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Whitesnake
Banned
It can probably easily fit on one disc, they just don't want to do any sort of compression or optimization because I guess western devs don't know how to do those things anymore.
GermanZepp
Gold Member
says random dude in the internet
Digity
Member
Riiiiiight lol.
belteshazzar
Member
I really wish they had continued to do it this way like they did back in the day for OG PS or even GCN. It always felt like you were getting this MASSIVE game, and it was cool. I think it also incentivized some laziness from devs because they had now SO much space that they didn't have to worry too much about compressing anything. This problem is magnified today with the advent of the internet: we don't have to finish the game before putting it in the disc, we have access to virtually unlimited storage space (within reason) since the game is now being store in a hard drive, etc. Also, they see this as a cost saving measure, since they do not have to put a second disc in the box. Pretty sad for physical collectors such as myself, because the game that is on the disc or cartridge sometimes its completely worthless or completely inferior without the patches. So, it's kinda cool to hear that this game will use two discs... maybe it won't be completely broken when it launches.
Saber
Gold Member
Shifty
Member
Who could be a computer science savant for all you know. Wind your neck in.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
So far the previews said there was no sandbox. They speculated that areas were twice as big as the first.
I guess we'll see. But you might be right.
How long is the longest modern ND game? 15-18 hrs?
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I've got no idea. I'm just excited for possibility of a real long story, but wondering if the double discs are just for pre-rendered stuff.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
I'd be pleasantly surprised if it's even 40 hours.
But maybe they will do something surprising. RDR2 was pretty long.
S
SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Shifty
Member
Is that a MOTHERFUCKING JOJO REFERENCE? that i don't get because i'm behind on my JoJo
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Is that a MOTHERFUCKING JOJO REFERENCE? that i don't get because i'm behind on my JoJo
Whitesnake
is Pucci's stand and he a gay preacher that makes people job.
MiyazakiHatesKojima
Banned
Red Dead Redemption 2 did it first.
Psykodad
Banned
What difference would it make since you have to install the disc anyway?
Whitesnake
Banned
"Random dude on the internet" is still more trustworthy than "dude who is paid to spin this news positively" lol
bucyou
Member
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
We can assume they will opt for UHD disc transitions.
Fake
Member
Not confirmed?
Insane Metal
Member
Username duh
Fake
Member
Christ. That bait.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
BDXL holds 128GB
Sony launches quad-layer 128GB Blu-ray discs
After years of development, Sony's new 128GB capacity BDXL discs are ready for shipment.
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Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
BDXL holds 128GB
Sony launches quad-layer 128GB Blu-ray discs
After years of development, Sony's new 128GB capacity BDXL discs are ready for shipment.
Aw snap son.
Saber
Gold Member
I keep telling that to my brother lol
Keihart
Member
Revolutionary
Member
All this means is that there are a sizeable amount of prerendered cutscenes in the game. Which is a shame considering how much they were lauded for their move to real-time cutscenes in Uncharted 4.
Keihart
Member
You think? i don't honestly. Why would they with the LOD changes they can do in real time since U4.
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Saber
Gold Member
Except that you still waste gigs of instalation with day one patchs even if you install the disc?
Not sure what point you're trying to make.
Revolutionary
Member
I mean, what else is eating up so much space? Textures and sound take up a sizeable portion, but enough to require two Blu-Ray discs?
But hey, I may be wrong - I haven't actually kept up with the coverage (quasi-media blackout) so I haven't seen how much is realtime or not.
Keihart
Member
I don't really why the game is so big, but something new about sound, there seem to be voice clips for every human enemies. They are now able to call their friends by name and yell specifics things about the situation according to one of the devs in a recent video.
Yoboman
Gold Member
Naughty Dog seem to be holding a lot of cards really close to their chest here, for what we’ve seen just indicates what you might anticipate from a current gen upgrade to TLOU. Better animation, visuals, bigger levels, some greater scope audio and visual attention to detail
Pretty standard updating for an ND project. They managed all that on UC4 which was 20-30 hours and also had multiplayer and was crammed with polish and Easter eggs
So what is it requiring this to
1) be their longest dev cycle ever
2) claim it’s their most ambitious game ever
3) force them to cut multiplayer to focus purely on the campaign
4) be on 2 BR discs
I’m more interested in what they aren’t telling us right now than what they are showing. Like what does a 25 hour SP only game need that for? It made sense in RDR2 considering the scale and detail
Seems like a bit of the Gears 5 / GOW treatment where we didn’t really know what it was until launch
But I’m also highly skeptical if they decide to go open world. I’m honestly craving a bit of linearity in my SP campaigns with nearly everything being open word these days
Pretty standard updating for an ND project. They managed all that on UC4 which was 20-30 hours and also had multiplayer and was crammed with polish and Easter eggs
So what is it requiring this to
1) be their longest dev cycle ever
2) claim it’s their most ambitious game ever
3) force them to cut multiplayer to focus purely on the campaign
4) be on 2 BR discs
I’m more interested in what they aren’t telling us right now than what they are showing. Like what does a 25 hour SP only game need that for? It made sense in RDR2 considering the scale and detail
Seems like a bit of the Gears 5 / GOW treatment where we didn’t really know what it was until launch
But I’m also highly skeptical if they decide to go open world. I’m honestly craving a bit of linearity in my SP campaigns with nearly everything being open word these days
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
For Naughty Dog yes absolutely. For Sony first party its totally possible. On PS4, much less of all time? Heh naw.
Vawn
Banned
Lol, I don't think you'd be doing that. You'll install the game first, like in RDR2.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Games this gen don’t play off the discs. They install fully on the HD/SSD just like digital. The disc is just a DRM to read the executable so they know you still have the game physically.
On two disks, one just stays in the box and the other is used as the executable read.
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
Good they didn't cheap out and make people download half the game. If I buy a physical version of a game I expect the disc to be fully playable from beginning to end without any patches.
Romulus
Member
This makes sense because nearly every western game this gen is on multiple blurays.
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Winter John
Member
Yup. Now that the media push has begun there will be endless, pointless threads about every aspect of it until 2 weeks after release. It will be unbearable.