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[Dragon1893]

I remember watching invisible walls after the reveal and laughing my ass off when they were debating if it was running on current or next gen hardware.
Hilarious to think that not even on the new consoles it looks anywhere near as good.

 

[RedSwirl]

To me the E3 2012 footage looked very doable on PCs at the time.

 

[dark10x]

Why not, if the content is still there? They'll allow for higher quality settings on PC.

That was a tech demo. It won't exist in that form in the final game.

It's not just a matter of needing more horsepower.

 

[gruenel]

Look on the minimap, there's a helicopter following him in both versions. The spotlight effect seems to be missing in the new version

There's definitely a spotlight following the car. It's just much bigger.

 

[theRizzle]

This game is starting to look more and more like

 

[LordBaztion]

doesn't look much different from this, so I'm fine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ReMvaZ8go

 

[TheCloser]

Why not, if the content is still there? They'll allow for higher quality settings on PC.

Its not going to look like that on PC. Apparently, the e3 reveal was nothing more than a tech demo.

 

[munroe]

What I see...

- different car
- different time of day
- different camera behavior/angle
- heli vs no heli
- wet vs dry road
- new effect of "blinking" bridge when it is hacked

Someone more technical should point out what they really see as a "downgrade", so I can understand.

You might want to watch the actual source. The cars are different but that wouldn't affect the rest of the elements.

It's the same time of day, night time.
Camera angle is very similar, wouldn't really affect other elements
There's a helicopter in both scenes, both with a spotlight on the car
That blinking bridge is just annoying, nearly as bad as the orange outline on all of the usable items in Deus Ex: HR

I'm still planning on purchasing the game as I still think it will be an enjoyable game but I'm not going to deny that there has been a graphical downgrade since the reveal.

 

[BY2K]

Are we sure this is PS4 and not PS3?

Either way, do we know if the PC version still looks like the E3 reveal?

 

[SHADES]

Is it just me or does GTA V make this look old? Hell ACIV on PS4 makes this look last gen, I am dissapointed.

Obligatory

Spoiler

Pre-order cancelled

 

[PFD]

Remember this guys?

 

[Portugeezer]

Look on the minimap, there's a helicopter following him in both versions. The spotlight effect seems to be missing in the new version

He is driving in a big ass spotlight.

 

[Muffdraul]

Why is anyone surprised?

The devs clearly created a demo based on potential specs and what they thought they could accomplish. This is why they should never show games 2 years out. He'll they shouldn't show games more than 6 months out

This has been my one major pet peeve for years. It all started with Halo 2, that was the first one that really irked me.

Developers, you need to keep your shit under wraps until it's close to being done. I never want to see anything I'm not going to actually get when your game is released and I put it in my console.

 

[benny_a]

every single game that's looked distinctly next gen during that E3 (and was therefore hyped) has been heavily downgraded or cancelled

I thought Ryse and Killzone Shadow Fall looked next-gen. Dat low standard.

 

[rvy]

Why not, if the content is still there? They'll allow for higher quality settings on PC.

Let's showcase the shittier version of the game to try to sell it to people while we hide all dem extra PC settings.

Legit brilliant plan.

 

[Sanctuary]

The gif looks shit. The rest of the gameplay video does not. Well done. You just judged the entire game based on one gif.
http://www.everyeye.it/ps4/articoli/watch-dogs_hands-on_21862

This looks like what Alpha Protocol wished it could have achieved gameplay wise. The game still looks decent, but there's a drastically noticeable difference in quality between that and the reveal. The game world is entirely anemic compared to the reveal.

 

[Einbroch]

Are we sure this is PS4 and not PS3?

Either way, do we know if the PC version still looks like the E3 reveal?

Unfortunately, it won't. At least not exactly like it. It was purely a tech demo and not actually the game.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Can someone explain what exactly has been downgraded?

You mean what has changed between a concept build demo and the actual game?

Probably better asking what hasn't been changed, but ok...

• Lighting. Daytime is extremely saturated, and overall isn't nearly as dynamic.
• Lack of particle effects. Only thing that comes close is maybe the smoke/frag grenade that is thrown in that video. Leaves don't blow around, fire looks like crap. Objects hit look similar to Rainbow 6 Vegas.
• Overall texture and geometry work.
• Animations are not near as fluid.
• UI looks terrible, something that should easily be the clearest and cleanest visual element.
• No reflective surfaces. Can kiss that beautiful rain and wet surfaces goodbye between this and the particle physics.

To put quite simply since I don't have all the technical knowhow like some do. Maybe someone like Dennis or Y2Kev could explain it better in details.

 

[dark10x]

Watching the trailer again, I do feel that the comparison is a bit misleading. There have been downgrades, but it still looks rather excellent in its own right.

 

[sono]

PS4 version.

Looking at the gif in the op you cannot be serious. Is it coded by a year 1 coder ? Keeping to the gif.. PS3 can do better than this.

Someone from the developers need to answer this quick. I find this too hard to believe.

 

[scitek]

So, Watch Dogs are worse than Sleeping Dogs now?

meh

 

[Salsa]

I didnt completely believe any of the reveal trailers tbh

Deep Down is gonna crush some dreams

 

[Famassu]

Game reveal in 2012 was truning on a high end PC far more powerfull than a PS4 or Xbox One. Of course there is a downgrade.

inFamous:SS looks way better than Watch Dogs.

 

[Pyramid head]

What I see...

- different car
- different time of day
- different camera behavior/angle
- heli vs no heli
- wet vs dry road
- new effect of "blinking" bridge when it is hacked

Someone more technical should point out what they really see as a "downgrade", so I can understand.

What I see...

