flaxknuckles
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Judging from this thread, Sleeping Dogs, Just Cause 2, and Saints Row 3 & 4 all escaped a slew of shit by coming out before GTA V.
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Watch_Dogs |OT| PS4 would probably melt trying to do this
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I think the soundtrack is OK at best, but what sucks is the lack of radio stations. Seems like an incredibly lazy approach to take. Even Sleeping Dogs had radio stations.
Wei Shen is still the best protagonist of an open world game.
Not sure the preorder stuff is meant for later. The issue has come up on other forums and someone a few pages back said that someone in ubi chat support acknowledged that it's mistake that will be corrected so who knows
Statue of Limitation
Member
Anyone figured out how pausing works if you're being tailed or someone's initiating a hack?
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
Frankly, happy it does that rather than whine at me about Ezio not killing civilians just because some fool decided to hang out in the middle of a sword fight or decided to walk into a trip mine even though they saw me setting it RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.
Unfortunately, this is a level of detail the Machine won't give us on Person of Interest.Oh Doris.....
kriskrosbbk
Member
Guys how do I cancel a mission(gang hideout in that case)?
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I only played for about an hour last night. Thoughts:
Game looks gorgeous.
Story is interesting enough so far.
Soundtrack on the radio is a snooze-fest, but the original soundtrack is good.
Driving is okay, but motorcycles are where it's at. I'm trying to play this without killing innocents or cops, so motorcycles really the best choice to avoid smashing a bunch of pedestrians.
Why does Aiden have a normal voice when
and Batman voice otherwise?
I haven't killed anyone yet, but hitting people with the baton is fun. I haven't shot anyone yet either, I think.
Profiler is cool.
I keep getting disconnected from uPlay, which is so bizarre. If I get disconnected from uPlay, does that mean I can't hack/invade people online?
Game looks gorgeous.
Story is interesting enough so far.
Soundtrack on the radio is a snooze-fest, but the original soundtrack is good.
Driving is okay, but motorcycles are where it's at. I'm trying to play this without killing innocents or cops, so motorcycles really the best choice to avoid smashing a bunch of pedestrians.
Why does Aiden have a normal voice when
speaking to his sister
I haven't killed anyone yet, but hitting people with the baton is fun. I haven't shot anyone yet either, I think.
Profiler is cool.
I keep getting disconnected from uPlay, which is so bizarre. If I get disconnected from uPlay, does that mean I can't hack/invade people online?
Darryl M R
Member
Press start and quit mission
I'm about to take this route until I get to protector for my karma scale. It's so easy to kill random citizens when I'm in a chase.
Darryl M R
Member
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Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Currently attempting "Alone" digital trip for the first time for the first time. Super intense. Haven't died yet.
EDIT:
Ok, extremely proud of this right now. Beat all of that in only one try and got a new outfit.
EDIT:
Ok, extremely proud of this right now. Beat all of that in only one try and got a new outfit.
Start (or equivalent) - Quit Mission.
Muffdraul
Member
I had to force myself to stop doing every random side mission that popped up so I could make some story progress. Laughable that someone a couple pages back made the accusation "There doesn't seem to be much to do in the city."
flaxknuckles
Member
The game is saving all the time.
It saves all the time on its own. I just use the safehouse to change time of day or to get rid of the police karma thingy.
what other open world sandbox games are you comparing it to? Infamous, and......
I think it looks great for a 6 month out next gen title.
pretty sure the check-in said Bean.
Yeah, I tried to initially hack only rich people, but then I realized that Aiden is essentially an amoral asshole and wouldn't differentiate and now I'm hacking everyone regardless of how wealthy they are. His going after criminals schtick is only weak cover for his need for revenge.
Muffdraul
Member
I think the driving is every bit as bad as "they" say, but other than that the game is tip top.
Backfoggen
Banned
The car handling/physics/damage etc. in this game is fucking terrible. I have a great time with the game overall but fuck.
I really don't have much issue driving, at least so far as the car goes. It's more that it goes too fast for the type of driving in the city, and so I hit a lot of things because I'm being reckless.
keltickennedy
Member
NeoGAF.
His voice modulator broke.
