dark_inferno
Member
Infamous SS isnt lifeless anymore since Patch number 1 or 2.
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Assassins Creed: Unity Framerate Is Atrocious
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Infamous SS isnt lifeless anymore since Patch number 1 or 2.
Not that I find it remotely acceptable many have hailed Ocarina of Time as one of the best games ever made. Would that have made a better book?
Orniletter
Banned
Preordering games from trustworthy publishers is ok (say... Nintendo, Atlus, Nis America etc.)
...but people really should know by now that Ubisoft doesn´t deserve the benefit of the doubt.
"Atrocious" is a pretty accurate word from my experience on PS4.
Also just jumped through the ground and into a white abyss. That was a fun glitch.
Also just jumped through the ground and into a white abyss. That was a fun glitch.
Fix The Scientist
Member
Seems like AC3 all over again, the game clearly needs more dev time but ubi are going to force it out for holiday and we are left with a buggy mess that runs like dogshit.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Embarassing
This sounds like a skip now. They obviously couldn't optimize enough before the holiday deadline.
This sounds like a skip now. They obviously couldn't optimize enough before the holiday deadline.
Yeah. This game is a mess.
Sounds to me like they never got over the technical issues of creating such large crowds.
Edit: Although the crowds aren't even particularly large there. :/
I believe that SP has achieved that already.
barneystuta83
Member
I'd love to see one of the console brands standing up to these publishers. It would take big balls, but in the long run, it will help consumers.
The vocal minority (majority here, minority in the main) won't change a thing. This game will be on of the years biggest sellers and no amount of frame rate issues will impact pre-orders. All this review embargo nonsense puts so much power in the publishers hands and is really hurting consumers.
The problem is, the pre-order people really are beta testing games now. Digital delivery (and updates) are in some ways a good thing, but it really is a system that is being abused.
Back in the day, when a game was released on a disc or a cartridge, that was that. No downloadable updates. No fixes.
That doesn't mean to say that games were bug free, of course some existed. But in the main, publishers and developers had to get most things 99% right. There was no release dates. There was no 'pressure' to get the game out on a set date to hit marketing budgets. Everything just worked.
Compare it to the movie industry. Anyone remember the Wolverine 'Pirate Copy' debacle? Read about it here -
Basically, a half finished copy of Wolverine leaked onto the internet. The main bulk of the film was OK, it was some of the CGI that was missing, it even had things like green screen moments where production had not been completed.
Could you imagine if that was released at the cinema to the mainstream? And they basically said "Come back in a few months, once the bugs are all fixed".
In a way, I feel for the developers in all this. They are the ones under pressure.
I work in a development team (not gaming and not as a developer), and I see it all the time. The 'commercial' side of the business tends to win through and often a product is released that we know has bugs. Now, if those are minor that will impact a small number of people, then it may be a risk worth taking (e.g different browsers and OS's)
With gaming and consoles, it is a closed system. So if a frame rate impacts on person on one console, it will impact every person who has the same console.
All I ask for is a game that works. If that means toning down a graphical effect, reducing the NPC's, reducing the resolution. I am fine with that. I don't demand 60 fps on all my games. I understand the limitations of development. I expect a rock solid 30 though, this is not the N64.
The vocal minority (majority here, minority in the main) won't change a thing. This game will be on of the years biggest sellers and no amount of frame rate issues will impact pre-orders. All this review embargo nonsense puts so much power in the publishers hands and is really hurting consumers.
The problem is, the pre-order people really are beta testing games now. Digital delivery (and updates) are in some ways a good thing, but it really is a system that is being abused.
Back in the day, when a game was released on a disc or a cartridge, that was that. No downloadable updates. No fixes.
That doesn't mean to say that games were bug free, of course some existed. But in the main, publishers and developers had to get most things 99% right. There was no release dates. There was no 'pressure' to get the game out on a set date to hit marketing budgets. Everything just worked.
Compare it to the movie industry. Anyone remember the Wolverine 'Pirate Copy' debacle? Read about it here -
Basically, a half finished copy of Wolverine leaked onto the internet. The main bulk of the film was OK, it was some of the CGI that was missing, it even had things like green screen moments where production had not been completed.
Could you imagine if that was released at the cinema to the mainstream? And they basically said "Come back in a few months, once the bugs are all fixed".
In a way, I feel for the developers in all this. They are the ones under pressure.
I work in a development team (not gaming and not as a developer), and I see it all the time. The 'commercial' side of the business tends to win through and often a product is released that we know has bugs. Now, if those are minor that will impact a small number of people, then it may be a risk worth taking (e.g different browsers and OS's)
With gaming and consoles, it is a closed system. So if a frame rate impacts on person on one console, it will impact every person who has the same console.
