WheelHoss1
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Xbone looks the same except lower resolution. The lighting is just mind-blowing.
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Assassin's Creed Unity -- The graphics "leap" we've all been waiting for.
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Xbone looks the same except lower resolution. The lighting is just mind-blowing.
plagiarize
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Beautiful. I'm not picking this up for anything close to full price, but I knew I wasn't mad to suggest that there's good reason why this game is harder to run. So many PC owners have been spoiled with six years or so of easily hitting 1080p and 60fps on console ports, and expect things to still be the same.
That was when games were generally running at 720p, if that.
That was when games were generally running at 720p, if that.
That is inconsistent. It should also illuminate the bottom floor too. But I'll give you that.
Not sure why the bottom floor would be illuminated considering it's underneath the dashboard and away from the stronger indirect light projections. I also wouldn't expect the floor to get any bouncing light from the very dim lighting of the door panel.
If you wanted more proof, here you can see the direct light source of the taillights lighting up the wall, with the indirect lighting of the wall bouncing through the windshield and onto parts of the interior and your hands.
Sure, and I would agree on PC it destroys DC just thanks to the increase in image quality, but since we were talking about lighting, it still comes down to pre-baked lighting vs real-time GI with 24h lighting cycle.
matrix-cat
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Incredible on PC, no doubt, but on consoles it's a complete mess. The game only hits 30FPS when you're in a Rift and can walk around a city with no NPCs in it; any time you're in Paris proper the performance is pure dogshit. I don't think you can give them credit for the graphics when it's so clear how they've achieved them. They sacrificed the framerate, end of story. The whole point of optimizing a video game is getting the best graphics you can while still having it run at 30FPS, and Ubisoft hasn't done that. Think how much better every other game would look if the devs only had to target 20FPS instead of 30.
jellies_two
Member
I've seen a lot of PS4 live streams and although the streamers are sanguine about the bugs, they pretty much all say the same thing: the game is fun and the ratings of circa 7 to 8 out of 10 - taking everything into account - are about right.
So I think this meme that is a complete mess (or pure dogshit, using your words) on PS4 is one of those convenient strawman arguments trotted out when the poster is about to go on to make a point about ubisoft or platform war or whatever. And in many cases the person typing it probably doesn't even own a copy.
matrix-cat
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I've been playing the PS4 version for the past three days, and I am 100% confident in my assertion that it is a complete and utter fucking mess. The framerate is never stable for a moment. I've downloaded all the patches, tried the game offline and I see no difference. This isn't a game that has framerate hitches; this is a game that starts at 'hitchy' and then gets worse. The only game I can remember playing with worse performance is the licensed Captain America game for the 360 that came out with the first movie.
A huge part of unity's beauty can be attributed to its fantastic art direction.Its superbly colored and has some amazing architecture.
It's some PS2 level hair, I can't get past how bad it looks
VFX_Veteran
Banned
Not sure why the bottom floor would be illuminated considering it's underneath the dashboard and away from the stronger indirect light projections. I also wouldn't expect the floor to get any bouncing light from the very dim lighting of the door panel.
If you wanted more proof, here you can see the direct light source of the taillights lighting up the wall, with the indirect lighting of the wall bouncing through the windshield and onto parts of the interior and your hands.
Sure, and I would agree on PC it destroys DC just thanks to the increase in image quality, but since we were talking about lighting, it still comes down to pre-baked lighting vs real-time GI with 24h lighting cycle.
DC definitely has indirect lighting, in fact it sports one of the most robust lighting engines I've ever seen, for example, god rays legitimately behave like actual real life god rays do.
Exactly my thoughts, well said Good Sir.
I'm playing on PS4 and can say the game still looks mindblowing, I'm definetly double dipping eventually to see what my 780 can do to this game, but I'm pretty happy with how it looks on my PS4, now if they can patch it to fix the framerate, that would be glorious.
This is the first REAL Current-Gen game, absolutely fantastic looking piece of software, it is even more impressive if you take into account the open world and scale, Ubi are wizards.
Not on consoles
It's been so visually disappointing on PS4. It doesn't just look "not good". In my opinion (and my roommates), it just straight up looks pretty bad or really rough.
For the type of hardware thats in PS4, I still think AC Unity looks amazing on it
Heres a quick screenshot I took
Its a shame the PS4 picture capture compresses the heck out of the detail but oh well
Keep in mind PS4s crappy picture capturing method
For the type of hardware thats in PS4 (low-end by todays standards), it looks great IMO. I don't think it looks visually disappointing at all
Looks a lot cleaner and detailed in person. You can thank the PS4s crappy image capturing tool
To be honest - looking at the PC screenshots, I am amazed how well it stacks up given how old the hardware is.
