Anyway, yea the game looks completely gorgeous.
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Assassin's Creed Unity -- The graphics "leap" we've all been waiting for.
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The game does have film grain in certain areas. Very obvious in night time.
I will try to capture on PS4.
Coreda
Member
Optimized images are appreciated, you could always provide the full version on click.
How high do you have your 980s OC'd? I have pretty much the same rig as you (slightly higher CPU OC and faster RAM tho) and I have everything maxed out including textures. I just lock the framerate to 30 and there's no stuttering at all for me. Do you have it on an SSD?
Anyway, yea the game looks completely gorgeous.
That's the stuff. Beautiful.
thisisalan
Member
Wow, I think this thread just sold me on AC: Unity. Need to see some of this for myself.
Well many people can't understand what is so special about graphic in this game because they don't know what are the techniques Ubisoft used to achieve this.
They dont know what is Global Illumination, HBAO+, Caustics etc. They don't know how demanding those things are and yet ACU is game that is using them all in real time.
From graphical standpoint ACU is truly amazing achievement.
They dont know what is Global Illumination, HBAO+, Caustics etc. They don't know how demanding those things are and yet ACU is game that is using them all in real time.
From graphical standpoint ACU is truly amazing achievement.
Angry Fork
Member
I wish there was a button that let you turn the hud off/on instantly because I want to run around without the hud but you need it during the assassinations. Or maybe just an option to slim the hud, make it more thinner so you could see the basic stuff like health, ammo, without it taking up the screen.
No ETA. :/
EightBitNate
Member
I think it's better looking than Infamous on PS4, framerate and resolution aside. All in an open world too. I have no doubts about Uncharted 4 looking amazeballs now.
Yep , I agree there.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Game is definitely ridiculous gorgeous. Top-notch art design. Character customization is aces. Everything just looks insanely beautiful.
I love Paris. Just so detailed, inside and outside. I just run along the rooftops and wander the streets. Definitely the best world that Ubi has created.
I love Paris. Just so detailed, inside and outside. I just run along the rooftops and wander the streets. Definitely the best world that Ubi has created.
You can, just hold down R3 to make HUD disappear.
Because visuals on stills aren't everything... the game deserves what it got from reviews.
Hell the level of detail and scope of Paris is what allowed it to even get 7s to begin with. The highs are really high in the game but the lows are through the god damn floor.
JordanN
Banned
Light from a non-direct light source.
For example, if you hold a tomato very close to your shirt during a sunny day, you should see some of the "redness" from the tomato show up on your shirt.
Another example is turn on a flash light in a dark room. The wall behind you will still be lit (since light from the flash light gets bounced all across the room).
UnrealEck
Member
Yes there's a big difference.
The game can't really be maxed out yet though. There's tesselation coming in a future patch that was left out. Not sure why it was left out.
PS4 Screenshot 3
PC Screenshot 3
This guy explains it reasonably well.
http://www.gamespot.com/videos/reality-check-real-time-global-illumination-what-i/2300-6422212/
Yea it has rain but it's almost always during night time.
GHG
Member
On PC, yea. Not everyone (or hardly anyone) has a PC that can make it look like this.
The game looks bad on consoles.
Despite the game's problems there's no denying how amazing it looks on an enthusiast-grade PC.
Yep. Sure they mask some graphical imperfections but holy fuck do those effects make a game look ugly.
Yep. Sure they mask some graphical imperfections but holy fuck do those effects make a game look ugly.
EightBitNate
Member
May be a big difference, but it's stunning nevertheless.
Felix Lighter
Member
Despite the obvious technical issues (pop in, aggressive LOD), this is the best looking game I have ever seen.
What we know absolutely for sure is that console versions don't have several high-end effects only present on PC :
PCSS
HBAO+
Tessellation
On top of that it remains to be seen what setting they use for environment and textures.
They both run at 900p/20-30fps with awful AA.
Wow, didn't realize the PS4 version was that blurry.
Woah, that's extremely disappointing. I was secretly hoping these ''next-gen'' machines were capable of more. :\
dampflokfreund
Banned
It's funny.
We all complain all the time (deservedly) about Ubi downgrading their games.
And the one time they do not downgrade anything, it runs like utter shit.
Well... they should have used a completely new engine for that instead. Anvil was always shitty optimized. And they probably should have waited for a new API to handle all these draw cells too, but yeah now we have our next gen game
Holy fuck, that looks awful. Not lying, it looks MUCH better on my laptop, regardless if 900p or 720p. Wow, and those low res textures.
