not loading, friends signing in and out over and over again and screens taking forever to load so maybe it was just an xbox live issue and not the game....Maybe.
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