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Watch_Dogs |OT| PS4 would probably melt trying to do this
- Thread starter Dawg
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I'm glad you asked. Initially I was pretty down on it, mostly from a personal idea of what the game would or should be. For some reason I thought there'd be all these cool hacks we'd never seen in the trailers or heard about in the interviews. Instead they've laid everything out on the table for you at the beginning and focused on making them useful in most situations. It's a huge game that isn't really amazing in any one area except for how "alive" the city feels, even if the city's locales don't have a ton of personality. For how much is going on here in Watch Dogs it's crazy that there isn't a single thing I've experienced that sucks. I mean they've got 20,000 teams at Ubisoft Galaxy working on this and they've managed to separate their tasks while delivering a solid cohesive experience. I've only just started Act II but I'm eager to see how the rest plays out and just how well the core gameplay holds up by the end of the journey.
I wholeheartedly disagree IF you are playing either PC or PS4. Graphically, PC looks phenomenal and its amazing what we are getting on a truly open-world game. Gameplay wise, this game has A LOT going on for it, not just in main missions but in side missions and just general banter as well.
I've seen people walking down streets of Chicago chatting about random things, I've seen pedestrians interact with each other and I even saw them run over to cars that have been involved in accidents. The animations are just incredibly fluid, and that in itself helps sell the atmosphere of the game. Yeah the main story isn't as crazy as GTA, but I don't think Watch Dogs is trying to sell itself like that. It is really going for a more dramatic, family style take on being able to control an entire city with the touch of a button.
I really like what Watch Dogs is doing, in that it is in-directly competing with GTA sure, but it isn't trying to go out of its way and say "hey I'm a GTA clone come play me!" Having the two open-world series side-by-side will do wonders for the genre, and will only spur each other to do more. I can't wait to play my copy on PC, and to get a good taste of that multiplayer, but what I have seen it looks exceptionally well.
Sounds good, thanks for answering.
Morphine_OD
Banned
You were right, somehow I figured I had 3gbs on my 680gtx, while in fact I had only 2. High textures work nicely.
SJRB
Gold Member
The soundtrack to this game is pretty remarkable and completely different than I expected.
I expected a lot of techno beats, high-tech glitch sounds, stuff like that. Instead almost the entire soundtrack consists of ambient guitar riffs and downtempo synth soundscapes. It really caught me by surprise.
I expected a lot of techno beats, high-tech glitch sounds, stuff like that. Instead almost the entire soundtrack consists of ambient guitar riffs and downtempo synth soundscapes. It really caught me by surprise.
I really dislike the choice to include radio stations with real music. Just doesn't fit the world to me.
Why the hell doesn't someone in pursuit of you jump a bridge while it's slightly opening? Christ, it's a tiny gap. Afraid of your suspension? I'm sure the bounty for catching me would be worth it. Fucking hell.
Game also needs some kind of radio station by genre or an ability for me to turn music off I don't like. Sick of having to press right 7 times every time I get in a car.
Game also needs some kind of radio station by genre or an ability for me to turn music off I don't like. Sick of having to press right 7 times every time I get in a car.
Pjsprojects
Member
Press and hold D-pad right to turn music off.
fluffydelusions
Member
Oh I know that, I mean turn off individual tracks. I think I've found 5 I like so far, but I have to skip through the rest manually.
Pretty sure you can modify a playlist in the music player option. Which is another cool thing, can listen to music while on foot.
Pjsprojects
Member
lol wtf, the stream i'm watching he kills hundreds of civilians and no police shows up, he can just do whatever the fuck he wants to.
This is huge for me because it totally ruins the immersion and atmosphere.
The fuck Ubisoft?? what a game breaker.
This is huge for me because it totally ruins the immersion and atmosphere.
The fuck Ubisoft?? what a game breaker.
SJRB
Gold Member
Thank god there's a toggle in the options menu that disables auto-play of your mp3 player whenever you get in a vehicle. That shit got tired after 5 minutes.
Ubisoft has a weird definition of mixed people.Fix your game Ubisoft.
Terbinator
Member
Jimmyfenix
Member
Just like real Chicago
am i right or am i right !?!
"Cough" I hope that was an odd occurrence.
This comparison from polygon is interesting. Quite poorly done tbh but shows different contrast levels to the video above with XB1 having brighter colours? and black crush appearing?
Also is this the first time they have done one of these don't remember the doing these before.
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Well now Ubi trying to outdo EA with them bugs
That polygon video just makes the game look identical on both.
Always-honest
Banned
That's pretty weird since in most vids multiple people call the cops.
People describe the ai as immersive and good
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
It kinda makes sense tho. Watch dogs is a lonely detached near future cyberpunk game. So marrying isolated guitar riffs with synth strokes is really evocative of what they are going for. Good ear, dude.
