I know that people here are huge fans of graphics controversies, so I thought we might as well cover this one.
TL;DR:
Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/9binvp/spiderman_graphics_comparison/
Here's the image in question:
And here's Insomniac's response, which doesn't seem to have had much impact yet on lowering the amount of traffic going to this:
Edit:
Apparently some of our posters feel everyone thinks Insomniac is full of serial liars or something, so here's an image showing the game still has lots of puddles:
TL;DR:
- Reddit users feel there was a graphics downgrade between the E3 build and release build of Spider-Man
- Insomniac insists this is not true
- The main contention is over a changed puddle in the Kingpin level and the reflections in said puddle, however, there are also people who feel that Spider-Man's suit textures are a downgrade, or that there are major changes to the interior and exterior lighting, along with a bit of debate about the shadows too
- The upvotes on the Reddit thread are growing at 100-200+ per minute, so this will be one of the biggest stories on Reddit gaming today at this rate. I had to update the number in the title several times while writing up this thread. Insomniac's response is not included there if you were curious.
- Edit: Now at 30.0K.
Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/9binvp/spiderman_graphics_comparison/
IGN said:Some gamers who were looking forward to Spider-Man'srelease next week are claiming Insomniac Games has downgraded Spider-Man's visuals, leading to smaller puddles and several other perceived problems.
A Reddit post from Thursday morning by Ghulam_Jewel compares Spider-Man E3 and release screenshots, and is nearing 7,000 upvotes and 1,000 comments. [Note: This is now 13.6K+ upvotes and 1.6K+ comments.] Redditors are arguing over whether or not the textures look worse in the release versions – but one thing everyone agrees on is that what once was a giant puddle is now a smaller puddle.
Here's the image in question:
And here's Insomniac's response, which doesn't seem to have had much impact yet on lowering the amount of traffic going to this:
Edit:
Apparently some of our posters feel everyone thinks Insomniac is full of serial liars or something, so here's an image showing the game still has lots of puddles:
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