Fallout 4 Pre-Release Screenshot vs Release

[DivinePaladin]

Ali_16x said:

DivinePaladin said:
I mean, considering this game is PC first it's not hard to believe they used that version running on max settings. Plus the game was announced with mod support so that's easily a way for them to make an excuse if we're really gonna make an issue out of this. They have so many ways to justify this if necessary, it's not even worth trying.

If anybody trusts the graphics in a Bethesda game that's his/her fault though.

Except that you can't even get those graphics at max settings on PC as snyperdud showed. The Pre Release graphics aren't possible on any system because they don't exist lol.

There really wasn't a noteworthy difference other than in the one instance of lighting though. You're acting as if it's night and day, when it's marginal polish/optimization outside of the one aspect - one aspect that Bethsoft fans knew from day one was not truly showcased in-game. 

 

And again, mods. Bethesda explicitly stated mod support would be a thing immediately upon reveal. With all due respect, your argument is wholly irrelevant because of that, since they can just say "we used mods lol." They built in a failsafe from the beginning. Not that anybody was calling Fallout 4 good graphically, either. It's a poor looking game, which is to be expected because again, it's Bethsoft. Nobody is going into Fallout expecting Crysis, or even CoD. They're going in expecting an often glitchy experience with shitty graphics that they'll play for months because it's fun.