Resistance : Fall Of Man Currently 22GB!!!

[ProvenFlipper]

Who needs a $2000 dollar gaming rig when the PS3 looks that good at $500/$600. I know there will always be people who are going to be into PC gaming and are loyal to mouse and keyboard and all, but these newer consoles are really blurring the lines between consoles and PC games.

That game looks amazing... Almost has me wanting a PS3. Maybe I'll end up with one earlier than expected?

[BTBuck1]

Originally Posted by ProvenFlipper

Maybe I'll end up with one earlier than expected?

If constraintment for BDP-S1 dont end by late october, I will be on the ps3 hunt daily! otherwise I will have a ps3 by tax return.

[suprmallet]

Does anyone else wonder why this is 22GB when one of the biggest, most open-ended and complex games ever made, Oblivion, is 5GB? Either this is all HD FMV or it's uncompressed.

[Applefiend]

Well Oblivion was mostly trees. Lots of trees.

[ProvenFlipper]

Originally Posted by suprmallet

Does anyone else wonder why this is 22GB when one of the biggest, most open-ended and complex games ever made, Oblivion, is 5GB? Either this is all HD FMV or it's uncompressed.

I believe that its a combination of both. From what I've read, pretty much all of the textures are uncompressed. As far as the FMV, I'm unsure, but at that amount of space, its to be expected.

[Shadowself]

Originally Posted by suprmallet

Does anyone else wonder why this is 22GB when one of the biggest, most open-ended and complex games ever made, Oblivion, is 5GB? Either this is all HD FMV or it's uncompressed.

Uncompressed HDTV (1080p) is truly obnoxious in size -- on the order of 1 Gbps (around 7+ GB per minute) or greater. Just three minutes of uncompressed imagery would eat up that full 22 GB. Thus I doubt there is any truly uncompressed imagery on the disk.

However, there might be "studio quality" imagery which is minimally compressed (on the order of 100 Mbps or 700+ MB per minute). This would allow for very fast motion imagery with high contrast and lots of colors and still have no noticeable artifacts. Even 15 minutes of this (dispursed throughout the game as 15 seconds here, 30 seconds there, etc.) would only take up half of that 22 GB.

Also since this is still very likely Beta software/imagery there might be a LOT of redundant code and imagery in that 22 GB. If this is true, when it finially ships it could be as little as 12 - 15 GB.

[BTBuck1]

Originally Posted by suprmallet

Does anyone else wonder why this is 22GB when one of the biggest, most open-ended and complex games ever made, Oblivion, is 5GB? Either this is all HD FMV or it's uncompressed.

^Weak attempt to hint that we don't "Need" 25gb or 50gb discs for games.