Sunday, September 13, 2009
Uninstalling Like It's 1999...
Wow. Today I checked out my hard drive, and discovered that all but 18 gigs of my 300 were used up. I actually had to spend some time uninstalling software and data to clear up space. I can't remember the last time I did that - but back in the early-to-mid 90s it was a frequent event.
Besides some videos, some of the ol' games to get nuked were:
* City of Heroes / City of Villains. Sigh. Loved the game, didn't have time to play. Might get into Champions later. But the whole MMO thing doesn't thrill me so much anymore.
* F.E.A.R. - Loved it. Not gonna go back and play it though.
* Age of Empires III - While I still enjoyed it, it was my least favorite of the AoE games.
* Half-Life 2 - See F.E.A.R.
* Battlefield 2 - In spite of it sucking, I've had it on the hard drive for a long time - and even try playing it again from time to time. But I am annoyed by its multiplayer (well, what I remember of it, anyway...), and A.R.M.A. provides a better single-player experience.
* Flight Simulator X - I think they crippled it for non-DX10 machines. I could never get it to run well. I found some hints online to fix that issue, but I still have the previous version installed and enjoy it plenty. Maybe I'll re-install it in a couple of years when I finally get an all-new machine again.
* Neverwinter Nights 1 (and a zillion modules, mods, etc) - it's been several years since I last ran this one. I'm not gonna finish the third expansion. I need to let it go...
Oblivion and Fallout 3 are on my short list of removal candidates, though I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I really don't know if I'll ever go back and play Oblivion again - I really put it through its paces for over a hundred hours before. And Fallout 3 - even after fixing my hardware, it still refuses to run with any level of stability.
I guess it shouldn't be a big deal to pull the plug on old games that are no longer doing anything but taking up hard drive space. But like moving out of an old apartment, there's a little bit of nostalgia associated with some of 'em. Some good times were had there.
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- posted by The Rampant Coyote @ 10:20 PM (Permalink)
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Boy do I hear you on the MMO front. I used to play CoX and I just got over a bunch of WoW. MMOs don't thrill me like they used to either. I think my favorite time to play anymore are in October and December when they have the Holiday events. Other than that I get pretty bored.
I'll probably re-up WoW for the Holidays for the events and when Cataclysm comes out. I'll be curious as to how they changed things up.
I'll probably re-up WoW for the Holidays for the events and when Cataclysm comes out. I'll be curious as to how they changed things up.
I seem to permanently only have about 4GB or less free on my Games partition (but then, it's only 120GB).
When it comes time to pick a game to kill off, SequoiaView (or more recently WinDirStat) is my friend. Even so, there are some games that are stubbornly hanging on (or that I'm stubbornly hanging on to -- "one of these days I'm going to get around to finishing that") through several purges -- Oblivion being one of them. (I haven't played Shivering Isles yet, after all.)
When it comes time to pick a game to kill off, SequoiaView (or more recently WinDirStat) is my friend. Even so, there are some games that are stubbornly hanging on (or that I'm stubbornly hanging on to -- "one of these days I'm going to get around to finishing that") through several purges -- Oblivion being one of them. (I haven't played Shivering Isles yet, after all.)
Uninstalling remains as important to me as it ever was. Although I can only play old games and a limited range of indie titles on my cheap and not very gaming-oriented laptop, I buy so many classics from GOG.COM these days that I still have to do a fair amount of uninstalling to keep at least 10 GB free on my 75 GB hard drive at all times (and I don't know what I would do without my 1 TB external drive).
Actually Oblivion and Fallout 3 are games that I will always have on my system, regardless whether I play them or not. They are a treasure trove for game developers if you use the TES Construction Kit (or GECK for Fallout). These two editors reveal a lot about how the games are designed, the AI system, etc. I actually base my game engine in part on a similar structure like that used in Oblivion and the editors gives a nice inside look on how to develop AI behavior, quests, combat styles etc.
Seconded on the MMO front. I have gone back to Deus Ex and Morrowind, I am really enjoying playing single player games where you didn't have to waste so much time to get to the fun.
I will probably try SWTOR though, just to see if Bio can deliver on the MMO-with-story front.
I will probably try SWTOR though, just to see if Bio can deliver on the MMO-with-story front.
did you just make a Prince easter egg or is it just me? lol
# posted by 
: September 15, 2009 2:53 AM
: September 15, 2009 2:53 AM
I mostly play games that are a couple of years behind the times, and couple that with regular upgrades of my hard disk. As a result I have Bard's Tale 2 and Four Crystals of Trazere on my disk alongside World of Warcraft and Pro Evolution Soccer 2009.
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