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[nampad]

I for one am SHOCKED by the outcome of Polygon's review.

 

[famousmortimer]

I don't care about the score bump. I don't care about the framerate talk (though it certainly doesn't seem to a universal complaint).


What I can't for the life of me understand is how this dude looked at the games side by side and said he couldn't see a difference.


That's just fucking dumb.

 

[senador]

I'm dying over here. Gies, great? Critical of everything? Providing information? Man, you must be reading some special version of his twitter account.

Please show me what you referring to then as I have never seen whatever you are seeing.

 

[zedge]

Polyboned?

 

[CrazyDude]

Why did the PC version get a 6.5 when it outpaces both the Xbox One and the PS4 in graphics?

Something seems off here.

Framerate issues on the pc.

 

[Kyon]

No framerate drops eh Polygon ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teejnxOa9jg&t=0m40s

Not too much on Gies

 

[Barristan Selmy]

Dead Rising 3 is going to get a 9.

And if it does? Looks like fun game.

Or does low resolution = bad game?

 

[Toma]

That's simply ridiculous. Until they show bias in some major way, that accusation is bullshit.

I don't see a problem with that. They aren't doing a technical analysis. He doesn't have enough confidence to say "Yeah PS4 definitely looks better" and think it simply could be in his head due to the resolution crap the last few weeks.

BF4 7.5 for both consoles, despite the XBO version being massively inferior, but a higher COD score for XBO isnt biased to you?

 

[KalBalboa]

BF4 Xbox one - lower framerate and lower resolution than PS4 version = same score as PS4 version.
Ghosts Xbox one - better framerate and lower resolution than PS4 version = higher score than PS4 version.

Hmm.

I have no issue with the framerate being better on Xbox one (and to me that would make it a slightly better version), but at least use the same logic across other reviews.

Quoted for visibility.

 

[Alienous]

Everything I see about the next-generation versions of Ghosts just makes me think that Infinity Ward is technologically incompetent.

Didn't they say that the next-gen versions were handled in the same pipeline as the PC version of the game? If that's the case, I'd fully expect framedrops and generally shitty performance.

 

[Malvingt2]

I'll wait for a Digital Foundry tech analysis. These game journalists might not know the difference between lag and frame-rate drop.

I can't trust them neither. No win situation in this one.

 

[Zombie James]

I don't care about the score bump. I don't care about the framerate talk (though it certainly doesn't seem to a universal complaint).


What I can't for the life of me understand is how this dude looked at the games side by side and said he couldn't see a difference.


That's just fucking dumb.

Imagination is subjective.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

BF4 Xbox one - lower framerate and lower resolution than PS4 version = same score as PS4 version.
Ghosts Xbox one - better framerate and lower resolution than PS4 version = higher score than PS4 version.

Hmm.

I have no issue with the framerate being better on Xbox one (and to me that would make it a slightly better version), but at least use the same logic across other reviews.

Wait, they didn't do the same for BF4? :lol

 

[Sword Of Doom]

Better framerate on One versus higher res on PS4; Choose your poison.

SP frame rate issues with PS4. Multiplayer seems to be solid. I wonder why they didn't go with 900p?

For me personally if I'm playing COD I'm playing MP so it doesn't matter but still

 

[LuuKyK]

lol

Who wrote the review? Being true or not (I doubt it honestly), I can't help but see a certain person from this website gloating over this review like some personal achievement/vengeance.

 

[Visualante2]

lawd have mercy I feel bad for websites that may give any ps4 games a low score lol

Remember Lair? Good times.

 

[Shaunboy97]

That's what you tell yourself.

No kidding... The funny thing is, I come to Gaf hoping to have some sort of discussion about the topic knowing how people will react with any sort of positive Xbox news... yet it still amazes me that people can't handle it. It's pretty sad!!

 

[senador]

I don't care about the score bump. I don't care about the framerate talk (though it certainly doesn't seem to a universal complaint).


What I can't for the life of me understand is how this dude looked at the games side by side and said he couldn't see a difference.


That's just fucking dumb.

Why? Have you seen them in person?

 

[Rey]

Why is everyone so upset? He did say the PS4 looked somewhat sharper.. But the difference to him was not that big I presume.

It's possible that the PS4 version looked somewhat sharper, but that may have just been my imagination after confirming the hard resolution difference.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

No, because Polygon has already proven that it´s a cesspool filled with shills and generally untrustworthy people.

Is the sixthaxis a shill for saying the resolution difference is not a game changer too?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyeYnmad5VM&feature=youtu.be

Ignore the video comparison all you want, it is youtube that is both framecapped and not an actual representation of the product due to compression, but he thinks the resolution difference isn't a big deal as well... so is he too being paid by MS?

 

[fantomena]

Waiting for DF.

 

[coldfoot]

I can't trust them neither. No win situation in this one.

Their framerate analysis can be trusted 100%.

 

[kaching]

We've seen vids where the COD:G framerate fluctuates on the XBO, so I'm not even sure the reviewer knows what "stable" framerate means.

 

[coldone]

http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/11/12/call-of-duty-ghosts-in-1080p-ps4-vs-xbox-one-commentary

IGN says PS4 looks sharp

 

[NullPointer]

Given the choice between framerate and resolution I'd take the one with the solid framerate. Every time.

 

[DJ88]

Exactly, the game is a pile of garbage on every platform. Console warriors taking this battle up like it means something for either platform is laughable. Sony people attacking Polygon and Xbox fans daring to speak on this after the Dead Rising 3 DF breakdown. Save this shit for another day.

Spot on.

 

[farisr]

I don't care about the score bump. I don't care about the framerate talk (though it certainly doesn't seem to a universal complaint).


