bully patch imminent

well hear it here first (or second if you frequent the site rockstar watch)...

the much lauded and completely real issues with the 360 version of bully, the scholarship edition, are nearly over.

the patch, that rockstar exec sam houser said would take a week (from last friday) is completed and just awaiting go ahead from microsoft QA.

while this news comes third hand, via a nameless rockstar contact that rockstar watch contacted, it's definitely good news.

the issues left the game virtually unplayable for some, with huge framerate issues and worse, freezing problems.

for some it just meant being a little more careful and saving every couple of missions so as not to lose a couple hours of work. for others, what is stated as a problem with the rockstar team developing on newer xbox hardware, not even entire missions are playable before freezing occurs.

the really scary thing is that it seems so random. this is almost as bad as the smash bros. crashes, except that nintendo leapt right up and told everyone to send their consoles away for 'cleaning' and would get them back within a week.

for bully 360 owners, i sincerely hope this patch is as good as they say it is.

but jeez, between guitar hero iii for wii, smash bros. and bully, it's seeming more and more dicey to buy a new game at launch.

sad sad sad,

JD