A couple of days ago, we informed you about a rumor regarding the visual fidelity of Massive Entertainment’s upcoming title, The Division. Well, time for some good news as during this year’s E3, the game’s director Ryan Barnard claimed that the end product will look just as good as the E3 2013 build that was showcased.
When asked by AngryJoe about the visual fidelity of the actual game compared to the E3 2013 demo, Ryan Barnard had this to say:
“We get that a lot. I think the problem with having an engine like Snowdrop where the graphical fidelity is so high, that of course you’re going to have those concerns. You know, we’re working really hard, especially this year, what we brought is the look that you’ll have on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. PC might even be able to push it.”
Let’s also not forget that Ubisoft has extended its partnership with Nvidia, meaning that we may see some exclusive Nvidia graphical features to The Division. Will this be enough to make it look as good or even better than its E3 2013 demo? Or will this be another Watch_Dogs? We’ll soon find out!
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This is what Jonathan Morin had to say when a fan asked whether the PC version will be able to match the E3 2012 build that was showcased:
“In many regards better. We did not stop working and PC never stop to evolve.”
Jonathan Morin is an idiot that should be taught a lesson.
Say what you want ,i won’t pre-order at all ,you guys got me with Watch_Dogs™ ,but im not that dumb.
Dont care if its downgraded or not, it gives modders a job just like they did with Watch Dogs (Excellently I might add) and pretty much everything else. Just wanna know if it will have single player mode ? Because I refuse to play with 3 other Rambos like it was COD-Ghosts-Extinction co-op mode, trust me that game mode while take you straight to hell.
He mentioned toward the end of the ‘view that yes, you can play from the beginning to the “endgame”, fully leveled up, without ever joining a group. It is online required tho.
no one cares if you preorder. pc is a dead and irrelevant platform full of hacking nerds and the x1 is struggling right along side it.
Aaaaannnddd…..the ps4 is the unquestionable leader of the entire gen and has uncharted 4 which looks better than krisis 4 …..right?
Pc is making more money than consoles and hackesr are reported cry some more sony c3m licker.
“if you want to see the futre of gaming buy a pc”
-ken levine
Cry harder
i heard that before, oh wait… they said watch dogs final build will be better than it’s E3 2012 demo. still not buying this online only s**t , now die ubisoft
Didnt they already show a downgraded version at this years E3?
The 2014 footage did indeed look SLIGHTLY worse than the 2013 one ,mostly on the dof but i could see some blueish colorgrading which is uglier.
BUT it could be because 2013 ran on a PS4 devkit and the 2014 ran on a X1 console ,with the definitive specs ,what they showed on 2013 was with their expectations for the ps4 hardware ,unlike Watch_Dogs™ which on 2012 was solidly the pc build ,no ng console expectations at all ,when they revealed The Division ,it was on the sony conference of the E3 2013 so they used a high end pc because they really thought that the ps4 will feature such hardware ,they were strongly wrong and im dying to see how the actual ps4 build with the final ps4 specs look ,and see how the sony fanbase will justifie the unevitable downgrade.
Since Ubisoft Montreal does NOT develop the but only publish it ,we still have a chance of not get “parity” but as i said ,with ubisoft ,be negative always.
“it could be because 2013 ran on a PS4 devkit and the 2014 ran on a X1 console ,with the definitive specs”
Wake up, man. They were running on PC both times. They always run on PC just to be safe in terms of performance. When they say “this is running on [x or y console]” what they mean is these are the [x or y console] settings running on a PC.
Yes ,i know that but there is nothing wrong on that if the game will look exactly like that in each console ,that’s the case for X1 since there is already a downgrade ,not that big but there is one (im guessing that it’ll be 720p)
But that’s definelly not the case for the ps4.
