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Title: Watch Doges
Post by: Tasty on March 06, 2014, 03:21:50 PM
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(http://abload.de/img/dogs4mevz.gif)

:ohhh
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 06, 2014, 03:23:07 PM
I thought the WiiU version was delayed
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Tasty on March 06, 2014, 03:24:41 PM
I thought the WiiU version was delayed

First GIF is... PS4 :omg

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Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Himu on March 06, 2014, 03:26:56 PM
came for doge

no doge

Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 06, 2014, 03:27:41 PM
Next gen guys

Since when do you care about graphics Andy?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Tasty on March 06, 2014, 03:33:34 PM
I don't but the reactions are great. :lol
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 06, 2014, 03:34:26 PM
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Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 06, 2014, 03:35:24 PM
Watch The Division be the same downgrade
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: The Sceneman on March 06, 2014, 04:04:25 PM
> using a highly compressed 64 colour gif for graphics critique :larry

And we all knew this was going to be a turd, get real
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Tasty on March 06, 2014, 04:06:53 PM
The wounds of Red Steel's bullshots still hurt, brehs :fbm
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Steve Contra on March 06, 2014, 04:14:07 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/qDPyT.jpg)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 06, 2014, 04:20:41 PM
The Division
:tocry
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: cool breeze on March 06, 2014, 04:20:47 PM
frame city killer :bow2

it and that one ps3 eyetoy game where you talked to two animu girl spies looked like the best g ames ever

edit: found it.  eyedentify.  the loneliest game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZkFL7livcA
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on March 06, 2014, 04:22:09 PM
Man I wanted Frame City Killer so much. It looked so crazy.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on March 06, 2014, 04:28:26 PM
Nobody on the road

Nobody on the beach
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 06, 2014, 04:44:51 PM
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 06, 2014, 04:45:06 PM
:piss Ubisoft :piss2
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: hampster on March 06, 2014, 04:47:26 PM
Aww yiss, a vita port :aah
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: StealthFan on March 06, 2014, 04:50:18 PM
People expected this shit to meet the graphical projection?

:heh Is this their first new gen?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Himu on March 06, 2014, 04:52:09 PM
tbh i don't really find watch dogs that graphically impressive anymore even in older footage :larry
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Yulwei on March 06, 2014, 05:26:48 PM
don't give a single shit about the graphics. the most insulting thing about this game is how generic it looks.

it's GTA without any of the fun (aka GTAIV)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: The Sceneman on March 06, 2014, 05:57:00 PM
It's going to take itself way to seriously and be dull and meandering as fuck. It's from Ubisoft, makers of ASSASSINS CREED
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: thisismyusername on March 06, 2014, 06:16:11 PM
Watch The Division be the same downgrade

Couldn't care so long as it's bullet physics and penetration look the same as the trailer. It could look like a PS2 game at that point and I'd still play it for that.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: radioheadrule83 on March 06, 2014, 07:00:19 PM
Still think this might be Ps360 footage.

I kinda want this to be great to play but with graphics that disappoint everyone so only a cultured elite will play and enjoy it.  :-*

I suspect it might be good actually, as long as the concept is in tact and used well (being able to affect traffic signals, hack civilians etc.) - that bridge lighting is almost funny tho

Calling it now: Batman trailer will have created the same distorted expectations when we get a gameplay trailer
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Mupepe on March 06, 2014, 08:21:38 PM
Nobody on the road

Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air. The summer's out of reach
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: doctavius bonbon on March 06, 2014, 08:48:20 PM
Ugly vehicle aside, the lighting is so fucked on this new build. 

