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[CryptiK]

It looks fine.
It was never going to be graphically impressive.
It's a massive improvement over the console versions of 3 and NV and I never had a problem with either of them.
As long as the frame rate is solid does it really mater what it looks like?

But the framerate wont be solid. You watch. It will also look similar to this and still run like dogshit on PC.

 

[lazygecko]

The bizzare thing is that this UI was in the first trailer released and I was thinking "this must be some placeholder that will get changed" and nope this is the real thing, which is mindblowing to me. I mean FO3 had terrible UI too, but compared to this it was at least somewhat decent looking.
I just hope someone will mod this out on release day because I don't want to play with that eyesore and I have the game on preorder.

Bad UIs are a time-honored Bethesda tradition. I don't know how you could come to expect anything else.

 

[EvilKatarn]

Hell, I'm most ticked about the smudgy IQ. It looks like Imgur: The Game

Well they definitely are compressed jpgs. The game won't look like smudgy jpgs, you can count on that.

That won't add draw distance, shadows or decent texturework though.

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

I think the game genuinely looks great. Sorry to ruin the hyperbole party.

It isn't hyperbole to say that it looks really bad.

 

[FATALITY]

Has a game ever released that actually looked better than it did in the promotional material?

infamous second son, killzone shadow fall.

 

[stryke]

HOLY SHIT that looks AWFUL.

Is it missing a day 1 patch or something??

Surely that's not 1080p?? Fucking Bethesda.

The second screenshot makes it quite evidently that it's 1080p.

 

[tuxfool]

Can you manipulate every item in the environment in Witcher?

In those screenshots I don't see every object that is typically manipulable in a Bethesda game. Those objects would have been culled long before you'd even hit half of that draw distance. Those distance shots really are quite below the bar of contemporaries.

 

[Jax Teller]

Well, immersion in games is very important, and good graphics makes immersion easier, so I think it's valid to be disappointed and say it will likely impact your enjoyment on the game.

I personally know that as I play the game the bad graphics will be standing out and drawing me out of the experience.

But I don't think anyone has said it would be a bad game just because of the graphics? Or if they have I missed it.

You have someone on this page alone saying they should kill the franchise. Because of graphics.

 

[Windom Earle]

So, did Bethesda start with the plastic Pip Boy and work their way through Fallout 4, making everything look plastic to match it?

A lot of work just to make a collectors item looked pulled straight from the game. I guess they couldn't figure out how to not let it cast shadows, though.

The build quality of the Pip Boy is a travesty.

 

[CyberPunked]

How the fuck CD Prjkt with a fraction of the budget and staff made one of the best looking games to date is beyond me, shame on bethesda.

Nope it doesn't. It looks better in Trailers, especially the draw distance for shadows and foliage. I posted a comparison somewhere on page 7, if you are interested to check it out for yourself.

But I agree with your last point. This is probably why the game isn't a graphical powerhouse in the first place.

I think it's safe to assume that trailers and gameplay demos were of the PC version.

 

[bombshell]

.jpg ugh.

There's a .png setting for a reason.

 

[legacyzero]

Has a game ever released that actually looked better than it did in the promotional material?

worthless question that nobody is asking in here.

infamous second son, killzone shadow fall.

Well, I suppose Infamous did look really impressive. Best lighting in a game yet.

 

[ryanofcall]

Srsly, wasn't expecting anything else, so I'm still super hyped!

 

[Matrix XII]

Looks good to me!

 

[tuxfool]

Looks good, witcher 3 was a buggy mess at launch yet people seem to ignore that. Also witcher 3 reuses so many character models and assets. people saying this looks last gen are blind.

You're saying this like none of these things apply to Bethesda games...

 

[Cultural Leet]

And all the people were defending the graphic saying its a huge step up from Fallout 3. NOPE.

 

[stryke]

Honestly, it looks like a Xbox 360/PS3 game ported to PC with a high res texture pack...

I think you're being a bit generous there.

 

[Jobbs]

More PS4 shots (I think) if anyone hasn't seen them:

http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2015/10/leaked-fallout-4-ps4-screenshots.html

 

[Dictator93]

Do you guys think the game will be broken @ above 60hz like all bathesda games?

 

[glassgannon]

to everyone defending it,
yes we didnt expect 'impressive'.
but this isnt even close to average. ive seen far more impressive looking kickstarter projects.
being all above gameplay doesn't excuse it from looking 'UGLY'.
and there's a huge difference between not blowing us away and looking straight up bad.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Doesn't look too hot. Will still play for a thousand hours.

 

[Tatsumi Oga]

We all expected fallout 4 to look like this. Bethesda does really need to step up their games graphically though. It is getting pretty bad when you have issues like monsters missing shadows 6 feet in front of you. Hopefully they do a huge overhaul on their tech for their next title.

