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lonewolf2002
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| Andy Robinson wrote: | | What?! You mean we have to swap the discs?! Disgraceful. |
 Noooo it means I will have to get up off my bottom and everything. 
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StonecoldMC
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 10:08 am |
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This says to me that ME2 is going to be a bigger Game than the first one!
No complaints about swapping one disc from me then  .
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FiltyMonkey
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 10:14 am |
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| StonecoldMC wrote: | This says to me that ME2 is going to be a bigger Game than the first one!
No complaints about swapping one disc from me then . |
Or me, I hope the first disc ends on a cliffhanger so then you can rush out, put the kettle on, recoup your nerves, have a dump and then get straight back into part 2. 
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altitude2k
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 10:17 am |
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| lonewolf2002 wrote: | | Andy Robinson wrote: | | What?! You mean we have to swap the discs?! Disgraceful. |
Noooo it means I will have to get up off my bottom and everything. |
Even the staff are now taking the p*ss out of certain members
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feedel
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 10:17 am |
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Quite a lot of pc games have 2 discs these days.
Also, i wonder what will happen when you switch disk, will you still be able to visit the older clusters and do missions there ? or is it a point in the game where you cannot do the older misssions ? |
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jonbwfc
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 10:18 am |
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Any news as to whether this is going to be on Steam yet or not? I'm assuming it is but I haven't actually heard one way or another. |
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wildhook2
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 10:32 am |
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Shame it isn't coming to PS3.
1 blu ray -> 2 DVDs. |
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WHERESMYMONKEY
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 10:48 am |
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Mass Effect > No Mass Effect.
Just install both discs. Problem solved.
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voodoo341
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 10:53 am |
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| WHERESMYMONKEY wrote: | Mass Effect > No Mass Effect.
Just install both discs. Problem solved. |
| Quote: | | 4 - The Xbox 360 does not have an install and does require disc swapping during play. |
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phate666
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 10:57 am |
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OR..... get it on one blueray?
Please bioware i'll be your best mate! I spent far too much time around my (last) best mates house playing the 1st one
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AJDarkstar
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:00 am |
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| voodoo341 wrote: | | WHERESMYMONKEY wrote: | Mass Effect > No Mass Effect.
Just install both discs. Problem solved. |
| Quote: | | 4 - The Xbox 360 does not have an install and does require disc swapping during play. |
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Monkey is right, on 360, games that come on multiple discs (like Blue Dragon) can be installed in their entirety, then played using just one disc. The man from BioWare is saying there's no mandatory install disc, because then loads of 360 owners wouldn't be able to play it. An install would probably be wise anyway, as the first game runs much better from the HDD than it does from disc (constant pauses for loading, for example).
And yes, you should be able to revisit old areas, like in Final Fantasy VII - IX on PS1. All the extra data is needed for speech and cutscenes. This leaves more disc space free for all the textures, etc, on both discs. |
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lonewolf2002
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:10 am |
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| AJDarkstar wrote: | | voodoo341 wrote: | | WHERESMYMONKEY wrote: | Mass Effect > No Mass Effect.
Just install both discs. Problem solved. |
| Quote: | | 4 - The Xbox 360 does not have an install and does require disc swapping during play. |
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Monkey is right, on 360, games that come on multiple discs (like Blue Dragon) can be installed in their entirety, then played using just one disc. The man from BioWare is saying there's no mandatory install disc, because then loads of 360 owners wouldn't be able to play it. An install would probably be wise anyway, as the first game runs much better from the HDD than it does from disc (constant pauses for loading, for example).
And yes, you should be able to revisit old areas, like in Final Fantasy VII - IX on PS1. All the extra data is needed for speech and cutscenes. This leaves more disc space free for all the textures, etc, on both discs. |
Although the way it has been worded does make it sound like swapping discs is mandatory. Which is odd.
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The_KFD_Case
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:11 am |
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Sounds good to me. The CE version of "ME2" will be similar to the CE version of "Dragon Age" then. I want the CE PC version and plan on picking it up as soon as I have the chance upon release.
I can appreciate why having to switch a disc multiple times during a game would be a smidgeon annoying when playing on a console several meters away from where you are sitting (on a PC it's hardly a big deal and in this case won't matter since one disc only is needed after the initial installation) - especially if you keep revisiting different areas of a game that each requires a different disc (ex. "Star Ocean: The Last Hope"). However, since BioWare have gone out of their way to point out that you will only need to switch discs once on the Xbox 360 version I hardly think that is an unbearable inconvenience. I am curious to see as to whether or not it is possible to install the entire game on the Xbox 360 and not have to switch discs at all.
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Mark240473
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:16 am |
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Flippin' eck! You only have to swap the disc once!
If I had to swap 50 discs to play GT5 then I bloody would!
Come on guy's. 
EDIT: To be honest, I see it as a positive - it just means that the game is bigger.
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PCE Deadmeat
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:26 am |
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"Or me, I hope the first disc ends on a cliffhanger so then you can rush out, put the kettle on, recoup your nerves, have a dump and then get straight back into part 2. "
LOL!! brilliant, me too.
