Watch_Dogs downgradeaton confirmed
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People are in a state where automatically will take a path to bury "Watch Dogs" and another one to justify "Second Son". It's not a bad way, but is not the objective way.
Betta Lines
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Relaxed Muscle
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She's a gem.
A little different...yeah, right.
FC3 was a little different too I guess.
The game can look good at times, don't get me wrong:
But if you compare the gif I quoted earlier to the original reveal, it's apparent how static the world looks. Nothing's moving. The lighting is flat.
Compare it to:
and the game looks practically current-gen now by comparison. The graphics are only disappointing relative to what there were shown to be. It looks like an average looking next-gen title now.
True. To be honest I only enjoyed 1 AC title myself. The previews atleast seem like the delay was atleast good for the gameplay of the game. Time will tell.
I just didn't see this being that big of a deal. 50 pages usually get thrown to betrayltons not downgradeatons.
Watch_Dogs had a lot of clout and hype back when it was revealed. I'm not surprised that a downgrade would get this level of response. As for me, I sort of expected this after the delay was announced. Ubisoft and all.
Brazil is a poster on NeoGAF, it's fine for him to be critical of other posters and not at all comparable to a games journalist talking down to his audience.
gamerforever
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Main differences are lighting, weather effects and textures as well as general detail.
The Xbox One version is going to be a right looker, running at sub full hd.
The Xbox One version is going to be a right looker, running at sub full hd.
Lord Error
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Wait a second... is this the trailer everyone is ragging on?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAbH8Z8iwk
Because this looks pretty fantastic to me, maybe just slightly worse than new Infamous, a game which everyone is fawning over. Yes, Infamous has spectacular lighting effects and reflections, but this game has nice natural look about it. It just looks different but not necessarily worse. Maybe flaws show up more in a high def video, I watched this on the phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAbH8Z8iwk
Because this looks pretty fantastic to me, maybe just slightly worse than new Infamous, a game which everyone is fawning over. Yes, Infamous has spectacular lighting effects and reflections, but this game has nice natural look about it. It just looks different but not necessarily worse. Maybe flaws show up more in a high def video, I watched this on the phone.
Deadly Cyclone
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People are getting carried away again.
Yeahhhhh at the end of the day it's still a video game. No need to get super upset and say shit to PR people.
The game can look good at times, don't get me wrong:
But if you compare the gif I quoted earlier to the original reveal, it's apparent how static the world looks. Nothing's moving. The lighting is flat.
Compare it to:
and the game looks practically current-gen now by comparison. The graphics are only disappointing relative to what there were shown to be. It looks like an average looking next-gen title now.
I get your point, but one image is filled with trees, signs, and background details, and the other buildings and a pole.
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Personally, I'm more annoyed by how the protagonist is doing the Batman voice in 2014. That ship has sailed.
flatearthpandas
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People are getting carried away again.
She handled that very well. You kind of have to in order to deal with this community, but have to say kudos.
People are getting carried away again.
People really are killing the messenger, lol.
Betta Lines
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The second gif looks better because:The game can look good at times, don't get me wrong:
But if you compare the gif I quoted earlier to the original reveal, it's apparent how static the world looks. Nothings moving. The lighting is flat.
Compare it to:
and the game looks practically current-gen now by comparison. The graphics are only disappointing relative to what there were shown to be. It looks like an average looking next-gen title now.
There is wind.
There is a bokeh effect to introduce the trailer (you wouldn't see it if you were normally walking down the street).
The sun is lower, so the colours are warmer, the shadows are longer.
Syphon Filter
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People are getting carried away again.
nm
JustinJ004
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Ffs. She called it a great game - I love it and wouldn't go that far! Good yeah, maybe even very, but great? I think she was too kind if anything, surely even the devs have to admit it's a rough diamond at the very best.
Anyway I don't want to be some kind of PR Girl defense force but I'll never understand how anyone gets offended by shit like this. Maybe if they worked on the game in question but even then in this case I'd think they were over reacting to the truth.
Some people in this thread is just way over the top.
Judging a game from a small gif from unknown origin and then hating on a lady answering questions and making a joke on twitter.
You know what's really over the top?
Drive by juniors.
digoutyoursoul
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I think she's alright, not snobby or anything, could do with wising up a little though
I feel the same. If it looks as good as AC4 then im okay with it.
Cross gen is really holding some of these titles back.
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gamerforever
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Is she almost flirting with the guy lol - good comeback though.
Would prefer we don't go overboard on this so she gets highlighted. Ubisoft themselves should explain themselves though...
