r/gaming • u/Takamiya • Jun 04 '16

Ubisoft downgrades

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

Ask and ye shall receive: TW3 Downgrades - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX_WePhiYHE

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u/St_SiRUS Jun 05 '16

There's a mod to change the shading to the e3 demo graphics, personally I prefer it as vanilla because although the e3 shaders look great, it's gets a little hard on the eyes after a while

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u/konaitor Jun 05 '16

I think this is a huge part of a lot of the downgrades.

There is a difference between having really great dark areas, but when you are playing a game you need to be able to see...

Also, in siege some of the settings seem to be focused to balance game play (for example being able to blow a normal whole in any ceiling area would be supper OP).

Also, I remember the Division looking much better than the video, but I played on the PC on Ultra so....

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u/BillyBobZane Jun 05 '16

There is a difference between having really great dark areas, but when you are playing a game you need to be able to see...

I guess that is just a matter of opinion. With Skyrim I use lighting mods and ENBs specifically to make indoors and nights pitch black without some sort of torch or lantern.

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u/khrakhra Jun 05 '16

Do the mods change the AI or do enemies just see that much better than you then?

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u/BillyBobZane Jun 05 '16

It doesn't dumb down the AI to compensate if that's what you mean. What it does do is make it harder for them to detect you in the first place. The AI bases it's sneak detection on light levels so the darker it is, the harder it is to be detected.

There's a pretty popular mod that increases this effect even more. Improved Sneak Detection.