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Far Cry 4 (PS4) God Rays Removed in Latest Patch (Why Ubi??)

psychotron

psychotron

Member
Played more tonight. Game is still beautiful but now I can't stop looking at the sun through the trees and getting pissed.
 
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Cmerrill

You don't need to be empathetic towards me.
psychotron said:
Played more tonight. Game is still beautiful but now I can't stop looking at the sun through the trees and getting pissed.
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I don't understand this sentiment. Am I the only one that is very disappointed by the graphics?

It feels/looks like a PS3 game in 1080p. Some of the textures are just terrible and unexcusably bad, and the pop/draw in is beyond unforgivable(like most games this gen).

It's not ugly, it's just very last gen.
 
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Warm Machine

Member
Cmerrill said:
I don't understand this sentiment. Am I the only one that is very disappointed by the graphics?

It feels/looks like a PS3 game in 1080p. Some of the textures are just terrible and unexcusably bad, and the pop/draw in is beyond unforgivable(like most games this gen).

It's not ugly, it's just very last gen.
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Go do an A-B comparison with Far Cry 3 on consoles. I did yesterday. FC4 is easily a generation ahead on the new machines.
 
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Cmerrill

You don't need to be empathetic towards me.
Warm Machine said:
Go do an A-B comparison with Far Cry 3 on consoles. I did yesterday. FC4 is easily a generation ahead on the new machines.
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It's mostly a resolution difference, imo. Look at the textures when you climb a mountain that has grass, terrible, or the fur on dead animals from the terrible AA solution they use.

Fly around and watch trees, building, bushes, cars, etc all pop in and draw in right below you, it's terrible.

The animal animations are also laughably bad.
 
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leng jai

Member
Cmerrill said:
I don't understand this sentiment. Am I the only one that is very disappointed by the graphics?

It feels/looks like a PS3 game in 1080p. Some of the textures are just terrible and unexcusably bad, and the pop/draw in is beyond unforgivable(like most games this gen).

It's not ugly, it's just very last gen.
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FC4 is one of the better looking PS4 games.
 
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WaffleTaco

Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
All right yalls my bad on the presumed exclusive God Rays. I thought it could be, I am assuming that there should be an announcement by this end week or next week. Again it sucks, but the game should still be fun, and hopefully it will get fixed. Especially since Ubisoft does not need anymore bad PR.
 
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Lord Error

Insane For Sony
Warm Machine said:
Go do an A-B comparison with Far Cry 3 on consoles. I did yesterday. FC4 is easily a generation ahead on the new machines.
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It's true, and it looks great, but i do agree that it's lacking a certain next gen oomph. I think for example that KZ:SF looks better, and it also ran at higher framerate (well, maybe, that's hard to say as you can't play with unlocked framerate in FC4)
 
psychotron

psychotron

Member
Cmerrill said:
I don't understand this sentiment. Am I the only one that is very disappointed by the graphics?

It feels/looks like a PS3 game in 1080p. Some of the textures are just terrible and unexcusably bad, and the pop/draw in is beyond unforgivable(like most games this gen).

It's not ugly, it's just very last gen.
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Yes, you're the only one. Out of curiosity, are you using the stock hard drive? I'm using a hybrid drive and pop in is not that bad, and I'm someone that hates it. It drove me nuts in infamous second son.
 
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Cmerrill

You don't need to be empathetic towards me.
psychotron said:
Yes, you're the only one. Out of curiosity, are you using the stock hard drive? I'm using a hybrid drive and pop in is not that bad, and I'm someone that hates it. It drove me nuts in infamous second son.
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I have a 1TB 7200RPM drive, it's definitely not my HD. You notice it more in the "buzzer" than running around, although, it's there too.
 
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GameAddict411

Member
FlyinJ said:
Here's my theory:

Ubisoft paid licensing for using third-party generated god rays for two weeks. The license expired, so they legally had to remove them from the game.

Works out great for them. All the reviews come out, they get applauded for their amazing graphics, then let all the licenses expire and they save some dough after the initial sales.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be the real reason lol, you my friend just passed the "common sense" test with flying colors.
 
