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[omonimo]

Crowds require CPU and the CPU in the Xbox One is faster. In this corner case, the game is playing the strengths of Xbox One rather then PS4.

Yeah but this overclocked cpu can't handle an advantage of 5 fps. It's not that faster.

 

[LyleLanley]

So there is a version worse than this?
AC Unity frame rate nightmare X1: http://youtu.be/-YdgnxdzE5g

Holy shit, is this real?

 

[Fox_Mulder]

Ubisoft is a *insert random word here*

 

[CozMick]

No sympathy for any one on PS4 that kept their pre-order after the initial parity statement. This game had disappointment written on it way before now.

Amen

Was gonna buy it used, now I won't even bother

Fuck ubisoft

 

[moai]

But what about parité.
This puts into perspective that thread when ubisoft pr talked about that.

 

[Vire]

You bought Unity?!

Yep, pre-ordered it ahead of time since I'm a kinda big AC fan.

Oh well.

 

[Kuldar]

Looks like this version of AnvilNext doesn't perform well on current gen. It's strange for an iteration of the engine made for this gen only.

 

[thelastcrusader]

Fuck you Ubisoft

 

[TheVanillaGorilla]

Ubisoft will never pry my wallet open again. So much incompetence mixed with arrogant PR and dull identikit gaming experiences means my precious gaming time will be spent elsewhere.

 

[EatMyFace]

Unacceptable performance on both consoles.

 

[Skyzard]

What happened to this?

Seems Ubi is even doing BS GDC presentations.

PS4 cpu is worse than PS3?

 

[darkwing]

What happened to this?

Seems Ubi is even doing BS GDC presentations.

dat parity?

 

[Raist]

Some other "fun with ACU cutscenes" moments.

Perspective, how does it work?

Pssssst, hey, XB1 lighting, that window isn't wide open.

 

[kabel]

PS4 cpu is worse than PS3?

No.

 

[Marlenus]

A 9% clock speed increase on all 6 cores could easily explain the difference on a CPU bound game.

It is not additive... It is a flat 9% increase.

 

[omonimo]

PS4 cpu is worse than PS3??

For graphical 'task' yes. Not how cpu in general.

 

[benzy]

Yep, pre-ordered it ahead of time since I'm a kinda big AC fan.

Oh well.

I wanna buy it if there's a black friday sale but the low ass framerate in the vids I've seen just makes me not want it at all.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

The XB1 version dropped? What fools for not picking up the superior version.

More people own PS4 and the Xbox Unity bundle explain the sales.

 

[ComputerBlue]

This makes me sad, it really does. This whole day has been a let down. I love this series and don't want to see it fail. I want to see them do well and create great games. Problem being is that I don't think Ubi is capable anymore.

I won't be playing this game for a while so hopefully by then things are patched up a bit.

 

[vesvci]

Wow, what a POS game. Time to refill that Atari E.T. landfill.

 

[LordOfChaos]

A 9% clock speed increase on all 6 cores could easily explain the difference on a CPU bound game.

Was this facetious, or...
You realize "on each core" is irrelevant to the performance gain. 9% clock increase on 6 usable cores, vs a competitor with the same amount of cores, is still a 9% increase. More cores doesn't make a clock increase relatively bigger when compared to the same number of cores.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Man wtf is really going on? What a mess.

 

[RespectThySole]

But shit was only $39,99 unity+black flag.

Fuck that. Who cares about the price when you're still supporting a myriad of shitty business practices and terrible design choices?

 

[TrojanBlade]

Honestly let's see that come out before making snap judgements.
TLOU is a last-gen game and its 60 fps option is not without tradeoffs.

End of gen games that maximize the consoles performance are hard to port to even a more powerful with different architecture next gen console. They had the same issue when porting some PS2 games to PS3.

Nothing to do with NDs talent.

 

[lonedigitalwolf]

Really?
The take away should be that you do not buy it all.

Exactly... now i hope that someother company buys the Rayman IP so that i can stop purchasing Ubi titles altogether.

 

[The Lamp]

Let me get this straight.

This game hovers close to 20fps on both consoles, it runs better on Xbox One, and Ubisoft designed the game the way they did to "avoid debates"? Ironic.

This combined with the absurd microtransaction currency and locking/removing basic Assassin's skills from games past means I probably won't be picking this up.

Shame on you, Ubisoft. Shame.

 

[Skyzard]

For graphical 'task' yes. Not how cpu in general.

Ah, good lol it's not usually used like that? Okay I see.

Cell had too much going on iirc too.

 

[cyberheater]

Yeah but this overclocked cpu can't handle an advantage of 5 fps. It's not that faster.

Clearly, a 9% increase accumulate across 6 active game cpu cores is.

I wonder if the crowd A.I is fixed across a few cpu cores or are scheduled across all the available cpu cores as they become available.

 

[Portugeezer]

Some other "fun with ACU cutscenes" moments.

Perspective, how does it work?

