Watch_Dogs downgradeaton confirmed
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I think that the game Jimmy Falllon is playing looks pretty good. Not as good as the E3 reveal but nowhere near as bad as yesterday's trailer.
You said that 'it was never an actual running game' when this footage shows that it was and is but probably on a high end PC.
hooijdonk17
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Holy fuck Ubisoft, really?
I mean, I don't really need anything more to hate you as much as humanly possible, but you still keep trying regardless? I'm flattered..
I mean, I don't really need anything more to hate you as much as humanly possible, but you still keep trying regardless? I'm flattered..
GlamFM
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I´m still talking about the initial reveal.
Imp the Dimp
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Looks ass
sol_bad
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I ... don't ... get this.
Is the E3 reveal a CG trailer or is it meant to be a real thing running on a PC?
If it's a real thing running why couldn't they have those graphics at release? What were they running it on at E3 if it's real?
GlamFM
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QuickTime or VLC player is my guess.
Kazdane
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Am I the only one that sees the car chase gif being bugged?
The way the bridge lights is totally off, the whole texture goes white several times in quick succession. It just looks like that section is bugged and their only real change is the spotlight of the helicopter being much bigger than before. Which they may have done for gameplay reasons? I don't know. Looking at the whole video, I can't see the massive downgrade. It's not the reveal, of course, but that wasn't the whole game either.
The way the bridge lights is totally off, the whole texture goes white several times in quick succession. It just looks like that section is bugged and their only real change is the spotlight of the helicopter being much bigger than before. Which they may have done for gameplay reasons? I don't know. Looking at the whole video, I can't see the massive downgrade. It's not the reveal, of course, but that wasn't the whole game either.
evil solrac v3.0
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read again, he was saying it's two different sections in the city. and don't call out juniors like you weren't one before. it's rude and hostile.
The bridge is highlighted because the game auto-selects items for you to interact with using the square button, and the bridge is auto-selected.Am I the only one that sees the car chase gif being bugged?
The way the bridge lights is totally off, the whole texture goes white several times in quick succession. It just looks like that section is bugged and their only real change is the spotlight of the helicopter being much bigger than before. Which they may have done for gameplay reasons? I don't know. Looking at the whole video, I can't see the massive downgrade. It's not the reveal, of course, but that wasn't the whole game either.
It's being hacked.
GlamFM
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Am I the only one that sees the car chase gif being bugged?
The way the bridge lights is totally off, the whole texture goes white several times in quick succession. It just looks like that section is bugged and their only real change is the spotlight of the helicopter being much bigger than before. Which they may have done for gameplay reasons? I don't know. Looking at the whole video, I can't see the massive downgrade. It's not the reveal, of course, but that wasn't the whole game either.
It´s not bugged, it´s highlighted because you can interact with the bridge.
Incredibly ugly, of course.
They likely gave certain assets to an advertising company, who animated and produced a pre-rendered scene like the E3 reveal.
Always-honest
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nah man. That's not high end PC.
I was just speaking with a buddy of mine, one who works at Ubisoft.
In the initial release it was on a very high end dev kit and was playable using the controller. They hoped that they could keep the level as such as what was displayed but it simply wasn't viable, The game will still be good looking, just won't be able to keep the level that was initially advertised in the E3 playthrough.
The reason why the graphics and textures had to be lowered was the fact that the game was not performing to the target framerate and was often jittery when played on the actual hardware and has been optimized so it can run smoothly.
It will still be the best looking open world game, just not upto the levels as previously been shown.
such a shame really, as this probably means they'll be similar shocks with the division...
Although I cannot confirm that as of yet, I will ask though! Going to try dig out some more details!
In the initial release it was on a very high end dev kit and was playable using the controller. They hoped that they could keep the level as such as what was displayed but it simply wasn't viable, The game will still be good looking, just won't be able to keep the level that was initially advertised in the E3 playthrough.
The reason why the graphics and textures had to be lowered was the fact that the game was not performing to the target framerate and was often jittery when played on the actual hardware and has been optimized so it can run smoothly.
It will still be the best looking open world game, just not upto the levels as previously been shown.
such a shame really, as this probably means they'll be similar shocks with the division...
Although I cannot confirm that as of yet, I will ask though! Going to try dig out some more details!
Kazdane
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Ah right, I didn't realize the whole bridge was being hacked (Thanks Glam and Stu for pointing it out). That does look ugly
Other than that, the spotlight is huge, sure, and in the original scene it was actually raining, so, with the whole scene being darker, I'm not really sure the downgrade is massive. In the other hand, I've never been too worried with the graphics. If they've had to downgrade it for whichever reason, it's fine by me as long as the game is fun to play.
cormack12
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That is ugly, why don't they use the small rhombus they use on the police chase for 'neutralise' - placed on a power switch/operators booth or something...
Terrible_Majesty
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So what we saw at ethree was next next gen then? Can't wait for this ps5 
This is horrible. Fuck my life
lol perfect, but agree.........infamous SS is going to set an insane BAR on standards for an open world game.
