: To achieve extreme compression, some repacks "rip" content, meaning they permanently remove high-quality textures, music, or cinematics.

: Groups known as "repackers" take the official game files and compress them into much smaller installers.

: Because the files are so tightly packed, the installation (decompression) process can take hours and requires a powerful CPU and significant RAM to "unfold" the data back to its original size. Key Risks and Downsides