Iced Arcade
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This, this is how it should be. And sad that this needs to be announced.
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Insomniac on the release of Spider-Man 2: The disc contains the entire game and is playable from start to finish with no patch or online requirement
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That is not considered a requirement to play and finish the game.
Did you read the announcement and thread title?
Significant polish does not equal not the full experience.
Yall are trying waaaay too hard.
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brian0057
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With how cheap flash memory is these days, I'm amazed that Nintendo is the only one that resurrected the cartridge.
It's just makes so much more sense than a disc. Flash drives can hold insane amounts of data and are incredibly small.
The fact that it hasn't become the new standard for physical media is depressing.
It's just makes so much more sense than a disc. Flash drives can hold insane amounts of data and are incredibly small.
The fact that it hasn't become the new standard for physical media is depressing.
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EDMIX
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Fake
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You should come to Brazil lmao.
killatopak
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Dunno if it’s so cheap if Nintendo themselves avoid 32gb and 64gb cartridges like the plague.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Hey thanks for that site.people, remember.
This site is fucking awesome.
All the song and dance "oh but games are cd keys now bluh where is my mom" is bs.
70% fully playable form disc on ps5. 80 on switch
ReBurn
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Do you even know what significant polish means in this case? Because there's not really any context there. The director of community and marketing at Insomniac literally says that you need to patch the version on the disc to play the game the way Insomniac intended in response to the tweet, which is saying to me that the experience you get on the disc isn't exactly what they wanted to ship.
This means that In context of his tweets, this message from Insomniac can be seen as them trying to get ahead of any criticism regarding the day 1 patch more than it is affirmation that the game is perfect as-is on disc and doesn't need updates that people are taking it as. They should have told the marketing guy to STFU and stay off of Twitter because he's ruining the vibe.
People should learn to read between the lines.
The fact they are putting this info out means there are some problems with the game on the disc, they could be minor performance issues and glitches or could be worse. They are emphasising you need the patch for the best experience. Sure, you may be able to finish the game from start to finish but some of the issues may be embarassing to the dev which is why they trying to get ahead of bad press with this patch announcment. They are not saying this to promote you can play the game from start to finish without a patch which some clearly seem to think.
The fact they are putting this info out means there are some problems with the game on the disc, they could be minor performance issues and glitches or could be worse. They are emphasising you need the patch for the best experience. Sure, you may be able to finish the game from start to finish but some of the issues may be embarassing to the dev which is why they trying to get ahead of bad press with this patch announcment. They are not saying this to promote you can play the game from start to finish without a patch which some clearly seem to think.
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MasterCornholio
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Well they are also not saying the game is broken without the patch. Very possible that it's still in a great state even without the patch. And that's something that can be proven sooner or later.
Kusarigama
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I appreciate Insomniac and Sony for delivering a complete disc version of the game. Other developers and publishers need to take note. I am tired of having premium full priced games releasing in broken states. The most eager fans who are there to buy your product day 1 get the worst version of the game and gradually it gets fixed. Please respect the day 1 customers and all customers in general too.
Mr Reasonable
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So "there's a day 1 patch" ?
Enjoy your celebrations, I guess.
I wonder how many games aren't playable with the disc only, I know there are high profile examples like COD, but AFAIK the majority of games play from the disc if you disconnect the internet so consoles don't check to see if there's a version number. Is that incorrect?
Enjoy your celebrations, I guess.
I wonder how many games aren't playable with the disc only, I know there are high profile examples like COD, but AFAIK the majority of games play from the disc if you disconnect the internet so consoles don't check to see if there's a version number. Is that incorrect?
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supernova8
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This generation is so lame that we now have Insomniac saying they put the full game on the disc as if that wasn't already expected (if not always fulfilled in this day and age).
This is your post:
What does the initial tweet say?
"the entire game is playable from start to finish."
Again, trying waaay to hard.
