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Subject: what is the point of 2 discs

J.Warrener

what is the point of 2 discs
I know that one contains the campaign and firefight
and the other contains multiplayer and all the maps and forge theatre
so why can they not put them on one disc

  • 06.09.2009 8:08 AM PDT
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Maybe it's too much information for one disk.

  • 06.09.2009 8:12 AM PDT

Maybe it's more convenient to have it on two disks, or maybe is doesn't fit on one.

  • 06.09.2009 8:12 AM PDT

To justify the unwarranted $60 price tag.

  • 06.09.2009 8:14 AM PDT

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Posted by: dr spartan32
DVD discs can't fit much information, k? blu-ray ftw.


Blu-ray bigger but slower. PS3's have to duplicate the data on disks you know?
back on topic, It's kinda like 2 game engines. The campaign/firefight one and the old H3 one. Also theres ALL the maps on the h3 disk.

  • 06.09.2009 8:20 AM PDT

It makes you look like you have more games :P

  • 06.09.2009 8:24 AM PDT

How come I never get the sniper rifle?!
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because some people dont have halo 3 to begin with and odst doesent have competitive multiplayer so they give you the second disc so you can use the multiplayer maps that come with odst

  • 06.09.2009 8:28 AM PDT

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To justify the unwarranted $60 price tag.


Ding, Ding, Ding... We have a winner. "Tell him what he has won Jonny".

  • 06.09.2009 8:34 AM PDT

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Posted by: peoples champ36
To justify the unwarranted $60 price tag.


Ding, Ding, Ding... We have a winner. "Tell him what he has won Jonny".



The smug satisfaction of not buying that lump of crap they are trying to pass off as a complete game.

  • 06.09.2009 8:35 AM PDT

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all of the above^^^

AND

it means that the first disc (ODST disc) can rum faster by not having all of the multiplayer information on it.

  • 06.09.2009 8:35 AM PDT
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The Matchmakeing Disc with all of halo3's custam games, maps, Forge, Theatre, and so is there because the ODST doesn't have a matchmakeing so putting the regular halo3 matchmakeing into ODST would screw up the gra[hics when it came to charecter selection. You could end up looking like a spartan in firefight. That's why they sepereated them so it didn't glitch like that and some1 ends up becomeing a spartan super soldier and make firefight way to easy. >.>

  • 06.09.2009 9:07 AM PDT
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Posted by: dr spartan32
DVD discs can't fit much information, k? blu-ray ftw.


If you're just another Sony fan boy go back to your PS3.

  • 06.09.2009 9:15 AM PDT

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They tried to make it easier for us.

Obviously, they didn't expect the community to fail this hard at comprehension...

  • 06.09.2009 9:26 AM PDT

wait...... did you say pancakes !?

whats the point of 1 disk ?

  • 06.09.2009 9:29 AM PDT
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Argumentum ad populum

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Posted by: dr spartan32
DVD discs can't fit much information, k? blu-ray ftw.


If you're just another Sony fan boy go back to your PS3.


What if he doesn't?

  • 06.09.2009 9:31 AM PDT

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I doubt all the content couldn't fit on one disk and I doubt the game would run any slower with a one-disc setup, so I have to presume that Bungie simply wanted the game to look larger than it actually was.

  • 06.09.2009 9:48 AM PDT

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Posted by: dr spartan32
DVD discs can't fit much information, k? blu-ray ftw.


If you're just another Sony fan boy go back to your PS3.


I wouldn't necessarily call that fanboyism but instead hard facts. I love my xbox, but unfortunately DVD's just don't hold that much data. 4.8GB vs 50GB(dual layer) is a huge difference.

Sorry but blu ray has the advantage on data storage. Hence xbox games are multidisc while ps3 are not. Can anyone say Star Ocean 4? 3 discs O_o.

EDIT: Also stated Blu Ray is in fact slower to read because of it. I'll take my 2 DVD's any day.

In conclusion, DVD's don't hold all those maps, plus ODST's campaign and Firefight mode. Hence 2 discs.

[Edited on 06.09.2009 9:52 AM PDT]

  • 06.09.2009 9:51 AM PDT

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Posted by: porkstein
I doubt all the content couldn't fit on one disk and I doubt the game would run any slower with a one-disc setup, so I have to presume that Bungie simply wanted the game to look larger than it actually was.


slower than what? Maybe the game will run, wait for it....faster than at the moment... maybe?
perhaps the speed of halo atm isnt the fastest it can go?

  • 06.09.2009 9:53 AM PDT