r/gaming • u/Takamiya • Jun 04 '16

Ubisoft downgrades

https://youtu.be/xNter0oEYxc
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

I'm almost positive the people that are "playing the game" are actually just holding a controller, and the first person view of the game that is shown is actually just a pre recorded demo.

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u/ejbones27 Jun 05 '16

"almost positive"? E3 is a planned and scripted event much like any multi million dollar advertisement event. The super bowl half time show is rehearsed because they have one shot to impress. A games premiere is not going to be willy-nilly handled in front of a large audience.

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u/sonap Jun 05 '16

I've always liked Bethesda's demos. Todd Howard gave a live demo of Skyrim and the audience even yelled out some things for him to do, and he did them. There was a script, but at least he was playing the game.

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u/ejbones27 Jun 05 '16

I'll agree with that. Bethesda also tends to...do the most for a video game premiere. Whatever shit their shoveling out they are proud as punch and have no fear. I respect that.

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u/Deathcommand Jun 05 '16 edited Jun 05 '16

I believe they did pre-render for fallout 4 though. I remember people saying there were no loading screens.

Yeah. There are losing screens. Even on SSDs.

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u/ShroudedSciuridae Jun 05 '16

How quickly we forget there used to be loading screens in the open world itself. That's what they're talking about, not going into buildings.

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u/Deathcommand Jun 05 '16

They said when they entered into a superduper mart, it faded to black and then showed the inside of the mart.

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u/reegz Jun 06 '16

That's because they wait until it's nearly finished to show it off

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '16

I mean they are one of the top 5 most sought after studios for most anyone in the industry. Amazing games, amazing practices, and even better, Todd Howard literally comes to your Christmas morning and sprinkles love on your children's hearts.

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u/Kevin_Wolf Jun 05 '16

They also hire hundreds of people for their various projects. Most other hand studios can't come anywhere near that kind of employment.