Blue Dragon: more discs = better game

Halo 3 on 7 discs? Hell yeah!!!

I wanna change discs everytime I switch to a different weapon.

I'm starting to get pumped about this game, the multiple disk games take me back to my FF7 days when I opend up the case and realised I had a long journey ahead of me.

@1
maybe that's what sony meant by "real-time weapon change". all the weapons fit on one disc. amazing!

#1 jaxsedrin - Real time weapon change!

3 discs is fine for an RPG where you might swap a disc after a week or so, but it'll never happen for an FPS unless they cram the Halo movie on there as FMV sequences.

Yea FF7 ruled with its 5 discs, made it seem like such a epic and long game. It was of course but we all know most of the space was used on CG movies. Anyway I too am starting to really get syched about this game.

Yeah, remember, alot of Real-time assets take much less space then pre-rendered movies. Most of the space on these disks is taken up by pre-rendered 720p video. In fact any japanese developer who's complained about DVD space it has been about adding HD video. Not Real Time content.

@ #1

LOL

Though my second question would be... IS BLUE DRAGON REGON LOCKED?!?!?!?!?!

#3 check you copy of FF7 again, it was only 3 discs and the final disc just held the ending, unless you're talking about the PC version.

halo 3 on 7 Discs... not only disc changes for ever weapon but also blue screens for everyone else in the game each time also... more bluescreen is always fun!!!

Sign the HD DVD Petition so we can end this foolish format war thank you.

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/HD_DVD_Studio_Support

@6

its still a 50/50 chance

play-asia hasn't tested it on NTSC-U/C systems (us) yet
i hope it isnt bcuz ill import it right away even though i have no idea what there saying!

3 discs!!! thats 25.5GB....which is virtually the same size as a single layered blu-ray disc...coincidence...?

that is way to big of a game...I garantee most of it is crap CGI that gamers dont care much about...we want to play the game...not watch it.

Hold up
Right now if you eject a disc during the game it pops back to the dashboard is there an ingame function that makes the 360 wait for a disc

or could we be getting an update? with an also optional boot whatever is on the dvd drive with insert?
cause i hate it when i put in a game and it boots it when im playing an arcade game

Oh no, not another flippin JRPG with discs crammed full of FMV rather than, y'know, a game. :-(

Why can't these people use in-engine graphics like GOW and Dead Rising? (In Dead Rising you know it's in-engine because your clothes are different in the cut-scenes when you have changed them!)

Oh well.

Agreed with #13. We're getting to the point where the cinematics in FF12 could be very very closely recreated within an advanced 3D engine. With graphical quality the way it is, why aren't we doing more with in-engine assets? Not only does it remove the jarring "hey, you're not playing the game anymore" transitions between CG and real-time, it might give us a game on a single disc!

I take the bet. $4.65 it is. I'll be back to collect in a few months, be ready, or pistols at dawn on the Weehawken plain it is.

Although some folks might think that having 3 DVDs shows you how long and great the game will be, I think this one time, that Microsoft looks dumb. I mean if they make a big deal about not needing an HD format disc, then why release games on multiple DVDs. That being said, Blu-ray is way overhyped.

If the 3 DVDs are full wouldn't that be roughly 27gb. That is more than what is on the current PS3 Blu Ray 25gb discs, or at least until they up to the 50gb. So conceivably this game would have been on two PS3 discs, not to mention that currently it is taking more room to code for the additional processors on a PS3. 2 PS3 discs would have been very probable.

I'm not that worried about it. How large is Gears of War? After less than a year, if a game engine can produce something of the quality of the commercial, I'm not worried. Also, there are other ways to cut space, using in game enging for cut scense, procedural textures that make all the textures in game, better compression, etc.

I can't imagine what PS3 will be putting on those 50gb discs unless they are throwing in tons of extras.

FFVII FTW

Why is it not feasible to just use the hard drive to back up the video content for these games? Larger hard drives are on the way right?

-JL

I'll take that bet. If Halo 3 is really that much more expansive than the previous installments and needs that much more space, I'd be willing to bet that as the H3 launch day draws closer we start hearing rumors of an updated 360 with a built in HD-DVD drive, HDMI, the whole nine yards. It's not hard to imagine that they could get the production costs down enough by then to maintain the $399 premium price point.
Mark my words.