Source; https://www.psu.com/news/godof-war-artist-denies-ps4-downgrade/
I guess we will have to wait and see until the game comes out but so far the game looks gorgeous in my opinion
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God of War Artist Denies Downgrade
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Source; https://www.psu.com/news/godof-war-artist-denies-ps4-downgrade/
I guess we will have to wait and see until the game comes out but so far the game looks gorgeous in my opinion
There was a thread (with low quality pics taken from YouTube videos and such) about this
https://www.resetera.com/threads/did-god-of-war-get-downgraded.18442/
It's funny how there's always this 'downgrade' cry about PS4 exclusives from people who don't even have a PS4 lol.
I have no doubt that GOW will be one of the most stunning looking game of this gen. Bring it on, SSM. Sony devs are wizards.
People doubting this developer really need to see their past history. They can pull it off and they never held back. Just look at God of War 3 that could pass as a PS4 game. Or GOW2 that looked like an early PS3 game. Same goes to the PSP tittles.
I was one of those who thought that the game had a downgrade. But im glad its not. I believe in Sony Santa Monica. They deserve it
Like clockwork we came to this "ps4 game is downgraded" time of the year.
I thought people by now would learn something about the past "Horizon is downgraded" and the " UC4 has been downgraded.
Looking forward for Next year "TLoU Part 2 has been downgraded"
I thought people by now would learn something about the past "Horizon is downgraded" and the " UC4 has been downgraded.
Looking forward for Next year "TLoU Part 2 has been downgraded"
We've still got the Spider-man and Days Gone downgrade threads to come
And there are people who genuinely commented in that thread lmao.
I wouldn't cry downgrade, but looking at the direct feed of the serpent, there's a couple of places where there's been changes that you could deem worse I suppose. This might be explained by a different LoD or artistic choice, but there is some difference.
I personally don't give a toss about these differences.
What I learned today is, if you need to downgrade your game without actually downgrading your game, just change the time of day the original scene is set at. That way, you can downgrade your game while conveniently sidestepping any downgrade accusations.
Boy, Ubisoft sure could learn a thing or two from these guys.
Boy, Ubisoft sure could learn a thing or two from these guys.
Yes, because someone who has a vested interest in the success of the product he's working on would surely come out and say "Yeah guys, game's downgraded, don't waste your money".
I have no interest either way, but taking developers' words as gospel is misguided at best.
inFamous Second Son did that and still got accused of being downgraded, when it released and wasn't downgraded the clueless people screaming downgrade where suddenly quiet.
People should really look up how much different lighting can affect a game, before crying downgrade over (in this case) pretty slight differences.
i sometimes think people don't understand the difference between a downgrade and just something being changed. there is nothing technically worse in the new trailer of god of war. if anything things have improved. they're just taking place in different lighting conditions and with different atmospherics.
it's like when people kept posting this ridiculous comparison of uncharted 3
they re-shaped chloes face and moved the entire scene to a new location where the lighting and atmosphere was completely different. geometry and textures were not "downgraded" the scene simply changed. was a it a good call? debatable. but in the context of the story and location the scene takes place in, it makes a lot more sense to look the way it ended up.
god of war is no different. remember stage demonstrations are typically made without the full context of the entire game set in stone. entire areas may move around in the context of the whole narrative. what once was shown as a daytime mission, may now take place at night because the story and design have been finalized and require it.
this ain't no witcher 3 situation here people. not even remotely.
it's like when people kept posting this ridiculous comparison of uncharted 3
they re-shaped chloes face and moved the entire scene to a new location where the lighting and atmosphere was completely different. geometry and textures were not "downgraded" the scene simply changed. was a it a good call? debatable. but in the context of the story and location the scene takes place in, it makes a lot more sense to look the way it ended up.
god of war is no different. remember stage demonstrations are typically made without the full context of the entire game set in stone. entire areas may move around in the context of the whole narrative. what once was shown as a daytime mission, may now take place at night because the story and design have been finalized and require it.
this ain't no witcher 3 situation here people. not even remotely.
Or he would say nothing, thats an option you know - considering only a vocal minority even cares.
There's like 3 vocals that insist there's a downgrade. They don't realize the time change and lighting with some added bloom effects make the scene actually 'better' than before.
Sok tho. Faces will melt and crow will be eaten in April. This is SSM after all.
Be free to say your opinion. Honestly from what I seen, it's not exactly a downgrade what it shows and with all respect for them, people who said that or they trolling or simply don't know of what they talking about.
Wut? Thats clearly a downgrade!
GOW looks every so slightly reduced in the qualitiy of the details. Nothing major and the sort of thing I would expect during full game optimisation vs verticle slice.
In my mind, a downgrade would be wholesale changes to what was promised. Changing of some assets around the mouth of a snake doesn't hold up. For all we know that could just be an effect of the lighting, an art decision, or the decision to change minor assets for performance. Something like this would be a wholesale downgradeI wouldn't cry downgrade, but looking at the direct feed of the serpent, there's a couple of places where there's been changes that you could deem worse I suppose. This might be explained by a different LoD or artistic choice, but there is some difference.
I personally don't give a toss about these differences.
Seems like a great opportunity to quote my posts from that thread:
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I wouldn't cry downgrade, but looking at the direct feed of the serpent, there's a couple of places where there's been changes that you could deem worse I suppose. This might be explained by a different LoD or artistic choice, but there is some difference.
I personally don't give a toss about these differences.
Yea that's one thing I noticed, the serpent definitely looks less intimidating and more 'gamey'. Almost like there's some ambient occlusion effect missing inside the mouth and the skin looks less wet and the shader overall looks less like skin and more like ... a rock.
It's also pretty reasonable to believe someone has enough integrity to speak publicly about this truthfully when they have direct knowledge of the situation. Especially when it hasn't even reached 'controversy' status on video game message boards.
I wouldn't cry downgrade, but looking at the direct feed of the serpent, there's a couple of places where there's been changes that you could deem worse I suppose. This might be explained by a different LoD or artistic choice, but there is some difference.
I personally don't give a toss about these differences.
that's a visible case of downgrade on texture resolution ( some texture details in the nose disappeared on the last version only for example ), in general the model seems more blurred now, but for reasons the community continue your "deny mantra"
Different time of day my arse, that's a downgrade.I wouldn't cry downgrade, but looking at the direct feed of the serpent, there's a couple of places where there's been changes that you could deem worse I suppose. This might be explained by a different LoD or artistic choice, but there is some difference.
I personally don't give a toss about these differences.
Ok, but it is though. The right one is considerably flatter in terms of AO and self shadowing. Look in her mouth.
Out of all the dev teams out there, accusing SSM of downgrading their games is as laughable as it gets.
how? moving a light and adding volumetric fog isn't a downgrade. hell, the actual bus has gained details around the windows. geometry is just as good across both assets both in regards to the bus and chloe herself. she had a redesign some people might not like, granted, but that isn't what a downgrade is.
now, if she ended up looking like she does in her multiplayer model (which has reduced details for MP) then yeah, that would be a downgrade. artistic and context changes are not though.
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