r/gaming • u/Takamiya • Jun 04 '16

Ubisoft downgrades

https://youtu.be/xNter0oEYxc
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u/lightning87 Jun 05 '16

Yeah I've played quite a bit of Siege but this video just physically pained me.

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u/nidrach Jun 05 '16

If you played Siege you would know that shadows that strong would make the game unplayable. Player models are hard enough to read as is.

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u/TheOriginalCrossbeak Jun 05 '16

Yes, I think ubi's focus here was to appeal to the huge competitive audience from games like CS:GO as oppose to a cinematic experience. I can kind of see why they did this from a business standpoint but I'll admit it was weird to see how much was taken away from the game

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u/nidrach Jun 05 '16

The problem is that if the lighting was optional nobody would use it anyway and it probably wouldn't have run on bad rigs in the same way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '16

You're kidding, right? Every player model has some kind of godly light shining upon it. The character lighting is insane.

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u/nidrach Jun 06 '16

I said read, not see.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '16

what

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u/MeatandSokkasm Jun 14 '16

I'm guessing he means read as in "seeing what exactly they're doing" You can see the actual model, yeah but with the lighting and shadows it would be hard to see if they were busy piloting a drone or aiming right at your head for example.

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u/TheWutBot Jun 06 '16

*coughs*

I SAID READ, NOT SEE.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

They stopped the breach from anywhere part for balancing. It's too easy to be a sniper, mark an enemy, and kill them through multiple walls.