Scheduler is a lucrative career. 100k+ contracts.
Source: Am planner/scheduler. MS Project/Primavera.
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
How did they deduce that about the 2 versions? Someone is clearly justifying a $500 purchase.
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
Is it possible he's killing the civilians that are making the cellphone calls so know one shows up? Because it shows the warning triangle over npcs when they are calling the cops
Oh wait, is it in the smartphone apps thing rather than the pause menu?
You just keep killing the witnesses and it never gets reported. It makes things a bit simple.
He went to a park and started killing people, he did this for quite some time, the police never showed up, he could have done this for hours. Then he went back to the city, started shooting people and suddenly the police woke up lol. It's just so weird, the park seemed like a police free save zone.
So if you kill all people who are about to call the cops you are save to kill hundreds of civilians? wow that's pretty stupid.
It's his game glitching. I saw another guy trying to keep on top of killing civilians that were calling as he tried to go on a spree. He eventually couldn't keep up with all the call ins.
Stealthcobra
Member
Maybe.. Just maybe they don't have the day one patch? That's know to have ai improvements?
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
It makes more sense than firing a gun in GTAV and the police immediately are alerted regardless of where you are or if anyone said anything.
What makes you so sure of this? I've not seen a single frame-drop on PS4 even when there was a firetruck rushing through the traffic hitting cars left and right (and there were many cars on screen)...
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
I get the feeling that people are now begrudgingly admitting that the game is better than downgradding hyperbole of the last few weeks made it out to be.
Green Yoshi
Member
Dat potential future patch?
Wow, okay.
PC. Mixture of High and Ultra settings at 1080p if I'm not misremembering.
Eh, it's very average. It doesn't do anything better than any other game at all, even the hacking sections were done better in ACIV. If someone asked if they should get it, I'd ask if they'd played Saints Row 2-4, Sleeping Dogs or GTA IV yet and if not, go get them. If they had, probably wait until it hits £20 unless they're really desperate for a game right now.
looks like gamefly is shipping these out today?
the PS4 version went from "coming soon" to "low"
Site usually takes a few hours to update, so damned if I know if they shipped me a copy or if I got fucked like with Wolfenstein (gamefly has been terrible about getting in enough PS4 copies of anything)
edit: oh right, monday is a holiday, makes sense they'd ship today
the PS4 version went from "coming soon" to "low"
Site usually takes a few hours to update, so damned if I know if they shipped me a copy or if I got fucked like with Wolfenstein (gamefly has been terrible about getting in enough PS4 copies of anything)
edit: oh right, monday is a holiday, makes sense they'd ship today
Streaming at http://www.twitch.tv/glap86
I've never streamed before really but if anyone wants to see the game and a shitty player playing it
I've never streamed before really but if anyone wants to see the game and a shitty player playing it
CaptainTiptop
Member
This is the third time Tesco have said they were shipping me a game and then never updated my order saying it has dispatched. The last two times it still turned up on the day though, luckily.
They sent me a code for the Cyberpunk Pack, though. I don't even know what that is since I didn't think Tesco had retailer exclusive pre-order stuff, haha.
They sent me a code for the Cyberpunk Pack, though. I don't even know what that is since I didn't think Tesco had retailer exclusive pre-order stuff, haha.
captainraincoat
Banned
was able to score a copy through a good friend and have been playing the ps4 version for about 6 hours now...it looks pretty good but has the odd slowdown when you are getting hunted down by cops
The Bad
i hate the fucking controls
The main character feels so stiff coming from games like GTAV and the car handling feels like im steering a cardboard box around on an icerink...the cars have no real weight and slide everywhere and the world feels like i could walk around naked covered in peanut butter and nothing would happen...sleeping dogs had a way better world
plus you could slam peoples heads into car doors...the baton attacks just dont hit the spot
The Good
There are multiple and very funny ways to tackle objectives and while the world does not feel very alive there is a crapload of stuff you can do and not even touch the main mission
Overall...little disappointing due to the controls....he just feels way to stiff
i hate the fucking controls
The main character feels so stiff coming from games like GTAV and the car handling feels like im steering a cardboard box around on an icerink...the cars have no real weight and slide everywhere and the world feels like i could walk around naked covered in peanut butter and nothing would happen...sleeping dogs had a way better world
plus you could slam peoples heads into car doors...the baton attacks just dont hit the spot
The Good
There are multiple and very funny ways to tackle objectives and while the world does not feel very alive there is a crapload of stuff you can do and not even touch the main mission
Overall...little disappointing due to the controls....he just feels way to stiff
Statue of Limitation
Member
Over 4000 posts in this thread and probably less than 100 talking about the game.