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I was interested in MW2 when they announced that they were bringing back some of the maps from the original MW2, but the file size of the game pretty much killed it for me. Not only does it take up more than 10% of my hard drive space, it requires more than 10% of my monthly data cap from ISP (gently caress data caps) just to download it, that’s just too much to justify for one game. I’ve been loving the compression on PS5 that makes the installs smaller than on PS4, but this sounds like a huge step backwards to me. I thought the modern consoles meant we were done with these gigantic file sizes.
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sounds like a terrible reason not to play the game OP
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Oct 26, 2022 16:54
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Pack up your PS5 and take it to your local library or Starbucks and download the game over their wifi. The downside is you will have to repeat this task any time they push out a big update. Good luck goon.
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Vikar Jerome posted:sick. Wonder if they'll cancel it again like last time around witcher 2 time lol. I'm the maniac who not only liked the isometric mode, I preferred it and I hope they have it as an option in the remake (They totally won't  )
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Oct 26, 2022 16:57
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how much of your data cap does playing online games take
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Casnorf posted:how much of your data cap does playing online games take all of it
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ThatWhiteGuy posted:I was interested in MW2 when they announced that they were bringing back some of the maps from the original MW2, but the file size of the game pretty much killed it for me. Not only does it take up more than 10% of my hard drive space, it requires more than 10% of my monthly data cap from ISP (gently caress data caps) just to download it, that’s just too much to justify for one game. It's not just compression, there's less redundant data in PS5 games. Since SSDs have no moving parts, there's thankfully no need to carefully arrange data or keep multiple copies to minimise how quickly it can be found. A disc or HDD can load data fairly quickly if it's all next to each other, but every time the head reading data needs to jump to a different place that seek time becomes the bottleneck. I still have no idea how the early GTA games managed to stream not just the city but also cars and pedestrians while also playing a radio. They had tricks like reusing the same car models with different paint jobs if it doesn't have time to load a brand new one.
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ThatWhiteGuy posted:I thought the modern consoles meant we were done with these gigantic file sizes. Lol no, now we just get 4k textures for everything to make up the difference
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Oct 26, 2022 17:37
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Casnorf posted:how much of your data cap does playing online games take Surprisingly little. But we do get close to our 1 TB cap with a family of people all using the internet over the course of the month. ISPs are lovely in my area, I only gave two options in my city and they both have data caps with fees for going over. It sucks but it’s not something I can control, and doubly sucks that some of these tentpole releases are so huge.
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Oct 26, 2022 17:46
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Vikar Jerome posted:sick. Wonder if they'll cancel it again like last time around witcher 2 time lol. Isometric mode was the better way to play The Witcher 1 considering the gameplay.
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Oct 26, 2022 17:52
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Witcher 1 was poopoo
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Witcher 1 was poopoo Turn your monitor on (Witcher 1 was clunky as hell but was good, come on QoP)
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Oct 26, 2022 18:18
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I found Witcher 1 pretty engrossing at the time - a weird, interesting world, morally grey world, and a fighting system that was just a touch more involved that isometric RPGs like Baldur's Gate or Neverwinter Nights were. Finished the game, did all the quests, quite enjoyed it. I would absolutely not play it again today though.
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Oct 26, 2022 18:19
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The main problem I had with it was the combat was mashy. The writing and world-building were real cool though.
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Oct 26, 2022 18:43
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I never played Witcher 1 or 2. Started with 3, which I loved and have played through multiple times. I'll probably play a UE5 remake of 1.
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Speaking of data caps, if you were hoping to save some downloading by getting Modern Warfare 2 on disc... https://twitter.com/DoesItPlay1/status/1585322748120748033?s=20&t=ApY7QHdFfgymrwIYdgBotQ
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Oct 26, 2022 18:55
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The ol box with a cdkey strikes again
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Lmao why even bother producing the discs at that point
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ThatWhiteGuy posted:Surprisingly little. But we do get close to our 1 TB cap with a family of people all using the internet over the course of the month. ISPs are lovely in my area, I only gave two options in my city and they both have data caps with fees for going over. It sucks but it’s not something I can control, and doubly sucks that some of these tentpole releases are so huge. Fair enough. I know a lot of online multiplayer is necessarily bandwidth-optimized but I really don't know how that compares to streaming a movie or something.
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The amount of data needed for an online game is actually quite low, far less than streaming a video from YouTube for the equivalent amount of time would be.ThatWhiteGuy posted:Lmao why even bother producing the discs at that point It's definitely absurd especially since I suspect the PS5 disc spec requires the disc to be a dual-layered 66 gig disc. The main advantage is that the game's license is still tied to the disc, so you can exchange it, sell it, whatever, which you can't do with a digital version of the game.
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Whatever data finds its way to a CoD disc is gonna get overwritten by a patch anyway, maybe on day 1. Given how CoD is basically a service game at this point, It's probably for the best to make the initial install small and get you to the download update prompt as quickly as possible.
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Oct 26, 2022 20:07
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Witcher 1 with Witcher 3 combat/gameplay sounds soooooo nice
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I really don't have a clue what I'm talking about but online gaming uses a tiny amount of data kinda like how old school quake replays were just a set of commands that played out the game state sorta like chess notation.
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JollyBoyJohn posted:I really don't have a clue what I'm talking about but online gaming uses a tiny amount of data kinda like how old school quake replays were just a set of commands that played out the game state sorta like chess notation. This is basically still how it works
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Can't wait for the PS14 where they finally start optimizing games down to only be 3TBs instead of 20 Exobytes.
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Cartridges should have won
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RareAcumen posted:Can't wait for the PS14 where they finally start optimizing games down to only be 3TBs instead of 20 Exobytes. Look, we need all those textures for proper 32K rendering
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Guillermus posted:Turn your monitor on They should replace the clunky combat with more Gwent.
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wasnt there a mod for witcher 3 which started a Gwent game any time you hit an enemy
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Feels Villeneuve posted:wasnt there a mod for witcher 3 which started a Gwent game any time you hit an enemy yes
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We've got a play for Playstation folks to play colla dooty mw2 together: https://discord.gg/hVEtN8Zy Just join our Playstation goon discord, scroll down to game discussions and join the call of duty mw2 thread.
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univbee posted:Speaking of data caps, if you were hoping to save some downloading by getting Modern Warfare 2 on disc...  acksplode posted:Whatever data finds its way to a CoD disc is gonna get overwritten by a patch anyway, maybe on day 1. Given how CoD is basically a service game at this point, It's probably for the best to make the initial install small and get you to the download update prompt as quickly as possible. I mean...they could at least stick the singleplayer on the disc.
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It is just nioh 2 Harry lollmao potter is the collection lol imagine adding that to your library lmfao https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1585292732964040704?t=HJCqYZxgY6eNWCHgBl9WEQ&s=19
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Vikar Jerome posted:Harry lollmao potter is the collection lol imagine adding that to your library lmfao it's a lego game so it's acceptable
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Vikar Jerome posted:It is just nioh 2 wrong collection imo. but i will play heavenly bodies.
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If I ain't never played no nioh before, is it ok to start with 2?
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Feels Villeneuve posted:wasnt there a mod for witcher 3 which started a Gwent game any time you hit an enemy Shandalar.....
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Augus posted:it's a lego game so it's acceptable It's a good one too!
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Vikar Jerome posted:It is just nioh 2 Lego games are overall fun to play, I don't see the problem. I will add them to my library.
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WHY BONER NOW posted:If I ain't never played no nioh before, is it ok to start with 2? yes, Nioh 2 is basically just a straight upgrade over Nioh 1 in every regard. there are a few story references to the first game but this isn't a game you play for the story
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