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Sword of the new world...big?
Lytr
Member Posts: 27
why is this game so big?
1G...
hmm.
most mmo's i play aren't even close to this size.
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The game contains a low quality version and a high quality version, so people with crappy computers are able to play better.
Yup, WoW is like a massive 8.76 gig
LOTRO is what 6.76 Gig
CoH/CoV is 2.37Gig
1gig is nothing (you can buy a 2gig flashdrive from play.com for £9.99)
For a modern game 1GB seems pretty small or typical nowadays... other game clients are huge.... WoW+TBC is like around 6-7GB, LOTRO is around 5-6GB, DDO is around 3-4GB. Not to mention Vanguard's 18 GB behemoth client (yes you read it right... eighteen gigabyte game client)...
The game is over 3 gigs actually.
A game between three and four gigs is not big by any current standard. Unless your comparing it to games with low end graphics and little content. I just deleted VG which was about 18 GB. Sword is a pretty big game with lots of content, so all that size is needed.
Seriously the only one i would complain about is Vanguard. Jesus that thing is huge. Why is it that big?
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they are as follows:
-WYD
none of these were all that large, large being 1G, all with the exception of Sword of the New World.
no laughing
they are as follows:
-WYD
none of these were all that large, large being 1G, all with the exception of Sword of the New World.
no laughing
With the exception of Guild Wars these are all cash shop games. What makes a game client large ? It's simple, the game resources such as 3D artworks, Textures, music and in some cases in-game movies and other animation and game area map files. Guild wars on the other hand uses streaming technology to download bits and pieces of the game areas and other resources on demand from the game servers while you play ... if you visited all the areas in GW you will notice your GW directory has a cache folder that is huge as it contain all the resource files that the game has previously downloaded and this can grow from small (a few hundred MB) to big (around 2GB).
Cash shop games on the other hand tend to keep their game client small because of the way they are marketed. Their game clients are downloaded usually from their website and smaller game clients cuts down the bandwidth cost.