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[Crossing Eden]

Source, wish we could find a non youtube link for as little compression as possible.

Still, looks really good and report says it performs consistently well at 60fps on powerful hardware. PC version has dedicated m+kb controls for UI, all menus, and driving along with customizable hotkeys. Input lag is non-existent regardless of framerate. Good showing so far.

 

[flipswitch]

Good to know, but I'm going to be extra cautious and wait until it's out in the open.

 

[ezekial45]

The commentary is really, really awkward in this video. Good footage, though.

 

[LelouchZero]

Really looking forward to this, I can't wait to play it at 60 fps!

 

[JaseC]

It seems the pre-load should be live soon as Ubi added data depots to the game's Steam subs ~10 hours ago. Later today or some time tomorrow would be my guess.

 

[kvothe]

I am pretty tired of hearing the games journalists based in San Fran talk about what parts of San Francisco are missing from WD2.

It. Doesn't. Matter. To. 99.99% of your audience. And even if you say, "I know this won't matter to people that don't live here..." that doesn't make it any better. If it doesn't matter to us, stop saying it. Jesus. How can they not realize this?

 

[dreamfall]

I can't wait for this game! The two extra weeks have been hard, but it's going to be awesome!

 

[Snarfington]

I am pretty tired of hearing the games journalists based in San Fran talk about what parts of San Francisco are missing from WD2.

It. Doesn't. Matter. To. 99.99% of your audience. And even if you say, "I know this won't matter to people that don't live here..." that doesn't make it any better. If it doesn't matter to us, stop saying it. Jesus. How can they not realize this?

Yep. I've visited SF pretty regularly and I'm constantly impressed by how well it nails the landmarks and atmosphere (though some places have made me go "yeah it's never this sunny" hahaha). The little things maybe aren't perfect especially to someone living there but it sure is an impressive open world. I don't quite understand why anyone would really complain about it.

 

[Adam M]

Hard to tell how it is because of the YouTube compression, hopefully Gamersyde will post normal quality vids soon

 

[JBwB]

Looks nice.

I wonder how it will run on my PC. Hopefully it's not too CPU dependent.

 

[JaseC]

Hard to tell how it is because of the YouTube compression, hopefully Gamersyde will post normal quality vids soon

PC Gamer recorded this footage.

 

[Renekton]

Can all Gameworks features be disabled, including volumetric smoke/fog? Or are some of those non-optional?

 

[JaseC]

Can all Gameworks features be disabled, including volumetric smoke/fog? Or are some of those non-optional?

Undoubtedly. I think the only mandatory Gameworks effect in an Ubi game is the Apex-based cloth physics system that was patched into Black Flag (limited to sails, as far as I could tell).

 

[flipswitch]

Is this available for pre load? If so, how large is it. Steam says 50GB, want to know if that's correct or not.

 

[JaseC]

Is this available for pre load? If so, how large is it. Steam says 50GB, want to know if that's correct or not.

Yes (from the OT):

PC pre-load is live. 22.96GB install/19.2GB download on Steam, which is much smaller than I would have guessed.

 

[thatJohann]

My GOTY on ps4 pro

You PC gamers are in for a treat.

 

[DemWalls]

Slightly off topic, but since I'm trying to play it right now: is it normal that the original runs like crap on AMD cards? I had read something about it if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Pjsprojects]

Slightly off topic, but since I'm trying to play it right now: is it normal that the original runs like crap on AMD cards? I had read something about it if I'm not mistaken.

Also on R9-290X on ultra 1080 I get between 50 & 60fps with WD1

 

[flipswitch]

Yes (from the OT):

That's quite small, but I think the original was slightly larger than that.

Been checking some videos of the PC version and I think this game will run great and have no issues.

Tempted to just buy it now.


Edit: Well that was quick, must have my Paypal account info saved to my steam account, bought it and didn't need to sign in.

This game is using the new nvidia shadow technique, but will the regular PCSS be available too?

 

[JaseC]

That's quite small, but I think the original was slightly larger than that.

The original sans post-release DLC is 14.65GB, but, yeah, I also remembered it being much larger than it actually is (~20GB).

This game is using the new nvidia shadow technique, but will the regular PCSS be available too?

Possibly. Blam mentioned in the PC settings thread that there are two shadow quality beyond Ultra, which may be PCSS and HFTS.

 

[Corpekata]

Do we know if this is having a per region unlock or a general global one?

Edit: NVM answered in other thread.