Terminator Salvation Game Launched, PC Version Recalled

On Tuesday, the video game tie-in to the Terminator Salvation movie was launched for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Most reviews pegged the game as solidly mediocre; IGN said, "the action is fairly tame throughout and the cutscenes are stunningly ordinary. And yet despite the poor presentation, there are some clever gameplay elements that make Terminator enjoyable. Too bad that joy only lasts a handful of hours before the credits roll." However, customers who had purchased the retail PC version ran into installation errors, leaving them unable to play the game. Now, publisher Evolved has issued a recall for that version of the game, saying, "a defect occurred during replication," and promising a replacement plan for people who had purchased it.

ummm... patches?

[Rooked_One]

I just discovered this game tonight, and it will REALLY surprise me if it comes back without being polished up - because yes... the game is boring. Your main mission is to save a couple of guys. Thats it. No big bosses, simple battles the whole way.

Re:ummm... patches?

[TinBromide]

I doubt that they're gonna do much more than come up with a new gold copy. Its not like they're gonna drop a big boss battle into the game as part of an install fix.

Download and play or buy and wait

[ATAMAH]

There is currently a "non-scene" working release available on torrents and such. Basically someone repackaged the game (manually done some tasks that installer should have done automatically) in a matter of hours. Question is: why do paying customers get to wait for the replacement "plan" to be put together? Why isn't there a downloadable fix put together by developers? Clearly it doesn't take much time to make.

Re:Download and play or buy and wait

[vux984]

Clearly it doesn't take much time to make.

In the real world, it usually takes longer to do regression testing than it does to fix a problem.

When "someone" on the intarwebs "repackages the game" manually and throws it up on a torrent he bypasses the entire QA process that any competent business would undertake.

And so we get it "works on his system" and maybe if we're lucky a few of his friends too... and out the door it goes... if it explodes when it hits the general public, well... hey... what did you expect?

That sort of cavalier process would be suicide for a business.