Remember that “voluntary” high-resolution texture pack shipping out for Xbox 360 on the second Battlefield 3 disc?
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”.
“[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.
“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.”
“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.”
So, yeah; maybe get that hard drive if you want to play Battlefield 3 in its high-resolution texture glory.
My Magic 8 Ball says “CAN’T SAY NOW” but honestly, sometimes my Magic 8 Ball doesn’t really make sense.
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