Does more than one disc for a game bother you?

Personally, if a game has more content in it, and the transition between discs aren't too frequent and distracting, it wouldn't bother me at all. For example, if Rage had three discs and didn't cut parts from the game, is that really an issue? Is there a reason that I'm not aware of that game developers would want a game on two discs?

No, I don't care. I don't see why anybody would either.

Yes. Especially when I'm playing a game like Mass Effect 2, and I think, hey if this was on PS3, it would be one disc, and that one disc would be scratch resistant.

Only in certain cases. Tales of Symphonia was a game with one unobtrusive switch, and that was fine. Mass Effect 2 was a wily one that popped up at random even when you had the game installed (I know, it's for security purposes...). It was so random that for awhile I was convinced that installing the game made it so that you didn't have to switch discs. A lot of older PC games which used as many as 6 CDs at least had workarounds so that you didn't have to switch discs (and I'm not talking about only NoCD cracks). On the console, it's a bit different.

Not really.

" Only in certain cases. Tales of Symphonia was a game with one unobtrusive switch, and that was fine. Mass Effect 2 was a wily one that popped up at random even when you had the game installed.

I actually prefer it, the transition comes with a fuzzy feeling of accomplishment and normally there is a pretty good act break to mull over during the change. It always reminds me of good times with playstation one final fantasy games.

I don't see why it would. All you have to do is get up for a minute and put a different disc in. 

no.

" I actually prefer it, the transition comes with a fuzzy feeling of accomplishment and normally there is a pretty good act break to mull over during the change. It always reminds me of good times with playstation one final fantasy games. "

" @AndrewB said:

" Only in certain cases. Tales of Symphonia was a game with one unobtrusive switch, and that was fine. Mass Effect 2 was a wily one that popped up at random even when you had the game installed.

Agreed. Certain games are fine, they switch once and that's it until the next disk or the end of the game, and that doesn't bother me at all, but Mass Effect 2 was a terrible implementation of disk-switching. "

Snake, you need to change to DISK TWO. 
 
Oh wait, this is a blu-ray.  Glad I have a PS3.

More than one disc is no problem at all. Indeed, some of my fondest PS1 era memories come from accomplishing something of significance in a game and then swapping to the next disc- felt good.

The only time disc swapping was ever a major problem for me was playing Riven on PS1.  5 discs that you have to change every time you change major locations, and there was a lot of back and forth in that game.

Green Names- No
Blue Names-Yes
 
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I quite like multi disk games. Feels old school. 

No. It's not a big deal. People that say it is are too lazy to get up and change a disc.

A little I suppose. Specially when they switch between them more than once.

" No, I don't care. I don't see why anybody would either. "

Not a bit. I'd rather have to get up, swap a disc that takes all of 15 seconds and have more content in the game.

" Not really. "

I remember playing Baldur's Gate 2, it forced you to switch discs when you wanted to go to certain areas (unless you did a full install). It's really annoying having to switch the disc to go to one town, then having to switch it again if you reload in a previous one or if you have to go back again for some reason.

So how do you feel about Id cutting content from Rage in order to reduce the number of discs? I feel like they shouldn't have to pander  to the lazy and disc-switching impaired.

" @CL60 said:

" No, I don't care. I don't see why anybody would either. "

Play The Legend of Dragoon and then you'll see why people hate them so much. "

" @Video_Game_King said:

" @CL60 said:

" No, I don't care. I don't see why anybody would either. "

Play The Legend of Dragoon and then you'll see why people hate them so much. "

Sort of true.  I would have changed cd's a million times for that game, however. "

nah I dont care. If i had to switch them out every time I play the game that would get a little annoying.

" @Meteora:   I found it pretty damn annoying, and I didn't even go for the Stardusts; imagine if somebody wanted to 100% the game, but forgot about the Stardusts until disc 4. "

Anyone who says they prefer it is lying. It is an inconvenience. I was playing Mass Effect 2, and I beat the game. At one point I could either continue or start new game. If you want to continue a different save then you need to pop in a different disc. That is annoying.

