Posts Tagged ‘hard drive eval’
  • NCAA Football 12 Hard Drive Evaluation
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    Posted July 8th, 2011 at 7:00 pm 29 Comments »
    The NCAA Football series has been one of the biggest culprits regarding lengthy loading times and laggy navigation amongst sports games this generation. It remains a frustration even with NCAA Football 12 however installing to the Xbox 360 hard drive does alleviate some of the wait time and allow it to run smoother overall. With NCAA Football 12 in hand expect several postings over the coming days with impressions, videos, and more. Follow along for additional NCAA 12 talk in between site...
  • MLB 2K11 Hard Drive Evaluation
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    Posted March 8th, 2011 at 5:30 pm 3 Comments »
    Continuing with the series of Xbox 360 hard drive installation evaluations I've gone through and compared several areas of MLB 2K11 based on loading times from the disk vs the hard drive. In general the loading times are brisk for 2K11, but the install delivers slight improvement in that area. (more…)...
  • Fight Night Champion Hard Drive Evaluation
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    Posted February 25th, 2011 at 2:00 pm 4 Comments »
    *Fight Night Champion is in hand so impressions, screens, and videos will be posted through the weekend and on Monday. Follow on Twitter for additional glimpses at the game and thoughts on it as I play through. Continuing with the series of Xbox 360 hard drive installation evaluations I've gone through and compared several areas of Fight Night Champion based on loading times from the disk vs the hard drive. Thankfully the loading times with Fight Night Champion are much more reasonable than...
  • NBA Jam Hard Drive Evaluation
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    Posted November 18th, 2010 at 4:00 pm 4 Comments »
    Continuing with the series of Xbox 360 hard drive installation evaluations I've gone through and compared several areas of NBA Jam based on loading times from the disk vs the hard drive. As typical with arcade games the loading is generally quick and due to that the installation shows limited improvement in that area but is still beneficial. (more…)...
  • EA Sports MMA Hard Drive Evaluation
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    Posted October 20th, 2010 at 9:17 am 8 Comments »
    Continuing with the series of Xbox 360 hard drive installation evaluations I've gone through and compared several areas of EA Sports MMA based on loading times from the disk vs the hard drive. EA Sports MMA now joins the NCAA Football series as the biggest culprits of poor loading times in the sports genre. Some of the wait times are bad enough that they nearly could have caused the game to fail certification. The worst areas come with loading into saved careers which takes a frustrating 48...
  • NBA 2K11 Hard Drive Evaluation
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    Posted October 6th, 2010 at 1:57 pm 57 Comments »
    Continuing with the series of Xbox 360 hard drive installation evaluations I've gone through and compared several areas of NBA2K11 based on loading times from the disk vs the hard drive. With the NBA 2K series the initial booting sequence has typically been lengthy due to how many different things load prior to reaching the main menu but within the menus has generally been quick. That is definitely the case again this year. NBA 2K11 is the biggest install of a sports game yet but unfortunately...
  • Madden 11 Hard Drive Evaluation
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    Posted August 7th, 2010 at 12:24 pm 34 Comments »
    Continuing with the series of Xbox 360 hard drive installation evaluations I've gone through and compared several aspects of Madden 11 based on loading times from the disk vs the hard drive. Thankfully the Madden series has fared much better in the way of loading times and smooth menu navigation as opposed to NCAA Football over the last few years. With Madden 11 the loading times are a bit shorter from the disc and comparable from the hard drive when put up against Madden 10 and the actual gam...
  • NCAA 11 Hard Drive Evaluation
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    Posted July 14th, 2010 at 12:00 pm 51 Comments »
    Continuing with the series of Xbox 360 hard drive installation evaluations I've gone through and compared several aspects of the game based on loading times from the disk vs the hard drive. The NCAA Football series has been especially plagued by long loading times, laggy menus, and tedious menu navigation and installing should help with some of that. Unfortunately the loading times for NCAA Football 11 remain abnormally long compared to other 360 sports titles and there is still some noticeabl...