It’s time for a festive quiz on TSA, pens and paper at the ready, here is your starter for ten: Tetris Ultimate launched last week and was published by Ubisoft, did the game…
- Work perfectly without the need of any patches of fixes.
- Have numerous bugs, not least of which was a terrible frame rate problem on the PlayStation 4.
Ten points to everyone who guessed 2, as the game shipped with juddering blocks and a frame rate than would make Assassin’s Creed Unity blush. Just in case anyone is puzzled (aha), yes we are talking about Tetris, the game in which 2d geometric shapes fall down a screen, a game that runs perfectly well on a ZX Spectrum.
The solution, at least for the frame rate problems on PS4, is the console equivalent of “Have you turned it off and on again?”, namely disconnecting the console from the internet.
Here is a list of known issues and their current status.
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
– PlayStation 4 Frame rate issues Working On It Workaround Below
As we continue to look into this issue, here are steps that you can take to improve the frame rate.
- Disconnect from your internet connection (WIFI or Network Cable)
– VS matches continue after KO Working On It
It has been reported that during multiplayer Battle matches some players could continue indefinitely even after they were KO’d. This is a de-syncing issue and is being looked into.
– Tetrimino “skip” effect Working On It
Reports of input delays creating a ‘skipping’ effect where a hard drop places Tetriminos a space over.
– Progression Circle not populating Working On It
Badges or belts are not accounted in the circular progression indicator.
– Game Sounds not consistent in the main menu PlayStation 4 Working On It Xbox One Fixed in Next Patch
Sound in the main menu increases while navigating the control from one tab to another
– Game Crashes Fixed in Next Patch
Users are experiencing game crashes while on the search screen for multiplayer modes.
– Sprint Leaderboards Impossible Times Fixed in Next Patch
Leaderboards for the Sprint mode currently have values of impossible times (ex. 0:01 woo that’s fast!)
–Sprint Leaderboards Backwards Ranking Fixed in Next Patch
Leaderboards for Sprint mode are currently ranked from slowest to fastest.
– Battle and Battle Ultimate Team VS mode Fixed in Next Patch
Players are automatically receiving blocks twice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9TeaSAlVkY
Source: Ubisoft Forums
lambchop
They can’t get tetris to run at a decent frame rate? It’s lucky Ubisoft dont release any game that I`m interested in…..
double-o-dave
It wouldn’t surprise me if you can open up a Tetris game on the web browser on the PS4 and play that. It’d probably run better.
What the hell are Ubisoft doing?! Rainbow 6 & AC were a couple of my favourite games when I got back into gaming & grabbed a PS3. I’ve got no faith in them now whatsoever but just over a year ago I was like an excited kid when I heard they were working on Rainbow 6 again, now I’m not bothered.
duke
2014 has turned into a real shitshow for Ubisoft.
hazelam
how do you mess up Tetris?
people have got it running on calculators, and ubisoft screw it up on next gen systems?
when does next gen become current gen?
i’m always a little fuzzy on the point.
anyway.
are standards now so low at ubisoft they can’t even get Tetris right?
Forrest_01
Next gen is already current gen. PS3’s & Xbox 360’s are now regarded as last gen.
However, quite how you screw up blocks falling down the screen & landing in a certain position is beyond me.
BrianC
To be fair to Ubisoft there are a lot of blocks on screen at once….
TSBonyman
Somebody give them a Tetris ultimatum.
dave87fez
A lesson well learned, Ubisoft. Dear Lord