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Lego City Undercover Switch cover mentions 13GB download [Up3: Full game on card]
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Nonsense, that never happens on gaf
Wowfunhappy
Member
They were pretty freaking direct this time, you still don't believe them?
Zevenberge
Member
An open-world console application? Day one.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
This is GAF. No matter how straight forward the answer, certain people will just ignore what's said and do their best to make sure the negativity sticks to fit whatever narrative they wish to push.
This is back to a definite buy for me! After a price drop, of course. Multiplayer isn't that enticing of an addition considering the mission structure was never meant for more than one player.
Marty Chinn
Member
I think being skeptical is still understandable given how significantly smaller it is compared to the PS4, Xbox One and Wii U versions. It just doesn't add up.
Father_Brain
Banned
That's pretty unambiguous. I mean, fuckups have happened, but that seems like a statement that can be taken at face value.
Undead Fantasy
Member
I'm not.
The game has to be playable from beginning to end without a download.
Otherwise the card is still useless.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
I don't even know what that would look like.
So they just accidentally printed 'internet required' on the box? In terms of printing errors that's got to be a pretty weird one
Marty Chinn
Member
Come on, all signs pointed towards it being true. 7 gigs on the cart plus 13 gig patch added up to the size of all there other versions. It also said blatantly that internet was required when the Wii U version didn't and as far as we know neither do the PS4 or Xbox One versions. The evidence pointed toward it to be true. It was a reasonable conclusion.
SinCityAssassin
Member
I don't even know what that would look like.
So they just accidentally printed 'internet required' on the box? In terms of printing errors that's got to be a pretty weird one
I guess somewhere along the assembly line "able to download patches from internet" turned into "needs internet to function"
Theoretically, the most likely answer might be it was something that was considered and rejected, but the Final decision did not get communicated to the cover art people.
El Sabroso
Member
now it all makes sense, out of the box experience for retail is a win, no mandatory installs where is not needed, now I can recommend this game
Where does it say its not playable? Are we saying card games can have patches? Seems extreme and unnecessary.
By "most" I meant that I'm ok with patches and DLC, not that I'm ok with 80% of the original game being there.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Neat, glad that's over. Now we await resolution/frame rate impressions.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Wait what the FUCK is going on, I have been reading the title all day and it keeps updating
Did you umm read the OP?
Waluigilicious
Member
It's that stupid cover art. It says online required and also its confusing how a game is playable with just 7gb when it has a 13gb download.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
But according to the update, the game is playable from beginning to end without a download.
They directly answered this concern. Are we just pretending they didn't answer so we can be more concerned and keep this going?
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I was here back when there was only 1 page of this thread, im just confused how it went from having to download more than half the game, to "you have the game but to get the rest of it you'll have to download" to "the full game was on the card all along."
SinCityAssassin
Member
Basically now we're at the whole game is on cart, but there's likely a content update patch day 1 anyways.
Misinformation and lack of clarification. We went from the notice on the box, to a vague statement from WB, and then a full statement that clarified the game can be played without the need for an internet connection.
One now has to wonder how much damage has been done at this point and how many folks won't see the new statement.
Waluigilicious
Member
He asked where does it say it so I answered. Where did they explain how they made is so the game is playable with 7gb yet there is a 13gb update? I know they said the case is an error but they didn't specify how they dealt with the size did they? (I just woke up).
I believe the whole game is playable from the cart, I'm just curious about the size now. Is the small content update they are talking about 13gb and if so what is it? Or was that an error too?
Jaded Alyx
Member
GAF just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about LEGO culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is with Mega Bloks where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over with LEGO, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the LEGO-buying public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to visit GAF for any reason, nor will they purchase any of WB's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but GAF has alienated an entire market with this move.
GAF, publicly apologize and purchase LEGO City Undercover for Switch or you can kiss your forum goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about LEGO culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is with Mega Bloks where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over with LEGO, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the LEGO-buying public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to visit GAF for any reason, nor will they purchase any of WB's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but GAF has alienated an entire market with this move.
GAF, publicly apologize and purchase LEGO City Undercover for Switch or you can kiss your forum goodbye.
Atom Heart Mother
Banned
No fun in going "oh ok that's it, let's go home"
Considering how slow this thread is moving compared to when the news was all about a forced download, probably a lot.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Okay, phew, that's a relief. So it was just a cover error all along.
Marty Chinn
Member
This is what I want to know. How is the Switch version so much smaller than every other version out there including the Wii U version?
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Different compression techniques, optimization and stuffs. The Xbox version is smaller size yet have more content than Wii U version.
It's probably slow because the people finger pointing Nintendo for this have to now eat their crow.
SinCityAssassin
Member
I'd still wait and see how this pans out compared to the other versions still, to be honest. I got some games to catch up on in April anyways.
Infernal Monkey
Member
Eh, I'll wait for day one impressions.
"Oops, we somehow accidentally printed 'internet required' and '13GB download' on the box, ignore those"
"Oops, we somehow accidentally printed 'internet required' and '13GB download' on the box, ignore those"
Ricerocket
Member
13GB download is an optional content update? That's quite hefty, and ends up being larger than Xbox version at 17GB no?
SinCityAssassin
Member
Apparently it doesn't actually exist.
Fredrik
Member
Not really tough at all for me, after playing Zelda when sitting in the kids room waiting for them to fall asleep I'll honestly go for portability over graphics whenever possible in the future. WiiU nearly worked for me but it sometimes lost the connection when going upstairs. Remote Play nearly worked too but introduced latency and had weird button placements. Switch is perfection, Zelda even runs better undocked, and I haven't even taken it outside yet.
Wew, so much for this. Glad to know it was just a misprint. Lot of people will have to eat crows !
Now I might buy this.
The update in the OP confirms it.
Now I might buy this.
The update in the OP confirms it.
That's one hell of a misprint. I'm interested in picking it up if there is indeed the whole game on the cart. I'll wait until early impressions pop up
Who should eat crow? WB's marketing department? People were just responding to what they saw, and rightfully so
Who should eat crow? WB's marketing department? People were just responding to what they saw, and rightfully so
I don't think we overreacted
The packaging as it was shown suggested a very large download required. Larger than the game was listed on the eshop. Combined with previous talk over cart pricing and the 'switch premium' led logically to suggestions of WB doing a Halo and reducing cost by shipping only half the game. WB didn't help due to ambiguous comments
If this had been true it could have been a massive issue for those that primarily play using physical games or that have limited internet availability.
The packaging as it was shown suggested a very large download required. Larger than the game was listed on the eshop. Combined with previous talk over cart pricing and the 'switch premium' led logically to suggestions of WB doing a Halo and reducing cost by shipping only half the game. WB didn't help due to ambiguous comments
If this had been true it could have been a massive issue for those that primarily play using physical games or that have limited internet availability.
Ricerocket
Member
Yeah saw the update 3. That's quite a fuck up.