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Intrinsic on 24 October 2014

I have been saying this and probably sounding like a broken record. Ubisoft made this game FOR the XB1 then just ported it over to every other platform. They didn't bother optimizing much for anything else as long as they could get the game running.

Like seriously? a HD7970 GPU minimum??? That GPU is at least over 300% more powerful than what you have in an XB1. And a core i3 cpu minimum????? If this game was even half assed optimized it should be able to run at XB1/PS4 settings at 3 times the frame rate with these "minimum specs"



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andrewclear on 24 October 2014
OttoniBastos said:
most devs are lazy with pc port.They assume people can improve their hardware if the game is not running well.

Ubi is the king of lazy ports though....

Not to mention, that the console market is where the moeny is (mobile is about to pass that).  PC sales aren't even close to console sales for these games.  So, why do they care about the quality of their port?  Also, many of the die hard PC Gamers, have a game rig that could support this (or so, that is what they believe).

Me, I am a console man.  Much cheeper over the long haul.



VanceIX on 24 October 2014
andrewclear said:
OttoniBastos said:
most devs are lazy with pc port.They assume people can improve their hardware if the game is not running well.

Ubi is the king of lazy ports though....

Not to mention, that the console market is where the moeny is (mobile is about to pass that).  PC sales aren't even close to console sales for these games.  So, why do they care about the quality of their port?  Also, many of the die hard PC Gamers, have a game rig that could support this (or so, that is what they believe).

Me, I am a console man.  Much cheeper over the long haul.

Um yeah, no. PC sales are fine. Or have you not heard about games like Star Citizen and Witcher? If a dev properly optomizes for PC, gamers will buy their game.



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Nem on 24 October 2014

Its ever more painfully obvious that ACU is beeing rushed out.

Dont say you werent warned when it comes out.



MoiseHnkel on 24 October 2014
VanceIX said:

Really, Ubisoft? Is your game so horribly optomized that it requires (at MINIMUM) a god damn Radeon 7970 (a very high end GPU) to run? This is just bullshit, and I am seriously pissed off at Ubisoft right now. First they gimped the PS4 version, now they release a completely unoptimized PC port? Did they learn nothing from Watch Dogs and AC4?

Very much considering boycotting this game, as much as I love Assassin's Creed. This kind of shit from developers should not be tolerated, period.

Minimum PC Specs:

  • Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz processor
  • 6 GB RAM
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 (2 GB VRAM) video card

Recommended PC Specs:

  • Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz or better processor
  • 8 GB RAM
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 290X (3 GB VRAM) video card


You cannot be more wrong and unfair.

 

Ubisoft is lazy on EVERYTHING they do. not just PC.



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daredevil.shark on 24 October 2014
andrewclear said:

Not to mention, that the console market is where the moeny is (mobile is about to pass that).  PC sales aren't even close to console sales for these games.  So, why do they care about the quality of their port?  Also, many of the die hard PC Gamers, have a game rig that could support this (or so, that is what they believe).

Me, I am a console man.  Much cheeper over the long haul.


Agreed. When it comes to these type of games console version sells well. There is no need to focus on PC given the revenue is small compared to consoles.



daredevil.shark on 24 October 2014
VanceIX said:
andrewclear said:

Not to mention, that the console market is where the moeny is (mobile is about to pass that).  PC sales aren't even close to console sales for these games.  So, why do they care about the quality of their port?  Also, many of the die hard PC Gamers, have a game rig that could support this (or so, that is what they believe).

Me, I am a console man.  Much cheeper over the long haul.

Um yeah, no. PC sales are fine. Or have you not heard about games like Star Citizen and Witcher? If a dev properly optomizes for PC, gamers will buy their game.


He was not talking about MMO. He was talking about typical AAA games. These games sell well in consoles.



Aerys on 24 October 2014

If they are even lazy about the PS4 version, it's obvious they'll be even more lazy for the PC version



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

Legendary_W on 24 October 2014
JazzB1987 said:

MINIMUM: AMD FX 8350

RECOMMENDED; AMD FX 8350


FAIL!


Agreed. Mostly because Ubisoft had stated that they are CPU-bound for the console versions, so it makes zero sense that for PC users the minimum CPU is as good as the recommended CPU which would, in theory,  mean there is almost no difference as long as you have that CPU or better. How come a heavy-CPU AAA game  doesn't ask you for a very high-end CPU for recommended? How relevant the CPU truly is then?



Legendary_W on 24 October 2014
vivster said:
Legendary_W said:
OttoniBastos said:
most devs are lazy with pc port.They assume people can improve their hardware if the game is not running well.

Ubi is the king of lazy ports though....


Far Cry 3 was probably the only thing they got right on PC for a long time.

You serious? That thing had jitter problems even at straight 60fps.

Yes, that indeed is true, but when comparing it to most of Ubi's games, FC3 was, at the very least, acceptable. WD for example was a pain to play with it's constant drops, but FC3 only suffered from that when in cutscenes IIRC (I've played it more than a year ago so I might be wrong and maybe overlooking some other small flaw).