Another imminent Capcom game,
Lost Planet, looks set to include a necessary 5GB install before the game can begin. dBTechno is reporting that this takes about 15 minutes for
Lost Planet and makes loading times "lightning fast". We refer you to our
previous post on
Devil May Cry 4's 20 minute install where we ask "who cares?", as the point still stands. A fifteen minute install is not worth getting wound up over, in the grand scheme of things.
It seems the required installation is going to become a recurring "feature" with regards to Capcom games. This could prove difficult for people with 20GB or 40GB PS3s, as 5GB is a fair chunk of their valuable HDD space. There are, however, plenty of ways to work around this what with upgradable internal HDDs and external memory. Problem solved.
[Thanks Clayton]
_thumbnail.jpg "Savage Moon")
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
2-18-2008 @ 1:30PM
why not the LS2LS7? said...
Stop being suckers Capcom.
Let EA (Burnout), Naughty Dog (Uncharted) and Ubisoft (Assassin's Creed) show you the way.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 4:50PM
buttsechz said...
played the multiplayer and I enjoyed it. For 40 bucs I might even have bought it; i loved megaman - I owe it to capcom for MegaMan X2...
However some of us have 40 GB harddrives with divX movies on them, thus, some of us will not be buying the game.
thanks capcom - you are unreal. Like, unreal
2-18-2008 @ 1:30PM
ComicShaman said...
I really wish Capcom would make these installs optional. It seems like it would silence a lot of complaints.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 1:37PM
sean said...
the installs dont bug me that much. just started playin DMC4 this morning .took only 15 minutes. but i do think they should be optional.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 1:42PM
nailerr said...
The PROBLEM appears to be Capcom's poor development skills if this is the case. HDD upgrades will not fix this.
The number of good games with no install and minimal load times should shame them.
Reply
2-19-2008 @ 5:14AM
Popfrogs said...
No shit, get them on the phone with the Uncharted team, maybe they can learn what the word "streaming" means.
2-18-2008 @ 1:47PM
Joe said...
...aaaaand now I'm not buying this game.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 1:52PM
Ishimaru said...
The game was just ok on the 360 and the PC, definitely NOT worth getting again on the PS...
Also judging by the loading times of the PS3 version of DMC4 and the 360 version (as seen by the Gamespot game guide videos), the PS3's load times are definitely faster. Since I have a 160GB drive, I really could care less.
2-18-2008 @ 1:49PM
brettjr said...
Actually there's a better way to deal with these 5 gig installs. DON'T BUY THE GAME! I understand wanting Dmc4 adn I wanted Lost Planet. I liked the type of game it was the theme and the cheap price but it's not worth 5 gigs, so I'm just not going to buy it.
This is so stupid, thanks capcom for making me think I betted on the wrong horse. I don't care thoguh, I just want my MGS and Final Fantasy.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 1:53PM
Tim Parsons said...
people who complain about things like this are whinners plain and simple . This is awesome that they do this to reduce loads times DMC4 load times are non-existant almost I don't even notice them. But for the whinny Babies who enjoy longer load times making it option would be nice at least then those of us who don't mind won't have to put up with these losers crying about it all the time so please Capcom for those of us who Thank you for the Reduced load time installs make it optionally in return so we don't have to listen to the babies whin about it
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 3:52PM
John said...
whinny is something that a horse does. Two ends tends in English to make the 'i' short. So essentially you're saying these people are 'winners'. Point taken, though.
2-18-2008 @ 2:05PM
cg said...
The game is really awful anyway, no idea why anyone would buy it. It is complete trash. dont waste your money. This game is a disgrace to Capcoms good name.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 2:05PM
Tranando said...
I like the fact PS3 has standard HDD, and installing large amounts of files to make lightning quick loads, it's a great thing, however I have 2 points.
1. It NEEDS to be optional.
2. Is it really necessary? Ratchet and clank and Uncharted have NO load times, so why do the Capcom games??
I think it's lazy devs, and multi platform games.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 2:48PM
ComicShaman said...
I haven't played Uncharted (so nice to have a good game to look forward to), but Ratchet does have load times, at least when you go between worlds. At least I think that's what the hyperspace-tunnel graphic is for -- just a more elaborate Loading screen. Not that it's actually a problem in the game.
2-18-2008 @ 3:29PM
Phizzy said...
Yeah, the SPACEWARP is a disguised load screen, the planets even have super low-res textures.
2-18-2008 @ 8:43PM
why not the LS2LS7? said...
I agree the spacewarp scenes are load screens. But they're not awful. They're no longer than load screens were in R&C 1,2 or 3. So the PS3 can do reasonable loads from disc. So making a mandatory install in order to shorten up loads like this makes no sense to me.
I'm not against optional installs, just mandatory ones.
2-18-2008 @ 2:09PM
myself said...
not buying this game permanently solves the requesting disk space issue.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 2:12PM
bulletfighter said...
I dont mind when a good game asks for 5gig like final fantansy or mgs or even dmc4 but when a crappy game does it makes me mad.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 2:13PM
jaybee said...
Definitely an annoying trend. DMC4 I will suck it up for, but not Lost Planet. Capcom, get your shit together.
Reply
2-18-2008 @ 2:21PM
emaxximus said...
I think they should change their name to Crapcom, because this game is a turd.
Reply