Pssssst, hey, XB1 lighting, that window isn't wide open.

PS4 version redeemed.

 

[>-Baron-Spamedi-<]

I am soooooooo glad I cancelled my pre order for this and placed one on Dragon Age Inquisition instead.

 

[darkwing]

Let me get this straight.

This game hovers close to 20fps on both consoles, it runs better on Xbox One, and Ubisoft designed the game the way they did to "avoid debates"? Ironic.

This combined with the absurd microtransaction currency and locking/removing basic Assassin's skills from games past means I probably won't be picking this up.

Shame on you, Ubisoft. Shame.

It's an AC game, it will still sell millions

 

[Suzzopher]

So that #notops4parity worked then.

 

[pastrami]

This game seems like a mess on all platforms. Horrible job by Ubisoft, especially considering that this is their flagship franchise.

 

[mave198]

MS moneyhatting Ubi to downgrade PS4 version confirmed.

 

[Omegabalmung9]

Holy shit, is this real?

Yup it happens on the PS4 version also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIlZZQdKizg

I can recreate the same fps dip every time I'm in the same area.

 

[Timu]

Some other "fun with ACU cutscenes" moments.

Perspective, how does it work?

Pssssst, hey, XB1 lighting, that window isn't wide open.

So PS4 does better in cutscenes but worse in gameplay? Weird.

 

[Pop]

I blame the people who keep buying Ubi games. They know they half ass these games now and still sell millions.

 

[LordOfChaos]

PS4 cpu is worse than PS3?

Gonna quote myself here

The PS3 CPU MIGHT have been a tad faster - if you perfected micro-managing the teeny tiny local memory in each SPE, if you never had to thrash the main memory because the local memories were so small, if you took advantage of the very specific type of work the SPEs excelled at (which GPUs are far better at now anyways). If you had in-order operation in mind for all the code you wrote, anything branchy could choke it. One wee mistake, and your performance fell off a cliff.

So while they may seem close, or a regression, in benchmarks showing their full potential, the Jaguar is much, much easier to actually use the power of. A lot more tolorant of mistakes.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

With 10+ studios.. How long are the credits?
Of all those people, no one thought there were problems or offered solutions.. Like a less ambitious scale or reducing npc?

 

[The Lamp]

It's an AC game, it will still sell millions

Well, it'll be millions minus one, at least.

 

[DustyVonEric]

And forget buying it used. LOL

Spoiler

Follow the money

 

[Endoplasmatisch]

Some other "fun with ACU cutscenes" moments.

Perspective, how does it work?

Pssssst, hey, XB1 lighting, that window isn't wide open.

Why should I care about The framerate in cutscenes? Movies Are in 24 fps and nobody cares.

FPS in gameplay is way more important than in cutscenes.

 

[Skyzard]

It's an AC game, it will still sell millions

Exactly, it's AC.

We knew FPS would be shit at times.
Buggy.
Boring gameplay for the most part.

but...
Can't get decent framerates with monster rigs if you enable settings most other games use?
Sign up to a service to open the chest you just found though? Sign up to another one? Pay some more to unlock it? Pay some more again?

Okay, it's a nice looking game at times and the theme is neat but no one deserves this shite performance and butchering of basic gameplay reward mechanics.

 

[SyenceLabb]

I expected worse meltdowns in this thread.

Anyway - As a fan of the AC series, I'm disappointed like most of you. This game seems to have so many issues, with some of them being fairly odd.

- KJ

 

[LyleLanley]

Yup it happens on the PS4 version also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIlZZQdKizg

I can recreate the same fps dip every time I'm in the same area.

That's awful, how was that not caught and fixed before they shipped the game?

 

[WinterX]

Are you kidding me? PS4 got better specs and performs worse than XO? 900p and not even 30 fps? BIG LOL!

 

[Guymelef]

Some other "fun with ACU cutscenes" moments.

Perspective, how does it work?

Pssssst, hey, XB1 lighting, that window isn't wide open.

How the hell can low to 21fps in something controlled as a cut scene...?

 

[Damaniel]

So this game is a technical failure (in addition to a core gameplay failure and a 'microtransactions in full priced games' failure)? Big surprise. It's essentially 'game design by committee' taken to a very extreme conclusion. Things like parity between platforms are minor annoyances, especially if the game itself is fun, but it really sounds like Ubisoft is really struggling to get even that part right.

The fact that it took a 1000+ member team at Ubisoft's various worldwide studios to release this is just more proof that too many cooks can spoil the broth.

Spoiler

Sorry, people.

 

[Toki767]

So there is a version worse than this?
AC Unity frame rate nightmare X1: http://youtu.be/-YdgnxdzE5g

Thankfully no. PS4 version supposedly outperforms Xbox One indoors.

 

[alr1ght]

Oh Ubishit, you never fail to impress. Horrible performance on both consoles and PC. Hopefully it bombs.

Spoiler

It won't.