They're great, you can pretty much do them in whichever way you please. I'm actually pretty happy with the side missions in Watch Dogs, there's some genuine variety there (besides the crimes which are formulaic and exactly the same every time).
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Watch_Dogs |OT| PS4 would probably melt trying to do this
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They're great, you can pretty much do them in whichever way you please. I'm actually pretty happy with the side missions in Watch Dogs, there's some genuine variety there (besides the crimes which are formulaic and exactly the same every time).
jim2point0
Banned
The contextual animations and attention to detail in this game are incredible
(screenshot from DeadEndThrills)
(screenshot from DeadEndThrills)
Aces&Eights
Member
Did this to me yesterday in the exact same spot. Just quit game and reload and it will load the video correctly.
Agreed, the tells are bullshit and people checking them ruins the game. The whole point is you're supposed to be able to be inconspicuous, like with says AC multiplayer.
I finally got my song sneak achievement last night. I was lucky my last song needed was playing in a restaurant. Only a few more to go to get 1000. These fixer missions are starting to get old and I'm only half way through them...
backflip10019
Member
Yeah, they're kinda bad. There's one where you have to escape the Club in an armored van that barely moves. The first time I tried it, I drove around for like 15 minutes trying to evade them and they kept spawning infinitely until I quit and restarted. It was really annoying.
Stutter / performance wise it didn't do shit, might have fixed some crashing bugs for others though from reading some forums.
Edit: after having played a bit i would almost go as far as to say performance and stutter related issues are worse post-patch.
Wow, that's very impressive.
It really is, Ubisoft fucked up even more than usual with this game, people are claiming pre-patch and stuff but i'm not sure who they're trying to convince, themselves or other people.
Rumors few days ago about a 5gb patch, probably bullshit but i'm guessing a patch would need to be that big atleast to fix the issues in this game.
Yeah, this quite often happens to me during online races, and once during online hacking too.
On one occasion I quit the online session but the framerate remained in the single figures even when playing offline. I had to turn the game off then back on again to return it to normal 30fps.
The Cowboy
Member
Its basically unplayable for me now with the official patch.
Before the patch i had all settings on high bar level of detail which was at ultra, then with this i was running medium textures (due to my 1.5gb card): with these settings i had the game locked to 30fps and it was nice and playable with only the very uncommon loading stutter.
Now no matter what the settings its a stuttering mess, i have no idea what they did to "improve performance" but its done the complete opposite for me, I'm on the verge of just quitting the game for a month or 2 in the hopes they actually do fix it (i don't expect them to though).
..As I wrote, the missing song can only be obtained from random pedestrians. Like section 4 of this guide says.
jim2point0
Banned
Looks like your AA is glitching out 13 seconds in. I had to switch to SMAA to fix that.
It's the target outline glitching out I think, AA is okay for me.
edit - I understand now...but not worth it!
Lapidus' Beard
Member
I think you're in the same boat as me regarding this game. I completed it yesterday, but I really had to put myself to it. The game is fun in the beginning until you realize nearly every mission is basically the same. Go to location > disable guards > get to hackable item > hack item > bad guys appear > GTFO. Combine that with (imo) an uninteresting cast. I hoped it would get better in the end. It's not a bad game, it just didn't click with me.
So no news yet on the extra missions unlocked by buying the season pass? At least if they could say 'It's a one month exclusive for those who preordered', so we can know when to expect the unlock.
It's the 1st time I bought a season pass and it will be the last time (except if on sale and had good feedback by the community).
It's the 1st time I bought a season pass and it will be the last time (except if on sale and had good feedback by the community).
SJRB
Gold Member
What does the season pass even have at this point then? Only the skins and the extra AR game mode?
The T-Bone single player Campaing, Conspiracy trip DLC and different packs (mission and unlockables): Palace pack, Signature shot pack and the breakthrough pack. But the latter, I already got it via my special edition.
Well, I beat the main story last night. This game was incredible, I think I actually may have had more fun with this game than with GTAV.
