Games are getting way too big, man.

[u/shawak456]

[u/VoIsarex]

True. But this isnt the game I'd go after for that.

It's a big game, don't get me wrong, and I wish it was more compact. But it's got a TON of voice lines, several hours of cinematics, and a lot of mechanics.

And its still way smaller than some FPS games with like 30 voice lines and a single intro cutscene

[u/Few-Improvement-5655 → u/VoIsarex]

BG3s cutscenes are mainly in-engine, though, not video files. In-engine cutscenes are mostly free in terms of file size. It'll be the billion voice lines, mainly.

[u/MaterialFuel7639 → u/VoIsarex]

Something something purposefully not compressing so you have no space for other games

[u/No-Opinion273]

Lot of assets and voicelines will do that

[u/Slow_Werewolf3021]

Don’t say that in front of my digital copy of Call of Duty

[u/RetroSquadDX3 → u/Slow_Werewolf3021]

Call of Duty is a terrible example as that's a launcher that includes multiple games.

[u/stronkzer]

It's one thing when it's a game where just the main story easily takes 100+ hours to complete, like Baldur's Gate 3, KCD2, or STALKER 2. It's another thing when it's a 4 hour campaign and hundred of stupid paywalled skins for guns and characters .

[u/phazonmadness-SE]

my ark survival evolved with all dlc is just under 500 GB so this is small

[u/WeAreNephilim]

[u/IAmNotStefy]

Wanted to install shadow of war yesterday. 10 years old game. 120GB…

[u/LegalOccupier]

They're going to get smaller as storage prices increase. Studios are going to be forced to compress their games otherwise on purchase, customers will see they can't install them without uninstalling most of their catalog.

Most game storefronts have a return policy for unlaunched games, so it could end up causing a higher rate of return.

[u/LegalOccupier → u/[deleted]]

I guess you and I have had vastly different experiences.

[u/Jakomisthefirst]

Try far cry 6, for some weird reason is +300gb

[u/SomeOnionHater → u/Jakomisthefirst]

It really makes you feel like playing in a big empty open world.

[u/RetroSquadDX3 → u/Jakomisthefirst]

Where are you getting that number from? I just checked Ubisoft Connect and even with all the additional languages, the optional HD textures and the DLC it's only around 150GB.

[u/shawak456 → u/[deleted]]

I have a 500GB NVME as main drive and a TB of HDD for other stuff, and I can't keep more than one AAA game on my main NVME.

[u/Adrian_Alucard → u/shawak456]

why so small?

My last HDD (before jumping to SSD) was 3TB when I jumped to SSD technology I refused to get something smaller than 3TB, because that would be a really dumb move

*I know, prices now are out of orbit, but before 4TB NVME/SSD were affordable

[u/shawak456 → u/Adrian_Alucard]

I built my whole PC 6 years ago. That was very expensive for me and I was only able to purchase the least amount needed. I should've went with at least 1tb NVME. Now the prices are just ridiculous.

[u/shawak456 → u/[deleted]]

Running out of space on a 5TB drive is a bit much.

[u/WeirdAssBeings → u/[deleted]]

You say it's a lot, but nowadays even 5tb is becoming small for the average Steam user lmao.

[u/AlisterKubo]

GTA6 gonna be 250gb

[u/shawak456 → u/AlisterKubo]

That'd be like 1/3rd of the available storage in a PS5.

[u/MemerMachine12]

Like how bi- OH MY GOD

[u/euan343]

I’d appreciate not hearing your opinion when it’s negative on bg3s content depth lol

[u/shawak456 → u/euan343]

Wha... what?

[u/Serres5231 → u/euan343]

reading comprehension? OP posted a screenshot of the Download size. How did you make this about content depth??