Upcoming Physical Release Thread

[BubblegumMecha]

Originally Posted by Nunab18

That's good to hear, glad you scored yourself a copy. The second hand market has been kinda rough on some of these new releases lately

I wasn’t able to I’m afraid. I found a good deal on something else that I couldn’t pass up and it cleaned me out for a while. It is cool that it finally made it out though.

[emailking]

Originally Posted by Nunab18

Yeah, I've heard some mixed things about SotN2, hope you enjoy Industria more.

Industria's big problem is how hard it is at the start before you get ranged weapons and anything to heal with. I literally had to backup 20 minutes because could not get past this section with the sliver of health I had, it was 1 hit kill for me in that condition. Another issue is that there are many dark sections and you get limited batteries for your flashlight. Other than that I did like it, and it is very atmospheric and a cool story. I should note it's pretty short, only a few hours, and low budget so it does have some bugs and such and the environments aren't super detailed. Given the difficulty at the start I don't think I can recommend it as is, but when the price goes down, maybe n a digital sale, it's worth a try. I did abandon Spirit of the North 2 and m working on Bloom & Rage physical now.

[Nunab18]

Just an advisory about Gears of War Reloaded, the European box art now has "required content download" marked on the front cover. US release does not appear to have this warning. There was also a Polish news outlet that stated the game was not on disc and that it required a 64GB download (the full size of this game).

https://www.ppe.pl/news/379798/gears...bDate=20250821

This looks like another big L for Microsoft.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Nunab18

Just an advisory about Gears of War Reloaded, the European box art now has "required content download" marked on the front cover. US release does not appear to have this warning. There was also a Polish news outlet that stated the game was not on disc and that it required a 64GB download (the full size of this game).

https://www.ppe.pl/news/379798/gears...bDate=20250821

This looks like another big L for Microsoft.

I have the game installed from PSN.

It is 63GB, version 1.04. Possible the Disc is 1.00 with a smaller file size because it contains just the Campaign.

[Nunab18]

Originally Posted by Derb

I have the game installed from PSN.

It is 63GB, version 1.04. Possible the Disc is 1.00 with a smaller file size because it contains just the Campaign.

I'm now seeing other reports that the disc does indeed have campaign on board via tweets from VGP I'm gonna go ahead and pick up a copy and check that myself, I spose.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Nunab18

I'm now seeing other reports that the disc does indeed have campaign on board via tweets from VGP I'm gonna go ahead and pick up a copy and check that myself, I spose.

Typically, games with online/offline modes favour Offline for majority of file size.

So I wouldn’t be surprised if the offline mode clocks in at around 40-50GB.

[BubblegumMecha]

I really hope the U.S. version isn’t just a key disc.

Edit: it looks like Doesitplay has confirmed that at least the campaign data is contained on the disc and is playable offline.

[Nunab18]

Originally Posted by BubblegumMecha

I really hope the U.S. version isn’t just a key disc.

Edit: it looks like Doesitplay has confirmed that at least the campaign data is contained on the disc and is playable offline.

That's pretty much all I need! Look forward to playing this again, haven't since it first came out on 360.

[BubblegumMecha]

Correction: Their tweet mentions the disc being from an eastern region and “bootable” offline. Hopefully we have some tests soon to know how stable the build is or if the game is fully playable offline.

[Nunab18]

Originally Posted by BubblegumMecha

Correction: Their tweet mentions the disc being from an eastern region and “bootable” offline. Hopefully we have some tests soon to know how stable the build is or if the game is fully playable offline.

So, it does appear confirmed with some folks in DiP that the campaign is on disc (fully playable) and so is the ability to play campaign in splitscreen co-op. All multiplayer, including private versus modes require download.

Thankfully though, campaign is safe.

[BubblegumMecha]

That’s fantastic news! That’s all that matters!

[emailking]

Don't all multplayer games require you to be on the latest version? So yeah it's not surprising I guess that would need a patch. It's also not a concern for preservation because the multiplayer goes away by its nature.

[Nunab18]

Originally Posted by emailking

Don't all multplayer games require you to be on the latest version? So yeah it's not surprising I guess that would need a patch. It's also not a concern for preservation because the multiplayer goes away by its nature.

Yeah, I usually don't care about multiplayer being on disc or not. The only unfortunate thing in this case, offline versus isn't there. I guess it isn't a big loss, but good to know I spose.

[Nunab18]

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My personal pickups for September look like Cronos, Silent Hill f, Ready or Not, and Pac-Man World 2

[emailking]

The Kong game looks pretty good but I don't have time. I'll wait to hear how people like the Silent Hill game. I'm playing Clair Obscur physical now. Also finished & platted Lost Records: Bloom and Rage physical.