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[kpaadet]

Beside the lighting the game looks kinda meh, atleast don't see the reason why it should be 900p on PS4.

 

[gooface]

looks like PC is definitely the way to go with this title.

 

[Red Comet]

Yeah, Ubi already commented in huge detail about how CPU bound the engine is, so I think there is reason to be concerned. Just not willing to give Ubi Kiew any benefit of the doubt anymore.

No matter how decent your rig, locked 60 was pretty much impossible to achieve in AC3/4 due to the CPU.

I managed locked 60 in AC 4 by turning Physics down with a 4770k and 780 ti SLI. AC 3 was trickier, but I managed it after overclocking my CPU. That said, I have no faith that it can be managed in AC Unity.

 

[Summer Haze]

Nah, it looks like it's running at 900p with a slightly better AA solution.

Wait, are you saying that AC:U has slightly better AA than BF4, or BF4 has slightly better AA then AC:U? If it's the former, then I'd have to disagree. I've played tons of BF4 and it looks crisper than these images.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Just happy there are millions of people who don't give a crap about this and it's only a small percentage of people on obscure forums who are so uptight about this.

It's delicious to read some those comments.

I don't think salty could be used to describe the disbelief. People expected to see something amazing graphically, something that warranted the PS4 version being 900p, and personally I'm not seeing it.

 

[Xando]

Yeah, do we know if these are, like, pre alpha shots or something?

I thought these are screens from the guy with a retail copy. The one with the 1 min clip from yesterday.

 

[geordiemp]

Confirming what was confirmed.

Graphics don't look so good, has some vaseline filter.

I think I need glasses, I just cant focus.

Shadow of mordor it is then

 

[Daemul]

There has to be something up, other 900p games look far better than this.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Holy... looks awful.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

They can. AC4 - PS4:

You're making me want to play AC4 for the 3rd time. Maybe I'll do that instead of ACU. Nah who am I kidding? I'll do both anyway.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Yeah, do we know if these are, like, pre alpha shots or something?

Aren't these from the retail PS4 version?

 

[Ricky_R]

Just happy there are millions of people who don't give a crap about this and it's only a small percentage of people on obscure forums who are so uptight about this.

It's delicious to read some those comments.

The irony.

 

[SDCowboy]

I thought these are screens from the guy with a retail copy. The one with the 1 min clip from yesterday.

If so, this is depressing (if the game actually looks that bad).

 

[Horp]

Some of these screenshots really looks like a PS3 game.

 

[K' Dash]

If you're going with PC then there's nothing to fear. Even if the game runs like shit at first it'll be patched until it works.

Console gamers on the other hand are very likely fucked.

I don't think it will be patched until it works, thankfully we have modders that can work miracles, The Evil Within became playable thanks to them, removing black bars, FOV fix and 60fps, bless their souls.

 

[Summer Haze]

Just happy there are millions of people who don't give a crap about this and it's only a small percentage of people on obscure forums who are so uptight about this.

It's delicious to read some those comments.

What exactly is the point of comments like these? You're happy that it's only a small amount of people who want a better standard for image quality in their videogames?

 

[Thursday War]

fix the thread title

these are ps2 screenshots

 

[dex3108]

For the love of God people this is first year for next-gen hardware and you know what games won't look perfect. SS are ok some of them are really nice and beautiful other not so much. Game is huge and scale is really big. Yes they could do many things better but games is fine.

 

[paperspace]

They can. AC4 - PS4:

This, even despite the artifacting on the ship ropes, looks phenomenal.

How Does AC:U look significantly worse than this???

What? That looks awful.

Unity is blurry in the leaked screenshots, but the shader is way more impressive than ACIV.

 

[Brerlappin]

Those screens are genuinely shocking. After all the PR bluster and screenshots showing how incredible the game looked, compared to these screenshots, its absolutely jarring.
Im not puttign on my PC master race robe and wizard hat here, but im gonna put dollars to donuts that all those pre-release screens, and probably even demos were all running on PC. Either that or this game just got a fucking brutal downgrade.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Looks pretty average.

 

[Summer Haze]

What? That looks awful.

Unity is blurry in the leaked screenshots, but the shader is way more impressive than ACIV.

Lol, "awful". GAF hyperbole strikes again.

 

[Nokterian]

Hey look next gen starts here according to ubisoft like every game now when you see there logo pop up.

I feel i am back in 2002 with PS2 and Xbox.

 

[cakely]

That can't be right ... can it? It looks like there's some strange compression going on. Those look noticeably worse than AC IV.

 

[Beefy]

Just happy there are millions of people who don't give a crap about this and it's only a small percentage of people on obscure forums who are so uptight about this

It's delicious to read some those comments.

How is it salty to say a game looks bad?

 

[Mory Dunz]

The faces....

When did the Wii U version get announced??

