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Watch_Dogs |OT| PS4 would probably melt trying to do this
- Thread starter Dawg
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Just cheat, they do too.
Press start once he is done shuffling and you see the ball highlighted under the cup.
MomoPufflet
Member
Yeah, the mobster jacket and tommy gun are included in the pass.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
You can't
Which is annoying, all I want is one of each type of weapon and then a few personal favourites like the Tommy gun.Freezasaurus
Member
I haven't bought the Season Pass yet, but considering how much I'm enjoying the game, I might spring for it. What does it include as far as long-term plans?
Oh man I wish I knew this the other night. They never cheated for me you just have to keep a good eye on the ball. I won naturally.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
With the cup and ball dude he does a move where he flicks the ball from cup to cup. Took me a couple of goes to spot it.
MomoPufflet
Member
Any tricks to get a corrupted save working on PS4? I deleted the game and reinstalled everything-- didn't work though. It still gets stuck at 90% loading
Sithlord77
Banned
This game seems ok in a artificial way but I'm a bit overwhelmed by it all. About one hour in and I can't be bothered to figure out the mechanics because like most Ubi games everything feels like a chore and I don't want a second job after work. I've yet to succeed in any random crimes I tried about 10 times. I either get caught if I get too close or I have no idea what button to press once I get close to the target. Sometimes it's circle sometimes its triangle. It's all clunky and messy like AC.
Also losing the cops is way more hassle and annoying and time consuming than actually being fun. It took me 15 min to lose them once ffs. Usually I die from the damage to the vehicle and succeeded like twice out of ten tries. Hacking traffic lights rarely does anything to the chase. They are always up your ass every godamn time. You don't have enough options to lose them and even when you somehow manage to you gotta play that stupid hiding from bubbles on your map minigame afterwards for another 5 minutes.
Is the game actually fun? Am I enjoying it? Or is it one of those games I'm playing just because of the hype and everyone else playing it?
Also losing the cops is way more hassle and annoying and time consuming than actually being fun. It took me 15 min to lose them once ffs. Usually I die from the damage to the vehicle and succeeded like twice out of ten tries. Hacking traffic lights rarely does anything to the chase. They are always up your ass every godamn time. You don't have enough options to lose them and even when you somehow manage to you gotta play that stupid hiding from bubbles on your map minigame afterwards for another 5 minutes.
Is the game actually fun? Am I enjoying it? Or is it one of those games I'm playing just because of the hype and everyone else playing it?
VibratingDonkey
Member
I hate when I go "Peekaboo!" in time, give chase to catch up and morally knock him the fuck out (and leave him lying unconscious in the street with blunt trauma to the head), and the guy starts shooting at me, someone calls the cops, they arrive and start shooting at me as well. The only crime I've committed at this point is perhaps jaywalking. The fuck is Commissioner Gordon at?
I'm basically getting punished for not murdering the perp before he can get a shot off, and then again for not interrupting the 911 call instead of chasing after the criminal, and if I do that I fail the whole thing. What do you want from me, game?!
And it's basically Robocop's gun as a revolver. I dare say it's more iconic than Aiden's cap.
Thanks. Might pick it up
The random criminal takedowns are always B or circle on Playstation. The cops are pretty annoying but once you get a hang on how to get rid of them they aren't so bad, hop on a train to lose them very easy
Wait what? People found this hard?
Try driving underground in a tunnel. Looks genuinely like a urine coloured PS2 game.
reptilescorpio
Member
Strange, random crimes always takedowns with Circle button....
Played for a few hours this afternoon. Didn't accomplish much, just roaming around and getting a feel for the game (offline). Short of going full-on GTA and murdering dozens of people, it seems there's no real consequences to just running around doing random stuff, running cars off the road, etc.
Speaking of driving, I do think it's funny that the game automatically assumes that you're going to drive around GTA-style. I get into a car, start the engine, and slowly pull out into traffic, before I even get my bearings, and the NPCs are screaming about how much of a lunatic I am and how I'm going to kill everyone... by driving normally.
I found lowering the brightness helped out quite a bit with the lighting. It seems to be far too high by default, I took it all the way down to 0 and I could still make out the logo on the calibration screen. I'm playing at 20 right now and it looks fine, better than most of the screenshots would lead you to believe (coming from me, that's saying something).
Screenshots don't seem as sharp as the game itself, though. Has anyone else noticed this? In-game, everything looks fine, but some of the screenshots I've taken look like YouTube caps.. low-res and soft-looking.
Speaking of driving, I do think it's funny that the game automatically assumes that you're going to drive around GTA-style. I get into a car, start the engine, and slowly pull out into traffic, before I even get my bearings, and the NPCs are screaming about how much of a lunatic I am and how I'm going to kill everyone... by driving normally.
