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/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

I'm going to be blunt. Graphics were down graded. Not by enough to ruin game play but it's noticable and it wasn't just puddles. When they showed this at E3 I knew the PS4 wasn't going to be able to run it. Just like I'm calling with Final Fantasy VII remake. Gamers really shouldn't care about a small down grade in graphics. I'm not even on the Sony band wagon and I can tell this is going to be a very good game.

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u/falconbox falconbox Sep 02 '18

EXACTLY. I don't necessarily care that much, since I've seen far worse downgrades (Dark Souls 2 for example), and the gameplay still looks great to me, but people are in denial or something.

Here's a different scene that shows it better IMO. Someone tell me with a straight face that this 2018 scene looks better than what we saw in 2016:

https://gfycat.com/FairWeeklyDodo

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18 edited Sep 02 '18

I'll tell you this with a straight face. The 2018 picture is using a different shader and blurred altitude effects. Probably to cut down in rendering with PS4. That's my take in it any way. Regardless, it will be fine.

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u/falconbox falconbox Sep 02 '18

The 2018 picture is using a different shader and blurred attitude effects. Probably to cut down in rendering with PS4. That's my take in it any way.

All things most likely true. For example you see a lot more detail at a distance in 2016 (the trees, cars, etc) while 2018 uses a depth of field blur to most likely reduce the strain on the hardware.

I know limitations need to be put in place, but that's why I'm a little annoyed in the first place. They showed us stuff 2 years ago that even at the time I thought "no way is the final game going to look like that."

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18 edited Sep 02 '18

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

The words "honey dicking" come to mind

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u/Saithir Sep 02 '18

Every texture on that roof and removed pipe+smoke, that's also "different shader and depth of field blur to hide things in the distance", too?