UbiSoft Ruined Watch Dogs

[Hells Malice]

Let's say you bought a high-end PC gaming rig worth around $2k would you be playing games on low settings or medium? Of course not, for that price you'd expect to get to play the games graphically at its full potential.

So even for $400/$500 you'd be wanting the same too. I certainly would, otherwise why'd I pay such absurd prices for nicer graphics?

P.S.: Even though I'm not ruling graphics are more important than gameplay, you get the drift from what I've said above. It's just a waste if that money is to play something that last-gen consoles can look equally the same.

I'd think console peasants are used to poor graphics.

 

[xBleedingSoulx]

My PC is over 2 years old and already has better specs than a PS4... What'd you expect?

 

[grossaffe]

lolgraphicswhores

 

[CrimzonEyed]

I don't trust any of the demo footage's. We simply have to wait until the game is done and people are uploading videos of it.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

When you've just bought a brand-new and expensive next generation system, you expect the games to be a substantial step-up from your last-gen one. Unfortunately, this is often not the case with multiplatform games which are held back by last generation hardware for the sake of compatibility.

I'm pretty sure everyone and their grandmothers knew that the PS4 and Xbox One would not be "substantial step-ups." Would they be a step-up? Sure. Substantially so? I don't think so.

 

[Foxi4]

I'm pretty sure everyone and their grandmothers knew that the PS4 and Xbox One would not be "substantial step-ups." Would they be a step-up? Sure. Substantially so? I don't think so.

Both the PS4 and the XBox One are substantial technological step-ups from their predecessors - they're about five times more proficient in terms of graphics, six times in terms of CPU prowess, sixteen times the memory and that's substantial. It's not as substantial as previous generation jumps, but the pace at which computers in general are progressing has slowed down due to gradually exhausting what silicone can do. Long story short, any sane person would expect a system that's 5-6 times more powerful than the last generation one to generate at least twice as good visuals, which isn't the case here, however it's not the case mostly due to the fact that the game had to be adapted for much weaker platforms, not because the systems are not massive improvements over last generation ones.

 

[Langin]

Wow these discussions are everywhere... But okay I'll share my idea on this:

Here's a quote from another post I made on a different forum:

Lol, I saw this coming from miles away. It's UBISOFT we are talking about, remember? They pumped the NDS, Wii and 3DS full with shovelware titles and fucked up whole launches with shitty, buggy and rushed titles. They also make good titles!(Rayman Origins, Legends for example) Don't get me wrong but Ubisoft is the crappiest publisher from all publishers I've played games from.(I never play EA nor Activision games(some acti games here and there but w/e) I want to give an example of Ubisoft at it's worst; the 3DS launch just to name some of their titles and their problems:

Rayman 3D, horrible port with horrible graphics and controls.(Also misses content from the latest versions)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars, this is actually a pretty decent game! But it's broken by Anti Piracy bugs!(The game gives a weird error, Ubisoft said it was AP)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, lol I got it for €2,50 and it's not worth anything more. It's broken, graphics are MUDDY and the controls scheme is AKWARD
Asphalt 3D, gameloft, nuff said
Rabbids 3D, this game is fairly simple and works pretty well until you reach a certain level. It's nearly impossible to even start that level. The Dutch magazine [N]Gamer, described a sand level as horrible, you had to throw a box and JUMP on that same box in a way too small time scheme. Fairly impossible as I tried it myself as well... :/

The problem with Ubi is, that everybody praises them! For that shitty work they deliver.

I hope they get the debugging right on Watch_Dogs and finally give a good example... =_=

Aka I don't have faith in them at all. Their games(Assassins Creed, Far Cry, name it) are buggy as the hell. I mean of course you cannot make a game bug free! But please Ubisoft I just free roamed in AC games and the weirdest things happen around you... I'll pick Watch_Dogs up once it's budget-title .

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Both the PS4 and the XBox One are substantial technological step-ups from their predecessors - they're about five times more proficient in terms of graphics, six times in terms of CPU prowess, sixteen times the memory and that's substantial. It's not as substantial as previous generation jumps, but the pace at which computers in general are progressing has slowed down due to gradually exhausting what silicone can do. Long story short, any sane person would expect a system that's 5-6 times more powerful than the last generation one to generate at least twice as good visuals, which isn't the case here, however it's not the case mostly due to the fact that the game had to be adapted for much weaker platforms, not because the systems are not massive improvements over last generation ones.

