Nier Automata’s File Size Now Reflects How Good It Is


This article was originally published on link to post

Nier Automata is my favorite game of all time, and I’ve been telling everyone I know to play it for nearly a decade. On PC, however, Square Enix accidentally made that a little bit more difficult, because the game’s latest patch ballooned the game’s file size by more than 600%.

The update, tested by RPG Site, takes what was a pretty reasonable 50GB file size and raises it to 366GB. It appears to be incorrectly assigning a file size of more than 40GB to each piece of DLC. The patch itself was supposed to simply add three new languages to the Steam version: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIMZYgb85xg

“We are currently investigating the cause and working to resolve the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience,” Square Enix said in a post on Steam.

Because the giant file size is linked to the different pieces of DLC, you can temporarily resolve the issue by going to “Properties” and “DLC” on Steam and unselecting them. Of course, this also means you won’t be able to enjoy that DLC, so if you mostly want to fight the former CEO of Square Enix in the game, you’re


Gabe Gurwin

0 Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *