Chivalry II Dev: Next-Gen SSD Will Really Make a Difference for Open World, Less So for Other Games

Chivarly II developer Steve Piggott said the next-gen SSD will really make a difference for open world games, but not as much in other titles.

[ccgr]

Can't wait!

[dazsarge]

Gamingbolt

[Alexious]

Nope

[frostypants]

Great impression of a GamingBolt headline though.

[isarai]

Not true, even in linear games it makes it far easier to do things like add more variety in your surroundings, fill the space with more assets and detail, eliminate loading screens or loading tricks(like arkhan asylum's loading doors) and allow more environmental detail when in a fast mode if navigation (like racing games) also from the sounds if it you might get the option to temporarily allocate some SSD space to double as ram which opens up a whole other suite of capabilities.

[isarai]

So people are disagreeing with the factual functions of a HDD/SSD?

[MasterCornholio]

It would be great to see Popup greatly reduced.

[isarai]

Lol what's with all the disagrees in these comments? Like do people want MORE popup?

[frostypants]

The sort of people who complain about there even being a next-gen, probably (because they can't afford it and don't want anyone else to enjoy it either).

[windblowsagain]

popup is an added extra these days.

[tinchotin]

Most object "pop up" is because of lack of gpu power, nor because of loading speed.

[isarai]

There are many factors that can attribute to pop in, ram, game engine, and yes HDD/SSD read speeds.

[Cmv38]

Less so for other games? Having the technology available may add unexpected advancements to games and genres we didn't expect. Im being optimistic instead of my usual pessimism.

[KyRo]

Can't wait for for the onslaught of more generic open world games... So many franchises have been butchered by going open world.

[Lionsguard]

This is why I'm so glad FF7:RE Part 2+ will be on next-gen consoles.