RAGE on console, 360 it is then..

Yungstar 2006 · 7 Aug 2011 at 15:58

3 disks and 21 to 22gig install on 360

5 things to know about RAGE

Kreeeee · 7 Aug 2011 at 16:11

Yungstar 2006 said:
3 disks and 21 to 22gig install on 360

5 things to know about RAGE

You should link to the first page of that article: http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/rage/p.../a-20110801164525543050/g-2007080612136668042

ic1male · 7 Aug 2011 at 19:12

LOL, not sure I CBA to do that. PS3 version on 1 Blu-ray methinks.

Frapple · 7 Aug 2011 at 20:45

ic1male said:
LOL, not sure I CBA to do that. PS3 version on 1 Blu-ray methinks.

You'll have a much better experience if you can install it to a hard drive.

Listen to some of the things John Carmack has been saying about the way the engine is designed, bluray read speed sounds like a pretty big issue!

Can you install games to the PS3 HDD yet?

ic1male · 7 Aug 2011 at 20:47

Frapple said:
Can you install games to the PS3 HDD yet?

Only on rare occasions when the developer allows it. Most of the time you get a partial, mandatory install.

TBH, it was a bit tongue in cheek, my comment. I will probably get it on 360 to install to the HDD.

Tom84 · 7 Aug 2011 at 21:40

Where does it say in the linked article that this comes on 3 discs? :confused:

ic1male · 7 Aug 2011 at 21:54

Tom84 said:
Where does it say in the linked article that this comes on 3 discs?

Carmack mentions in his Quakecon talk -

Blu-ray has worse latency than DVD: "It'll be nice when we don't have that physical element we don't have to be working around or scheduling around."

and

Installing Rage on Xbox 360's hard drive will take 21-22GB of disc space.

So the 360 version with 8.5GB discs needs at least three for 21GB of data.

Limenote · 7 Aug 2011 at 22:37

john carmack is a very clever man indeed.

Shamikebab · 7 Aug 2011 at 23:12

Sounds like PC for me.

SoapSurgeon · 8 Aug 2011 at 09:43

ic1male said:
So the 360 version with 8.5GB discs needs at least three for 21GB of data.

Assuming the content is not compressed on the discs?

ic1male · 8 Aug 2011 at 09:46

SoapSurgeon said:
Assuming the content is not compressed on the discs?

Hmm, I've never known this to be the case though previously. When you install game data from the 360's DVDs, it's never more than 6.8GB per disc.

SoapSurgeon · 8 Aug 2011 at 09:56

Yeah, now you mention it...

Yungstar 2006 · 8 Aug 2011 at 18:59

ic1male said:
Hmm, I've never known this to be the case though previously. When you install game data from the 360's DVDs, it's never more than 6.8GB per disc.

watch the quakecon vid above, he goes into detail about compression amongst other things.

ic1male · 1 Oct 2011 at 18:43

Not a lot of buzz for this game in here! Only one week to go and no-one's been asking where to pre-order, cheapest price, etc.

MOOGLEYS · 1 Oct 2011 at 19:52

I have it ordered for 360. Looking forward to it..

DBT85 · 1 Oct 2011 at 20:17

I'm not interested in the game (don't really do shooters) but I'm sure i saw something the other day that said this will have an 8gb install on the PS3.

fake edit: found it

The Xbox 360 version will need three DVDs in order to house all the pretty images of hideous mutants, while the PS3 version carries an 8GB installation. Ouch!

"Sony was great. Kudos to Sony for letting us do that. They don't allow every game to do that. So definitely, hats off," said creative director Tim Willits. He also recommended that 360 users still install the game, and that they can "Install the first disc, the first chapter, the first half of the game, then when you're done, uninstall and install disc two. You don't really need to install the multiplayer disc if you're really tight on hard disk space."

http://www.destructoid.com/rage-three-xbox-360-discs-8gb-ps3-install-212262.phtml

muggs · 1 Oct 2011 at 20:19

Frapple said:
Can you install games to the PS3 HDD yet?

i read some where that sony has given permission for the rage to be installed on the hd

exhashdotdot · 1 Oct 2011 at 20:27

This game looks really dull but that thing about "the racing could be a game in itself" intrigues me.

ic1male · 1 Oct 2011 at 21:23

Dunno why but I'm expecting it to be like Borderlands. Is there some kind of upgradeable skill tree in this game or is it pure FPS with a bit of vehicular activity thrown in to break up the shooting?

Limenote · 1 Oct 2011 at 21:37

I hope this game is good, its not the best time to be buying a new title for me though, ive got such a huge back log as it is