Thankfully, the team is already at work on a quick fix. "You'll be happy to know we are working on a patch which includes increasing the text size," Sigman added.
Thankfully, the team is already at work on a quick fix. "You'll be happy to know we are working on a patch which includes increasing the text size," Sigman added.
Reader Comments (22)
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 12:26AM Drakkenfyre said
It's a shame bigger companies don't do this more often when they design a game for an HDTV, and don't think about people with SDTV's, and the text is unreadable.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 12:29PM Richard Jae said
@Drakkenfyre
It also affects, to a lesser extent, people with smaller HDTVs. I tend to need to be closer to my screen to read the text in some games without difficulty.
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It also affects, to a lesser extent, people with smaller HDTVs. I tend to need to be closer to my screen to read the text in some games without difficulty.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 4:10PM Jacksons said
@Richard Jae
Agreed. I'm playing through DeathSpank now and most of the text in the in-game menu is incredibly hard to read, even with an HDTV. I don't see any advantage to making the text so small, either. The Wii seems to get by just fine without it.
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Agreed. I'm playing through DeathSpank now and most of the text in the in-game menu is incredibly hard to read, even with an HDTV. I don't see any advantage to making the text so small, either. The Wii seems to get by just fine without it.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 1:23AM Unreal Armos said
I used a patch that promised enlargement once. I hope this one works better.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 10:34AM KirbyCommando said
@Unreal Armos
Where's premature ejaculation man when you need him?
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Where's premature ejaculation man when you need him?
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 2:43AM PhilipJWitow said
This makes me sad, in the sense that the game seems really great, and the developers are obviously keen to fix their mistakes, yet there is no system in place to mark up reviews based on games being improved. :(
Posted: Nov 15th 2010 6:02PM The Pirate said
@PhilipJWitow
especially for these downloadable games. For retail games i can understand, as not everyone has the internet hooked up to their ps3/xbox so they could play the game but not get the patch. However on a downloadable game you NEED the internet to even buy it so its a given your going to download patches.
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especially for these downloadable games. For retail games i can understand, as not everyone has the internet hooked up to their ps3/xbox so they could play the game but not get the patch. However on a downloadable game you NEED the internet to even buy it so its a given your going to download patches.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 3:14AM Bloodwar said
Good idea. www dot mmorpg dot com does re-reviews. Its a good idea since many MMOs become better over time due to patches. I think more traditional games should be re-rated after a year since now-a-days most games are repatched anyways. There should be a section on websites to read re-reviews. But if this is the only thing that was an issue for the game, then I don't know if that merits a re-review. Re-reviews are good for games that many things had changed and made the experience all that much better. Then again, perhaps being able to read text better makes it that much better.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:24AM Theepictimeishere said
@fasdsa89fda I've got a bad feeling about this.
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RETURN OF THE SPAMMERS EPISODE VI
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:33AM Credge said
@fasdsa89fda You have a lovely home.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 8:48AM bookscout said
How about more than two maps for 2 dragon co-op?
Very fun game, my son love it "Daddy, let's terrorize some villagers." Doesn't get much better for a six year old.
Very fun game, my son love it "Daddy, let's terrorize some villagers." Doesn't get much better for a six year old.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 11:18AM ComicShaman said
@bookscout
I'd second that motion.
Actually, I would think that a map editor would not be too much of a chore for a game like this. That's one of the things I'd like to see.
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I'd second that motion.
Actually, I would think that a map editor would not be too much of a chore for a game like this. That's one of the things I'd like to see.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 9:56AM Shalabi said
Reminds me of the whole Dead Rising small text on SD-TVs issue. Except with Capcom being a Kapanese company, they, of course, completely ignored the issue and their customers.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 10:09AM SEGA Scream said
The text issue irritated me so much that I went back to playing The Horde on the Saturn. At least that game has text I can read. And Kirk Cameron.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 10:29AM ShadowXIII said
@fasdsa89fda
Somebodies misbehaving....shouldn't you be farming gold?
Somebodies misbehaving....shouldn't you be farming gold?
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 10:30AM ShadowXIII said
So is this any good? I keep hearing about it on a couple of sites.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 12:00PM Chimaera9 said
This is a very fun, addictive game, but I agree about the text size. I have a 60" HDTV and I was sitting 7 feet away and still had to squint to read the text. I'm glad they're fixing it.
Regardless, though, the game has tons of replay value and I found myself repeating a mission endlessly until I earned a gold badge. It's tons of fun and great with other players, too. Highly recommended.
Regardless, though, the game has tons of replay value and I found myself repeating a mission endlessly until I earned a gold badge. It's tons of fun and great with other players, too. Highly recommended.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 4:32PM IRONSAM said
Nice how a small company can do this but it couldn't be done for Dead Rising 1.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 6:31PM JRMG said
If this was an oversight because they were staring too closely at their development monitors, then it's obvious that there was no formal testing involved as a finished product.
...well, unless the testers had super-ultra-vision.
I wouldn't be surprised if the game had more bugs ready for the consumer--not the developers' testers--to discover.
...well, unless the testers had super-ultra-vision.
I wouldn't be surprised if the game had more bugs ready for the consumer--not the developers' testers--to discover.
Posted: Nov 14th 2010 7:52PM Tyler Sigman Big Sandwich Games said
@JRMG Hi JRMG--sometimes stuff slips through, but rest assured the game was fully tested both internally and via an external testing company. While no game is bug free, we are proud that HOARD is very stable. Don't be concerned that testing has been left to the consumer--it's definitely not the case. But we appreciate feedback and will continue to support HOARD and try to address any issues that are discovered!
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