What I can't for the life of me understand is how this dude looked at the games side by side and said he couldn't see a difference.


That's just fucking dumb.

That line that pretty much said (paraphrased) "I saw a difference in sharpness but that's probably just because I was looking for it since I knew it runs at a higher resolution, hence it is more likely that there is no difference at all, my mind is just playing tricks on me and telling me it's sharper because I was told it could be" was one of the stupidest ones I've read so far in a review.

 

[LaunchpadMcQ]

Careful guys, all this backlash is going to force Gies to actually defend his review.

 

[senador]

BF4 7.5 for both consoles, despite the XBO version being massively inferior, but a higher COD score for XBO isnt biased to you?

No. Ghosts on PS4 had framerate drop so he rated the Xbox One version higher. Why is that bias?

 

[KissVibes]

They didn't review the PC version unless I'm missing something. PS4/3 Xbox 360/One are the only four listed. For a mutiplayer game a higher framerate could lead to a STAGGERING 0.5 increase in score.


But no, they must be IN THE POCKETS OF MICROSOFT.

 

[Ivieto1138]

Gies is great. I seen him be critical of everything and providing context and information. I've been following him since Polygon's launch. I have no idea why people hate on him so much.

Just because Polygon received funding from Microsoft doesn't mean they have no credibility. That is ridiculous to write them off based on this. Microsoft is a large company and does more than just Xbox. Do you have evidence that they have skewed their news and coverage towards Xbox? I have seen no such thing. I have seen them be open and critical of both. Gies specifically has been critical of Xbox on Twitter. To suggest a .5 difference is them favoring Microsoft is bat shit fucking ridiculous. If that was the case we should have seen a score in the 9s.

And no, I fucking despise Fox News.

Dude, I like you. I feel exactly the same you do, and have a huge problem understanding how what could be the best gaming site right now gets so much hate.

 

[Glass Shark]

We've seen vids where the COD:G framerate fluctuates on the XBO, so I'm not even sure the reviewer knows what "stable" framerate means.

People who review games are not QA testers. He may not have run into frame rate issues during his personal playthrough, and therefore it's right for him to point out that he didn't have any problems. That doesn't mean problems don't exist.

 

[Pain]

Polygons review system is really bad. Ghosts has an individual score for each console, BF4 has a universal score across all platforms. Why?

 

[RedNumberFive]

 

[Sword Of Doom]

We've seen vids where the COD:G framerate fluctuates on the XBO, so I'm not even sure the reviewer knows what "stable" framerate means.

I remember seeing the game stutter a bit on the xb1 everytime the player turned around In MP

 

[gundamkyoukai]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

This isn't true right?

It's true BF4 on PS4 better res, effects, fps than X1 same score .
But for this COD review X1 score higher because of fps only.
This site has no standards what so ever , don't really care about the score but at least do it across the board of what to be fair .

 

[JABEE]

Polygon is perfectly justified in giving the game whatever score they want. The frame drops they mention are a good reason to separate the games.

 

[Coolwhip]

We've seen vids where the COD:G framerate fluctuates on the XBO, so I'm not even sure the reviewer knows what "stable" framerate means.

Someone should make a gif of a guy playing a pixelated COD on Xbone in ignorant bliss wearing an Xbox t-shirt.

Ok maybe not doable, but it would be funny.

 

[AOC83]

Is the sixthaxis a shill for saying the resolution difference is not a game changer too?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyeYnmad5VM&feature=youtu.be

Ignore the video comparison all you want, it is youtube that is both framecapped and not an actual representation of the product due to compression, but he thinks the resolution difference isn't a big deal as well... so is he too being paid by MS?

I don´t care if he thinks 1080p is a gamerchanger or not. Fact is, 1080p is vastly superior to 720p from a technical aspect.

 

[jetjevons]

I agree a stable framerate in COD multiplayer is probably more important than a slight resolution bump.

Couldn't the PS4 SKU just offer an option to render at 720p then upscale to 1080p to secure a more stable framerate? What happens if you set your system resolution output to 720p or 1080i?

 

[megabytecr]

Fuck this game on any platform.

 

[farisr]

Their framerate analysis can be trusted 100%.

yeah, framerate is pretty much the only aspect of their comparisons that's been done right each time.

 

[shandy706]

LOL

Started reading page 6..got to bottom..refresh...8 pages.

 

[Messofanego]

I don't care about the score bump. I don't care about the framerate talk (though it certainly doesn't seem to a universal complaint).


What I can't for the life of me understand is how this dude looked at the games side by side and said he couldn't see a difference.


That's just fucking dumb.

Have you played both versions of the game which is how you came to that conclusion of there being a visible difference? Maybe they were playing it on a TV and aren't tech reviewers?

 

[Toma]

No.

lol.

 

[GQman2121]

So did they give a bump in score to the Xbone version or lower the other scores by.5? Because those are two entirely different changes, albeit, miniscule.

 

[Toki767]

Gies didn't write the review. Russ Frushtick did.

 

[Dragon]

And if it does? Looks like fun game.

Or does low resolution = bad game?

DR3 has framerate problems along with a 720p resolution.

BF4 7.5 for both consoles, despite the XBO version being massively inferior, but a higher COD score for XBO isnt biased to you?

Did Russ Frushtick do the BF4 review? I wouldn't pay much attention to them if it upsets you so.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I don't care about the score bump. I don't care about the framerate talk (though it certainly doesn't seem to a universal complaint).


What I can't for the life of me understand is how this dude looked at the games side by side and said he couldn't see a difference.


That's just fucking dumb.

It is dumb. Also, why isn't IGN reporting on the frame rate difference? Seems like certain websites are picking their sides.

 

[Tashi]

In this thread, tons of people who don't give a shit about CoD arguing about a CoD review.