PC oriented game so I see no reason for adapting it to an SSD... and don't forget it's 15+ year old so I'm not expecting some streaming issues.
The game has huge loading times and this is a move to modernize the game even more just cause it started in 2004 doesn't mean it's stayed at the same level of demand as it had then.
With more and more games moving to reducing loading times (as it's the next big feature in consoles moving forward)expect many many more games to not only start requiring it just to reduce loading but actually changing the way they design the game itself.
iirc, Star Citizen also recommends an SSD
You are correct and I fully expect more and more games to start doing thisb(with specific speed of i/o also happening with more demanding games eventually)
I predicted when the new consoles launched with the huge focus on loading speeds and new i/o tech that we would quickly see similar tech for pc along with requirements to keep the pc ahead of the consoles.
My predictions made last year are now finally coming to fruition (rtx i/o and then this) I can't see how any of this is surprising to anyone paying attention
Hmm.. i have a Athlon 64 x2 6000+ System. i could install the game on it just for fun. although i think it will probably eat more than 4GB of ram at this point so it might not even run properly.
My steam on M.2 SSD is 112GB, on the backup drive its 905GB, i also have 150-200GB of other games on the disk itself. so thats 1.1TB and my SSD has 200GB in use for games. so thats 1.3TB, if i would push it into the SSD itself. now the 2TB ssd is only 1.6TB in size so that means that i would only have 300GB left. so i would definately need more space for games.
I dont even play that much Triple AAA to begin with and i still have enough games installed to fill the SSD
Now with a normal game that is not modded you can uninstall it and install it again.although unless you have over 100mbs connection it will take a long time to download a big game like that.
With modded games it might take entire day to mod it back together so its better to keep thouse installed if you play them couple times a year.
no shade but storage is cheap (I bought 12tb hdd recently for $175 and even ssds can be had for relatively little compared to just a few years ago. (1tb drives can be had for less than $100 on sale) u can't see a reason unless you're a kid living at homes and not working that something more couldn't be done than what you're saying you need to do for a 100gb game.
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Sorry, HDD are very useful for backup. That is what I use it for here as my 2TB SSD is full. Can't install any more games so i'm having to de-install to make room for any new games that are released. My next upgrade will be 4TB SSD, 2TB is just to small.
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nothing wrong with a "parking system" for your games even the new consoles are going to be using something akin to that.
Not sure if it's a technical definition but it's what I call it when I "park games" I'm not playing regularly but don't want to uninstall on the hdd and keep my most played on my ssd if amd when I feel the need to play a game from the "parking lot" I just transfer it over to the ssd (and maybe move something I'm not playing off) and I'm back to playing the game with full ssd benefits.
I can also run games that would have no benefit at all from ssd from the hard drive but the rest would just cycle in and out when I want to play.
What I really would like to see from the consoles or even something on pc (maybe steam could implement) but a system where anytime you launch a marked game the system automatically makes room based on recent games played least played etc and automatically shuffles them around so that you can play any game you want with only a few mihutes of "valet" getting your game ready and you essentially having unlimited storage for your games that all run from ssd.
