Gaming sickness

JudgeDredd · December 08, 2015, 05:54:02 PM

I have 540GB of games installed

85GB of that is assigned to DCS 1.2, DCS 1.5 BETA and DCS 2 ALPHA...and I haven't even installed ANY modules in 1.5 and only installed a couple of modules for 2!

The biggest single install is for GTA V at 65GB followed closely in 2nd place by Just Cause 3 at 50GB with The Witcher III coming in a distant 3rd at 36GB.

I'm going to get me an SSD I think for most of my games. Help them along a bit.

Jarhead0331 · December 08, 2015, 05:56:08 PM

Yeah...HD space is a constant struggle now. I'm looking at getting a new rig with at least 2, preferably 3 TB, plus a substantial SSD.

JudgeDredd · December 08, 2015, 05:59:06 PM

You're not joking. Games are getting huge!. Even Battle for Normandy takes 10GB!!

-budd- · December 08, 2015, 07:45:39 PM

shit i have a single 300gb drive. Game swapping is a way of life for me. probably better for me because if i had more space i'd need to fill it up. ;)

DennisS · December 08, 2015, 07:51:38 PM

Over 800 gb installed. Starting to get worried about filling up my 1 TB hard drive.

A few of my games are 20+ GB..and I suspect that, over time, games will become increasingly larger.

Ubercat · December 08, 2015, 08:05:01 PM

Vassal and Vassal modules don't take up a ton of space. Skype isn't that demanding, either. The greatest thing about Vassal games, though, is that the AI is usually some of the smartest you'll ever face. It can often surprise you!

JasonPratt · December 08, 2015, 09:49:31 PM

916 GB. Admittedly, that's spread onto two drives.

I used to have more, but I've uninstalled some things recently that I realized I wasn't going to use again any time soon. Not that I actually need the space -- my data drive is only about 1/4 full. I just prefer to keep using the fastest 25%.

(The other drive is a solid state which doesn't have a 'fastest' 'place', but it also has my operating system and drivers etc. Not many games, but Arkham Knight is one of them since I wanted the SS access speed for it.)

Dammit Carl! · December 08, 2015, 09:56:55 PM

The trick is to not look at these sort of trifling things; they only keep the mind and soul from exploring more exciting places and events.

Don't let hard drives and set spaces define you, man...to beat the game, you've got to be the game. And cut it with those negative waves too.

BanzaiCat · December 08, 2015, 09:57:51 PM

I'm usually around 450GB. My HD is 500GB. I don't like having less than 50GB of free space and like some of you, juggling is a way of life.

Nefaro · December 09, 2015, 01:03:10 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on December 08, 2015, 05:59:06 PM
You're not joking. Games are getting huge!. Even Battle for Normandy takes 10GB!!

I remember almost having a seizure after finding out the original Medieval Total War 2 took up something like 12GB years ago. Now that's nothing unusual.

However, if we travelled back in time the same amount of years from MTW2's release (2006), then we would be comparing that ~12GB to the norm for 1997. What was the biggest hard drive install of that period? 250MB with some files left to be read off the CD-ROM perhaps? ;D

jomni · December 09, 2015, 03:09:03 AM

Maybe half of it is just porn.

Father Ted · December 09, 2015, 03:02:30 PM

It's a good reason to have a few games with a high data:potential play-hours ratio. CO2 weighs in at 1.7GB and WitW (early Crimbo present yet to be played) 1.2GB. I do have to confess though that I look at these games on their store pages and initially think, "THAT much for THAT few bytes!?"