 :(
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on March 06, 2014, 10:43:29 PM
I didn't know WATCHDOGS is coming to Ouya...! :iamexcite.gif
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: benjipwns on March 07, 2014, 02:19:46 AM
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(http://i.imgur.com/fOpeegy.jpg)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: benjipwns on March 07, 2014, 02:24:20 AM
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Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on March 07, 2014, 01:08:09 PM
Launch_Dogs
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 07, 2014, 01:10:31 PM
welcome to video games
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: cool breeze on March 07, 2014, 01:16:31 PM
Honestly, the game doesn't look so bad. I think people are overestimating this downgrade somewhat. Lighting definitely looks mad flat now though :kobeyuck

yeah but the visuals were the big reason people were excited about it.  two years ago it was believed to be the first next gen game.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Huff on March 07, 2014, 01:37:45 PM
Honestly, the game doesn't look so bad. I think people are overestimating this downgrade somewhat. Lighting definitely looks mad flat now though :kobeyuck

Nerds overreacting to gaming media. No way
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: cool breeze on March 07, 2014, 01:40:21 PM
:yeshrug bullvideo is the new bullshots. If you thought shit was gonna run like that on consoles including last gen... that framerate, all those reflections, those shadows and their quality, all those interactive lights, you lost

it was clearly running on devkits

not disagreeing, but we're talking 2012.  people were hankering for next gen and they got watch dogs and that star wars uncharted.  this was so long ago some people believed that watch dogs demo was the wii u version.

and yeah, iirc it was on a 680.  but that might've been the ue4 demo.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on March 11, 2014, 01:39:22 AM
:yeshrug bullvideo is the new bullshots. If you thought shit was gonna run like that on consoles including last gen... that framerate, all those reflections, those shadows and their quality, all those interactive lights, you lost

it was clearly running on devkits

Well, anything pre-release is going to be running on devkits. The problem is using the devkit outside the target spec of the consumer hardware. But I'm guessing that's what you meant...?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2014, 09:17:19 AM
:yeshrug bullvideo is the new bullshots.

Aliens: Colonial Marines :goty
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2014, 10:05:56 AM
(http://i.minus.com/je13eBRMX9nyV.png)

:dead
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Himu on March 11, 2014, 03:53:46 PM
UBISOFT LAUNCH (WINDOW) GAME
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on March 11, 2014, 07:51:11 PM
UBISOFT LAUNCH (WINDOW) GAME

I dunno, Assassins Creed was launch window and had visuals significantly more in line with their pre-launch hype.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: CajoleJuice on March 11, 2014, 08:13:04 PM
Yeah, AC looked motherfucking incredible, even if it had some screen tearing issues.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: cool breeze on March 11, 2014, 10:25:57 PM
assassin's creed turned out better than some of the previews.  I think it was microsoft's e3 2006 when it was demoed live and buggy.  it was one of those first last gen games that looked "new" with altair turning and  groping people as he walked by instead of bumping into them.

graw and rainbow six vegas also looked great at the time
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on March 11, 2014, 10:37:51 PM
Yeah Ubisoft was pretty amazing at the begining of last gen and then:

Rainbow Six went missing.

Ghost Recon Future took forever to come out only to have an identity crisis and basically be ignored.

Assassins Creed became an annual open world clone and a model for it's other open world games where you just throw a bunch of crap in it to make up for the ambition that you ignore in the sequel(Far Cry 2--Far Cry 3).

Splinter Cell rebooted and rebooted and then well whatever...

Some bright spots with Blood Dragon, but Ubisoft has been pretty mediocre to me.


Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on March 12, 2014, 10:33:34 AM
I probably should have picked that up when it was one of the first Games With Gold promotions. I just didn't see myself backlogging ANOTHER fps. I've still got Quake 4 from when it was $30 used.  :-\
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on March 12, 2014, 10:49:30 AM
One of the drawbacks of getting that 24" 1080p monitor/tv for my office/cave is that I really notice stuff I never used to notice before. When I was playing PS3 Red Dead Redemption on a 37" 1366x768 TV from 8 feet away, I thought it looked fine in comparison to the 360 version.  Two feet away at 1080p though is  :kobeyuck
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rufus on March 12, 2014, 12:13:07 PM
Image quality is not to be underestimated, especially on PC. CoD Ghosts has a setting they call "Image Quality", which defaults to "Normal". It's actually rendering resolution, and the default was below 1080 for sure. Looked like a blurry mess when I first started it up.
Planetside 2 is the only other PC game I know of that lets you do that.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Fifstar on March 12, 2014, 12:58:50 PM
Aren't most pc monitors shit at scaling? I have a decent Dell, but anything that isn't native res just looks ugly. Kinda sucks because it means going below 1080 for perfomance issues is not really an option.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rufus on March 12, 2014, 01:08:48 PM
You should let your GPU do it, in that case, though I don't know if it's any better. This was in-engine though, which I imagine games can do through hardware as well. Looked shit either way.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Oblivion on March 12, 2014, 02:13:13 PM
What the hell happened?  :kobeyuck
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: archie4208 on March 12, 2014, 02:22:26 PM
What the hell happened?  :kobeyuck

