Mass Effect 2 Destroying Save Files on the PS3

Logan Westbrook

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Mass Effect 2 Destroying Save Files on the PS3

BioWare's epic sci-fi RPG has rather a nasty bug that not only crashes your PS3, but kills your character at the same time.

Mass Effect 2 [http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Effect-3-Playstation/dp/B004FYJFNA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1296045334&sr=8-2] is all about protecting the galaxy from hostile aliens, but some PS3 owners are finding that the galaxy doesn't want to be protected, and is sabotaging their efforts by corrupting their save files. Players have reported losing as many as forty hours of gameplay in the blink of an eye.

According to posters on the BioWare forums [http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/292/index/5776049/4], the game will lock up, forcing the player to reset his or her PS3. When the player goes back to the game, the save files are worthless. What's more, saving in a different file each time doesn't seem to help, as the crashes corrupt all data for that particular character. BioWare's community manager, Chris Priestly, acknowledged the problem, and said that it was being investigated. Mass Effect 2 producer, Jesse Houston, asked anyone affected by the bug to let BioWare know where in the game the problem occurred, how many levels had been played beforehand, and how long the game had been running before it crashed.

If you're concerned about this happening to you, then you might want to backup your saves on a USB memory stick. Forum posters have confirmed that USB backups work, even if your save data for the character has become corrupt. Obviously, it isn't an ideal solution, but it means you won't lose everything if the save on your hard drive is ruined. Details on how to back up files on the PS3 can be found here [http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/backuputility.html].

Source: CVG [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/285431/news/mass-effect-2-ps3-corrupting-save-files/?attr=CVG-News-RSS]


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LavaLampBamboo

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Christ, it's a bit of a tough time to be a PS3 owner... I feel sorry for anyone who has had to deal with this.

Dya think it might be a result of the ME3 engine? Hopefully they'll work the kinks out of it...
 

TilMorrow

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Flying Dagger said:
Personally, I blame the reapers.
That or Shepard is trying to get out the message that he only works for the Xbox 360 and PC.
 

RoyalWelsh

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Oh god, I hope this doesn't happen to me. If it does i'm going to be so peeved off. ¬.¬
 

SonicWaffle

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Nile McMorrow said:
Flying Dagger said:
Personally, I blame the reapers.
That or Shepard is trying to get out the message that he only works for the Xbox 360 and PC.
"I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my least favourite console on the Citadel!"
 

theonlyblaze2

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I think this might have been purposely put in by Bioware to show that EA shouldn't be allowed to tell them what to do with one of their biggest franchises.
 

D_987

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LavaLampBamboo said:
Dya think it might be a result of the ME3 engine?
No. The "Mass Effect 3 engine", from my understanding, is just a slightly upgraded version of the Unreal engine...the press really have people fooled by that statement - it's not a new engine at all - it's just a new version of Unreal...
 

jono793

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Interesting. I was personally able to play through the entire game without incident. At one point the graphics engine crapped itself and displayed the lighting effects map throughout the normandy. A simple reset and there was no problem.
 

Burck

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Flying Dagger said:
Personally, I blame the reapers.
Ah yes,*finger quotes* reapers *finger quotes*.
The immortal race of senitient machines allegedly waiting in dark space.

We have dismissed that claim...
How about this one though? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCQGQ5qBQTA] Sorry, I have nothing against PS3 owners but.... yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
 

zmanu

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I hate to suspect victims, but... any chance the players affected by this were running 'backup' copies of the game?
 

BabyRaptor

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Must suck to own a PS3 right about now. Ya'll have had more than a few kicks to the jewels lately.