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DF-Watch Dogs Legion PC Review: Ray Tracing + GFX Upgrades - A Taste of Next-Gen?
Jose92
[Membe
EliteClarity
Member
Crazy dive
Perfection !
Honestly don't know if that is edited or legit. They didn't ship it like that, surely? Every twat wants to jump in the water from a height, so at least fucking try and make it act like water.
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Insane Metal
Member
Crazy dive
Perfection !
Water caustics... where? Where's physics? Lol;.
BluRayHiDef
Banned
It surprisingly looks pretty good at 4K with settings set to Ultra. It doesn't look as good as RDR2, but that's understandable because its environment is much more dynamic and filled with active NPCs, vehicles, and drones. It's also surprisingly fun to play, though the gunplay feels goofy.
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
How many times have these people said that something on PC is "a taste of next-gen?" 
Spoiler: no it isn't.
Spoiler: no it isn't.
Fake
Member
Captain Hero
The Spoiler Soldier
People are crazy if they think that RT is the nextgen shit. That game is garbage and looks empty while all these lights and reflections being everywhere like a goddamn show. This isn’t a fun game this is a show for RT.
Balducci30
Member
I’m sorry but this video annoyed the hell out of me. Why are they nitpicking all this shit that I won’t even notice and acting like it means something when the overall game looks fairly average?
Radical Dreamer
Member
If this is next gen we need to go back. I like reflections but overall it looks like your typical bland as fuck ubisoft game.
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Polygonal_Sprite
Gold Member
I hope this shows why the game is mostly 1440p even on Series X. Ray Tracing is mega expensive.
Hopefully there’s a non RT/60fps option added later.
Hopefully there’s a non RT/60fps option added later.
Senua
Member
Yea ur right, the consoles have no chance of running ultra ray tracingHow many times have these people said that something on PC is "a taste of next-gen?"
Spoiler: no it isn't.
regawdless
Banned
It's a very mixed bag. A lot of animations don't look very good, some faces are bad, hair and beards look distractingly horrible.
But the city itself, maxed out with everything, looks incredible at times.
But the city itself, maxed out with everything, looks incredible at times.
Dolomite
Member
Agreed, character models and animations are the least impressive part of what I've seen thus far. Environment is A1 though. Lighting is unreal
An SSR 60-120FPS Mode would be a Christmas miracle
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GaviotaGrande
Banned
I don't know, it doesn't look "average" to me. Not counting the characters, the game looks outstanding. It's the best looking open-world city to date.
01011001
Banned
oh no a tech reviewer talking about literally the only real next gen graphics tech there is!
Armorian
Banned
LOL, true that. This game doesn't even have volumetric lighting...
Polygonal_Sprite
Gold Member
I don’t think WD Legion is getting anywhere near 120fps on console or many PC’s for that matter outside 720p/low settings lol.
01011001
Banned
which also wouldn't be new to any console or PC game. Raytracing is basically the only thing that really differentiates next gen graphics from current gen, everything else is just being refined really. textures getting sharper, polygons getting more numerous, particle effects getting more... particles... it's all just refinement while RT actually is something new that could barely be done before and now is finally something achievable.
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GaviotaGrande
Banned
You would be obsessed too if you would experience it and have appreciation to what it means for the future of real time rendering.
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GaviotaGrande
Banned
Yeah, sure. An absolute turd.It looks like a turd without RT, with RT it looks like a polished turd.
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It looks like a turd without RT, with RT it looks like a polished turd.
Dumb AF AI, abysmal looking character models.Wtf Ubi?
I liked WD2, but this feels like it's nothing but a cash grab banking on the success of the previous 2 installments.
A real person woke up this morning and decided to have this absolutely terrible take.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Yeah, sure. An absolute turd.
Looks insanely good, aside from models. What card you got?