I will give you a screenshot later. Then you can compare it to see it for yourself.
Is there a blue hue in the PS4 shot or is it just different lightning conditions?
Felix Lighter
Member
It's actual brute forcible unlike some truly horrible ports which indicates to me that it's not necessarily badly optimized for what they are trying to push. They are just pushing too much for current hardware and failed to make it scale down appropriately for the hardware reality. If that makes any sense. This game runs way better on my machine than GTA IV PC does as a comparison to what seems like a truly unoptimized port job.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Yep. I only care about 1080p, and my new 970 looks to working nicely.
I still think this generation is a little bit of a disappointment graphically, though. There are some nice games, however.
I still think this generation is a little bit of a disappointment graphically, though. There are some nice games, however.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Hair simulation and facial animation is turned down during gameplay. And yes, Elise's hair looks phenomenal.
Can't think of any other game with hair that looks that good.
360/PS3 had high end hardware back in the day, the situation right now is very different but as with everything those graphics come at a cost on PC.
I will have to play this at a rock solid 30fps when tessellation will be brought to the game. :/
Totally agree.
For me it's almost a 180 after the first impressions. Then the reviews didn't help. It's understandable if the performance is a lot worse that they should be optimizing but damn it's fun to play and looks great on my end:
For me it's almost a 180 after the first impressions. Then the reviews didn't help. It's understandable if the performance is a lot worse that they should be optimizing but damn it's fun to play and looks great on my end:
Hair simulation and facial animation is turned down during gameplay. And yes, Elise's hair looks phenomenal.
holy shit
kostacurtas
Member
Yes, AC Unity is one of the most beautiful games I have ever played on the PC.
The lighting is unbelievable.
The lighting is unbelievable.
7DollarHagane
Banned
I think if they had just gone for these visuals and even dropped the crowd simulation stuff by 50% the game would run a lot better and the difference would be acceptable.
I don't find it that impressive, specially what they achieved on consoles is disappointing.
The GI is baked, what's the merit on that? Games been doing that since a long time ago.
There's no real time reflections, LOD is mediocre, their hair rendering looks ugly while playing, no post processing whatsoever during gameplay (motion blur, DOF).
Far Cry 4 achieves a better graphics/performance balance than Unity.
The GI is baked, what's the merit on that? Games been doing that since a long time ago.
There's no real time reflections, LOD is mediocre, their hair rendering looks ugly while playing, no post processing whatsoever during gameplay (motion blur, DOF).
Far Cry 4 achieves a better graphics/performance balance than Unity.
This is how game looks like on my PC that is not high end anymore (i7 2600K + GTX760 2GB)
So you don't need monster PC to see beauty of this game.
luca_29_bg
Member
it's always a matter of opinions, of course, for me unity it's a disaster from technical stand point, and not because it's doesn't look good, but because want to do too much, sacrificing detail, perfomance, and too many things are done in a ugly way.
For me the order is untouched and miles away from unity, it's a really next gen game graphically speaking, sure it's not yet, but 20 february it's close...
http://a.pomf.se/ocefpk.webm
http://a.pomf.se/azkurv.webm
Maintenance
Member
Hair simulation and facial animation is turned down during gameplay. And yes, Elise's hair looks phenomenal.
Can't think of any other game with hair that looks that good.
I must be in crazy land to actually agree with you for once, but yes it does looks really good on her.
Nice, with a 760 as well.
You can only appreciate the visuals of a game that runs great?
it's always a matter of opinions, of course, for me unity it's a disaster from technical stand point, and not because it's doesn't look good, but because want to do too much, sacrificing detail, perfomance, and too many things are done in a ugly way.
For me the order is untouched and miles away from unity, it's a really next gen game graphically speaking, sure it's not yet, but 20 february it's close...
http://a.pomf.se/ocefpk.webm
http://a.pomf.se/azkurv.webm
The comparing linear games to the visuals of an open world needs to stop...it's irritating to see people continually do so.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
The lighting in Remij's shots looks phenomenal, but AC Unity is one of the most graphically inconsistent games I've ever seen. I think that's something that will get better as the engine matures.
It runs decently on [mid to high end] PCs.
Also, it's one positive thread out of, about, 50 other negative ones, i wouldn't worry about damage control.
Hair simulation and facial animation is turned down during gameplay. And yes, Elise's hair looks phenomenal.
Can't think of any other game with hair that looks that good.
That's what i was talking about, in cutscenes this game look bonkers.
JordanN
Banned
Yeah, I meant to ask this question.
Was the GI real time or not? If it isn't, that's not impressive.