A harddrive installation is required to play the game, it cannot be played without being installed on the harddrive. So, my guess would be that's it doesn't give you the option because it's not an option 😛
As for the golden battlepacks from the standard edition this is the official information:
Standard Edition - Three Gold Battlepacks
I'm guessing delays can occour :/
I too cannot install the disc onto my hard drive like I can with BF3, BF4 and pretty much all my other disc games. The mandatory install you speak of does not install the disc onto the hard drive. The optical drive is always running when I play the game, which shouldn't happen if the disc was installed onto the hard drive.
After some searching around I learned that Titanfall is the same way. The reason why is because it increased performance. I cannot confirm if this is the reason why we can't install Hardline, but it seems likely. And no digital version of Titanfall was released for the 360, I hope this is not true for Hardline.
Dominic, thank you for the research. As for the "increased performance", we all know that is grossly false. We have a hard time believing that the optical drive moves faster than the speed of light. Yes, it reads at the speed of light, please don't throw that at us. It is just another ploy to generate more income. I have been a gamer for a long time. As we move through time, people forget what it used to be like. Earning vs buy, and many more examples. We understand that gaming is a huge business and the bottom line is important.
I digress.
Thank you again for your continued work on this issue. Give us a disclaimer not to install, but don't remove it. I guess I will get a backup optical drive if this is the trend.
Do you think this is an effort to reduce players modifying the games?
Let us know your thoughts.
