Uncharted 4 PSX 2014 vs. Retail Version Image Comparison Shows Improved Character Model And More

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End was originally revealed at E3 2014 with a real-time trailer that was rendered on PS4.

[corroios]

This what a true exclusive should look like.

[Army_of_Darkness]

If it was a ubisoft game, it would be the other way around lol!

[Unspoken]

Huge downgrade in lighting and shadows and the blind loyalists are claiming it's an upgrade. So sad.

[TwoForce]

@Unspoken and @shloobmm3 Oh really ? Do you two play it ? Who sad now, idiot ?

[Bathyj]

@Unspoken
Whats sad is that you dont follow your namesake.

You dont have to worry about Uncharted, you probably wont be playing it. I played it last night and I can confirm the game is gorgeous.

If you dont believe me, believe Digital Foundry. Best looking console game ever, by a margin. Not a little bit. And we have to put Console in there so PC elitists dont get all upset. Console or not, artistically this game ranks right up there with any game. Power is not everything. Its an artists medium and Artistry reigns here.

Now Ive kept you long enough. Go back to spewing downgrade in all your comments like anyone believes you. Anyone who tries as hard as you do in a futile subject is trying to convince himself more than others.

[PowerPlayaaa]

@ unspoken

I can smell your jealousy all the way to Sweden ;-)
deep down, you wish this series and especially Uncharted 4 would be available on your "preferred" console ;-)
Try better next time mate.

[cyberwaffles]

Bathyj needs to host a roast.

[Ezz2013]

@Bathyj
Holy shit.
Unspoken should live up to his name and remain Unspoken.

[Unspoken]

@Bathyj, let's not get into namesakes, eh? Your comment reeks of desperation to save a game from any criticism.

The game is a Michael Bay quick time event on rails adventure with one of the weakest combat systems ever implemented in a game. Stop projecting Sony ponys.

Sorry, but Digital Foundry pales in comparison to any 3d graphics forum out in existence today. They just dumb it down for the console generation and you are more than a happy dog to lap it up.

Obviously comprehension flew right over and the previous comments prove as much. I don't care for the game and it's my opinion. I think it's more telling who's insecure about this game than anyone else.

[never4get]

The retail version screenshots shows background downgrade, Character upgrade, it's a trade-off.

[nens]

They blur the background a little bit so you can focus on the character

[BrandanT]

The background blur is a technique to focus more graphical power on a certain point. It helps make things look better and draws your eyes to it.

[Nathan_Hale53]

Depth of field..? Like real life..?

[never4get]

Those leaves and vegetation in retail looks less shinier, less realistic than the PSX2014 version. Yes the character got an upgrade in the retail version at the cost of the downgraded background. It's a clear trade-off.

[Muzikguy]

I love seeing an IMPROVEMENT with the final product. Why other companies fail to do this explains why people lack trust

[Oschino1907]

Other companies are usually making their games for 3 platforms ps4,xbox1,PC. obviously PC has a much higher ceiling compared to console especially the PCs the games are made on. Mystery solved.

[S2Killinit]

Then they shouldnt show the high end pc build to xbox1 owners now should they.

[Muzikguy]

Even with PC there can be downgrades. I think Watch Dogs proved that? Did the end product look like the reveal? I really don't know. I just think that if you're showing a game you shouldn't show something you won't reach. Personally I believe, with optimizations along with tech advances, early builds should only be built upon. There's almost no reason IMO that a game should get worse (aside from open world or some others, but you need to account for that). They need to stop showing such great looking games knowing they can't reach it

[Davi123]

@Oschino1907
Hmmm... Crysis 3..........

[Nathan_Hale53]

See, I feel like they should just put as much as they can, per platform. Although it would take more time to do so, it is a very nice thing to do for the customers.

[Nathan_Hale53]

@Muzikguy, Hellllll no Watch Dogs looked like ass compared to the reveal. The only way to get it REMOTELY close is with mods and ini tweaks. But I never bought the game, just know another PC gamer who has it and YouTube vids.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Well most times it could be due to them not knowing if their build would be final or if they would have the power to render and have all those features and still look good.

I don't really look down at CDPR because of what happened with The Witcher 3, it was a big game, a huge RPG and clearly they had to add other features that once added turned down lots of processing. Thus their target render would not be the same as final.

Uncharted 4 not being an RPG or anything of the sort, they can show off amazing looking builds and still have the look the same if not better due to not needed to add more features that turn down processing. Also add that Naughty Dog didn't make this game on many platforms, just 1. All their time was on 1 version.

The companies that "fail to do this" most times are not making action games on 1 platform. they are making process heavy games on many platforms and must market early and literally guess how those builds will look like on the final product. So I wouldn't really be so harsh on other developers as this situation isn't like those others.