-Same time of day.
-City shrouded in a strange blue fog.
-Car not receiving any lighting from the environment.
-Car not receiving any reflections from the environment.
-Shitty looking white flashes on the road surface.
-Generally worse quality everything right across the whole spectrum of visuals.

 

[MormaPope]

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.

http://www.everyeye.it/ps4/articoli/watch-dogs_hands-on_21862
It's clearly not. And i'm not even trying to defend the game or Ubi. I'm just allergic to ignorant comments based on the worst screen possible.

Why are you taking this so personally? You originally weren't.

 

[jmdajr]

 

[charsace]

So, Watch Dogs are worse than Sleeping Dogs now?

You think the pic you posted looks better than the watch dog trailer? Really?

 

[Muffdraul]

Looking at the gif in the op you cannot be serious. Is it coded by a year 1 coder ? PS3 can do better than this.

Someone from the developers need to answer this quick. I find this too hard to believe.

Someone posted "proof" of it being the PS4 version in the first thread, but it was all in some form of moonspeak.

 

[Gestault]

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.

Many of us also watched the full gamplay trailer and also had the immediate realization that the animation and overall visuals had been noticeably downgraded from the reveal materials, and that's allowing for even the impossible IQ used there. This wasn't posted until it was confirmed that the trailer was fromthe PS4 version assets. This is not "one bad spot" taken out of context.

Have you seen the official "screenshots" released today as well? They're insultingly modified bullshots which themselves don't even retain the detail from the reveal gameplay.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Can't wait to see what The Division actually looks like.

Finally, GRAW in 1080p!

 

[Apophis2036]

Looks like a current gen up-port.

Watch_Dogs reveal looked like a trully next gen game.

I'm as disappointed as the next person but I think people should remember that this game was built in mind with what PS3 and XB360 could do as limitations.

If Watch Dogs was PS4/XBone/PC only I think it would look a lot more like the initial reveal.

 

[dex3108]

Oooops

 

[danwarb]

That was a tech demo. It won't exist in that form in the final game.

It's not just a matter of needing more horsepower.

We've seen the actual game looking much better than this. I'll assume that was the PC version.

Let's showcase the shittier version of the game to try to sell it to people while we hide all dem extra PC settings.

Legit brilliant plan.

Other gameplay demos since e3 2012 have looked much better.

 

[Always-honest]

This looks like what Alpha Protocol wished it could have achieved gameplay wise. The game still looks decent, but there's a drastically noticeable difference in quality between that and the reveal. The game world is entirely anemic compared to the reveal.

Some detail actually looks better. Some effects seem to be downgraded.

 

[Axass]

- heli vs no heli

The spotlight effect seems to be missing in the new version

There's a helicopter in both scenes, both with a spotlight on the car

He is driving in a big ass spotlight.

...

The fact you can't even tell if there's a spotlight or not is very telling of the situation.

 

[Sanctuary]

I didnt completely believe any of the reveal trailers tbh

Deep Down is gonna crush some dreams

It already did when it was announced that it was F2P and online with randomized dungeons.

 

[dark10x]

We've seen the actual game looking much better than this. I'll assume that was the PC version.

We've seen the game on PS4 hardware as well looking much better than that awful gif.

 

[Ganondorfo]

I dont care about the graphics, the story looked interesting in the recent story trailer. If the characters will be memorable, then graphics arent important.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Not quite a KillZone downgrade, but it does look quite a bit rougher.

The awesome lighting and reflection were 80% of the graphical appeal of this game.

I wonder if they're gonna use the old footage in advertisements.

 

[Bluekaveli]

This has to be the last gen version. I saw the new trailer today and I kept saying wtf.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Looking at the gif in the op you cannot be serious. Is it coded by a year 1 coder ? Keeping to the gif.. PS3 can do better than this.

Someone from the developers need to answer this quick. I find this too hard to believe.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103394663&postcount=66

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Can't wait to see what The Division actually looks like.

Was my first thought as well. Ubisoft bringing the hot bullshit followed by the disappointing reality.

 

[10k]

Wow that is terrible. I think I'm gonna cancel my ps4 preorder and get it on PC.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Reminder that Ubisoft did exactly the same thing with Far Cry 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqnAbRpyqfI

Oh shit, I had no idea that the PC FC3 was so butchered as well. What's their excuse for such bullshit? I mean, it's not like you need to treat the PC audience like idiots as they will build hardware to take advantage of software if necessary.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

I didnt completely believe any of the reveal trailers tbh

Deep Down is gonna crush some dreams

At least everyone knew that Deep Down was bullshit.

It looked so much better than everything else we saw, so it only made sense that we weren't going to see that in reality. WD looked believable, though.

 

[jmdajr]

lol!!!!!!!!

 

[alexandros]

Right, and you know that because you already did a Watch Dogs benchmark.

Why are you defending this?

 

[Graphics Horse]

Next Next gen can't come soon enough.

 

[hohoXD123]

Did you mean to quote my post? I was saying I'm surprised and have no idea how it looks worse a year after last year's E3 showing.

Woops, my mistake, sorry.

Amazing.

 

[Always-honest]

Many of us also watched the full gamplay trailer and also had the immediate realization that the animation and overall visuals had been noticeably downgraded from the reveal materials, and that's allowing for even the impossible IQ used there. This wasn't posted until it was confirmed that the trailer was fromthe PS4 version assets. This is not "one bad spot" taken out of context.

Have you seen the official "screenshots" released today as well? They're insultingly modified bullshots which themselves don't even retain the detail from the reveal gameplay.

Yes, Ubisoft bullshots are insulting. They should stop with that shit

This IS a bad spot taken out of context though, judging on the rest of the gameply in that vid.