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[Chobel]

Best part of stream.

LMAO!

 

[Symax]

Ubi needs to call Jade Raymond to come save them.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

What did i miss? Nothing? Damage control in full swing?

Read/watch any interview over the past 2 years and you'll get the same amount of information.

Nothing new, nothing about the visuals beyond "the game has graphics".

 

[Maninthemirror]

I thought they would have the stream to actually answer fan questions but the pr nature made me realise they know the downgrade has happened and this was pure damage control so i cancelled my pre order

 

[BotoxAgent]

I remember watching the close-door demonstration at NYC comic-con. No one was impressed. And it annoyed me that you had to preorder to get a free t-shirt. meh

Since then, I knew the 2012 reveal was pure BS. The graphics looked horrid.

 

[kutthoat5150]

You haven't missed anything. It sounds like they're reading from a list of features.

Watch_Dogs twitch info

The game will include:
systemic gameplay "not Uncharted"
weapons
cars
"choppers" (bikes)
open world
Hacking
crafting (is hacking)
wind

 

[TheRealTalker]

Best part of stream.

I love seeing more and more GAF members becoming hated icons on the internet lol



I wonder how those people really feel

 

[Axass]

"Everybody on the internet is asking about the graphics, so what do you have to say?"

"Game is bugs convey people locked salsa."

"Sounds good to me, let's move on to the next question."

OMG I'm dying!

 

[ffdgh]

Best part of stream.

Win what? lol

 

[Nokterian]

There is still wind in the game! No downgrade of wind.

I am blown away when you said that.

 

[BotoxAgent]

yum

 

[TheOctodad]

Win what? lol

The internetz.

 

[Camp Lo]

I thought they would have the stream to actually answer fan questions but the pr nature made me realise they know the downgrade has happened and this was pure damage control so i cancelled my pre order

I'm definitely getting this shit through GameStop used, that's a fate worse than death.

 

[Yasae]

Watch Dogs now supports a Day/day cycle.

So? How about another demo of the game to show exactly that? If there's no downgrade and it's all just shiny reflections making the game appear better visually than it is during the day, prove it.

But they don't. I mean hell, even BioWare eventually spilled the beans on Femshep.

 

[Havel]

What a joke.

 

[Muffdraul]

I remember watching the close-door demonstration at NYC comic-con. No one was impressed. And it annoyed me that you had to preorder to get a free t-shirt. meh

Since then, I knew the 2012 reveal was pure BS. The graphics looked horrid.

Thanks for waiting until now to tell us!

 

[GrayFoxPL]

She's so hot. Cameraman struggling with all his might not to look down.

Source of gif?

 

[Faith]

I am blown away when you said that.

Haha good one

Maybe there is also water and light in the game? Maybe there was no downgrade?

 

[RedAssedApe]

im convinced ubi have an internal preview engine they use to demo all their games lol

blacklist was pretty good though

Gameplay looks and sounds pretty good based on the previews so far for WD. I personally thought Blacklist was ugly. Maybe I just didn't like the aesthetic.

 

[Kinyou]

Where is that from? Almost seems like some random street encounter

Edit: found it. official PR video

Apparently she's the boss of studio Toronto? Wasn't quite aware of that

 

[Marcel]

I'm definitely getting this shit through GameStop used, that's a fate worse than death.

Ooh, going for the jugular. And they got rid of the Uplay Passport too so no cash for Ubi at all.

Ice cold.

 

[Oni3298]

I will still be purchasing the game. It still interests me from a gameplay standpoint.

Who knows, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised with the graphics.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I missed the entire stream.

Was there any gameplay?

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Moondizzle:

 

[Nokterian]

 

[matrixman92]

eh...probably wont buy this now. With this much dodging there must be something really going wrong, the game looks terrible from that trailer

 

[Marcel]

I missed the entire stream.

Was there any gameplay?

No. It was basically just like listening to four strangers having a conversation in the restaurant booth next to yours. It was awkward and boring and didn't really address anyone's concerns at all.

