Our reader ‘Jonathan Gustafsson’ has shared with us a video that shows some of the changes that will be implemented in the current-gen version of GTA V. As we can clearly see, Rockstar is not simply porting the game from the old-gen consoles to the current-gen platforms. Instead, the company has made some changes to it. Textures have been replaced, new effects have been implemented, and the LOD settings have been noticeably increased. Enjoy the video after the jump!
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like comparing the pc version to the LOW settings of the x360/ps3 version of a game.
This is “definitive” and “Remastered” not tomb raider and the last of us.
If you watch the uncompressed footage of The Last of Us trailer. You are wrong.
http://www.naughtydog.com/site/post/the_last_of_us_remastered_2014_e3_trailer_and_release_date/
what is there to watch? textures are still blurry and there is no ambient occlusion. This however shows a clear diffirence.
The Last of Us already has ambient occlusion on the PS3. Have you even played the game? It even uses PCSS which is an advance Nvidia shadow shader. Eurogamer made an article about The Last of Us before it was release and it specific uses SSAO. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-the-last-of-us-tech-analysis). GTAV is no means an ugly game but when it was release on 7th-gen consoles, it needs a lot of improvement in the graphic department, but The Last of Us does not.
What is special about the The Last of Us Remaster is that it is 1080p and 60FPS, if you watched the link I provided, it looks so smooth which is something the PS3 could not handle. Plus the trailer shows cutscenes and gameplay segments, the big improvement is that the cutscenes seems to be running real-time and not pre-render which the PS3 runs pre-render. Though its not confirm that its real-time cutscenes but in the PS3 you can tell if its a cutscene when there is a lack of aliasing and higher polycounts and resolution on models, but it looks compressed and blurry. In this trailer, (if you even played the game) you know what was cutscene and gameplay after your first playthrough but this time you cannot tell if the cutscene was pre-render or real time because the gameplay footage looks just as good as the cutscene which is a big technological achievement. Games are beginning to look as good as CGI trailers – starting with The Last of Us on the PS3 – one generation ago.
EDIT: And Oh, I did said that TLOU uses SSAO on the PS3. The PS4 version may be using an advance form (HBAO) which is more accurate and “less” strong giving it a more realistic look thus you can bearly see it while on the PS3 you can clearly see it but at a lower quality (SSAO). If you look at Far Cry 3 using SSAO looks too strong and inaccurate, HBAO is more accurate and looks lighter, then HDAO looks more lighter and better, it is called High-Def Ambient Occlusion for a reason.
TotalBiscuit hated The Last of Us because of its sub-par performance (>30FPS). So this improvement may satisfy many other gamers.
And people seem to forget that The Last of Us was ahead of its time….
Blurry? Get a better PC or internet so you can even stream the video properly.
The Last of Us on the PS3 uses SSAO which is quite advanced for its time and hardware. Looks like it is using HBAO and FXAA this time.
And it also uses PCSS which is an advanced Nvidia technology. And not surprisingly the PS3 is running on some of Nvidia hardware.
yes because textures having visible pixels is a problem of my monitor not you having a crappy laptop.
I am done here go back to consoletard land.
Um no i game on PC.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWKYwxjn5Tx5tdM1pqk5LQ/about
I just so happen to have a PS3.
I own both PC and PS3 retard.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWKYwxjn5Tx5tdM1pqk5LQ/about
it doesnt have ambient occlusion, it has inderict lighting. the lat of us looked like crap on ps3 and it still does. I got better reasonsto dislike the last of us than graphics though.
I just re-read the article and wow I learnt something. Not only it has AO but it is better than SSAO.”…accurately display a silhouette against nearby surroundings, instead of the glowing black halos we usually see with SSAO”.
Not as good as HDAO in ARMA III or HBAO+ in Arkham Origins but its there.
Another link I found http://miciwan.com/SIGGRAPH2013/Lighting%20Technology%20of%20The%20Last%20Of%20Us.pdf
They can polish this turd as much as they want for PC but its still a turd. Played it on consoles and gave it 6,5/10. Actually its the worst GTA game of them all (Counting GTA III as the first) Wish they had ported The last of Usa to PC instead, that is a fantastic game. Will this game come with auto aim, no difficulty settings, setting “difficulty” at very easy as default, have the worst sound track ever, have an idiotic immature plot ? Naturally its understandable that people who never played this over the top hyped game before wants to play it with super PC graphics but in reality this game is very bad. But perhaps a team of 100 modders can change that? And GTA Online ??
