Oh don't worry. You won't be able to play the game at all once the servers go down. No half-experiences here!
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Quantum Break's live action cut scenes needs an internet connection
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Oh don't worry. You won't be able to play the game at all once the servers go down. No half-experiences here!
Poodlestrike
Banned
Uh, what?
Bits N Pieces
Member
Can you explain this in a bit more detail, please?
Pathfinder
Member
What servers? It's not an online game.
Beer Monkey
Member
Jesus, last gen Microsoft got away with using DVD and almost no cross-platform releases suffered for it. This gen Blu-Ray isn't enough.
Oh well, I'll d/l the X1 vids.
Oh well, I'll d/l the X1 vids.
Ninja Sharingan
Banned
Cant you skip the video? like if you have seen it once? wht happens if you re watch movies on netflix? isn't it the same thing?
If my download is going to be like 30 gig compared to 50 with Hi def video Id take the 30 gig one personally less data to download straight away and I will only watch the video's once or twice, so if i can skip them it is ideal
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Hitokiri03
Member
I mean, is really that expensive to press another BD with the cutscenes?
Do you have any proof to back up this claim?
Apart from the MCC wasn't actually finished when the games were pressed.
It's possibly a similar thing here, the game itself may have gone gold, but they may be working much closer to the wire on the Episodes.
This is likely a throwback to the TV TV TV days, but even though that was scaled back, certain logistical and production issues will have remained as a result
Love Deterrence
Member
Will wait for Xbox2 version with scenes on the disc
They did exactly the same thing with Halo 4, the Spartan Ops cutscenes were streamed because they were released over a long period of time
Ditto, no issues here.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Weird they let you download them to X1 but not PC. Usually PC is the one with more options. Why not let people decide how to utilize their hard drive space?
Beer Monkey
Member
I'm assuming he means that in the year 20XX if you try to do a fresh install of the disk and the servers aren't up you are SOL.
I'll make that same argument for Mass Effect 3. Once the EA servers are down, you won't be able to do a fresh install of the game and still get the best endings or experience the extended cut of the game.
You can skip the Vids.
piccio_ssl
Member
and miss a huge part of the story?
Doug Heffernan
Member
No, you're not. The streaming automatically throttles to your bandwidth, you know... like every other streaming service on the planet!
They've been enormously clear on this point. There exist myriad technical reasons as to why streaming is absolutely the only possible solution and that's why streaming isn't required on the Xbox One.
Pathfinder
Member
If you pre-order the game on XO, you can get it for PC too for free. Then you can play on either one.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Food for thought: imagine the reaction on here if they announced the install size was over 100 GB? People would be begging for the option to stream the videos instead, there would be a fucking outcry!
I thought they were independent videos that showed some of the setup for some events but we're not necessary.
Spotless Mind
Member
WTF. So dumb. My internet can't handle streaming at all. Downloading some likely gigantic video files would take forever as well. Put it on a bloody disk.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Really the only issue i see is that there isn't an option to download them on PC like you can on X1. Streaming is a nice option for those with great internet speeds and they can save space, but downloading has its benefits as well.
Although I suppose there are those that want it on a disc. Would be nice for those people to have optional install disc as well.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
We have a precedent for how publishers should deal with this problem; ship the initial thing with lower resolution cutscenes to get the install size down to a manageable level. Put in a UI prompt to notify players that if they have additional space, they can download highly quality cutscenes. Make the download free (which costs you nothing because Steam doesn't charge for bandwidth costs). See: Sleeping Dogs and Skyrim.
Edit: Someone told me that the game isn't on Steam so I guess they can't do this logical and free solution to the problem.
But it's true, Streaming is no real risk. Remember when Microsoft shipped Galactic Reign? It was a really cool mobile and Windows Store exclusive game. Basically the game was a strategy combat game, kinda like Risk. But the cutscenes for the combat mechanics were rendered on the cloud and then streamed to you, so you could have awesome visual detail without a huge download size or needing a beefy phone/computer. Awesome idea, and more than a few parallels to what happened here.
Edit: Wait, they shut down the servers and pulled the plug on the game, including the Windows Store exclusive version, just over 4 months after it released? Woah. Who'd have expected that? Weird. Well I'm sure it would never happen here.
InsaneTiger
Member
Download cutscenes of the game you just bought...wow.
I never thought of that one.
I never thought of that one.
Last we heard the XBO itself cannot handle multi disk games.
stuminus3
Member
I've found this is super common in the mobile market, especially in kids games that feature a lot of video.
So long as there's still the option to download the full thing this is actually nice to see. I'd be quite happy to stream FMV in every game Netflix style if it saved on download size and disk space (especially on consoles where storage is more limited).
So long as there's still the option to download the full thing this is actually nice to see. I'd be quite happy to stream FMV in every game Netflix style if it saved on download size and disk space (especially on consoles where storage is more limited).
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
The way they think it is, it isn't.
ForsakenLotus
Member
So why can't Windows 10 users download them? Too easy to upload them on a PC?
Seems pretty crappy to me.
Seems pretty crappy to me.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Lol.
Food for thought: Imagine the reaction when the servers are permanently shutdown making the full game literally unplayable, there would be a fucking outcry!
Food for thought: Imagine the reaction when someone wants to see the cutscenes in 1080p but can't because his internet isn't fast enough to stream that resolution while playing, there would be a fucking outcry!
Food for thought: Imagine the reaction when the servers are getting slammed at release, rendering the full game completely unplayable even though it's a single player game, there would be a fucking outcry!