Been debating whether to pick up this game now and play it on my PS4 or to wait for it to go on sale for ~$30 and play it on my PC (after a build a new one in a few months). Guess I'll just wait for a sale, doesn't really seem like anything I have to play right now. Plus I just started Sleeping Dogs last night so I should be ok.
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Watch_Dogs reviews
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goombatommy
Member
I really want to get this game but something inside me is telling me to wait.
I don't know if this is worse than Sterling's Vanquish review.
I don't either, but I've seen it happen with other games too. Bandwagons...the stampeding herd...
I never played Infamous 2 but did it have better side missions than Second Son? If so then I guess there would be disappointment there. Generally though, from the vibes I'm getting, the amount of disappointment is far greater than the response SS got.
Schweinehund
Member
Looks like a solid game with a few issues. Similar to AC1 but in a little bit better boat.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Give any game 6+ months after the initial honeymoon phase before the mass hate begins. Happens all the time.
Ubi games tend to be discounted within the first few weeks, so there's that.
Xenon
Member
You had the whole downgrade thing but more importantly Ubisoft destroyed the fantasy that all PS4 games were going to be 1080p, even though we already had one major title ar 900p. The thread with rumors of 1080p 60fps didn't help with that expectation.
Personally I am looking forward to an open world game not being centered around being a thug, The option is there of course but I am not forced to steal, rob and kill. I also have an XBO so Im used to the inferior resolution, so Ill be fine with 900p on the PS4.
CambriaRising
Member
More like two weeks. If that.
FalsettoVibe
Member
Same here...
Goldenelementxl
Banned
I have to admit that the graphics turned me off and I began to question the pre-order. It's hard not to join the angry internet mobs sometimes. But after a good nights sleep and reading some reviews this morning I feel better. Now I look forward to playing some Watch Dogs later today!
Probably not the next gen versions. AssCred maintained its price for awhile.
I agree with you on the part about anti-aliasing making a huge difference to the visuals in this game. There is a lot of fine detail in this game--fences, poles, grates and structures with lots of lines and small detail. Without anti-aliasing I found the game didn't impress me too much, but after downsampling a little bit from 2048 x 1152 and applying 2x TXAA the game transformed into something truly impressive for me.
I'd agree, but AssCreed came out at launch. Now that these systems have been out I think the games will come down in price sooner.
grosvenor_92
Member
Just finished reading that review and the game sounds alright despite it's not so great story. I think the sequel will probably improve on the parts of the game that aren't so great
dantevsninjas
Member
Worse than that review that was 100% accurate? That won't be difficult.
I think it's reflective of a general distrust of professional game reviews.
When you buy a highly rated game, you expect it to play like the 9/10 game it reviewed at, and not a 5/10 mediocre POS. When you get torched like that a few times, it doesn't take much to laugh at the pros and seek out unbiased opinions elsewhere. Or even just watch streamed gameplay and form your own opinion prior to purchasing the game.
I've personally stopped preordering all games but those I am 100% I will enjoy (I went from about 20-25 games a year down to 2 or 3), just because I personally feel pro game reviews and previews are too open to manipulation. I'm sick of buying crap because nobody has the balls to give mediocre, big budgeted games the 3/10 or 4/10 they deserve.
Time Magazine and the New Yorker just shredded the new Godzilla movie. However, do you think Warner is going to stop inviting them to review events, or threaten future ad dollars? Of course not. The main issue, I feel, is that gaming sites are simply too dependent on the support of game publishers to run their operations, and as a result, will never honestly review games from certain publishers.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
See that is the thing, when I saw the E3 2012 trailer I was impressed with the game but refused to accept that it was a Nextgen title
To me it looked like something the PS3 could do, and to be honest the E3 trailer was compressed so you couldn't tell if those textures was good or not and most people filled in the gaps with their imagination
But now I have the game I am more impressed with it now then I was beforehand and minus a few different textures type in some places I think it looks the and delivers the experience it promised, both Gameplay and Graphically.
Nice
I never play pc games and after x360 and ps3 games for 7 years I think the first batch of games look very very good miles ahead of last gen
You're doing it right.
This is the mindset I've been trying to develop, because its win win
But I think there needs to be a discussion on who's fault it is for the high expectations - Ubi's or us? I feel Ubi are to blame for my disappointment and something that needs to be addressed, rather than just trying to 'get over it'.
excaliburps
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Liferebooted
Banned
Fuck the reviews, my ps4 copy is on a ups for delivery between 12-4pm. Got myself a case of coke, baja blast, bag of chips and pizza bites. I can't freaking wait, marathon time. Going to go walk the dog for a hour to kill her energy and then cut the grass before it comes. WOOOO
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
The game is very good, guys. Sorry to break it to you.
Heaps of open world activities, great shooting gameplay, hacking is a worthwhile gimmick which really shines in multiplayer, and rock solid performance on PS4.
About 10 hours in and I'm having a lot of fun.
Heaps of open world activities, great shooting gameplay, hacking is a worthwhile gimmick which really shines in multiplayer, and rock solid performance on PS4.
About 10 hours in and I'm having a lot of fun.
This is the mindset I've been trying to develop, because its win win
But I think there needs to be a discussion on who's fault it is for the high expectations - Ubi's or us? I feel Ubi are to blame for my disappointment and something that needs to be addressed, rather than just trying to 'get over it'.
