Fallout 4 Pre-Release Screenshot vs Release

[Ali_16x]

DivinePaladin said:

Ali_16x said:

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.

It seems pretty noteworthy to me, there is no such thing as one instance of lighting, if it's like that in one screenshot, it would have been like that throughout the game, which should be common sense. Even with that small picture, I can clearly see a difference in the lighting, textures and LoD.

And we're not talking about mods here, we're talking about the basic game. Even if it gets graphic mod support, it won't change this. There is no reason for PC developers to downgrade their games since they have so much power.