Highly compressed versions, often found on reputable indie gaming sites or specialized gaming archives, reduce the original 4-5 GB installation to well under 1-2 GB, sometimes even less than 500 MB. This is ideal for those with limited disk space or slower internet connections.
Thus, the PC gaming community, particularly on forums like 游民星空 (Gamersky) and 3DM, turned to "repacking" and "compression." These highly compressed versions are made using sophisticated archiving and compression algorithms. They allow users to download a much smaller initial file (often 2-3 GB) that expands to its full size during installation. This practice is almost entirely associated with pirated copies.
Windows XP (SP3) / Windows Vista / Windows 7 Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or equivalent Memory (RAM): 512 MB (1 GB for Vista)