DMC4 requires 5GB install on the PS3. Gets achievements and Sixaxis support too.

[Queasy]

PS3 Fanboy

Foreign reviewers have received copies of Devil May Cry 4 on PS3, and have revealed a few new details about the game. First is an annoyance that we're sure many will complain about: the 5GB install to remove the game's load times is not optional. When the game releases, you'll be forced to endure minutes upon minutes of waiting as the game copies gigabytes of data to your PS3 hard drive.

There's good news, though. The game will use the PSN for ranking modes. You'll also be able to collect achievements in the game (like in the Xbox 360 version) and you'll be able to see what achievements your friends have collected (a la Xbox Live).

Finally, SIXAXIS controls have been added to the game. By tilting the controller, you'll be able to control the camera. It's not a significant extra, but it is a nice, subtle way of using the PS3's tilt functionality.

Update: Demo on Thursday, 1/24. Link - Thanks Imp.

That?s right kids, you heard it here first: The Devil May Cry 4 demo you?ve heard about will be up on XBox Live and PlayStation Network this Thursday, January 24, 2008. We?re told to expect it up on XBox Live at 2am PST, and between 2 and 3pm PST on PlayStation Network.

Upside: this demo is actually fun.

Downside: While there will be plenty of devil-bringification and even a pretty sweet boss battle against this guy (boss battles are definitely a major highlight of the full game), it is just a demo, and only scratches the surface of the DMC4 fun. Even if I weren?t shilling shamelessly for Capcom, I?d still have to say this is probably the best Devil May Cry ever.

Check it out Thursday, and read on for more details about the demo, and of course pick up the full game, available February 5th.

The demo introduces gamers to the gothic-inspired supernatural world of Devil May Cry 4, new protagonist Nero and the awesome power of his Devil Bringer. The demo consists of a sampling of sections from the full game, chosen to showcase Devil May Cry 4?s varied locales and allows gamers to familiarize themselves with Nero?s unique abilities. Players will receive instruction on the various new actions that the Devil Bringer bestows, such as the ability to slam creatures to the ground, cover great distances in a single bound or even grab enemies while on the ground or in the air and pull them towards Nero to continue the attack combo. The Exceed system allows Nero to ?rev up? his sword as if it were a motorbike throttle and unleash devastating attacks. Players will need to master all these techniques before the end of demo showdown with the mighty Berial.

Fully demonstrating the power of the next generation of consoles, the Devil May Cry 4 demo brings to life the coastal city of Fortuna and its surroundings, such as the port and snow-capped mountain ranges in exquisite detail. Devil May Cry 4 delivers its intense action at a constant 60 frames per second at 720P resolution on HD monitors, ensuring seamless and breathtaking gameplay all in stunning high definition.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

Yeah but once it installs there is no loading ever. I'd love that.

 

[Deeko]

Oh wow, 5GB. That puts a damper on my 20GB HD that's already half partitioned to Linux...

 

[UpgradeFailure]

Shane at 1up said it took like an hour to install his copy.

 

[RandomFool]

No load times is nice but that's an insane amount of space to require.

 

[CKDragon]

No loading time at all is an impressive feat. Even PC games that install entirely to the hard drive have loading times 99% of the time.

Undoubtedly, the Xbox 360 version will not require a 5GB install. Why would one version REQUIRE the install while another will most likely not even have the option? You'd think that at most the PS3 version would simply make it optional.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: CKDragon
Undoubtedly, the Xbox 360 version will not require a 5GB install. Why would one version REQUIRE the install while another will most likely not even have the option? You'd think that at most the PS3 version would simply make it optional.

Read times on the Blu-Ray drive in the PS3. For whatever reason, the devs must have found them unacceptable.

 

[randay]

sweet, i love "no" load times. even though its usually cleverly disguised load times but still, its nice not to have to stare at the words "loading". and i could really care less about how long it takes to install. glad i upgraded my HD to an 80gb as well, if i was still on the 20gb I would definitely have some problems

 

[Dumac]

60GB HD here, so I should be fine. Hopefully too many games don't require this, though I assuming you have the option to uninstall the files without deleting save files. I love the idea of no loading, however.

