Ubisoft published a new Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced trailer showcasing how the game looks on PS5 Pro, and it reminded me how these 4K game trailers just don't work on YouTube. And it just makes me wonder why this unappealing method has become the preferred way of showcasing what should be cutting-edge visual capabilities.

If you keep your eye on protagonist Edward Kenway, and only him, it's fine. (Well, except at 0:44 and 0:45, where his hair gets a bit blurry.) It's fine! It looks pretty decent, the colors are vivid, the framerate looks smooth. And everything else around him is markedly less so. Just look at the blurred tree leaves five seconds in, the sand in the fight scene after that, the artifacts at 0:12 and 0:30 — it's not a pretty trailer.

It's not Ubisoft's fault, though. YouTube compresses every upload (as do Twitch........

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