No but it can limit the player under certain circumstances.  In Mass Effect 2, this meant that once you made the transition to the 2nd disc, you couldn't go back to any of the places you visited during the first part of the game.  For better or for worse, all those zones no longer existed in the universe because of the 2 disc requirement.  Obviously, the same thing was true on the PC version, but the game was designed with being on a console primarily.

No. DVDs are large enough to contain quite a bit of content. Even with Mass Effect 2, there were really only two disc switches, about ten hours or so apart. Lost Odyssey was, what, three discs? Or four? I can't remember. But that game was huge as well. There was more disc switching for that game, and it still didn't bother me.
 
But, then, I come from the age of Sierra adventure games coming on a dozen 5.25" floppies. So even the moderate disc switching we have today is nothing compared to what we had to endure back then :)
 
Ah, you youngsters have no idea how good you've got it :)

Ten years ago no. Nowadays I kind of do since the PS3 is always one disc and you can't do that with the 360. 

Having used Steam for so long I'm upset if I even have to think about finding discs.

No, unless it's like one of those older PC games where you were expected to change discs constantly from about 6 separate discs. In the PS1 era you felt like you were getting ripped if your RPG didn't come on about 4 discs.

The only time it bothered me back on the PS1 was when the final disc of an RPG had most of its areas unreachable due to some stupid thing because they didn't want to/didn't have the space to program all of the towns and areas on the final disc, so you had to finish most of the sidequests and exploring BEFORE doing that certain storyline that advanced to the final disc. (I'm looking at you and your stupid vines, Final Fantasy IX.) 
 
I haven't played any next-gens with more than one disc yet, so I dunno if it bothers me.

" No but it can limit the player under certain circumstances.  In Mass Effect 2, this meant that once you made the transition to the 2nd disc, you couldn't go back to any of the places you visited during the first part of the game.  For better or for worse, all those zones no longer existed in the universe because of the 2 disc requirement.  Obviously, the same thing was true on the PC version, but the game was designed with being on a console primarily. "

I don't care one bit.  Multiple discs for FF13 (360) and I no problems for me.  Honestly I don't why people have a huge problem with this

Usually not. I'd prefer if it was one disc, but if the game does the disc switches well, it isn't a big issue

It reminds me of when I was a kid seeing the 3 discs for Final Fantasy VII, and being completely amazed and mystified by this. When ever I see more then one it makes me a little giddy

" No, I don't care. I don't see why anybody would either. "

" @CL60 said:

" No, I don't care. I don't see why anybody would either. "

I would care if it interrupts the game, because I don't want to switch DVDs every hour just to play the game. However, if you could download the data on your console's HDD then it would be okay and Forza 3 was this way fyi. "

" @ISuperGamerI said:

" @CL60 said:

" No, I don't care. I don't see why anybody would either. "

I would care if it interrupts the game, because I don't want to switch DVDs every hour just to play the game. However, if you could download the data on your console's HDD then it would be okay and Forza 3 was this way fyi. "

Every hour is a little bit of an exaggeration. "

It bothers me now because I'd like to think we're at a point where disc swapping should be a memory.

It didn't used to, but recently it's started to sort of bother me.

installing battlefield 2 is mad annoying. 5 fucken discs. but in final fantasy it was super cool cause you know your that much closer -_-

Yeah it bugs me but I love the two multiple disk games I have for the xbox 360, I'm actually installing disk 3 on my hard drive for FF XIII right now.

GAME DISCS BOTHER ME ! Bring back cartridges!
 
I don't see why 2 discs would be a problem

i get an anxiety attack when games have more then one disk...i remember a long time ago i rented a an original Playstation just so i could rent and play the original Metal Gear solid...when i had to transfer to the second CD it wouldn't load...restarted, tried playing through again, same problem...had to take the system back without even seeing the end of the game i rented the system for in the first place.