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Polygon COD: Ghosts Review: (XBox One Update)

While the Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts has been confirmed by Activision to run at a lower resolution than its PS4 counterpart (720p upscaled vs. 1080p native, respectively), that numerical difference is less meaningful than you might imagine.

The two versions look nearly identical. Viewing the Xbox One release next to the PS4 , I had difficulty telling them apart. It's possible that the PS4 version looked somewhat sharper, but that may have just been my imagination after confirming the hard resolution difference. The next-gen releases of Call of Duty: Ghosts are so close together that gun to my head, I'd have no confidence in being able to discern which version was which — at least, while the two are standing still.

thekhurg3817d ago

This is surprising given the source.

/s

thereapersson3817d ago (Edited 3817d ago )

Isn't Brian Crecente - ex-Kotaku who has had an agenda against Sony ever since they were involved in a PR conflict - the head of Polygon? Or at least deeply connected with the site.

That would explain all the pro-Xbox controversy coming from this website over the last few months. Just an observation ...

felidae3817d ago

wrong man .. if you google Brian's recent activities you'll see that he likes the playstation very much.

sorry! ;)

IcyEyes3817d ago

Polygon is incredible biased and totally unprofessional.
They only seek page view.

TheGreatAndPowerful3817d ago

All that needs to be said of polygon.

Press Reset: The Story of Polygon - financed by Microsoft for $750,000 http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

TomShoe3817d ago

I've lost all my respect for Polygon. Wait, I lost it a long time ago.

Is it possible to have negative respect for someone?

ZodTheRipper3817d ago

Polygon Reviews aren't credible anymore.

devwan3816d ago

@zod18 "anymore" - since when were they ever credible? They've been a joke from inception.

justSumDood3816d ago

@TheGreatAndPowerful
Im not the least bit surprised at that news.
But, what always surprises me is just how ignorant and naive people are about how the corporate world works.

Everyone should read The Media Monopoly by Ben Bagdikian.
Familiarize yourselves with the world in which you live.
And never again will you look at society in the same way.

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SniperControl3817d ago

They said the framerate on the X1 was slightly better, well would do you expect running at a lower resolution.

thereapersson3817d ago

This whole debacle makes no sense because the PS4 is way more powerful than the PS3, yet has the same framerate issues. Call of Duty is such a sh*t show.

dodo1013817d ago (Edited 3817d ago )

There is already a patch in the works for the framerate issue on ps4

misterssippi3817d ago

In the past, Polygon has tended to skew in Sony's favor (still do, as they gave the Rachet & Clank...Nexus an 8.5 while most other reviewers gave it an 8 or lower.) They aren't the first or only media source to say the XB1 version had a smoother framerate, making for a better experience. IGN said the same in their review and they are camp Sony over there.

SuperWeeb3817d ago

Polygon have been Microsoft's fans since they were funded $750,000 for their documentary.
They've been out full force saying the difference isn't that bad, or 720p is actually better.

Thehyph3817d ago

I don't buy it. Look at their reviews for Sony exclusive games.

The Last Of Us 7.5? Suuuuuuuuure. I know opinions of games are subjective, but when you say that the game is hard to play because of weapon sway, (which is an upgradeable stat in the game) then you're bad at games, and I would question any other review that you've ever done.

CoryHG3817d ago

When has IGN ever been camp Sony?

TomShoe3817d ago

Polygon shows so much Microsoft bias, it's not even funny.

It's the ONLY site that gave TLOU below an 8 rating. Maybe it's for page-clicks, maybe because they know where the hand that feeds them is.

Guess who provided them start up money when they founded?

That's right, Microsoft.

fenixrisingxl213817d ago

@Feldman9000 Respectfully, I would argue since two members of the IGN PS3/PS4 team live with a Playstation Blog Community Writer, one of whom is in a relationship with said writer.
(And after watching IGN's Beyond 300, it was pretty alarming to me to see how many IGN PS3 team members went on to work for Sony)

I would respectfully submit if we're going to hold Polygon's feet to the fire for partial funding from Microsoft (and argue their relationship is incestuous), I would think we'd have to do the same with IGN's team when one of their most prominent editors/personalities is literally in bed with Sony.

If we can agree on that, which site can we reasonably say is the bastion of objectivity?
Gamespot? Giant Bomb?
I see no reason to not trust them, but am open to having my illusions dashed if need be.

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assdan3817d ago

And polygon has just confirmed in my mind that they definitely have a huge MS bias. It's not like there's anything subjective about it. The ps4's version IS better.

Blackdeath_6633817d ago

i said this in another comment but the parent comment was given an offtopic bubble despite having no disagrees

"polygon is financed by microsoft they got paid $750,000 http://www.n-europe.com/for... there are multiple threads discussing this. they have also been banning comments that were against their biased last of us and ni no kuni reviews http://realitypales.org/201... if everyone would collectively down vote polygon as a source for this site then maybe we can end these bullshit articles "

polygon is not a reliable source of information.

harrisk9543817d ago

Yeah... it is interesting as Polygon is a lone voice on this. Certainly different than the other reviews that I have read so far.

Blackdeath_6633817d ago

polygon got money from MS and have been pretty anit-sony at times just look at their last of us review

kayoss3816d ago

I bet Polygon will give a lower score for the same game for anything playstation.

popup3816d ago

After today's list from Polygon, I will never again visit their site.

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HighResHero3817d ago (Edited 3817d ago )

Nice another opinion piece.

Love the clearly retaliatory headline too.

@ mhunterjr: "All reviews are opinion..."

....and some reviews are "opinion pieces" as far as I'm concerned.

If this review is more than an opinion piece then the headline and description don't do it much justice. As if the headline wasn't enough reason to be wary, it's coming from a source that many of us question at the moment.