Many might hate this statement, but Ubisoft, CDPR etc had real reasons why those games looked a bit different and neither company just lied about it, BOTH released statements explaining why it was happening for. I don't think CDPR was trying to misguide or mistrust anyone in the same respect I don't think Ubisoft was either. Both reasons are valid and its just due to making early gen versions of games on many platforms.

Love Naughty Dog, but no reason to bash other teams as I don't really think that is far, as Naughty Dog isn't going around saying anything like this or bashing other teams.

[AndrewLB]

There's a big difference between CDPR downgrading the PC version of The Witcher 3 due to the parity clause in the licensing agreements which they had to agree to in order to sell their game on consoles, and downgrading graphics for marketing purposes. I can understand if ND had released the reveal trailer and later was unable to achieve that kind of fidelity due to hardware limitations because they overestimated the consoles power, but to show the game as recently as a couple months ago still using assets they knew would never make the final game is just wrong. But it begs the question... if the E3 and PAX versions with the higher quality assets were too much for making it to retail, what were they running the game on at those events? hmm..

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Andrew- "if the E3 and PAX versions with the higher quality assets were too much for making it to retail, what were they running the game on at those events? hmm"

No, you mean what build where they running on consoles. For all we know they were running on PS4 and XONE, just with less features running as they've yet to reach the final build. When its all said and done and all the features are added, clearly they see they need to lower some models and graphical features to make the FINAL game run smoothly.

Having it look that way and run, doesn't mean its running smoothly.

[Muzikguy]

Naughty Dog gets praised for their works, and quite often. Yes I agree about process heavy games and taking away from resources by the time the final product is done.

I think though, that as a developer you should most definitely have a vision of how the game will look in the end. All these things that are coming along lately aren't anything "new" so knowing what kind of resource heavy tasks you'll need shouldn't be that hard. Just like working with different hardware. It's their choice in what they develop for. If they don't want to learn the hardware, that's their own fault. This is their business, it's what they do for a living. I think that many of these companies most certainly do false advertise and when the end product is out, people are right to be angry. They're selling graphics knowing full well that it won't be that way in the end. Most people just want that stuff to stop (me included)

[Oschino1907]

Do you complain when you go out to eat and the food doesn't look as good as it did in the commercial?

I would be more worried if it doesn't taste good not if it doesn't look exactly like in the commercial.

Especially if the commercial was released months or years before hand.

[Muzikguy]

Ok so to that, the games sometimes don't play good either. People then complain and have that right to.

And yes, if you're going the food route I used to complain there too. I know they never look like the picture, especially if you're buying fast food. Real food elsewhere does look like its pictured most of the time. Games and food can't be compared though that way. It's a lie to consumers and shouldn't be tolerated. They know people are looking at the graphics and they want to look good as devs

[Imalwaysright]

Muzikguy

Yes, Ubisoft downgraded the PC version of Watchdogs and I don't even know why... maybe to make console gamers feel better about themselves. A modder unlocked some hidden files and that made the game look close to what was shown in the 1st trailer.

http://www.pcworld.com/arti...

[Muzikguy]

That's awesome :)

[Meltic]

From videos ive seen there is zero blood and gore in the game. From the first uncharted video we saw it was some blood. Was it cutted out ?

[seanpitt23]

This is a 16+ game the Uncharted series has never been a adult game so they didn't put blood and gore in. I would of liked it if they did though like the last of us but hey what can you do.

[akurtz]

theres blood

[Gwiz]

This game is a must for PS4 owners,such a great experience so far.
ND has delivered beyond my expectations.

[Tankbusta40]

Awesome, too bad I wont be able to play till tomorrow because of an Amazon screw up. Good thing was after enough discussion I was given 50% because I have Prime and one of the perks of prime is same day delivery as release

[Wallstreet37]

I had an issue with Street Fighter V Collectors and it showed it wasn't coming same day, guess what? I got SFV CE for only 35 lol because they said it was their mistake it wasn't arriving same day but best part! It shipped shortly after and i still got it same day :)

Amazon is awesome. Oh by the way make sure they applied your 20% discount, lately they havent been doing it automatically and trying to get over.

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

Mine too!!!! I cancelled and bought it at GameStop digital. Ass hats.

[IRetrouk]

I feel ur pain, waited all day for my console and didnt find out till after 6 that it wasnt even at the depot yet, also find out that game uk are using a new delivery service for n.ireland, will no longer be using them as they were absolutly the worst customer service people i have ever had to deal with.