He's being critical of the wrong part of things as I see it. Being on the side of a multi-million dollar company over the consumer is absolutely foolish behavior, especially when no one is being unreasonable in their disappointment (aside from a few ridiculous people on Twitter).
Always-honest
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The game can look good at times, don't get me wrong:
But if you compare the gif I quoted earlier to the original reveal, it's apparent how static the world looks. Nothing's moving. The lighting is flat.
Compare it to:
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and the game looks practically current-gen now by comparison. The graphics are only disappointing relative to what there were shown to be. It looks like an average looking next-gen title now.[/QUOTE]
so what should be moving in that first gif? The bricks of the walls?
But sure, the reveal was a bit optimistic, i agree.
What the fuck.
People are getting carried away again.
It's really strange that he has that sweet little avatar too.
Chobel
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People are getting carried away again.
She handled this one very well.
You believe in unnecessary attacks towards one person?
PierrePressure
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People are getting carried away again.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Some people in this thread is just way over the top.
Judging a game from a small gif from unknown origin and then hating on a lady answering questions and making a joke on twitter.
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This is nothing new really. People get really upset about video games, see Mass Effect 3 or Diablo 3.
Syphon Filter
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lol just noticed that.
Not what he's pointing out here. He's pointing out the vitriol.
Syphon Filter
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Not at all. I just mean the low standards people have for this new gen.
GHG
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This thread and situation proves why publishers are afraid to try anything different/new.
On the whole, the gaming community today is a big mess. Full of entitled people who don't know shit about what goes on in terms of developing a game. There are people out there who have slaved away on this product for the last few years only to end up with a reaction like this, and the game isn't even out yet. It's unfair on them to say the least.
This is why we can't have nice things.
On the whole, the gaming community today is a big mess. Full of entitled people who don't know shit about what goes on in terms of developing a game. There are people out there who have slaved away on this product for the last few years only to end up with a reaction like this, and the game isn't even out yet. It's unfair on them to say the least.
This is why we can't have nice things.
puffyshirt
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People are getting carried away again.
She really needs to stop replying to individual tweets like this. It accomplishes nothing, and she'll just end up saying something dumb.
I was quoted regarding this gif:
which is what I'm describing as static in comparison to the reveal.
It just takes a little bit of comprehension. My bad.
Barack Lesnar
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Is this a newer gif? It looks great.
Is the grass swaying slightly from the wind there or is it the shimmer of the gif?
I'd just wish they'd actually show comparable footage then.
So far is the bridge scene the only scene that's really 1:1, and there the new version looks quite bad
Wishmaster92
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Some people in this thread is just way over the top.
Judging a game from a small gif from unknown origin and then hating on a lady answering questions and making a joke on twitter.
Endless made a gif just for you Kitty
Don't worry, there is not much difference between the two.
Syphon Filter
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If it's that then my fault.
plagiarize
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Every shot in the 2012 reveal whether it's day/night/raining or not is filled with detail and life in the environment like in that gif. Every shot in the story trailer does not have any such details. Other games are stuffed full of the kind of atmospheric effects the original reveal had in spades. It's what blew me away at the reveal.
Shadow Fall and Tomb Raider are full of such things. Footage of Infamous is full of such things. I'm sure other next gen games have such touches. AC4 has more (though not many) of that type of thing.
Even just footage of someone walking down an alley in the first reveal had more life in the environment than ANY of the footage in the story trailer.
Other things look great in the footage. I presume lighting is dynamic (because hacking). The environment is nicely detailed. Characters and textures are good. Particle effects while maybe a step down, are still decent on explosions, tire smoke, car crashes and that type of thing.
But all the environmental effects that brought the world to life in the 2012 footage are missing completely from this footage.
If that's not a clear and apparent downgrade, I don't know what is.
Yep she did, twitter is full of over the top crazy people.
GHG
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Then what does that make Neogaf then?
I was quoted regarding this gif:
which is what I'm describing as static in comparison to the reveal.
It just takes a little bit of comprehension. My bad.
Static aside, it's also a 1080p image downscaled to 693x355 pixels. And three seconds long. I wonder if that's how DF makes their face-offs these days...
jk
maybe
Betta Lines
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Me too. Until then, I think is a huge amount of overreaction going on. Plenty of people are still coming into this thread and taking one look at the very misleading gif in the OP and making up their minds there and then.
There are even elements of the recent footage that look like an upgrade rather than a downgrade.
This thread is ridiculous.
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