JT Fever Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 About to pick this game up, was just wondering can i install all 3 discs and then play without disc swap, i am thinking i must be able to install, as i dont need my 360 heating up whilst playing game. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuSt BLaZe Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 HELL NOOOO!!! You definitely NEED TO switch discs. There is no way you can play this full game with only 1 disc. In other words, YES you can install all 3 discs (I did) and as soon as the game asks for the next disc, simply switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaredL Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 You bring up a very interesting point though, I wonder if something like that would be possible if the developer wanted to implement it... perhaps not. Because I'm sure it was looked into. Regardless though, as mentioned above, changing discs is very easy, and you get a lot of game-play out of each disc. Pretty sure the first disc lasted me about 6 hours or more, second was about the same, and last disc was perhaps a little bit less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtCouchPotato Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 i know they always said there is no such thing as a dumb question...but...seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC Alevop Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 i know they always said there is no such thing as a dumb question...but...seriously... Dont be a douche, thats not a dumb question. You only need the disc in the tray to prove you own it, all the data is on the hard drive, and you wouldnt own the first disc without the other three so it would make sense if you could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyFox Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 About to pick this game up, was just wondering can i install all 3 discs and then play without disc swap, i am thinking i must be able to install, as i dont need my 360 heating up whilst playing game. thanks dont think that would ever happen or techincally you could be lending your game out when u finish a disc and that doesn't fly for developers. lending games out is costing them a sale. it takes like 5 seconds to swap a disc anyway and it doesn't even take you to dashboard anyway and in no way spoils the flow multi-discs ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT Fever Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 thanks for all responses including the 1 which thinks i am dumb,lol what are forums for? my concern is not the getting up to change disc, it was the thought of dvd drive working up some heat, . just picked it up now and will install discs individually. But on this subject of extra discs, fallout 3 GOTY edition i was able to install second disc and just boot from first, thus was able to lend it to a friend for them to install, guess that is slightly different but.....anyway thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear. Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 thanks for all responses including the 1 which thinks i am dumb,lol what are forums for? my concern is not the getting up to change disc, it was the thought of dvd drive working up some heat, . just picked it up now and will install discs individually. But on this subject of extra discs, fallout 3 GOTY edition i was able to install second disc and just boot from first, thus was able to lend it to a friend for them to install, guess that is slightly different but.....anyway thanks again With the FO3: GOTY the second disc was just the DLC on a disc so of course you wouldn't need it after installing. With games like ME2, FF 13, LA Noire etc...The extra discs are actual retail content so they want to make sure you have each disc in...I understand where you are coming from in your questions/arguements but comparing FO3: GOTY (and any other special edition game release that puts DLC on disc) to LA Noire (and other games that come, initial retail with multiple discs) is comparing apples to oranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallicorphan Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 downloading from the marketplace is just cutting out the middle man(the disc)i am sure it could be done if installing is really just you 'downloading' from the disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman87gt Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 With the FO3: GOTY the second disc was just the DLC on a disc so of course you wouldn't need it after installing. With games like ME2, FF 13, LA Noire etc...The extra discs are actual retail content so they want to make sure you have each disc in...I understand where you are coming from in your questions/arguements but comparing FO3: GOTY (and any other special edition game release that puts DLC on disc) to LA Noire (and other games that come, initial retail with multiple discs) is comparing apples to oranges. Its still a valid point, obviously DLC is a different scenario compared to an actual game but Forza 2's Platinum version came with all the DLC (or at least all the DLC up until its point of release) which originally cost around $20 bucks (which is more than the game costs used (I got it for $8) at this point), yet all you need is to install the DLC and provide the main game and you get it for no additional cost. Of course in that scenario you can't play the DLC unless you have the game disc whereas you could still play part of the game with with one of the three discs. Even if you made it a requirement to use Disc 1 your friend(s) could still be playing discs 2 and 3 once they've finished disc 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cHRiSCOe Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 What does it matter? How far away is your console? I though it felt kinda cool. I haven't had to get up and switch discs since final fantasy ps1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChArG1nMaLAZ0R Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 What does it matter? How far away is your console? I though it felt kinda cool. I haven't had to get up and switch discs since final fantasy ps1 whats cool about getting up to switch a disk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallicorphan Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 What does it matter? How far away is your console? I though it felt kinda cool. I haven't had to get up and switch discs since final fantasy ps1 it's a shame that you seemed to of missed Lost Odyssey then if you are a fan of Final Fantasy,LO is probably the best RPG this gen,and it has 4 discs ChArG1nMaLAZ0R:-the coolness about switching discs,at least when PS1 FF games were about was the feel of progression when changing to disc 2,for me its the same with all RPGs with more than 1 disc,i can't however say i have the same feeling with L.A.Noire...it killed me that i spent just 6 hrs and did the street crimes as well and then got asked to go to disc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongooli P5 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 All you have to do is make disc 1 the play disc and discs 2 and 3 content discs and that way you couldn't lend it out, because only 1 disc is playable. The only down side then is for people with only the 4 gig system, they get kind of screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerchronic Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 All you have to do is make disc 1 the play disc and discs 2 and 3 content discs and that way you couldn't lend it out, because only 1 disc is playable. The only down side then is for people with only the 4 gig system, they get kind of screwed. And thats exactly why it wouldn't happen. my concern is not the getting up to change disc, it was the thought of dvd drive working up some heat. Then you have no concern, the only reason the disc needs to be in the drive once installed is to confirm you own it, once the game is running everything is run from the hard drive and the disc remains idle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moist Gracie Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Thats good to know but I really don't mind switching discs Mass Effect does the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANDY Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 i know they always said there is no such thing as a dumb question...but...seriously... Hahahaha! Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Langlois Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 My LA Noire has four disks..... ...Im guessing the fourth disk is the dlc for the complete edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinasGaming1 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 You'll need to change discs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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