Yes but they can't be arsed to fix it when the smell of $$$ from consumer's pockets lingers in the air.
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Assassins Creed: Unity Framerate Is Atrocious
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LukasTaves
Member
It's impossible not to notice. Sometimes the game feels like it's actually slowed down, because the framerate dropped that much.
Dunno what they had on their minds if they thought that was even remotely acceptable.
Edit:
I thought the game looked fantastic, not blurry at all (xbone). Some cutscenes are also incredible. Not to say the game looks always amazing, sometimes it's very bland, but overall up there with the best looking games this generation.
Ofc they see it but they don't have the time to fix it i guess. When Ubisoft wants the game out before holidays then you better hit the deadline.
Considering the amount to which the PS4 and Xbox One resemble PC hardware, I hope that holds true. I'm thinking a lot of the juice in the consoles has already been displayed, as the developers aren't grappling with a completely new architecture.
I mean I hope you're all right. Still being a little cautious though...you never know right? Haha...ha...*sign*
Any video game is a first world problem, but personally, I can't enjoy the game if I'm being taken out of it with stupid technical problems. You can't force yourself to enjoy something shitty.
John Bender
Banned
Games really should be reviewed in their release state, with ammendments stating what improves with patches. because whenever these patches stop being hosted. players will no longer be able to experience games like this is a working state :/
Auto-Reply
Member
They see it but they have 10.000 developers working on it and you'd have to interact with every one of them... that's hard to do!
It's Assassins Creed, half the gameplay is automatic... fits the framerate perfectly!
I wasn't serious... just to be clear
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Shocking, AC games on consoles have a nasty framerate.
RamzaIsCool
The Amiga Brotherhood
It's like Ubisoft just dumped this game in the market without optimizing or polishing it one bit. Hoping that in weeks after launch they are able to patch and fix a bunch of stuff. Kinda reminds me off BF4.
MS and Sony both should feel ashamed for allowing this to happen. Why do they even cert. games if they can pass in a broken state? I guess Ubisoft is to big. :/
MS and Sony both should feel ashamed for allowing this to happen. Why do they even cert. games if they can pass in a broken state? I guess Ubisoft is to big. :/
15-20 fps would be already unplayable from the controls point of view.
Wind's Howling
Member
Are people actually in their right as consumer to get their money back when said developer releases a buggy game that has an unplayable framerate with no word from Ubi to ''promise'' they will fix it?
Pff yeah right. Here your new car with flat tire and engine problems. Enjoy your ride. Never understand why people would accept to be getting fucked over just because it's still "fun"
Monster Zero
Junior Member
Gonna be honest, didn't see the issue until someone pointed it out, I'm glad I got such weak gamer glasses
Yeah probably. Didn't Minecraft get rejected by either Sony or MS just lately lol?
Yep nowhere left to go from here we don't even need to see a SSM or ND game Ubi have shown us all the juices.
Mohonky
Member
I said its a combination of both. Neither system is a powerhouse and trying to bruteforce this engine obviously hasnt worked for them, the game badly needs to be optimised for both of the platforms.
But we knew ages ago this game was going to be a shit show on both consoles, but somehow people believed it was solely Microsoft holding back those 1080pees on PS4. Its not and it never was. Its the low end hardware coupled with Ubisoft not optimising for what is there.
Sparrowhawk
Member
Are you serious?
digoutyoursoul
Member
The review embargo is up in a few days isn't it ? Let's see who mentions these issues and who doesn't.
AC4 was locked at 30.
Maxwood
Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
Looks like I won't be touching Unity. I'm an epileptic and a framerate that fucked up and so much pop-in literally makes me sick. Such a shame, the E3 footage looked pretty cool.
Heh.
*few hours
Some people will.
Personally, immersion is one of the big reasons I play Assassin's Creed games. When people are popping into existence 20 yards in front of you, its a bit of an immersion breaker. So its kind of a big deal for me.
The Elite
BOSS
Besides the frame rate the game has been fantastic so far.
Not sure thats a realistic comparison, £50 game with pop ins ≠ new car costing thousands with a flat tire that stops you going anywhere.
alexandros
Banned
What an unexpected twist. People were afraid that the PC version would run badly but in the end it's the console versions that suffer from severe issues. Maybe Ubisoft was overambitious with the level of detail?
First World Problems, on an internet gaming-based forum.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Really ? Thanks for the correction. Let's see then who brings these problems up.
nelsonroyale
Member
People can use the same tools and the same resources and optimise over time. Let's wait to see what devs like ND and SSM, and QD for that matter, deliver before making any judgments.
Alexandros: How does the PC version run on equivalent hardware? Most people who have PCs won't have the top of the line...
I keep hearing reports of this but at the same time I hear people talking about "maxed" settings with the 780Ti.
"Max settings" includes the Ultra High textures which require 4GB VRAM. The 780Ti has 3GB VRAM. They shouldn't be using Ultra High textures.
Nintendojitsu
Banned
Now we know why it's in the Xbone Holiday bundle. It's so bad they're practically giving it away.
thelastword
Banned
Seems to me like your stance on framerate isn't as strong as it used to be, in as much as you say you don't find AC-U's framerate acceptable, here you are bringing OOT into the equation. We all know what the N64's limitation was, but it's much too early in this gen to have yet another sub-hd game with such a terrible framerate. Also if the comparison must be made, I hope this game is as good as OOT.
One thing that baffles me though, why is it that Ubisoft is only going for such an AC game now, if it is that they're heavily using the CPU, they had a beast of a CPU in cell, yet they never made a game with so many npc's before. Wouldn't it have been better to make that game then?
Spacecowboy77
Member
Classic Ubisoft, can't say I'm surprised
Sadly, game will still sell tons of copies
Sadly, game will still sell tons of copies
Even the PC port is suffering from problems.
This game seems like a disaster on almost all fronts.
Dr_LucienSanchez
Banned
That's exactly how I feel in regards to this. It's just something that shouldn't be an issue anymore, even if it means scaling back on 10,000 NPCs or whatever.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Ubisoft's decision to release a new AC game every year is finally biting them in the ass. This would never have happened if they'd released the game when it's actually finished (complete, bug free, optimized for each platform) instead of on a release date set in stone.