Mass Effect 2 Will Span Two DVDs

[Loop Stricken]

Oh Gods, I think I've just had a crisis.
Someobody point me to a UK e-tailer that has the CE for Pre-order!

[Edit: Oh Lord, Collector armour and weapon? Okay, I came.]

 

[shifty89]

well i cant wait for this, i loved the first mass effect as it really got me into the rpg end of the games genre. Hope no.2 is as good as its predecesor

 

[Aztek463]

"You can install the game to your Xbox 360 Hard Drive as long as you have enough memory to do so and have the correct disc in the drive when you play,"

I dun gettit - why would you install it on the xbox if you then need the disk anyway? Or do I just not understand the concept here? Is it one of those 'copy protection' things that could be solved with a no-cd patch?

Installing to the hard drive makes it easier for the system to run the game. Reduces load times, and supposedly increases graphics quality a bit. It install all but a few files, so you need the disc(s) to verify that you own the game. As far as I know there are no "no-cd cracks" for the 360.

 

[LTK_70]

Mass Effect 2 surpasses Dragon Age in content? Man, when I buy this I might never get out of the house again.

 

[Outofideas]

Just got the first Mass Effect recently, still haven't finished it...and now I need to rush to beat it at least twice before this comes out. Curse you, Biowaaaaare! *Shakes fist, retreats to fortress of doom*

 

[Loop Stricken]

I dun gettit - why would you install it on the xbox if you then need the disk anyway? Or do I just not understand the concept here? Is it one of those 'copy protection' things that could be solved with a no-cd patch?

Verification, yes, but it can't 'cos there isn't one.

 

[Wicky_42]

"You can install the game to your Xbox 360 Hard Drive as long as you have enough memory to do so and have the correct disc in the drive when you play,"

I dun gettit - why would you install it on the xbox if you then need the disk anyway? Or do I just not understand the concept here? Is it one of those 'copy protection' things that could be solved with a no-cd patch?

Installing to the hard drive makes it easier for the system to run the game. Reduces load times, and supposedly increases graphics quality a bit. It install all but a few files, so you need the disc(s) to verify that you own the game. As far as I know there are no "no-cd cracks" for the 360.

Huh, but you still need to switch the disks over? Seems kinda redundant but oh well.

The 'no-cd' thing was a PC elitist remark I steadfastly refuse to leave things in my disk-drive so all the games I play are either digital distribution or I found a no-cd patch for them. Speeds up load times (no bull-shit 'check the disk' minutes - if I bought the game I don't want to be nannied and checked everytime I use it - it's enough to make one pirate - simple as.

 

[edward92]

Believe me this is nothing compared to final fantasy, some of their games are more than 3 discs long o_o

 

[Wandrecanada]

Bring on the awesomeness!

 

[CloggedDonkey]

Mass Effect one was big, but Mass Effect two is, and this is a new word kiddies, "hugeetasticly giant."

 

[Chaos Theory]

awwwwwwesome!

 

[high_castle]

My excitement for this title just increased. And here I thought that wasn't possible.

 

[ShotgunShaman]

Sweet. Time to lose yet another sizable chunk of my life!

 

[Danpascooch]

How do we know this is not just a marketing ploy? I mean, everyone gets excited like this when a game is so big it needs two discs, wouldn't the marketing value be worth the cost of the extra disc?

I can't really see a game with such a non-linear design working with a 2 disc setup anyway, unless it makes you switch whenever you visit certain parts of the galaxy, wouldn't the two discs have almost identical data on them?

 

[Danpascooch]

Mass Effect one was big, but Mass Effect two is, and this is a new word kiddies, "hugeetasticly giant."

Its flippindatically gianbig!

 

[Danpascooch]

Believe me this is nothing compared to final fantasy, some of their games are more than 3 discs long o_o

you mean like, FOUR discs long!

EDIT: Seriously though, no final fantasy game had four discs, Square Enix made Lost Odyssey, and that did have 4 discs (I really don't see why it needed more than 2 though) but saying "Some of their games are more than 3 discs long" is wrong in two ways, the company is Square Enix not final fantasy, and none of them were over 3 discs

 

[jigs160]

Because you cannot fit this much awesomeness on one disc

well played...Priestly...well played