Reality
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on March 13, 2014, 12:30:10 AM
What the hell happened?  :kobeyuck

Launch-title-itis.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 13, 2014, 03:07:05 PM
http://blog.ubi.com/watch-dogs-next-gen-game-resolution-dynamism/

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On new-gen systems the game will run at 900p on PS4 and 792p on Xbox One, at 30 frames-per-second on both consoles. While some new-gen games now offer native 1080p, Morin says it’s much more important to deliver an amazing next-gen experience than it is to push a few more pixels onto a screen.

lawl, Next-Gen la bomba, PCs win again.  :heh
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 13, 2014, 03:14:14 PM
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Resolution is a number, just like framerate is a number. All those numbers are valid aspects of making games,” he says. “But you make choices about the experience you want to deliver. In our case, dynamism is everything. Exploration and expression are everything. You want to have a steady framerate, but you want to have dynamism at the core of the experience.

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Which, naturally raises the question: why not focus on increasing the resolution during the game’s recent delay? Because, Morin says, that was never the goal. Instead, that extra time was spent ensuring the team could fully realize their vision for Watch Dogs, polishing all aspects of the gameplay and making sure hacking is fully integrated into every system. (For more, see: Why Was Watch Dogs Delayed?) “The effort was split on continuing dynamism and making sure players can express themselves through hacking without ever being disappointed in how the game responds to them, whether it’s visually or through gameplay,”

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Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: MCD on May 13, 2014, 03:19:28 PM
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Resolution is a number, just like framerate is a number

CERNY

:neogaf :neogaf :neogaf
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 13, 2014, 03:20:12 PM
Joe's looking a little FLUSTERED - might need some dick to clear out that butthurt
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: cool breeze on May 13, 2014, 03:30:20 PM
people thought the ps4 version would run at 1080p 60fps.

people thought the xbox one version would run at 900p 30fps.

I don't know which is worse, high or low expectations getting shattered.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Tasty on May 13, 2014, 06:11:54 PM
Joe's looking a little FLUSTERED - might need some dick to clear out that butthurt

Wouldn't that make him more butthurt, not less? :mindblown
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 13, 2014, 06:17:24 PM
Could you be any more of a cockblocker. Really. Shoo.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 13, 2014, 06:19:24 PM
DYNAMISM
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Tasty on May 13, 2014, 06:38:17 PM
Could you be any more of a cockblocker. Really. Shoo.

Joe's mine bitch, don't be jelly :hitler
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 13, 2014, 08:10:39 PM
There's plenty of me to go around. :heart
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Tasty on May 13, 2014, 08:18:45 PM
:mouf
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: pilonv1 on May 13, 2014, 10:45:02 PM
people thought the ps4 version would run at 1080p 60fps.

people thought the xbox one version would run at 900p 30fps.

I don't know which is worse, high or low expectations getting shattered.

Need a return of the setting the bar low campaign
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: thisismyusername on May 14, 2014, 08:04:10 AM
http://blog.ubi.com/watch-dogs-next-gen-game-resolution-dynamism/

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On new-gen systems the game will run at 900p on PS4 and 792p on Xbox One, at 30 frames-per-second on both consoles. While some new-gen games now offer native 1080p, Morin says it’s much more important to deliver an amazing next-gen experience than it is to push a few more pixels onto a screen.

lawl, Next-Gen la bomba, PCs win again.  :heh

DAT 8 GIG RAM/VRAM REQUIREMENT THO.