 

[MrPickins]

Mandatory file caching is a bit annoying, but I'm glad that developers are making use of the HDD. :thumbsup:

 

[cmdrdredd]

lets wait and see if people complain about the load times on the 360.

 

[garkon]

This is good news, imo. If i could install files to the HD to remove (or shorten a lot) load times i'm all for it, as long as i could take em off w/ out losing saves when i'm done playing the game regularly. WOuld be SWEET, go devs.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: garkon
This is good news, imo. If i could install files to the HD to remove (or shorten a lot) load times i'm all for it, as long as i could take em off w/ out losing saves when i'm done playing the game regularly. WOuld be SWEET, go devs.

I agree, and I wonder how many people will complain about the 360's load times because if it doesn't do something similar it will have to read off the disk and take some time doing that. Whether before the game starts up or between CS or whatnot.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: garkon
This is good news, imo. If i could install files to the HD to remove (or shorten a lot) load times i'm all for it, as long as i could take em off w/ out losing saves when i'm done playing the game regularly. WOuld be SWEET, go devs.

I agree, and I wonder how many people will complain about the 360's load times because if it doesn't do something similar it will have to read off the disk and take some time doing that. Whether before the game starts up or between CS or whatnot.

hopefully the 360 version has the option to install files to the hdd(if it has one)?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: garkon
This is good news, imo. If i could install files to the HD to remove (or shorten a lot) load times i'm all for it, as long as i could take em off w/ out losing saves when i'm done playing the game regularly. WOuld be SWEET, go devs.

I agree, and I wonder how many people will complain about the 360's load times because if it doesn't do something similar it will have to read off the disk and take some time doing that. Whether before the game starts up or between CS or whatnot.

hopefully the 360 version has the option to install files to the hdd(if it has one)?

The 360 already has space reserved to cache files on the HDD for gameplay. Load times for the 360 have been pretty good for the most part (couple of exception from obviously lazy devs) and all 360 games much meet certain requirements like not going over a maximum load time before MS will certify for release.

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: Queasy
The 360 already has space reserved to cache files on the HDD for gameplay. Load times for the 360 have been pretty good for the most part (couple of exception from obviously lazy devs) and all 360 games much meet certain requirements like not going over a maximum load time before MS will certify for release.

LOL... I guess Mass Effect slipped through some loop holes. It doesn't have any single excessively long load, but it certainly has plenty of elevators and lifts with nice long loads attached to them.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: Queasy
The 360 already has space reserved to cache files on the HDD for gameplay. Load times for the 360 have been pretty good for the most part (couple of exception from obviously lazy devs) and all 360 games much meet certain requirements like not going over a maximum load time before MS will certify for release.

LOL... I guess Mass Effect slipped through some loop holes. It doesn't have any single excessively long load, but it certainly has plenty of elevators and lifts with nice long loads attached to them.

Yeah, I haven't had a chance to play Mass Effect and experience the glory of the elevators but this is what I meant by a couple of exceptions.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure
Shane at 1up said it took like an hour to install his copy.

I can't understand how it takes so long... even downloaded demos take forever. But at least it's only a one time thing.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: garkon
This is good news, imo. If i could install files to the HD to remove (or shorten a lot) load times i'm all for it, as long as i could take em off w/ out losing saves when i'm done playing the game regularly. WOuld be SWEET, go devs.

I agree, and I wonder how many people will complain about the 360's load times because if it doesn't do something similar it will have to read off the disk and take some time doing that. Whether before the game starts up or between CS or whatnot.

hopefully the 360 version has the option to install files to the hdd(if it has one)?

The 360 already has space reserved to cache files on the HDD for gameplay. Load times for the 360 have been pretty good for the most part (couple of exception from obviously lazy devs) and all 360 games much meet certain requirements like not going over a maximum load time before MS will certify for release.

do games that use hdd cache have the same load times when they run on a 360 that doesnt have a hdd? i wonder how much of a pain it is for devs to code for those two different situations. maybe its not fair to just call them lazy?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: garkon
This is good news, imo. If i could install files to the HD to remove (or shorten a lot) load times i'm all for it, as long as i could take em off w/ out losing saves when i'm done playing the game regularly. WOuld be SWEET, go devs.

