Loading times

[ceedot]

Apparently when you first put the game in it will take 10 to 15 minutes of loading time. Like Assasins creed when u first stick it in, it took quite a while to load in the beginning.

 

So yeah rockstar sed it will first take 10 - 15 minutes to load.

( don't ask for proof coz i cant remember where i red it)

Hack NO! Thats unnacceptable.....seriously. And in the demos they said it "felt" like it took about five minutes. That being said I would say anywhere between 5 and 8 minutes....MAYBE. If it takes that long, may as well download it and never put the disc in again.

I think it's the opposite. If it felt like five minutes it problably was like 2 mins.

But who cares?? We'll find out when we all get GTA IV.

We all care. That's who cares.

Think about waiting for that long, for the game to start.

It would be so hard to be patient lol.

I hope it's not too long.

[Tradios]

We all care. That's who cares.

Think about waiting for that long, for the game to start.

It would be so hard to be patient lol.

I hope it's not too long.

Ofcourse it's not 15 minutes. That would be crazy. Maybe 5 - 10 minutes the first time you

load the game and after that maybe 1 minute to load.

[ryuclan]

Apparently when you first put the game in it will take 10 to 15 minutes of loading time. Like Assasins creed when u first stick it in, it took quite a while to load in the beginning.

 

So yeah rockstar sed it will first take 10 - 15 minutes to load.

( don't ask for proof coz i cant remember where i red it)

They havn't said that.

You may be right about the first initial load time being longer, but not 10-15 minutes. Think about it.

I can cook something to eat for that long.

yea thats wat i ment the first initial load time, not the one where guna see everytime we switch it on

I thought that WAS the initial load time????

[CookPassBabtridge]

I remember reading an article that stated its about ten mins initial load each time, but this cuts out any loading after that eg. city borders, entering buildings etc. It is a friggin long wait tbh, they better have something interesting on screen during that time

[Tradios]

I remember reading an article that stated its about ten mins initial load each time, but this cuts out any loading after that eg. city borders, entering buildings etc. It is a friggin long wait tbh, they better have something interesting on screen during that time

10 mins. everytime! Can't believe that.

[JeNvEy]

 

I remember reading an article that stated its about ten mins initial load each time, but this cuts out any loading after that eg. city borders, entering buildings etc. It is a friggin long wait tbh, they better have something interesting on screen during that time

10 mins. everytime! Can't believe that.

i dont think its everytime just the first time you stick the game in, then once its over thats it, when you next put the game in, it will just take as long as the previous GTA's probably or less

[ryuclan]

I remember reading an article that stated its about ten mins initial load each time, but this cuts out any loading after that eg. city borders, entering buildings etc. It is a friggin long wait tbh, they better have something interesting on screen during that time

10 mins. everytime! Can't believe that.

i dont think its everytime just the first time you stick the game in, then once its over thats it, when you next put the game in, it will just take as long as the previous GTA's probably or less

Can somebody explain this, I mean I can see if some of the game is like....downloaded but besides that I cant see how this is any different from the other ones.

[Tradios]

I remember reading an article that stated its about ten mins initial load each time, but this cuts out any loading after that eg. city borders, entering buildings etc. It is a friggin long wait tbh, they better have something interesting on screen during that time

10 mins. everytime! Can't believe that.

i dont think its everytime just the first time you stick the game in, then once its over thats it, when you next put the game in, it will just take as long as the previous GTA's probably or less

Yes, I also think that. At least, I hope so... I don't have the patience to wait 10 mins. everytime

The first time.. ok. But everytime??

[CookPassBabtridge]

So does it load onto the HDD the first time only, and then load from it thereafter? I gotta find the article, its bugging me now.

[JonnyVercetti]

If its 10 mins everytime you start the game...I would prefer having loading times going into buildings and stuff!

[Tradios]

If its 10 mins everytime you start the game...I would prefer having loading times going into buildings and stuff!

Yes, me too. If the loading time is 10 minutes everytime, I rather have some loading times when you

enter buildings.

[CookPassBabtridge]

'And some of its achievements simply blow your mind, such as load times. After and initial loading sequence, the game will never load again - even when you transition between interior and exterior locations.'

 

Got this off the factsheet section. It probably is about ten mins, to eliminate all the different transitions we had before. Swings and roundabouts isnt it really, tens mins at the start means a seamless play experience. I could live with loading times for crossing islands, but I think entering buildings in realtime will be awesome.

[uzi 9mm]

10 minutes is out of the question.

 

Even 4 minutes of pure waiting will make anxiety kick in. I think 5 minutes max, any longer than that and R* are pushing it.

[fishermanGTA]

 

10 minutes is out of the question.

 

Even 4 minutes of pure waiting will make anxiety kick in. I think 5 minutes max, any longer than that and R* are pushing it.

To be fair, if someone is so fidgity

that they can't wait for 10 minutes, we

must ask the question "are they old enough to play".

