How Big Is Downloadable Record of Agarest War?

By Spencer . December 3, 2009 . 10:22pm

How Big Is Downloadable Record of Agarest War?

In North America, the PlayStation 3 version of Record of Agarest War will only be available as a download and it’s one big download.

 

An Aksys forum administrator gave a file size estimate.

 

All right guys, I figured you might like to hear a reasonably official word on this, so here it is:

 

I asked around, and it looks like the final size is going to be somewhere around 8-10 gigs. It sounds like a lot, I know, but I’ve been downloading the debug ROMs at home to take the load off our office internet, and they only take a few hours–I usually start them when I leave for work, and they’re done by lunch. My internet connection is nothing special either–about 500 kb/s on a good day.

 

So there you have it. 8-10 gigs. We should a more solid number closer to release.

 

With all of the new PlayStation 3 models 8-10GB isn’t that bad. Downloading it, depending on the speed of your internet connection, might be. Before you run off and import a physical copy from Ghostlight, please note Aksys version includes extra content from the Xbox 360 version Record of Agarest War: Re-Appearance.


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  • http://www.twitter.com/christaran Chris Taran

    Ahh, I didn't read down that far. If they do release a Collector's Edition, I'll certainly buy that!

  • wildarms

    Ok, lets give an example.. umm you are going to get the next new YS, and it is only downloable, you are waiting for big stuff here… then you see the download option, and it says… 10 megas? and then u would be like… “wth does this only have like 1 town and 1 dungeon only?”

    Got it now? o_o

  • TheCleaningGuy

    Oops, didn't mean to “like” this, I meant to reply…
    Anyway, I think he means that he can't generally comprehend what you type, due to its odd syntax. I generally don't understand what you type either.

    Anyway, on topic, I wonder why the game's so big? It's all sprite art and whatnot, so how on earth did it get so huge?
    Does anyone know how big Cross Edge was? I think that was by the same people…

  • http://twitter.com/Kirbysuperstar Kirbysuperstar

    Uh, there IS a resume function. If your connection conks out then it pauses it (in much the same way you triangle on the item and select Pause) and waits until you reestablish it.

  • Gestahl

    Umm, neither version of Agarest Senki Zero is in English.

  • http://www.younganimal.com/berserk Mr_Qoo

    Well then I suppose I've been duped and will find that out when I open it. =} I can make due with the Japanese version. Thanks for the info, though!

  • http://otoboku.se manga

    Oh yeah. I forgot about that post. Thanks for reminding me about it :)

  • daizyujin

    Sony is being ridiculous for forcing this game download only. The fact is that HDD sizes for this generation of systems were never meant to hold full sized retail titles. Even if you have a 250 GB system, with everything else out there to download, 10 gigs is a hell of a lot of space. I can see the point that at least they let you swap the HDD for a bigger one unlike Microsoft, but the fact is you bought the system to play games on and it is absurd that they would want a person to go out and buy a bigger HDD to play a game that could have easily been purchased on a disc. It is even more insulting that this burden is on people with smaller HDDs that likely payed double for the system already.

    For the record I have a 60 gig unit (55 gig really) and with about 19 gigs left on the system, there is no way I am giving up over half of my available room for one game. All that space is taken up by actual PSN games. I have no game installs or videos on the system at all. Both Sony and Microsoft just dropped the ball on storage this generation. If you want to start forcing people to buy their games via direct download, no system should ship without at least a 1 terabyte HDD standard. The idea that consumers can just delete and re download is a joke as well, as this is a major inconvenience that you are shoving on the people that are buying your products.

    The basic fact is that neither company ever expected to sell anything on their console as a downloadable title beyond emulated classic games and arcade ports of Mortal Kombat II. The idea of selling a title this large was most likely never even a thought. To shove this down consumer's throats mid generation is just cruel.

  • sacchi

    “Nothing special…500 kb/s on a good day”

    What the heck? Mine's top speed ever was 250 kb/s. Consider yourself lucky >_>

  • wildarms

    Umm but is no big deal -.-, these days (mostly thanks to internet) comapnies are more open minded and so are the minds of people, like before in persona 1 they even changed the skin of one character and etc, just so it wont go too much of the japan culture or whatnot. So i dont think the “ecchi” factor is much of a problem in these days

  • wildarms

    Well, im sorry D:, i never read after i write, and i dont like to write that much either T_T. That is why im best with mathematics…

    Well the GC pictures take a good amount of space, also it must be big because there is lots of places to go and events, i also though, as you, that it should be small since is just sprites, but it seems we were wrong. Maybe HQ sprites are bigger?

    And he just said Ok because he didnt undestand -.-'.

  • wildarms

    also im no english native speaker, so please have patience with me… the only way to learn is to practice (i dont know why i couldnt edit my last post)

  • Ereek

    Despite what you may think about it, SCEJ does have policies regarding it. A few games have been rejected or censored to be put on a Sony Console. One recent example is rumored to be the NMH port. Only the 360 is getting the uncensored version.

  • wildarms

    now that you mention it, ninja gaiden had less gore as well, but is weird that sony is being all “wishi washy” about this, when its mostly considered as a console for “more mature people”

  • Marcus70

    Well, I'm enjoying my imported version of Generations of War ( I can finally put some time into this after finishing Demon's souls). For me and the typos don't really bother me, but I was a bit disappointed with the battle system in general. (I still prefer Disgaea 3 battle system over this).

    I wonder how much will the PSN version cost? I don't think it would be fair to charge the same amount as the Xbox 360 version.

  • g6pdh

    8-10GB sounds pretty small for an original Retail Blu-Ray game actually.

    But I'm getting the 360 version anyway. Retail packaging ftw!!!

    And no one should think about importing the EU Ghostlight version. Horrible editing, and the script is just lolz in places… Aksys cleaned up and t/l checked the script and added the new content, so you'd be much better off getting this version.

  • g6pdh

    Akysys re-edited and re-checked the translations, so it *has* to be better than Ghostlight's version.

  • Marcus70

    So I take it you didn't like your import copy? I've imported it (for just $45), I'm glad I able to play it now, before all of the big RPG games come out in the first quarter of 2010.

    I agree with you to get Aksys' 360 version (over the PSN version) because I'm sure at the end of 2010, you can get the retail game for great price (in the bargain bin). I'm not sure if the PSN version will get a price cut in 2010 (unless they are able to get those Collector editions to retail, if they actually do that).





  • TheCleaningGuy

    That explains it, sorry about the harsh words.
    I'll be patient with you. :)

  • TheCleaningGuy

    That explains it, sorry about the harsh words.
    I'll be patient with you. :)

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