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[dwells]

To put it simply:

To be honest, the HD remaster just looks like someone went nuts with the smudge tool in photoshop.

Great work, perfectly scaled, simple, and to the point. In this case I think the original actually looks better. Certainly sharper.

Someone get this to the gaming media - I'd say it makes for a decent story. Who am I kidding, they'll never cover this.

 

[Nordicus]

I'm surprised Ubisoft thought they could get away with that

 

[Damaniel]

Looks to me like they've scaled the original sprites (which were probably rendered at a much lower resolution - like 640x480) to match the height of the new sprites (which are presumably running at a much higher resolution). Somewhat slimy (and kind of deceptive), but I don't think there's a huge conspiracy to make 'classic' HOMM3 to look so bad compared to the new one.

(But then again, we are talking Ubisoft here. I wouldn't put anything past them at this point.)

EDIT: Never mind. The non-Ubi scaled comparison shots are pretty damning.

 

[Vizzeh]

Great work, perfectly scaled, simple, and to the point. In this case I think the original actually looks better. Certainly sharper.

Someone get this to the gaming media - I'd say it makes for a decent story. Who am I kidding, they'll never cover this.

Youtubers will... Gaming media ie proper journalism does not exist to the form it should, for the most part most major outlets are merely Advertising arms

 

[Xeroblade]

This thread is gold. thanks for the laughs gaf.

 

[Bradd12]

Someone please start a fake comparison thread!

 

[shysaursoft]

Someone will... Gaming media and YouTubers, ie proper journalism, does not exist to the form it should, for the most part most major outlets and youtube celebrities are merely Advertising arms

Fixed it for you.

 

[Saint Gregory]

I tried to find pics and failed but didn't Capcom just do this with the Resident Evil Remake as well? I'm pretty sure they showed comparisons to the GC original that were way worse than reality.

 

[d1rtn4p]

Man...So over AAA publishers these days. Now Bethesda just needs to turn Fallout 4 into a mess, and my disownership will be complete.

 

[nasos_333]

The first image is super precious indeed

Good find, it is one of those things i would never expect to see

 

[FyreWulff]

I tried to find pics and failed but didn't Capcom just do this with the Resident Evil Remake as well? I'm pretty sure they showed comparisons to the GC original that were way worse than reality.

Whole bunch of companies have been doing this with a whole bunch of games.

The only way to catch it is if you're familiar with the original game, which is probably why it doesn't get pointed out that much.

 

[Stabby McSter]

you gotta admit this is kind of hilarious

 

[nasos_333]

Great work, perfectly scaled, simple, and to the point. In this case I think the original actually looks better. Certainly sharper.

Someone get this to the gaming media - I'd say it makes for a decent story. Who am I kidding, they'll never cover this.

But it has next gen blur effects

I think this is the difference they want us to "focus on", lol

 

[HyperOne]

Neogaf continues to deliver. I will definitely keep my eyes out for this practice from now on.

 

[BPoole]

A reverse bullshot? Bravo to whichever Ubiemployee thought of that.

 

[SeanNoonan]

I feel the birth of a new meme

 

[Makonero]

Wow. This company. And to think I used to think Ubi was one of the good guys (Ignorable shovelware games excluded).

Those ignorable shovelware games should've given you a hint. P.F. Magic's Petz series was really awesome when I was a kid.

RIP P.F. Magic.

 

[nasos_333]

I see now, this thread got it all wrong

The actual new game is the pixel art one !!!

 

[spookyfish]

wow, I really am starting to truly dislike Ubisoft now

Yup. They've fallen pretty fast with me, even with bullshots.

 

[todahawk]

jesus christ ubi's making it hard to buy this. it's so stupid, they don't need to do this shit, especially for this game.

 

[Murder. She Wrote]

Leave it to Ubisoft to ruin a good thing. Better off just getting an HD mod for the original HoMM3.

 

[Larogue]

Halo collection on XB1

Halo on Original Xbox

 

[tilomite]

Great thread. Ubisoft has been delivering a lot of unintentional entertainment this year.

 

[Tempy]

And they probably pay their marketing more than the devs.

 

[Banana Aeon]

Ubi pls stahp.

This is hilarious. If Ubisoft put as much effort into making good games, rather than trying to bullshit their fans, Ubisoft would the best in the industry.