Disappointments are part of life. Deal with it
. Also don't let your self hype up for a game, hype will disappoint most of the time.
Interfectum
Member
Pretty sad state of affairs when positive impressions could be seen as bad news to some people on a gaming forum.
Bel_Air_Jeff
Banned
I am overwhelmingly disappointed with this game.
Driving controls are awful compared to GTAV. The controls are clunky in general. Overworld is boring and bland. Looks nothing like the reveal. Ubisoft false promises. Just completely awful.
Driving controls are awful compared to GTAV. The controls are clunky in general. Overworld is boring and bland. Looks nothing like the reveal. Ubisoft false promises. Just completely awful.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Gerstmann's review reads like a 4/5, but it seems like he focuses on the nitpicky stuff to justify a 3/5.
I admit I am surprised the game scored 82 on metacritic. I was expecting 5-7 points less, which is significant.
I really don't like the graphics (regardless of the E3 trailer) and the fact that the open world is nowhere as good as (last-gen) GTA so I won't buy this new, but I might give it a shot when it's sub-$30 now!
The user reviews are much harsher, however.
I really don't like the graphics (regardless of the E3 trailer) and the fact that the open world is nowhere as good as (last-gen) GTA so I won't buy this new, but I might give it a shot when it's sub-$30 now!
The user reviews are much harsher, however.
Yes, the lukewarm reception and the caution of gamers is chocked up to mostly fanboy PS4 BS, and not to Ubi's bait and switch bulldemo / bullshot bullshit.
Please.
I think in the end most people were expecting a pretty mediocre open world experience and were counting on the graphics to make up for it. Hacking and the setting might have allowed a good new take on open world, but I'd wager most people knew in the back of their mind ubi hasn't revolutionized any of their open world games yet. But those bulldemos... People were expecting something to knock their eyes out, like they were shown and told so many E3s ago.
flaxknuckles
Member
The on-foot controls? Compared to Gta V? They are buttery as hell, I don't understand how you could think they were bad.
SirCrush
Member
This is the mindset I've been trying to develop, because its win win
But I think there needs to be a discussion on who's fault it is for the high expectations - Ubi's or us? I feel Ubi are to blame for my disappointment and something that needs to be addressed, rather than just trying to 'get over it'.
Ubisoft didn't go around telling people that "this game is so amazing, just watch!" to my recollection. It was the general gaming press, followed closely by gamers themselves. Then the downgrades hit. Then the public and especially gaming press seemed to WANT this game to fail. Now I am reading and watching reviews that are like, "this is better than GTA V in some ways, not as good in others...8/10"
I really feel like the press has become less reliable as far as purchasing or even PLAYING decisions go. So many games are given around the 8 range, dug into for perceived "problems" that other games get away with...then those become the end all be all. No matter how fun the game is to many people, it's the scores that set the stage for what history remembers the game as. And yet 5-10 years later, after more people finally give the game an objective eye, that story gets rewritten and we get a REAL sense of a game's value, often too late.
CyanideFuse
Member
That made me chuckle. I am looking forwards to playing the game but my download speed is doing its best to negate the excitement.
TangibleDream
Banned
Well that it means different things to different people is a given. But what I really was getting at was that you should list all the achievements and all the failures if you are going to review a game, not leave it up to the reader to guess. And if an achievement outweighs a failure, say it! Some readers can be properly persuaded into purchasing a game they otherwise never would have because there wasn't a feature that could compensate.
Review scores should match the text that precedes it, and only when they don't it becomes meaningless to everyone.
The Albatross
Member
Yep. I have pretty much zero interest in Watch_Dogs, but this is pretty much what's happened here. After the "downgrade" and the delays, plus videos of kinda meh gameplay, the tone shifted, and now any positive review is a money hat and every negative aspect in otherwise positive reviews is proof positive that the game sucks.
ComputerBlue
Member
The game is getting torn apart from user reviews on meta, dang.
Pretty much what I expected so far, somewhere in the 8's. Although I did think it was going to be the mid 8's.
Pretty much what I expected so far, somewhere in the 8's. Although I did think it was going to be the mid 8's.
TrueGrime
Member
This is the mindset I've been trying to develop, because its win win
But I think there needs to be a discussion on who's fault it is for the high expectations - Ubi's or us? I feel Ubi are to blame for my disappointment and something that needs to be addressed, rather than just trying to 'get over it'.
You are definitely right. We get so into the flashy trailers and the promises that the game will deliver as advertised. Ubi definitely should shoulder the blame of advertising and not delivering. However, we knew way in advance of the downgrade and what to expect. I honestly expected a train wreck which isn't the case at all. It's a playable, fun, game that I will put in quite a bit of playtime to justify the purchase. We can be mad at developers all we want for changing things but should that stop us from at least trying what they put out? Not at all.
Watch Dogs - E3 2012 vs PC Release (Ultra)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_A6Z3gkXlk#t=42
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_A6Z3gkXlk#t=42
nevernamed
Banned
I'm not seeing what everybody is making such a big deal about. It may not look the same, but it certainly doesn't look BAD.. It still looks damn good to me.
Good thing user reviews on metacritic are fucking WORTHLESS.