The Watch Dogs Graphical Debate

[RepentantSky]

I know there's a video games tab and all, but I wanted to focus on this topic and see what people think about it. If you are a fan, or are in any way involved with all the complaints, I want to hear what you think. I am of course involved because I have a gaming/movie fan page, and I'm hoping that I can find some place where a difference of opinion like my own might be found. So, any thoughts for anyone. Before anything is said, please look at this link: http://gamingbolt.com/watch_dogs-on-ps4-gif-comparison-shows-significant-downgrade-never-happened

[Yoda]

Was just reading about this the other day. I can see why people thought there was a downgrade, and to some extent there is in the already-mentioned sense that they demo these things on rigs your average player just isn't going to have.

But my philosophy on this stuff is always: we'll see. I hate that people flip out in reaction to whatever happens to trickle out pre-release. It's the worst aspect of Internet culture.

It's a great looking game, and I expect it to come down to earth a little when I play. I'll just wait to see how much. It's not an unreasonable thing to be annoyed by if it happens, and it's entirely reasonable to think there's a good chance it will happen, since there's just so much going on in those early demos. But it hasn't happened yet.

Also, beware anyone else: the link above is laden with ads and huge GIFs, so it's really laggy.

[RepentantSky]

I will give you that the link is very laggy but it's the only one I could find with that comparison. One point I'd like to mention before I forget, is that people seem to forget we are dealing with Ubisoft here. The same guys who created Assassin's Creed. They are practically famous for pre-rendered trailers. Assassin's Creed games have never looked as good as their first trailers, so I don't see why this would be any different.

[Tacitus]

Footage of PC gameplay goes public, people coo. Footage of console gameplay goes public, people boo. Simples. :p

Now, if the PC graphics end up anything like the PS4's people would have a legitimate gripe... My old PC (which I thought was too slow) could hold its own, spec-wise, with the new console generation and the new one is significantly better when going on what's been released so far (AC4 and Thief mainly - I can do 1080p 60fps on high graphics settings).

The Watch Dogs dev PC is bound to be much more powerful than my new one.