I found lowering the brightness helped out quite a bit with the lighting. It seems to be far too high by default, I took it all the way down to 0 and I could still make out the logo on the calibration screen. I'm playing at 20 right now and it looks fine, better than most of the screenshots would lead you to believe (coming from me, that's saying something).
Screenshots don't seem as sharp as the game itself, though. Has anyone else noticed this? In-game, everything looks fine, but some of the screenshots I've taken look like YouTube caps.. low-res and soft-looking.
LMAOI wonder if this is a PS4 exclusive plate.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Are "burst revolvers" even a thing? The idea is ludicrous and inefficient but I'm sure someone has been crazy enough to try it.
Its the same for me too mate lol.
Smushroomed
Banned
Are the side missions like crimes/convoys "random" or "procedurally generated" or are they set and its a matter of simply walking into a certain distance of set points
They are tough. Game puts a big focus on just not being seen by them, because they are monsters. Gotta use the environment.
Trying to outrun them with speed almost never works. It gets better when you unlock the ability to hack helicopters and trigger explosions on the roads.
SJRB
Gold Member
It definately feels 100 times more polished than a typical Assassin's Creed game, that's for sure.
You're a garbage hacker, bro! Hack those traffic lights and blockers. Use the alleys, hide in the car. Think outside the typical GTA "if I drive fast enough I'll outrun them" box.
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
Police chases can get annoying, but it can lead to some awesome escapes. I had two cops on me when I was crossing a bridge and midway through I activated the bridge and it started going up, I was barely able to slip out while the cops got caught and I escaped successfully.
misterhektik
Banned
I finished the game before seeing all the complaints in this thread. Came to the thread expecting talk about the gameplay/story, and all I saw were posts about the graphics. Strange.
Anyways, like you, and the guy you quoted, I enjoyed the story. I ignored all the side missions/filler because I was too interested in the story; unlike, say, GTAV, where I could never get into the story and instead spent my time causing mayhem.
That being said, I just uninstalled the game. The main story was fun, but fuck if I'm going to waste my time collecting 100+ hotspots and completing every single boring, repetitive "investigation" just to unlock a side mission. I did all of the
Missing Persons
Thanks, Ubi, for all this "content." (I did enjoy the main story, though.)
My eyes aren't as good at slight of hand as they used to be. Losing my magician skills.
7DollarHagane
Banned
A lot of games use adobe flash for the game menus and splash screens. Stuff you see when paused and before the game loads.
Running around is a part of the fun too. I enjoyed just exploring the city that is packed with stuff to do. It was never boring in my 55 hours of gameplay. I actually managed to get 95/100 hotspots without ever actually hunting them down. And I enjoyed reading trivia for each of them, it brought a bit of story to the virtual Chicago, I think.
Most of the side stuff was fun, I think only two of them felt like a waste of time : people auction missions and serial killer investigations. Cash Run was the most fun activity in the game, getting all gold was a ton of fun.
I think this game does open world content mostly right, unlike any other game in the genre like GTA. The only upper hand GTA5 has over WD is story-based side missions. I wish there was stuff like that in WD, but maybe we'll get some of that in WD2.
I was chasing one guy and he calls his buddies to come help! I tried to jam comms, but I didn't have it equipped and couldn't so sprinting after him.
It's fun how these things play out.
bronkonagurski
Member
They are hard to shake and I've found seeking out water to be the best solution. They don't have police boats apparently so I'll just swim into a hidden position long enough to lose the heat.
Agent_ShortBus
Member
I love just walking around and reading everyone's info. I think I've spent more time stealing money, songs, cars and people watching than I have playing the campaign. Some of the things I've bumped into have made me lol.
Get more hacking abilities in the skill tree and it'll be a piece of cake.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Do these things start to repeat, or are they unique and plentiful enough that you won't be seeing the same stuff every hour?
BoboBrazil
Member
Beat the game earlier. The police in this game are ridiculous. Also GTA 5 makes the world feel alive and there just isn't that level of interaction or detail in the world for this game. Ending spoiler
what was the point of having Jordi turn up at the end and turn on you? It was pretty ridiculous, especially with him being alive after you throw him off the side and he is presumed dead, only to call you and help you lol.
In my 55 hours I don't think I've ever seen the same thing twice.
Slowmo mode while driving to help with hacking environment at just the right time.
What do you mean they cheat?
It's about seeing if your eyes can follow the ball and that's it. I did it up to level 4 and never saw a cheat. The most they do is quickly move the ball from one cup to another like those guys do in real life.
Unless there's something I'm missing, it's not like the Riddler room from Arkham City where they have some hidden contraption under the table.
flaxknuckles
Member
It's pretty easy to shake the cops even on land on hard mode. Just hack the helicopter, blow up police cars with hacking stuff, and drive your car underground or into an alley. Or just drive a bit far away from the disrupted heli and take cover behind a parked car.
Great work mate. Been watching the stream everyday
I always forget to use slowmo mode!