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Baldur's Gate 3 is a 122GB download and you can't preload any of it (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lowdownfool@kbin.social to c/gaming@kbin.social

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Larian has finally confirmed that preloading won't be available, apparently because of a limitation with Steam.

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[–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm sure that what can be compressed is compressed in these game files. What we really need is more intelligent assets. When downloading, the platform should take your localization settings and only download the assets required for that locale. I bet this would heavily reduce the size of many of these games.

[–] QHC@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think that localization would help much. Most, probably all, assets that are taking up so much storage space are not going to include language directly.

[–] crystalcorvid@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'd be willing to bet that the game will be available in a compressed format from a repack site with no content loss. At least 30% smaller. A recent example that I just checked, Forspoken, Original Size: 103.9 GB Repack Size: from 63.6 GB

Before I had an unlimited connection for monthly bandwidth usage I would frequently download an already purchased game from the repack site and then have steam "repair" it. Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War come to mind specifically. Saved so much of my limits at the time.