Because Nirolak is having a laugh by not including the other comparisons in the OP. It is not merely one crappy youtube compressed screenshot that can be used to evaluate the claim that this game was downgraded. People have posted lots of images.
Ok, let's try this again. Had to fix a link.
It was never really about puddles for me, and I don't really care since the gameplay still looks great and I've seen worse downgrades in the past (Dark Souls 2 for example), but people saying it didn't happen here are in denial.
Here's a different scene. 2016 vs 2018.
Full res:
https://gfycat.com/FairWeeklyDodo
rhu rho at agressive LOD pop-up, even the rats become piggeons at less than 3 meters.Ok, let's try this again. Had to fix a link.
It was never really about puddles for me, and I don't really care since the gameplay still looks great and I've seen worse downgrades in the past (Dark Souls 2 for example), but people saying it didn't happen here are in denial.
Here's a different scene. 2016 vs 2018.
Full res:
https://gfycat.com/FairWeeklyDodo
Yeah, I don't exactly have time to comb through a 75 page thread. Nirolak, just update the OP already.
This is inaccurate. Different time of day and traffic is dynamic and variable. This kind of graphic is hugely misleading.Ok, let's try this again. Had to fix a link.
It was never really about puddles for me, and I don't really care since the gameplay still looks great and I've seen worse downgrades in the past (Dark Souls 2 for example), but people saying it didn't happen here are in denial.
Here's a different scene. 2016 vs 2018.
Full res:
https://gfycat.com/FairWeeklyDodo
I really can't wait to see your work this week. Thanks for responding to people, btw. I know it must be a grey area considering NDA's and whatnot.
Well, there's already a lot of footage out there so it's easy to understand what's going on just based on available media. I think people just don't know what they're looking at in terms of the way it functions yet.
I think it definitely helps to have someone like you highlighting various functions and the different elements that contribute to a game's development. The problem is if people don't want to listen.
Could you make a summary of how you came to that conclusion, that would be helpful for other readers that don't want to spend their time doing the same.
There is literally a picture on the very page you posted that shows the same fidelity and same density in terms of crowds and cars. Not to mention the swinging GIFs on this page.
I've looked at this image quite a lot and have even posted it myself. My final findings would be:Ok, let's try this again. Had to fix a link.
It was never really about puddles for me, and I don't really care since the gameplay still looks great and I've seen worse downgrades in the past (Dark Souls 2 for example), but people saying it didn't happen here are in denial.
Here's a different scene. 2016 vs 2018.
Full res:
https://gfycat.com/FairWeeklyDodo
Then don't make definitive statements if you aren't an expert. I can't tell if there are legit people thinking this is real or we all keep taking the bait over and over again
Calm down bro. Sorry for not using "in my opinion". Although I would say I'm surprised -- at least, judging solely by the comparison in the OP -- that it's not a more common reaction ITT.
It was like pretty much all games, I don't see the problem. They downgraded it but so does everyone else.
That's the underlying issue to this whole thing. People are classifying a downgrade as "in my opinion, the 2018 pic looks worse. I don't know or care why. It just does". Instead of realizing there's a difference between subjective personal preference and technical downgrade, they define a downgrade as I liked the other one better, so it's a downgrade, regardless of any other context
There's evidence showing otherwise, but it isn't being put in the OP.
There was actually a 2017/2018 graphics comparison thread (that's where the Shocker comparison pic comes from) but then puddlegate kind of took over the entire thread and eventually the thread was closed
I only used that once before so I forgot about that feature.
