Lego City Undercover: The Story of Frank Honey, Waffles, and Building an Investigation!

Voth

My copy is installing now. I still have another 20 mins before it finishes.

skeldare

Voth wrote: »

My copy is installing now. I still have another 20 mins before it finishes.

What a coincidence, so is mine. About 15 minutes or so to go.

TimFiji

Send a report! I really wanna snag this, but decided to wait (just a bit)

skeldare

Woo! Finally downloaded and installed. Starting up now. Impressions later.

poisonx

22GB Install, no thanks i'll stick to buying a copy at the store.

HallowedFaith

Load times are fucking crazy long, even on the downloaded version, and there are a LOT of them when you first start. Like, I could see people getting pissed off about it pretty easy.

Aside from that the humor in the game is fantastic, and the play is great. Controls are smooth, and the world is pretty awesome. They did a good job.

I'll know more later tonight, i'm gonna sink a few more hours into it.

skeldare

Yeah load times seem a bit excessive so far, though it's a small price for seamless gameplay during chapters. Gotta say that it's really going to take some getting used to for these driving parts. And man, It's so easy to get distracted with all these bolts and blocks to collect.

edzepp

So some people paid 59.99 for the game on the eShop because of a Nintendo error. Luckily, those people will get a refund.

Zephiran

Good on 'em. It even seems like they're putting up a few dollars extra to make up for any potential taxation on the transaction.

Also, 49.99 is a pretty good pricepoint right out of the gate, considering how many launch games I've seen floating around on store shelves for 70 euros lately.

LBD_Nytetrayn

Lindsey Lohan wrote: »

Do we know if the complaints of long load times have been coming from physical copies, digital copies or both?

Physical, for sure, at least on my end. Can't speak to digital.

HallowedFaith wrote: »

Couple things.

1) There was a manufacturing error on shipping and everything is being shipped on the 19th. So very few (if any) places have the game in stock.
2) The price of Lego City: Undercover on the eShop was 59.99 this morning, it has dropped to 49.99. I am not sure if it was just a typo or they are being nice because of the shipping issue, but it's better than nothing.
3) The load times on the downloaded game are much less than that of the CD, which I am hearing are quite long. This is 'loose' information since people are just comparing their downloaded load times to the hard disc load times shown in youtube videos.
4) The game is 19 gigs, est 5-6 hours of downloading on a decent cable connection.
5) You pretty much need an external drive to download this game.

I'm downloading the game now, because why the hell not. I'll let you guys know more when it's done in a few hours.

The price I have for it on my fact sheet is $49.99.

skeldare

LBD_Nytetrayn wrote: »

Lindsey Lohan wrote: »

Do we know if the complaints of long load times have been coming from physical copies, digital copies or both?

Physical, for sure, at least on my end. Can't speak to digital.

Load times seem to still be pretty long on the digital version, so most likely they're the same.

HallowedFaith

LBD_Nytetrayn wrote: »

Lindsey Lohan wrote: »

Do we know if the complaints of long load times have been coming from physical copies, digital copies or both?

Physical, for sure, at least on my end. Can't speak to digital.

HallowedFaith wrote: »

Couple things.

1) There was a manufacturing error on shipping and everything is being shipped on the 19th. So very few (if any) places have the game in stock.
2) The price of Lego City: Undercover on the eShop was 59.99 this morning, it has dropped to 49.99. I am not sure if it was just a typo or they are being nice because of the shipping issue, but it's better than nothing.
3) The load times on the downloaded game are much less than that of the CD, which I am hearing are quite long. This is 'loose' information since people are just comparing their downloaded load times to the hard disc load times shown in youtube videos.
4) The game is 19 gigs, est 5-6 hours of downloading on a decent cable connection.
5) You pretty much need an external drive to download this game.

I'm downloading the game now, because why the hell not. I'll let you guys know more when it's done in a few hours.

The price I have for it on my fact sheet is $49.99.

The morning that I first looked at the download I am 100% positive it was 59.99 because I was like "what the hell?" When I realized I could not find it in stores I went back to it and it was 49.99. Even my wife saw it happen this way and we were both very confused for a minute.

skeldare

HallowedFaith wrote: »

LBD_Nytetrayn wrote: »

Lindsey Lohan wrote: »

Do we know if the complaints of long load times have been coming from physical copies, digital copies or both?

Physical, for sure, at least on my end. Can't speak to digital.

HallowedFaith wrote: »

Couple things.

1) There was a manufacturing error on shipping and everything is being shipped on the 19th. So very few (if any) places have the game in stock.
2) The price of Lego City: Undercover on the eShop was 59.99 this morning, it has dropped to 49.99. I am not sure if it was just a typo or they are being nice because of the shipping issue, but it's better than nothing.
3) The load times on the downloaded game are much less than that of the CD, which I am hearing are quite long. This is 'loose' information since people are just comparing their downloaded load times to the hard disc load times shown in youtube videos.
4) The game is 19 gigs, est 5-6 hours of downloading on a decent cable connection.
5) You pretty much need an external drive to download this game.

I'm downloading the game now, because why the hell not. I'll let you guys know more when it's done in a few hours.

The price I have for it on my fact sheet is $49.99.

The morning that I first looked at the download I am 100% positive it was 59.99 because I was like "what the hell?" When I realized I could not find it in stores I went back to it and it was 49.99. Even my wife saw it happen this way and we were both very confused for a minute.

