Watch_Dogs downgradeaton confirmed
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Really? Different weather conditions? Those explain flat textures weaker animation and bad lighting?
Betta Lines
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I understand it, and I wasn't planning on 'still going with this', but I just checked back on the thread and saw someone directly replying to me on the previous page with what appears to be a rash assumption (that was addressed in today's Q&A session).
TheLostBigBoss
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Damn, that sucks.
I personally got book five spoiled for me a couple of weeks ago.
Lesson learned, never look at twitch chat.
RealityPales
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Sony may have backed the wrong horse with this marketing deal if the game turns out to be garbage.
Betta Lines
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I was replying to this comment:
"The vegetation would still move, objects blowing along the streets, dust kicking up et al. There is NONE of that in any of the new footage because it no longer exists."
This has nothing to do with textures, animation or lighting.
Wishmaster92
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Oh my
I can't believe this thread keeps entertaining!
Request for a talented GIF maker (I wish I could do it myself...): Could somebody please take the infamous "This is Sparta" scene from 300 and edit the the face of Yves Guillemot in, then put the NeoGAF logo (or something other fitting) over the face of Leonidas, so that it all plays like "Guillemont" -> "this is madness" -> "Leonidas/Gaf representative" -> no, this is NEOGAF! *spartankick*
Request for a talented GIF maker (I wish I could do it myself...): Could somebody please take the infamous "This is Sparta" scene from 300 and edit the the face of Yves Guillemot in, then put the NeoGAF logo (or something other fitting) over the face of Leonidas, so that it all plays like "Guillemont" -> "this is madness" -> "Leonidas/Gaf representative" -> no, this is NEOGAF! *spartankick*
TheOctodad
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Destiny is all they need.
Oh, neat.
GlamFM
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Can't wait!
And here...we...go (in a good way, BTW)...
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jacksepticeye
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Ok sorry to be "that guy" but what's going on in this thread now? Why's Jim so pissed?
Did something other than the game looking like shit now happen?
Did something other than the game looking like shit now happen?
Admiral Woofington
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I can't believe this thread keeps entertaining!
Request for a talented GIF maker (I wish I could do it myself...): Could somebody please take the infamous "This is Sparta" scene from 300 and edit the the face of Yves Guillemot in, then put the NeoGAF logo (or something other fitting) over the face of Leonidas, so that it all plays like "Guillemont" -> "this is madness" -> "Leonidas/Gaf representative" -> no, this is NEOGAF! *spartankick*
Jesus. I guess interest returned to 300 with the upcoming movie but I feel that joke has become stale.
Like Watch_Dog's graphics.
Caayn
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I'm still salty about the exclusive content deal with Destiny. Why Bungie, why
RealityPales
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Admiral Woofington
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I'm still salty about the exclusive content deal with Destiny. Why Bungie, why
....you're going to complain about exclusivity for minor stuff when MS has Titanfall?
Is there any reason to believe the game will turn out to be garbage? The previews I checked were very positive.
SeanNoonan
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"Worried"? Not sure who he's talking to 
I'd say more of a "neogaflol".
Good excuse to see awesome reaction gifs though - they're going in the bank
I'd say more of a "neogaflol".
Good excuse to see awesome reaction gifs though - they're going in the bank
Caayn
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I dislike all third-party exclusive deals both for games and content. Do I need to rant about that in every thread?
Projects as Bayonetta 2 however are things that I applaud.
Portugeezer
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This, I am slightly confused.
Did Jim just join the thread and saw the shitty gif? Or what? I advise him to watch the full video at least.
Chobel
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This is getting interesting.
Always-honest
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I hope the people riding the sheep train here will be brave enough to not buy the game when it comes out.
TheOctodad
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I hope it does. Almost no one is saying it CAN'T look that good. The problem is the recent trailer doesn't look that good and Ubi isn't doing a good job of proving otherwise.
If it's so close to release and looks so good why not just say, "Oh yah? Here's some more screens and some gameplay then!"
But they aren't.
So either:
A) It's true and it looks a lot worse than it used to.
B) They are really bad at nipping marketing issues in the bud.
Wishmaster92
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ahhh he's asking the wrong question!!! He should be mentioning the 2012 e3 version. The downgrade happened ever since Feb 2013.
Pack it up folks! Nothing to see here
Admiral Woofington
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"Worried"? Not sure who he's talking to
I'd say more of a "neogaflol".