TickleMeElbow
Member
LoveCake
Member
It was there straight away,
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Hey guys, what would happen if your bank account suddenly lost money for no reason through some kind of fraudulent ATM transaction? Would your bank tell you to suck an egg, or would they have you covered?
The way I see it, Aiden is stealing from the banks, not the individuals themselves. Why he thinks this is justifiable, though, I'm not entirely sure.
Started streaming on xbox one
http://www.twitch.tv/jaasonmg
Not very far into the campaign, just exploring and doing side stuff but really enjoying this game so far.
http://www.twitch.tv/jaasonmg
Not very far into the campaign, just exploring and doing side stuff but really enjoying this game so far.
Lived downtown for 20 years, but haven't picked up a copy yet. Talking to my friends still in the city though playing it, and they are pretty impressed. Usual open-world game issues apply though, major landmarks exist in mostly accurate placement, albeit in a shrunk down and highly condensed version of the city. Expected, but for the most part they dig how well Chicago is represented, at least Streeterville/Gold Coast and some of the adjacent neighborhoods are very distinguishable.
They all also agree that the game looks really poor compared to expectations(none follow NeoGAF or the downgrade scandal either, just jumped in blind after recalling how great it once did show at E3). Without even bringing it up, they all talked about it not looking 'next-gen' at first blush. Was a bit surprised as that dominated our conversation and I didn't expect them to harp about it not being forum dwellers.
backflip10019
Member
Really depends on the type of car you're in. I've found that the faster cars are easier to handle. The rest are awful.
systemfehler
Member
Just got played like a little school boy. Some guy hacked me in a tunnel - I was running from one end to the other trying to check if he is maybe above it. Turns out (I did not know that prior in my defense) he saw where I was and just walked around a pillar to avoid me. I got a few shots into him in the end but he managed to get away.
Muffdraul
Member
I went from "My god, this is almost unfucking playable" to "Eh, I can work with this" in less than hour. Still sucks ass, though. Especially in light of the dev team lead guy claiming "We worked very hard on the driving, it's one of the first things we got right, we really nailed it". Puh-lease.
I'm actually surprised that it looks better than I thought considering how much flak it has gotten pre-release. Though I'm upset that almost nothing has the correct name, at all. Even the Chicago Theatre is called "A Theatre" And unlike the demo, you can't just walk into it.
Intheflorsh
Banned
This seems to be a problem in a lot of Ubi games.
Yea I can deal with it, but driving is really important in these games and the devs failed.
Darryl M R
Member
For the campaign are all the parts (1-4) equally sized? As in once you complete part 1 you are done 25% of the game? I am still in Part 1 and I don't see myself beating it anytime soon since I get distracted with everything else in the game.
keltickennedy
Member
Yeah, I mostly stick to motor bikes because of that. Seems like all the cars need to be taken in for new brakes. I noticed that the e-brake really doesn't do shit. Maybe you can take a turn a tiny bit faster. Also, moving the camera while driving just fucks me up instantly so I try to keep my thumb off the right stick while driving and just let the auto camera keep up with the action. It's totally different coming off of GTA where I use the camera a lot to look around turns and above the car at oncoming traffic while driving.
LOVE motorcyles in the game. But they don't add to your garage, wtf? At least the one I rode didn't.
The right stick is mainly for aiming at things to hack, not to view your car.
The right stick is mainly for aiming at things to hack, not to view your car.
This actually happened to a co-worker who had an account at BoA. They told her that if she hadn't come to them with her complaints of unauthorized withdrawals within a certain (unspecified) time, they would not have refunded her the hacked funds. So check your statements people. Also if you can, use your credit card instead of your debit card. CC protections for unauthorized transactions are much stronger than those on amounts coming out of your bank account.
I've been asking about this as well. I've played 7 hours now and have been invaded less than 5 times. Hoping it will pick up as people realize how much fun it can be. I've never been (notified) that I was being observed or tailed either.
On the other hand, if I invade other players (hacking or tailing) I'm up to about a 50 percent success rate. Still getting a lot of "no players found". Also hope this gets better. Can't imagine the player base is really that small.
word. always. and CC money isn't your own cash, so if there is a dispute, you're not out your own money until it's recovered.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
welp.