Karnal's point about if I can afford a dedicated rig + buy AAA titles when they come out, I can afford a bigger SSD is completely valid - the key there was if. I do have a(n older) dedicated rig, but I don't buy games until they hit a Steam sale for the very reasons (most of them, I am still married) you mentioned above. I was not weighing in an opinion because I am annoyed about how I'm going to install the game today, but if I ever do nab it on a sale (I think it's Origin only, so I likely will never play this particular title), it will be a PITA. My complaint was only about the short-sightedness of the developer delivering an inferior (quantifiably) product to pander lo low-end machines when they could have easily offered an option, or just had the user download the language(s) they wanted to use. As is, I replied in a rush and several people (rightfully) called me out on my incomplete thought :)