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29th July, 2006 at 11:52:49 -

Nothing over 150 MB
If the game seems like it's way bigger then it should be, I don't bother.

30-50 MB is a perfect size for a large game.

 
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29th July, 2006 at 19:57:32 -

if its good, i'd download a few gigs

if its bad, then don't bother. *cought*planetside*cough*

sheesh, that game was a waste

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29th July, 2006 at 22:22:59 -

I found PlanetSide pretty fun, you just have to find that kind of game enjoyable. Not everyone does. Worth $13/m but after a few months, you get bored.

 
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29th July, 2006 at 23:18:54 -

i tried the open beta, and yea, it was ok, but alot slower paced compared to games like starsiege tribes

 
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30th July, 2006 at 00:33:57 -

As said, if it looks promising enough I'll give any game a go, no matter the filesize. I don't really see why there's such a big fuss about it, if you dl it and have a slow connection use DAP or something similar. If you didn't like it, delete it. No biggy.

Anyho, my suggestion would be to submit your game as is. With mp3 files and the whole enchillada, and in your description put a link to a demo where the first level is the only thing that's in it. It'll look and feel exactly as your fullblown game, but have a smaller filesize so that picky people can check it out before dl'ing the full game.
That's what I'm planning to do with my game, it'll have a whole lot of mp3 files, and possibly some avi's too. =P

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31st July, 2006 at 07:15:48 -

Bah, too lazy to read the thread.

56K - 6MB.
Wireless - 15MB
Ethernet broadband - about 20MB

Might double or more if the game is really good. But that's my comfortable limit for an unknown game. Double that someone suggests the game, maybe 10X if I really, really want it.

Release a small version without the cinematics if you want ppl do get it.

 
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31st July, 2006 at 11:12:44 -

I downloaded Bob scitzo recently, that was about 55mbs. No problem.

 
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31st July, 2006 at 17:15:33 -

5mb.

 
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1st August, 2006 at 11:41:37 -

I would download anything up to 50MB. I do have 2Mbit broadband, but I'm just lazy like that.

 
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2nd August, 2006 at 11:31:07 -

I download up to 10-20MB till i get myself a new harddrive/usb stick ^^

 
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2nd August, 2006 at 13:23:19 -

Yea, well thanks guys. I'm not going to worry about file size. I want the game to look damn good, even if it goes well over 1GB. I want to use it for portfolio quality so... I may upload a demo, hopefully will be under 100MB when it's ready.

 
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