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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (24 children)

Well that's not too surprising, when the original game's installer files are only about 5-6 GB in total, and the remaster requires 120GB of space. They probably have a couple copies of Fallout in there too just for bloat.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 46 points 3 months ago (17 children)

I mean I'm pretty sure the massive game sizes we see today are almost exclusively caused by high res textures and assets.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

I look forward to the day that game companies start making hi res textures an optional part of the installation. I don't need all of the textures used for 4k when I'm running in 1440p High. They are just wasted space on the hard drive.

For the user interface they can easily inform the user which options are restricted if they don't install the textures.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

Many already do, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is one that immediately comes to mind.

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