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[Snuggles]

Yeah, Let's watch other upcoming game videos, make a gif of the absolute worst part and ruin the lives of devs.
Most people posting here just watched the gif and never looked back.

Ruining the lives of developers? By talking smack about their game on GAF? That seems a little drastic.

 

[Alienous]

Oooops

Yeah. The tree density and lighting did change.

That said Watch Dogs' quality has deteriorated to the point of no longer being impressive.

 

[Portugeezer]

...

The fact you can't even tell if there's a spotlight or not is very telling of the situation.

Tells me that the spotlight is bigger.

 

[Creaking]

I didnt completely believe any of the reveal trailers tbh

Deep Down is gonna crush some dreams

So far, the only ones that haven't changed are Killzone and inFamous: Second Son. In fact, they both improved a little bit. Unfortunately, Killzone's campaign was a mess. Hopefully Second Son delivers the goods as well as the graphics.

 

[LiK]

The delay was to make it less pretty?

 

[rvy]

Why are you defending this?

There's people who defended Microsoft's Xbox One DRM policy, so it isn't surprising that there's people who defend this.

 

[dreamfall]

Was it just from that tweet that we know it definitely is PS4 footage? Anything from Ubisoft proper?

 

[Frumix]

I wonder how much these bullshot trailers cost
I wonder if they could make movies out of that

 

[Kinyou]

There's definitely a spotlight following the car. It's just much bigger.

Ah, alright. Looks pretty weird though. The smaller one is much more dramatic

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Remember this guys?

I hate this company.

 

[Axass]

Yeah, Let's watch other upcoming game videos, make a gif of the absolute worst part and ruin the lives of devs.
Most people posting here just watched the gif and never looked back.

Developers are ruining their own lives by complying to the bullshot requests of publishers. Stop blaming gamers for everything that isn't their fault. We already have publishers and enthusiastic press for that.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Still keeping my pre-order.

 

[DR3AM]

When will people realize not to trust Ubisoft until you actually play the game yourself. Ubisoft does this shit all the time.

 

[SMOK3Y]

http://www.everyeye.it/ps4/articoli/watch-dogs_hands-on_21862
Watch in HD.

Not sure why th Op didn't post the link, but i guess he has reasons.

GTA V on PS3 looks better than this vid WTF?!?

 

[Always-honest]

Ruining the lives of developers? By talking smack about their game on GAF? That seems a little drastic.

If it's purposfully posting the worst part possible in a gif without posting the link to the video (that loooks nothing like PS3footage), the yes.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

From the other thread:



I have no idea what the hell happened to this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdh_ISiBC-I


What happened Ubi? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.

 

[Ryaaan14]

Hahahahahahaha what a joke

I really hope mods will fix it if the PC port is as bad as the next gen consoles.

 

[TMNT]

Watch the gameplay video from the preview page. The atmosphere is flat like it has no "life" to it so to speak. The whole thing looks completely different. A full years delay would prove beneficial but clearly that's out the window.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

So far, the only ones that haven't changed are Killzone and inFamous: Second Son. In fact, they both improved a little bit. Unfortunately, Killzone's campaign was a mess. Hopefully Second Son delivers the goods as well as the graphics.

I liked SF's campaign.

But graphically, yeah, they look very similar to the reveal trailers.

 

[Evil Beaver]

The Division is next in line.

"I have dreamed a dream... but now that dream is gone from me."

 

[Always-honest]

GTA V on PS3 looks better than this vid WTF?!?

I think most people know that that second gif is not representative of the PS4 version.
But yeah, that was a laughable mistake to put online.

 

[Mr. PlayStation]

Yeah, Let's watch other upcoming game videos, make a gif of the absolute worst part and ruin the lives of devs.
Most people posting here just watched the gif and never looked back.

But here's the thing, even that gif doesn't show any downgrades? It only shows a different vehicle being used, a blinking bridge to show that it's being hacked and used by Pearce. I just don't see the downgrade in that gif as some on twitter are calling it out. For gods sake lets wait for more videos to come out before we draw our conclusions. Ubisoft have been infamously known in the past for visual downgrades, yes I am looking at you Ghost Recon Future Soldier, but lets wait until we can start crying out loud yelling 'downgrade'.

 

[sleepykyo]

But it works. Unfortunately.

The whole real time/cutscene disclaimer really isn't enough. Hardware specs need to be part of the disclaimer requirements.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

I think most people know that that second gif is not representative of the PS4 version.

Why would they use a graphically less impressive version for a trailer ?

 

[LiquidNarwhal]

The shader quality in this game is downright embarrassing, there are many games with better object/material quality on 360/PS3 compared to this reveal. I seriously cannot believe that this is acceptable in the year 2014.

 

[StuBurns]

It's going to be funny when GTA5 PS4/XBO is revealed and looks considerably better.

 

[Oni3298]

I don't know how to feel about this. I still think the game looks nice, but it certainly used to look nicer...

