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[Nabbis]

Can't get more cinematic than that.

 

[Dysun]

next gen starts here, they said

 

[Cybit]

Yeah but memory on ps4 should be able to help a lot in such situations.

Nope; if they are processing & running 10k AIs; the CPU is almost certainly the limiting factor.

That said, I'm pretty sure this is just massive performance failures all around; it's like they lost revision control and sent the wrong version of the game to go Gold. That or they have one hell of a patch coming up.

 

[ctfg23]

Oh dear

 

[nckillthegrimace]

I don't understand where there needs to be like 5000 dudes on screen, given the enormous blows to performance. At some point, probably a much lower number, it just becomes "a lot" to the player, and it gets across what Ubisoft was trying to portray.

 

[Riky]

Changed my order to Xbox, didn't think I would be doing that this gen.

 

[Nephtes]

Did not expect this.
Still not buying the game...thanks microtransactions.

 

[Minions]

If there is that large of a difference 5fps (17%~) it makes it sound like the game was half baked, at least towards the PS4 version. No wonder they kept saying parity.... not even close. One can only hope they optimize post release... as it is that is pretty sad.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Leave it to the french to take advantage of secret sauce.

 

[djplaeskool]

sub-30, or SUBBEST-30

 

[malfcn]

Can they patch out npc to increase perf?

 

[AdanVC]

This is like, the worst day of the year for Ubisoft. Dat performance.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

But... the parity? Ubisoft not only lied, they couldn't even achieve parity and the more powerful console comes out worse. Wow.

 

[Resident_UA]

Selling my PS4 as we speak.

You might as well sell Xbox and PC as well. That game does not run well on anything

 

[JayEH]

It got sub 20 on PS4 for a couple of seconds a little bit later.

Changed my order to Xbox, didn't think I would be doing that this gen.

Not like the Xbox version is doing much better...

 

[Grisby]

Gaf is going to deplete the worlds supply of popcorn at this rate.

 

[Loakum]

Man.....it just gets worse and worse....

 

[Stilton Disco]

Yeah, this is some massively hairy bollocks right here.

Fuck it, I'm done buying Ubisoft games.

 

[Backfoggen]

CPU advantage?

 

[Ammogeddon]

This thread will not end in unity.

Quite the opposite, this should be the moment we come together as a gaming community and tell Ubisoft that they are not up to scratch.

 

[EekumBokum]

This is disgusting

 

[statham]

Microsoft should put "better on Xbox One" on the packaging.

 

[SerTapTap]

Let this be a lesson to developers who focus on anything other than pees, framerate and AA. Sure, put a game in there, but don't get carried away.

Considering the complaints about the tedium, I don't think this is the game to hold up as "gameplay over literally any technical aspect"

 

[Durante]

Yeah but hardware memory/bandwith on ps4 should be able to help a lot in such situations.

Why? How would memory bandwidth help in CPU bound situations?

 

[Xando]

Either they ran out of time and should have delayed or they need to hire some new programmers.

 

[Metaroo]

PS4 is more powerful, but it's entirely possible they lead developed on the X1 then did a quick and dirty port to PS4 without optimizing it at all.

Makes sense. If the framerate is still sub 30, i'm assuming that a bad game would only be ported worse.

 

[nikos]

Hopefully we see some kind of patch. Until then, let's call it filmic.

 

[Hasney]

This is fucked up. It being faster on XB1 shows where the bottleneck is, but maybe they could have done a few less NPCs? I mean, maybe at least lock it to 30 instead of proceeding with some incompetent design? It's not like these CPUs are a surprise at this point.

These guys...

 

[Tom Penny]

The A.I. probably isn't even better than Half Life 1.

 

[prwxv3]

Anyone that tries to get a victory out of this for console wars should be ashamed of themselves.

Ubi should be ashamed for this awful performance.

 

[SRTtoZ]

PS4 is more powerful, but it's entirely possible they lead developed on the X1 then did a quick and dirty port to PS4 without optimizing it at all.

This would be more believable if they didnt come out and say they were aiming for parity for the sake of debates.

 

[system11]

It's frustrating that the game is still getting good review scores - it should be pummeled for serious playability issues like game breaking bugs and sub-30 frame rates. If there was any justice in the world the Metacritic rating would be in the 50s.

 

[gruenel]

Misterxmedia redeemed

Spoiler

what a train wreck this game is

 

[Van Owen]

MS co-marketing dollars at work.

 

[The Llama]

This is fucked up. It being faster on XB1 shows where the bottleneck is, but maybe they could have done a few less NPCs? I mean, maybe at least lock it to 30 instead of proceeding with some incompetent design? It's not like these CPUs are a surprise at this point.

These guys...

They needed more NPC's for dat nextgen gameplay.

 

[Zoned]

So they have already used every ounce of consoles which is leading to 20FPS.

So they are pretty much done with this shit. WTF

 

[Chocolate & Vanilla]

Sounds like they just didn't optimise at all, but especially so on PS4

 

[Sephiroth_GR_]

Changed my order to Xbox, didn't think I would be doing that this gen.

 

[Deaf Spacker]

Anyone that tries to get a victory out of this for console wars should be ashamed of themselves.

Ubi should be ashamed for this awful performance.

Exactly, there are no winners.

 

[Bgamer90]

Woah. XB1 version is better.

No one "wins" though -- game sounds like a mess on both platforms.

 

[kiguel182]

Since the X1 has a better CPU and the game is CPU bottlenecked then it makes sense that the Xbox has an advantage.

Frame rates are still atrocious. If the consoles couldn't display that many NPCs then they should've cut some.

 

[Kezen]

Ubisoft will surely release a patch to improve performance on consoles.

 

[GhostTrick]

You guys don't understand ! Ubisoft finally achieved the cinematic framerate they were aiming for

 

[Cybit]

How is that even possible? Sounds like they just ported it to PS4 and didn't bother tweaking it or anything. What a fucking joke.

I'm guessing they developed it on PC and just ported it directly to X1 & PS4; if they're testing the game out on beastly PCs - they may have ran out of time / not bothered checking how it fully worked on consoles. It looks like the Unity engine is ridiculously CPU intensive? Or at least the addition of all of those AIs would be.

 

[LTWood12]

I don't understand where there needs to be like 5000 dudes on screen, given the enormous blows to performance. At some point, probably a much lower number, it just becomes "a lot" to the player, and it gets across what Ubisoft was trying to portray.

Exactly. They have totally weighed down performance in favor of a fucking marketing bullet point. "Look at all the people on screen."

 

[ChoklitCow]

It's so beautiful. All those individually crafted models. The vivid detail. This is next-gen.

Wait!! There is a flag on the PS4 version. That is easily a 4 fps difference.

Also, someone quick. Count every individual character model. let's make sure there is numbers parity as well. I can't have three less frivolous models in my game.

 

[danowat]

The tin foil hat brigade are going to have a field day with this.

The truth is out there.

 

[TheHater]

Ubisoft keeps topping themselves lol

 

[JetBlackPanda]

just so we are clear, everyone else can get games to run better on PS4 but Ubisoft can't?

actually, Assassins Creed cant?

lawl.. fucking A

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

seems like the rumors of 900p being due to the game coming in hot and not really due to parity aren't looking as crazy as they once sounded.