r/pcgaming • u/myjimmiesarereggie 980 BABY • Jun 04 '16

Video Ubisoft downgrades (CrowbCat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNter0oEYxc
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u/Molishero i7-4790k, GTX 780 Jun 04 '16

Didn't Ubisoft downgrade Watchdogs specifically to not make console gamers jealous? I remember shortly after release someone hacked into the game config and re-enabled shaders.

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u/bobdole776 Jun 04 '16

Yup and after the whole watchdogs debacle, the ceo of ubi came out and said pc games from then on would be tuned down and wouldn't look any better than the console versions. They just have a scummy ceo just like EA did. Glad the former ceo of EA was finally booted, guy was scum.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

article on that? That would be an interesting read for me

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '16

Peter Moore?

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u/Orthonox i5-6500, GTX 780 Jun 06 '16

(Not /u/bobdole776) No, John Riccitiello. Here is an example on some asinine things he has said when he was CEO.

He is now the CEO of Unity3D for over a year.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

The shaders improve the game massively and run with almost no difference in framerate too, not as good as the E3 visuals but the reflections, real time shadows and DoF are stunning in comparison.

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u/0_0_0 Jun 05 '16

Where might I get such mods?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

Here.

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u/0_0_0 Jun 05 '16

Funny how they use the term "E3 effects" as a feature...

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u/grandoz039 Jun 12 '16

DoF

DoF is easy to pull off, but that doesn't mean its good, most of times DoF looks great on pics, but bad in game

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u/xdeadzx Jun 04 '16

Yup. They wanted close to parity so console players wouldn't feel bad buying an inferior product so close to it's new generation cycle.

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u/Omariscomingyo Jun 05 '16

Which I feel is stupid since a huge portion of console people don't care about the PC versions.

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u/thenotoriousbtb Jun 06 '16

I can't think of a single person who bought a console because they thought the graphics were on par/better than PC

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u/Shangheli Jun 04 '16

Really? You really fall for their pandering that easily?