Amazing Next Gen Graphics @ E3

Don't get your hopes up. It's E3 so I can almost guarantee you that these games will be downgraded graphically. In fact, I absolutely can in the case of Syndicate.

 

If it's pre-rendered it doesn't count.

 

Even if they aren't, videos in general count for very little on E3 these days. Even so called "gameplay" trailers almost always feature graphics that will be downgraded in the final version and features a heavily scripted segment that isn't actually in the game.

I stopped looking at trailers of all kinds years ago because they're not meant to show gameplay, just to hype you up enough to throw your money at them and then the actual game never lives up to the hype. These days I just read what a game will feature and how it will play and I make my decision based on that. I've not been disappointed by a new game for years.

E3 is basically a convention where the biggest liars in the industry gather and see who can get the most sheep to praise their name.

 

What you described counts to me as pre-rendering. As a former graphics programmer, I realize there's a difference between what a film studio rendering farm does and what a realtime renderer does, but I would argue that the show isn't legitimate unless it's an engine demo, which is not what a scripted scene is. That's still pre-rendering.

 

I don't really feel like it holds up.

The game industry already has a concept of what "pre-rendered" means. Pre-rendered scenes refer to scenes that are made in the game's engine, but not rendered in real time--like a cutscene. In these so called gameplay demos, there is a person playing--he's just playing a heavily scripted segment meant specifically to look dynamic and impressive but the guy playing knows exactly when and how to trigger everything. Graphically speaking, it's still rendered in real time. It's just optimized better than the finished game will be and is quite likely running on more powerful hardware.

 

Oh. Well in that case, I agree it's not pre-rendered, but I don't think that running it on more powerful hardware than the average consumer has is deceptive. Optimizing it better for the demo specifically is deceptive though.

 

To put it simple, it's all just for show. Don't get too hyped; I guarantee you will be dissapointed.

 

When I say more powerful hardware, I more or less mean that they play it on a developer kit that is much more powerful than the current consoles and then they pass it off as console gameplay. Ubislft are especially guilty of this and has been doing it since at least 2007, but it's more or less standard procedure at this point.

 

Like Watch_Dogs was? Just wait and see. It'll be downgraded.

 

Alright, Witcher 3 then? That one was a double whammy as it both got downgraded and PC gameplay was claimed to be console gameplay. It happens all the time and I'm just saying that it's a bad idea to get hyped about games before they're out because it is so extremely rare these days that a trailer--in whatever form--is representative of the actual game.

When it comes to games, it's far better to be a pessimist. Either it's exactly what you expected and won't be disappointed or you're pleasantly surprised.

 

I did? Well then! You said it yourself!

 

Guess I can relate. If there'd be a new Burnout that had the same quality of Burnout 3, I don't know what I'd do.

 

fallout 4 and bo3 are the only games i give a shit about this year

 

This is honestly amazing.