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

This games amazing and looks phenomenal, I played for awhile last night. The character models look as good or better but everything around them looks lower or now blurry. I know everyone will attack me as someone who doesn't own the game lol. But I don't look at these photos and say "OMG LOOK AT THAT MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT"

There isn't really one, this article is stupid. Doesn't change the fact it looks fantastic though.

[Gol3m]

That blurriness for background objects is called Depth of field. It is a naturally occurring thing with the eye they've tried to portray in the game. This draws your eye to the subject at hand. I noticed this in the videos so far. It changes from character to character if they are talking. Other than that everything in the gameplay is super crisp 1080p unlike that other dynamic game that released last month......it slips my mind the name of it though as it was so.......meh

@below. Obviously you don't if you're bringing up an effect that is being used. The game breaks directly from thone scenes to be crisp and clear. So please stop trolling

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

Lol I know what DOF is but thank you.

[Snookies12]

You say you know what Depth of Field is, yet you're clearly complaining about the blurriness of the background. The photos show a clear upgrade in character models. There was also no expectation of a massive improvement, the game already looked amazing beforehand, after all. It is however a rather apparent upgrade regardless, I don't even need to look at the full picture to see that.

[DarXyde]

You want to know what's one of my favorite things about Uncharted 4? It's finished installing and it's still updating, so I haven't played yet, so it's not about the game itself yet.

It's the steelbook casing of the special edition. Got mine today and it's a very beautiful artful case.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Yeah I'm doing the same thing waiting for the update to install but my god that steelbook from my libertalia edition is one of the most beautiful I've seen

[Gol3m]

It is beautiful. So is the artwork in the art book. And the statuette. Detailed as. I couldn't wait to play so I played it without the update and have been doing so for my whole play through. Hopefully now having left my ps4 in rest mode it has downloaded though

[vivid83]

im glad its not a downgrade but an upgrade

[GreenUp]

Are the improvements in cut scenes as we see here? Or in actual gameplay that's not show in the screenshots?

[DarkLordMalik]

The character models are same for cutscene/gameplay. Improvements apply to both.

[GreenUp]

Cool

[Nathan_Hale53]

The entire game is in game, no cut-scenes unlike the previous games.

[DarXyde]

Started playing. I'm in Panama right now in chapter 2.

Anyone who's doubting the visual fidelity of this game is absolutely clueless. Good God, it looks incredible. My roommates aren't here and I just said, "holy ****" out loud. It's truly confounding.

On another note, my console is actually kind of loud right now. Leave it to Naughty Dog to push the hardware.

Worth it.

[mokkeyrg2]

erm psx is better but only by very little tho

[TwoForce]

Nope. Characters model look much more details in final version.

[Artemidorus]

Don't click the site it is full of ads

[Spyroo]

Nice

[mkis007]

I'm glad the people at df and others who get paid to know this stuff know an upgrade when they see one. DoF is an upgrade...it takes more power to use it than to not use it.

[MRMagoo123]

yup depth of field on skyrim with mods hogs the fps it's easy to see when you have fps display on and turn dof on and off.

[Inzo]

I love how people called "downgrade" a few months back, I think ND gave them a nice big middle finger. Its also funny how the xbox fanboys try to convince everyone that it has been downgraded. I actually feel sorry for them................no, wait, no, no I dont. :)

[cyberwaffles]

Graphics downgrade!

jk

I'm glad they delayed the release. The improvements are dramatic.

[Segata]

First ND game not downgraded from the reveal. Impressive

[N0vasphere]

Srsly, Naughty Dog is the places for digital wizards..

[Software_Lover]

So now we're going back to 2014? The first article was comparing 2015, I guess that didn't work out as well.

[Flewid638]

Let's not forget that The Order was equally as gorgeous. Uncharted just happens to be 100000000000% better of a game in every way imaginable lol. But graphically and only graphically...definitely comparable.

[Ra3v3r]

Picked up my PS4 yesterday and to be honest this game looks amazing. It looked like it was going to be gorgeous from the first reveal and playing it in person its even better. Loved RoTR, but the movement in this just feels better. Just started chapter 3 and I've been blown away.

[quiddd]

Can someone explain to me how someone, no matter their allegiances, can say a game can look better or worse after a site like Digital Foundary runs all their tests on a game while displaying the metrics on screen?

[MilkMan]

To be honest I cant get with how Nathan looks now. I like the old character model better. Its like I dont recognize this guy.
He sounds the same, but its not him.
Still, beautiful game. Story is nowhere as engaging as The Last Of Us by the way.

[Petebloodyonion]

Does it really matter the difference between before and after?
The vison is the same and the graphics are mostly the same so who care?
go play the game instead of trying to see a difference that could have been output by the tv brand

[NotanotherReboot]

I just beat the game