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Kai Oct 21, 2021 @ 11:45pm
Quality downgrade?
Is it just me or there has been a bit of quality downgrade? specially hair and skin

Before
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2530656121
Now
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2633967962

1080p, Ultra, TAA, CAS on, DLSS off
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Hell Stinger Oct 21, 2021 @ 11:56pm 
It's not you... it's major overhaul graphics update...
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Kai Oct 22, 2021 @ 1:59am 
No s hit, i meant some aspects seems to look worse now.
Last edited by Kai; Oct 22, 2021 @ 1:59am
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everybe2 Oct 22, 2021 @ 2:11am 
So? It`s the best game ever made
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KingOfFriedChicken Oct 22, 2021 @ 2:33am 
Weird facial details seem better in after but the hair is better in before xD
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Kai Oct 22, 2021 @ 3:07am 
Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:
Weird facial details seem better in after but the hair is better in before xD
Im not so sure about the skin either, its lost the natural oily reflective effect. Or maybe its the change in lighting and probably using focused lighting rather than natural.
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dulany67 Oct 22, 2021 @ 3:27am 
Originally posted by Kai:
Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:
Weird facial details seem better in after but the hair is better in before xD
Im not so sure about the skin either, its lost the natural oily reflective effect. Or maybe its the change in lighting and probably using focused lighting rather than natural.
After looks better to me. The oily skin needed to be turned down, it made the character look sickly. The beard and mustache look much more natural.

The hair looks not as good. How does it look if you turn TAA and CAS back on?
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Kai Oct 22, 2021 @ 3:35am 
Originally posted by dulany67:
Originally posted by Kai:
Im not so sure about the skin either, its lost the natural oily reflective effect. Or maybe its the change in lighting and probably using focused lighting rather than natural.
After looks better to me. The oily skin needed to be turned down, it made the character look sickly. The beard and mustache look much more natural.

The hair looks not as good. How does it look if you turn TAA and CAS back on?
TAA and CAS is already on, without it it was blurry and hair, both head and facial became low res.
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M4444 Oct 23, 2021 @ 5:15am 
Yeah. I think colours are more varied, contrasting now. I don't like it at all, but most people generally seem happy with the graphics changes.
Last edited by M4444; Oct 23, 2021 @ 5:16am
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Kai Oct 23, 2021 @ 6:05am 
Originally posted by M4444:
Yeah. I think colours are more varied, contrasting now. I don't like it at all, but most people generally seem happy with the graphics changes.


Originally posted by Tinball:
Watch the latest panel from hell. As mentioned, they overhauled the look across the entire game. Some people love it, some people do not.

I would play with the different RLSS (if your card supports it) to see which one works the best for you. I believe I have mine set to 'quality' and the game looks amazing for me with this latest patch. (I'm using a 2060 super).
The overall presentation looks better to me with the raised saturation, the world looks more colourful. Normally some people wont like it, the same way some dont like OLED and prefer LCD systems.

But hair quality seem to look bad now, maybe you can check yourself in the character creation. The skin effects might be changed due to the addition of the battle damage effects. I personally dont like the worn out effects, maybe they can stretch it out so it appears very late, now it looks like theyre getting too dirty too soon, and it stays there all the time. Its also natural to get oily and sweaty, so the reflection stats should match the worn out effects, maybe get sweaty first.
Last edited by Kai; Oct 23, 2021 @ 6:06am
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PocketYoda Oct 23, 2021 @ 4:50pm 
That first picture looks far far superior to the second. The second looks almost cartoon like.
Last edited by PocketYoda; Oct 23, 2021 @ 4:51pm
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Huntard Feb 24, 2023 @ 1:07am 
now the game out on the ps5 so the downgrade make sense
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KingOfFriedChicken Feb 24, 2023 @ 2:10am 
Originally posted by Jeremy Potter:
now the game out on the ps5 so the downgrade make sense

What downgrade? you can even see better facial shading and cheek bone structure in after, the PC version isnt gonna be downgraded to meet the console versions, the only reason that would ever is maybe to make them cross play which ima guess PS still isnt open to allow that for most titles.
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dulany67 Feb 24, 2023 @ 2:57am 
People are not going to agree about this. They just aren't.

However, this is from a year and a half ago and is reflective of the lighting change in the game.
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Яeplicant Feb 24, 2023 @ 3:02am 
Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:
Originally posted by Jeremy Potter:
now the game out on the ps5 so the downgrade make sense

What downgrade? you can even see better facial shading and cheek bone structure in after, the PC version isnt gonna be downgraded to meet the console versions, the only reason that would ever is maybe to make them cross play which ima guess PS still isnt open to allow that for most titles.

Pretty much. Plus, it's always the other way around. If development started on PC, the console version would most likely be the downgrade. With most games being developed for consoles first and PC ports being an afterthoughts nowadays, PC always gets the stick until it's fixed down the road. Wo Long is a good example, currently.
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PocketYoda Feb 24, 2023 @ 3:09am 
Man these people will white knight anything.. its like they are infected by a hive..
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