Yeah, I’m looking forward to mods for this much more than the actual game itself.
That’s why PC rules.
Only modders can make a game out of this mess and we are not talking about graphical changes. Except for fancy PC graphics I dont think R* will change anything.
worse than iv? i doubt it.
You havent played this game before? Well you are in for a nasty surprise. Just dont go in with high expectations, ok ?
Don’t really see why your hating on this game?calling it a turd?, you played it on Console and thats just it, Console and PC are two different types of playthrough, I played it on my 360 and overlooked the simple things (enjoyed the experience still) and happy as ever to be able to finally play it on pc, Compared to Watch_dogs or any other Sandbox game GTA’s always have a sense of replayability.
Don’t get how people complain that it wasn’t on PC and how they have a evil plan to punish Rockstar for taking their time and now that it’s been announced and soon to be released people complain about the game?
I stated some of the problems with this game in my first post, nothing graphically intended.
Never argued the games graphics at all like I previously stated with the Console and PC versions being different types playthroughs
1.Will this game come with auto aim – Could be toggled off on console, so pc would have both options aswell.
2. Difficulty settings – Free aim made the made slightly harder plus different playstyles(behind cover or full frontal assualt)
3. Worst sound track ever- obviously PC version will have a independence fm style station , Soundtrack was still good espicially WorldWide FM and Radio Mirror Park plus the amazing soundtrack really brought the game together.
4.Idiotic immature plot , Game came off like that I understand there were major flaws but overwise It’s L.A atmosphere made it fit.
5.But perhaps a team of 100 modders can change that – Modding is a bonus (depends if files are locked, theres no need for fixing rather improving or adding onto existing things
6.GTA online actaully seemed fun apart from the griefers and little kiddies it can improve now that it has more resources
Plus Movie Editor
These things count as a different playthough
As such I am not trying the whole fanboy act , I love the series and understand some flaws it had but the fact is it’s coming to PC ,show some love and give some kudos to Rockstar or do you want a repeat of Red Dead Redemption?
They havent mentioned anything from E3 so far about RDR 2 or if the original will eventually come to PC (Some files for a PC version was found, I think?) so who knows? But you better believe me when I say that I would 1000 times rather see RDR on PC than GTA 5 (If we had to pick). RDR is a brilliant R* game, its like a real GTA game set in the wild west. Also its well written and you play only one character……. game also have sympathetic characters you care a bit about.
Nothing will be said but can assume that after this release there will be some teaser similar to the original GTA V announcment,Enjoyed RDR but Never finished Undead Nightmare though needa go back and sit through it think Horizon was the main reason behind it?
well i saw a few missions and they looked more varied than the horribly repettive “get your cousin and drive around” bs on gta iv and both shooting and driving looked better.
I do know how gta games are though, same crapppy characters and pathetic american stereotype parody, so i dont have any high hopes for the game.
For me everything in gta 5 was perfect, and many (if not most) people who played this game on consoles share the same opinion. Superb graphics and gameplay, scenery is beautifull and detailed like never before (is fun just to explore all of that). To be honest I still love to play that game on my ps3 because even now I can see some details, that I didnt seen before. That why I would love to see PC’ version @1080p + MSAA + Anisotropic filtering, and with good framerate, not to mention mods like ice enchancer :),
My scores for gta games:
gta1- 9/10
gta london- 7/10
gta 2- 7+/10
gta 3- 10/10
gta VC- 11/10 😀
gta SA-9+/10
gta 4- 8/10
gta 5- 10/10 now and maybe 15/10 with mods 😀
And for comparison I will rate Watch Dogs only 6+/10 (theres almost no attetion to details in this game, city is lifeless and boring, and most importantly car driving is by far the worst I have ever seen in any sandbox game)
We agree to disagree, ok? GTA 5 didnt look particular pretty, it had OK graphics and so but thats about it, prettiest title award goes to “The last of Usa” now thats smoking hot graphics! I so wish they port that game to PC!! Please Naughty Dog and Sony!! Make it happen, please!
TLOU was not even sanbox like GTA5, so it’s not fair to compare graphics between these two games.
“GTA 5 didnt look particular pretty, it had OK graphics”
didnt look pretty on 8’years old console? So why even W_D on next gen ps4 and high end PC cant archive much better graphics? I can play W_D 1080p+ ultra with high testures @ 45-70 fps, and this game still looks flat, imho worse than gta 5 on ps3
On hardware that is 8 years old, Its not? Both games contains story telling cut scenes. You are indeed correct, its not fair to compare some average looking game like GTA 5 to the supreme heights that is The last of Us.
