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[Saberus]

Ubi really must be joking... this isn't even WiiU quality... this looks worse than the "Aisha Tyler trailer"...

Downgrade to make ps4/xbone the same?

Seriously though, I'm usually pretty forgiving.. butttttt...

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

The first one is from an italian game site's hands on (PS4) and the other one from the E3 reveal.
So no it's not PS3 vs. PS4.

Link to the footage in case someone's new to the thread.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Is this PS3 vs. PS4?

I'm seriously asking, I'm confused.

PS4 vs tech demo

 

[SuperSonic593]

Yeah, Let's watch other upcoming game videos, make a gif of the absolute worst part and ruin the lives of devs.
Most people posting here just watched the gif and never looked back.

Pretty much this. I suspect they're doing what they can with the resources & time they have available (so in that respect, it seems like a great thing that it was delayed so significantly). I doubt the devs will see this thread and say, "Oh my! Maybe we should make the game look better. Why didn't we think of that??" Ubisoft has reportedly spent a lot of money on this game, so with so much riding on a single game's success, I doubt they'd half-ass it.

If anything, this just further highlights the fact that "next-gen" game visuals won't really be commonplace until we're well past this cross-gen period. Due to both designing for the lowest common denominator, as well as a having dev resources stretched too thin.

That said, there's a decent point being made here about the BS of very early demos for games that are years away. To that point, this seems relevant:

Game publishers start becoming more and more emboldened, and E3 turns into a big game of who can out-smoke, out-mirror and out-bullshit everyone else. In most cases, I believe it’s done with nothing but good intentions — the developer has every intention of finishing and releasing the product. But the game business is so unpredictable that anything can happen, and often does.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/01/vaporware-addiction/

 

[aspiegamer]

OP should probably be updated with the source of the horrid GIF and mention that that's by far the worst-looking 5 seconds in the entire video, but it's impossible to lie and say that I wasn't disappointed. Lord knows what the PS360 version must look like.

 

[MaLDo]

Try these:

ok, let's see

What tech element is better in Second Son characters?

 

[Nzyme32]

Try these:

Oh man, i don't know. For me those faces are on the line of realistic and uncanny. There must be some really minor detail that's messing with me. Judging by the woman's face in one of them, it might be the way the wrinkles sit. It's really bugging me.

I like the original faces in watch dogs and how they are animated in the cutscenes from the original trailer stuff

 

[Kinyou]

Well there's one that certainly does

Spoiler

in terms of design at least

 

[Gentleman Jack]

There Will

Spoiler

not

Be Blood

He's not actually firing the gun, he's just saying 'bang bang, bang bang bang!' at the guy while someone off camera flashes a yellow light at them.

 

[PeskyToaster]

This just reminds me of how amazing infamous looks. God damn. Definitely not getting Watch Dogs day one anymore but I am still interested in it. Too many games coming out for it to be mediocre and still get my dollar though.

 

[Ape]

Someone needs to edit the gif and replace MAD MILE with U MAD?

 

[Dictator93]

ok, let's see



What tech element is better in Second Son characters?

None. In fact, the eye shading is much better in the Watch Dogs shots.

 

[rvy]

That chick looks like she was designed by Ninja Theory and approved by Tameem.

 

[EvaristeG]

Is it sleeping dogs on medium

 

[DSN2K]

they have changed his appearance again and his voice...

 

[Batigol]

Someone needs to edit the gif and replace MAD MILE with U MAD?

It's insane. Looks worse than GTA 5

 

[Sickboy007]

All this does is give me more reason to appreciate Rockstar Games, both for the honesty with which they present their stuff and for their technical accomplishments. This looks worse than GTAV in places.

 

[Ran rp]

Hard to believe that this was the original reveal.

RIPIP in peace

 

[mreddie]

Okay, if Watch Dogs looks better when it comes out than what we saw today, what happens?

 

[yuraya]

It became Midnight Club 2?

ahaha I was just thinking the same thing. Looking at that gif took me back a decade.

 

[gruenel]

ok, let's see



What tech element is better in Second Son characters?

The difference is the Infamous shots aren't ubishots.

 

[Gaogaogao]

now it is time for last gen to die.

 

[BenHargrove]

There Will

Spoiler

not

Be Blood

Maybe the trailer is censored?

