Siren: Blood Curse Comments by Kristan Reed
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I'm downloading this game now... bought the entire game outright as it's cheaper than buying it chapter by chapter. The first of the 12 "parts" has almost downloaded (took about 15 minutes!) but I'm confused about what order to install them in as it's not clear which part is which and, weirdly, the third and final part of Chapter One appears last in my download list for some reason after the last part of Chapter Four!!! Obviously I want to play Chapter One first so I've paused all the others so all three parts of Chapter One will download first then I'll unpause the rest so they resume downloading in order. At the rate it's downloading, it looks like the entire 10 GB download will be finished by tonight, although God knows how long the entire game will take to fully install.
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SeesThroughAll
24/07/08 @ 13:34
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@ Darren: I'm taking the "gradual install" approach. A couple of episodes for now, then the rest later. In the meantime, I'll get rid of some demos.
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SeesThroughAll
24/07/08 @ 13:45
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Hmmmm... Could this be a convincing way to deliver episodic content?
Would like to see EG take the opportunity to write an article on how this might evolve in consoles, seeing as the concept failed for PC gaming. |
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Ooops, meant to say that I'm downloading the whole thing THEN installing each episode as in my experience installing large files while there's stuff downloading in the background means it takes a lot longer, understandable really as the drive head has to keep moving back and forth between the downloaded data and the installed stuff.
The first two episodes, which total approx. 1.5 GBs, have already downloaded for me and it's just started on the last one of Chapter One. I have to say that I'm very impressed with the speed the whole thing is downloading at considering I'm only on an upto 8 Mbps connection! :) |
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@andijames
I'm sure Sony could have found a compression method that does intermediate checksum tests. Chop the file up into 50MB chunks and install each one in the background while the next downloads if you have to. Sony generally go for simplicity of implementation over customer convenience, though. Look at the way you have to download patches for PSN games even if you buy the game *after* the patch was released. |
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kangarootoo
24/07/08 @ 14:57
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A bit more of this kind of thing and maybe people will finally drop that whole "DLC games are not real games" nonsense. The delivery method has nothing to do with the quality and scale of the final title, but we have only really had Warhawk to demonstrate this. I'll all for it.
On the whole drive space issue, bear in mind that once the game is purchased you have the right to re-download it whenever you want. So you can just download the first chaper, set the second one going in the background whilst you play, chuck the first chapter away once you have deleted it and set the 3rd going, etc. If ever you want to replay a chapter, its no biggy to just download it again (and if you have a PSP and remote play set up properly, you can set it downloading even if you aren't at home). |
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SeesThroughAll
24/07/08 @ 15:02
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If ever you want to replay a chapter, its no biggy to just download it again (and if you have a PSP and remote play set up properly, you can set it downloading even if you aren't at home).
Indeed. Remote Play is especially useful in this regard. A shame there aren't too many games that are Remote Play compatible.
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twinberettas
24/07/08 @ 15:45
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Holy shit it's Thursday already! *Downloads*
Edit: It's not that dark on my TV, based on my experience of the demo anyway.
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kangarootoo
24/07/08 @ 16:21
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@SeesThroughAll
"Indeed. Remote Play is especially useful in this regard. A shame there aren't too many games that are Remote Play compatible." No, I'm talking about the PSN store and the XMB. You can access the store through your PS3 via remote play and set stuff downloading. Then once it is done you can start it installing via the same method. By the time you get home, it is all ready to go. |
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"seeing as the concept failed for PC gaming. "
Well, just because some addons-called-episodes for one of the most popular PC shooters weren't released every six months as planned and didn't always give enough actual new content for the price/hype doesn't mean the whole concept has failed. Some episodes f.e. of Sam & Max gave the right hints as to how it could be a good alternative way of delivering games. |
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byron_hinson
24/07/08 @ 18:29
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Actually it was only chapter 1 reviewed last week - this is the whole package
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Any recommendations on where to get a disc based version of this?
I usually order from Play Asia but they don't ship PS3 stuff to the UK. Also, does it specifically have to be the Hong Kong version of the game if you want English text as an option, or should the Japanese version have the choice too? I can't think why it would, but you never know. |
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SeesThroughAll
24/07/08 @ 18:57
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@ kangarotoo:
Yes, I understood what you meant. Of course, that's the use I give to RP the most myself. My remark on games running through RP is just my usual rant. |
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Godhather08
24/07/08 @ 19:22
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Downloading the 12 chapters now. Looking forward to playing this tonight. Scary.
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timberwolf
24/07/08 @ 21:42
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i hope this release highlights the cult original. this is a hollywood remake that removes all of the quirky grace of forbidden siren and replaces it with dummed down action scenes and QTE's. do yourself a favour and pick up the original for half the price of this shoddy remake.
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SeesThroughAll
25/07/08 @ 11:41
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@ funkstar: He's referring to the "shake your controller" interactions. Tilting the controller sideways for reloading was a clever addition, I must say.
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" If it was on Xbox 360 it would get about 5/10 as 360 has much higher standards. "
so, if MGS4 was on Xbox360 it would get 5/10... lol i've seen your profiel Nick_JC1, your top games are only xbox360, so its normal for you to say that... btw, great game, i've already bought the full package... this is a good choice for SH fans, since some developers of SH worked in this game. |
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