yeah not sure what the reasoning is other than the fact that r2/right trigger is a dedicated run button if your not aiming
yeah that seems accurate about the takedowns.
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Watch_Dogs |OT| PS4 would probably melt trying to do this
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yeah not sure what the reasoning is other than the fact that r2/right trigger is a dedicated run button if your not aiming
yeah that seems accurate about the takedowns.
Crazy that Ubisoft would take out moves from the Splinter Cell moveset that WD seems based on. Some really basic stealth moves missing there.
Agreed. I'm not a lethal guy in ninja games. I did 100% non lethal in Deus Ex HR, and Dishonored.
Sometimes you just gotta drive straight through the park to get where you're going.
S0cc3rpunk
Unconfirmed Member
i had this funny glitch, happen to me yesterday when i was trying to save this guy lol when i take him down he bounces to the wall lol
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"I told you park drive is always jammed"
"I didn't say park drive...I said through the park"
Love that movie
Can't tell you the number of times I've tried to hit circle for a takedown and instead jumped onto something or over a ledge.
The game is just full of sloppy little things and annoyances.
But it's fun. And blowing up cars with a grenade launcher has probably never been more satisfying. That shit is tops. (Incidentally, buy a grenade launcher for cheap and trivialize every criminal convoy mission)
The game is just full of sloppy little things and annoyances.
But it's fun. And blowing up cars with a grenade launcher has probably never been more satisfying. That shit is tops. (Incidentally, buy a grenade launcher for cheap and trivialize every criminal convoy mission)
Do not agree. Further delay would not have been wise for the franchise and if the items on your list are meant to reflect what would be corrected with a year of extra development time, it wouldn't be close to worth it for the consumer either. Furthermore, a few things you've mentioned are simple personal preference (I'm quite fond of the activity notifications, sound design and karma system), others are not exactly accurate (whether people recognize you or not on sight and how they react depends on your karma; Aiden's identity is obviously not a complete mystery as he's targeted specifically and named by enemies; the "radio" isn't a radio at all but Aiden's phone MP3 player, and it can be used outside cars too; cops can in fact arrest you rather than using lethal force if you haven't escalated too much).
Most notably, it is 100% completely possible to outrun/outdrive pursuers in a chase without using hacking, and the vehicle you have definitely makes a difference. I've done so a couple of times already in just 3 or 4 hours of play.
More generally speaking, even with a year of extra dev time, there's no guarantee you wouldn't still have a list of things that bug you. While it has many flaws and the expected occasional open world bugs, Watch_Dogs does not strike me as an incomplete product. I think it was released at the right time and now all relevant dev cycles can go toward Watch_Dogs 2, which I do believe I will buy without hesitation.
Absolutely, even Tranquilizer ammo. My version of Aiden does not kill unless faced with absolutely no chance of escaping a situation nonlethally. At least I find the baton takedowns very satisfying.
Hackzorzz
I actually find myself hitting circle to try to go snap to cover. Needless to say that always goes poorly. I feel like I must have played a game recently where circle was the cover button, but maybe I just have a mental block.
was it 2xtap?
SJRB
Gold Member
I was ambushing an enemy convoy, made sure I was in cover on the left side of the road with a clear line of sight on the driver's side of the car with the target. Hacked the traffic lights to stop the convoy and I open fire, the dude actually bails out of the car via the passenger seat and takes cover on the right side behind the car.
That blew my mind.
PS+ is not required for that mode.
That blew my mind.
PS+ is not required for that mode.
Nope it was PowerShanker
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I got him though. Apparently my online hacking defense is very good.
I think the only thing it rips from Splinter Cell is the cover to cover mechanic and even then its not as graceful. At the end of the day i think its important for them to have Aiden/Watch Dogs create it's own identity especially starting out as new IP. Cuz although lots of people are like basically saying it was more Splinter Cellish is, i'd bet money that if it was people would just down play the game as a splinter cell clone and say things like "this just makes me want a new Chaos TheorY with bigger maps!"
You dont need online for that, its free to play.
This character is weird like Ubi made him up
late in development, Focusing instead on
everything else.
Well that's super cool. Really threw me for a loop.
So I decided to do the Psychedelic flower minigame thing as like a, "just one more thing before I call it a night". I kept thinking the next level would be the last and just kept plowing through them.
It's always surprising when I see little diversions like these that are actually pretty substantial content. I mean, they're pretty simple but in the grand scheme of things, people spent a ton of time making that content and it might go completely unseen by many players.
It's always surprising when I see little diversions like these that are actually pretty substantial content. I mean, they're pretty simple but in the grand scheme of things, people spent a ton of time making that content and it might go completely unseen by many players.
bargeparty
Member
Your text is not English but the voices are?
I definitely think it was
Except for a few where killing the target(s) fails the mission.
