Well actually, a "game engine" is extremely small compared to the content in a typical game.
The libraries and binaries are probably like 3-5% of your average games size.
Textures and models, especially the various textures, take up HUGE amounts of space.
Xbox live downloads are probably smaller than PC ones because the Xbox 360 cannot handle massive textures like a PC potentially can.
I'm the same.
One specific title I remember doing this with was Battlefield 2.
I never played the earlier Battlefield titles. So when Battlefield 2 came out, I assumed it was another generic WWII shooter game and never looked into it. I read some reviews that talked about how awesome the game was and decided I'd download the demo off of GameSpot.
To my suprise, the game wasn't set in WWII and it was awesome!
I promptly went out and bought a copy. In fact, it was a word of mouth thing, because I showed my friends who also hadn't tried it and they went and bought copies too.
I think one of the biggest and best copy protections is linking the game to online account, ALA battlefield, etqw, steam, etc.
Perhaps the Google grid has become self aware and has used its incredible computing strength to attempt a prediction of the future.
That would be fucking awesome!
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Well actually, a "game engine" is extremely small compared to the content in a typical game. The libraries and binaries are probably like 3-5% of your average games size. Textures and models, especially the various textures, take up HUGE amounts of space. Xbox live downloads are probably smaller than PC ones because the Xbox 360 cannot handle massive textures like a PC potentially can.
I'm the same. One specific title I remember doing this with was Battlefield 2. I never played the earlier Battlefield titles. So when Battlefield 2 came out, I assumed it was another generic WWII shooter game and never looked into it. I read some reviews that talked about how awesome the game was and decided I'd download the demo off of GameSpot. To my suprise, the game wasn't set in WWII and it was awesome! I promptly went out and bought a copy. In fact, it was a word of mouth thing, because I showed my friends who also hadn't tried it and they went and bought copies too. I think one of the biggest and best copy protections is linking the game to online account, ALA battlefield, etqw, steam, etc.
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Perhaps the Google grid has become self aware and has used its incredible computing strength to attempt a prediction of the future. That would be fucking awesome!
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