Horse Armour
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Erm... Ubisoft have released A LOT more open world games than Rockstar have. If your point is right then Ubi should annihilate Rockstar when it comes to open world building.
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Video: Russian compares Watch_Dogs Max Settings vs GTA IV Max Settings
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RMS Gigantic
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Well, there's the way that they continually claim that the game takes place in "Chicago", but they can't even get the shape of the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower right. Heck, they don't even call it that in the game, which is odd given how iconic the building is to Chicago.
That's not a texture mod.
CaptainSlow
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Holy Shit! Too Human was $100,000,000?!?!
Always-honest
Banned
Well, dat Rockstar attention to detail.
RMS Gigantic
Member
Because they're trying to simulate ripples that are too narrow with polygons that are too large: the result is these rapidly moving triangle-shaped peaks, instead of smooth curves that appear to roll.
Both games use cubemaps for general reflections. WD uses SSR for water, dunno what's GTA IV's solution for water reflections.
Also WD Nvidia video showcased screen space reflections for wet surfaces, but that's actually not included at this moment.
Watching the first video just reinforces my suspicion that this game running lower res on next-gen consoles has little to do with hardware being weak and more to do with Ubisoft's greed. They simply wanted too much by wanting to release on almost every possible platform. This game is just a fluster cluck from a technological standpoint.
He who grasps much, retains but little.
He who grasps much, retains but little.
I'm probably going to get it used when it's dirt cheap.
Wait, there was nothing in the original 2012 video suggesting that these types of details would be in the game.
That game was like over 10 years in development and spanned multiple generations and consoles. Playstation to Gamecube to Xbox 360, different directions, etc.
ShinMaruku
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Then you look at the games out of eastern europe and you smell something.
Pops Maellard
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http://a.pomf.se/pnrphs.webm
Despite the 2012 reveal and whatever compromises were made to get it running on last gen systems, the game still looks rather good.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Wasn't Sleeping Dogs 2 confirmed though, due to it's long lasting sales? I could've sworn it was confirmed.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
They have? Isn't ACIV their first truly open world AC game? What other franchises have they developed that are truly open world when the first truly open world AC game didn't happen until IV? Far Cry III and........
Rockstar has been releasing open world games since GTA began, and doing it in a 3D polygon world since early PS2 days. Please map out Ubisoft's pedigree in this genre.
Horse Armour
Member
I'd like you to explain How AC4 is their first open world game.
flaxknuckles
Member
And the controls will still be worse than buttery cow dung
In the AC franchise? Can you walk from one end of the world map to the other in AC 1-3?
I didn't say AC IV was "their first open world game", I just said it was the first in THAT SERIES. Please read again.
I'm still waiting on an explanation as to how Ubisoft is tremendously more experienced in open world games than Rockstar.
Admiral Woofington
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Forgive me if I'm late to the party but isn't the Sleeping Dogs 2 game actually a title whose current codename is Triad Wars and it is hinted at being not a sequel but a multiplayer game in the same universe?
kriskrosbbk
Member
The water passing through the car was well,bad.
Always-honest
Banned
I loved the euphoria engine stuff in GTAIV. Slowly driving up to people and bumping into them was even fun.
Car lights not casting shadows was first thing i noticed when i watched gameplay videos. I am sure that there is option in engine that says "cast shadows" for lights and they can enable it without too many problems. Reflections are other story, they are more demanding and i am ok with their decision to not include real-time reflections. It is annoying but acceptable.
kriskrosbbk
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Thats how WD looks on youtube.
And that is relevant to this topic how?
KaiserBecks
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The controls in RDR and V were fine. V didn't match MP3, but I guess that's more to do with performance and should be better on PC (if there's going to be a port...). That said, the controls in "Watch_Dogs" aren't perfect either. They feel very similar to "Splinter Cell: Conviction", and the shooting isn't nearly as fun because the game doesn't use Euphoria.
Rockstar developed GTA IV. Ubisoft developed Watch_Dogs. They were both featured and compared in the original post's video.
I have quoted his post before he edited it. I was referring to second sentence that was posted before he added first one.
Chill. I accidentally deleted my initial comment before I submitted. I quoted someone but decided not to include it in my post.
mysteriousmage09
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That's downright embarrassing for Ubisoft. GTA IV is a 2008 title ffs.
BumblebeeCody
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I don't see why the uploader's nationality is important for the title but whatever.
Anyways, I'm someone who like GTA IV anyway and this made me appreciate the game ever more.
Anyways, I'm someone who like GTA IV anyway and this made me appreciate the game ever more.
As shown in the OT, it can if the time of day is right.
Pops Maellard
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The same reason the PC version of Dark Souls II doesn't match the reveal trailer.
GTAIV... is still one of my favourite games of all time. (I do have a TV that washes it out just the right way) Not surprised at the results of this video although I expected better of Watch Dogs.
Reason I like GTAIV: Look it IS boring if you play it from the "I'm going on an epic scale rampage" frame of mind, I prefer to role play as a street thug who just does occasional stabbings etc. It's just deeply immersive/personal for me, sort of like how the Wire's Baltimore is immersive in a dullish painful way.
Reason I like GTAIV: Look it IS boring if you play it from the "I'm going on an epic scale rampage" frame of mind, I prefer to role play as a street thug who just does occasional stabbings etc. It's just deeply immersive/personal for me, sort of like how the Wire's Baltimore is immersive in a dullish painful way.
Not really? They've been at it for years and basically wrote the book on urban open worlds.
hooijdonk17
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I never played a GTA game since GTA2 but I now have newfound respect for GTA4 (and via that 5), I may indeed go back and play GTA4..