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Infinity Ward ops to show PS4 footage for COD IGN vids- a series first since MS deal?
- Thread starter chubigans
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CoD:ghosts is already gold, there is no more crunch time.
Oh man the first couple of NPD threads post launch will destroy GAF.
moltonasty
Member
oh...wow. That looks terrible. I literally can't see anything that indicates this is a next-gen title.
true. due to the graphical benchmark of worthy next-gen launch titles, cod's engine more than ever looks dated.
darkressurection
Banned
I must say, for whatever reason online video compression ruins the look of this game more than any other I can think of. I played it at Gamestop Expo last month and it looks really crisp and nice. I will be interested to see how people feel about the visuals when it is actually running on their TVs.
Even if that were true, you'd think there would be enough footage from the X1 to show at this point.
It's just very strange, almost tin foil hat strange. Why would MS not allow footage? Why would they not want their branding to go with this game's visuals? There's only one explanation that makes sense to me. I guess we'll find out in a few more weeks. I won't be surprised if something hits the fan between now and then.
OriginalThinking
Member
Going from Killzone Shadowfall to this is jarring. Particularly the animations.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Judging from the video it's poor visually, is that really the best they could do in time for launch ?
Soooo bad.
Look at the terrible animations and the tracers straight out of 1999. CoD needs a break and a new engine so badly.
hidden offline
Neo Member
While the game isn't a looker that compression certainly isn't doing it any favors.
darkressurection
Banned
The animations don't look as bad when the game is actually running at 60fps. I am definitely not saying that the game will be the best looking game out there on day 1 of launch, but I think people will be pleasantly surprised when they see it in person.
Dictator93
Member
game looks complete unchanged since for ever. Looks like an uprezzed version of the last COD.
mangochutney
Member
You're including Titanfall in that, really?
Titanfall looks poor for next-gen (and even then we don't know if that is PC footage or not, I don't think we've seen it confirmed on X1 yet, maybe we have).
I'd say that this and Titanfall are on a similar level. They're both Box City and there isn't high detail all over the place. To me they look like 1080p current gen games.
Nothing to make you go 'wow dem grafix', but offer a cleaner and clearer image quality than current gen games which is fine, I mean COD has never been a game to break graphical boundaries.
Graphically this looks so bad, how is this seriously accepted???
I mean, I LOVED how Call of Duty 4 looked and moved.....but MY GOD this is suppose to be next gen no?
if the PS4 version really does look *better* than the X1 version, then HOLY SHIT I can't imagine how X1 version can look.
Come on Activision.. Come on maaaaaaan.
SolidSnakex
Member
I'm surprised that more sites haven't switched to a player that supports 60fps. I know Game Informer and Eurogamer have 60fps players, but those are the only two sites that I can think of.
YouEnjoyMySelf
Banned
Are they seriously touting bots as a feature? That's just sad.
The animations, especially death ones, are beyond jank.
The animations, especially death ones, are beyond jank.
We really need 60fps players with higher bitrates to become standard.
Everything is so bad here and yet i can still see shadow pop-in and LoD transitions - WTF.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Forced parity tin hat?
so what gives? these two things are so radically different that it is 100% impossible that they are both truth.
that quote that has been running about, implies putting 5:1 the work for 1/5 the result.
so "both 1080p/60" is impossible in those terms.
time to put one of the two to bed. which one?
darkressurection
Banned
I think video quality all around is gonna have to improve for next-gen games to really shine. Thankfully we have sites like Gamersyde that are trying to release videos in as high quality as they can get away with.
Well I just watched this video right after I watched the TitanFall video.
I said that "even" TitanFall makes this look bad, implying that TitanFall doesn't look great itself.
But have you watched this video, because compression or not, that game looks current gen, not PC current gen , stinky console current gen.
Edit : Anecdotally , I had friends at Eurogamer expo that said COD looked one of the worst games at the show.
clutch.as.it.gets.
Member
Textures definitely are a step up, and look sharper and more defined up close. But the rest... yeah, not that great to be honest.
About the only thing you can read from those tea leaves is that the PS4 is less complicated and easier to develop for, which should surprise no one.
Lazy Devs for this one, I believe that's clear to everyone an probably has been clear for a few years.
Actually not lazy devs, I'll go for greedy managers, I'm sure the Devs are working hard.
People probably expect something along the lines of assassins creed, it's also an annual title now, but next gen and current gen have different graphical features. This is just higher resolution.
Well, I remember them talking about this totally upgraded engine, but it looks the same as it has since 4 basically. Also, the Activision dude said he thought it looked better than BF4. It doesn't even look as good as BC2.
Yes, of course that stuff is marketing shit, but I at least expected them to move the needle, at least a little bit.
no.
one of those two claims is true, and the other is a blatant lie.
one is the complete opposite of the other.
I cant see how you can extract any other meaning from this, unless one has textures and the other wireframes
plagiarize
Banned
step 1: port the engine.
step 2: optimize the engine to the hardware.
I always took those quotes to be about step 1 only. Porting the engine took less time on ps4 and the engine ran really well without specific optimizations. A straight port of the engine on xbone took longer and before doing specific xbone tweaks the game ran terribly.
just speculation on my part, but it was always clear to me that there was a lot more work done on the xbone version after that 15fps rumoured build.
mangochutney
Member
Yes I have watched the video.
And - are you a PS3 COD player? I am a seasoned one and I can quite clearly see a marked difference in image quality.
As I say - you don't get blown away with detail, the animations are the same etc - but in terms of image fidelity and quality it is a step above - hence my original statement, they look like 1080p current gen games.
LowParry
Member
Oh man that's laughable. Haha! I just boils down to what you play with shooters. Want more tactical? Go BF. Want that arcade feeling? COD. I'm actually more excited with this new way of sound they're doing with COD.
What's laughable? That I expected an upgraded engine on a ten fold performance platform to look a little better?
Canis lupus
Member
Am I watching PS3 footage?
What?
It could simply mean that it took even longer and more optimization to get the X1 version up to snuff. The quotes are not complete opposites, since the concept of "time" actually exists.
LowParry
Member
The Activision dude.
eddfromtheriver
Banned
Maybe they messed up and it's actually PS3 footage?, it looks barf inducing.
Trogdor1123
Member
Surely thats not next gen footage.. right? Please tell me im right. Im thinking about changing over to killzone now...
Oh, yeah. It was a video interview, and you can practically see Geoff Keighley biting his tongue.
Viruz
Member
It's like nobody saw SHADOWFALL.