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GaviotaGrande
Banned
3080. Ultra preset + ultra RTX and DLSS turned on.
I agree. Game is amazing looking. Character models are a joke, but some of the materials used for clothing looks so, so, so DAMN good. Take a look at shadowing / reflection on this hoodie:
BONUS:
Also, the amount of detail put into some of these store displays is truly insane. I never seen anything like it in a videogame.
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Bo_Hazem
Banned
3080. Ultra preset + ultra RTX and DLSS turned on.
I agree. Game is amazing looking. Character models are a joke, but some of the materials used for clothing looks so, so, so DAMN good. Take a look at shadowing / reflection on this hoodie:
Looks wonderful indeed! Might consider upgrading to the newer cards for that extra juice.
Mister Wolf
Member
Looking forward to the console vs PC comparison and fully expect people to say he is lying about the settings the console versions use.
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GaviotaGrande
Banned
LOOK AT ALL THAT DETAIL
-Arcadia-
Banned
Bo_Hazem
Banned
LOOK AT ALL THAT DETAIL
Thanks for sharing! Best looking open world so far.
-Arcadia-
Banned
I’m surprised by how good this looks. Early peeks at the game seemed quite mediocre. Is it next-gen? Probably not. Is it a suitable evolution for the new tech? Absolutely.
The only thing that sucks is that this really cool looking open world, with so much effort put into it, is going to be bolted to an Ubisoft game. Despite it being one of the better tech showcases at launch, I can’t see myself ever playing this.
The only thing that sucks is that this really cool looking open world, with so much effort put into it, is going to be bolted to an Ubisoft game. Despite it being one of the better tech showcases at launch, I can’t see myself ever playing this.
Flashy Wizard
Member
Next gen won’t arrive until there’s devs with a firm grasp of the new architecture and techniques involved. Once that happens, melting of the eyeballs will commence! On a side note, that Watch Dogs footage looks awful 
Rikkori
Member
Don't rely on any of his performance numbers. By testing in the benchmark & static scenes he pretty much is getting nothing but worthless data. The real hit in this game comes from traversing the world, where the CPU gets slaughtered & necessarily that bottlenecks the GPU hard too. Any performance numbers that aren't examined in motion are 100% useless.
Also DX12 is bugged with performance near water for some setups so I'd recommend sticking to DX11. And ofc, never touch extra details setting.
Game looks great & is a lot of fun, but has plenty of issues too. Overall worth playing through on a sub to Ubisoft+ and you get to dip your toes in Valhalla too, soon, so you can be properly sick of England.
Also DX12 is bugged with performance near water for some setups so I'd recommend sticking to DX11. And ofc, never touch extra details setting.
Game looks great & is a lot of fun, but has plenty of issues too. Overall worth playing through on a sub to Ubisoft+ and you get to dip your toes in Valhalla too, soon, so you can be properly sick of England.
GaviotaGrande
Banned
If you're watching a low bitrate YouTube video it will look like a mess. There's simply too much going on and there's too much detail for a YouTube video to process it. I guarantee you the game looks much more impressive in motion than on screenshots. I'm playing on 65 inch OLED with HDR. It's jaw-dropping at times.
Other than character models, everything is amazing. I'm especially impressed by the level of micro detail and number of object on every street corner. RTX is top-notch, especially at night.
Different setting, hard to compare. I would say RDR 2 is more consistent.
GaviotaGrande
Banned
Some additional thoughts: foliage (trees) could be better. Skyboxes at dusk/dawn look like dog-shit. Must be glitched.
One more shot to highlight that amazing night-time RTX lighting:
Few day-time driving shots. I'm surprised how great handling feels. Definitely the best in the series and one of the best for an open-world game.
One more shot to highlight that amazing night-time RTX lighting:
Few day-time driving shots. I'm surprised how great handling feels. Definitely the best in the series and one of the best for an open-world game.
midasmulligan
Member
Damn, I want to buy the get for the visuals alone. Does that make me a bad man?
StateofMajora
Banned
With how pedestrian the game looks, i'd expect 4k120hz on XSX, game is just horrible
All the ugly hairstyles don't help lol
All the ugly hairstyles don't help lol