What i really want to hear about is bugs though that is what is keeping me away from fallout 4 atm.

I think most people had expected it to look like the reveal trailer, the E3 footage and the other footage released after E3. That looked fine, had some lighting and shadows going on. These shots show nothing of it.

 

[texore]

These shots look great!

 

[thelastword]

One of these dogs is from a game that runs at 60FPS on consoles. 9/10 people can't tell the difference! Can you?

You see the dog on the left can't grow any fur, it's a post-apocalyptic world, the air and water is toxic, food is scarce......Therefore the dog on the left have gone through much more and is therefore more realistic and impressive

That video is from almost 3 years old prototype that was even before Cryengine received PBR update. Jeeez. Pop-in is bad though in the alpha...which is why it's alpha.

Does this game not have a 2016 release schedule? We shall review this when it releases....

 

[Hitokiri03]

It doesn't look good, I hope for a solid performance at least.

For sake of comparison, here is how The Witcher 3 look on the PS4

 

[Windom Earle]

More PS4 shots (I think) if anyone hasn't seen them:

http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2015/10/leaked-fallout-4-ps4-screenshots.html

Fallout 3 blue filter edition.

 

[Alienous]

Doesn't look too hot. Will still play for a thousand hours.

Oh, for sure.

 

[Renekton]

Looking really good.

Can't wait for release.

 

[AmaterasuOni]

Holy shit. And this isn't cross-gen? Bethesda, what have you done?

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

These shots look great!

sarcasm detected

 

[Bedameister]

Srsly, wasn't expecting anything else, so I'm still super hyped!

Yep, me too. I know it won't look to good but that never really mattered for a Fallout game. I can still play Fallout 3 on last-gen consoles and it looks ok for me.
I'm so hyped for this game.

 

[Panda Rin]

Looks fine to me...then again I have rose-tinted glasses when it comes to these games...I really don't care what it looks it.

 

[Kezen]

I think it's safe to assume that trailers and gameplay demos were of the PC version.

Usually the difference is not as large.
That's strange, assets look visibly different there.

 

[Jesus_Christ_Almighty]

Imagine playing Fallout 4 with the pip-boy on your wrist, and somebody knocking on your door.

Would you...

A) Just answer the door. Or...
B) Take your pip-boy off first, and then answer the door.

Because I know which one I'd do. And that says a lot.

 

[deoee]

It's all for the immersion!
Game looks like it to show us how hideous and ugly war was!

 

[Jobbs]

Yeah, no difference.

 

[K' Dash]

Why do you post a pre-release bullshot that isn't using the released game's lighting engine when it looks better on your PC?

Deliberately deceiving media used to make the comparison more fair in some weird twist of logic?

The point stands, the game looks better with a fraction of the money and staff, the SS was there only to ilustrate.

 

[JimPanzer]

please tell me we can mod the UI on PC. I mean the game looks hideous, but I can live with that - the UI on the other side...what were they thinking?

 

[CyberPunked]

Don't worry, modders will fix it

 

[Oldest Snake]

It's all for the immersion!
Game looks like it to show us how hideous and ugly war was!

We'll be ashamed of our words and deeds, no doubt.

 

[legacyzero]

Bethesda: "Yeah, we're shit at faces. Always have been. We'll just let you do it."

 

[JoseLopez]

I'm sad how much people shit post this game

 

[nbnt]

Did people really think Fallout 3 looked bad in 2008? I was blown away by that draw distance on the 360 back in the day, it looked amazing to me for something of its scale running on that console.

This however, oof. I mean, I can tolerate bad looking games but this is on another level thank to the missing shadows, everything just looks flat.

 

[metalslimer]

Don't care what it looks like as long as it's not new Vegas or PS3 sky rim broken

 

[Fracas]

Looks better than Fallout 3. Can't wait.

 

[glassgannon]

You're saying this like none of these things apply to Bethesda games...

this lol.
just lol.

also, i can make my 2009 laptop produce a far better looking game out of fallout with mods so YES. it does look last gen as fuck.
open world is no excuse. half the games these days are open world.

 

[Kezen]

I'm sad how much people shit post this game

Is that how you call critical thinking ? There is nothing wrong with coldly stating that what we're seeing here is supbar graphics wise.

 

[k4n3]

wow so it looks better then fallout 3..... only one of the worst looking games of its era quite the accomplishment

if the game comes out and its bug free and runs like a dream i wont hate on but thats a BIG IF

 

[DeaviL]

Don't worry, modders will fix it

At least post something that doesn't look terrible when you say that.

 

[Jax Teller]

I'm sad how much people shit post this game

Cheer yourself up by thinking about how these same people are going to feel when it reviews and sells tremendously.

Is that how you call critical thinking ? There is nothing wrong with coldly stating that what we're seeing here is supbar graphics wise.

Perhaps he's referring to actual shit posts and not people merely being critical of graphics.