The idea that a game of that caliber could be shrunk to roughly the size of a standard CD-ROM (700MB) defied logic. It promised players the full campaign of Logan Walker and the iconic Riley the German Shepherd, plus multiplayer, all downloadable in under an hour on a 2Mbps connection. It was the Holy Grail for the data-poor gamer.
Compacting a modern title like Call of Duty: Ghosts from 40GB down to 700MB (a 98% reduction) is technically impossible without removing nearly all game assets.
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