Spoiler

I don't know

 

[Dictator93]

It's PS4 vs. a Highend-PC from 2012. ^^

Knowing ubisoft, I would be reluctant to believe if the PC version from 2014 even looks like that. Seriously, they have a really bad history with these things.

 

[nelsonroyale]

None. In fact, the eye shading is much better in the Watch Dogs shots.

And modelling and geometry looks much worse in WD to me.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

From what I see; Second Son main character > Second Son characters = Watch Dogs Characters.

 

[Victarion]

No way, absolutely no fuckin way a game would look that ugly on PS4/Xbone. This shit is unpossible. Even more than impossible.

 

[Storm Chamber]

YIKES

Where is this from?

 

[ekimneems]

What happens if the game itself is actually really awesome? Don't the graphics not matter that much at that point? How are people still surprised when a game ends up looking not as good as its E3 reveal, especially when it's for a new console?

 

[Wishmaster92]

Not to be a jerk, but the quality of the eye shader in those infamous shots is kinda poor. Lacks some of the awesome parallax effects for eyes that other engines have implemented.

I agree, the eyes look a bit off

Spoiler

Based Crytek gods.

Game looks stunning either way though.

 

[StevieP]

Try these:


hmmm i wonder what happened to the jell-o water?

Why are you posting blatantly downsampled Infamous bullshots? That's the same thing that Ubisoft did.

 

[Lacix]

I think watch dogs characters are better.

I don't think so. Have you compared them in motion ? The characters in infamous have much more believable face mimic.

 

[Servbot #42]

hey which movie is that from? seems cool, kinda crazy stunt too.

 

[clutch.as.it.gets.]

Damn, what a bunch of liars. Will anyone in the press ask them about this??

Of course they ask.............NOT!

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

Knowing ubisoft, I would be reluctant to believe if the PC version from 2014 even looks like that. Seriously, they have a really bad history with these things.

Rest assured, the PC version won't look like that.

 

[Ardenyal]

ok, let's see



What tech element is better in Second Son characters?

That they're real time and not CG?

 

[Trago]

Yikes, dem budget cuts.

I'm not as burned as I though I'd be, it still looks ok to me.

Maybe they had to scale things back because of it being a cross gen title in development for a long time?

Whatever the reason, I still trust that the game will kick ass.

 

[danwarb]

Jelly water looks much worse than I remember. Heh.

From what I see; Second Son main character > Second Son characters = Watch Dogs Characters.

From what I see. WD's character > SS's character, by some distance. In cut-scenes at least.

 

[Mindlog]

Now others feel about the graphics the same way some of us felt about the game when a gun was pulled out in the original demo.

 

[Levito]

This can't be real, can it?

 

[Chaplain]

Has Ubisoft confirmed that today's footage is from the PS4 version?

 

[Loakum]

I've never seen a game delayed for 6 months, and comes out looking even more unpolished than before the delay. This is crazy.

 

[mreddie]

Has Ubisoft confirmed that today's footage is from the PS4 version?

 

[meanspartan]

Am I crazy for thinking Assassin's Creed 4 Ps4 looks more impressive than this?

It's been a couple months maybe I'm forgetting or something.

 

[jim2point0]

Why are you posting blatantly downsampled Infamous bullshots? That's the same thing that Ubisoft did.

What? The Infamous shots aren't downsampled.

Not at all.

*cough*

 

[Kinyou]

That they're real time and not CG?

Hold on a second, how would you know that? There's usually no way to tell if cutscenes are pre-rendered in the game's engine until you play it for yourself, and even then can it be hard to tell.

Resident Evil 5 cutscene graphics also look much better than the gameplay ones, so It's possible that the same goes for watchdogs

 

[RoadHazard]

What is wrong with Ubisoft? I'm sure the PS4 can do hella better than that. Look at inFamous.

 

[Chaplain]

Am I crazy for thinking Assassin's Creed 4 Ps4 looks more impressive than this?

You are not crazy. It does look more impressive. Today's in-game Watch Dogs footage looks like the game is running on last gen (PS3).

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

I think Ryse has good character models.

 

[Broder Salsa]

What is wrong with Ubisoft? I'm sure the PS4 can do hella better than that. Look at inFamous.

They're making a cross gen multiplatform game though.

I think Ryse has good character models.

Dat JPG compression, damn. Ryse did have good character models though, but a shallow ass game like Knack.