Friday, July 29, 2011

Video Game Annoyances: Freezing

Wouldn't you know it, i just got to the final boss in Enchanted Arms (it is like a 5 fight sequence - after the 2 fight sequence) just to have my Xbox 360 hard freeze.  That is so fricking annoying.  i also had a freeze at the final boss of Star Ocean 4 (i should probably finish off that playthrough sometime).

Is it too much to ask that consoles (and games) be perfectly stable and never crash (even if i play for 13 hours straight)?  i guess so.  Freezes (especially hard freezes) are probable my second least favorite technical hassle (the first being the red ring, or light of death). 

On that subject, i am on my 3rd Xbox 360.  My launch window console (December 10th) lasted a little over 3 years before the video card failed (or i think that is what it was), the replacement lasted about 1 year before it started frequently freezing and locking up (so i traded it in to Game Stop, i know that is kind of bad).  My current console is a 4 GB slim with an added 250 GB hard drive.  i had to send it in for repair less than 6 months in - probably because a firmware update bricked it.  i was really not happy and almost quit playing it, but ultimately i had too much already spent on it (invested is totally the wrong term).    

What are your video game related annoyances?   

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