See? I told you it was nicely patched.
Say what you want, I thought it was a good game on release. Good mix of crackdown and infamous. Charming characters and somber atmosphere. Some of most fun open world movement too.
I recommend playing it with hdr if you can.
Edit: Curtesy of
Gaiff
- Lighting and AO have been overhauled, AO especially seems much improved with crevices and cracks now being properly shaded
- Lighting intensity has been increased, giving the environment more natural sunlight rather than the usual grey and drab look
- Not all improved, however, for AO appears to be too intense in some areas, especially when it comes to foliage where it's too aggressive
- This also results in a significantly noisier image in performance mode where moving foliage has very obvious artifacts it did not have before
- Fog has been pared back
- Hair lighting seems to have been altered with 1.2 exhibiting a strange grey shade in some scenes
- Massive performance improvements. Whereas version 1.0 dipped to the low 20s in intense scenario in Quality Mode, it now mostly remains at 30
- Same for Performance Mode. In areas where it dipped to the low 40s, it now remains mostly at 60 with the odd frame or two drops
- 40Hz mode has also been improved, now it mostly remains locked to 40
- Resolution also seems improved compared to the 1.0 version
- Pixel count in Quality Mode now ranges from 1440p to 1728p vs 1152p to 1584p in 1.0
- Pixel count in Performance Mode now ranges from 828p to 1152p vs 720p to 936p in 1.0
- Overall, significantly improved from its launch and should have shipped like that
- Still fairly unimpressive visually and compares unfavorably to FF XVI both in graphics and gameplay
In short, for people who were bothered by the uneven performance, it has been largely cleared up and for those interested in the game, now seems to be the best time to jump in.
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