time2lose@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoHeroes of Might and Magic III hits 'Mostly Negative' Steam reviews because Ubisoft forgot to add the gamewww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down10
arrow-up1362arrow-down1external-linkHeroes of Might and Magic III hits 'Mostly Negative' Steam reviews because Ubisoft forgot to add the gamewww.xda-developers.comtime2lose@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·28 days agoWhat on Earth is with the system requirements for this game? It requires a gigabyte of space? Heroes of Might and Magic 3? How’s that possible? Judging from the pictures it is not updated or remastered or anything.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·28 days agoIt came on a CD, which is max about 700MB; that could easily unpack to a gigabyte.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·28 days agoIt’ll be 700MB of electron based emulation to run it.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agoThe game to not be as large, I assume
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-227 days agoI get that, but based on what? 1GB unpacked seems reasonable for a 1999 game that was likely distributed on CDs. Not at all surprising.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoI remember playing a Myst-style adventure game around that time and dreading travelling because it meant changing the CD.
What on Earth is with the system requirements for this game? It requires a gigabyte of space? Heroes of Might and Magic 3? How’s that possible? Judging from the pictures it is not updated or remastered or anything.
It came on a CD, which is max about 700MB; that could easily unpack to a gigabyte.
It’ll be 700MB of electron based emulation to run it.
what were you expecting?
The game to not be as large, I assume
I get that, but based on what? 1GB unpacked seems reasonable for a 1999 game that was likely distributed on CDs. Not at all surprising.
I remember playing a Myst-style adventure game around that time and dreading travelling because it meant changing the CD.