Have to agree with you, it looks so generic, they should have done something else with it.
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inFamous: Second Son requires 24GB install, final box art revealed
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Have to agree with you, it looks so generic, they should have done something else with it.
Dead Man Typing
Member
Isn't Infamous open world?
How does "play as you download" work for an open world game? Are you locked into a linear tutorial section until the rest of the game downloads?
With a linear single player game, play as you download makes sense to me. While you're playing level 1, level 2 and the rest of the game is downloading. With games that are free roaming or have separate multiplayer modes I'm interested to know what downloads first or if any of the current PS4 titles require a full install/download before you can boot them.
The PS4 installs off the disc really quickly, but if you have slow internet, it's interesting to see how much of a game you can access before you hit an error message.
How does "play as you download" work for an open world game? Are you locked into a linear tutorial section until the rest of the game downloads?
With a linear single player game, play as you download makes sense to me. While you're playing level 1, level 2 and the rest of the game is downloading. With games that are free roaming or have separate multiplayer modes I'm interested to know what downloads first or if any of the current PS4 titles require a full install/download before you can boot them.
The PS4 installs off the disc really quickly, but if you have slow internet, it's interesting to see how much of a game you can access before you hit an error message.
Cornbread78
Member
Oh yeah, it's almost time...
I like how neat my PS2 games look on the shelf with the plain text spines.
I also like how the CERO labels line up on my JP imports.
HORRORSHØW
Member
what does it say on the back in french? anyone care to translate?
larrybird33
Banned
In general I find all boxart pretty boring - this is no exception.
The best I can remember was Resistance 3, but there have been some other standouts
The best I can remember was Resistance 3, but there have been some other standouts
onimushroom
Member
Can't wait for the game!
My take on spinegate: EU spines fo life! I hate that (most) 3rd party games have to squeeze their whole logo/font on the spine. A consistent font for all games, thank you very much. Carrying the cover art over to the spine as a background is more than enough to make the design distinctive (unfortunately it seems that Second Son doesn't do that, but that's still better than every spine having the game's own dumb logo design).
My take on spinegate: EU spines fo life! I hate that (most) 3rd party games have to squeeze their whole logo/font on the spine. A consistent font for all games, thank you very much. Carrying the cover art over to the spine as a background is more than enough to make the design distinctive (unfortunately it seems that Second Son doesn't do that, but that's still better than every spine having the game's own dumb logo design).
I'm not sure that urge to punch someone can be counted as emotional connection.
We will never be friends.
Ein Bear
Member
How do PS4 installs work, anyway? Is it 360-style, where the entire disc is copied over, and the game just runs from the HDD, or is it like on the PS3, where the installed data is supplementary to the disc?
This ain't the X1 .
If it installs like my other games it'd be done before I even made it to the kitchen
onimushroom
Member
Whole disc is installed in the background, while you're playing. Taking Killzone:SF into account, expect only a very short wait initially before you can play (< 1 min)
InFamous 1 and 2 both were separated into 3 sections which unlocked the more you progressed through the game.
Yup, got my copy of Rayman Legends on PS4 today, colorful front and back and the old generic black on white spine. It's a crime.
The weird thing is that the AC 4 CE spine from Ubisoft was not generic. I had hoped they had changed that for all their games.
TheRealTalker
Banned
24gb?
HA! My PS4 says bring it on
It already has suffered plus 50gb games
This is a joke for it
HA! My PS4 says bring it on
It already has suffered plus 50gb games
This is a joke for it
Happy that they reduced the gb
it installs everything just like downloading digital.........play assassins creed from scratch you will see a percentage till you can start the game, for the first 10-15 minutes you will hear your disc drive reading the blu-ray while playing. After a period of time your disc drive will go quiet and everything is read from the HDD.
NBA 2k14 is like 50GB on my HDD
Not all of them.
This being a first party single player game though, it should have the minimal install-play thing.
I'd like to retract my previous 'sandwich making' comment at this time.
As a PS3 owner I have yet to enjoy the technological advances of the PS4.
I do however continue to enjoy sandwiches.
Thank you.
yes, NBA2K14 for sure takes a whole game install before you can play. I mean you get that spurs vs heat game that you can quickplay but thats it.
It seems that it depends entirely on the publisher. What I want to know is why this ever became a thing and why it only happens in Europe.Yup, got my copy of Rayman Legends on PS4 today, colorful front and back and the old generic black on white spine. It's a crime.
The weird thing is that the AC 4 CE spine from Ubisoft was not generic. I had hoped they had changed that for all their games.
Doug Heffernan
Member
That bro's snow hat is front and center.
SJRB
Gold Member
Perhaps the game starts in a closed-off tutorial area similar to the previous two games.
Supermanisdead
Member
Grimløck;101430422 said:
The superhuman powers of Deslin Rowe are in your hands. Exploit the power of your prodigious abilities and discover how your choices affect the city and people around you.
- Steal the power of other carriers (Idk if this is some game term, but that's the direct translation)
- Traverse the rooftops of Seattle.
- Change the course of history.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
It's an open world game so I'm not sure about that. They could do it easily with KZ because they could load in a couple of chapters and while you were playing them, it loaded in the next sections. Being able to go anywhere would surely require ALL of the game to be installed?
Well there's probably an introduction, in a controled environment, that gives time to install the core of the world.
Whereas I don't mind these new huge install sizes, I do fucking mind that this cover art has yet again that horrible simple fugly font sleeve side.
Why? Why does SCEE keep doing this? It looks horrible! I want my game collection to look nice, even from the side. But no, here we go again with those ugly-ass sleeves.
Why? Why does SCEE keep doing this? It looks horrible! I want my game collection to look nice, even from the side. But no, here we go again with those ugly-ass sleeves.
To make your bluray reader last longer.
look at the SCEA spines, definitely better
I hate it so bad. THis is something that bothers me for 3 generations now, with Sony and PAL releases. Guess I have to print a custom spine for the billionth time...
We should start a petition to change this. Sony listens at the moment or somebody just twitter yosp.
AbandonedTrolley
Member
1TB HDD so not too worried about the install size, depending on prices I might pick this up from the US Store as no doubt digitally it will work out cheaper than here in the UK.
sixteen-bit
Member
The new protag is way handsomer than Cole. I wonder why IF fans didn't rage like the old Gameinformer reveal on Handsome Cole.
The real estate is really small. You want it to be easily readable on the shelf. It doesn't have to look good.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Sod the spine, I want the game.
HORRORSHØW
Member
thanks much. i was hoping it'd touch on powers we didn't know about.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I feel bad for people if the spine is really that bad. Theres nothing wrong with it
#1 defender
Member
My first thought. Again with the generic font in EU. I was hoping that would change with the new gen.
In the USA, 99% of spines have a properly designed, unique logo.
In the EU, the reasoning is translation. Since SCEE puts this game out with a customized sleeve for every major language group (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian etc), sometimes the artists don't bother with creating unique stencils for every language.
At least that is the reasoning that was given during the PS2 era.
99% of PS2 games in PAL regions had a white spine with black text. Same font every god damn time.
With the PS3, there have been a lot of game boxes that have a designed spine. When I get home, I can snap a picture of my collection.
I was hoping PS4 would have all designed spines, all the time. But no.