Hey everyone — we’re currently tracking an issue where, on some specific 360 storage devices, the fast moving portions of the game can’t quite keep up. This makes one sequence especially difficult as you’re getting chased by a boulder. We’re trying to reproduce the issue here, but to be perfectly clear, even if we had a patch done today, it would still take weeks for it to go through Microsoft approvals to actually go public. This is one of the curses of being an independent developer on consoles, but that discussion is for another day.
The best thing you can do to resolve this problem is to install Shank 2 onto a USB stick — a few users have reported that this resolves their problem completely. I’ve been racking my head trying to find more workarounds. One thing I’ve done is create a video to show you the exact jumps and timing so you can get through it without the textures. Another alternative is to press pause mid jump to allow the game to catch up. The chase lasts around 15 seconds if you can get through it, and is definitely the most problematic portion of the game.
Again, we apologize that this issue is occurring! Thanks so much for supporting our game, and I really appreciate the patience the community has shown. You guys rock.
Thanks for the quick response! Keep up the amazing work. Shank 2 kicks so much ass.
on my hard run i’m past Corina’s part. I didn’t experience any lag with the boulder. but Roselle kicked my ass so hard.
i would like to report some sort of other bug i saw. here is a youtube video of it. please tell me if its a bug or my console is getting overheating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBOlBialEj4
I wasn’t affected too badly by the streaming problem, just a few missing textures for a second or two but nothing serious, so I’m not here asking for a speedy resolution.
What I’m here for is to congratulate you for giving me the chance to play one of the best (if not the best) 2D brawlers in my 25 years of gaming. I loved the first Shank even with its flaws, but this one is better in every single way.
This is an amazing game and I hope your hard work gets recognized, you really deserve it.
Thank you! We put a ton of work into this and to have it appreciated is hugely appreciated.
@Youssif
i have the same problem in this level (cargo, level 6). lot of laggs.
I’ve noticed this lag issue, but I have to say it’s most prevalent in Survival Mode above levels 13. The lag (or more accurately ‘catch-up’ frames) can destroy jumping (mid-jump-cancel), terminate an evade mid-long-range weapon sequence and wreck the ability to evade from a recover sequence (enemies can re-attack mid-recover, no grace period i.e. the midgets).
Is this the same experience for anyone else? It’s made my Survival experience a very negative experience.
Wonderful game otherwise.
Excellent!