Users report faulty digital copies of Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines

by Ludwig Kietzmann on Nov 20th 2009 2:30PM

Some of those eager to immerse themselves in Altair's portable crusade in Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines have allegedly been denied entry into the Animus. This has, in turn, led to animosity being expressed on Sony's message boards and our tips line. According to complaints, the downloadable version (the game is also available on UMD) freezes during its initial loading screen, regardless of PSP model.

Based on user comments, the hobbled file originated from the European PlayStation Store and has since been bumped off -- to be replaced with a working version soon, hopefully. We'll keep an eye on things (and your comments below) while we await a response from Ubisoft.

Update: Sony has replaced the faulty download and offered replacement codes to those affected.

Source -- Official PlayStation Forums
Source -- EU PlayStation Blog comments
Source -- Youtube video [Thanks, Gian]

Tags: action, assassins-creed, assassins-creed-bloodlines, psn, ubisoft

Reader Comments (53)

This is why I wouldn't like everything to go digitial distribution :(

Yeah, because like... physical copies always work when released.

The PC version of Terminator Salvation had to be recalled because it was un-installable.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/20/terminator-salvation-for-pc-recalled-from-front-lines/

The reason I hate digital distribution is because my internet speed suck.

The Wii version of Guitar Hero 3 was released with mono audio and it took a rather long time for Activision to do something about it. Just another example.

If it was a physical disc, you'd have to send it in to sony or ubisoft and they'd have to send you a replacement. That can be a long, tedious, headache inducing process.

With digital distribution, as soon as they discover the fix they can deliver it to you within hours.

There are a lot of valid reasons to dislike digital distribution, but this isn't one of them.

I haven't had any problems with it but does anyone know how to unlock cross-chat with AC2?

Play it on 360?

yeah but this is a PS3/PSP exclusive in the game which unlocks some weapons and other stuff

Select the connectivity option from the AC:2 menus. Load up bloodlines on PSP, connect systems with usb, go to upgrades on bloodlines and select connect, its on the bottom left part of the screen I think.

solace, did you download it? and it works fine right? if so i guess i'll get it

I'm in the US and yeah works fine no problems

alriiight i'm getting it. need to take advantage of having a ps3 and psp..

thats sad, I got a digital copy....but i wont tell where i got it from *giggles*

the price tag is what kept me from getting this game, and now this is my official "steer-clear".

ehh nvm i caved and got it.

Its called the PSP GO because when i see it i GO ahead, do a 360 and walk away.

... where is the Picard facepalm when you need it?

I think you mean a 180.

*Sigh* i was hoping you would get the reference, i guess no one here visit the GameTrailers forums

A guy on there said "it called the 360 because when you see it you do a 360 and walk away"

that's ignorant. A 360 just puts u back facing it. A 180 would let u walk away.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to agree with the majority here: a 360, would place right back where you were, while a 180 would successfully turn your around.

It happens to the best of us.

@Then a White Kid Said

That troll line didn't originate on Gametrailers, it's been around since the launch of the 360. I can't imagine people still haven't heard this meme. It probably started on 4chan for all we know. In any case....

successfultroll.jpg

Lolz you guys thought i was serious xD

Besides maybe i did a 360 spin in digust then just walked away

Like:
"ooo PSP GO...How Much!!??"
*360 Spin in disgust*
*walks away*

a 360 spin in disgust? behold the power of interpretive dance.

If you do a 360 and then moonwalk away, it not only works, but it's stylish.

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9792/whydotheycallitxbox360.png

obviously he did a 360 because he caved and got TWO PSP Gos.

Another fail from the great people at Sony.

Seriously. Do they have 10 yr olds running there Quality Assurance department?

you mean ubisoft right?

No I mean Sony. It's Sonys responsibility to make sure it works properly before they put it on there storefront.

It's Ubisofts job to fix it, but Sony should have caught it b4 they even made it available.

So ya. Sony fails....again

Oh no Solace, y'see in the mind of a fanboy the game is on a Sony platform, therefore it's Sony's fault.

