Just because a notoriously prickly bunch gets upset, doesn't mean the topic isn't frivolous. Try not to be so concerned with people thinking your concerns aren't important. It's just loading times.
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Bloodborne load times look to be a bit longer than hoped
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Just because a notoriously prickly bunch gets upset, doesn't mean the topic isn't frivolous. Try not to be so concerned with people thinking your concerns aren't important. It's just loading times.
Veritigo_X
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Is this confirmed or speculation?
Krusenstern
Banned
Why would this not be the day one patch? I think it's not unusual to release the patch prior to launch.
The changelog also listed the same stuff we've been told beforehand.
gunslikewhoa
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You won't see me crying about it. Opinions and all that, you know.
LowEndTorque
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Could be wrong but I thought they were just cached to the hard drive not fully installed all at once.
Beelzebufo
Banned
The only reason Id think otherwise is that 1.01 seems to be a really low number for a 3GB patch.
Anyway, the real travesty here is that there's nothing to read on the loading screen.
There are more reasons why it has so many post. Lets be serious now.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
Oh no, guess I'll have to sell my ps4 now. This is unacceptable.
Zombie James
Banned
Fully installed. The disc is just used as authentication after that point.
RandomSeed
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I'm just not going to die, then. Straight vitality build confirmed.
travisbickle
Member
DR3's post-death loading screens were over a minute, and a quick scan of reviews on metacritic shows no comments about it ... so I guess we'll see how much GAF discussions impact reviewers this time.
Veritigo_X
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Disc games are installed as you play. Check out the info on any disc game you have. It probably mentions requiring ~40GB of hard drive space.
I'm not really concerned, just annoyed. It comes off as arrogant. What if someone told you that you shouldn't spend so much time with video games because they are stupid. Sure, they could say it, but they would be idiots for saying it. I'm sure you have your complaints that not many people care about. Then someone tells you that you're grasping for straws to find bad stuff about a game.
Lumination
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Morrigan Stark
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Those are not very good, but the PS3 games, particularly Demon's Souls and Dark Souls II (I don't remember Dark Souls's loading times on PS3 so well) were about that length. So not really an issue for me. Plus one of my all-time favourite game is Blood Omen on the PS1, sooooo....
They could make the screen less boring though, for sure.
But in any case, on PS3, the loading times were at about 30 seconds each time, whether it was bonfire warping, invading/being summoned into another world, or respawning from death. So, meh.
They could make the screen less boring though, for sure.
Dark Souls 2 had apparently faster loading times on the digital version vs retail. So maybe there will be something like that too? Or is the PS4 architecture different?
WTF? That's the average? I checked my offline death count on a character that was at the end of NG+ and with tons of PvP and coop sessions and she had less than 500 deaths, and I died stupidly all the time. I refuse to believe that this is the average...
But in any case, on PS3, the loading times were at about 30 seconds each time, whether it was bonfire warping, invading/being summoned into another world, or respawning from death. So, meh.
Let's see in a week. If they will start talking about loading times even though DeS and DS have worst loading times.
Krusenstern
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I don't know. Does the naming of patches follow some rules?
Exactly! I wouldn't even complain in the first place if the load screens were dynamic. Random item descriptions or artwork.
Staring almost a minute at the same logo is dull.
ldcommando
Banned
pre-ordered canceled. fuck this shit
As they should, at least I hope they do.
Hopefully this infatuation with Miyazaki/FROM on this forum doesn't extend to the press and that they actually call out these bullshit load times.
This seems to be the type of thing a simple patch could fix, but why FROM/Sony saw fit to release the game like this is beyond me.
A bit extreme, but a great way to hit them where it counts and get them to address this quickly.
Sony better be reading this thread.
"They never complained about load times before, so they should never complain about load times in the future!"
What great thinking. It's not like they're, you know, trying to get out something people are saying about a game to a wider audience or anything like that. They get together and conspire against Sony just because they feel like it.
Vindicator
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Finished the PS3 version of Dark Souls 2, so I won't be too surprised although I hope they'll fix this one way or the other.
Based on what? What's your solution to the problem?
You people act like From added in long load times just out of malice or some shit. Get real.
First review I googled for it came up as polygon and they mention it.
Veritigo_X
Member
That seems ridiculously high. Is there a source for that number? I've read it takes an average of 48 hours to beat DSII, if that's right the average player is dying every 3.5 minutes. The average player must suck at Dark Souls...
Yeah I read that too. That's why I'm surprised people are saying that 1.01 is the day 1 patch with such confidence.
... edit that, the streamer is going to get banned much faster otherwise.Someone is actually streaming it, why don't you check for yourselves instead of talking for nothing
According to this site:
http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/25/4...e-every-second-and-nine-other-chilling-stats/
The average deaths for 360 players per play through was 421. The portal for Dark Souls II statistics is gone now though.
Morrigan Stark
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Ugh 30-45 seconds to load every time I die? This game is such a disappointment. Fucking A-team can't even optimize their game properly. Get Miyazaki away from these games, he clearly doesn't care about basic shit like this. I'll be skipping this and waiting for the B-team's Dark Souls 3 instead.
Am I doing this right xD
ScottSullivan
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Someone is actually streaming it, why don't you check for yourselves instead of talking for nothing
http://www.twitch.tv/wingman3ntertainment
Why would you post this? My body is weak and I'm not sure I can resist the spoil temptations
SkoomaSuckinSwit
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Loading times don't bother me, but at least give me a pretty static or simplle animated wallpaper to look at. How hard is that?
This post is hilarious because you actually sound serious.
And_Gignac
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This trend of undercooked games is really offensive and frustrating.
It's not frivolous, it's a legitimate issue. I'm still massively excited for Bloodborne, but this is a completely legitimate problem.
Protocol7
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I just thought instead of all of you speculating for nothing you could check with the stream, but I removed the link as advised.
Be strong bro, you can do it!
Just FYI they sell the US version in Paris. So surprised some of you don't have it already.
They would be idiots if playing video games was a hobby, they wouldn't be idiots if it was an unhealthy obsession. It's all a matter of degrees. Same with these loading times. It's a frivolous concern. I'm sorry you're at the brunt of it and you feel like myself and others are arrogant, but on the flip side we think you're fussy. And that's ok. We're discussing this stuff on a message board. It's normal. I certainly don't think people aren't TRUE Bloodborne fans or anything silly like that.
Out of curiosity, what's an acceptable load time for you between deaths? Or at least acceptable enough to not be considered a problem?
Man, I dunno... The "fuck this shit" part makes you sound so genuine. I don't know what to think.
Wat. Are we really linking long load times to broken shipped games now. They should fix the load time though
Morrigan Stark
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Were people making threads about the previous PS3 games having too high loading times too? They were the same!
This is really surreal.
This is really surreal.
Krusenstern
Banned
So, you just took one guy's word over another's.
The changelog of the 1.01 patch lists the same stuff that we've been told about earlier in an official announcement.
There is nothing to support the claim of the guy you quoted. 1.01 IS the day one patch.
Veritigo_X
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I don't think you can compare long load times with the shit we had to put up with in buggy games last year.
Is the aliasing fixed in 1.01?
One guy who seemingly has connections to people in the BB development team.
Krauser Kat
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That load time is unacceptable for a console exclusive.
Dark Souls 2 had a patch to shorten load times on the PS3.
It's been done before, that's why it's baffling FROM would ship a game in this state again.
travisbickle
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My research wasn't thorough, plus Polygon doesn't even come up on the first page of my Google results. (shows how much Google tracks a persons browsing habits you Polygon lover!!)
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