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* '''Invoked''': The player chooses high graphics on a low-end system.

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* '''Invoked''': The player chooses high graphics on a low-end system. ???
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* '''Averted''': The game only takes a few minutes to load.

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* '''Averted''': The game only takes a few minutes an average amount of time to load. load.
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* '''Inverted''': The game loads things almost instantly.

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* '''Inverted''': The game loads things almost instantly.
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* '''Inverted''': The game loads so quickly that the loading screen can barely be seen.

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* '''Inverted''': The game loads so quickly that the loading screen can barely be seen.things almost instantly.
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* '''Inverted''': A game meant for high-end systems loads almost instantly on a low-end system.

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* '''Inverted''': A The game meant for high-end systems loads almost instantly on a low-end system. so quickly that the loading screen can barely be seen.
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* '''Downplayed''': The game takes 3 minutes to load the main menu, but other loading screens last less than 5 seconds.

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* '''Downplayed''': The game takes 3 minutes to load the main menu, but other game's loading screens last less than 5 seconds. 10 seconds.

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* '''Reconstructed''':
** A patch is released that makes loading times shorter and it causes customers to buy the game again.

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'''Reconstructed''': A patch is released that makes loading times shorter and it causes customers to buy the game again.
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** The game is so [[DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming awfully programmed]] than assets take way longer to load than what they should.

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** The game is so [[DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming awfully programmed]] than that assets take way longer to load than what they should.

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** The game is so [[DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming awfully programmed]] than assets take way longer to load than what they should.



* '''Played For Laughs''': The loading screen is made to look funny.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Laughs''':
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The loading screen is made to look funny. funny.
** The game takes a lot of time to load even when tested on a supercomputer of the kind used for scientific simulations.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The game gets so many bad reviews for having long loading times.
* '''Reconstructed''': A patch is released that makes loading times shorter.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The game gets so many bad reviews for having long loading times.
times and sales drop.
** The long loading times indicate that the game was never designed to run on the system it was made for and as a result other aspects of the gameplay suffer.
* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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A patch is released that makes loading times shorter.shorter and it causes customers to buy the game again.

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* '''Justified''': It is a big game with lots of things to load.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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It is a big game with lots of things to load. load.
** The game was designed to run on a high-end system and it's being run on system that is nowhere near as powerful.

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* '''Straight''': The game takes a few hours to load.
* '''Exaggerated''': The game takes ''twenty years'' to load, and the system is long obsolete by the time it finishes.
* '''Downplayed''': The game takes a half hour to load.

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* '''Straight''': The game takes a few hours 2 minutes to load.
load the main menu, and once you start the game it takes 30 seconds to load a level and another 10 seconds to respawn each time you lose a life.
* '''Exaggerated''': The game takes ''twenty years'' 30 minutes to load, load the main menu, and the system each level takes 5 minutes to load. The game is long obsolete by the NintendoHard and a loading screen shows up each time it finishes.
you respawn.
* '''Downplayed''': The game takes a half hour 3 minutes to load.load the main menu, but other loading screens last less than 5 seconds.



* '''Parodied''': The game shows an estimated loading time of 10 hours.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The game seems to take forever to load, but it loads quickly. Then another loading screen pops up and seems stuck at 99%

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* '''Parodied''': The game shows an estimated loading takes ''twenty years'' to load, and the system is long obsolete by the time of 10 hours.it finishes.
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The game seems to take forever to load, but it loads quickly. Then another loading screen pops up and seems stuck at 99% 99%
** The game system the game was released on is notoriously unstable. Depending on the position of some internal components, the same content might take a few seconds or a few minutes to load. PercussiveMaintenance is listed in the manual as a way to speed up load times.
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I ALWAYS REALIZE I MADE TYPOS A LOT LATER WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THEM! HOW EMBARRASSING!


* '''Parodied''': The game shows n estimated loading time of 10 hours.

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* '''Parodied''': The game shows n an estimated loading time of 10 hours.

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* '''Implied''': It seems like the player is using the system for hours, but the game is still on the loading screen.
* '''Deconstructed''': The game gets so many bad reviews for having long loading times.
* '''Reconstructed''': A patch is released that makes loading times shorter.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The loading screen is made to look funny.
* '''Played For Drama''': The long loads cause players to be angry at the developers, and it causes a huge riot outside the game studio's building.
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* '''Inverted''': A game meant for high-end systems loads almost instantly on a loe-end system.

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* '''Inverted''': A game meant for high-end systems loads almost instantly on a loe-end low-end system.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
The protagonist says "That was a long wait!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
The player chooses high graphics on a low-end system.
* '''Exploited''': ???
The developers put ads on the loading screen.
* '''Defied''': ???
The player tries to make the game load faster.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"This game takes FOREVER to load!"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Why do these games always take so long to load?"



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'''Basic Trope''': A game takes ages to load.
* '''Straight''': The game takes a few hours to load.
* '''Exaggerated''': The game takes ''twenty years'' to load, and the system is long obsolete by the time it finishes.
* '''Downplayed''': The game takes a half hour to load.
* '''Justified''': It is a big game with lots of things to load.
* '''Inverted''': A game meant for high-end systems loads almost instantly on a loe-end system.
* '''Subverted''': The loading screen was only waiting for user input.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then ''another'' long loading screen comes afterwards.
* '''Parodied''': The game shows n estimated loading time of 10 hours.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The game seems to take forever to load, but it loads quickly. Then another loading screen pops up and seems stuck at 99%
* '''Averted''': The game only takes a few minutes to load.
* '''Enforced''': The game is big, but the system can't seem to handle it.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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