God of War: E3 2016 vs. Final Graphics Comparison

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1. Whats with ubisoft and these downgrades. Jk the final looks better

2. Master peice

3. Does anyone notice the movements of his beard and his son's coat in the 2016 version? I noticed that it is gone in the current release.

4. Не пойму, освещение стало хуже или лучше?

5. Base on my observation the graphics on the trailer is better, but the retail has more details. 🙂

   Or maybe I'm just horrible at observing, I can't really tell which one has more details.

6. E3 trailers have always been misleading, but the final product actually doesn’t look that far from the trailer this time

7. The atmosphere seems a little better in the E3 trailer, but the final product is overall a bit better imo. I don’t know what the majority of you are say, but it’s opinion based. Seems like a interesting story nonetheless

8. How is this an upgrade? The colors are more vibrant and the textures are sharper, but that's about it. Ambient occlussion, shadows, reflections, hair and ice simulation, depth of field, they have all been downgraded. They've clearly cut corners everywhere for it to run smoothly at 4k. It looks great still, but calling this an upgrade seems totally biased if you ask me.

9. I don't know, the final product has more vibrant colors and details on the character but I preferred the E3 trailer backgrounds, environment, and level design. Looks more epic, which is a feeling I want when I play GOW. Also I'm not a fan of the health bar. None of the other GOW games had it so it just feels alien to me.

   Still compared to most other games, the final product is pretty darn close to it's cinematic.

10. They gave it that Horizon Zero Dawn polish. Spectacularly.

11. As usual a massive lighting, shader downgrade, and satured(HDR filter?) colors to hide it. It would be dumb to think the PS4 pro could handle it, same thing happened to The Witcher III trailer reveal…
    Still the final result is "ok", at least it's not a downgrade obvious as Ubisoft does.

12. looks like they really did a lot of work since that e3. Color tone shifts and just more detail in general.

13. This was a crazy good upgrade. The only downgrade was that hair strands (which look better in the final) don't move as much as in the trailer.

14. Lol people think vibrant color equals better. It does not.

15. Look at the amazing lighting and particle effects in the e3. So good

16. Better detail and skin textures, more vibrant color, but the lightings and reflections are downgraded.

17. No downgrade, it's upgrade. Nice.

18. Improvement
    But the E3 Brightness is very low… Comparing to Final.

19. People seem to forget the fast paced and style of combat that god of war has… the E3 showed slow attacks, whereas the final product gives a sense of the old god of war fast slashing which would obviously result in some reductions here and there to keep the game from falling apart due the the fast movement occuring.

20. both looks good

21. Like both but E3 looks more compelling to the eyes

22. I completely adored the E3 trailer when it was announced and watched it god knows how many times. I've watched endless reaction trailers to it just to share my joy and awe with other GoW fans, and new fans. So trust me when I say that something special would have to prove its better than the E3 trailer. I think Santa Monica has achieved it. The lighting is better, the texture detail is better and the colour palette is more varied. I have to admit that the E3 trailer was kinda brown in a lot of areas so I feel that has been eradicated.

    Downgrade it most certainly is not.

23. OMG ! The lighting Downgrade is strong with this one ! 🙁

24. sony downgra…. I mean optimizes

25. Xbox One X vs PS4 Pro

26. Learn Ubisoft. LEARN.

27. Way better looking!

28. E3 is clearly better

29. Final Build looks better for video quality. Thats it all i see.

30. Better than Rogue Remastered

31. how the hell he played before april 20? or just a click bait?

32. That final polish is great! I love the vibrant colors on the Pro opposed to the darker pallets in the E3 Demo I can't wait to play ??

33. I’m sooo pumped

34. it's different for sure but i don't know which one is better ?

35. Besides the motion blur and anti aliasing i'd say the final product is looking better. But i must say that the location itself looked better in the 2016 trailer for this place.

36. looks amazing in ps4 pro but the downgrade is very real

37. The animations are degraded from the E3 demo…

38. I dont think its fair showcasing it on the ps4 pro but thats my opinion and who cares… eh

39. No birds, no snake, no dragon, on final version definatly downgrade

40. I'm still not wasting my money on a PS4 Pro

41. There's a pro and contra

42. Playstation My LOVE

43. Some people have problem with their eyes, when they say it's downgrade …

44. Wtf was that advert all about

45. Told you they downgraded it but everyone said otherwise.. the only thing upgrades is the boys eyes

46. Damn, i'm so hyped!

47. The downgrade is real..