I was hoping to have a good review of this game. I popped it in, and the game showed up in my library. Then something else popped up; a humongous nearly 18GB update. I decided not to wait that long and just do the review… but it freezes. I can’t get back into the menu (the Playstation button). I had to reach in the back and unplug it, just to gain access.
After going through some “You didn’t shut down the PS4 correctly. We will now force you to wait as we do really long scans” screens, I was forced to wait for the 3 hour update to download.
When it finally did, I tried again; thinking surely the game will work. … It freezes up AGAIN. Yet this time I was able to go back to the menu. A bit later, a window pops up saying how it cannot read the disc; saying it’s damaged and/or scratched.
Gamefly didn’t even bother checking to see if the game would work on their end. So I reported the issue to them, saying I want a replacement (instead of “Fuck it! Just give me the next game…”).
I also sent an email to Gamefly (they have a chat support, but it closes at 6pm EST). I told them what happened. I also tried to clean the disc with a piece of toilet paper. I feel I made it worse by doing that, though. :/
I’ve also sealed up the faulty disc, as instructed by them. It’ll go out with the mail tomorrow. Also tomorrow, I’ll be reviewing the second free PS+ game for the PS4. I told them to send a replacement. If this is also damaged… I might consider removing my Gamefly subscription. Second game I get from them and I’m already having problems, and it’s not even the 16th yet (when my free trial ends).
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EDIT: A replacement copy is on its way in three days from now (December 8th, when it was shipped). They also responded to my email. Though I don’t particularly like their fake, generated response (claiming “we know your game time is important”… who are you bullshitting?), they also told me “we check every game, but it looks like that one slipped by”.. the same exact excuse I knew I was going to get.
But I shouldn’t bash them too much. This only happened once. Though I would like to know how frequently it happens.
Also, I wish it didn’t take so damn long to get to me. Netflix, I got the movie a day after it shipped! Why can’t they do that?! What’s even more ironic, is they have this “FastReturns” thing for certain games, where they will give you your next game quicker after you send back your last one(which was the first game I sent back). Yet I still had to wait three days to get it.. only for the CD to not work!