Final Fantasy XIII is now available on Steam, and I must caution new buyers the game will need about 60 GB of space once installed due to all the cut-scenes.
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Final Fantasy XIII - Released on Steam
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Uh...yeah. I think I'll just stick to my PS3 copy if I ever really feel like playing this.
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SasqWatch
Indeed, it's time to get rid of horribly compressed Bink cutscenes at low resolutions.
I've read that the resolution is limited with this port?
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Also, this fall's the time to get a 1 TB SSD that's on sale, that's a worthwhile investment that will remain useful for a long while.
Yme
Sentinel
And if you hit the ESC button on your keyboard the game exits to windows apparently. Hilarious. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-xiii-for-pc-has-basically-no-graphic/1100-6422856/
dpc76
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The 720p is disappointing but not surprising. Square Enix has a terrible track record of dropping ports without optimizing them (or changing them in any way) from the original release. I still can't believe that with Final Fantasy III and IV, they couldn't be bothered to change the interface so that they didn't reflect the touchscreen of the iOS/Android. Both Squaresoft and Enix used to be synonymous with quality for me, but man how the mighty have fallen lately.
For me the 60GB is the bigger problem. That's a lot of hard drive real estate for one game, if if I wanted to get the other two next spring, I fear that we'd be talking almost 200 GB just for three games.
I do love the series, a lot of nostalgia there for me. Didn't love XIII, got bored with it fast when playing on the 360, but was going to give it another try. I suppose I can only hope that modders find a way to fix some of the game's issues, since it's clear Square Enix will not.
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Iirc, the PS3 version was also 720p despite popular belief that it was 1080p. Only the cutscenes were 1080p.
Well with help from a friend who makes rips & repacks I was able to take out the Japaneses language, and make the videos smaller so the game only takes 20 GB's.
It took me all day to resize the videos, but I'm glad as all three of my hard drives are almost all full. These new releases are getting a little to big for my storage.
I just also finished downloading RYSE : Son of Rome off Steam, and that game takes 30GB. Next week Bethesda's The Evil Within will take another 60Gb.
It took me all day to resize the videos, but I'm glad as all three of my hard drives are almost all full. These new releases are getting a little to big for my storage.
I just also finished downloading RYSE : Son of Rome off Steam, and that game takes 30GB. Next week Bethesda's The Evil Within will take another 60Gb.
I should change it to The Tired Potato as thats how I feel lately, but I can't find a good avatar for the name anywhere online. I still prefer the Angry Potato though.Not very lazy Couch. You're gong to have to change your name and byline.
Zloth
I smell a... wumpus!?
A 1TB hard drive costs $60. So this game is using up roughly $3.60 of space. I can understand why folks with bandwidth limits might be unhappy but hard drive space?
They definitely should have done something to get those sizes down but they couldn't even be bothered to let us pick resolutions. It's a pretty blatant cash grab if you ask me.
They definitely should have done something to get those sizes down but they couldn't even be bothered to let us pick resolutions. It's a pretty blatant cash grab if you ask me.
I have three drives with over 9TB of space. I also don't like deleting, and having to download twice that to reinstall games. I also have TB's of music and other files.
So it's not hard to understand Mr Sloth.
As for bandwidth yes that is a problem also as my ISP has a 250 GB Cap, and they like to call if you download very large files. They suck but it's the only option where I live.
Seriously I had a fun time explaining to a tech guy how four/five games on Steam can eat the cap quickly. They are a bunch of clueless idiots.
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You're talking about Comcast?
Personally I really don't care that much. I have many external hard drives where all the data that doesn't need to be installed lies.
Personally I really don't care that much. I have many external hard drives where all the data that doesn't need to be installed lies.
Yes the Giant Cable monopoly that seems to be getting larger every year.
I have two of those also but eventually the power adapter, of something else always goes out. Good thing the hard drive still works at least.
I also don't have the cash to spare for updates right now.
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SasqWatch
You've got it lucky my friend, in Canada people get usually a whopping 60GB of data when subscribing to the incumbent telephone or cable ISP.
My mother wanted to subscribe to Netflix but I told her her ISP would bill her crazy charges.
The difference is that like in most parts of the world, the government forces the incumbent to lease their network to other companies to generate competition. Those are cheaper and usually offer unlimited bandwith.
However most people are not aware of them or don't want to break their TV/telephone/Internet combo.
I pay $46 a month for unlimited 15 mbps cable Internet where I live, and that's the absolute best price around.
My mother wanted to subscribe to Netflix but I told her her ISP would bill her crazy charges.
The difference is that like in most parts of the world, the government forces the incumbent to lease their network to other companies to generate competition. Those are cheaper and usually offer unlimited bandwith.
However most people are not aware of them or don't want to break their TV/telephone/Internet combo.
I pay $46 a month for unlimited 15 mbps cable Internet where I live, and that's the absolute best price around.