2014 High-Res PC Screenshot Thread of the Last Hope for Image Quality
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Phreakuency
Banned
Finally finished downloading Shadow of Mordor, again not overly impressed. The textures are really nice (my original 6gb Titan averaged 64fps on ultra at 1080) but other than the great looking characters, the world is very low poly and almost feels like you can imagine looking down on it in a map maker etc and have just placed rocks, towers and tents and the like all over the place. It just doesn't make for a very believable world.
They should have narrowed the areas, made it more enclosed and upped the detail. The first hour or so feels empty and lifeless.
Pic below was taken in game at 200% (8K) and looks nice enough but look at the terrible excuse for a rock pile. I know I'm being picky but I prefer a smaller, less ambitious and polished game than one that is inconsistent like this.
I also got the HUD in almost every screenshot after this as well, the F12 function seems buggy.
Overall it looks pretty and runs great (looks stunning at 144hz) but it's not a visual showcase I was expecting after seeing the suggested specs.
edit: Oh and I agree the body proportions are off. Even the Orcs just look wrong. It's like the models were made by EA Sports or something... how this didn't get picked up and mentioned by playtesters I'll never know.
They should have narrowed the areas, made it more enclosed and upped the detail. The first hour or so feels empty and lifeless.
Pic below was taken in game at 200% (8K) and looks nice enough but look at the terrible excuse for a rock pile. I know I'm being picky but I prefer a smaller, less ambitious and polished game than one that is inconsistent like this.
I also got the HUD in almost every screenshot after this as well, the F12 function seems buggy.
Overall it looks pretty and runs great (looks stunning at 144hz) but it's not a visual showcase I was expecting after seeing the suggested specs.
edit: Oh and I agree the body proportions are off. Even the Orcs just look wrong. It's like the models were made by EA Sports or something... how this didn't get picked up and mentioned by playtesters I'll never know.
jim2point0
Banned
I'd have to agree. I'd expect Modor to be full of detail. But it's a lot of flat and blocky geometry. I suppose these are the sacrifices you make when you aim for 60 FPS on consoles.
The orcs look cool though. And the game is fun.
The orcs look cool though. And the game is fun.
Phreakuency
Banned
Yeah they sure do. Your orcs look CG/promo art quality. My Titan drops to claymation frame rates in 8K so not patient enough to switch res for screenies atm. Not though the in-built screenshot feature wants to work without the HUD for me anyway :/
jim2point0
Banned
Luckily the game easily holds at 60 FPS at 2560x1440 for me.
5120x2880 not so much, but still fine for screenshots. I imagine 4K would be perfectly playable, seeing as it's half the pixels of 5120x2880.
The 980 is a beast.
5120x2880 not so much, but still fine for screenshots. I imagine 4K would be perfectly playable, seeing as it's half the pixels of 5120x2880.
The 980 is a beast.
N1ghtW4lk3R
Member
For me 4K would be perfectly playable at 30fps and with a good SLi profile...solid 60fps its utopia (maybe with 2x 980GTX).
N1ghtW4lk3R
Member
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Phreakuency
Banned
The game is feeling strange. Like a big sandbox that has a bunch of perfectly placed crouch height walls, ledges, ziplines, all with an endless respawning orc army.
Not feeling (or understanding) the nemesis/Sauron army thing and the combat is very much sucking you into place so long as you hit the right button.
Within the first hour I wished it was on Origin so I could get an immediate refund but progressing another hour or so I'm slowly coming around. Hopefully it keeps improving.
But hey, textures! (This time all max/ultra again but at 3840x2160). The UI still seems to be showing in 2/3 screenshots too. I wish I knew why...
Not feeling (or understanding) the nemesis/Sauron army thing and the combat is very much sucking you into place so long as you hit the right button.
Within the first hour I wished it was on Origin so I could get an immediate refund but progressing another hour or so I'm slowly coming around. Hopefully it keeps improving.
But hey, textures! (This time all max/ultra again but at 3840x2160). The UI still seems to be showing in 2/3 screenshots too. I wish I knew why...
Game is fun, but the graphics are are really a little disappointing. The characters look great, but the world is really lifeless. But I think it's more a problem of mediocre level and world design.
Phreakuency
Banned
It does look good but it really is way, way too similar to Assassin's Creed. Plus, there are heaps of invisible boxes around objects (bad collision detection) where you get stuck for no reason.
But as I'm finding with most games lately, once you experience it in double the refresh rate, you really can't go back.
WetTreeLeaf
Neo Member
So there's no way to play without the HUD on Shadow of Mordor? I know you can take it off in screenshots, but I mean in-game while playing. The mini-map makes the game way too easy.
Jim,
Wondering, what do you have for settings? Are you using DSR, or do you have custom res set? Also - windowed/full screen and high or ultra textures? (have a 980 as well)
Phreakuency
Banned
Phreakuency
Banned
Looks real good at times, but I think you can see the whole game (every asset) in the first 15 minutes. Seems extremely repetitive.
jim2point0
Banned
All settings are maxed with ultra textures. The only thing I disable is motion blur. I play in Borderless full screen @2560x1440.
UnrealEck
Member
Those textures are nice on ultra. Instantly noticeable improvement.
I hope they do a sequel to SoM. I'm sure they will with the success it seems to be having. Hopefully it'll be set around the first movie's era. It would be nice to see some more things from the lore than just uruk-hai. Ents, trolls, elves, dwarves and so on.
I hope they do a sequel to SoM. I'm sure they will with the success it seems to be having. Hopefully it'll be set around the first movie's era. It would be nice to see some more things from the lore than just uruk-hai. Ents, trolls, elves, dwarves and so on.
Nero's Neptune
Member
My goodness, this game has aged nicely.
Shame the load times are so long. It takes a whole minute to load a 3-4 minute section.
Shame the load times are so long. It takes a whole minute to load a 3-4 minute section.
robgrab
Member
My goodness, this game has aged nicely.
Shame the load times are so long. It takes a whole minute to load a 3-4 minute section.
I originally played this on the Xbox 360 and enjoyed how immersive it was. Where can you buy it for PC?
Nero's Neptune
Member
I'm not sure of anywhere you can buy it at the moment. I bought it years ago on Direct2Drive, which has since moved to Gamefly Digital (which will then be moving to another service next year, I think).
Another sour point on it is that it uses Starforce, which doesn't work on Windows 7+, so you have to use an older version of windows.
Another sour point on it is that it uses Starforce, which doesn't work on Windows 7+, so you have to use an older version of windows.
N1ghtW4lk3R
Member
Thanks!
Phreakuency
Banned
Phreakuency
Banned
jim2point0
Banned
Karate Kid:
Off With His Head!
Off With His Head!
Phreakuency
Banned
Gotta love the glowing combo UI that gets left behind in screenshots. Ruined a bunch of pics for me. (or maybe that's a rune)
I can't.
CyberPunked
Member
As soon as I saw this I instantly thought of Lost Izalith from Dark Souls 1.
Masochism Tango
Member
2005 vs 2014... I wish I could say these were reversed. Damn.
Nero's Neptune
Member
The more I play this, the more it's blowing my mind.
Some of the texture work is just fantastic.
Some of the texture work is just fantastic.
Nero's Neptune
Member
While it looks great, it bugs me that I keep getting this artifacting. Reminds me of playing Oblivion on my X1800XT when it was going out.
