User blog comment:Wiryawan310/Finally the long awaited patch to fix deformed Pets (Really?)!/@comment-3466295-20111215090146/@comment-26744861-20111216133343

EA butchered the game engine for Pets, causing graphics issues, lag and content incompatibility. The only way you can "try something new" is to create a new game to test the engine on. I'm almost ready to declare that 2011 is the year of developers not testing their products.