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EA is finally ready to give us a new Star Wars game, in the form of Jedi: Fallen Order, a third person action adventure game that will be developed by Respawn Entertainment, the team behind this year's wildly popular Apex Legends. Unlike that game, however, Fallen Order will be an entirely single player title that features absolutely no microtransactions, which was a major complaint regarding EA's last Star Wars game, Battlefront II. The story will take place shortly after Star Wars: Episode III, and stars a Padawan named Cal Kestis, a Jedi who has been branded as a traitor, and is on the run. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has a release date targeted for this holiday season, November 15th, and will be available on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.

 

[blahblah]

Then how come I can do that on my copy of Watch Dogs on the PC?

Because incomplete remnants of an earlier version of the game shipped in the final build, and modders and the like hacked at those remnants until they worked semi-well.

 

[Jonna]

Because incomplete remnants of an earlier version of the game shipped in the final build, and modders and the like hacked at those remnants until they worked semi-well.

You got it.

 

[blahblah]

You got it.

Yes. I hope you now understand my post: games change through out development. Watch Dogs changed a lot as the game was in full production prior to next-gen specifications being finalized, let along disclosed to third parties. Ubisoft was expecting more in terms of power than what was ultimately shipped, forcing them to adjust for that gap. That's not a 'downgrade', that's a complicated situation involving poor decision making as opposed to malice.

 

[Jonna]

Yes. I hope you now understand my post: games change through out development. Watch Dogs changed a lot as the game was in full production prior to next-gen specifications being finalized, let along disclosed to third parties. Ubisoft was expecting more in terms of power than what was ultimately shipped, forcing them to adjust for that gap. That's not a 'downgrade', that's a complicated situation involving poor decision making as opposed to malice.

Oh I know games change throughout development - I am very obsessed with BETA versions of games. But it is a downgrade for the PC version - why would a user with a PC capable of performing the graphics in the E3 demo have to deal with dumbed down graphics because the consoles have to have them? It wouldn't be so bad if it was a choice they could have given PC users, but they just omitted them, as you said:

"incomplete remnants of an earlier version of the game shipped in the final build, and modders and the like hacked at those remnants until they worked semi-well."

So it is technically a downgrade that was unnecessary.

 

[blahblah]

Oh I know games change throughout development - I am very obsessed with BETA versions of games. But it is a downgrade for the PC version - why would a user with a PC capable of performing the graphics in the E3 demo have to deal with dumbed down graphics because the consoles have to have them? It wouldn't be so bad if it was a choice they could have given PC users, but they just omitted them, as you said:

"incomplete remnants of an earlier version of the game shipped in the final build, and modders and the like hacked at those remnants until they worked semi-well."

So it is technically a downgrade that was unnecessary.

Stop saying dumb things. Again: just because something was shown publicly does not mean that the final version of the product will match up with what was shown years prior. Games change during development, and no one is going to spend lots of time that they do not have to offer better graphics to the handful of PC users.

If you continue to push this 'downgrade' narrative, I'm going to have to put you on ignore. I am willing to spend a certain amount of time on user education, but I can't do it endlessly.

 

[Jonna]

Stop saying dumb things. Again: just because something was shown publicly does not mean that the final version of the product will match up with what was shown years prior. Games change during development, and no one is going to spend lots of time that they do not have to offer better graphics to the handful of PC users.

Understandable if the game didn't have the original code on it to have those graphic options - unfortunately, it was found and already working, so the work was already done.

 

[YOUCANTSTOPME]

Regarding the no microtransactions...

As much as the memes about how people are skeptical can be funny, it's funny how EA gives everyone EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED (no microtransactions) and people are still complaining about it.

 

[FAST6191]

Regarding the no microtransactions...

As much as the memes about how people are skeptical can be funny, it's funny how EA gives everyone EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED (no microtransactions) and people are still complaining about it.

With EA this last few years "I'll believe it when I see it" is probably the best approach.

 

[oxitran]

Yeah absolutely. It's basically how Jedi Knight played, but of course that was more limited by the technology of its era.

Having seen the game in action, even with the limited segment of the game which it was, the combat is a lot more fluid than the Witcher. But also, BD-1 doesn't work as you expect, he sits on your back and augments abilities and gives you health canisters from over the shoulder.