L.A. Noire On Xbox Comes With 3 Discs
DLC already prepared?
Published: 8:00, 06/05/2011 by Matt W.
13May is a pretty big month for gamers but the single game people seem to be looking forward to the most is L.A. Noire. Publisher and co-developer, Rockstar Games, recently spoke with Kotaku about a couple of things we hadn’t heard about L.A. Noire until now.
For starters, the Xbox version of the game comes on 3 discs. Why? Because it’s huge. So huge that it original filled up entire single-layer bluray disc. Here’s what Rockstar employee Jeronimo Barrera, who was the coolest first name ever, had to say about the size of the game.
“L.A. Noire was always going to be a massive game, from the size and detail of the world to the length of the cases, and of course, the sheer amount of MotionScan data required for the faces of over 400 actors in-game. To tell the story and make the game we wanted to make, we knew that it was going to take an entire single layer Blu-ray disc and three Xbox discs.”
While a lot of gamers will certainly see the multi-disc solution as a minus, Jeronimo was very assuring that it wouldn’t interrupt gameplay.
“Since the game is built around the concept of progressing through individual cases from desk to desk, players on Xbox will find disc-swapping is hassle-free. In fact, players will only need to swap discs twice at natural breaks between cases without interrupting the flow of the game.”
In case you’re a PS3er wondering why this showed up in the PlayStation feed, Jeronimo is about to tell you.
“Throughout development, we created lots of great cases, the bulk of which were central to the main story of Cole Phelps and his rise through the ranks of the LAPD, alongside other cases that felt more like strong stand-alone episodes. This gave us a powerful main story, and left us with quality extra content that we wanted to put out as DLC, that would slot seamlessly into the existing game.”
So hold the phone here; does that mean they already have DLC lined up for a post-launch release? Because if so, that would be pretty sweet. And, for once, the developer would actually have a legitimate reason for cutting it out of the main game, rather than just to gouge us for more money… although, without knowing whether or not they plan to make us pay for whatever they cut out of the original game due to size restrictions, maybe we should curb our enthusiasm for the time being.
Source: Kotaku
Most Comments This Week
- Gaikai’s Streaming – Does This Mean No PS4? [65]
- PSN Store Update: 23/05/12 [55]
- First Party Vita Games Drop To £12 On PSN [52]
- PSN Store Hit With 80023163 Errors [51]
- Is Something Big Coming To PlayStation Plus Soon? [50]
- “Leap” Motion Controller Could Revolutionise Gaming [43]
- Ghost Recon: Future Soldier PS3 Install Is Huge [42]
- Australian & New Zealand D3 Players Suffer High Ping Rates [41]
- Sony Files Patent For Game-Interrupting Soda Adverts [40]
- Ghost Recon Future Soldier Review (PS3, Xbox 360) [39]
Latest Reader Comments
- Meet the Reader: KAMIKAZE-UK
- NFS: Most Wanted Due Out In November
- TSA Speculates: Why You Might Not Need To Buy A PS4
-
New Hardware, New Plus: All Eyes On Sony This E3
- 13:28 damoxuk: No thanks. I don;t want to stream games and have worst lag than when I played Atari 2600 games 30 years...
- 12:30 Radiitz: Its 2012. I can’t believe there are still people begging for PS2 compatibility with PS3....
- 12:28 Radiitz: Personally, I would like the PS4 (when/if it releases) to be like the Onlive console. You buy what is...
- Microsoft Job Offer Mentions “Next Generation” Of Xbox
TSAtv: Original Video Content
Batman book review
Kris Dancing, again
Joe Danger interview
Sonic Generations
06/05/2011 at 08:04
Member since: Feb 2009
So, the dlc is already on the disc(s) and people will just buy an unlock code? That’s how it sounds, and if true is a disgusting money grabbing horrible nasty thing to do!
06/05/2011 at 08:12
Member since: Jul 2010
nah its not horrible they want to make money and DLC is an extra they just include on the disc to save us downloading a stupidly big file =)
06/05/2011 at 08:17
Member since: Nov 2009
I didn’t read it like that.
I read it like – they have cut some cases from the game due to size restrictions of the storage media.
Meaning they actually have a reason for day one dlc as opposed to some developers that release a 6 hour game and have dlc available on the store/MP before the game is actually released :P
06/05/2011 at 11:34
Member since: Nov 2009
The way I read it:
They produced more content than they needed and instead of forcing it into the story or discarding it entirely they give us the choice to still enjoy the content.
06/05/2011 at 08:07
Member since: Mar 2010
I’m sure I heard id Software mention they wanted Rage on 3 discs.
06/05/2011 at 08:09
Member since: May 2010
I heard aboout this on twitter from Rockstar’s twitter account.
I won’t mind a forced install of the ps3 as the bluray drive can be a bit slow to read it.I wonder how many people are going to overract to this and say that they are canceling their preorder?
I think they may release some of the DLC for free. 50GB of code.:O I just hope it won’t have bugs.
06/05/2011 at 14:04
Member since: Mar 2009
I thought a single layer bd was 25gb? Hence xbox has 3 x 9gb DVDs ??
06/05/2011 at 16:06
Member since: Feb 2011
The ps3 uses dual layer blu-rays which takes it up to fifty last I heard.
06/05/2011 at 21:40
Member since: Jan 2010
Yes Gaztee you’re right, the article say a full layer of blu ray, which is 25GB, although as they CAN use the 50 GB disc, they might do things like uncompressed sound etc.. on the PS3 version.
06/05/2011 at 08:11
Member since: Nov 2008
Even if it is 3 discs, the Xbox version will still outsell the PS3 version anyway. Still, I do look forward to the game, I already pre-ordered at Best Buy.
06/05/2011 at 08:27
Member since: Nov 2010
Well for me the 3 discs isn’t a problem since i’m buying the PS3 version anyways
06/05/2011 at 08:42
Member since: Apr 2010
3 disks? Hoe quaint, it’s like being back on the PS1 or Gamecube again. I’ll be getting the PS3 version. The fact they already have DLC lined up doesn’t bother me in the slightest as the main game itself sounds mammoth!
06/05/2011 at 08:42
Member since: Apr 2010
how*
06/05/2011 at 08:44
Member since: Jul 2009
Looking forward to playing this game!
06/05/2011 at 08:45
Member since: Jan 2009
Damn! Sounds like its going take over my months off college.
06/05/2011 at 10:39
Member since: Apr 2009
Damn! i need to take time off my job hunt! jokes jokes
06/05/2011 at 08:54
Member since: Oct 2008
Rockstar had an install for GTV4 on the PS3, so I would expect similar for this. Swings and roundabouts I guess.
06/05/2011 at 09:03
Member since: Feb 2011
I hope the install data isn’t too big….will need another hard drive soon – 250gb not enough :(
I hope they keep Game Install Data and DLC as seperate files, that way I can just delete the Install Data for some other games. Since the PSN has been down I stand by my decision to keep any DLC for games installed on my Hard Drive….people have paid for additional content etc but can’t access or re-download it during the PSN downtime.
06/05/2011 at 13:18
Member since: May 2011
I have 80gb and 40 games… I REALLY hope the install data is not like, say, ME2.