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Uncharted 2 will not require an install

July 29, 2009 in News comments 7

Christophe Balestra of Naughty Dogs reveals that Uncharted 2 will not require an install.

Those graphics without an install? I'm impressed. Hope other developers start doing the same.

Uncharted 2 does not require any install
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    Sayyed Jul 29, 09
    Uncharted 1 didn't have it and it still didn't have any load times. Glad this one doesn't have install, im guessing the same with the loading.
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    Daweii Jul 29, 09
    Uncharted hides it's loading times behind real time cutscenes. It means that while there are lots and really long load times we never see a single one as they are hidden behind interesting story driving scenes.
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      Bale Fire Jul 30, 09
      Can you skip them though? I remember Resistance 2 did the same thing, though if you skipped them a short loading screen still did appear.
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    Red 9 Jul 29, 09
    Uncharted 1 does have a file download. It's really small, but it's still in there in your Game Data.
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      Daweii Jul 29, 09
      Many games have that i personally think the file is a cache set up by the game. The first console game to do that was Oblivion on the Xbox 360 for those with the HDD. It isn't an install but the cache is created within seconds of inserting the disc for the first time. In theory it's to reduce loadtimes, as the more you play the game and repeat segments this loads repeated textures and soundbytes to the cache. Though many games the cache is too small, gets full and often slows the game down. Oblivion found that to it's detriment as it is a very fast game for the first week then slow as hell for the rest.
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        Red 9 Jul 29, 09
        Yeah, I've become aware of that myself. I used to get lightning fast loads in Oblivion when I first played it, and the framerates were smooth. Now loading takes ages and it has to load a new area far more frequently than it used to. Sometimes it grinds to a complete halt, and at some points I've restarted it because it just froze...
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    Xenctuary Jul 30, 09
    So this is just like every other non-PlayStation 3 console game in existence?

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