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The only indication the game has any multiplayer at all is Steam's own feature list hidden to the lower right of the page that simply lists: "Multiplayer."
#NARUTO ULTIMATE NINJA STORM 4 ONLINE BATTLES DISCONECTING PATCH#
However, the patch does nothing to fix the unplayable nature of the online multiplayer - it only seems to have any effect on issues with the game's matchmaking, which means you can now get into a game you can't play quicker and more reliably than ever!įor the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 releases, one of the major bullet points on the case back is "Online Battle, Tournaments, World Rankings & More!" The Steam Store page for the game no longer even mentions any online features. It took Bandai/Namco 2 months to acknowledge that there was any issue with their game, and slightly longer to roll out a stop-gap patch. Out of a little over 400 online matches, I've been able to finish about 110, and out of those 110, maybe 60 to 70 played smoothly and without constant de-syncing. This is really embarrassing in the first place, considering Namco/Bandai had this game out for half a year on platforms that have well detailed online systems that worked as intended, and doubly so considering this is a port to the PC, where connectivity should only be, if anything, even easier to implement and squeeze more performance out of.Ĭonsidering I bought this game intending to enjoy it with friends online, I've essentially purchased a product that fails the majority of the time and, but that I have no chance of returning. Now, how does that make any sense? How is it the matches that seem to work perfectly are the ones that unexpectedly crap out and can't be finished, and the matches that are nearly unplayable are the ones that always keep chugging and hang on until the extremely bitter end? Ending the match." pop-up about a minute to a minute and a half into the game. On the rare occasion that you get into a match that plays smoothly, 95 out of 100 times there will be a "Transmission Error. All the on-again-off-again connectivity means that lots of button inputs get lost in the cracks, so to speak, and it's essentially impossible to play the game as intended because literally half the time your character will simply ignore controller inputs. The game plays as a stuttering mess with a "Transmitting." box coming up every couple of seconds and completely pausing the action.