{"id":14884,"date":"2011-10-20T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"battlefield-3-on-xbox-looks-standard-def-without-texture-pack-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/14884-battlefield-3-on-xbox-looks-standard-def-without-texture-pack-installed","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield 3 on Xbox looks \u201cstandard-def\u201d without texture pack installed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember that “voluntary” high-resolution texture pack<\/a> shipping out for Xbox 360 on the second Battlefield 3 disc?<\/p>\n

Maybe “voluntary” isn’t quite the right word for it; or rather, it’s more like “voluntary but not actually so much, unless you still think Quake 2 looks great”; or, as my Magic 8 Ball says, “DON’T BET ON IT”.<\/p>\n

“[Installing the texture pack] does make a difference, yes, absolutely. The whole engine is based around streaming textures, streaming terrain and a lot of other content,” DICE’s Patrick Bach told Gamerzines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The thing with the 360 is that you need to be able to give consumers a game where you don’t have to install it on a hard drive, because there are 360s without a hard drive.”<\/p>\n

“So we need to give you the option of installing it, rather than just demanding it. You could call it a ‘standard-def’ version for the 360 if you don’t have a hard drive.”<\/p>\n

So, yeah; maybe get that hard drive if you want to play Battlefield 3 in its high-resolution texture glory.<\/p>\n

My Magic 8 Ball says “CAN’T SAY NOW” but honestly, sometimes my Magic 8 Ball doesn’t really make sense.<\/p>\n

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Battlefield 3 on Xbox looks “standard-def” without texture pack installed<\/strong><\/a> << Comments and views<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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