Yeah I don't get how people can say the game isn't that great graphically
It literally looks like a real life moving photo at times.
OneEyeTwoHead
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Even with the game running like complete ass on my PC (gonna get the PS4 version after some bugs are squashed and it goes on sale--like all AC games do usually quickly) it's absolutely gorgeous.
The hate the game gets of course comes from it being buggy and running like shit--but it's fun as hell, massive, expansive, and beautiful.
The hate the game gets of course comes from it being buggy and running like shit--but it's fun as hell, massive, expansive, and beautiful.
TheVampire
Banned
I havn't played an Ass Creed game since the second because I got bored of them.
Im only playing Unity for the graphics.
The gameplay is so buggy and annoying.
ISee
Member
Let me repost the first sentence OP wrote.
Anyway thank you for your contribution. We are aware of the bugs and flaws. We are talking about the engine and the visuals atm.
Back to topic:
The real problem in the game are the NPC. Screenshots I make with NPCs start to look bad, without NPCs the game starts to look amazing.
Yeah they really stand out, when the rest of the game looks photo-realistic.
Lucent
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I really hope they get the frame rate to be more stable on the consoles (PS4 at least for me) because the game looks great. I just don't want my experience to be soured by the game dropping low too much. It's weird though because in streams it looks fine. Maybe the streams somehow mask the frame rate drops?
There actually is a way you can fix the frame rate, if your TV supports it, turn on MOTION FLOW.
This will introduce a little bit of input lag, but it gets rid of the poor frame rate.
Lucent
Member
I don't think mine does.
JonathanPower
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The actual game running on PS4 does not look that blurry though. Screens captured with share function are heavily compressed and blurry, so that could explain it.
BigTnaples
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I canceled my preorder because I was disappointment in the graphical fidelity on PS4.
Could have used a delay.
Now I will just wait for a steam sale. Oh wait.
Could have used a delay.
Now I will just wait for a steam sale. Oh wait.
More screenshots I took from the PS4 version
Not bad for low-end hardware IMO
Hey dude, if you put the screenshots you have taken on the ps4 on an usb-stick you can upload them on your pc in higher quality.
Yeah thats what I did, but for some reason the image hosting service I added to changed the resolution from 1080p to 1024x576
Yeah, it can look really great. The pop-in of building detail and NPCs can be a little weird, but it's probably a necessary compromise.
What makes it more impressive for me is the performance, too. Getting nice consistent frametimes in the vast majority of situations (dense city streets, looking down on huge crowds from various heights, just trying to fit as much on screen as possible).
What makes it more impressive for me is the performance, too. Getting nice consistent frametimes in the vast majority of situations (dense city streets, looking down on huge crowds from various heights, just trying to fit as much on screen as possible).
ISee
Member
I actually do not think the PS4's compression is that bad. I tried to recreate the scene as best as I could. All PC screenshots are not compressed.
1.) PC - 1080p. Ultra Settings/HBAO+/2xMSAA/PCSS
2.) PC - 900p. High Settings/SSAO/FXAA/High shadows (I think that matches the PS4 screenshot best...)
3.) PS4 direct capture screenshot (not by me...)
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JoJo UK
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QFT.
I started just walking around the city yesterday, trying to get all the sync points to unlock my map (something I normally do first in an AC game but for some reason hadn't this time round). I was staggered as the at the variety on offer and every time I synced Arno and the camera spun round I was gobsmacked, yes at that point the framerate dropped slightly, but it just made me want to explore more.
Slightly OT but unplugging the kinect did feck all for me, disconnecting the XB1 from the internet however made a difference.
Because people have different thoughts what is graphics. For some people that is resolution and IQ, for others is artstyle, others appreciate technical achievements etc.
What is the equipment/outfit you're using here ? Looks gorgeous, same as the first leaked pictures
Wow...Did Ubisoft borrow Bethesda graphic engine when creating these NPC?
Geezus, I thought I was looking at screenshots from the early 2000s PC games.
The hair asset is literally just a mop on PS2 face model.
And I am pretty sure Xenosaga 2 hairs are better, especially the faces as well when comparing to these NPC.
Geezus, I thought I was looking at screenshots from the early 2000s PC games.
The hair asset is literally just a mop on PS2 face model.
And I am pretty sure Xenosaga 2 hairs are better, especially the faces as well when comparing to these NPC.
Crossing Eden
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I remember some saying that the game looks worse than AC4. ._.
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While I can understand playing games just for the graphics and I enjoy the screenshots and the "discovering" of the environment in games... I fear I can't do this anymore, not only for the graphics. I too grew bored after the second game... that said, if Unity get's patched up and the dlc is not important for the gameplay/story, then I can see myself playing this game once it has hit a reasonable price
(what I personally define as reasonable)
