r/PS4 • u/cristi1990an cristi1990anRO • Sep 01 '18

[Video] [Video] BioWare Makes Fun of Marvel's Spider-Man's "PuddleGate" Controversy

https://youtu.be/yQph-_imtDY
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u/FJLyons Sep 02 '18

Well that's ridiculous. Reflections are a very taxing system in a game. It's not like mirrors. They have to recreate the full section, with NPC's and mirror their movement in real time. It effectively doubles the resources of the scene or environment. It's not something that's going to be in most games, because it's not something better technology can really fix. The better the graphics, it's still double the resources, and most games run using a fine tooth comb to split the hairs.

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u/FJLyons Sep 02 '18

What makes you think they didn't plan for them to be in the final game and they had to be removed? Nothing, it's pure conjecture.

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u/AmericanXAlpha American-X-Alpha Sep 02 '18

You went from saying the reflections were too taxing to be in the game to saying they could still be in the game. What's your point, man? Are they gonna be in the game or not? You can't write them off then turn around and reserve a bit of hope for them to be there. You've gotta make up your mind.

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u/admiralvic Admiralvic Sep 02 '18

You went from saying the reflections were too taxing to be in the game to saying they could still be in the game.

I don't really see what is so confusing about the statement.

The whole argument is that they're taxing and were removed for whatever reason. Ganguro Girls then mentioned it shouldn't be in the trailer, a fair point, to which RJLyons noted nothing suggests the plan was to deceive people and it could've been the plan until it wasn't. Like, maybe the sidewalk could only have 15 people with reflections but they could hit 30 without them and decided 30 looked better than 15 with reflections and it changed.

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u/FJLyons Sep 02 '18

They're not going to be in the game, hut that doesn't mean they didn't plan on putting them in the game. They probably reached a point where they had to get rid of them for something more important to work.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

You literally just wrote about how having reflections is too taxing, and now you are saying that they were going to put them in? I don't care about this so called controversy at all but at least stay consistent

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u/Tothemoonalices Sep 02 '18

they TRIED to put them in, and FAILED to do so, likely because of the power it takes to do them

Source? Or is this conjecture too?

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u/Pretentious_Fella Sep 02 '18

What he wants to say is: Insomniac had plans to put in the reflections in the game. However, probably during their testing, they found out that the reflections are so taxing on the system that it negatively affects the gameplay. So they decided to remove them altogether.

Not really hard to comprehend.

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u/zadeyboy Sep 02 '18

Pretty sure hes saying that them being taxing is the reason they stopped working on them/took them out once they started needing the power elsewhere. Hes not really being inconsistent.

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u/aBstraCt1xz Sep 02 '18

I feel like you need to learn how to read. Or understand how English works.

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u/obadetona obadetona Sep 02 '18

What difference does it make? It’s still a downgrade

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u/jellysmacks Sep 02 '18

What? Are you delusional? He never said they could still be in the game. He’s saying the ORIGINAL plan could have been to have them in the game but near the end of development they had to be removed, due to how stressful it was on the system.

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u/rpgmind Sep 02 '18

Now look I’m not your man, buddy