To be honest I'm surprised people actually are surprised. Did they forget that the console is significantly more powerful which naturally means some things are gonna look and/or perform better on that? I'm not tech savvy or anything but these are kind of the differences I expected and am not shocked or anything.
Basically the resolution gets much closer to native 4K, higher resolution textures and here and there a better draw distance. For all that extra power I really don't find it all that shocking. Or am I definitely underestimating how much these things are resource hogs?
Agree. There were a few people on Gaf, myself included that had made comments that when you take into account the GPU, Extra RAM, Bandwidth and even the improvement to the CPU combined would lead to some significant gains. Some people just focused on the GPU and that was it, not giving enough credence to the RAM and Bandwidth.
Those that were saying these things about taking into account the whole system were typically shot down as "fan boys" or "talking out our assess". The common comeback was "even it the Xbox does 4k Native, with Checkboard Rendering, they are going to look about the same". What many of those people did not realize is that rendering at 4k or CBR is not the whole story, when you are able to have 4k Textures *COMBINED* with higher resolution you are going to get much better results.
This imho is just the tip of the iceberg. As many noted, this particular game is not the best looking game, but it is evident what the added power can do..but what is going to happen when you get a game with much better art direction and they are able to render not only a higher resolution but also higher textures due to the extra memory and bandwidth and other enhancements they have made?
If the amount of meltdowns some are having over Shadow of War differences and we are talking about a version of the game that is probably 3-4 months old and not final, what is it going to be like in other DF threads when the gap may be even more? It is going to be interesting, but I hope some keep it civil. We are going to have Xbox fans gloating and I know that won't sit well with many, but it is what it is and I hope some keep personal insults to themselves.