Grown Folks Talk3817d ago

That only matters if the opinion is shared.

CoryHG3817d ago

That's just your opinion, man

TomShoe3817d ago

It does matter if that opinion is complete bull-ish and misleading.

Grown Folks Talk3816d ago

It's my opinion that it's your opinion that it's my opinion. IMO.

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thereapersson3817d ago

@high res hero

Yes, adding "XBone better version" to the headline is misleading and unprofessional since it does not exist in the original headline. This breaks the submission rules and I am surprised this article made it past the submission phase.

HighResHero3817d ago

It also has a kotakuesque smell to it which is interesting considering what you stated above.

mkis0073817d ago

Just goes to show you depending on the headline this stuff is important... it just depends on which side you are on. I thought this didn't matter?

Revolt133817d ago

Played the Xbox One today at a Microsoft store, controller felt really nice, and the rumble of the triggers on forza :)
they wouldn't let me mess with the UI, they said Microsoft was still tweaking it, so its basically beta form.
yeah...anyways..

kratos_TheGoat3817d ago (Edited 3817d ago )

damm i was hoping for a bad review for both ps4 and x1

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All Call of Duty Games Ranked from Worst to Best

BLG writes: "Call of Duty has to be the most recognizable franchise on the planet. They didn’t get that way by only making a handful of games.

COD has a long and storied career. Launching as a PC WW2 first-person shooter, Call of Duty has gone through numerous makeovers and been on just about every system. The series has gone through some serious highs and tragic lows. I’ll be looking at each Call of Duty game, the good the bad, and the ugly."

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UnSelf799d ago

Vanguard better be at the fkn bottom. Can’t believe ppl haven’t eviscerated that game with all its lacking

Minimoth799d ago

Yeah, it's close to the bottom. There are a couple of worse ones. Infinite Warfare definitely deserves its place.

KyRo799d ago

There's a number a lot worse than Vangaurd. It's also a lot better than that car crash Treyarch released before it.

XbladeTeddy799d ago

World at War is my favourite. Didn't know the N-Gage had a Call of Duty.

MadLad798d ago

Same for me.
I was never huge into Call of Duty, but I sunk a lot of time into WaW.
Both the campaign and the multiplayer are on point. Wouldn't mind a remaster.

I quit on CoD for a long while. Though I'm the odd man out that actually really enjoyed the campaign for WWII, being I got it through Humble monthly way back when.

TheLigX799d ago

I really enjoyed the Infinite campaign. Multiplayer... not so much.

Yppupdam799d ago

I agree, The Infinite campaign feels more like it's own thing that they slapped the CoD name on. If it stood on it's own, (sans the CoD name) I think it could have been it's own scifi franchise. And a damn good looking game, to boot. I never bothered to play the multiplayer.

victorMaje799d ago

MW 2019 apart from the desastrous file sizes is way better than AW.

MadLad798d ago

That was one I grabbed for Playstation because it pretty much just came out during the Redbox purge of videogames, and I got it for dirt cheap.

It was great coming home to an update every night, and watching one game eat up almost half my console's memory.

Amplitude799d ago (Edited 799d ago )

Will get disagrees but Infinite Warfare campaign was really good. Decent story, set pieces were amazing and if it didn't have the CoD game on it I'm sure people would have been more into it. Advanced Warfare was alright too. Titanfall 2 was just 1000 times better than both but I enjoyed them for their campaigns. I literally barely gaf about the story I'm in it for the set pieces and 5 hours of being stoned watching cool nonsense happen if I'm in the mood to play a CoD campaign. If I'm looking for a deep plot I'm gonna go somewhere else.
Ghosts was the worst story-wise though lol that cliffhanger ending was so bs.

Also MW 2019 was sick and is one of the best CoD games in yeeeears not sure why it's so low on this dude's list. Campaign was great, multiplayer was great and Warzone was fun for a while. Over it now but shrugs.

Beat the Vanguard campaign too but I can't even remember a single thing about it other than that it felt like it was 45 minutes long. Might be the most forgettable thing I've ever played lol just fully erased from my brain

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Call of Duty Multiplayer This Decade Ranked (2010-2019)

Call of Duty multiplayer ranked from worst to best! 2019 is coming to a close and MP1st ranks the best COD multiplayer games this decade.

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Ray Tracing in Monster Hunter World, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Watch_Dogs 2, COD: Ghosts & more

DSOGaming writes: "YouTube’s members Benchmark PC Tech, Jose cangrejo, WillTalksTech, Zetman and MissinInAction have published some videos, showing Monster Hunter World, Black Mesa Xen, Watch_Dogs 2, Call of Duty Ghosts, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit, The Sinking City, Remember Me, Deus Ex Mankind Divided and Dishonored 2 with the ray tracing/path tracing effects that Pascal Gilcher’s Reshade mod introduces."

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Pyroxfaglover1760d ago

Wore implementation I've ever seen,.. guess it just does not work all that great on every engine

MarkyMark891760d ago (Edited 1760d ago )

Agree, but this gives me hope that one day Ray Tracing can be a software based feature and not require some type of proprietary hardware to achieve. Software will always outpace Hardware so it could happen, but I feel like its going to take a lot more time to achieve the same level that RTX has already shown glimpses of so far. Really just waiting for Cyberpunk to see if RTX is actually something viable. I think if anybody can truly showcase RTX Features it would be Projekt Red.

zeal0us1760d ago

Too bad it doesn't make Mankind Divided a better game.

starchild1760d ago

It doesn't need to, the game was already fantastic, imo.

zeal0us1760d ago

Human Revolution was a better game and not to mention longer.

isarai1760d ago

Reshade is not raytracing, its a screen space post processing effect. Thats like calling SSAO "global illumination"