I agree, and I wonder how many people will complain about the 360's load times because if it doesn't do something similar it will have to read off the disk and take some time doing that. Whether before the game starts up or between CS or whatnot.

hopefully the 360 version has the option to install files to the hdd(if it has one)?

The 360 already has space reserved to cache files on the HDD for gameplay. Load times for the 360 have been pretty good for the most part (couple of exception from obviously lazy devs) and all 360 games much meet certain requirements like not going over a maximum load time before MS will certify for release.

do games that use hdd cache have the same load times when they run on a 360 that doesnt have a hdd? i wonder how much of a pain it is for devs to code for those two different situations. maybe its not fair to just call them lazy?

I haven't played any of the intensive games like Oblivion without a HDD so I couldn't tell you. And yeah, there is such a thing as lazy devs. I'm not speaking about one individual but an entire dev organization from from the ground up. Think EA and all the buggy Maddens.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: garkon
This is good news, imo. If i could install files to the HD to remove (or shorten a lot) load times i'm all for it, as long as i could take em off w/ out losing saves when i'm done playing the game regularly. WOuld be SWEET, go devs.

I agree, and I wonder how many people will complain about the 360's load times because if it doesn't do something similar it will have to read off the disk and take some time doing that. Whether before the game starts up or between CS or whatnot.

hopefully the 360 version has the option to install files to the hdd(if it has one)?

The 360 already has space reserved to cache files on the HDD for gameplay. Load times for the 360 have been pretty good for the most part (couple of exception from obviously lazy devs) and all 360 games much meet certain requirements like not going over a maximum load time before MS will certify for release.

do games that use hdd cache have the same load times when they run on a 360 that doesnt have a hdd? i wonder how much of a pain it is for devs to code for those two different situations. maybe its not fair to just call them lazy?

I never tried that, I remember Oblivion was the first game to cache to the HDD and I don't know how long it took to load without a HDD.

 

[beat mania]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: Queasy
The 360 already has space reserved to cache files on the HDD for gameplay. Load times for the 360 have been pretty good for the most part (couple of exception from obviously lazy devs) and all 360 games much meet certain requirements like not going over a maximum load time before MS will certify for release.

LOL... I guess Mass Effect slipped through some loop holes. It doesn't have any single excessively long load, but it certainly has plenty of elevators and lifts with nice long loads attached to them.

Every time the mako makes a landing it loads right after it autosaves. That's the most annoying part since these 2 actions take so long. Besides the minute long elevator ride of course.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure
Shane at 1up said it took like an hour to install his copy.

I can't understand how it takes so long... even downloaded demos take forever. But at least it's only a one time thing.

Wait, so you have to 'install' demos as well or are you just talking about the actual download time?

As for the mandatory installation, I still cant imagine that there will be no load times as you (collective) are hoping for. The PS3 will still expect the BluRay disc in the player for copy protection issues, therefore when the game first starts, expect a load time... Burnout Paradise has stated no load times except at the beginning as well, there is no mandatory install for that. Crackdown was the same way and it worked perfectly.

I just don't understand why they require the install... perhaps it has something to do with the SIXAXIS specific camera controls that they don't want accessed on the disc? It just doesn't make sense to me.

Finally, the image that Joystiq posted is complete bollocks. Please tell me thats just some early build shot and not what the game will look like.

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure
Shane at 1up said it took like an hour to install his copy.

I can't understand how it takes so long... even downloaded demos take forever. But at least it's only a one time thing.

Wait, so you have to 'install' demos as well or are you just talking about the actual download time?

Yeah, it has to basically install demos as well. That is the biggest thing that I hated about downloading demos on the PS3, other than the slow slow download time.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: chrisg22

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure
Shane at 1up said it took like an hour to install his copy.

I can't understand how it takes so long... even downloaded demos take forever. But at least it's only a one time thing.

Wait, so you have to 'install' demos as well or are you just talking about the actual download time?

Yeah, it has to basically install demos as well. That is the biggest thing that I hated about downloading demos on the PS3, other than the slow slow download time.

Wow, what a bunch of shit.