"Muzzled" getting terrible reviews in Amazon

[OMA]

A bunch of noobs with (probably) utterly shitty computers are giving the free "Muzzled" episode terrible 1 star reviews either because the game either doesn't work for them, runs very slow, or even can't figure out how to play...

http://www.amazon.com/Wallace-Gromit...DateDescending

Whatever their reason, those reviews are not giving the game very good publicity.

[BlankCanvasDJ]

Boy, I love when people blame a game just because they can't figure out how to play it

I added a five star. I think everyone else should do the same. Muzzled was the best of the W&G games and people really should give it a try on their own instead of listening to these idiots.

[SHODANFreeman]

I'm surprised these people managed to even find the website in the first place considering how utterly idiotic they appear to be.

[Rawr]

Originally Posted by Pale Man

I'm surprised these people managed to even find the website in the first place considering how utterly idiotic they appear to be.

They probably got linked to it by someone. Ofcourse since it's free they'd jump on it.

[Icedhope]

People on Amazon are somthing else...It's like they're ants if someone doesn't like, they all don't like, there are a few times though were I really have seen mixed reviews on somthing.

[ShaggE]

That is both hilarious and frightening.

Any time I see confusion beget anger, I can't help but picture a bunch of chimps trying to open a safe by slamming rocks against it and screeching. People like that are a pretty convincing case against both evolution *and* intelligent design.

[stupidmovie]

The problem spurs from three factors:

1. People love free things.

2. The majority of the American population own a computer with internet access.

3. The majority of these computers are technologically out of date, significantly enough so that a game like this, which scales fairly well, can't operate on them.

And, voila! 1 star review galore. Tragic, really... But it won't keep me from spreading this offer like wildfire!

[Armand1880]

This one is my favorite:
"It was hard for me to understand when and how to interact with the game. It is more of a cartoon with you interacting in some ways. It has very good graphics and a good story line, but I could not seem to understand how to progress in the story. It waits for you to do something however I had no idea what they wanted me to do. My grandsons would probably just keep clicking and moving around, but for me it is very confusing and irritating."

Read that again...
I could not seem to understand how to progress in the story...it waits for you to do something...

So that means, because you don't get the game, it deserves a 1 star?
I laughed hard when I read that one.

[Bobbin]

Originally Posted by Armand1880

it waits for you to do something...

So wait, isn't that pretty much any game ever?

This one was also pretty great:

"I downloaded this enormous file and installed it on my computer. It begins like a cartoon. I don't know how to play the game because after watching far too much pointless animation, it stops working. Don't bother with this junk."

466 MB is "enormous"? People really need to upgrade their computers.

[BlankCanvasDJ]

Originally Posted by Armand1880

This one is my favorite:
...it waits for you to do something...

I just...I can't even fathom that. The "something" that he needs to do is click his mouse. One button. He has to press one button. The only way the game could be simpler to play is if it ran on his thoughts. What on earth was he expecting?

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by stupidmovie

The problem spurs from three factors:

1. People love free things.

2. The majority of the American population own a computer with internet access.

3. The majority of these computers are technologically out of date, significantly enough so that a game like this, which scales fairly well, can't operate on them.

And, voila! 1 star review galore. Tragic, really... But it won't keep me from spreading this offer like wildfire!

Hey you just described my computer,only difference is I know it probably is my comps fault which is why I thank telltale for releasing sam and max, strong bad, and monkey island on wiiware wallace and gromit I won't get but at least don't need my crappy comp if I descide to buy them. Although I think I'm getting a laptop for Christmas so that might help

[Shwoo]

Originally Posted by Bobbin

466 MB is "enormous"?

Yes. Especially when you're on a download limit.

Not that that excuses giving a game a bad review because your computer can't run it.

[St. Louis]

I've downloaded 'Muzzled' also and it just wont work.
And it is not because my pc is outdated or that I am a fool. I'm working with win7.
I tried to run it as an administrator, I've put it in windows xp mode and I even used taskmanager=> affinity=>disabled one core. Nothing works. It just keeps crashing.

So yes, it deserves only 1 star. What kind of publicity is this? I was thinking about purchasing TOMI, but after this happening, I will not risk it.

[SHODANFreeman]

Originally Posted by St. Louis

I've downloaded 'Muzzled' also and it just wont work.
And it is not because my pc is outdated or that I am a fool. I'm working with win7.
I tried to run it as an administrator, I've put it in windows xp mode and I even used taskmanager=> affinity=>disabled one core. Nothing works. It just keeps crashing.

So yes, it deserves only 1 star. What kind of publicity is this? I was thinking about purchasing TOMI, but after this happening, I will not risk it.

Yeah, because there's DEFINITELY no way that contacting their customer support or even just reading the support forums could ever possibly help you get it running, and it definitely has nothing to do with the fact that Windows 7 just came out and may have problems with even recent software.

[roberttitus]

Well if they would just change the graphics quality it would run perfectly....
I mean that is why the option is there... so that people with less powerful computers can play the game without flaws too. I wouldn't get to upset over it though. One man's opinion means jack shit in the greater scheme of things.

[St. Louis]

Yeah, because there's DEFINITELY no way that contacting their customer support or even just reading the support forums could ever possibly help you get it running, and it definitely has nothing to do with the fact that Windows 7 just came out and may have problems with even recent software.

No, when you sell something then it is supposed to work properly. I have other games that were created before win7 (and even vista) excisted, and they work just fine.

So, if you are so smart then tell me what I should do to get it up and running (and don't say update dx, because it's already updated).

[Mike Haley]

Originally Posted by St. Louis

No, when you sell something then it is supposed to work properly. I have other games that were created before win7 (and even vista) excisted, and they work just fine.

So, if you are so smart then tell me what I should do to get it up and running (and don't say update dx, because it's already updated).

Most companies do not test their games on every hardware/software combination known to man, so there are bound to be problems on certain setups. That is what costumer support is for.

I cannot help you as far as Windows 7 is concerned, as I am still using Windows Vista (and running every Telltale game just fine, I might add), but there is a forum post dedicated to just this sort of thing.

http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/...ad.php?t=12987

As far as I know, Telltale does not officially support Windows 7 yet. It did just release to retail last month, after all. However, no matter what version of DirectX you may have installed on your computer, you should always let the Telltale installer update it, anyway. You could be missing a stray DirectX 9 component (which does NOT ship with Windows 7), and not even know it.

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by St. Louis

I've downloaded 'Muzzled' also and it just wont work.
And it is not because my pc is outdated or that I am a fool. I'm working with win7.
I tried to run it as an administrator, I've put it in windows xp mode and I even used taskmanager=> affinity=>disabled one core. Nothing works. It just keeps crashing.

So yes, it deserves only 1 star. What kind of publicity is this? I was thinking about purchasing TOMI, but after this happening, I will not risk it.

My computer is worst than Windows 7 and it runs Wallace and Gromit perfectly now so I give it 5 stars.

[floweroftheforest]

I downloaded it and played it without any problems on xp.
I thought it was a really nice touch from telltale to give a free episode away so even if my computer couldn't handle it I would feel a bit of a moron for complaining about it.
So thanks guys!

[Hollow Man]

I have Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Sam and Max Season One Retail CD, Strong Bad, and Wallace & Gromit all run perfectly fine with no crashes (I also bought Sam & Max Season 2 last week, but haven't tried it yet). So it is not simply, "It crashes under Windows 7."

But without more information on your PC, no one can help you determine what the possible problems might be. But some guidelines to help you can be found here.

-HM