I wasn't talking about the consoles' specs. I was simply talking about the visuals, which is what I assume you were talking about in the first post I quoted. Yes, PS4 graphics are better than PS3 ones. Twice as good visuals, though? I don't think that's accurate.

 

[Foxi4]

I wasn't talking about the consoles' specs. I was simply talking about the visuals, which is what I assume you were talking about in the first post I quoted. Yes, PS4 graphics are better than PS3 ones. Twice as good visuals, though? I don't think that's accurate.

That's because the system was literally just released and this is the first batch of games for it, and specs have everything to do with it. Currently programmers are held back by coding video games that are supposed to work on inferior machines and they're probably not yet comfortable with the new tools of the trade and their capabilities, but this will gradually change. Launch games and games within the launch window are rarely stunning, give it two-or-so years and we'll see development studios squeezing more juice out of the systems.

 

[Kashalots]

My PC is over 2 years old and already has better specs than a PS4... What'd you expect?

Its not like the new consoles have bad graphics chip inside. Looking at steam surveys there are probably 60 - 70% of pc users which graphics cards are the same tier or lower than the one inside the ps4. People with high end pc's are actually a minority.

 

[Ryupower]

graphic do not make the game
if there is good game play it can still be a good game

look at 1st ps2/ps3 games
then look end of ps2/ps3 life games
as time goes on stuff will get better

also
the PC one might be ruining in the video might be at max setting with a very high end setup

 

[jacksprat1990]

Yay. More hipsters jumping on the "trendy" bandwagons. The game looks fine ffs.

 

[Kashalots]

"Yay. More hipsters jumping on the "trendy" bandwagons. The game looks fine ffs." Its not about how it looks but its about the lies they showed us in the beginning - srsly devs should be fined for false advertising. Thats probably a cheap way for them to get lots of hype. Nobody would complain about the looks if they didnt show a much more promising version at the beginning.

 

[Deleted User]

Its common for developers to downgrade graphics so the actual console can play it. Look at oblivion when they first showed gameplay, they had full on lighting for every room, and the models didn't look horrible.

 

[Taleweaver]

also
the PC one might be ruining in the video might be at max setting with a very high end setup

The first video was from before the PS4 and xbone were even ANNOUNCED. You didn't really think it was showing anything other than PC footage, didn't you?

srsly devs should be fined for false advertising. Thats probably a cheap way for them to get lots of hype. Nobody would complain about the looks if they didnt show a much more promising version at the beginning.

You're contradicting yourself. If nobody would complain about the looks if the first video was less promising, then the hype would be the same...and it wouldn't be "a cheap way to get lots of hype".

Also: good luck trying to fine EVERYONE WHO EVER ADVERTISED ANYTHING!
I'm not saying there is no such thing as false advertising (there is), but calling this video false advertising is like complaining about world hunger when you don't get a second desert if you dropped your first one.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Aliens: Colonial Marines suffered from the same, the early footage looked like it was going to be an awesome game but then the final result was.. let's just say one of 2013's worst games. I'm not saying WD will be bad, but the graphics have been made inferior.

Seeing that Watch Dogs has been downgraded from its graphical full potential that was shown at the beginning won't feel like the intended finished product as they had promoted it.

I've never wanted a graphical game so good looking as Watch Dogs and then this happened.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Aliens: Colonial Marines suffered from the same, the early footage looked like it was going to be an awesome game but then the final result was.. let's just say one of 2013's worst games. I'm not saying WD will be bad, but the graphics have been made inferior.

Seeing that Watch Dogs has been downgraded from its graphical full potential that was shown at the beginning won't feel like the intended finished product as they had promoted it.

I've never wanted a graphical game so good looking as Watch Dogs and then this happened.

I don't think that's a fair comparison. When they demoed Aliens it was a completely different game. Like it wasn't just a "downgrade", it was different. It was like showing footage of a Transformers movie and the final product is actually Transmorphers.

This is just a graphical downgrade which is quite common. Most of the early demos are much better than the final product. E3 live demos are done on much more powerful hardware than what's offered. Odds are the core game will be the same, but yes it'll look worse.

 

[The Catboy]

Actually it looks more like they turned the brightness up revealing the bad graphics.

 

[BvanBart]

The jackets belt... it's like a piece of plastic in the newest update... in the old version it was almost realistically flattering in the wind...

 

[the_randomizer]

I love seeing so many people nitpick and moan over graphical changes in an upcoming game on a console, expecting it to look as good as a PC game would. I've both a next gen console and PC, so....