[Layorz]

Simple logic applies here. The SA takes roughly 20 seconds to load on PS2. GTA IV is said to be roughly the same size of SA due to being able to enter buildings etc with no load screens. Consider the upgraded engine the game is running off. Forget the graphics, as the PS3 is made to hendle that fine. Your looking at around 30 seconds of load time for gta IV

[Tradios]

10 minutes is out of the question.

 

Even 4 minutes of pure waiting will make anxiety kick in. I think 5 minutes max, any longer than that and R* are pushing it.

I second that.

[uzi 9mm]

 

10 minutes is out of the question.

 

Even 4 minutes of pure waiting will make anxiety kick in. I think 5 minutes max, any longer than that and R* are pushing it.

To be fair, if someone is so fidgity

that they can't wait for 10 minutes, we

must ask the question "are they old enough to play".

Not really fidgety at all.

 

I mean if you have to wait 10 minutes before playing the game that's a joke. Even VC's starting bit was quite long and that must have only been 2 minutes or less. I am expecting GTA 4's to be longer, but if everytime I want to play GTA 4 I know I have a 10 minute wait before playng, I won't be happy at all, and I'm sure most will too, despite how old they are, I don't know about you, maybe you like waiting.

 

And for your information I am well over the age of 18 son.

[ToasterStroodle]

It's supposed to be quite short. I mean, VC took ages and SA is way bigger, so yeah. I reckon the first time you load it, it should take ages to get us amped up, but after that, go back to a short load time so that when we're playing years later we don't have to wait ages like the first time.

[CookPassBabtridge]

SA took 20 secs?? It was more like two mins. And 30 secs for GTAIV is a pipe dream. I suppose the big pi$$er will be if you wait ten mins for loading, but only have time to play like 5 mins or something. Could be annoying

[KillerKabel]

What about the saving?

 

On PS2 it took ages to save... Didn't it?

 

I think I remember it as ages... Maybe not...

[CookPassBabtridge]

I guess saving will be fast, it is on the 360 hard drive. Im pretty sure the initial load must be every time you switch the machine on to play; as somebody mentioned earlier, if it was one time only, may as well download the frigger.

[avsrule247]

The initial load shouldn't be too long considering the power of the consoles. I'd say 30-40 seconds.

 

Also the saving should be quick. San Andreas saves were like 2 seconds.

[uzi 9mm]

There are tons of times where you have to go out somewhere and you only want to have a quick go on it before you leave. The inconvenience of having to wait 10 minutes will not allow you to have that quick go on the game. With SA you can literally be playing the game 4 minutes after switching the PS2 on, which is reasonable.

 

Compared to games like Goldeneye on the N64 which you can get up and running in under a minute, that is obviously very slow, and that was roughly 10 years ago, now we are 2 generations ahead and we have to wait stupid amounts of time to play our games, which is a step back.

[RaverRyan]

Anything between 1-2 mins I think, which doesn't upset me too much, as long as R* gives us a very interesting loading screen.

[JeNvEy]

I no its hard to trust people on this forum but trust me its only going to happen once and thats when u first put it in to your PS3/XBOX 360 console..And can u imagine the excitement and adrenaline when you are waiting for those 10 - 15 minutes.

[Lega_c]

on the ps3 version im hoping it \downloads a part to the hdd like assassins creed, that way the load time will be shorter

[KillerKabel]

I no its hard to trust people on this forum but trust me its only going to happen once and thats when u first put it in to your PS3/XBOX 360 console..And can u imagine the excitement and adrenaline when you are waiting for those 10 - 15 minutes.

Your source?

[JeNvEy]

I no its hard to trust people on this forum but trust me its only going to happen once and thats when u first put it in to your PS3/XBOX 360 console..And can u imagine the excitement and adrenaline when you are waiting for those 10 - 15 minutes. 

Your source?

if u read a couple pages bak i sed that i cant supply the source because i cant remember where i red it but i no ive red it somewhere, it was a while back

 

If u got assassins creed then u should remember the long loading time on that

[dragonrock]

on the ps3 version im hoping it \downloads a part to the hdd like assassins creed, that way the load time will be shorter

Samere here/ I am not using my hdd for naything else other than a couple demos and al ittle music. Heck they could use 5GB of my hard drive I won't care.

[ModelMan]

I remember I rented "Heavenly Sword" Im Like hell yeah cant wait to try this and

 

see the graphics they've been talking about so i put in the blue-ray right and

 

suddenly when the blue-ray loads I see the company names come up as usual for

 

advertisment and stuff, then Its says *loading* so with my patients I can wait its

 

okay and to think it was gonna be a 10-20 second load so n e ways im waiting and

 

Im like why is this load so slow so I figure out that this is one of those "first time

 

turning on loading long time then playing the whole thing without a single load"

 

games like GTA IV.....thank god for next-gen systems so when the game comes up

 

and Start 2 Finish theres not a single load in game or in the cut scenes so I guess

 

works out better but the first time when you get the game where youre all excited to

 

play you have to wait 10-20 minutes instead for it to load but I guess its worth it. So

 

long story short Its gonna be a good experience even if it takes about 30minutes,

 

more than that Im suing R* whos with me!i!i!