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Leaked AC Unity gameplay videos up in the wild (edit: re-uploaded)
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Aeternus Malum
Member
Okay, this pushed me off the fence. Day one confirmed. The five year day one streak continues.
why isn't Rogue getting any attention though? That's, for all intents and purposes, Assassin's Creed V
why isn't Rogue getting any attention though? That's, for all intents and purposes, Assassin's Creed V
CyberPunked
Member
Other than the resolution, graphically it looks great.
oh lord dat LOD and pop-in O_O
0:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyG1F9kyPM&feature=youtu.be&t=37s
now try to tell me that this isn't gamebreaking :-/
0:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyG1F9kyPM&feature=youtu.be&t=37s
now try to tell me that this isn't gamebreaking :-/
Blur from the screenshots is still very evident, but without a doubt it's less obvious when the game is in motion.
Even if the PC version is unoptimized as fuck (Thanks Ubi Kiev), at the very least is should look really god damn good.
However that pop-in... Completely ruins it. Seriously that right there is a killer. No matter how pretty the game is, that pop-in is just disgusting and it was making my eyes flutter and dart across the screen going, "Woah" "Woah" "Woah" ... I just couldn't focus on anything because there was shit popping EVERYWHERE.
There's just no excuse for that level of close pop-in, it's disgusting.
Even if the PC version is unoptimized as fuck (Thanks Ubi Kiev), at the very least is should look really god damn good.
However that pop-in... Completely ruins it. Seriously that right there is a killer. No matter how pretty the game is, that pop-in is just disgusting and it was making my eyes flutter and dart across the screen going, "Woah" "Woah" "Woah" ... I just couldn't focus on anything because there was shit popping EVERYWHERE.
There's just no excuse for that level of close pop-in, it's disgusting.
Gaffercake
Member
Agree. What the fuck man? Why wouldn't they put in exploration music? EVERY AC game had beautiful ambient music apart from AC3 (I have no idea why they didn't include it in that one). It looks beautiful but without music it feels extremely boring and lifeless, hype depleted.
Spacecowboy77
Member
Outside of the amount of NPC on screen, I dont see anything impressive..
This is a very clear downgrade from what they showed in E3
This is a very clear downgrade from what they showed in E3
Yeah they should have delayed it for a year, just like Driveclub, maybe that would have fixed the problems
Now without a joke, a game is a game, no real live.. without pop-up. I am sure they did their best to make it as less noticeable as they could. But sometimes stuff needs to be done for higher-ups, like releasing it for this holiday season. Or they didn't have enough time with this hardware.
Bl@de
Member
But we didn't see PC yet or am I wrong? I mean ... they always show Ultra Settings on PC on E3. People should have noticed that by now.
I just noticed something, all that talk about thousands of NPC might be mostly just fud !
Since it appears that outside of the story sections like Ascension of Notre Dame the NPC density is the same as any other AC game, the NPCs still pop in at a distance and they still undergo harsh LOD changes at close range !! It's not worth building your engine around a feature if it only gets used in specific scenarios and still has the old problem.
Since it appears that outside of the story sections like Ascension of Notre Dame the NPC density is the same as any other AC game, the NPCs still pop in at a distance and they still undergo harsh LOD changes at close range !! It's not worth building your engine around a feature if it only gets used in specific scenarios and still has the old problem.
Spacecowboy77
Member
I thought they showed it on console @ e3. Might be wrong..
Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5oCobhHCmw
Might be PC, guess we'll see
Nicktendo86
Member
Probably my biggest gripe, graphics wise. It looks so incredibility dull and boring.
SJRB
Gold Member
Look at the 1:30 minute mark in the video and tell me which previous AC game has so many NPCs on screen. Or 1/4th that many.
The amount of NPCs and the distance between the buildings is great, but that in itself doesn't make a game. I hope the crowds are less glitch-prone at release.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Bloody hell that looks great, last gen animations being restricted by 256MB~ of RAM is the biggest jump in fidelity for this generation, it looks more fluid and natural.
I was disappointed with the graphics after the bullshots but the lighting looks amazing, I just wish gamers weren't so jaded and didn't have such high expectations from low to mid range hardware. Whining about "laptop cpus" isn't going to suddenly make current gen get new CPUs/GPUs.
I think I'll have to wait for 2015 to play Rogue first then play this, I don't think I could go from Unity to Rogue.
I was disappointed with the graphics after the bullshots but the lighting looks amazing, I just wish gamers weren't so jaded and didn't have such high expectations from low to mid range hardware. Whining about "laptop cpus" isn't going to suddenly make current gen get new CPUs/GPUs.
