'Titanfall’ PC Release Date & Gameplay: 48GB Install Size a Benefit to Low-Spec Computer Users - How?
If you already have "Titanfall", or if you have read our previous article, you're probably aware that the game requires around 48GB of space to install on the PC. But don't let this huge requirement intimidate you from playing the game.
Richard Baker, Respawn's lead engineer, recently spoke with Eurogamer and explained the reason behind the game's large installation size. According to him, it has a lot to do with the audio components. To be exact, the game contains 35GB of uncompressed audio.
He said, "Basically when you download the game or the disc itself, it's a lot smaller than that. We have audio we either download or install from the disc, then we uncompress it."
"We probably could have had audio decompress off disc but we were a little worried about min spec and the fact that a two-core machine would dedicate a huge chunk of one core to just decompressing audio," Baker continued, "So...it's almost all audio. On a higher PC it wouldn't be an issue. On a medium or moderate PC, it wouldn't be an issue, it's that two-core [machine] with our min spec is, we couldn't dedicate those resources to audio."
As Gamespot pointed out, the reason why Respawn used uncompressed audio in the game is so that it would be able to run smoothly on PC units with minimum specs.
In fact, as compared to other famous games, the minimum requirements of "Titanfall" are lighter.
- OS: Windows Vista SP2 64-bit / Windows 7 SP1 64-bit / Windows 8 64-bit
- CPU: AMD Athlon X2 2.8GHz / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
- RAM: At least 4 GB
- HARD DRIVE: At least 50GB of free space
- VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 4770 with 512MB RAM or better / Nvidia GeForce 8800GT with 512MB RAM or better
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- ONLINE CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS: 512kbps down and 384kbps up or faster Internet connection
"Titanfall" made its debut on the PC and Xbox One platforms on March 11 in North America. It will be released for the Xbox 360 consoles on March 25.
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