[nosmokingbandit]

Originally Posted by SenorPickle I've been having random freezes as well. It occurs consistently a moment after a battle concludes. The final hit lands and the screen/sound freezes and the PS3 hard locks. First-gen slim, Rogero 2.05, Latest (Not very) Stealth Multiman, stored on Internal. Most of the posts I've seen in non-scene forums attribute it to BS like a scratched disc or a failing bluray drive and that doesn't apply to me. One suggestion I've seen is to try copying it from usb to internal because something might get screwed up in the transfer over. Also, I had been extracting using WinRar with no issues, but when I extracted using 7Zip it gives me an error: "Data error in 'BLES01555-[Ni No Kuni]\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\bd03.adat'. File is broken". I rechecked the files and they are all complete so I don't know what is up with that.

Same here. Twice on me today, immediately after Mitey lands the final blow.

I'm running it off my external hdd with Rogero 4.30 and the latest Multi-man on a Fat ps3 (i'm not even sure what model). I have BLES01555 as well. When I obtained my copy it was not compressed, so a corrupted file shouldn't be a problem.

I have to hold the power button down until the ps3 turns off; I can't get to the xmb or anything.

I expect a patch from Level5 soon. People running the game off of blu-ray on stock firmware are having similar issues.

[AsimLeonheart]

Freezes over here as well. It was running fine but then suddenly started freezing after every fight. It has frozen three consecutive times now. Transferred the game to internal HDD via usb and running on Rebug Rex 4.21.1

[Fratgiolo]

Originally Posted by Lollercake101 I'm not too sure about that, I've read of people having freezes with the legit game as well... I'll have to wait until my copy arrives on the 1st of February (EU release date) to confirm though.

I wouldn't be too sure about the fact they're running a legit copy! If they were running a LEGIT COPY it would be the same as the guys who wrote the review for the game. Not a single review tells about crashes\freezes in the game and that's pretty strange.

[SenorPickle]

Sure is frustrating seeing this topic brought up on other forums. Searching around you will find the following responses, please ignore them:

"It's your PS3"

- Uh, no it's not. We know why the source isn't a scratched disc or a dying bluray drive for obvious reasons.

"Games never freeze, it's usually the system that messes up"

-This is all sorts of ridiculous. Tell that to anyone who has ever worked QA or Cert.

"I don't know what you're talking about it works fine for me"

-So it works for some people, great. Unfortunately some people aren't even far enough in the game to battle, so how would they know.

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I find it hard to discern if people who have the legit disc are experiencing this problem. You aren't going to see people in the Namco forums complaining that their CFW isn't running Ni No Kuni right. I also haven't seen *that* many posts about it. If it truly was a widespread issue you'd think there would be a little more press about the game being broken. Like the initial save bug issue, I read about that immediately.

Speaking of the save bug issue...Since some people are posing that may be related lets find out. Personally I interpreted the save bug as not wanting to save during the wand mission. I saved once or twice before that mission, then started saving again after I reached the castle and started the first quest. How about the rest of you?

[Fratgiolo]

Originally Posted by SenorPickle Sure is frustrating seeing this topic brought up on other forums. Searching around you will find the following responses, please ignore them: "It's your PS3" - Uh, no it's not. We know why the source isn't a scratched disc or a dying bluray drive for obvious reasons. "Games never freeze, it's usually the system that messes up" -This is all sorts of ridiculous. Tell that to anyone who has ever worked QA or Cert. "I don't know what you're talking about it works fine for me" -So it works for some people, great. Unfortunately some people aren't even far enough in the game to battle, so how would they know. --- I find it hard to discern if people who have the legit disc are experiencing this problem. You aren't going to see people in the Namco forums complaining that their CFW isn't running Ni No Kuni right. I also haven't seen *that* many posts about it. If it truly was a widespread issue you'd think there would be a little more press about the game being broken. Like the initial save bug issue, I read about that immediately. Speaking of the save bug issue...Since some people are posing that may be related lets find out. Personally I interpreted the save bug as not wanting to save during the wand mission. I saved once or twice before that mission, then started saving again after I reached the castle and started the first quest. How about the rest of you?

In fact it's 95% a release problem.

I both tried saving and not saving before the wand quest and the freeze occurs anyway. Also i don't think the wand quest causes the save to be corrupted, as far as i read the save is destroyed ( so it actually disappears ). We need duplex to know about this problem so maybe they could help us to figure out if it's about their release or not

[SenorPickle]

Originally Posted by Fratgiolo In fact it's 95% a release problem. I both tried saving and not saving before the wand quest and the freeze occurs anyway. Also i don't think the wand quest causes the save to be corrupted , as far as i read the save is destroyed ( so it actually disappears ). We need duplex to know about this problem so maybe they could help us figure out if it's about their release or not

Duplex has been pretty solid so far, so I don't know if it's their release that's the problem.

On the other hand that error I'm getting with 7Zip makes me a little skeptical.

[UncleanOne]

Maybe the duplex release is the problem? I bought a legit copy of ni no kuni yesterday and so far no freezes, or maybe im just lucky.

[SenorPickle]

Are you using a CFW?

[snkysnake02]

4.30 rebug here, game runs smooth as hell im 2-3 hrs into it ^_^ only issue is in overworld, after a fight it lags going back to running around ( takes about 30secs-60secs to get back to overworld from fight. Ehh no biggie though as this game is by far the best RPG I have played so far on Ps3 and Im a huge RPG fan ^_^

JRPG for the win ^_^

Was going to get this until I saw it has turn based fighting

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I wonder if the lock up issues are happening cause those people are runing it discless?

[klown07]

Freezing for me as well, very annoying. Occurs randomly. Duplex version, Rogero CFW 4.30 v2.03 with latest MM. I have the game internally installed. Amazing game, awesome and gorgeous art style, just like a real life cartoon movie from ghibli. Excellent soundtrack. Funny characters and dialogue. Just..the darn freezing >.<