Does installing Mass Effect 3 on the Xbox 360 Hard Drive make the elevators faster?

Solution 1:

I did some experimentation this evening before and after installing the game to the hard drive:

  • Loading to title: unchanged. Both times it took about 54 seconds to get to the main menu.
  • Loading a save from the main menu: 8 seconds (25%) faster when installed.
  • Reloading the same save: 2 seconds (10%) faster when installed.
  • Elevators in the Citadel: 5 seconds (25%) faster when installed.

You're not going to save a heck of a lot of time per-load, but if you plan to invest a good amount of time in the game, it's probably worth it to install to the disk.