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Fat Princess fix coming

Significant lag to be sorted out promises dev
Titan Studios has issued a response to calls for its recently released Fat Princess PSN title to be fixed. As well it should.

"Players are sometimes experiencing significant lag in some games. Thanks to your feedback, we've identified a specific problem and already have a fix in testing. The matchmaking system will randomly pick potential servers bases on a number of criteria. As implemented, the results that are returned are fit in some regards, but sometimes have a high ping for your location.

"As a result, some players may be having a great experience, and others dealing with substantial lag. Leaving a particularly laggy game and joining a new one may result in a better experience. Unfortunately, it can be luck of the draw. The fix we have in testing returns a list of potential servers in such a way that it always favours the lowest available pings."

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Addressing connection issues, the dev added, "We have implemented a number of fixes for previously identified problems, focusing most of our efforts on connection failures. We have already tested this patch on our own client machines, and performance appears to be dramatically improved. We are working with Sony now to get the patch into the Sony testing process as soon as possible.

"For those of you having trouble - thanks again for your patience. Fat Princess went through comprehensive testing with Sony in the US and Europe, and a beta, but these issues did not manifest until the game went live at scale. Rest assured, we're working on it, and think we have it largely addressed."

Note to self: much bigger beta next time.

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Posted by Mark240473
So glad that I didn't buy this straight away. I just knew that there would be teething troubles. And I really have to complete my other games first!
Posted by blagger
I would have at least liked to try it out first by downloading the demo.
But of course there was no demo.

It's got an average review on eurogamer anyway 6/10.
Posted by singhcoventry
Wether the games crap or not - i dont knw. But epic/gears of war 2 could learn a thing to from these guys. Yes there totally differnt games - but still hats off to Titan

Epic communicate with your fans!!! Lower the ping!!!
Posted by pp82
It's pretty lame there is no demo £11.99 is a lot of money to spend on game you won't know if you will like
Posted by bagofbones
I did have the best game yet with Fat Princess last night proving one thing to me: if they sort out the bugs and multiplayer connection issues the game could be awesome. For once also the official bluetooth headset works flawlessly, we just need more people to use them.

At the moment, the game is very much untapped potential.
Posted by Blackest_Waltz
I've requested a refund for a faulty product. I'm not a happy bunny at paying a premium for a faulty game. Remember when PSN titles were £4.99?
Posted by themadjock
I agree more people need to use the headsets for this and I love that it has a push to talk button on R2 so comm chatter is on what you want to say and not background stuff that plagues most other games.

This is a fun game and would be amazing if you knew ever member of your team as people must work together to win.
Posted by lawless1891
I like that "push to talk" feature what a good idea,it's a wonder there isn't a dedicated "mute" button on the dualshock controller ,might be a handy thing to have.
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