First, my apologies if this topic is already posted. But can someone explain the logic behind the games 2 disc play swapping? Is it just me or is this going to be a major pain in the ass? I just started the game and already in the first 2 missions I had to swap out the discs to continue. I have both installed to the hard drive but so far it doesn't seem to matter. Am I going to have to get used to it? I remember Mass Effect2 had the same thing but only after you got two thirds of the way through. I don't mind having to swap but why so soon? Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to re-install?
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May 16, 12 at 11:23am
Mister MacPhisto
FINALLY got started on this last night, and from what a person or two has told me about some disc juggling issues they had, I'm glad I'm playing this on PS3. Either way, I'm totally sucked in so far.
Isn't it closer to 6 GB? Skyrim is smaller because it's running on a new engine that is more optimized and awesome at compression.
ME3 runs on Unreal Engine 3, which came out in 2006 and its most recent big update was like 2 years ago.
Now that would be an awesome game if ME3 ran like Skyrim. The one thing I do like about ME3 is that your character talks and interacts with the other characters. Something that I really miss with Skyrim. Skyrim has that feature where you can move and pickup stuff with chests and homes to store which ME3 does not. The romance feature is better in ME3.
Apr 26, 12 at 10:58pm
AznLiquid
Isn't it closer to 6 GB? Skyrim is smaller because it's running on a new engine that is more optimized and awesome at compression.
ME3 runs on Unreal Engine 3, which came out in 2006 and its most recent big update was like 2 years ago.
What I don't understand is that a game like Skyrim which is huge in game play is on one disc. No disc changing and the roaming is endless. It sure seems a lot larger than ME3 but ME3 has disc changes that you must go through. I did figure out that you must do all side missions before closing out the first Tuchanka priority mission. What a pain in the ass and I won't even go into the game freezes that I have encountered.
i cant quite understand it either, except they must have figured out how to compress everything a lot better with Skyrim. on PC Skyrim is installed and uncompressed and ive heard its around 12-15 gigs.
Apr 26, 12 at 11:22am
Theman
I didn't mind the disc swapping. In the whole scheme of things I barely notice the switch. There was only one time it bugged the crap out of me. It was at the very end when I had done all the side missions and was trying to wrap up the main story. I was really getting in to it when it tells me to go back to Disc 1. WTF. But other than that it was no problem.
Apr 23, 12 at 11:50am
hec51
What I don't understand is that a game like Skyrim which is huge in game play is on one disc. No disc changing and the roaming is endless. It sure seems a lot larger than ME3 but ME3 has disc changes that you must go through. I did figure out that you must do all side missions before closing out the first Tuchanka priority mission. What a pain in the ass and I won't even go into the game freezes that I have encountered.
Apr 19, 12 at 9:22pm
nnnddd101010
One disc here. Isn't blu-ray amazing?
Apr 19, 12 at 5:27pm
The Stinger
Once you reached Illium in ME2, you were on disc 2 until the finale.
This one, in the early going it was like if I wanted to do a side mission, I had to switch discs, and then when I went for a main mission, I had to switch back.
Got REALLY annoying after a while. Nothing like being kicked back and relaxed and having to get up and walk across the damn room to switch effin discs.
I do find it tits-up ridonkulous that the last mission is on Disc 1... but whatever.
At least in Mass Effect 2, when it told me to switch to Disc 1 after so long without changing said discs in a very long time, it kinda added to the feeling of "Oh shit, it's about to go down" for me, but that's probably not common or the intended effect.
Apr 19, 12 at 8:31am
Daisy
I found myself switching A LOT between the disks early on, then not so much later. I thought it would be a huge inconvenience, but it seemed like mostly side missions were on Disk Two, so I tried to work on those first before doing something "main" in order to cut down on the switching back and forth.
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