 

[Squishy3]

Halo collection on XB1

Halo on Original Xbox

is it bad that this just makes me want to play the original halo remade to look like the original doom

 

[Alebrije]

Not surprised....

 

[old manatee]

One time I was waiting at a Jack in the Box Drive Through in Oakland and a guy who was clearly like 50 and on hard drugs came up to my window and showed me his community college ID where he was like 20 and healthy and he was like 'give me some money, I'm in college.'

Spoiler

Ubisoft is like that guy.

 

[Calcium]

Oh, Ubisoft. What happened to you?

 

[jay]

Leave it to Ubisoft to ruin a good thing. Better off just getting an HD mod for the original HoMM3.

Yeah, I'll just keep playing the version I have and send a check to Van Caneghem. Fuck Ubisoft.

 

[Kalor]

Ubisoft aren't the first people to do it. I think I remember Capcom doing it for the Okami HD Release but I could be wrong.

 

[rjc571]

Capcpom was the master of this, with Okami and Resident Evil 4.

 

[TheSlySoul]

Resident Evil 4 HD for PS4/XB1:

Resident Evil 4 on GC:

 

[JaseMath]

Not defending Ubi, but could it have maybe looked like that on lowest settings? I'm assuming it's a PC game (not a PC gamer) and I'm playing devil's advocate.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

We had GAFfers doing This yesterday to inexplicably justify Uncharted 1 to Uncharted 2 looking like a "generational leap". So don't be so harsh on Ubisoft.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Not defending Ubi, but could it have maybe looked like that on lowest settings? I'm assuming it's a PC game (not a PC gamer) and I'm playing devil's advocate.

I don't believe there were settings for this. The game ran on a potato

 

[Permanently A]

Let it never be said that Ubisoft aren't pioneers of the gaming industry.

The new age of reverse bullshots are upon us.

 

[Memorabilia]

Ubisoft: Making EA look like Nintendo since 2014.

Lol Seriously. Has Ubi been taken over by a bunch of former Wall Street banksters or something? Literally everything they do lately is covered in sleaze.

 

[jim2point0]

From Reddit:

Okay no. Please stop this. I hate the shit ubisoft has been pulling to. But does that we mean we have to spread lies and misinformation? The ads are comparing the new and old overworld sprites not battle sprites.

Is that true? I know the overworld sprites didn't look as good as battle sprites, so that might hold some truth.

 

[RionaaM]

Pokemon R/S/E, 2013:

Pokemon OR/AS, 2014, same hardware:

If anything, this shit Ubi did was worth it just for this post.

 

[Superflat]

To put it simply:

To be honest, the HD remaster just looks like someone went nuts with the smudge tool in photoshop.

Oh lord, it actually LOST detail in the transition

 

[hotnheavyload]

Yup.

Also:

Oh wow, that's gross.

 

[ClaptoVaughn]

I'm surprised Ubisoft thought they could get away with that

I've said that about Ubisoft so many times over the years I've lost count.

Yet they manage to.

 

[Ahasverus]

Ubisoft is the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[nasos_333]

Oh lord, it actually LOST detail in the transition

I think the pixelated one is derived from the new blurry model directly and not from the old one. Notice the blue dot and aura in the lightning, vs the old that has none

Also the shape looks close to the new one, they just pixelated them and presented as the "bad old look" lol

 

[Psoelberg]

Love these fake comparison pictures Great thread!

 

[FlyinJ]

Is that true? I know the overworld sprites didn't look as good as battle sprites, so that might hold some truth.

That would make a lot more sense.

However, you can only really show so much detail given how far out the overworld is zoomed. I don't see how increasing the resolution to this degree wouldn't just scale it right back down again.

 

[rBose]

Wow, that almost looks like as big an improvement as Last of Us remaster!

New PS4 Joel:

Original PS3 character model:

omg im dying

 

[Zombie James]

To put it simply:

To be honest, the HD remaster just looks like someone went nuts with the smudge tool in photoshop.

 

[TheSlySoul]

Is that true? I know the overworld sprites didn't look as good as battle sprites, so that might hold some truth.

The OW doesn't look that bad from what I googled...

I think they tried to get a screenshot like this:

So they probably put it as lowest resolution possible to make the HD version look better.