Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

Hopefully my order arrived tomorrow too, it was sent from ShopTo today. I can't actually play it tomorrow though, my wife is a huge LOTR fan and wants to watch me play it, and she's out all day tomorrow.
 
Only played for 30m last night, quick impressions were yes I agree it looks pants (on PS4) and it all feels very stiff. I'm also well aware I may grow to love it so I'll report back after a proper session.
 
Does it really look bad on the PS4? That's a shame as I was going to get it on the console rather than the PC as I wanted to start getting some use out of this console I bought nearly a year ago and have hardly used. Next gen???? NEXT GEN?
 
I'm no graphics whore. I thought Watchdogs was ok when it was getting a lot of stick but this just screams PS3 to me so far. Maybe I'm just not at the 'pretty' areas yet.
Think it's got potential anyways
 
bdipauly said:
Does it really look bad on the PS4? That's a shame as I was going to get it on the console rather than the PC as I wanted to start getting some use out of this console I bought nearly a year ago and have hardly used. Next gen???? NEXT GEN?
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According to most reviews, the graphics match up to PC's high setting.

The ultra HD pack which pimps the PC version up big time requires a 6GB graphic card for optimal playability. When you consider the price of one of those cards, this isn't such a bad trade off.
 
robfosters said:
According to most reviews, the graphics match up to PC's high setting.

The ultra HD pack which pimps the PC version up big time requires a 6GB graphic card for optimal playability. When you consider the price of one of those cards, this isn't such a bad trade off.
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Ultra textures on PC runs fine with 4GB. :)

My PS4 copy has just arrived so will see how it looks compared to PC.
 
robfosters said:
According to most reviews, the graphics match up to PC's high setting.

The ultra HD pack which pimps the PC version up big time requires a 6GB graphic card for optimal playability. When you consider the price of one of those cards, this isn't such a bad trade off.
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From Eurogamer... http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-eyes-on-with-pc-shadow-of-mordors-6gb-textures

The question is, just how much of a difference is there between the various quality settings? Well, it's safe to say that ultra textures definitely make an impact - it's just that the scenarios in which you will actually notice during gameplay are likely to be fairly limited. Shadow of Mordor is a third-person title, so the camera is set back somewhat, diminishing the difference in many cases - unless you walk right up to a wall, for example. For the most part, we found that the high setting - in itself placing a significant video RAM requirement on the user - offers the bulk of the ultra experience
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So the PS4 version is pretty much on par. That'll do me.

Back to an age old argument, most on here have pretty beefy PC's, so I think many are just used to much higher graphics levels than than the average gamer, thereby it's so much easier to be disappointed.
 
From a non biased console loving opinion the PS4 looks crap compared to the PC even on medium settings tbh. Not sure what they have done but it feels like it's running a different engine.

I was hoping for better tbh as I prefer sofa gaming.

Edit it's like a mix of High/Medium on PC on PS4. I cannot get them to look identical. Just been booted of the PS4 by an error message so have given up.
 
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