- Growing Together - Puzzles are no longer in black and white on PlayStation.
Fixed in Patch 1.110.265/2.01
Please create a new thread if you're still experiencing this issues
@KirstyCurse - I'm not convinced it's a bug. I (and others) think it's deliberate. Stripping back graphics in assorted ways because they think it will lead to better performance on console. It doesn't, though, because the game just plain has an efficiency problem. When you have to sit through 2 minutes of loading screen just to get to the main menu, the graphics aren't the issue. I can play other games on PS4 that are open world, high-end graphics, high detail, high resolution, and without the lag and painfully long loading screens. The Horizon series is a prime example of this. The PC version also has a Graphics Settings submenu that console players are denied. Because I own both PC and PS4 version, I can easily compare and see the way console players are getting screwed over. They need to stop. Bad enough we're being robbed of mods (which Skyrim and Fallout 4 can do) and being penalized for using cheats (which the PC version doesn't) we're also being robbed of our graphics and any control over them.
Tbh who can really know? It seems like such a minor thing to remove as a performance thing given that we can get them in colour from debug. Although we certainly shouldn’t have to.
it’s just so unfair that we aren’t valued. Like many of us have paid our £1k like everyone else. There are so many bugs unique to console. Not to mention the controls. I wish there was a focus on fixing stuff rather than changing things that aren’t broken.
@KirstyCurse - A lot of us have been saying that for some time. They need to spend some time on dedicated bug-fixing, or assign a team specifically to fixing bugs as part of Quality Assurance separate from content development. It's not like EA/Maxis can't afford to hire a bug fix team, even as an outsourced contractor. Much like with Skyrim Unofficial Patch, modders are able to do these fixes on their free time. Clearly it can be done. The devs just won't bother. Yet another example of EA's greed and corruption. When will they learn that quality products and good customer service are even MORE profitable than churning out content, and once the bulk of the bugs are fixed, people will want the new content even more because the game will play it even better than before.