This game …. Does it even have Single player (SP) mode or do potential buyers have to stand up with 3 Rambos ala Call of duty:Ghosts co-op Extinction mode ? In that case count me out. Co-Op only works if you play with friends and not complete strangers over the net.
imagin if you want to play silently and take a stealth root on an online coop with strangers AKA trolls and underage kids. they will ruin your experiance. even if you can play it solo and on your own, why the hell not an offline mode ? piracy ? or power of cloud ? after all it will be a license (filled with microtransactions) and you can’t replay it maybe in next 8 years because you don’t own a game but a license that expired.
It’s like Borderlands or Dark Souls. You have your own world, and you can invite friends to help you. As far as I understand, you won’t see another player if you don’t want to.
I didn’t heard almost anything about PvP yet, but it’s 100% that you can’t just met anyone on the street, like Dayz. There will be some special areas for PvP or something like that.
I have heard this song and dance before. I don’t believe Ubisoft will deliver on this promise at all.
You have heard ubisoft directly address downgrading the game a year before the release? Also watch dogs was a cross generation game, this isn’t.
What a lie. “They might even be able to push it”, really? So a superior hardware PC “might” be able to be pushed more than the weak consoles because as Ubisoft admitted, the consoles will run ultra settings and somehow their engine has magic console sauce?
Let’s just see then, I’m expecting resolution downgrades for the console version and the PC version to be held back because they won’t optimised due to “parity” between version and NVIDIA to to the heavy lifting to make the PC version graphical rich and superior like Watch Dogs(yes HBAO+ and TXAA make the game look superior to MHBAO and post temporal SMAA, 900p).
The console version WILL be downgraded because that was the PC ultra version at higher resolution, so consoles will not get what they’re seeing. They will get lower settings, lower frame-rates, lower resolution that the E3, FACT!
no one even plays on PC. it’s a dead platform full of hackers. console
games can’t hold back a dead platform. not having worthwhile games holds
back a dead platform. stop begging for console ports and go play PC only games with the other scrawny WoW nerds
LMAO
so you are dan? now that i know your acount i will spam you to death.
Too bad pc gaming is makign more money than consoles with the most exlusives and its more allive than ever.
Want to ase a scrawny nerd?
Look at yourself trolling here because you cant beg for a port of baynetta 2, no wait wahts that? you still beging for it.
Pathetic
Another lie on top of the pile of Ubisoft’s lies.
the second one you mean. the first has falled oven multiple times over
“the look that you’ll have on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. PC might even be able to push it.”
Might = won’t
And even literal “might” would be a declaration of not even trying, considering the huge difference between the consoles and an up to date gaming PC. Even in their damage control it’s blatantly obvious what their true intentions are. Make a console game, port that exact game to PC. Nothing more.
Well for everything UBI says they damn better start back it up or us Pc gamers will f*ck em up real good otherwise and may start boycotting there games!
And they must be well aware of it as that would mean a hell of a lot less sales for them!
No need to bother to release this game unless it have an off line single player mode as I hate co-op with total strangers, it will just be another insane Ghosts-extinction mode with 4 Rambos all over the map doing their own thing.
It will have single player. Many people don’t have internet access all the time or don’t want to play online. I’ll play it as single player like I did with borderlands, maybe get someone to play with later.
i fuking hate to play multiplayer on games like this. and it’s happen also with the new Assassin’s Creed.
If ubicrap is gonna keep forcing us to use uplay… this is gonna be a mess again… with or without a visual downgrade. Their anti piracy software is a big black hole. You never know if you are gonna be able to play or fail to log in to uDONTplay services. It was the same with watch dogs. It was a mess. And is bad for paying customers. After reading all the reviews i just got the reloaded version for free. It was a stattering mess with my evga 780 sc sli. I just uninstalled. After reading the fail patch, just deleted the entire installer. Cant remember my last original game from ubisoft. Not supporting this devs. They are way too pro console. If you dont have at least a tiny love for pc hardware you should not dev for it. This is bussines, but im not an idiot. Not me. And i know that im not alone in this situation.
Ubisoft? nope thnx…next!
“look as good as E3 build” spits out yesterdays coffee from puking. yeah I will believe that when I see it
well we heard that one before…. “watchdogs will look better than e3 2012.” good times good times!!
thank you