Game News “It breaks my heart to give up my 495 hours of gameplay.” This gamer is devastated: the update to this video game ruined his game.
Video games boast of their impressive lifespans, but this gamer must pay the price for his gluttony by deleting 495 hours of gameplay.
Hours of play
Nowadays, it is common to sell a game primarily on its impressive lifespan. Investing at least 100 hours in a triple-A game is now commonplace. In most cases, you have not even completed most of the side quests. However, unlike your involvement in games, your storage space is not infinite. Whether on console or PC, it is always difficult to make space. With one click, days and Days of progress can disappear
The price to be paid
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an iconic example of a game with an exceptionally long lifespan. Since its release in 2011, it has attracted millions of players thanks to its huge open world and hundreds of side quests. With Bethesda’s game, you will have to spend at least 100 or even 200 hours to explore every corner of Skyrim. Add to that the various expansions that have since been released, but the situation is still going to get worseModding makes things more complex Although Skyrim remains one of the most played games despite its age, many PC gamers choose to upgrade for convenience reasons.
Some mods improve the AI, others improve textures and some add additional features. This is not uncommon in The Elder Scrolls V transformed after extreme modding. However, all this convenience comes at a price: a considerable amount of storage space and a possible loss of support with each new update.
It is a great disappointment for this Internet user who is preparing to sacrifice almost 500 hours of fun on Skyrim : “The latest Skyrim SE update created this knot and it is pretty much irreparable for me. It breaks my heart to leave 495 hours of gameplay behind, but I finally have to Free up 200 GB of storage I say goodbye to Skyrim and its wonderful mods,” he continued Reddit. As we can see in the post, the player has multiplied the mods until he reached the limits of his PC.
An impressive achievement for the commentators, but also completely absurd, as some of his improvements seem unnecessary. Fortunately for this fan, the advice keeps coming. Some simply advocate Downgrade Skyrimor fix the problem with even more (compressed) mods. Some players even have very good news: “You now have a completely free hand to REALLY start modding your game!”, noted one user.