Remember during E3 2012 when Ubisoft showed Watch_Dogs for the first time? Those graphics were amazing, right! Then as time went on, they showed Watch_Dogs again and it looked... really bad. In terms of graphics, it was a huge downgrade. So much in fact, there was a rather huge controversy over it. Well, as it turns out, this shit was intentional.
Found in the files of the game on PC, players and modders were able to find settings that enabled the game to do glorious things. Posted on the NeoGAF forums, the following screenshots reek of corruption. However, given the nature of Ubisoft, this shit surprises no one.
"Who cares" indeed, Ubisoft.
On Cyberpunked in a PC performance thread:
This whole things stinks of console garbage. In an attempt to hide how behind the "next generation" consoles really are, the PC players had to suffer by having our edition of the game dumbed down to meet a console's low standards and expectations.
With the mod, here's what our game should look like: http://imgur.com/a/QqpGf#0
And the following video is even better:
Look at the textures on that coat. Look at those shades. ARE THOSE MOTHERFUCKING DYNAMIC SHADOWS?! Yes, yes they are. The mod in question here actually doesn't add anything to the game. All it does is activate things in the game that were already there but turned off by Ubisoft so they could make consoles look better. To make matters even worse, this mod INCREASES PERFORMANCE OF THE GAME. Good fucking game, Ubisoft. I'll never not pirate one of your games again.
Put "1"s where those zeros are and you get this:
Bask in the glory of the Glorious PC Gaming Master Race, peasants.
Features of the mod are as follows:
You can download the mod to unlock your PC copy of Watch_Dogs here: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114
Enjoy.
Found in the files of the game on PC, players and modders were able to find settings that enabled the game to do glorious things. Posted on the NeoGAF forums, the following screenshots reek of corruption. However, given the nature of Ubisoft, this shit surprises no one.
"Who cares" indeed, Ubisoft.
On Cyberpunked in a PC performance thread:
The Worse, creator of the mod on Guru3d: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114
Has made massive discoveries/improvements. He has discovered that almost all of the shaders and improvements seen in 2012 and 2013 are still in the game files, such as the e3 2012 explosions. For now he has managed to implement dynamic shadows from headlights, the increased rain density, increased NPC density, as well as 2012 e3 bloom and lens flare.
When he manages to unpack certain files, he will be able to activate everything, such as POMs, etc.
This whole things stinks of console garbage. In an attempt to hide how behind the "next generation" consoles really are, the PC players had to suffer by having our edition of the game dumbed down to meet a console's low standards and expectations.
With the mod, here's what our game should look like: http://imgur.com/a/QqpGf#0
And the following video is even better:
Look at the textures on that coat. Look at those shades. ARE THOSE MOTHERFUCKING DYNAMIC SHADOWS?! Yes, yes they are. The mod in question here actually doesn't add anything to the game. All it does is activate things in the game that were already there but turned off by Ubisoft so they could make consoles look better. To make matters even worse, this mod INCREASES PERFORMANCE OF THE GAME. Good fucking game, Ubisoft. I'll never not pirate one of your games again.
Put "1"s where those zeros are and you get this:
Bask in the glory of the Glorious PC Gaming Master Race, peasants.
Features of the mod are as follows:
-Changes to the default fog values
-Enabled bokeh DOF for the main cameras
-Stuttering Improvements
-E3 2012 Bloom
-Performance Improvements
-Enabled Headlight Shadows
-LoD Changes
-Reflection changes
-Added 3 new cameras to the game(closer, normal, further)
-Rain changes(High quality rain drops, properly reacting to light, etc)
-LensFlares(WIP)
-Lighting changes(TESTING AND WIP)
-Civilians density changes
And many more things.. SOON.
-Enabled bokeh DOF for the main cameras
-Stuttering Improvements
-E3 2012 Bloom
-Performance Improvements
-Enabled Headlight Shadows
-LoD Changes
-Reflection changes
-Added 3 new cameras to the game(closer, normal, further)
-Rain changes(High quality rain drops, properly reacting to light, etc)
-LensFlares(WIP)
-Lighting changes(TESTING AND WIP)
-Civilians density changes
And many more things.. SOON.
You can download the mod to unlock your PC copy of Watch_Dogs here: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114
Enjoy.