That's kind of pushing it for arcade game size isn't it?  Oh yeah, and Shank (along with Scott Pilgrim) is up on the store now.

Lara Croft is 2.02 gigs.

It's all the blood.

" Lara Croft is 2.02 gigs. "

" @CaptainObvious said:

" Lara Croft is 2.02 gigs. "

Well that's even stupider.  Still, it IS a 3D game so I can at least see why it would be that high "

" @Shadow said:

" @CaptainObvious said:

" Lara Croft is 2.02 gigs. "

Well that's even stupider.  Still, it IS a 3D game so I can at least see why it would be that high "

Man, and I thought Shadow Complex's 7 or 8 hundred MB size was pushing it. What happened to the days when XBLA games were limited to 50 MB? "

1.98 is alot for this game. I was expecting maybe 700mb-1gb, but certainly not 2gb.

Even for Lara Croft it's too much. For both games the developer clearly made no attempt to compress the data or reuse data. Unless every Level of Shank is 100% unique, that's stupid.

" @CaptainObvious said:

" Lara Croft is 2.02 gigs. "

Well that's even stupider.  Still, it IS a 3D game so I can at least see why it would be that high "

" @Shadow said:

" @CaptainObvious said:

" Lara Croft is 2.02 gigs. "

Well that's even stupider.  Still, it IS a 3D game so I can at least see why it would be that high "

i heard a CD dev on a podcast say that the limit was 2 GB so they made sure they hit that limit 'cause "give them a big download and customers feel they are getting value" (paraphrased).  TO be fair it is no different to when PS3 developers used to talk more about how much space on the blu-ray they were using rather than how long their game was. "

 
Do you have a monthly download limit or something? D:

"   Do you have a monthly download limit or something? D: "

Buy a better hard drive.

I don't care, I'm still probably going to buy it.

" @CaptainObvious said:

" Lara Croft is 2.02 gigs. "

Well that's even stupider.  Still, it IS a 3D game so I can at least see why it would be that high "

These XBLA/PSN/WiiWare games are getting big and for people like me with a cap, you have to be careful. My cap is only 60 GB and while I don't DL often, it can run out fast if you're not careful. Therefore, I can't DL the demos until I'm near the end of the month. Hard to believe a game like Limbo is only 150 or something.

I don't get why it's a big deal?

It's.. two gig. Unless you're sitting on a capped internet, it's not that big of a deal.

Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what the big deal with this is. People complained about the 50meg limit, now others are complaining about the opposite. I guess people always find something to whine about. :/
 
I've got a 100gb cap, but even though I'm a bit of a download fiend I rarely have a problem (though as I say this I'm pushing 85gb on my limit this month).

" @Shadow said:

" @CaptainObvious said:

" Lara Croft is 2.02 gigs. "

Well that's even stupider.  Still, it IS a 3D game so I can at least see why it would be that high "

Man, and I thought Shadow Complex's 7 or 8 hundred MB size was pushing it. What happened to the days when XBLA games were limited to 50 MB? "

i heard a CD dev on a podcast say that the limit was 2 GB so they made sure they hit that limit 'cause "give them a big download and customers feel they are getting value" (paraphrased).

I think everyone in Toronto has a download cap (Unless you got an insider deal or are not with Rogers or Bell)

Look at the art style! Its beautiful! The game looks great! That is why its so big. 

Even with my metered-out-the-ass net it's more of a HDD space issue than anything else.

" @Hamst3r said:

"   Do you have a monthly download limit or something? D: "

25 gig in new zealand and it's slow as fuck. "

Yeash, I don't think I could live somewhere with a download limit. I'd be maxing out after a couple days.

" @Hamst3r said:

"   Do you have a monthly download limit or something? D: "

25 gig in new zealand and it's slow as fuck. "

Is 2 GB a lot or something?

Yo dawg, that whole game has like 30MB of unique gamplay.  Screw all them extra MBs.  They've got to be padding.  It's just silly.  I didn't buy the game, so it's no skin off my hog, but I'd be miffed about trying to cram it on my original 12GB hard drive alongside some DLC and an installed game.
 
I realize they're playing up the "value added" angle, but yo, fuck that shit, son.  We gots kids and bandwidth caps or whatever the fuck people are worried about.  Shiet.

" Yeash, I don't think I could live somewhere with a download limit. I'd be maxing out after a couple days. "

" Yo dawg, that whole game has like 30MB of unique gamplay.  Screw all them extra MBs.  They've got to be padding.  It's just silly.  I didn't buy the game, so it's no skin off my hog, but I'd be miffed about trying to cram it on my original 12GB hard drive alongside some DLC and an installed game.  I realize they're playing up the "value added" angle, but yo, fuck that shit, son.  We gots kids and bandwidth caps or whatever the fuck people are worried about.  Shiet. "

" @THRICE said:

" Yeash, I don't think I could live somewhere with a download limit. I'd be maxing out after a couple days. "

So you'd download 25 gigs+ in a few days? Why exactly would someone use that much that fast? "

After reading a review about the game it turns out it doesn't have online co op. :(

I'm glad I upgraded my 360 to the squat.

The loading times are kind of ridiculous as well, literally minutes. Haven't seen that since the ole PS1 days.