I believe he's in Australia rather than the UK.
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is a 37.14 GB download
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I believe he's in Australia rather than the UK.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Why are folks shocked by this?
This is just the norm for this gen, it will only go up from here.
50 gig downloads will be the norm for most things in a few years.
This is why Digital only is truly a stupid idea as long as broadband in the USA and lots of other places in the world is not good and cost effective enough.
This is just the norm for this gen, it will only go up from here.
50 gig downloads will be the norm for most things in a few years.
This is why Digital only is truly a stupid idea as long as broadband in the USA and lots of other places in the world is not good and cost effective enough.
FunkyDealer
Banned
I think the platform-holders need to enforce languages as optional installs. So you'll be asked which languages you want to install before downloading. That way we'll shave some precious gigabytes off.
FMV files in the game like the New Order game is full of them.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Ah well.
I'm always happy to help a fellow gamer, but it doesn't seem like it would be make much sense shipping it to AUS and back.
Dictator93
Member
It truly is a head scratcher to this day. Then again... building your engine around the constraints of last gen consoles does that.
But we at least have the glory of idTech 4. That will always look great.
I think some were expecting the game to be notably smaller than Wolf14 given it's roughly half the length (it's a standalone expansion, not a fully-fledged prequel).
Wind's Howling
Member
So this game is supposed to be better looking than its brother?
It baffles me how that kind of things can exist. In my country that would be a scandal
It's possible the textures will be a little easier on the eyes.
The funny thing is the promise was to have super high detailed textures for every object, when in reality Rage and Wolf had some of the worst textures you'd find out there.
Plus he has a press account on Steam, which means he shelled out exactly $0.00 for the game.
The main draw of id Tech 5's MegaTexture technology is doing away with the need to tile textures in favour of making entire levels blank canvases for environment artists, so fixing an anomaly in a texture requires that the entire texture be replaced. The one and only patch Wolf14 received on the PC was just 34MB.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Christ, there better be a pre load >_<
Really regretting getting only a 512GB SSD now >_>
Really regretting getting only a 512GB SSD now >_>
HellofaMouse
Member
so this is like an expandalone right? same assets, a whole new campaign. Any info on how long the campaign will be yet?
Reportedly 8 hours, but I always subtract 25% from developer/publisher-touted figures to account for overstatement.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Can't download that much at the moment but I have an upgraded hard drive so I will just pick up the Ps4 retail release.
ultrazilla
Gold Member
About 10GB smaller than The New Order. Seems like a decent chunk of game there.
FEEEEEEEEEL THE MEGA-TEXTURES OOOHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHH
Hahahaha post of the forever!!!
julesodies
Member
The Old Blood is a stand alone expansion. It needs the assets of the original game else people who don't have the original cant play it.
mumbles365
Banned
Absolute garbage.
They better release a physical version of this because at 40 gb, this will eat up my 100 gb cap.
They better release a physical version of this because at 40 gb, this will eat up my 100 gb cap.
Silent Chief
Member
I platinumed The New Order, but this is too fat for me.
Gamezone
Gold Member
They are.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Only in Europe.
That's true of something like Undead Nightmare, which has a DLC version for existing owners alongside a standalone version, but TOB is technically a new game with its own data. There may be some overlap with regard to weapon skins and other smaller secondary textures, but with each id Tech 5 level having its own single ultra-large texture, it's not really possible for expansions to reuse assets to any meaningful degree (assuming the intent is to offer new levels and not reuse existing ones). This is why, for example, both Evil Within expansions are each close to 8GB in size:
barneystuta83
Member
They talked about this on Major Nelson Podcast (the game).
They said it is around 6-8 hours of game play, so more than just a DLC pack.
They said it is around 6-8 hours of game play, so more than just a DLC pack.
This tbh.
id Tech 5.
Gamezone
Gold Member
That`s very odd. Expecting people to download 37 GB without other options is too much.
Militaratus
Member
That id5 Engine at work. I stopped being surprised at game sizes since Rage.