I think BB is one of the few games where CA makes sense due to the dream-like atmosphere.
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Did Bloodborne's visuals get downgraded after the latest patch?
- Thread starter Wishmaster92
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Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Sadly, I really doubt the performance would be affected any. The game actually holds 30FPS pretty well, the problem with it is frame pacing, and unless they would fix whatever the hell is broken in their engine, that issue wouldn't go away with removing any of the visual effects. Admittedly, it would probably go away if they'd remove enough so that the game can hit steady 60FPS but not before that.
Loading times were fixed long before this patch ever hit.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Some lights were removed, looks like it. Whether you like that or not is up to you.
That said some people would say there is no downgrade at all with any game until there is something internally changed in the engine. Like if all the times of day or light conditions are not changes themselves that require different amounts of work to make them look great.
That said some people would say there is no downgrade at all with any game until there is something internally changed in the engine. Like if all the times of day or light conditions are not changes themselves that require different amounts of work to make them look great.
Though it looks pretty minor, it may have been done for performance reasons.
Did anyone check to see if certain areas or multiplayer run better?
Also, I really forgot how much the Chromatic Aberration annoyed me in certain bits of this game. If there's ever a re release 1 or 2 generations from now I hope they tone it down.
Did anyone check to see if certain areas or multiplayer run better?
Also, I really forgot how much the Chromatic Aberration annoyed me in certain bits of this game. If there's ever a re release 1 or 2 generations from now I hope they tone it down.
My dreams don't have CA. Even my nightmares don't have CA.
nailbombxx
Member
Hmmm that is a good point. I never thought that the reason for using it may be that they thought it would make the game look a bit more oneiric.
CA was added at literally the last minute. My guess is that a suit at sony wanted them to do something about the poor image quality and they added it at the last second. All pre-release footage doesn't have CA.
I have not played since November.
It's funny that you think that a "suit" even knows what CA is.
wesleyshark
Banned
Patch looks better than the vanilla to me
Trojan
Member
When can people get off the "graphical downgrade" outrage train and get on the "maybe this will improve FPS" positivity bandwagon? I mean it's easy to grab pitchforks anytime you notice screenshot differences, but I'd always rather have a game that plays at a more consistent, faster framerate. And usually these situations are tradeoffs between the two.
Like I said, it is a guess. They clearly never intended or designed the visual style around the use of CA because they added it at the very last moment.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
This downgrade is soooo blatant, oh man. No wonder everyone noticed it right away since this patch from.... last December!
Look at some of those pixels. They are, like, almost marginally different. How dare they!
From Software is so dishonest, man. They downgrade so stealthily and no one notices for over seven months! SMH
Look at some of those pixels. They are, like, almost marginally different. How dare they!
From Software is so dishonest, man. They downgrade so stealthily and no one notices for over seven months! SMH
Wishmaster92
Member
I don't get it nobody is grabbing pitchforks or angry, i just made the comparison because it was interesting. It doesn't make the game any less enjoyable like i said some areas see a downgrade and others don't. When you factor in reduced loading times and improved framerate who could complain. However there is still a difference. How dare me for pointing things out.
Funny people joking about dishonesty after what happened with ds2 and bloodborne alpha....lol
Funny people joking about dishonesty after what happened with ds2 and bloodborne alpha....lol
Backfoggen
Banned
Good post, mate.
I would actually go with increased resolution in BB. The image quality is terrible.
Solrac
Member
the game was downgrade for sure, not at the same lvl as dark souls 2, take a look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7W9YryjqqI
candles from retail version missed all the light/shadow effects, and the game looks less dark.
They are not the highest quality pixels that anybody has seen.
I played it just before and after the update. Texture pop-in seems...maybe a little better now? It's still bad.
Lightbreak
Member
Great one. This thread made it again... I was all: urrrggg I have to work, then I remember this thread and smiled again...
Probably, but you know, is a downgrade xD