Poll: Are games getting too big in file size?
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The THQ pack is rather big - Maaaybe a bad example; Anyway, it is true that file sizes are larger, but this is due to newer engines and such, but namely engines. You need look no further than Arma 1 and Arma 2 to see this shine.
In any case, it doesnt really matter. Unless you have a small HDD.
In any case, it doesnt really matter. Unless you have a small HDD.
What's with all these people saying the bigger the better?
also the reason games on PC are so big is because we have to have every model, map and texture in Low quality, Med Quality, and High Quality.
Console games are smaller because you can't customize their grapics settings. They figured out what they can handle and they set it specifically to that, While PC's don't really have a average and need to contain all versions so that all comps can run it.
also Braid was like 50mb and it topped most other games by a mile.
So how about instead we say, Big = More Graphix
Because we all know textures are bigger than coding script
also the reason games on PC are so big is because we have to have every model, map and texture in Low quality, Med Quality, and High Quality.
Console games are smaller because you can't customize their grapics settings. They figured out what they can handle and they set it specifically to that, While PC's don't really have a average and need to contain all versions so that all comps can run it.
also Braid was like 50mb and it topped most other games by a mile.
So how about instead we say, Big = More Graphix
Because we all know textures are bigger than coding script
Doesn't really phase me. I'm running low on my laptop but if it ever becomes an issue I'll just buy a TB external HD and call it a day.
Define "Too Big". If you want nice HD quality graphics then of course there is going to be a massive art and music section of any game which takes up most of the file sizes.
Though Dwarf Fortress<10MB and I have played that way more than any other game ever I think and it is more elaborate and rewarding than almost anything.
Though Dwarf Fortress<10MB and I have played that way more than any other game ever I think and it is more elaborate and rewarding than almost anything.
If I kept all my games installed all the time... well, I couldn't do that, not enough space in TWO computers. It's pretty simple for me, just uninstall anything I'm not playing at the time, then reinstall it when I want to play it again.
Yes, especially the small parts for which you need the C:\ drive even if you install it on another drive.
As long as those parts exist, they are too big.
As long as those parts exist, they are too big.
With Terabyte hard drives and such storage is not the problem for most people who are willing to spring for an external hard drive.
Newwer games require more data and compression is actually handling a lot of that.
Also, smaller games are coming back into vogue with handhelds, iphone(cell phone) and ipad titles, retro gaming, flash and browser based games and arcade titles. There are also games like FarmVille and the like that have small file size and low system requirements.
This, more than any other era in gaming, is a time when you are most likely to find whatever you want.
All of that being said, I do see your point (Storage for hardcore/hobbiest gamer is at a high demand and increasing as a function of time)but hopefully this response gives you some context in which to frame it.
Newwer games require more data and compression is actually handling a lot of that.
Also, smaller games are coming back into vogue with handhelds, iphone(cell phone) and ipad titles, retro gaming, flash and browser based games and arcade titles. There are also games like FarmVille and the like that have small file size and low system requirements.
This, more than any other era in gaming, is a time when you are most likely to find whatever you want.
All of that being said, I do see your point (Storage for hardcore/hobbiest gamer is at a high demand and increasing as a function of time)but hopefully this response gives you some context in which to frame it.
Dragon Age, with Awakening expansion, is 18gb big. There's, for some of the more completist players, about 140 hours of play there, not including the replays I mill most certainly be making. Seven and a half per gigabyte sounds good to me.
As a sound designer who is usually given the shortest possible end of the GB stick when making games....no. I'm glad they're as big as they are, it lets me make things sound as cool as possible without as much worry about then squeezing things down into 1.5 second mono 32 bit loops or something.
Plus, gigs are cheap these days. Tigerdirect is selling 1K drives for like $70 now.
Plus, gigs are cheap these days. Tigerdirect is selling 1K drives for like $70 now.
To be honest if they're making a game, and they're running out of space on the disk. They shouldn't cut out bits, just add another disk like they did with a few FFs and ME2.
So no. They're not getting too big, besides terabite hard drives are getting alot cheaper now. I've got one on this computer and it didn't cost too much.
So no. They're not getting too big, besides terabite hard drives are getting alot cheaper now. I've got one on this computer and it didn't cost too much.
Unfortunately, what most people here don't realise is that size does not lead to quality. No matter how high resolution their textures or large their poly count or the size of their maps, if a game is poorly made it is still a bad game. People, this is the old 'style over substance' argument, just in a different form.Keava said:
I realise that that's not what the OP was about, but everyone saying 'size matters', and
need to wake up and think a little.ShotgunSmoke said:
Case in point, Universe at War: Earth Assault is a crap game that weighs in at almost 5Gb. Half Life 2 is half that size, plays better and, IMO looks better. Bloated file sizes count for jack-shit if your content is crap and your art direction miserable.
