Tomb Raider PC vs Tomb Raider DE - Comparison video.

[Master Zone]

As you can see by the video, and as I have always been saying, the PC version of Tomb Raider basically is the Definitive Edition... They both basically look the same. Even the TressFX looks the same. O_o. And that new face model Definitive Edition got, it looks like a dolls face.

This is a comparison video I found.

Xbox One vs PC.
http://youtu.be/N92DiSd2e9E


PS4 vs PC.
http://youtu.be/KxEwUBPh-bA


Also check this out lol.
http://imgur.com/SXXXrXT




I went through the video and picked out some moments to point out and for people to look at.
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0:01
The leaves on the bottom left for the Console version look like clay and kind of distorted and blurry, while the PC version looks sharp and detailed.


0:09
Look at the log on the bottom right, look at how flat and blurry it looks on the Console version, and now how detailed and bumpy it looks on the PC version.


1:14
look at the blank look on Lara's face and eyes for the Console version, what is she looking at? Now look at the worried expression on Lara's face in the PC version, look at the eye contact.


1:23
Look at the Console Lara face, look how she can't frown or move her forehead? Too many injections? Now look at the PC Lara face and see the expression and lines in the face.


1:49
Look at the Console water, what is that white pixely stuff, it looks low res? Now look at how smooth and high res the PC version is.


2:36
Just thought i might point this out lol. look at the Console version, look at that piece of wooden fence that glitches and gets stuck lol.


3:30
On the Console version, what is with all those little bumps on her shirt? it looks like she melted sand and plastic to her shirt?


3:51
Look at the white tent on the Console version, look how stiff it is in the wind. Now look at the tent in the PC version and how it waves and sways in the wind.


4:19
Look at the mountains in the Console version and how they are blurred out by the fog. Now look at the PC version and see how clear and sharp they are.


4:40
Did I just see rocks splashing up and about in the Console versions water? WTF? Is it water or dirt she is in?


5:07
The PC fuel is splashing on the ground, while the Console fuel goes right in to the ground.


5:23
The Console version has flat dirt floor with the bones being flat on the ground as well (like paper). While the PC version has bumpy dirt with the bones protruding out from the ground with tesselation. And looking at the rock on the right in the Console version, it seems the Console torch is producing no light?
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The main differences I see with Definitive Edition is the new face model and the image being a bit darker. And at the same time the Console version actually seems worse in a lot of area's.

[KILRATHI]

all i need to do is adjust the screens resolution graphix is never a matter for me

[Pong [Linux]]

In PC Edition, Lara looks definately better - more natural!

[KILRATHI]

pitty i dont have tomb raider

[KILRATHI]

wow!!!!!!

[Master Zone]

I added a few points for people to look at.

[KILRATHI]

dang i dont have this game

[Pick_Lock]

she looks angry on console and worried on pc

[KILRATHI]

wish i had that game im offering to trade

[Dr.Disaster]

Those are pretty good comparison videos. Things i noted:
- PS4 gfx seems to be a bit better then XBO
- the most obvious changes are different color temperature + lighting (IMO overdone in DE) and the botox faces
- other differences between DE and PC version are minor: slightly better TressFX, slightly better physics, less sharpness (assuming that the recordings have the same quality)
- it seems the PC's motion blurr effect got kicked from DE along tesselation

[Master Zone]

İlk olarak Dr.Disaster tarafından gönderildi:

Those are pretty good comparison videos. Things i noted:
- PS4 gfx seems to be a bit better then XBO
- the most obvious changes are different color temperature + lighting (IMO overdone in DE) and the botox faces
- other differences between DE and PC version are minor: slightly better TressFX, slightly better physics, less sharpness (assuming that the recordings have the same quality)
- it seems the PC's motion blurr effect got kicked from DE along tesselation

Yeah I noticed that as well, the colours in DE seem like the contrast was turned up way too high. It looks like when someone gets too carried away with a ENB for Skyrim and turns the colour contrast up way too high.

[Rank-0-]

Yes

[UberNoodle]

Sticky please, if that's possible. It would really save time on the forum. Overall, the cool additions to the DE aren't enough to really earn the title. Lara's poker/doll face in many scenes. In one scene she looks like a lost puppy in DE but on PC (and I presume last consoles) she looks in real anguish. Otherwise, I think the new effects to her skin make her look like raw meat or a burn victim at times. They are quite overdone. I do like the simulated diffusion in the skin of her face, but at the same time I find it distracting as well. The way her equipment jostles about is cool though. The implimentation of Tress FX does appear to have fewer strands on the top of the head, or maybe it's just the shader. But it's quite clear that environmental textures aren't as sharp in the DE, and I think that this and tesselation is an important boon to the PC version which is being ignored for the magic of a bit of cool tech and glossy mist and fire effects, etc.


In the the end, "Definitive" is a marketting term aimed at console players, not PC players. No thought was given to PC players at all. The publishers know where their money is at, and it's with consoles. Thus, the fact that we PC players have allowed ourselves to be drawn into the consoles' spat, is sad.

[KILRATHI]

anyone wanna trade?

[Grimminski]

It's admittedly pretty damn good looking on PS4; It's just her new face that throws me off.

[yusupov]

agreed, love what theyve done on the ps4...but the new lara is so bland(ly hott). maybe that was a conscious game design, but i thought her vulnerability, which the og lara conveyed magnificently, was a core aspect of the game. considering they didn't re-write the story or characterization, its a bit weird. i wonder if it was a conscious decision to make her more of a traditional avatar.

would still like a patch/5-10 dollar DLC with tressfx 2.0 (esp for us nvidia users; tho i use tressfx anyway), an option to play as new lara, & whatever glimmery graphics goodness they lathered on top of the console versions, which would play easily on any pc.

also a fan of the contrast/saturation/'lighting' (not light fx) on the consoles...does anyone know if theres a way to get that effect on PC or is it just better/different SSAO?