[emilbratt]

I remember modding my Xbox and putting XBMC on it. One of my fondest memories is actually playing games directly off the hard-drive. One of the great "side-effects" of that was basically cutting loading times almost in half.

I especially remember the loading animation in the game Crash Bandicoot - Wrath of Cortex. Crash Bandicoot himself would keep falling during the loading screen. (note: PS2 version had another looking version). The game loading screen for Xbox was designed so that the camera movement nicely panned throughout it during the time the loading took, but due to the loading time being shorter the "animation" was cut short.

..just a fun little thing that stuck with me. :)

EDIT: Oh! I found videos on youtube demonstrating the "difference".

Here is the original experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1327&v=jLf9EZWLins

Here is the experience when cut short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1157&v=Vk8AuLhnu58