Red Dead Redemption II install process from hell
Posted: November 4th, 2018, 7:33 pm
This morning I bought Red Dead Redemption II and I'm still waiting to play the thing! I got the Xbox One version and I should have known it was going to be trouble. I usually opt for the PS4 version but I played the first Red Dead on my Xbox 360, so I thought I'd resurrect my dormant Xbox One.
First my system needed a major system update of course. I don't leave my Xbox One on normally because I only play it about once a year. So downloading the system update took the entire afternoon. It doesn't help my Comcast internet is slow as balls. A few times the connection failed so I had to restart it. How come they came just include the update on the disc like the Switch does?
Then it comes time to install the games and of course there's no space. The thing is, RRD2 is 85GB (!) so I pretty much had to delete most of the games I had installed (I have an original launch system with a meager hard drive). Microsoft's user interface is so crummy. I would try to play the game (not realizing the install had failed) from the menu and it would either give me a vague error (something is wrong) or a string of 16 letters and numbers! As a software developer this interface turns my stomach.
Even when I thought I had clear the space, I was getting a flood of unwanted updates for the remaining games I had installed. You can't disable the updates so it's kind of like playing wack-a-mole trying to cancel them. Add insult to injury Microsoft has installed a bunch of unwanted app like "Cortana" and "Avatar Editor", and you can't even delete some of those.
The game comes with two discs, so right now the second one is installing. It's really hard to say if there's going to be enough room or I'm going to have another round of errors and restarting. This game had better be good! Hopefully I'll get to play it by next weekend!
First my system needed a major system update of course. I don't leave my Xbox One on normally because I only play it about once a year. So downloading the system update took the entire afternoon. It doesn't help my Comcast internet is slow as balls. A few times the connection failed so I had to restart it. How come they came just include the update on the disc like the Switch does?
Then it comes time to install the games and of course there's no space. The thing is, RRD2 is 85GB (!) so I pretty much had to delete most of the games I had installed (I have an original launch system with a meager hard drive). Microsoft's user interface is so crummy. I would try to play the game (not realizing the install had failed) from the menu and it would either give me a vague error (something is wrong) or a string of 16 letters and numbers! As a software developer this interface turns my stomach.
Even when I thought I had clear the space, I was getting a flood of unwanted updates for the remaining games I had installed. You can't disable the updates so it's kind of like playing wack-a-mole trying to cancel them. Add insult to injury Microsoft has installed a bunch of unwanted app like "Cortana" and "Avatar Editor", and you can't even delete some of those.
The game comes with two discs, so right now the second one is installing. It's really hard to say if there's going to be enough room or I'm going to have another round of errors and restarting. This game had better be good! Hopefully I'll get to play it by next weekend!