Actually...in this case, I'm fairly certain Bane is right. While, yes, the blame lies partly with Ubisoft, it's also Sony's fault. There's a certain expectation that they will ensure that the files being put on their network will /work/.

Granted, I speak without knowing the testing structure there, but ideally, there would be two rounds of QA--one with Ubisoft before it's submitted to Sony, and one with Sony before it's posted for sale.

"Bane @ Nov 20th 2009 2:42PM

Seriously. Do they have 10 yr olds running there Quality Assurance department?"

No. It looks like you're commenting here instead. Seriously.

@Vader

No. Ten yr olds run Sonys QA and obviously come to blogs and forums to stand up for the beloved PS3.

The folks who manage Sony's online store seriously dropped the ball here. I can't believe that they didn't test the game before they listed it. It's their responsibility to make sure that Ubisoft, or any game developer, doesn't try to sell a game that has bugs. Clearly the people at Sony are a bunch of worthless degenerate shitheads who can't do anything right, much unlike my saintly paragon geniuses at Microsoft/Nintendo/other.

Seriously, do any games actually work on release anymore?

No, not really, and I don't think developers really stress it anymore. If something is glitched, for whatever reason, they can just release a patch and fix it.

Why fix it now, when we can release it, get paid, and maybe fix it later?

To add more salt to the wound, they've fixed the game on the store; but people who downloaded it already (like me and countless others, I posted the video) must wait for download codes from SONY to be able to download the fixed version!!! How's that for early adopter bliss?

I don't understand. Why can't you just redownload the game? If the file that is there on the PS Store now is the fixed version, wouldn't redownloading solve your problem? What would a code be for? You already have the right to download any number of times any game you've already paid for.

Sony, leading us into the future of digital distribution. An Army of One.

Sony, I had the grandest wet dream the other night. My PSP Go that can't play a bunch of titles because they haven't been uploaded, was hanging on a frozen screen of LBP that I can't download yet, and stuck in Home, while PSN was down. I had to change my sheets, and even wet vac the floor. It was intense.

Here's to hoping Sony can get their dial-up modem back up and running so they can join the internets.

And people wonder why I and many others don't mind paying $50 for XBL

Because silly shit like this doesn't happen.

i'm another being screwed over!

got to wait til "next week" supposedly while anyone getting it now CAN play it!

sony are blaming ubisoft, ubisoft blame sony.

i think its ubisoft at fault. doesnt work on 6.10 or 6.20 which for me means they havent even bothered testing the download version before release!

That would be the logical thing, but SONY inexplicably made a new entry in the store. In fact the original download was 700+ MB and the new one is 500+ MB. So we're left waiting for a download code to download the new, functional version. Mind you, this was posted on a forum; no one has emailed the buyers or contacted them in any way!

That sounds like poor management of their database. Some guy added a new entry instead of having their programmers or DBAs update the existing entry to point to the new file path (if that even changed) and have the new file size in the product description. I sympathize with you.

I agree with the first post... Digital Distribution should not be the wave of the future.. on music maybe.. but on a game that would take hours to download on a normal DSL connection.. NO! not everyone has the fastest of connections.. and never will. Plus you waste time downloading a what.. 350mb.. 1 gig.. whatever size.. and then it doesn't work. No thank you. I'd rather have the disc in hand. If it doesn't work take it back,..

It's a bad game anyway, so it seems like their PSP's are just trying to save them from yet another bad Ubisoft PSP game.

Why does this always happen to Ubisoft games? I had a faulty Rainbow Six Vegas game disk, which would not let me load singe-player.

Well, I had a very rare issue with my UMD copy here in America, it simply would not work past the PSP splash screen. Tried it with 2 different PSPs, one on 6.10 and the other on 5.50 GEN D-2, with no luck. While I wait for Ubisoft to send me a new UMD, I downloaded it as an iso. While I guess that's technically piracy, I don't really give a rat's ass. I love the game, I recommend anyone who's on the fence about it to buy it. Stuff like this makes me glad my PSP's a 1001, and not a GO, because I'd have no way of playing it otherwise.

What about the people who hav already paied its not fair at all.

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