Anthem doesn’t technically come out until February 22, but those who pre-ordered the game have been jumping around Bioware’s futuristic Iron Man fantasy since Friday – or at least some of them have, as a lot of people haven’t been able to get past the game’s interminably long loading screens. Indeed, sometimes the game takes so long to load that you’re too far behind the rest of your party and are then booted into yet another loading screen so you can catch them up. It’s an endless cycle of waiting and irritated foot-tapping, and it’s left a lot of people a bit miffed, to say the least.
At least Bioware are aware of the problem, with lead producer Mike Gamble acknowledging on Twitter that HDDs spinning at 5400rpm and 7200rpm are suffering particularly badly, and that there’s a Day One patch coming that will hopefully fix it. In the mean time, several other would-be Freelancers have found solace in moving the game to their SSD, so I thought I’d do a bit of testing to see how much time you’re actually saving in the process. If you’ve ever wanted to see what Anthem’s loading times look like on an HDD, SSD and an NVMe SSD, read on.
Source : rockpapershotgun.com
