Gotham City Impostors fixes on the way

By Fred Dutton Published 17 February, 2012

Monolith addressing bug that wipes all players' stats.

Gotham City Impostors developer Monolith is working on a fix for a game-wrecking bug that is wiping players' stats.

According to a community manager post on the game's official forums, as reported by Edge, the problem mainly occurs when players have upgraded from the beta version of the game.

However, some gamers in the ensuing thread claimed it happened to them even though they bought the full version first.

"Sorry about the inconvenience. We're doing everything we can to get this fixed as soon as possible!" promised Monolith's rep.

The multiplayer-focussed FPS scored a middling 6/10 when it launched on PC, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade earlier this month.

"Gotham City Impostors offers a minimum of substantive content - maps, in particular - and a maximum of unlockables that put unrealistic demands for grinding next to a 'buy now' button," read Eurogamer's Gotham City Impostors review.

"The gadget-enabled shooter at the heart of Gotham City Impostors is fun, smart and hard to dislike. But it's impossible to recommend."

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Comments (12) Latest comment 3 months ago

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  • riceNpea #1 3 months ago

    considering how time consuming it is to get in-game experience to level up as reported by EG, that really is unforgivable.

    10 foot barge pole anyone?

  • Kageroth #2 3 months ago

    Heh happened to me in the PC beta, WAY back when (I was naughty and said I was from the US :p).
    Shame they haven't managed to fix it yet, it was quite infuriating in the beta to unlock a bunch of stuff, Only to have the game reset you back to rank 1.
    Can't imagine the annoyance after paying for the game, Oh well good luck and I hope for everyone effected its fixed soon.
    Edited by Kageroth at 17/02/12 @ 19:48

  • Stratix #3 3 months ago

    I wouldn't bother prioritising it, that bug doesn't sound important.... Err....

  • Anthony_UK #4 3 months ago

    Unrealistic demands? I've unlocked half the weapons in the game after 4 hours?

    The only things in the game that have the 'buy now' option are clothing options/costumes for your in game avatar which don't effect gameplay and are unlocked through normal play anyway.

    And the first batch of DLC is free next month that includes a map with new weapons and abilities and dedicated servers.

    First FPS I've really got into in a long time. Ignore the lazy review and at least give it a try.

  • CaptainQuint #5 3 months ago

    @riceNpea

    As someone who has played the game more than EG apparently did for their review (what did he manage, rank 12?) I'm telling you now the claims that it takes absolutely ages to unlock stuff is complete and utter bullshit. I'm at about rank 40 now and the unlocks (weapons,perks,gadgets) are trickling in like water. I've even got stuff backed-up waiting to be unlocked, but I've left 'em since I'm happy with the load out I've already made for myself.

    Why EG and Edge have chosen to single out the game for this complete fallacy is a mystery to me, since the unlocks don't come in any slower than any number of games which feature a similar system. Read the Giant Bomb review, or any other and notice how they don't draw attention to this completely fictitious vitriol.

    Seriously, even the admittedly bad matchmaking at launch wasn't anywhere near as horrible as they made it out to be; in fact now those issues have been practically ironed out, anyway. I get games no problem.

    Honestly, my best guess is both EG and Edge didn't like it from the off (maybe due to their unfortunate MM problems), got their arses eventually handed to them online and at that point the damage was done. But it's an injustice, because this game is a good one and well worth a punt by any shooter fan who likes fresh ideas, well executed.

    Oh and as for the option to pay for the purely superficial costumes - my characters are kitted out in 1000 credit undies and silly capes. Didn't cost me a penny. I just unlocked them, you know - by playing the game.

  • riceNpea #6 3 months ago

    @CaptainQuint

    thanks for that, i wouldn't have known as EG's review put me off any additional interest i may have had in the game were the review more favourable. i'll read some more reviews of it now

  • Peter_LIAR_Molyneux #7 3 months ago

    What is with people claiming that everything available for purchase can be gotten by playing? That just isn't true since you can purchase XP multipliers, which in my opinion is terrifically sleazy. Anyways, fun game but I can't support the business model where the people on top are there not necessarily by skill but by their wallet funded power leveling.

  • juliankennedy23 #8 3 months ago

    I still think an online only Xbla Game for 1200 points is a suckers bet... Good luck finding a decent match six months from now.

  • evilrobot #9 3 months ago

    Post deleted at 22:12:53 08-05-2012

  • CaptainQuint #10 3 months ago

    So I must be the the one lucky guy on the planet who can get into games no problem (and nine times out of ten, lag free), right?

    It's unfortunate that some are experiencing issues, but I suspect that by and large the problem is being exaggerated. Yes, the first day or so was shit for me as well, but the MM algorithms seem to be working more effectively now.

    Because no big AAA games ever have launch issues, do they?..


    @Peter_LIAR_Molyneux

    You care that much about bragging rights and leaderboards do you? I personally couldn't give a fuck that some sad twats care enough to actually spend cash to level faster. More fool them, the daft sods. Doesn't really affect me though, does it? I suppose you can't help it if superficially higher ranks anger you - even though they have no physical advantage whatsoever. Get fucking real.

  • TheGuvernor #11 3 months ago

    The best fix would be for Monolith to make FEAR 4.

  • Fluffin #12 3 months ago

    It's a fun game let down by the poor matchmaking. I Don't know if they used the current system via game-spy because they offered the lowest price but in the end that will sink the game.

    It's a shame really because for ever 10 mins I spend playing an great game I spend 10 mins getting dropped from games and waiting for new ones to start.

    Edit - Ignore the rank system criticism in the review - You rank and unlock stuff just as fast than in COD or KZ3. The silly price on DLC criticism is fair though.
    Edited by Fluffin at 19/02/12 @ 23:55