How the FUCK do devlopers keep getting away with visual downgrades? latest example, Forspoken
Banjo64
cumsessed
Lmao looks like Sonic Frontiers or Pokémon on Switch.why isn't this illegal?!!!!!!
how many times we gonna get fucked over like this before the sheep actually wake up?
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Hawking Radiation
Wants to watch an Event Horizon porno
Lol wtf
Pejo
Member
Legend is that they had to free up more RAM to make room for awesome quips and chatter between Frey and her bracelet. Worth it.
Fahdis
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Portugeezer
Member
Are those the same areas? Does time of day effect the lighting or is there none?
Syphon Filter
Member
They were using the PC version which obviously will look better so I don't think they changed anything.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Frame rate, draw distance, effects, any number of things.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Yeah, thats erm, good
feynoob
Banned
Kokoloko85
Member
Why bother even trying when they know they specs they can work with?
GHG
Member
If the PC version ends up looking like that I'll eat my hat.
This is a disaster coming in piping hot.
NinjaBoiX
Member
I don't get how people get so bent out of shape about this nowadays, given that it's such a known thing that companies do.
Suspect it, have your suspicions inevitably vindicated, then shrug it off and judge the game on its own merits.
Companies lie all the time in advertising, savvy consumers are wise to it.
It's not a big deal.
Edit: Obviously flat out lying about a finished product is a different matter, but pre-release images of video games are often bullshots, we all know this by now.
Just take them with a pinch of salt and move on.
Suspect it, have your suspicions inevitably vindicated, then shrug it off and judge the game on its own merits.
Companies lie all the time in advertising, savvy consumers are wise to it.
It's not a big deal.
Edit: Obviously flat out lying about a finished product is a different matter, but pre-release images of video games are often bullshots, we all know this by now.
Just take them with a pinch of salt and move on.
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StreetsofBeige
Member
That's your common video game bullshot.
Amazing how footage for games can be from 2 years ago and look fantastic. But at launch, it somehow gets worse despite polishing, optimization etc... If anything, you'd think it should be better.
For those of you who know game development, what happens? Does the game studio tell a separate team to make an artificial build that looks so much better than the final version (knowing the final game will look worse as it will have other power hungry game mechanics in it), while the core team works on the real build?
Amazing how footage for games can be from 2 years ago and look fantastic. But at launch, it somehow gets worse despite polishing, optimization etc... If anything, you'd think it should be better.
For those of you who know game development, what happens? Does the game studio tell a separate team to make an artificial build that looks so much better than the final version (knowing the final game will look worse as it will have other power hungry game mechanics in it), while the core team works on the real build?
. . .because you haven't bought anything and publishers are under no obligation to give you any form of a video game other than the one that is offered for sale.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Games are made on high-end PCs early on before being converted and altered to run on specific hardware.
Should also point out that basically every game you've ever played has been visually downgraded from it's pre-alpha target footage, whether you were aware of it or not. It's been happening since the N64 era when games started being made in 3D. It's by no means a new thing.
You should go back and look at the target footage of first-gen OG Xbox games back from 2000. Everyone was saying the games would look like Pixar's Toy Story, they would be so advanced. Even in the Series X/ PS5 era, we *still* aren't even quite there yet.
Should also point out that basically every game you've ever played has been visually downgraded from it's pre-alpha target footage, whether you were aware of it or not. It's been happening since the N64 era when games started being made in 3D. It's by no means a new thing.
You should go back and look at the target footage of first-gen OG Xbox games back from 2000. Everyone was saying the games would look like Pixar's Toy Story, they would be so advanced. Even in the Series X/ PS5 era, we *still* aren't even quite there yet.
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The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
ShadyAcshuns
Gold Member
Because y'all keep griping about frames per second.
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
massively different locations, angles, and lighting conditions.
Surely a great comparison.
Imagine thinking that visual nuances should be subject of actual legislation.
Surely a great comparison.
Imagine thinking that visual nuances should be subject of actual legislation.
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Fbh
Member
To be fair to Square they have showed a lot of the game since then and even let you see how ugly it is for yourself with a demo.
If you are buying a game exclusively based on multiple years old pre release footage from when it didn't even have a name you have no one but yourself to blame.
If you are buying a game exclusively based on multiple years old pre release footage from when it didn't even have a name you have no one but yourself to blame.
Thirty7ven
Banned
The game looks like bird shit.
Drizzlehell
Banned
I struggle to care about this because it's is going to be trash anyway.
I predict that this game is going to be lavished with praise by woke reviewers, but normal people will shit all over it and it'll end up in a virtual bargain bin (i.e. on sale) in a matter of weeks.
I predict that this game is going to be lavished with praise by woke reviewers, but normal people will shit all over it and it'll end up in a virtual bargain bin (i.e. on sale) in a matter of weeks.
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Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
Normal people don't "shit all over" video games. They have better priorities than hating on an entertainment product
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GHG
Member
When games come out looking spectacular and they are difficult to run on low end-average hardware (which is what consoles are) then you hear cries of "unoptimised" from the rooftops.
Please understand, this is generation entitled.
Drizzlehell
Banned
Do you always have to have things spelled out to you?Normal people don't "shit all over" video games. They have better priorities than hating on an entertainment product
I meant that it won't get a good response from regular people who are just looking for a good time playing a decent video game, and won't hurl praise at it just because it features a black female lead or whatever. Because it's pretty much guaranteed that those loons at Kotaku and other websites like that are going to prop it up just by that virtue alone, regardless of whether the game is good or not.
kiphalfton
Member
The intent is to sell you on it...
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StreetsofBeige
Member
Even funnier is that gaming has had day one reviews for probably the past 15-20 years. And with YT and Twitch videos being important, you even got normal joes doing day one videos. So it's not just corporate shills.
All a gamer has to do is skim some articles or videos or the metacritic average score by noon that day and you probably got 40 sources of info to tell if the game is good, bad, is buggy, needs a patch etc....
Yet, people still preorder games. And digitally too which for some e-stores might be a no turning back purchase.
Somehow it's really hard just to learn about the game first and if it's still worth it, just buy it after dinner.
ipukespiders
Member
People actually bought this game?
NinjaBoiX
Member
Awwww. Cute post.Normal people don't "shit all over" video games. They have better priorities than hating on an entertainment product
SlimeGooGoo
Banned
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Fabieter
Member
It is fun tho