These &^%$# patches!
July 7th 2011 -
I hate game patches. Especially 2.4GB big ones.
Recently, I play a lot of computer games. I have bought most of them in summer sales in different shops (most of them on Steam Summer Sale).
Until last week I was staying at home, where I have decent internet connection (24Mbps), I did not have any problems – I’ve purchased a game, installed it and all the patches, and played.
Last Monday I’ve arrived at place I’ll be spending most of my summer vacation. I have a decent PC here, so I took several games with me – Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (retail, “EA classics” edition) and Frontlines: Fuel of War (Steam backup) among the others.
I have installed them, and I tried to play a little.
I tried. Instead of just “letting me play”, battlefield started downloading 2.4GB patch, with fixes related mostly to multiplayer part. 2.4GB, on 1Mbps connection, shared with 3 other PCs in the house. Frontlines, on the other hand, said that game is only installed in 58% – when total game size is 12.4GB.
My question is: Why? Why do I need to install a patch? Why did Steam backup only 58% of my game?
I just want to have a little fun, and watching download progress bar is as fun as watching a damn progress bar.
If only the weather were better…
PS. Today it is! Screw you, Battlefield, I’m going to read books in the garden!