Good excuse to see awesome reaction gifs though - they're going in the bank
You keep laughing at us, but show us the proof the game still looks as amazing as it did? We genuinely want this game to look great, this isn't like we feel Ubisoft owes us. FC3 still looked great even if not as great as it originally was planned to.
But this? Can you defend the trailer after Jimmy Fallon and 2012 stuff?
The 2014 version on jimmy Fallon still looked great....obviously not 2012 quality though
BriareosGAF
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Having worked on the Spider-Man games, my coworker and I were having a similar conversation.
vxXJordanXxv
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So I'm having trouble understanding this thread here please forgive me when I ask this. Who is to blame here? Sony? Ubisoft? MS? I mean that is a big difference in quality here and I'm curios as to who to blame for pulling shit like this.
Edit: omg I misread everything please ignore
Edit: omg I misread everything please ignore
Muffdraul
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I've already openly admitted that I'm leaving my pre-order where it is and still getting it on day 1. I still think it'll be a very fun game. But I like my eye candy, developers showing their shit off way too early is a major pet peeve of mine, and I'm also starting to have a real problem with cross gen bullshit. So I'ma bitch to my heart's content, thankyouverymuch.
QFT.
Far Cry 3 on PC was definitely a beautiful game to my eyes, but there were obvious downgrades from the original demos/presentations. Far Cry 2 was similarly scaled down for the final release, if I recall. I think this kind of practice is more common than people think.
Not particularly. We're looking at the situation through a straw, where our entire context for the seemingly downgraded graphics is a single video, and then acting as if "not being as impressive as the initial reveal" is the equivalent of "looking like a piece of garbage that is maybe worth buying used later on."
Watch Dogs may or may not be the graphical showpiece it seemed it was going to be, but there's a pretty good chance it's still going to be a really solid game.
Whew, i thought i was the only one seeing the similarities. The buildings look like they were ripped out of an old spiderman game. Weird.
CosmicGroinPull
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Err... what's SOny/MS got to do with this game?
SJRB
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I am.
Will watch sans Adblock as always
What movie is this gif from? It ooze epic and manliness!
Same, I will still be buying this day one.
As for cross gen it's not terrible when handed to other teams but when ubisoft themselves tries to manage 6 fucking versions it's just rediculous.
I mean PC,360,ps3,wii u,xbox one and ps4.....that's a lot of targets to hitfor an engine, let alone optimize them.
Admiral Woofington
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I'm sure he won't make a whole episode based off a GIF. He'll probably do his research, see the videos, the Q&A reactions, and make it interesting.
IcyBlueStrawberry
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Even the 2013 demos look better than the new footage, if I'm honest.
I would be happy if the game still looked like this, but the new trailer and GameSpot/Everyeye videos don't seem to hold the same fidelity.
A (really) short rundown of what happened so far:
Feel free to add stuff if I missed anything important.
- Ubisoft released a story trailer of Watch_Dogs, confirmed by PlayStation Denmarks Twitter to be from the PS4 version (-> 1080p, 250MB download here)
- Ubisoft gave gaming magazines additional b-roll footage (as in video with straight gameplay, not meant for the public) that they can use in their video previews (like Italian site Every Eye did)
- people immediately notice the downgrade from presentations at E3 2012 or Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
- the damning GIF in the OP and this picture, among others, are taken from the b-roll
- the b-roll footage is not confirmed to be from the PS4 version but Ubisoft could've shot down any speculations about it a long time ago (it's also highly unlikely they'd send PS3/360 b-roll footage of the game to gaming magazines)
- instead, that's how they adressed the downgrade in a Twitch Q&A livestream:
Feel free to add stuff if I missed anything important.
BriareosGAF
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I think what you forgot to say was "but of course they looked awesome back then!"
Muffdraul
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I mentioned in a recent post... I think cross gen is OK when they use the older gen build as the lead and then doll it up for next gen. It's when they lead with the next gen version and have to dumb it down to run on last gen when this shit happens.
Chaplain
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I agree with you.
Yet, I do have a problem. This problem stems from the fact that this game is not the same game that was shown and promised to the world during E3 2012 (the show where many journalists gave the game the "game of the show" award to).
I think this is the main problem for many in this thread.
Aces&Eights
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Journalists and N4G shouldn't ever be mentioned in the same sentence.
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