The story missions were fantastic and varied, and I liked the story. The online is a little annoying so I turned it off but am going to turn it back on now that I am done with the game. I am very impressed, and Ubisoft has a real hit franchise on their hands here.
The only real lows of the game were the songs that played in cars, for a game that has such great story mission music the selection of songs that played in the cars was laughably bad. They need to get with Rockstar and get some advice to fix that for WD2.
So far, this is the best game I have played all year and cannot wait for the sequel.
The story missions were fantastic and varied, and I liked the story. The online is a little annoying so I turned it off but am going to turn it back on now that I am done with the game. I am very impressed, and Ubisoft has a real hit franchise on their hands here.
The only real lows of the game were the songs that played in cars, for a game that has such great story mission music the selection of songs that played in the cars was laughably bad. They need to get with Rockstar and get some advice to fix that for WD2.
So far, this is the best game I have played all year and cannot wait for the sequel.
jakonovski
Member
Yay for patch! Multiplayer works now (used to get the bogus NAT error), but I got the stutters from the patch. Fast driving is basically impossible, and thus most of multiplayer remains pretty much unplayable.
Maybe the next patch? Ah fuck it...
jakonovski
Member
I don't think they'll patch it again. They felt they needed a fig leaf in the form of one half-assed patch, and that's it for the PC version.
58mb of pure awesomeness is all pc gamers get.
I'm probably only halfway through, but so far, I'm really digging it as well. More than I thought I would.
captainnapalm
Member
The last two AC games had about six PC patches each.
None of which significantly improved performance.
i agree. while i have not finished the story, it is really holding my attention well.
you are spot on about the music also. save for a few jazz tracks and that chicago song, the music in this game is pretty bad.
captainnapalm
Member
Recently installed both AC 3 and 4 after I upgrade to an i7 and a GTX770 and they both run fine and look amazing. AC3 maxed out at 60fps, AC4 I just had to turn Physx off and use smaa and I get very close to 60fps.
As for Watch Dogs, everything max except textures on high plus temp smaa - 50fps. Do I wish I could push the AA a bit and use ultra textures. Sure, but the game still looks great.
These are all massive and ambitious open world games as well, remember. They are always the most demanding.
SJRB
Gold Member
I'm so confused at this season pass bullshit right now. Where are all the outfits? And the additional content? I downloaded the south club outfit and some perk, and the conspiracy DLC. But where is the rest?
I want that fucking Blume Agent outfit, goddamnit. Googled for a bit and it seems a lot of people are confused about this. Why is it not popping up?
I want that fucking Blume Agent outfit, goddamnit. Googled for a bit and it seems a lot of people are confused about this. Why is it not popping up?
jim2point0
Banned
I'd love to know that as well. The DLC situation for this game is a huge clusterfuck.
Crossing Eden
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Me too. It's definitely the best outfit and I actually might do a new playthrough with it equipped as soon as they officially release it.
This just reads like PR, just so you know.
I have a i7-2600k clocked at 4.2, a gtx titan, 16gb ram and a samsumg 830 ssd, these games not only look like shit but also run like shit, add to that the stutter with this game, no support for basic stuff like multi-gpu's, pc's that far exceed the recommended specs not being able to run the game properly and you have a broken product, people are always so quick to pull the ''but it's an open world!!!'' card yet it means nothing, this version of the game is broken, period.
dreamer3kx
Member
Where is the serial killer located, finished up the game, story wasnt the greatest, it started off pretty good but just went all kinds of ways, I did enjoy the ubi world like I usually do, can get a bit repetitive but it was fun. Overall if I had to score I give the game a 8.
captainnapalm
Member
Reads like PR? Just read like fact, to me. Whereas none of what you write reads like fact. AC games and Watch Dogs look like shit?
Watch Dogs isn't broken for me. There does seem to be an issue with ultra textures even for people who can afford it, but that still does not equal broken.
Also, do you know that overclocking a CPU like that is potentially risky and could result in problems - even with other components? Could be something is wrong your end. If even a game like AC3 is not running well for you with that setup I can assure you the problem is your end, actually.