If you managed to get into the MAG beta and thought that was a lot of downloading, Aksys' Record of Agarest War is going to blow your mind. The PSN title will weigh in "somewhere around 8 - 10 gigs," an Aksys employee posted on the game's forums. Obviously, eight to ten gigabytes isn't going to be much space for your PS3's big and burly hard drive and it's definitely understandable considering the game was originally a disc-based release in Europe; however, the time it'll take to download all of those gigglebytes is another story.
We suggest starting the download before you go to bed or -- considering the "100 hour" adventure isn't actually out yet -- taking the Delorean up to 88MPH.
[Via Siliconera]
Reader Comments (45)
Posted: Dec 4th 2009 8:31PM UnnXandros said
Holy Sh...! Im actually interested in this game, probably will import an BluRay edition, i have 65 of my 75 GBs used >_
Posted: Dec 4th 2009 9:41PM UnnXandros said
Yes, but i dont really want to redownload 80 psn games >_
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Posted: Dec 4th 2009 11:38PM (Unverified) said
Or you could just back up your PS3 to an external, swap in the new drive, and then restore. Worked just fine for me and I didn't have to redownload anything
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Posted: Dec 5th 2009 1:14AM DrChristopher said
Or just use your PS3's drive for gaming and connect a 1TB drive for media etc. I just bought an external iomega 1TB drive for $80. Plus, this way I can organize folders for videos/music using my PC. I love my PS3, but its media sorting capabilities are terrible.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2009 1:46AM UnnXandros said
I dont use my PS3's HDD for music or Videos (just some PSN videos) since i use my PC as a Media Server. I should buy a 500 GB HDD tho and get of course an 80 GB External Drive to Back every damn game. Wish i could buy HDD so cheap as u guys said, but down here (Argentina, as u can see thru my lame English) things are a lil bit more expensive...
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Posted: Dec 4th 2009 8:38PM barnolde said
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 10:33PM I AM IRONHIDE said
Posted: Dec 4th 2009 8:40PM (Unverified) said
Jesus christ, 8-10 gigs with my psn speeds will most likely take all day to download :(
Posted: Dec 4th 2009 8:45PM Extinction said
That's a lot of my monthly quota right there....
Posted: Dec 4th 2009 8:59PM (Unverified) said
So this is that hentai game minus the actual hentai, right?
Posted: Dec 4th 2009 9:03PM (Unverified) said
If the person had a 20GB, they're screwed.
This is why I went with the 160 from the start, so I didn't have to upgrade as fast. I'm down to 75 left now.
This is why I went with the 160 from the start, so I didn't have to upgrade as fast. I'm down to 75 left now.
Posted: Dec 6th 2009 3:37PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said
Upgrade process is painless and easy. I had the 60 GB and upgraded about 2 years ago to 200+ GB's and I've got like 60 GB's left and have never even thought of deleting a single demo or game file. It took all of 30 minutes to do it from start to finish. I just backed up everything the night before, swapped out the HDD, restored it and was done.
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Posted: Dec 4th 2009 9:14PM (Unverified) said
I thought Siren was a hair over 9 GB.
Posted: Dec 4th 2009 9:53PM (Unverified) said
Really? It's a 2D game, it must have a LOT of content.
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 12:01AM killdash9 said
Lots of uncompressed ero--I mean, images. Lots of uncompressed squea--I mean, audio. Multiplied by lots of gir--I mean, characters. But, you know, as they all tell you, size doesn't matter, right? For this game, "GB" isn't GigaBytes; we measure this one in Girly-Blocks.
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Posted: Dec 7th 2009 10:39AM (Unverified) said
Some of the JP games, while being 2d have some epic storylines and details in the games. I can remember some old RPG's that were 2 disk, top down scroller. Not to mention the recent "Valkyria Chronicles" That game was just scary with the extra content that wasn't directly game related.
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Posted: Dec 4th 2009 10:14PM mxpowar said
I'm glad I imported the collector's edition. The artbook is very nice.
Posted: Dec 7th 2009 11:40AM mxpowar said
Sorry, couldn't tell you. It's at the bottom of my backlog mountain at the moment. All I know is that it has an optional install of ~4GB and the music at the title screen is extremely annoying. Plus it has no trophies because it's an old game. I wonder if Aksys will be adding trophies like NISA did with Cross Edge?
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Posted: Dec 4th 2009 11:22PM Vidaluko said
I have no download cap, but I have a slow connection, 1.70Mb/s, it would take me around 14 hours to download it....
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 12:54PM (Unverified) said
math is off; it'd take >2hours with 1.7mb/s. 14hours would net you 85gb...
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Posted: Dec 4th 2009 11:36PM CoolPrizes said
Dam... Mine's will download in like 2 hours or less... GOSH I LOVE FiOS!
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 12:30AM sithben24 said
when is this being released or does it not have a date yet?
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 1:09AM Tr3pidation said
I read Dark as Dork in the screenshot. There should be a game with the Dork alignment.
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 1:39AM Kattleox said
I remember trying the free demo for this on the Japanese store. It was five hours long if I'm not mistaken.
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 4:11AM Roto13 said
The future, ladies and gentlemen.
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 9:16AM Roxas560 said
...... good god.....
must buy!!!!!!!!!!!1
must buy!!!!!!!!!!!1
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 9:38AM (Unverified) said
This is Metal Gear Solid 4 levels of resistance to decompression. There is no way that this game is compressed and still carries that much data.
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 1:56PM NathanDTS said
This is why I don't believe Digital Distribution will ever work beyond small minigames.
What with the majority of peoples internet speeds not being that fast and because Terrabyte Hard Drives have only just come onto the market.
What with the majority of peoples internet speeds not being that fast and because Terrabyte Hard Drives have only just come onto the market.
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 3:05PM (Unverified) said
gigglebytes? :3
Posted: Dec 5th 2009 5:32PM HardBoiled2009 said
I dunno why everytime i read " Record Of " I start to get over excited thinking Record Of Lodoss War then i read Agarest war not Lodoss War and then i got worked up for nothing and i feel let down but then i think i can't wait too see more of this title.
tho record of lodoss war was a Diablo like clone i LOVED it ! i thought the game was great ... * sigh * only one can hope ... that and the PSN title Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together as a PS1 Downloadable title
tho record of lodoss war was a Diablo like clone i LOVED it ! i thought the game was great ... * sigh * only one can hope ... that and the PSN title Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together as a PS1 Downloadable title
Posted: Dec 6th 2009 10:34PM rogue05 said
Downloading the MAG beta was a pain, I hope there is a way to download it piece by piece so i don't have to leave it on all day.
Posted: Dec 7th 2009 7:45AM phizzyphizzy said
Have you noticed the 'pause' option in the PS3's download management?
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