Yeah, the same thing happened to me. I emailed Nintendo and they're refunding me $12 to my credit card.

HallowedFaith

Ha ha! I knew I wasn't crazy.

Also glad to hear Nintendo is refunding you. I imagine a lot of people should be getting refunds.

H*R

So Best Buy sent me a wacky email saying the release date was changed to yesterday. I felt that was odd. I checked an my copy hadn't shipped yet and checked that my local store had it in stock. Called them up and had them change my shipment to an in store pickup and BOOM, I'm picking it up after work.

PikaPuff

can someone quickly explain the wii u deluxe 10% eshop thing? I might just say fuck deals and get monster hunter and lego undercover online

pirateluigi

Target didn't have it this morning. I'll have to try again tomorrow... I want this game!

Voth

For the deluxe digital, whenever you spend $50.00, after 24 hours you will get a code for $5 credit at the eShop. You'll have to log into the deluxe digital site, redeem and write down the code, then input the code on the eShop on your Wii-U.

skeldare

Voth wrote: »

For the deluxe digital, whenever you spend $50.00, after 24 hours you will get a code for $5 credit at the eShop. You'll have to log into the deluxe digital site, redeem and write down the code, then input the code on the eShop on your Wii-U.

You can also use the code in the 3DS eShop.

Mblackwell

So screw Best Buy. I preordered this from them as part of a B1G1-50%off deal and apparently they shipped all of their units to the store and backordered their online shipments. So I had to call Customer Service (which meant I had to go through their automated system and then get put on hold for 5 minutes) and talk to someone about getting it changed to an in-store pickup. So instead of spending the night at home with the family I spent it driving to Best Buy...

SwashbucklerXX

Amusing spoilers:

I just finished a mission with "Studsky and Hatch." Who gave me a purple pimp suit costume. Purple pimp suit.

HallowedFaith

I forgot about the digital deluxe program. I have 4, $5.00 codes sitting in there! Sweet! Already know what I am gonna do with those babies, put them on the 3DS towards Luigis Mansion at the end of the month.

I think i'm coming up on the end of the main story for Lego City. Great game. I picked up Monster Hunter so between those two, I will probably have enough collecting to last me a while.

urahonky

Oh my fuck... Luigi's Mansion comes out this month?!

SwashbucklerXX

urahonky wrote: »

Oh my fuck... Luigi's Mansion comes out this month?!

Luigi's Mansion comes out on Sunday.

Brainiac 8

I will soon be hunting Monsters and ghosts.

Zephiran

That is kinda Oh Jesus.

urahonky

SwashbucklerXX wrote: »

urahonky wrote: »

Oh my fuck... Luigi's Mansion comes out this month?!

Luigi's Mansion comes out on Sunday.

What are they doing to us!?

MordaRazgrom

DOesn't Nintendo know that I have money I want to actually hold on to for longer than a week?!?

MordaRazgrom

Who do they think they are? STEAM!??

skeldare

MordaRazgrom wrote: »

DOesn't Nintendo know that I have money I want to actually hold on to for longer than a week?!?

*hand wave* You will give Nintendo your wallet.

Brainiac 8

Nintendo: We know how to make up for a few months of no games! Release them all, NOW!

MordaRazgrom

Miyamoto and The Newell are going to have to engage in mortal combat for the rights to my wallet, considering my rights equal ZERO.

TimFiji

Nintendo just has my bank account linked so when something new comes out, they withdraw, then games show up. I'm weak...

Quical

Did this thread just merge with the WiiU thread? No? Okay then!

Could nintendo getting TT to do this solely on nintendo's console be a sign that "in return for this you get to make a nintendo lego game" thus causing them to be sitting on all of the money in the world.

I know I think about nintendo lego games a lot but it's like the number one dream right now and it'd be stupid not to after this. I think that's why TT decided to go with it.

Brainiac 8

TimFiji wrote: »

Nintendo just has my bank account linked so when something new comes out, they withdraw, then games show up. I'm weak...

As my wife will attest...this is my same situation. Nintendo releases something and just syphons my money before I even get the game.

She says I'm as bad with Nintendo as those crazy Disney fans are with owning stuff by them. :P

MordaRazgrom

Sorry! I'll duck out until I actually open my Lego City game and play it. I'm genuinely excited to, and I'll probably tear Monster Hunter out of my WiiU tonight in order to have some fun riding dinosaurs! My children would appreciate it too, they love them legos.

pirateluigi

So far, I am in love with this game. But it's so hard to continue with the story when there are studs to collect!

SwashbucklerXX

pirateluigi wrote: »

So far, I am in love with this game. But it's so hard to continue with the story when there are studs to collect!

I spent like 45 minutes today running around finding secrets and collectables, while the chief called and chewed me out every 15 minutes.

Brainiac 8

Whelp, this game is officially my favorite Lego game. And yes, it's hard to keep doing the story when the city is so full of things to find and Lego people to run over.

It's true the loading times are pretty long, but the game is so awesome I don't care.

jothki

Interesting, it looks like the unlockable characters flat out overwrite your normal disguises when you use them. Instead of becoming Chase McCain as a burglar, you can be a Prisoner. Instead of becoming Chase McCain as a cop, you can become a Security Guard. The civilian slot can map to anything.