I think I'll have to wait for 2015 to play Rogue first then play this, I don't think I could go from Unity to Rogue.
...Scatter...
Banned
It looks really nice. It just looks like the same shit though. Go through crowd. Bounty. Haystack. Collect some items. Upgrade weapon. Bounty. Hide. Leap of faith? Leap of faith. Hide.
This footage just makes me yearn for a great Three Musketeers game. Ubi should take that on.
This footage just makes me yearn for a great Three Musketeers game. Ubi should take that on.
TranceKuja
Member
I think it's gonna look pretty great when you're actually playing yourself. The eagle swoosh across the city (around 05:00) looked really cool. The animations look great as well.
What did bother me is that every NPC seems to react the same way when you bump in to them. When he walks through that huge crowd, while it looks impressive at first, it looks really silly when he cuts through them and they all have the same WHOAH fall back with arms in the air animation.
What did bother me is that every NPC seems to react the same way when you bump in to them. When he walks through that huge crowd, while it looks impressive at first, it looks really silly when he cuts through them and they all have the same WHOAH fall back with arms in the air animation.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Wow an AC game that looks and plays like an AC game, who'd have thunk. This trolling is getting boring now.
Every game franchise plays like every other game in the franchise, not sure how that is a negative thing?
Shadow of Mordor plays like Batman but people seem to love that?
sankt-Antonio
Banned
Never played a AC game, but do these NPC crowds actually change the way you play the game? I know you can "hide" in a crowd since AC1.
Edit: I meant story sections were the exceptions, missed writing "outside of the story sections" in my post apparently.
But yea with the exception of those the NPC count is the same, especially when you are just roaming around.
pinkurocket
Member
Man, the game has such a unique setting for a videogame that could be full of atmosphere and ambience but yet it feels so soulless. Maybe it's because the gameplay looks so similar to previous AC games that I'm just bored already.
Yes it absolutely nothing s a negative thing. If you don't evolve your formula I get bored by it. Sequels in the old days were huge leaps, but the way Ubi handles them is to through more side shit on the wall without improving major flaws in their systems.
Shadow of Mordor is the game AC wishes it could be. It's an improvement in every way. Despite its borrowed parts it comes together quite differently and adds the amazing nemesis system. A new and interesting system that actually integrates with the central gameplay. That is something AC can only dream of.
Wind's Howling
Member
Well.
That Youtube footage looks amazing. Not nearly as blurry as I thought it would be and I am watching this on my TV with the PS4 youtube app.
Can we stop discrediting it now?
That Youtube footage looks amazing. Not nearly as blurry as I thought it would be and I am watching this on my TV with the PS4 youtube app.
Can we stop discrediting it now?
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
The problem is that AC games sell well, if they change the formula it could piss off all the fans of the game.
Keep it the same and keep your fan base but piss off some people who are bored of it, or change it to please the whiners and potentially lose a LOT of fans, it's the lesser of two evils.
I play AC because I like how AC games play, I loved Black Flag and Freedom Cry, I even enjoyed AC3 for the most part despite its many flaws.
If you think it's boring then more the power to you, it doesn't help when people come in moaning that a game plays like every other game in the franchise, it's hardly a surprise at this point so why post.
Gaffercake
Member
There isn't any background music that's why
I prefer to play AC games without music. Hearing nothing but your environment around you actually heightens the atmosphere for me.
Wind's Howling
Member
You will say something entirely different when you hear the music in this game for the first time.
Fried Food
Banned
It's been like this ever since they stopped hiring Jesper Kyd
Gaffercake
Member
AC4 had ambient music though, the only culprit in the series was AC3. And we all know how shit its cities were
Slackbladder
Member
Hmm. Why is his sword unsheathed all the time? Where's the scabbard? Does he want to accidentally cut his own leg off?
I guess they left it out because it took up polys and textures needed elsewhere. Shame because it looks dumb in a game with so much great detail.
I guess they left it out because it took up polys and textures needed elsewhere. Shame because it looks dumb in a game with so much great detail.
CyberPunked
Member
They showed the PC version at e3. Stop comparing the two and saying that one is downgraded compared to the other.
It doesn't seem as bad as some of you are claiming? The crowd density is unbelievable. Never seen anything quite like that
KojiKnight
Member
Hundreds of NPCs who stood around and did nothing and/or ran when two people got into a sword fight... The crowds are huge, but they just seem so un-interactable... what's the point? That just seems more like more people to get in the way when running and not much else.