All I ask for is a game that works. If that means toning down a graphical effect, reducing the NPC's, reducing the resolution. I am fine with that. I don't demand 60 fps on all my games. I understand the limitations of development. I expect a rock solid 30 though, this is not the N64.
Dr_LucienSanchez
Banned
This is just awful.
Hopefully FC4 is better on the technical front. Seems like Unity really needed some more time in the oven.
boredandlazy
Member
Day two patch notes:
*Block live-streaming and in-game recording function.
*Block live-streaming and in-game recording function.
Bony Manifesto
Member
Wow, Ubisoft's engine really has problems taking advantage of increased hardware power. No surprise to PC owners who, from Assassin's Creed 3 onwards, have had to deal with inexplicably low hardware utilization and mysteriously poor performance.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
http://i.imgur.com/p0cGg5A
Oh man, that's a chicken house right there. Shadows popping. NPC standing on top of things and each other. NPC popping. Damn!
Sparrowhawk
Member
16 year old game that was incredibly innovative released on ancient hardware versus a cookie cutter yearly entry in a stagnating series on the shiniest new gaming consoles.
Plus OoT3D runs at 30fps.
I was actually kidding about it being lifeless altogether to me that's about as much crowd interaction as I need if the alternative is having way more people for little to no reason.
I wish Xbox One had screenshot function because this moment would have been better shared if it was clearer.
alexandros
Banned
Oh dear, I feel really sorry for people with decent gaming rigs who were scared into going with the console version. They got royally screwed over.
Facism
Member
BananasWithGuns
Member
I typically don't even mind pop in that much but this is just ridiculous. I just can't believe they actually released this.
Yes Infamous SS was a looker but if ND or SSM manage to get their games at 1080P (This is a given) and 60 FPS (less certain) with at least same visual quality of the SP game than...
If it had released in 2014, and not 16 years prior where polygons and the scale that OOT displayed was still a relatively new thing, then sure.
The weird thing is, there doesn't seem to be a reason for why the framerate is so bad there. There is no large crowds, no NPCs at all even in view. Just a little stretch of wall.
Stone Ocean
Member
It's ok, surely the populace that doesn't care about meaningless stuff like framerates can't tell the difference between 15 and 30 fps.
scoobs
Member
Naughty dogs ICE team is a buncha wizards.... they'll put everyone to shame like they always do then the rest will catch up.
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Time for the damage control: "It's a historical simulation guys, there's just...a bunch of glitches in the animus software lately...
TheVampire
Banned
Can't the developers see these kinds of problems when they are making the game ?
BrainZEROX
Member
The impact the game had made it that we were ready to forgive Ocarina of Time a lot. Maybe I missed something but I don't think AC:U will ever be considered as impactful. It will be pushed and forgotten as soon as the next entry comes sometime next year.
Also my post was not meant to be taken that seriously... ;-)
Agreed.
We are still in 1st gen games in these consoles. The fact that SP was able to produce such visuals in a window launch title is just telling you were we will go when 2nd and 3rd gen games arrive....
Ubisoft claiming the maxed every OUNCE of power is just borderline disgusting.
Their arrogance is appalling... they were quick to go on and bash Shadow of Mordor and it might not have the density of ACU or the number of NPCs, but fuck me it has tons of enemies thrown at you with exceptional detail and no pop in bullshit and a perfect framerate.
Also, it is a much more fun game to begin with...
But hey this is Ubisoft, class ass arrogant Ubisoft....
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Only yesterday I was bitching about having to wait till Friday to play this game. It's 11:30 here right now, I'd have been 2 hours into it by now. Glad about those extra couple of days now to judge just how bad it is
holy, please tell me thats only in that location. The pop in is the worse offender to me, it bothers me a lot
Fuck that, and fuck Ubisoft for letting it go out like that.
Noisepurge
Member
hopefully sarcastic post? no game even touches the "maxed out" terms during first years of being on the market.
Mohonky
Member
......but people were saying PS4 could easily do this at 1080p, Ubi held it at 900p because MS told them too!
Seriously neither of these consoles coupled with the engines apparent lack of optimisation was going to run this at 1080p. Ubisoft gonna need to patch in some extra frames.
Seriously neither of these consoles coupled with the engines apparent lack of optimisation was going to run this at 1080p. Ubisoft gonna need to patch in some extra frames.
Wind's Howling
Member
BananasWithGuns
Member
I'm sure QA had a field day with this game.
I'm also sure that that those in charge ignored every bit of it.
You're right, but hopefully the gaming press will talk about it.