An overview of Ubisofts downgraded games (video)
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fantaskarsef
Made me laugh greatly, and reasures me that not buying ubicrap games is the right way for me personally.
shymi
Wow, I knew about the downgrades, but seeing them side by side with the demos is frightening. BTW was it me or even the sound assets were downgraded(Rainbow part of the video)?
fantaskarsef
It was, it was even noted that it's not only graphics downgrades.
BlueRay
People should really stop buying heavily downgraded games and they should really stop pre-ordering games. And we should stop buying crap DLC's.
lucidus
Let's see if they become more honest as Vivendi lmao.
InfinityX
Wow!, Just Wow! I knew it was going on, particularly in WD, but to see it all side-by-side like that really beggars belief.
What I don't understand is why they do this? Is it that they build these huge Worlds, spend months manicuring great assets, texture maps, and shaders on an overpowered devkit?, i.e., so when compiled for the actual target console they realise its overspecced and they have to downgrade for FPS or resolution? Is it pressure from Sony, MS, or Ubisoft Execs to normalise content across all console and PC graphics 'just' to ensure sales on the target console platform?
I haven't enjoyed an Ubisoft game since AC:Blackflag. I most certainly would never pre-order an Ubisoft title after watching that video.
fantaskarsef
You do understand why they do this 😉
Yeah, it has to run on consoles, they like annoying the smaller part of their sales, PC community, than miss out on 5 million sold console copies... it's a business decision. It's just a shame they could do so much better, push their energy into obviously better graphics, and then they have to throw it away. It's just that those games have to run on old hardware, and even with downgraded resolution it seems to still stress consoles with lots of effects.
Xuanzang
Boycott Ubisoft for false/deceptive advertising. It's a big joke.
Extraordinary
First YT comment under the vid lol
Backstabak
I really like, how this article came out 2 min after the "WatchDogs 2 Hello World Teaser".
Xuanzang
lol !! And he is absolutely right. 🤓
kosh_neranek
Not that it would be a surprise but this video is scandalous.One should be able to get a full refund at anytime without questions especially when preordering and ideally be able to sue them.Imagine McDonalds advertising their new burger only to find out that once you buy it in real world it's gonna miss tomatoes,mayo and the meat will be from rats..So happy I haven't spent a single penny on UBI in years.And it will surely stay that way 😛uke2:
jaykop
To be honest I think it should be illegal to show a game at the top graphics end but then downgrade it to the point it looks like a completely different game these company's that promote a fantastically good looking games then sell us a completely downgrade item not just in sound but graphics as well is a disgrace:bang:
shymi
Uh, I didn't read the description properly, sorry about that, but still - the guns and the sound effects are abysmal compared to the demo 🙁
fantaskarsef
Didn't try to bash you, I was surprised myself that I could actually hear the difference. Not that my hearing is bad (it's actually above average for my age), but that a yt video and my work laptop's speakers could bring it out!
shymi
Bashing? Where was it? 😀 Don't worry - it is a habit of mine to apologize for mistake, that was noted 🙂
BTW, I agree with the others - there shouldn't be such practices and if there are - they must be punished. That being said though, even The Witcher 3 had that, but it's still a beautiful game(+ oh, that amazing soundtrack).
bigfutus
I bought Far Cry 4 for few bucks on Steam sale, and i don't complain 🙂
XP-200
And i though Watch dogs looked good, until i saw what that video. lol
Oh well, thankfully i never pre-order or buy at launch these days, so i am free of getting caught out on this stuff, but bummer for the pre-order crowd. lol
fantaskarsef
Could have gotten it for free, still politely declined 😉
But you're right, on a budget things look different. Not much to complain about graphical fidelity if you don't pay 60€ launch price, the pricing argument changes things greatly (or if the game is already a year old etc.)
Netherwind
This is scary stuff but also well known.
Though I'm sure they wouldn't downgrade Rayman 😉
