Dreamarena Trophy Turned Out to be Nightmare
PS3 owners of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing should expect a patch for their copy of the game in the “near future”–information confirmed by Sumo Digital’s Steve Lycett today.
The patch may be part of a coming DLC update (which may mean you’ll have to pay for it), and would fix issues many PS3 gamers have endured surrounding the Dreamarena trophy. It was simple enough to get–just go online and race with a friend. But there are numerous reports that the trophy will not trigger, no matter how many times it’s attempted.
Gamers who have been writing into Sega and/or Sumo Digital have typically received a response close to this:
Thanks for your email. We’ve been looking into reports with an issue with the Dreamarena trophy. It seems depending where the player exists in your friends list, sometimes this may not trigger. We are looking to release an update to support new DLC in the near future, our plan is to include some new code to address this. Apologies for the problem you’re having, hopefully we’ll have the update out soon and it should make this work as expected!
Sumo’s Steve Lycett affirmed the investigation this morning on the Sega forums, saying in part that “It’ll be sorted out soon.”
So, the good news is PS3 ASR owners should soon have this problem resolved. The better news is that the fix will come with DLC. The not-so-good news may come if you have to pay for the update, and only want the fix. That’s to be determined, as we’re not done covering ASR with DLC afoot. Stay with TSSZ News for the latest information.
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Pay for an update?
That’s almost as crazy as paying $15 for an ending.
^I’d pay $15.00 for Shenmue III
I think the update is to prepare for the DLC, not to give the DLC itself. There has been plenty of PS3 games that’ve done this before.
Yeah, much like Sonic Unleashed, which had an update to prepare it for DLC, I’d imagine the patch is just an update so the game has DLC possibilities — and has a few fixes tucked in as well.
He said: “release an update to support new DLC”
Not: “release an update with DLC”
*headdesk*
You won’t have to pay for the update. Do you even own a PS3, T? Updates and extra content (DLC) are two separate matters entirely. Even if the update is required for DLC to work, bug fixes will be made available to all.
Tristan you’re mistaken, the patch is free and prepares the game for the DLC if you choose to buy it when it is released.
Never mind the update, these things shouldn’t be happening in the first place. That’s what bug testing is for. And i’m not singling out Sega here, all companys released flawed games into the market and then have to release patch after patch to fix it. What is the point in bug testing a game if they’re not going to do it properly.
You won’t have to pay for the update – that’s going to go out free. It purely add’s support for us to do DLC and provides in-game access to the PSN store and XBLA marketplace. As a bonus, it’s allowed us to address a few concerns players are having to boot.
End of that day, sometimes things get missed, despite extensive testing. It does work for the majority of users, just there are fringe cases where it doesn’t. We know why and it’s fixed now, update not too far off.
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I guess if the developers had access to 30,000+ QA staff, which is essentially what you get releasing into the wide world, we’d not have as many glitches upon release, but I’m guessing games would cost gazillidollars
Not being able to get one trophy = a nightmare? lol @ TSSZ
@Barry The Nomad:
No, you don’t understand. Gaming is all about achievements and proving that you’re better than other people by having a bigger gamerscore. If people can’t get 1000/1000 then they’ll feel like inferior human beings. But back to reality, laughed at your comment.
SOL said: “It does work for the majority of users, just there are fringe cases where it doesn’t.”
What, is the entire userbase of PS3Trophies.org a “fringe case?” As I understand it, 99% of people who’ve played this game were unable to get the Trophy…until they figured out that it will work if you delete your ENTIRE PSN friends list, add one person, and play with that person. Weird. I’m going to just wait for that patch (not done with all the other Trophies yet anyway).
But mistakes happen, and I commend you for jumping on the fix so quickly.
@Barry the Nomad: To the group of people who care deeply about earning their Trophies, this IS a nightmare. Personally, I just find it annoying. I’d be pissed if I thought a patch was never coming, but it is, so I’m cool.