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Games with the worst load times
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nephilimdj
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Battlefield 2 will always be the worst loading I have experienced
on my AMD2800, took atleast 5mins to load a map
on my AMD2800, took atleast 5mins to load a map
TharpDaddy
Member
Guild Wars 1 had some gnarly load times the first time you went to an area since you had to download that area.
ChasingComets
Member
Has anyone made mention of the original Motorstorm?
Oh good, there's plenty. What an amazing launch window game, except for the 2-3 minute loads PER RACE. Whether you start it up for the first time or you're retrying.
Oh good, there's plenty. What an amazing launch window game, except for the 2-3 minute loads PER RACE. Whether you start it up for the first time or you're retrying.
5 min loading times would have been a luxury, but with a games like these:
Loading times where something between 20-40min.
Oh lordy... I had that game except I was smart to buy the disk drive that cut loading times, but add in switching disks so couldn't wander to far off.
Oblivion took forever to load on every system it was released on.
anotherVegan
Member
Batman Forever on SNES.
Yes.
A cartridge game from 1995 has loading times in between levels. The game was horrible, too.
Yes.
A cartridge game from 1995 has loading times in between levels. The game was horrible, too.
To add to this, opening the menu took a few seconds each time whereas in previous games it was near instant to open.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
Contrast on my PS4 was a joke because it was running on a SSD
GTA5 sucks balls on PS3 and PS4 (more so on PS3), even on a SSD it takes around a minute to play (40-50 secs to SP/MP selection and extra 10 secs to be playing SP)
GTA5 sucks balls on PS3 and PS4 (more so on PS3), even on a SSD it takes around a minute to play (40-50 secs to SP/MP selection and extra 10 secs to be playing SP)
Agree. They're bad, but the game is oh so good that you just sorta deal with it.
djplaeskool
Member
Pre-patch Gran Turismo 5
Yikes.
Yikes.
Netherscourge
Banned
Destiny.
One of the main reasons I never bought the game were those ridiculous load times and how often the game needed to load stuff.
One of the main reasons I never bought the game were those ridiculous load times and how often the game needed to load stuff.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Crash Bandicoot 4 on PS2.
Nothing will ever beat Sonic 06.
Santerestil
Banned
Painkiller and all its sequels are pretty bad: loading a level take fivesix minutes at least, and even if you die and reload a quicksave on the same map the loading can take more than of a minute.
itzknickknac
Member
For a game that's 'okay' to 'kind of okay,' this is a crime.
battlefield 2 came at a time when the industry was due for a new minimum requirement for system ram. I ended up buying more ram simply due to the horrible loading times and afterwards I could get into maps so quickly I had my pick of vehicle and could make it to the first flag before a majority of other players loaded in.
schwabdizzle
Banned
I always hated the initial load of GTA games. It takes fucking forever
batman2million
Member
Stuntman for the ps2. My lord.
Winner. Any game that has a loading screen for the loading screen (and I saw at least 3 different kinds of loading screen in that video) is spending far too much time loading.
Mr. Poolman
Member
I recall Xenogears load times as pretty terrible, even when entering a simple menu.
MrCunningham
Member
5 min loading times would have been a luxury, but with a games like these:
Loading times where something between 20-40min.
I think you may have won this thread. Nothing can top the loading of a cassette tape.
Rock And Roll
Member
Holy shit I remember this!
I barely play games anymore due to being old but GTA SA was pretty brutal for loading times if my memory serves.
chaostrophy
Member
Xbox Morrowind. I was so happy when I got a PC able to play it so I didn't have to deal with those load times anymore.
Skyrim is pretty bad. It made doing the Thieves Guild jobs a real pain.
Load to get to Riften.
Load to get to the Ratways.
Load to get to The Ragged Flagon. [get quest]
Load to get back to the Ratways.
Load to get back to Riften.
Load to get to Solitude.
Load to get to Addvar's House. [steal item]
Load to get back to Solitude.
Load to get back to Riften.
Load to get back to the Ratways.
Load to get back to The Ragged Flagon. [turn in quest]
Load to get back to the Ratways.
Load to get back to Riften.
That's the loading required for one mini micro quest. You have to do about forty of these to get the One with the Shadows achievement.
It's so dumb how the player is not allowed to fast travel whilst indoors.
Load to get to Riften.
Load to get to the Ratways.
Load to get to The Ragged Flagon. [get quest]
Load to get back to the Ratways.
Load to get back to Riften.
Load to get to Solitude.
Load to get to Addvar's House. [steal item]
Load to get back to Solitude.
Load to get back to Riften.
Load to get back to the Ratways.
Load to get back to The Ragged Flagon. [turn in quest]
Load to get back to the Ratways.
Load to get back to Riften.
That's the loading required for one mini micro quest. You have to do about forty of these to get the One with the Shadows achievement.
It's so dumb how the player is not allowed to fast travel whilst indoors.
the-pi-guy
Member
I see The Last of Us mentioned, but I don't think that was that bad. It was mostly the one load screen when you started up.
Skyrim on PC has barely any loading, but the console version has some decently long load times.
I think the worst one I've had was Modnation Racers. Basically took a minute to load a race, then exit a race.
Skyrim on PC has barely any loading, but the console version has some decently long load times.
I think the worst one I've had was Modnation Racers. Basically took a minute to load a race, then exit a race.
Handy Fake
Member
Dragons Lair on the C64 was a soul-destroying experience. It took about five minutes to load and when you insta-died for moving the joystick in the wrong direction you had to rewind the tape and do it all over again.
If you somehow managed to guess what the game wanted you to do in the first place and got onto the next area and died, it would send you back to reload the first again.
It's games like this which saw a distinct lack of obese children in our day - we all fucked off outside for a game of football after half an hour.
If you somehow managed to guess what the game wanted you to do in the first place and got onto the next area and died, it would send you back to reload the first again.
It's games like this which saw a distinct lack of obese children in our day - we all fucked off outside for a game of football after half an hour.
Before you could install a game to the hdd, out of the games I've played, I think Project Gotham Racing 4 was pretty bad, not only the loading was long but I remember they are a bit too frequent (something like quitting a track would load, and then loading again when selecting and loading track), it's been a while but I think it was 4.
I just remember letting my nephew play it and he was asking why it's so long and I just ended up putting in another game after a few race.
I just remember letting my nephew play it and he was asking why it's so long and I just ended up putting in another game after a few race.
| Praxis |
Banned
Gta online is the most recent contender. Sad thing is I really enjoy the online aspect of the game, and if it wasn't for some seriously idiotic oversights and convoluted systems it would be great.
I played this on a friends PS2. I was under the impression that there was something wrong with his console. No, the game just has obscenely long load times.
Agreed on both points!
I want another console installment of this series so bad.
