PS4 captures never do a game any favors. Plus, as others have stated, the motion blur can make pics look really bad. We've seen high quality video and know the game looks great, there's nothing to be worried about here.
New Driveclub gameplay
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PS4 captures never do a game any favors. Plus, as others have stated, the motion blur can make pics look really bad. We've seen high quality video and know the game looks great, there's nothing to be worried about here.
Yea, I'm hoping that Day 1 patch works miracles. I'm pretty shocked at how poor those are.
The same thought crossed my mind, unfortunately.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Everyone should keep in mind that the assets in this game, aside from the cars themselves, were designed to look good as they fly by at 120mph. If you look at a still image, of course they're not going to look as good as you inferred they would look from watching the game in motion. I would hold off on the panic for now.
Looks fine to me.
OP put some pretty bad screens in though. There are much better one's.
killatopak
Member
I think some of you guys have forgotten that there's a day 1 patch coming in.
Omnistalgic
Member
lol...don't we VIDEO of the game in motion? like actual gameplay?
Why are people talking about screenshots?
Only GAF...
Why are people talking about screenshots?
Only GAF...
Vire
Member
Compared to this... it certainly is a huge letdown.
http://www.gfycat.com/DistortedSmugHammerkop
Maybe if Rapier didn't drive such an ugly car? Haha
FlutterPuffs
Member
Holy fuck that looks fantastic even with PS4's shitty video encoding
Relax, the chances of it looking as good as that is pretty high, (even if there's some aliasing)
And he says the game is fun, that's good enough for me
EDIT: Let's wait for someone with a good capture card to get us some direct feed footage.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Other than for print media, it really seems like still images are worthless (if not detrimental) as promotional tools at this point. They have to either be downsampled bullshit, which people will also complain about, or they have to be honest direct captures, which always look worse than a game in motion and invite people to nitpick and focus on things they'd never notice during a real gameplay experience.
EmptySpace
Banned
pre-order cancelled.
This happens every time. Everyone knows the PS4 capture quality is shit and yet these pics are now somehow proof that Driveclub looks like a PS1 game. Never mind the fact that we've all seen direct feed video and plenty of decent captures that show the game in a different light. But yeah, keep acting like this is the newest downgrade debacle until someone comes in with a decent capture at which point people will start leaving the thread for some weird reason.
Those gifs are infuriating to me now. I hate being fucking misled like that.
Sony/Evo can fuck off with that downsampled bullshit.
BloodMoney
Banned
Thank Rapier, keep the video's flowing. That challenge with the threat of rain... so moody, can't wait to see more!
Omnistalgic
Member
I know, I just thought with the amount of info across this forums, more people would be aware of that.
But I forget GAF is pretty big, so maybe just people that don't game that much checking out the screen shots and jumping to conclusions.
Always have to see a game in motion to judge it's graphics.
Little gifs are by definition downsampled.
Perfect Cha0s
Member
Surprise, surprise. A game with extremely realistic lighting can vary between looking (much like real life) bland and typical, and atmospheric and beautiful. It's going to depend on where you're at, what the weather is like, and what time of day it is. Sometimes it's going to look bland and sterile.
wapplew
Member
Ya, India not the best place to showcase graphic, go Norway.
My lord you having a meltdown over some pics.
djplaeskool
Member
My OT vote for "The only thing going off-road is this thread" stands.
Like I said, that day one patch better work some miracles.
It's not going to, so get it all out now please.
Coolbgdog12
Member
I'm shaking my head right now... Really?? This is Infamous Second Son all over.
Games just need to be seen in person. I remember I almost believed The Last of Us remastered wasn't that much better visually based off a few screens here but when I saw it in person at home I was literally blown the hell away.
Games just need to be seen in person. I remember I almost believed The Last of Us remastered wasn't that much better visually based off a few screens here but when I saw it in person at home I was literally blown the hell away.
Or you can just watch a video?
Pretty much every company does downsampled stuff. And, yes, it's incredibly annoying. I do think it's particularly shady that these are gameplay scenes but STILL downsampled. That is indeed kind of misleading. (I'm not talkinga bout the gifs like you, but rather than the video clips and screenshots from which that gif was created.)
I'm not infuriated or anything. But it's disappointing, as, and I said this awhile back, the only concern I had about Driveclub's visuals was the image quality.
Chris Metal
Member
DRIVECLUB |OT| Don't downsample this thread...
EmptySpace
Banned
but tell us how you really feel...
How is it like Second Son all over again? I don't remember anybody ever being unimpressed or disappointed by direct feed Second Son screenshots. Infamous screenshots (even non-photo-mode ones) look amazing image-quality-wise.
psn
Member
True. When you watch outside of your window and see only grey colors with light rain, how does it make you feel compared to a raising sun in the morning with those lovely colors?
Depending on the location and the time of day it will look great with bad weather, too.
BloodMoney
Banned
come off it mate.
listen, let me break some news, the day 1 patch isn't going to stop your bitching.
buy the game or don't, stop filling the thread with your rage boy tears.
Vire
Member
150mb, fullscreen gif isn't what I would call little, but yeah.
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
The game may very well look close to that on my CRT, so I'm not too worried. This kind of thing reminds me of the PS2 generation. We had games that looked absolutely terrible in screenshots that looked amazing in motion. We also had games that looked good in some screenshots vs bad in others.
I can't say I'm not concerned, but the videos I've seen look mind blowing, so I've still got my hopes up.
Coolbgdog12
Member
I mean the initial concern people had for Infamous around the time it was believed to have gotten downgraded.
Second Son was gorgeous in all the pics leading up to its release. It even surpassed
its initial reveal from 2013. Evo had all that time since, including a year more in development. Even KZ:SF matched its target renders.
It was suspicious how amazing this game looked in those gifs.
I did...all those facebook clips and offscreen footage.
Even those misleading as fuck downsampled gameplay gifs.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
People have taken art and turned it into numbers, and it's ruining gaming.
Take a deep breath, man.
Yeah, but there were some pics posted that made the game look a little rough and a group of gamers jumped to conclusions then ate crow later.
Chris Metal
Member
You don't remember the whole downgrade situation that happened with Infamous: SS? Some screens were released, various people cried downgrade, turned out it was just a different time of day so lighting had changed.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Yup.