For shame.............

 

[AdanVC]

Sad but let's just accept this is PS4/Xbone footage, meaning, Next-Gen. There's no need at this point of 2014 to make trailers of new games featuring gameplay footage of Past-Gen no matter if the game it's going to appear on PS3/360. Maybe the downgrade in graphics was to focus on adding more content on gameplay and stuff?? Let's hope so.

 

[fred]

Shit, I wasn't expecting that much of a downgrade!

 

[Kinyou]

To be fair, other parts in the video don't look as bad. That scene happens to be particularly ugly.

Remember this guys?

I recall one of the devs saying that the Aisha Tyler trailer was from a wrong version or something like that.

 

[Ricky_R]

I remember a time when Ubisoft was my favorite publisher.

 

[rvy]

It's going to be funny when GTA5 PS4/XBO is revealed and looks considerably better.

Come to Chicago, baby. Los Santos ain't got this total downgrade mojo we got going.

 

[Rebel Leader]

I recall one of the devs saying that the Aisha Tyler trailer was from a wrong version or something like that.

Same here

 

[oxidax]

I hope the PC modders mod the heck out of the game with ENB and different cool stuff.

 

[munroe]

Has anyone read the Polygon previews?

There's one based on why it was delayed

And one on the release date mentioning that the WiiU version does not have a release date

 

[vio]

 

[Always-honest]

Why would they use a graphically less impressive version for a trailer ?

Beats me. They said it was a mistake. Maybe a bit of PS3 footage?

 

[Mutagenic]

To be fair, other parts in the video don't look as bad. That scene happens to be particularly ugly.


I recall one of the devs saying that the Aisha Tyler trailer was from a wrong version or something like that.

It's so hard to know what to believe, so I just don't believe most of it.

 

[Majanew]

lol Fuck off, Ubisoft

Where's my GTAV PS4 port, Rockstar? Watch_Dogs looks like a turd compared to its reveal.

 

[Jito]

Looks like a pretty big downgrade at the moment, hopefully it's last gen version footage. Glad I don't buy games on visuals alone though, but the Ubisoft open world collectathon is a hard sell for me.

 

[Iron-and-Wine]

Cross gen.

AC4 actually looks very nice most of the time, especially at sea, and has far more life and dynamism than this garbage.

The E3 2012 footage is very doable on these consoles, or at least PS4, and there's no excuse for this. Not when Infamous looks like it does.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

totally expected

 

[Impeccable]

I pre-ordered this for $39 because of all the NeoGAF hype last year when I didn't overly want it. Now it's stuck with a big bundle of other games so I can't cancel.

At least it's $39.

Spoiler

Fuck you NeoGAF, lol

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Why are you defending this?

No one is defending this downgrade for PS4. But people who are expecting it to look miles better on PC should be in for a surprise, i doubt it will look any better, if at all. At least not close to the original reveal.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Yes, Ubisoft bullshots are insulting. They should stop with that shit

This IS a bad spot taken out of context though, judging on the rest of the gameply in that vid.

The rest of the footage isn't that hot outside of cutscenes and would still be getting a lot of flak. And I've seen every bit of media that has found it's way to this forum, so the "only seen the gif" excuse isn't going to work.

Doesn't mean the game will be bad, but even without the concept demo the game has been getting worse visually with each showing.

Doesn't help either that while this is extremely noticeable, the two largest media sources on games have been making mountains out of the molehills that are the NPC text bubbles and the missions you can get from them. Plus the shooting looks worse than GTA, which I've never really liked in those games. Best parts shown off are the melee elements.

I get being optimistic, but damn. Wouldn't be so terrible if Ubisoft would learn how to effectively communicate.

 

[hohoXD123]

...

The fact you can't even tell if there's a spotlight or not is very telling of the situation.

Indeed, but EuropeOG is right, it is all just a big ass spotlight. Just check 1:56 here

 

[alexandros]

The E3 2012 footage is very doable on these consoles, or at least PS4, and there's no excuse for this.

No, not really. The E3 2012 footage is too much for these consoles to handle.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Some things may change. But at this point is clear that, the 2012 version never truly existed, it was made as a marketing tool. Not the first time it happens in the industry, not the first time Ubi does it.

We have a winner.

Anyone remember that Halo 2 demo at E3 2003?

Yea, that wasn't a real game.

 

[scitek]

Cross gen.

AC4 actually looks very nice most of the time, especially at sea, and has far more life and dynamism than this garbage.

The E3 2012 footage is very doable on these consoles, or at least PS4, and there's no excuse for this. Not when Infamous looks like it does.

There's absolutely an excuse why this game won't come anywhere near the fidelity of Infamous, it's designed around the Xbox 360 and PS3 first.

 

[dark10x]

We have a winner.

Anyone remember that Halo 2 demo at E3 2003?

Yea, that wasn't a real game.

Yep, they ultimately admitted as much. They spent so much time building that demo but really had nothing else besides that completed after E3.