Battlefield 3 has looked impressive in all the times DICE has previewed the game. If you want that experience on your Xbox 360 when the game releases October 25, it will require a hard drive install of the game’s textures.

DICE executive producer Patrick Bach explains the texture pack is an optional experience but is necessary if you want the best visuals the game has to offer.

“The thing with the 360 is that you need to be able to give consumers a game where you don’t have to install it on a hard drive, because there are 360s without a hard drive. So we need to give you the option of installing it, rather than just demanding it. You could call it a ‘standard-def’ version for the 360 if you don’t have a hard-drive.”

The size of the install has not been specified.

If your Xbox doesn’t have enough hard drive space, does this make you want to run out and buy one or start deleting old files?