At least bioware arent selling the discs individually eh. now thats the future. *sigh*
Although: I have kids, and the likelyhood of one of them getting hold of one of the discs, scratching it to Buggery and rendering it inoperable are quite likely. so i get to this Cliffhanger ending, go to swap the discs and get the old "This Disk is Dirty" message. disaster. It should come with an install option IMHO.
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nottsville
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:26 am |
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I had no problems changing over the 3 discs while playing Final Fantasy VII, and i'll have no problem at all swapping over a disc for Mass Effect 2.
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lonewolf2002
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:34 am |
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| nottsville wrote: | | I had no problems changing over the 3 discs while playing Final Fantasy VII, and i'll have no problem at all swapping over a disc for Mass Effect 2. |
Exactly these kids with their new fangled Blu-Ray are just being spoiled.
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The_KFD_Case
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:48 am |
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| PCE Deadmeat wrote: | "Or me, I hope the first disc ends on a cliffhanger so then you can rush out, put the kettle on, recoup your nerves, have a dump and then get straight back into part 2. "
LOL!! brilliant, me too.
At least bioware arent selling the discs individually eh. now thats the future. *sigh*
Although: I have kids, and the likelyhood of one of them getting hold of one of the discs, scratching it to Buggery and rendering it inoperable are quite likely. so i get to this Cliffhanger ending, go to swap the discs and get the old "This Disk is Dirty" message. disaster. It should come with an install option IMHO. |
You might want to consider investing in a small, portable safe where you could store your favourite games. Barring that a sufficiently elevated shelf might do the trick or simply a locked drawer. 
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flash501
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:57 am |
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I personally wouldn't care if it came on 10 discs, it's still going to be bloomin brilliant.
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The_KFD_Case
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 11:58 am |
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| lonewolf2002 wrote: | | nottsville wrote: | | I had no problems changing over the 3 discs while playing Final Fantasy VII, and i'll have no problem at all swapping over a disc for Mass Effect 2. |
Exactly these kids with their new fangled Blu-Ray are just being spoiled. |
While it may differ a little bit with consoles at the other end of the living room from where one is sitting, for me personally the epitome of laziness are those individuals who complain about having to place a DVD disc in their PC's disc drive and instead prefer DRM in the instances where it allows them to play the game without the disc (cracks can do the same if one wishes to go that route however); nevermind the poison it introduces in to their PC system and the limit it places on their liberties. My more emotional side feels that such individuals should perhaps not be allowed to go online. "Basic internet access test: Is, or is it not, too much effort to insert a disc in to a drive that is located within arm's reach of you in order to access the software content? Think carefully now"...
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YouGuysRock7
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 12:17 pm |
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2 discs worth of gaming perfection....Sounds good to me! 
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voodoo341
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 12:21 pm |
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| lonewolf2002 wrote: |
Exactly these kids with their new fangled Blu-Ray are just being spoiled. |
It's not even the disc swapping that's the issue for some people. It's the noise from the 360's DVD drive. My 360 is an older model and sounds like hammer drill at times. Running the game from the HD is the only way to avoid it. If I can't install this it's a negative for me. Having to swap a disc once isn't a problem.
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Black Mantis
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 12:36 pm |
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| StonecoldMC wrote: | This says to me that ME2 is going to be a bigger Game than the first one!
No complaints about swapping one disc from me then . |
Agreed. More awesome epicness! |
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WHERESMYMONKEY
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 12:38 pm |
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But it's pretty much a certainty that you will be able to install it and run it off one disc. 95% of 360 games can be installed to the HDD and all the multidisc games i've ever done it with resulted in it only ever having to be run off a single disc.
Its a good idea to do it with open world games anyway, as 9/10 times they get a significant bonus to load times.
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lonewolf2002
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| Posted: 4 Dec 09 12:40 pm |
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| The_KFD_Case wrote: | | lonewolf2002 wrote: | | nottsville wrote: | | I had no problems changing over the 3 discs while playing Final Fantasy VII, and i'll have no problem at all swapping over a disc for Mass Effect 2. |
Exactly these kids with their new fangled Blu-Ray are just being spoiled. |
While it may differ a little bit with consoles at the other end of the living room from where one is sitting, for me personally the epitome of laziness are those individuals who complain about having to place a DVD disc in their PC's disc drive and instead prefer DRM in the instances where it allows them to play the game without the disc (cracks can do the same if one wishes to go that route however); nevermind the poison it introduces in to their PC system and the limit it places on their liberties. My more emotional side feels that such individuals should perhaps not be allowed to go online. "Basic internet access test: Is, or is it not, too much effort to insert a disc in to a drive that is located within arm's reach of you in order to access the software content? Think carefully now"... |
DRM has really scarred you hasn't it? 
Seriously though half the reason I got out of PC gaming was due to draconian anti-piracy measures that only hurt legit gamers (the other half is my severely under powered rig).
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