 

[Jomjom]

It's a pity your TV wasn't a little smaller, otherwise it would look like native 1080p

Fuck! I knew I should have gone for that 48 inch tv!

 

[twobear]

I like that the best way to tell if someone is whipping out the hyperbole is that they insist with as straight a face as they can muster that they're not being hyperbolic.

 

[Stone Ocean]

What? That looks awful.

Unity is blurry in the leaked screenshots, but the shader is way more impressive than ACIV.

I wouldn't call it awful, but I think people are definitely overstating how good Black Flag looks.

Playing through it game right now, it can get quite ugly.

 

[JohnGrimm]

The hell is up with the nasty ass blur? My eyes were starting to hurt after looking at those shots. Looks like everything is out of focus.

 

[Radec]

yikes. upscaled to 1080p and it looked like blurry mess.

 

[KiefbladeMaster]

OP should actually post some of the shots from the other link too. I see good-looking shots and bad-looking ones, and from what I've seen the game looks good in motion.

What do I believe?

Enlarging those images shows that the game is still, in fact, blurry as hell. That ballroom shot is from a cutscene and it looks horrid. Lady he's talking to is blurry, no shadows from any npc, not to mention the terror with no face lurking off to the right.

 

[Bacon]

If it's a fun game I'll buy it. Can't wait.

 

[cripterion]

This, even despite the artifacting on the ship ropes, looks phenomenal.

How Does AC:U look significantly worse than this???

Significantly worse? Do you have any screens of Unity with the same beach settings so I can compare these so called downgraded graphics?

 

[mcrommert]

What? That looks awful.

Unity is blurry in the leaked screenshots, but the shader is way more impressive than ACIV.

This...that super sharpened garbage is not good graphics...I think a lot of the issues with these screenshots go back to hbao and how that looks in a static image as opposed to in motion...these shaders and lighting systems are very impressive especially when running the ai they are...wait for high res video

 

[News Bot]

Yup, that definitely looks like shit.

 

[CyberPunked]

I eagerly await the PC version for HD screenshots of this game.

 

[Loudninja]

Even with the other pics its still does not look that good.

 

[Zombie James]

Just happy there are millions of people who don't give a crap about this and it's only a small percentage of people on obscure forums who are so uptight about this.

It's delicious to read some those comments.

What? You're happy about people not knowing what they're buying? What bizarre logic.

 

[Summer Haze]

This...that super sharpened garbage is not good graphics...I think a lot of the issues with these screenshots go back to hbao and how that looks in a static image as opposed to in motion...these shaders and lighting systems are very impressive especially when running the ai they are...wait for high res video

By "super sharpened", you mean native 1080p, right? Because that's what it is.

 

[lefantome]

This, even despite the artifacting on the ship ropes, looks phenomenal.

How Does AC:U look significantly worse than this???

The IQ is worse, the rest is not even comparable. AC4 graphics were bad, really bad regarding the scenery. These rocks seem to come straight out of a Gran Turismo track.

 

[Jonm1010]

I love the Ubisoft defenders popping up in this thread. The people that can't come to terms that this game could be downgraded.

But I guess they have a point. I remember how Red Steel, far cry 3, watch dogs, splinter cell blacklist and assassins creed 3 all ended up matching their early marketing....oh wait.

 

[twobear]

They can. AC4 - PS4:

The IQ in Black Flag is better, and I appreciated it a lot, but let's please not pretend that AC4 looked like anything more than what it was—an upscaled and slightly retouched PS3 game.

 

[mcrommert]

By "super sharpened", you mean native 1080p, right? Because that's what it is.

I get that...i'm talking about the shaders here...this is a generation difference in shaders...this is just a xbox 360, ps3 game with some shadows added

 

[MaximusPayne]

The IQ in Black Flag is better, and I appreciated it a lot, but let's please not pretend that AC4 looked like anything more than what it was—an upscaled and slightly retouched PS3 game.

That's saying a lot when AC IV screens look better than these screens.

 

[TouchMyBox]

Will wait for stuttery PC port.

 

[Summer Haze]

The IQ in Black Flag is better, and I appreciated it a lot, but let's please not pretend that AC4 looked like anything more than what it was—an upscaled and slightly retouched PS3 game.

IQ is the reason I posted the image, as the discussion in here is mainly centred around how bad the IQ is in AC:U.

 

[mechphree]

Definitely a major down grade from reveal but it's Ubi so it's ecpected.

 

[Lockjaw333]

This...that super sharpened garbage is not good graphics...I think a lot of the issues with these screenshots go back to hbao and how that looks in a static image as opposed to in motion...these shaders and lighting systems are very impressive especially when running the ai they are...wait for high res video

Where are you getting super sharpened from? I think that AC4 shot looks pretty clean IQ wise. And I really dig the art style.

 

[Zareka]

My eyyyyyyes. This can't be the final build, can it? It's so blurry!