Frontlines: Fuel of War publisher THQ released a patch immediately after the game  was released for the Xbox 360. The patch is said to fix a number of small problems, but the major update is the change of the ‘Suck’ switch. Project lead Kip Dalton stated, ‘We made a huge boo boo. When we released the demo, we still had the game set to ‘Suck’ mode. This mode allows us to track the negative reactions of testers by changing fundamental factors to make the game really, really bad. For example, the character models in Suck mode are uninspired and poorly animated. The game play is stilted and lifeless. Even shooting the weapons is bland, inaccurate, and wholly unfulfilling. Exactly the ingredients of a piece of crap game. ‘Somewhere along the line, the switch in the code was not turned off and the game shipped to stores completely sucking. ‘

‘But as soon as they play the game, it will connect to Xbox Live and auto update. So hopefully, gamers will never have to experience the full turd of a game Frontlines: Fuel of War could be.’ When asked if the patch could be applied to the demo, he replied ‘No, the demo still sucks’.

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