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    game installation, hdd requirement

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by kal360, Jan 20, 2009.

  1. kal360

    kal360 Notebook Consultant

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    is there any reason why games these days require 10gb + on hard drives?
    is it simply higher res textures, larger game engines and audio?
    i mean i was shocked when i installed UT3 which required 10gb
    but then crysis only took half the space, while fear 2 will take up 12gb ( going by requirements)

    any thoughts ?
     
    kal360, Jan 20, 2009
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  2. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    More textures, higher res textures, bigger level, larger game engine, more physics, more realism, more audio, more lights, more levels, more characters, etc. In short, more stuff.
     
    crash, Jan 20, 2009
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  3. potentv

    potentv Notebook Evangelist

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    well, I have seen that sacred 2 takes 20GB with the high res pack...
    I think Age of Conan was 30GB, I havent heard anything about this game for a long time though...
    I think a lot of it depends on the kind of the scenes you play in, Crysis doesnt have a lot different terrains so they can reproduce a lot of the same textures. But games like the others will have a lot of different terrains all with different textures, less opportunity to reproduce those same textures
     
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  4. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    yep. Age of Conan needs like 30Gb if i remember correctly.
     
    whizzo, Jan 20, 2009
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  5. kal360

    kal360 Notebook Consultant

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    woah 30gb wow , so i guess its just more of every thing at higher resoluton then
     
    kal360, Jan 20, 2009
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  6. HerrKaputt

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    Cutscenes also take a lot of space. I remember cutting the size of some games into half just by replacing the cutscenes with very short ones. If file format is a problem, just take the shortest cutscene from the game's files (check the one with smallest size) and copy it into the place of all others. That will probably save around 20% of the game's space. 20% of 30 GB = 6 GB, so it isn't just peanuts.
     
    HerrKaputt, Jan 20, 2009
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