Jibran#one
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Small and little things like this adds up
Insomniac Is the best developer this gen with 0 competition
I don't think a single studio has released 2 games this gen insomniac has done 4 already and now wolverine will be there fifth
+ the polish and qol small things like this and 30 60 unluck FPS modes just makes this studio untouchable especially this generation
Insomniac Is the best developer this gen with 0 competition
I don't think a single studio has released 2 games this gen insomniac has done 4 already and now wolverine will be there fifth
+ the polish and qol small things like this and 30 60 unluck FPS modes just makes this studio untouchable especially this generation
Hardensoul
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Even if you buy physical disc you still need to install to the fast SSD. Disc reading is still slow!
Party McHardy
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MonkeyClaw36
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So just like Hogwarts Legacy?
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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MonkeyClaw36
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Its 2023, not 1993. Games get bigger, QoL improvements, etc, spying on you, all requires internet.Yeah they accomplished what devs accomplished back before the xbox one and Ps4.
Welcome to the new age
MonkeyClaw36
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Yes? Spiderman requires a day one patch. After that its offline. Just like Hogwarts. It doesnt require an internet connection TO PLAY.
It just requires it to download what didnt fit on the disc. That's pretty comparable.
If we were talking about say: GTA5 story, Gran Turismo etc, they all require an internet connection to even save.
THATS a different story.
HL and SM2 have the same basic setup: Install (with a day one patch or rest of content download), rip out your ethernet cable and all functionality is there.
Same, but different, but same.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Dude re-read my reply smh. It's all on disc and can be played from start to finish without any mandatory update/download. You can't do that with Hogwarts Legacy or Jedi Survivor.
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Dr.brain64
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That's awesome!
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Fbh
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This generation is so lame that we now have Insomniac saying they put the full game on the disc as if that wasn't already expected (if not always fulfilled in this day and age).
Most seem to be exaggerating about this message.
To me it doesn't read like insomniac making an announcement about the full game being on the disc.
It's more like a message from Insomniac strongly recommending people to download the day 1 patch, but getting ahead of questions and complains by adding a line reassuring people there's a complete and fully playable version of the game on the disc
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MasterCornholio
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Dude re-read my reply smh. It's all on disc and can be played from start to finish without any mandatory update/download. You can't do that with Hogwarts Legacy or Jedi Survivor.
I think
MonkeyClaw36
meant the tutorial counts as being able to play the game.
HeWhoWalks
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Yeah, they should listen to a neck-needing nobody on GAF. Stupid Insomniac!
are you 12?
HeWhoWalks
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Says the guy who complains, across multiple threads, about npc necks. Sounds like you need a hobby.
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EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Congratulations Insomniac, love them to death. Spider-Man has that super hero energy, of course Xbox fanboys criticize the game.
TerribleAtThisGame
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a simple yes would've sufficed.
HeWhoWalks
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Do you have anything relevant to add to this thread or are you going to continue to show just how much this game bothers you because you cannot play it, apparently?
Thankfully Horizon had a GOTY with DLC later so hopefully the same happens with West.
i mean you are the one talking about it over and over, theres a ps5 upstairs if i want to play it
HeWhoWalks
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Buddy — you brought up the neck thing in multiple threads. What did we miss?
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Luigi Mario
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It just happened last week:
The disc build for the Complete Edition should be much better and considering how many patches HFW received over the months, that fixed stuff like performance mode, this is obviously the version to get.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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I mean yes, both games are technically playable, but it's not comparable at all or at best it's a flawed comparison since one it's playable from start to finish while the other only in the tutorial area. Why even make it in the first place? Seems very weird and I want to think my OP was pretty clear on what you get by buying the disc version of Spider-Man 2.I think
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It was that or he could crap up folks celebration of a quality release thread.
Does that GT Sport version rerelease have some single player to it and a split screen? Does it work offline to let you save the game?
If so I may have to source it. Would be nice to have an old school single player offline saving GT game again.
Aenima
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Yes GT Sport has a very long single player campaign. (100h+)
I dont remember if has split screen, GT7 has, but i thing GT Sport dont.
You still need an online conection to save the game as the game save in polyphony servers, but they are going to shut down the online content next year but ppl can still play and progress in single player content after that, so dunno if they will patch the game to save locally or keep requiring an internet conection for saves.
Lagspike_exe
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Extremely professional studio. Particularly when you look at how quick they are at making games compared with peer AAA studios.