There's a timer? I have never noticed it. I absolutely HATE the decryption/bypass/recover routine in ME1. I much prefer the hack/bypass in ME2. It is one of the nuisances in ME1 that really pushes me to not play the game. I'd rather create one Male and one Female Shepard and then play and replay ME2 and ME3. That along with elevators ...
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PC gamers have more luck. On PC the decryption game is a 360 degrees version of Frogger.
But anyway, did you install the game to the hard drive?
Is it also possible that the speed is determined by your decryption skill? I never played it on consoles, so I'm not really sure how this minigame works.
HI all,
I just downloaded ME1 for PS3 from the PS store, and am having the same problem with the first and second decryption minigame right at the start of the game on Eden Prime. I don't even get a chance to press the appropriate button before it tells me "Overide failed". This definitely seems like a bug, I've tried it with multiple controllers multiple times, with the same results. I don't think it's a decryption skill level problem as I've got Kaidan pretty much focussing on this skill and not much else. I've played ME2 and ME3 both on PS3, looking forward to playing ME1, but at the moment the game is unplayable. Not sure if this is a problem with the disc version or just on the downloaded version, I don't want to have to buy the Trilogy pack as I already own 2 and 3. Hopefully more people have the same problem and we can get a fix.🙂
It is not bugged, just a bit unclear what you're supposed to do - different buttons will highlight and you have to push them within a second interval. It is hard to figure that out because yeah the first couple of times you're like huh and it fails immediately. Definitely not bugged, the mechanism works fine, and imho is better than the device they use at least on the PC (which would have been way too difficult on a console pad in any case). Happy gaming!
I've got the same issue on the PS3 version. While admittedly I don't have the reflexes of a 13 year old, I think I'm pressing the buttons pretty fast (well within a second) and I've yet to succeed at one of these. Most of the time I fail at the first key press; once I got the first two in time but then failed on the third.
I suspect there is indeed a bug here.
