GR2: "AN ERROR HAS OCCURED-REBOOT YOUR XBOX"

[Darwin]

"AN ERROR HAS OCCURED-REBOOT YOUR XBOX"

Not something you want to see when you are trying to connect to a friend's game on Live. I post this so that you know that you are not alone. But don't let the SARS patients or Nintendo Brownie Hounds see this ... we must always maintain the illusion that Xbox Live is completely free of flaws.

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Here are the facts as we know it:

- Game: Ghost Recon 2 for the Xbox
- The Bug: Sometimes when trying to connect to a game or when in the middle of a game, you get the "AN ERROR HAS OCCURED-REBOOT YOUR XBOX" message. If this occurs, you must reboot your Xbox.
- It is NOT a hardware problem. How do we know? Because this error is occuring randomly, and is being frequently reported by people: 1) who have both old and brand new Xboxes, 2) who have ANY of the disc drives (thompson, phillips, etc) 3) who are NOT experiencing ANY problems with ANY other Live games.
- It is NOT a connection problem, because it is being reported by people who are connecting fine to other games.
- It ONLY occurs when playing on Live. This bug is not reported when in single player.
- This error seems to occur in spurts. I.e. when you see it and then reboot, you are likely to see it again when you try to connect again.
- The error is being reported in any of the online modes (coop, teamplay, etc).

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Do not:

- Think there is anything wrong with your console.
- Boil your game disc or try to take it back for an exchange. If the disc was the error, then why is this error occuring randomly? It is occuring for practically everyone, and you will almost assuredly get the same error message if you get a replacement disc.
- Think it is your connection. It is occuring to everyone, regardless of the size of the room (number of players). You are not having modem problems.

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Do:

- Check in at the Ubisoft forums periodically for newer information. Perhaps a patch (we're all praying for one), a workaround, or at least an explanation. http://forums.ubi.com/eve
- Try connecting to another host or another game type in optimatch.
- Try again later. The problems seems to crop up and then go away in time.

[theWacoKid]

GR2 for the ps2 is definitely better than a banana, but it's still crap, according to IGN, both in single player and online. Looks like Ubi blew it again, they pulled some real boners.

"Even though the actual missions never really last for more than five or ten minutes (assuming they are completed front to back without repeated dying), perishing toward the end of a particularly challenging level can be frustrating since there's no mid-game save."

I'm sorry, did I read that right, no mid game save?! WTF? More goodness.

"And so we're left with a heavily scripted, rather unexciting title with little to no AI, absolutely no story, no stealth, and no strategy. In essence, we're left with something as basic as the original DOOM, only in the jungle, and it takes fewer bullets to kill an enemy."

And just so you know, they didn't just screw up the single player.

"There is no split-screen, LAN, or server creation option. There are plenty of... Lag issues, performance issues, crazy extraneous Ubi.com signups (like anyone remembers their Ubi.com login), map balancing issues, and idiotic campers. I have nothing against the people who hunker in and defend their land with a sniper rifle, but why would you do it when there are just two people left in the server and the game still has eight minutes to go before it times out? And it will have eight minutes to go quite a lot. Most maps cause widespread death within 30 seconds of booting.

Even if the emphasis on cautionary camping suits you, Ghost Recon 2 is still riddled with problems online. Over the headset, voices often fallout. Over the wire, the game can get so laggy that just shooting straight becomes an impossible chore. Should you opt to play something interesting like a 16-player Supremacy match, you'll happily find yourself dealing with the same poor framerate and lag. You'll also have to deal with the perspective locked in the first-person, too."

The funny thing is, it scored its highest marks in the graphics area and the framerate wasn't mentioned as a negative in the sp game. This time, Ubi screwed up everything else.

[Darwin]

GR2 for the ps2 is definitely better than a banana, but it's still crap, according to IGN, both in single player and online. Looks like Ubi blew it again, they pulled some real boners.

Hmmm... must be only with the PS2. The Xbox version allows you to save your gave at any time, and you can do this with any of the the single player modes. The enemy AI in the Xbox version is pretty good. THe missions take anywhere from 20 - 50 minutes to complete for me (which does not include the retries from the save poitns). The online portion (that i have seen) runs quite smoothly (if you don't have the connection problems). In fact, the Xbox version is very popular on Live right now.

[Glockstar]

Hmmm... must be only with the PS2. The Xbox version allows you to save your gave at any time, and you can do this with any of the the single player modes. The enemy AI in the Xbox version is pretty good. THe missions take anywhere from 20 - 50 minutes to complete for me (which does not include the retries from the save poitns). The online portion (that i have seen) runs quite smoothly (if you don't have the connection problems). In fact, the Xbox version is very popular on Live right now.

Wow. That's... a nicer response than I would have given. (And TMG too, I'm sure. :p )

It's not just that they're on two different consoles - they're two different games.

"Ubisoft confirmed to GameSpot today that it is developing two different games that will be released with the Ghost Recon title this fall.

The first game is being developed for the Xbox and PC at Red Storm studios in North Carolina and will be set in 2014. The second, in development for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube at Ubisoft Shanghai, will be a "prequel" to the Xbox/PC version and will have a related storyline and characters.

Beyond that, Ubisoft would say little about the Ghost Recon 2s, other than the PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox versions would both have online play. So why the separate development? "We want to make the most of each platform's capabilites," a rep told GameSpot."

Those parts in the bold print there... I did that... for Wacko.