PS Stop talking nonsense about Watch Dogs, its eye candy on Ultra settings (Except not so many can play it with those settings yet)
PPS I dont hate GTA 5 because of its graphics but I do almost dislike everything in it. GTA 3, Vice City and especially San Andreas so cool compared to GTA 5. Yep even GTA 4 is better.
W_D has nice looking water, LOD of buildings, and nice grass density (and drawing distance). But other than that gta 5 looks better (not to mention gta 5 on pc will look eveb better).
here’s some GTA 5 screenshots,
http://prod.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/7674/JAeiam6fAUaXo9qRO7ocOA/0_0.jpg
http://prod.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/1047/g2KZ9N1PZka_DVkxEUbdsw/0_0.jpg
http://prod.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/0753/_bS80sVHAU-8YXHDxVj4ZA/0_0.jpg
http://prod.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/9895/-9RIazChcECmJyM-OC2YHA/0_0.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/12710041303_ec99af49cc_z_d.jpg
http://abload.de/img/0_0ersvn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eallw6o.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qmFTky4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6eNNp65.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/a1IX3nP.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/9960478215_c04bb85b0b_o.jpg
A reply to your picture post that is (awaiting moderation for some strange reason):
“W_D has nice looking water, LOD of buildings, and nice grass density (and drawing distance). But other than that gta 5 looks better (not to
mention gta 5 on pc will look eveb better).
here’s some GTA 5 screenshots”
Yes yes GTA 5 will look super sexy and sweet on PC and all that I get you but graphics is not everything in life, not even for games like “The last of us” gets a pass on that one, games also need a good story and gameplay (Which the last of us had) GTA 5 doesnt have that.
So before you were saying that gta 5 is some average looking game, and now you finally say it will look great on PC. That’s very good start. But tell me why you compared Sand Box game like gta5, to TheLastOfUs ? It doesnt make any sense to me. First game is huge open world sandbox, and 2’nd game use limited and close areas, and also is using pre-rendered models on all videos, Only ps4 version of TLOU will use high quality models in real time. If you dont belive me, see link below.
http://gearnuke.com/last-us-cutscene-vs-gameplay-graphics-tease-graphical-jump-expect-uncharted-ps4/
How many Sony exclusives come to PC and why should they? Microsoft dont even bring half of their friggin titles to PC ugh.
If you want to play Sony exclusives go buy the console.
Except for a handful, most Microsoft 360 games are on PC and PS3, unlike Sonys titles. Why Sony should? Sharing is caring and making money. Never understood why they leave games to rot when they could update and port them to PC and make money on Steam.
What? No MS titles are on PS3, and what current MS game is on PC? Halo Spartan Assault? Project Spark? The last “big” title from MS on PC IIRC was the original Gears of Wars.
Alan Wake got a full blown PC version. Except Gears of Wars and Halo sequels everything worthy is on PC.
Alan wake is developed by remedy, but published by MS. What other FIRST PARTY MS games are on PC? Halo 3, OSDT, Reach , Halo 4, Gears 2, Gears 3, Gears Conviction, Crackdown and sequel, Forza 1- 5 nor Horizon, etc, not one of them on PC.
I already mentioned those, what other exclusives do we miss on PC from Xbox 360 ?
PS Forza ?! Seriously now, do you miss car simulators on PC ?? Even the next PC car game is called: The next car game !
that’s not the point, you said that “Except for a handful, most Microsoft 360 games are on PC and PS3”. Which is not true at all. And obviously there are no MS xbox360 titles on PS3.
Yes its true those we mentioned are only a handful of games the rest is on PC and PS3 (Except Alan Wake)
Yeah ok. Have a good time waiting for the last of us and zelda on pc and xbone.
“Sharing is caring and making money.”
That made me LOL!
“smoking hot graphics”
lol. go F yourself.
The last of us have smoking hot graphics, totally eye candy.
then what was crysis 3 ? if not 10x better than TLOU remastered it was and is twice better than any other nextgen title you saw to date
Every PS3/4 peasant rating Sony games 10/10.
