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lostinblue · 1 year ago

Well, mine got into customs I'm waiting for the paper and fee to be able to enjoy it, this said my PS2 has HDD and I'll probably install it in there; I hope to get rid of the loading times.

jeffx · 1 year ago

no loading times with HDLoader

Louise · 1 year ago

Loading it onto the HD is a great idea. I wish I had a HD to use for that though. I'm glad to hear there's no loading times with the HDLoader.

jeffx · 1 year ago

Not allowed to post links in Siliconera comments, but search "PS2 hard drive compatibility chart" on Google for the complete list of supported drives. Hint: most Maxtor will work, most Western Digital won't.

Not only will HD Loader eliminate loading times, it will also prolong the precious lifespan of your DVD drive. With a 250GB drive you can load at least 60 games, way more if you get into ISO shrinking (well worth the trouble)

Sorry for the article jacking! I'm just glad Atlus took a "chance" with this game, although it's well in line with their regular releases.

lostinblue · 1 year ago

jeffx seriously?

hurray! :D

Louise you should, think of it as the "ultimate PS2" kind of thing, any RPG/game junkie should have one; and apart from the HDD adapter (dunno for how much it fetches now) it isn't even that expensive.

Mine even has a built-in Operating System (ToxicOS) on the chip so I don't have to have HDLoader (I don't have one actually). in the drive or wear the laser, or it could work without the laser just the same.

I can't go back, got it specifically (mostly) because Tales of the Abyss loadings were too much and they went from 10 seconds after any battle in the world map to being nonexistent.

CRIMExTHINK · 1 year ago

PS2 Network Adapters (for the HDD) can easily be found at pretty much any EB Games store for about $20.

I'll probably buy this soon, but right now I'm getting ready for Persona 4. And final exams :(

Andrew · 1 year ago

Atlus couldn't correct this loading issue for the NA version?

jeffx · 1 year ago

Atlus publishes them, they don't fix them. I don't even think they have an in-house programmer. Turning off battle animations is their suggestion.

Just to make one thing clear: HD Loader does not require any kind of chip or internal modifications (if you know what you're doing).

lostinblue · 1 year ago

@ jeffx - indeed HDLoader is a fine way to not mod the console and still have access to the HDD, but I need internal modifications anyway, since I live in europe (and my equipment is PAL) but more than half my PS2 games are US. Be it because of release dates, the fact that they won't come out here (all PS2 Tales of games, and xenosaga 1 and 3), price, extras (artbooks, artbooks) the fact that they have progressive scan in their US version and not on the PAL one, or even worse, the forced 50 Hz thingy that often makes games 17% slower, hence wattered down.

So... since I need to run imports and because I hate disc swaps each time I want to play a +80 hour RPG (have to do it to this day on my Dreamcast and GC though)... I modded it. For the record I never ran a "backup" of something I don't own for it, neither do I plan to; but I guess I represent 0.000001% of the "chip" users, and in that sense I don't advise that kind of mod.

I'm 200% satisfied with the "hardmod" way with embedded Operating System to boot stuff though.