Sommat up with Summit Strike

By Tom Bramwell Published 9 August, 2005

Xbox Ghost Recon 2 pack issue.

Ubisoft has acknowledged an issue with US Xbox title Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike that freezes the game and presents an error message, and says it is looking into the problem.

The European/PAL version of the game is currently due for release on 26th August, but Ubisoft UK was unable to comment on the issue at the moment - so we're not sure what the situation is regarding that.

Frankly though, it seems a bit late in the day to re-master the game with patched code, particularly given that a fix has yet to be made available to North American Xbox owners.

The problem manifests itself "before, during, or after the intro movies, [when] the game freezes and a 'Red X' error message is displayed, which instructs the user to restart his/her Xbox," according to Ubisoft's official Ghost Recon website.

"It is important to note that the error does not affect every user, and that the Red X screen itself is a generic error message, much like the dirty disk error messages that other games use," the post continues.

According to the site, "For now, there are several relatively easy ways to resolve the freeze." These include making sure that the disc is clean and free from any scratches or blemishes; unplugging all game controllers while the introductory videos play through; or just trying to load the game repeatedly until it works. Once past the error, we're told, it's plain sailing.

We'd expect to hear more on this in the next few days, and we'll be seeing Ubisoft tomorrow so we'll be sure to ask about the problem in person.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • Furbs #1 7 years ago

    Oh oh oh!! Can I just post something that if this was a PC game, some console only gamers would say? Please?

    "Another nail in the coffin for console games"
    "Thats the trouble with console games, they always need patching or are unfinished"

    Thank you :)

    (btw I have an Xbox)

  • Darren #2 7 years ago

    Well it doesn't sound like a major issue since it doesn't affect everyone and at least Ubi Soft are honest enough to admit to it unlike some developers. Hopefully, the issue will be sorted by the time we get the game as I definitely want it. Ghost Recon 2 was superb at £30 so a £20 "expansion" is just too good to miss.

  • Wash #3 7 years ago

    ^^ not much clue wot that was aboot..

    Ubisoft in rushed game sh0ck...

  • atrus #4 7 years ago

    What is it with Ubisoft and intro movies? My copy of Chaos Theory doesn't let you skip the intro movie (most of the time) until over half way through, and my copy of Ghost Recon 2 if you try and skip the intro movie it still plays, although you can hear the noises of the menu screen if you press up and down etc.

  • Furbs #5 7 years ago

    atrus, I think thats because its actually cacheing it to your harddrive. The Xbox has three partitions call X,Y & Z and ineach of them it stores data for the last three games you play. If you play GR2, then go back to it after playing something else, the file will still be there so you can skip it. If you play GR2, then another 3 games, the process starts again.

  • oceanmotion #6 7 years ago

    US folk who hated GR2 are loving Summit Strike for some reason so I'm hopeful I will be the same since I despised GR2. On another note Ubi really are slackers when it comes to polishing games. Always something screwed up in them. Wonder if the game has the same crap UI.

  • BravoGolf #7 7 years ago

    Ghost Recon 2 (and Summit Stike) crashing, nothing new there.