The difference between preview and review copies I would guess.
*split* multiplatform console-world problems + Image Quality Debate
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The difference between preview and review copies I would guess.
It's probably already running @ 1080p with some issues. But the event configured some to go 720p.
Quaz51 never ever failed at getting actual resolutions right, he has an unblemished track record. I knew he was right.
However, if IW did this deliberately, why letting the multiplayer run at 1080p?
This also serves as an example about what is good journalism and bad journalism.
I read a review on a website where they used the same words for both consoles and just added a couple of lines in the Xbox One review saying that the game looked much much worse and it lacked technical effects on the Xone compared to the PS4 version.
They were actually reviewing the same resolution and hence the same effects, or IQ. Yet they said that the game looked a lot more crisper on the PS4 just because IW had publicly shared the resolution of the game in both consoles, not because they believed this was true.
Polygon rules.
Depends on what Polygon played, did they play SP or MP or both?
If any review site played the PS4 MP they played in 1080P and thus it would look different, if they played both then I guess it depends on what they played last or when they took note of the visuals.
Anyone who only played SP and made a comment about the graphics difference are the ones who are just parroting numbers.
If any review site played the PS4 MP they played in 1080P and thus it would look different, if they played both then I guess it depends on what they played last or when they took note of the visuals.
Anyone who only played SP and made a comment about the graphics difference are the ones who are just parroting numbers.
djskribbles
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Polygon played both SP and MP AFAIK, so they can't tell the difference either way. The difference between 720p scaled and native 1080p should be noticeable. Some journalists might have judged more on the MP side, which was in fact 1080p.
Lol, I already called it in the PC thread that the PC version looked a lot sharper than the PS4 version in DF's side by side comparison while under the impression both were running at 1080p. I put it down to much better AA in the PC version at the time. So much for resolution differences not being noticable.
RaolinDarksbane
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Not sure about the others, but Polygon were basing their graphic comparisons on multiplayer though.
Which illustrates their dishonesty or incompetence.
The polygon reviewer basically said the two version looked identical. He or she said the ps4 version might be sharper but it might be his imagination (due to the confirmed resolution difference) but had no confidence in his ability to tell the two apart.
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I think that's not totally fair to them and imo they did a good job. Perhaps they weren't very observational during MP matches, but they certainly played the entire campaign and all their footage in the video comes from the PS4 version of the game.
They have a whole set of paragraphs talking about the mp, the campaign and the new aliens mode.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/5/5052646/call-of-duty-ghosts-review
Paraphrasing them, this might explain why they couldn't discern much of a difference, something that no reviewer -afaik- had pointed out before.
This paragraph -below- is where I should agree they weren't as accurate because this shows they played the MP intensively and the technical differences should be more noticeable.
However, this part also gives another hint at the fact that they just wrote what they genuinely thought and that those drops might be due to the game running at 1080p, not fully optimised -IW admitted themselves that releasing the game for 6 platforms wasn't a wise idea.
We could add another twist to the story. What if IW heard about people complaining about framerate issues on the PS4 version and decided to drop the resolution in SP to get better scores before increasing the resolution again to the original 1080p til there is no mud in the water?
Wouldn't that be "So much for resolution differences being noticeable".
They also have shown they have an eye for detail, something other reviewers can't say because they just wrote the Xbox One version off because IW said that one runs at 1080p and the other runs at 720p.
Those reviewers are most likely hiding under a rock, now that the details about the conditions in which the reviews have been written are known.
Your defense is admirable and well placed, but everyone that has been following next gen knows about their bias. The Gies twitter drama, their reviews, their next gen coverage, their endowment from MS, the list goes on and on. I would not trust them for anything at this point.
As bad as most mainstream game coverage is, it is typically just incompetence, not malice.
As bad as most mainstream game coverage is, it is typically just incompetence, not malice.
Heard about that just today, since I haven't been following them enough. I will try to follow them more from now on though.... while I can't say the same about other so called journalists whose fate is sealed for me and I don't find the motivation to read their reviews.
I can't get over the fact that they write some things for the sake of it, but don't know about the truth.
I don't want to drown my sorrows about journalism in you, I will just say that video gaming journalism still has long ways to go. Just sayin'
Cheers