CosmicGroinPull
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WD1M14
The game does look good in certain shots, but predominantly it looks unimpressive. Particularly when compared to how it looked before.
It's worrying that so much of the selected B-Roll footage looks bad. It's irrelevant if the bridge lights up because of a borked lighting model, or because hackable objects are highlighted that way, because it looks bad and that's what you're going to see when you play the game. It could be buggy lighting, or it could be a stupid visual design choice, but that's supposition. What we do know is that it looks terrible.
Majorly disappointing. The lighting is bad. Object shadows are near non-existent. The physics in explosions and clothing looks worse. Overall the game is visually disappointing.
It's worrying that so much of the selected B-Roll footage looks bad. It's irrelevant if the bridge lights up because of a borked lighting model, or because hackable objects are highlighted that way, because it looks bad and that's what you're going to see when you play the game. It could be buggy lighting, or it could be a stupid visual design choice, but that's supposition. What we do know is that it looks terrible.
Majorly disappointing. The lighting is bad. Object shadows are near non-existent. The physics in explosions and clothing looks worse. Overall the game is visually disappointing.
I'm quoting what was said! Don't get me wrong I know that Infamous SS is going to be crazy good, I just think that possibly, just maybe, it might not be that bad!
UnluckyKate
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But they develop on a single plateform instead of 5 too haha so it should be much more optimized and can be done by less people
I was just commenting on the graphical statement. As for which will be the better game, I really can't say, although InFamous 2 was hugely better than any Ubisoft open world title, but purely on a visual level, it's hardly comparable.
Then why would they even advertise it like that. Lots of people will be disappointed.
I personally don't really mind, but it does seem to me that the atmosphere of the game is completely lost now. Maybe that's just me though.
nelsonroyale
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This is the VR mission. Yeah, but that scene also stuck out. Where are the shadows?
Maldo: Yeah, the lack of shadows on distant objects is definitely noticible. Pretty disappointing.
Always-honest
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maybe there is little atmosphere in a sunny day. I doubt they removed nighttime and rain and stuff.
Probably not, but there used to be leaves twirling around, the wind that was clearly visible, etc.
CosmicGroinPull
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I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Generally the game looks just fine to me. I'm pretty hyped. Downgrade or not it's still better looking than any open world game I've ever played. Plus I'm not really a graphics whore anyway. Game looks interesting and fun. It'll be one of the first PS4 games I get once I get the system.
The One and Done
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This game looks so not as good as originally shown. The lighting textures and physics are fucked up. Very disappointing.
3 gifs versus 1 screenshot... you get the point.
Always-honest
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yeah i hope that is still in.. somewhere.
Sodding_Gamer
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AC4 ran like dog sh*t on PC though. Ubisoft aren't exactly the best at porting to PC. Optimisation and all that :/
j0hnny_385
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It ran surprisingly good, IMHO. I expected a train wreck, instead I got a close-to-60fps experience all the time (i5 4670K, 8GB RAM, 7850 2GB 975/1250, SSD, fairly high settings). Game looked gorgeous, btw.
If WD is like or close to AC IV, I'm ok with it even though I expected MORE (new IP, gorgeous E3 2012 reveal, etc. etc.).
3 gifs versus 1 screenshot and the gif from the OP which I don't think I have to repost again. Some more shots, courtesy of DSOGaming:
Sodding_Gamer
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To be honest the biggest thing that is lacking in the new trailer is that atmosphere from the first reveal. I don't think that can be implemented having the superior version of the game.
I had a i7 3770K 4.4ghz, 16gb ram, gtx 770 OC, 120 ssd and had it on max for most things. But stupid things were really taxing on the gpu when they shouldn't have been. I'm sure there was a GAF thread about it.
Really hope the PC version is just like the initial reveal which I doubt :/
bigboss370
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Yeah man, this looks good to me:
the sun glinting off the car outside, the npc physics reacting to being shot, the siren lights illuminating the character's clothes....
Do you think that the above, - and these:
Looks fine to me....
same car:
nice grass, yumm:
look bad? I still wanna play the game.
Seriously, do people think it looks that bad? It's just the OP's gif that's ugly (and maybe a couple places here and there), but overall looks nice to me.
Windom Earle
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The lighting looks like a generic GTAIV PC ENB mod now. :/
socomfanaticest2001
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ill just pick this game up to fill up my gta void on ps4, i gave my older brother my ps3 due to space, know i regret it because of gta!!!
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the game looked incredible in the first showing, can't believe ubisoft couldnt pull it off!! looks like two different games!!!
so was the demo @ sony e3 fake also? it looks really good!!
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the game looked incredible in the first showing, can't believe ubisoft couldnt pull it off!! looks like two different games!!!
so was the demo @ sony e3 fake also? it looks really good!!
nelsonroyale
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ACIV doesnt look that different between PC and consoles. This won't look like the original reveal on PC either sadly. UBI was being disingeneous as per usual.
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