Watch_Dogs downgradeaton confirmed
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TheLostBigBoss
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Rule #1: Set realistic expectations
Rule #2: Manage those expectations
I'm confused, I've seen gameplay and nearly matches the initial reveal.
Am I blind or am I missing something?
The Division's 2014 build image leaked.
I can believe that.
ArkkAngel007
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While I also hope the practice stops, hoping for a game to fail for just looking poor in comparison is ridiculous.
Portugeezer
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WTF have you done GAF?
Some of the reactions are ridiculous, but you would think Ubisoft was more wary about what they should show.
Looks fine to me....
same car:
nice grass, yumm:
Apparently last gen games looked like this.
A much smaller industry.
Because everybody has a high end gaming PC at home and regularly updates the hardware for around 1k every 9 months. And there is piracy... There are reasons why consoles are the main focus.
TheLostBigBoss
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Dead?
Unless you can find a way to make AAA games profitable to only people with high end PCs.
Those comparing WD to Infamous SS keep in mind that SS has a lot less stuff running in the background, there's basically no need to have any vehicle physics or any driver AI, also there's a complete lack of shadows during nighttime, like not a single light source casts shadows, but in WD they do. There are tradeoffs in both titles and Inf is developed exclusively for a single platform instead of 5, thought admittedly SP is like 100-150 people vs 1000-1500 people working on WD.
SmokedMeat
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Not only that but that original vision might've been pretty damn expensive to fully create. All that money on a new unproven ip? Especially in this day and age where AAA projects are hurting studios more than anything else?
Not everyone can afford a PC for gaming. Not everyone wants to build a PC for gaming. Not everyone wants to spend money on parts every four months or so.
Consoles are typically targeted at those people. It's fine.
No reasonable person in this thread is saying this.
Betta Lines
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I did, but is there any confirmation of this?
SmokedMeat
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We'd be on smartphones and tablets, because your vision would kill the industry.
ArkkAngel007
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Still looks worse than last year, and nothing is solved or even gained by cherry picking the bad and good parts. It's missing the entire point. Which is odd since the first part of your post seems to follow the thread.
But to follow with the last part, there are some really ugly, last gen level things in here even in regards to open world. Last gen 360/PS3/Wii U (tech wise) BTW if there's confusion. Not everything, but it's there.
We all know punching a windows unlocks a door, duh.
I understand why the industry revolves around console gaming. I just wish it didn't have to be that way.
TheLostBigBoss
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gamerforever
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My video back from September 2013 already said enough about the state of the game at that moment (PS4 version)
True, but I would take those graphics in a heartbeat.
TheLostBigBoss
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He said high end PC's, not just PC market.
Readingaid
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They should have delayed this until 2015 as a casual gamer even I am extremely disappointed. The graphics and living city were major selling points for me, Im out.
Go into Steam and look at the Stats section. Look at how much of the user base has generic Intel graphics cards, and how much have decent AMD or Nvidia cards. Hint: almost everybody has SHIT pcs.
Where in the hell did you get those numbers?
Just like with AC, Ubi has about 5 studios working on the game from what I've heard.
Portugeezer
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I'm not seeing a huge downgrade from last year, I struggle to see much of a difference at all. No cherry picking, most of yesterdays footage shown looks like that from what I saw, but of course being an open world sandbox game there can be some inconsistency.
I agree, there just happens to be a lot of unreasonable people.
CassidyIzABeast
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Its not just that its misleading, its the lengths Ubi goes to make it looks real that makes it worse.
just in case people have doubts of the authenticity they throw shots like that onto the screen and get people saying "but he had a controller so its obviously real"
They did the same thing with The Division.
this is why they get shit when the downgrade eventually rears its head.
There is a metric fuckton of good looking games exclusively for PC. Watch_Dogs is small potatoes by comparison.
The difference here is that Infamous SS is being developed exclusively for the PS4 while Watch Dogs is being developed for last gen and current gen platforms. Look at what Ubisoft's studios are doing with The Division. They've clearly shown that they're more than capable when developing exclusively for the new generation of consoles.
blackdevil
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right because this failed attempt by Ubisoft is the best looking game Ps4 and Xbox one can handle......LOL
Ubisoft is known to fail at graphics and be the kings at fake gameplay vids.
Just look how awesome Infamous Second son or Metal Gear looks like! Same for THE Order 1886. THESE are next gen games. Lets hope Ubisoft gets a wake up call with the sales. Because everybody know the games CAN look better. Watchdogs Next gen looks worse then GTA5 for Xbox 360.
Maybe. There might be a twist and he's in the matrix.
BibiMaghoo
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And why does that matter with regard to number of users?
Green Yoshi
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WTF have you done GAF?
At least GAF is still interested in the game. Can't say that about other gaming communities. There is little hype for the game.
Yes really. Most AAA games sell better on consoles. The articles you posted list Dota 2, league of legends, and other free to play games as the reason why PC gaming market is growing. Watch_Dogs is not a free to play MOBA and it would not have been successful solely on the PC platform.
How can we possibly know The Division's reveal has any relation to the presentation of the game that will release?
NekoFever
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Did you play BF1942 at launch?
Vietnam was even worse. I don't remember the others too well.
BF4 is another level of buggy, and I'm sure there was publisher pressure to get it out in time for Christmas, but it's not that far beyond what we've come to expect from DICE.
That's not smoke. I don't think car windows do because they're designed to break in a certain way but breaking normal glass will absolutely produce dust.
TheRealTalker
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seeing as that italian footage was debunked as PS3
we could still somewhat see a downgrade in effects on the PS4 version
the lack of reflections and good lighting hurts it real bad
R_thanatos
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-Maybe he is hacking the animus ?
-or maybe it's one of those next-gen cars we don't have yet.
TheCanisDirus
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Exactly. This has been Ubi's m.o. for... well, forever. They hype with unobtainable visuals, promise it will look like that, then deliver nothing close to what they showed. Over and over and...
Wildstar75
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Wow, for awhile Watchdogs was my most anticipated game. Now, I may not even pick it up.
You've never owned a PC.
The Steam stats matter because those are your sales, basically. If your game doesn't work on Intel HD Graphics 4000, 3000 and 2000 cards, you'e lost 10% of your potential sales. (Then add laptop Intel cards etc). Just look at the CPU stats - 46.97% (a majority) of users have 2 CPU cores. 2.
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