I play on PC mostly, PS3 disappointed me like no other console (besides gta 5, uncharted, the last of us, god of war, all other games were overhyped IMHO). But I feel you man, when theres nothing to add, it’s easier to post immature comments 🙂
Dude not that I wanted to rage out on your comment, since you have every right to have a different point of view or opinion
BUT SRLY gta SA-9+/10???? How the hell is that possible?Playstation version maybe?:)
I think that GTASA WAS and still IS the most polished, complex and ambitious game of R*. A true gem in the history of gaming and the apex of the series. Just the next gen feel does not make up for the loss in terms of GTAV compared to GTASA. Entirely wrong concept, they should have just ported GTASA into next gen, but of course that would have meant 4 times the work…fck at least they should have just made the map so that they could make DLCs like San Fierro, Las Venturas or other cities, but nope, that’s just about enough for newcomers and sells good with lower costs…
I fear that they are not going to make a true sequel/remake of the original SA in the next 20 years…
BTW i find GTAV worth playing, a good game, just falls short of SA big time.
I would rate SA 9+/10, it’s still very good game in my opinion. But It just happen, that I played gta3, VC, and gta5 a lot more, than SA, and I dont know why :D.
“”I fear that they are not going to make a true sequel/remake of the original SA in the next 20 years…””
Who knows, maybe they will make GTA game with 3 big cities in this (ps4/xbone) generation.
San Andreas best GTA game!
San Andreas sucked
why? ‘Cos of the biggest playable area? The 3 unique cities? The best soundtrack of the series?(GTAII sndtrck was short)
Let us hope the best!:P BTW u should go back and play it more then:D Personally I loved GTAIII and VC(2nd best) too but I played SA more ‘cos of the size of it, it just takes longer ’till you discover it’s secrets, so I wasn’t biased just wanted to freeroam at my pleasure:D
I think that San Andreas is the best game in the series too despite its “ugly outdated” graphics.
“ugly outdated” graphics, Man not cool:) The thing is, that I had the same feeling, even the very first time installed SA it wasn’t looking good to me, BUT as time passed and hours went on I came across more and more. More unique places, more of the same places but different time and weather and it all lead to being satisfied and enjoying it including the graphics. Ok lately I play max settings and 1920×1200 on a DellU2412 😛 but the technically inferior engine can make miracles if you take your time to discover the diversity of the game. As far as I’m concerned:)
I was being sarcastic! Thats the usage of “” meant! Graphics is not everything, a good solid story and great gameplay is more important, now if they put in nice graphics it will be a nice bonus but thats all.
Oh sry:D BTW here are some things you might find interesting:
texture pack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYB5MwTkHg&list=PLhzt3QdjxPuQ8Zo42xFQs7Vi_XKPxIUXq
graphic mod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVCZQHYEH-s
Ultra mod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8BbnpfBjI
Realism mod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elPsce_X81E&list=WL&index=52
the last one said that it has a new algorithm against texture? popping, so it loads them faster, road reflections and the best road textures I have seen so far:D
yaay!
Sry then! Dunno where my comment went, just wanted to send u some cool vidslike:
v=IjYB5MwTkHg&=PLhzt3QdjxPuQ8Zo42xFQs7Vi_XKPxIUXq&index=2
Nice Sunsets and scenic views don’t make a graphically nice looking game, Watch Dogs is far more detailed and it’s just Chicago in the end. Also, tiny screenshots, you can’t compare them, how about some native resolution screenshots? I can make make nice screenshots of Watch Dogs, no big deal.
GTA V looks like crap at native resolution, textures look bad, no grass, not much detail.
Please, dont put “resolution” thing into equation, because we will see real HD resolutions on gta 5 PC version pretty soon (and even 720p from ps3 looks very good on Plasma HDTV, not to mention from proper viewing distance).
I know how WD looks at full details, but still it looks FAR worse compared to gta 5 on ps3 (no doubts about it). Things like car modes, assets quality, lighting, details in the world
http://imgur.com/a/yaNP1
Here’s Los Santos Vs Los Angeles
Even TEXTUERS are better for the most part, not to mention whole city in W_D is totally LIFELESS. There are only few things in W_D, that looks better compared to GTA5, for example: grass density, LOD in some buildings, but I have no worries, GTA 5 on PC will upgrade these things. We already can see much BETTER grass and car trafic density, better LOD of buildings, much better textures, not to mention better lighting.
Now here’s how bad “next gen” WD can look, and I have never seen anything that bad on GTA5. It’s easy to capture similar moments during W-D gameplay, so this game brings me ps2/xbox1 memories like no other game on PC 🙂
http://i.imgur.com/JZA4NfS.jpg
Wow! that’s a MAJOR overhaul
like comparing crysis 3 console to pc.
having played watchdogs i couldnt find a situation that it looks so bad, i tried but it never looks so bright and empty.