 

[jaded_up_]

Where is that from? Almost seems like some random street encounter

Edit: found it. Normal PR video

Looks like one of those porn videos where they pick up "random" chick on the street.

 

[Nafai1123]

It was always presented as a Q&A session. Why would you be expecting otherwise?

I thought a Watch Dogs live stream would include a live stream of Watch Dogs. Q&As usually contain some gameplay, even if it's just broll.

 

[Gintoki313]

Can't say that I'm not disappointed. After that 2012 presentation for this game, I was hyped. Then all this downgrade stuff started appearing. I was 50% interested in the graphics and 50% interested in the gameplay. The only thing I'm interested in now, is the gameplay. I hope they make the game fun to play, because I'm not picking it up until after reviews now. I need to see some impressions with the full game before looking into it.

It's rare for me to care about graphics in a game, but after what they showed in 2012. There was no way that I couldn't get interested in them.

 

[thehunter01]

Ubi needs to call Jade Raymond to come save them.

I rather not have her look like this

 

[TheOctodad]

See. It's working already.

I would hire her to be the face of this sinking project and have her be the main PR person for the next 3 months. She knew how to talk about games as well.

Raymond went on to become executive producer on Assassin’s Creed II, and was executive producer of new projects at Ubisoft Montreal, which included Watch Dogs and The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot.

 

[Kinyou]

Best part of stream.

It's funny how he accepts every wild conspiracy except that the game might actually be downgraded

 

[Marcel]

I thought a Watch Dogs live stream would include a live stream of Watch Dogs. Q&As usually contain some gameplay, even if it's just broll.

 

[bishoptl]

Looks like one of those porn videos where they pick up "random" chick on the street.

Watch yourselves.

 

[Betta Lines]

It was a prototype, the final game was not build from that.
This is not a simple change in texture quality or simple physix effects taken off. Whole lighting engine and numerous effects, and more importantly, change in models and animations tell you you are not going to get this on PC, basically because a full game with all this was never made.

You just need to look to the FarCry 3 prototype compared to the final PC version to know it happened the same thing.

If that's true, fair enough, but people in this thread aren't just talking about a downgrade from that prototype PC version - they're also talking about a downgrade from the confirmed PS4 footage that is compared here and the trailer/footage released this week.

 

[Jdnathan11]

The car from OP is not as bad as it looks:

Yeah, it is!!

 

[Vizzeh]

I personally did not learn a whole lot from the Livestream, few things I did like the sound off.

-NPC generation + Special NPC random encounters (from missions)
- NextGen Wind

Cannot really be constructively objective without more footage/details. Will likely wait until review is out or more information surfaces.

 

[fred]

Win what? lol

Win the Internet of course lmfao

 

[Maninthemirror]

Wasnt Jade Raymond originally the exec producer for watch dogs before she moved to the toronto studio ? Or is she still attached to it

 

[Nirolak]

Best part of stream.

 

[SneakyStephan]

How great is your game?
So great

 

[Yasae]

See. It's working already.

I would hire her as lead on the face of this sinking project and have her be the main PR person for the next 3 months. She knew how to talk about games as well.

+1. Raymond does presentations and interviews pretty well.

 

[Marcel]

Now we know where all that graphics money went.

 

[SapientWolf]

Best part of thread.

 

[Hoodbury]

snip images

You should update your tag to: Paid off "looser"

 

[bishoptl]

 

[razgriz417]

Now we know where all that graphics money went.

wait wut, why would ubi be paying Nirolak?

Spoiler

I know its a joke but that doesn't make sense

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Looks like one of those porn videos where they pick up "random" chick on the street.

 

[Kinyou]

Wasnt Jade Raymond originally the exec producer for watch dogs before she moved to the toronto studio ? Or is she still attached to it

Apparently she worked on the early stages of Watch_Dogs. Probably focused on the Toronto studio after that

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-04-02-hows-the-view-from-up-there-jade-raymond-on-a-ubisoft-future