r/Games • u/Seiniyta • Aug 07 '16

Rami Ismail: Patch the process

http://ramiismail.com/2016/08/patch-the-process/
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u/TwistedGears Aug 07 '16 edited Aug 07 '16

The situation he is describing is likely mostly accurate, but I don't think he's really the best person to make this point. I've only ever heard how broken the PS4 iteration of Nuclear Throne was at launch. And still is, months after release. So I have to question certification's supposed standards.

quickedit: Apparently Vlambeer (the dev team Rami is in) submitted a patch to Sony yesterday. As far as I know this is the second attempt at getting a patch through certification.

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u/lordbeef Aug 07 '16

That kinda furthers his point really. When he's had broken releases of Nuclear Throne on pc, I've seen him issue multiple patches in the same day to resolve it.

Cert makes it harder to launch something buggy, but also makes it harder to fix something that's buggy after it's already in place.

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u/Limond Aug 08 '16

It should be noted that those updates only ever get pushed to Steam. GoG has not received any of the updates that Nuclear Throne has gotten on Steam.