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Cmerrill

You don't need to be empathetic towards me.
| Praxis | said:
I would trade the stutter from the PC version for no sun rays.
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I've had moments in the PS4 version where there was "rubber banding", as if I was online, although I wasn't. I would be running and the the game would whip me back about 10-20 feet.
 
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Elios83

Member
They still haven't answered this....this year has been terrible for Ubisoft, such mismanagement and lack of respect for consumers for shady reasons which eventually become public and backfire.
 
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OboroShogun

Banned
I'd like to see this pressed. Who do we tweet to find out what the intent was with this removal? This could be an ugly precedent. That's my big concern, game still looks good enough for me.
 
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valkyre

Member
Cmerrill said:
I don't understand this sentiment. Am I the only one that is very disappointed by the graphics?

It feels/looks like a PS3 game in 1080p. Some of the textures are just terrible and unexcusably bad, and the pop/draw in is beyond unforgivable(like most games this gen).

It's not ugly, it's just very last gen.
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Seriously you need to revisit some last gen games...I mean graphics is all preference and all, I get that, but objectively speaking, the game is beautiful. I am not saying it is the best gfx this gen, but being disappointed by such graphics, you either need to remind yourself what FC3 looked like (especially on consoles) or seriously lower your standards because you are going to be very often disappointed this gen.
 
TheStruggler

TheStruggler

Report me for trolling ND/TLoU2 threads
hammer their twitter and get an explanation for this. If it was to "improve" framerate it was already stable
 
Hendrick's

Hendrick's

If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Maybe is was for framerate. Don't know if you guys have tried co-op, but the framerate is trash.
 
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JayEH

Junior Member
FlyinJ said:
Here's my theory:

Ubisoft paid licensing for using third-party generated god rays for two weeks. The license expired, so they legally had to remove them from the game.

Works out great for them. All the reviews come out, they get applauded for their amazing graphics, then let all the licenses expire and they save some dough after the initial sales.
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Given U-B-I softu's actions over the last month, it wouldn't surprise me.
 
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Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
Cmerrill said:
I don't understand this sentiment. Am I the only one that is very disappointed by the graphics?

It feels/looks like a PS3 game in 1080p. Some of the textures are just terrible and unexcusably bad, and the pop/draw in is beyond unforgivable(like most games this gen).

It's not ugly, it's just very last gen.
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I don't agree at all, the game is one of the best looking current gen games for sure, IMO. Standing on mountain-tops and looking out over the landscape is very nice. Even with compression, shots like this look very nice:

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TEH-CJ

Banned
So any response from Ubi about this? because their silence speaks volumes....

Consumers bought the PS4 due to it being the more powerful system so we should expect the games we purchase to take advantage of that extra horsepower.

I am not even joking about this but I am considering returning this game just out of principle. I refuse to support this parity bullshit. If this is what the gaming industry has come to then I fucking quit. Its disgusting.
 
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ypo

Member
MS probably has a technical fellow keeping tabs on the parity. The guy sees the Godray and went "no way we are giving this 100% Sunshine advantage to Sony" and made a phone call.
 
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B_Spooky13

Member
My only real big problem with the game that I'm having is the Car to Car Takedown... When the prompt shows up to do it, it doesn't work.. I'll fall a little behind and I'm spamming R3 then all of a sudden I'll be already in the other car stabbing the guy.
 
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KyleCross

Member
I just finally got around to beating The Evil Within and threw this into the PS4 as my next game, but I'm guessing I might be better off waiting to see if this gets fixed? I have Wolfenstein and Mordor to still play.
 
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LowSignal

Member
Looks like after some good old Google searching god rays are supposed to be a nvidia exclusive like AMD's tomb raider hair tech. No conspiracy here, the just made an ubi
 
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boredandlazy

Member
Beaulieu said:
this thread is hilarious
some of these replies (like that last one)...

reads like a parody man



dude who cares about that, GODRAYS ARE MISSING MAN
get yo' priorities straight
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This is a final straw situation rather than raging over the removal of one feature. I'm just sick of Ubisoft's bullshit.
 
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