As I said before this game was released. If they didn't bother with the silly mini-games (digital trips and other side missions are fine) they could've made a more focused game. It's not all on the mini-games, there are other missed opportunities.
Anyway, Watch Dogs is basically Assassins Creed 1-A... The ground work is there, let's just hope they build a better story this time.
People say they want free ability melee. Man, the hell with that. I just want some more baton takedown animations. That collapsible baton is badass. I was amazed the first time i dive tackled a criminal and then cracked him with my baton. And after doing about it 20 more times i've not ceased to be amazed.
Car damage is not as extensive as say, GTA IV, and it takes a lot of damage to become apparent (there's also a skill which can reduce it!), but it most certainly exists. You can knock off hoods, doors, smash windows apart, etc.
I think I've outrun the police maybe once in a suuuuuuuper fast car, but 90% of the time when they're chasing you have to use hacks (though those are made easy via the blue highlighted prompts).
You can sometimes evade police, however, and turn off your engine. This is actually required in one tricky first act mission.
I agree. The sound work is above average generally - sound work on an open world game like this is extremely grueling - but there is some odd engine and especially horn looping.
On a side note, I've actually looked at the sound archive libraries for Skyrim and I was blown away by how much work goes into it.
Weapon customization would have definitely been nice. Small oversight as you still get several silenced weapons; this helps. I'd love to see it in the sequel.
You can evade the scan(s). I've done so many times.
Police do show up sparingly around town. They do care if you destroy certain things, such as fuel tanks. That will raise your heat level (the bottom right IIRC) which means that police will engage if they see you around.
Good karma affects how likely people are to call the police on you for crimes (stealing a car is a good example; I've stolen many as a good vigilante and don't get many calls into dispatch).
True, especially for telephone poles, though there are a large number of objects with physics attached in WD. An improvement in the sequel etc would be nice but, *shrug*.
I agree completely that they're annoying. There are way too many activities popping up all the time via remote profiling. There should definitely be a patch which allows you to turn it off or mitigate it some other way. We can already discover crimes etc via hacking ppl's phones for instance; why bombard us with so much other stuff?
Yeah small thing, but it kinda sucked you couldn't.
Agreed.
Lots of real time reflections in the water, for example.
Yeah. I would hope that gets addressed in a patch because while it seems like a small issue, it's bad enough to make one view almost unusable.
Ehhh... It's considerably better than Sleeping Dogs but it's not everyone's cup of tea.
I've played quite a number of these games and trust me, there's far worse. I think there could stand to be a little more perspective.
Yeah two small areas where the game only goes part of the way to keeping up the charade.
My God...
I've fucked around in this world for two days, still in Act I, and i completely forgot about the digital trips...
I love this game
it's as though your
conversational style makes
everything into poetry. I
quite like it.
Hmm, yeah, I am actually glad there's no awkward punchkicking... my objective going into melee range is one thing and it's not "satisfying combat feel." I just want to neutralize my target efficiently.
Except it's many times better and more fun than the original AC.
In my opinion of course
Really? Cool. Which modes have PS+ as a requirement?
Fair Trial
Member
The video is not mine, just used it as example.
Better and more fun are subjective, but I don't see how anyone could argue it's not at least a much more complete product than AC1. Hoping for a similar jump from AC1 to 2 with a sequel is reasonable, but I think people may be forgetting just how barebones AC1 was as a piece of entertainment.
It's been sporadic for me the whole time. Basically 1/3 attempts to connect, I would get a match, the other 2 would fail.
Really, it totally depends on your playstyle and what you think would help you. I'd say at least don't wait too long to unlock Blackout
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Hacking? Car unlock, ATM?
0 MP sessions for me. I an connect to mobile challenges sometimes but i get connection lost in the middle of the race/challenge.Other MP modes doesn't work at all. Also i haven't been invaded once since launch.
Things from your hacking skill tree are always helpful and definitely worth prioritizing over the other skill trees. Specifically I would say go for the environmental hacks like blockers, spikes, bridges, steam pipes, etc that make it easier to deal with chases
It's also worth putting a point into driving so you can steal any car so you don't have to worry about people calling the cops if you trip a car alarm
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Well, the nice thing about it, is that it should be optional.
Hacking > Stealth = Non-Lethal Combat = Lethal Combat.
All of these should be equally easy to use and feel equally rewarding to use. I would like the hacking to be as deep as humanly possible, but if you decide to use another aspect in conjunction with that, it needs to feel equally rewarding. So, stealth hacks, non-lethal hacks, and lethal hacks, combined with your play style would be nice.
So an example: Fire off an EMP pulse to disable cameras and electronics, throw a flashbang to disorient a group, then run up and melee all of them in a chain. No evidence you were there other than the beat up and broken dudes. You can sorta do that now, but I want it to be even deeper.
Does that make sense?
Had the exact same feeling just driving about! The songs in Watch_Dogs are horrendous