Ubisoft. (http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mjlol.png)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 14, 2014, 08:57:22 AM
http://blog.ubi.com/watch-dogs-next-gen-game-resolution-dynamism/

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On new-gen systems the game will run at 900p on PS4 and 792p on Xbox One, at 30 frames-per-second on both consoles. While some new-gen games now offer native 1080p, Morin says it’s much more important to deliver an amazing next-gen experience than it is to push a few more pixels onto a screen.

lawl, Next-Gen la bomba, PCs win again.  :heh

DAT 8 GIG RAM/VRAM REQUIREMENT THO.

Ubisoft. (http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mjlol.png)

No worries here, m8.  :jawalrus
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Brehvolution on May 14, 2014, 09:12:37 AM
http://blog.ubi.com/watch-dogs-next-gen-game-resolution-dynamism/

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On new-gen systems the game will run at 900p on PS4 and 792p on Xbox One, at 30 frames-per-second on both consoles. While some new-gen games now offer native 1080p, Morin says it’s much more important to deliver an amazing next-gen experience than it is to push a few more pixels onto a screen.

lawl, Next-Gen la bomba, PCs win again.  :heh

DAT 8 GIG RAM/VRAM REQUIREMENT THO.

Ubisoft. (http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mjlol.png)

That's a defeatists attitude. Aspire to 16GB, breh.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: a slime appears on May 15, 2014, 01:59:17 PM
Continuing a fine Ubisoft tradition, there are like a billion different version of Watch Dogs to buy (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Watch_Dogs&oldid=608433918#Release)!
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: benjipwns on May 21, 2014, 09:06:23 PM
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Jonathan Morin, the creative director of Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs has just revealed some information about the minimum requirements for the game. According to his official twitter , Watch Dogs will not run on dual-core CPUs. .... He also said that any CPU that scores 9,000-10,000 on Intel’s PassMark would be able to run the game on Ultra and scores of 7,000 and higher would be capable to run the game on Medium-High settings (assuming all other requirements are fulfilled).

As for RAM, the minimum RAM required to start game is 6GB. Any lower and you won’t be able to play. Answering a tweet if 4GB RAM was sufficient, he replied

“The main issue is your ram. If you climb it up to 6 you should be able to run the game at low settings.“

Coming to GPU, he also said that “90% of the dev team runs on Nvidia Geforce 670, that will run Ultra if you have the CPU to match.”.
https://twitter.com/Design_Cave has more responses to people
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Brehvolution on May 21, 2014, 09:11:16 PM
The line in the sand has been drawn. :rejoice

Time to feast on the spoils. :rejoice
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 21, 2014, 09:56:39 PM
tl;dr version: "Buy a console, filthy poors."  :patel
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 22, 2014, 09:32:11 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/IjIz9GI.jpg)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Brehvolution on May 22, 2014, 12:48:27 PM
Anyone know if they are going to let people pre-load before launch?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 22, 2014, 02:56:18 PM
I still can't tell if I want to play this game or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33muCkef288
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsxYXeHpjss
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 22, 2014, 06:09:35 PM
I'm feeling like I should have gotten this instead of Wolfenstein
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: cool breeze on May 22, 2014, 06:12:07 PM
yeah, it looks alright.  it's like a tom cruise movie.  i'll check it out when it's cheap.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 22, 2014, 06:12:47 PM
You can all live the experience when I play it on Twitch.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on May 22, 2014, 06:13:52 PM
Do you talk on twitch?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: thisismyusername on May 22, 2014, 07:01:54 PM
Do you talk on twitch?

Better question: Is he nude on Twitch?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: cool breeze on May 22, 2014, 07:08:40 PM
Do you talk on twitch?

Better question: Is he nude on Twitch?

nude streams are old news

(http://i.imgur.com/xqkoyrT.jpg)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 22, 2014, 08:00:43 PM
I talk on Twitch when people are on there. Sometimes.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: drew on May 23, 2014, 10:56:21 PM
I didn't know this was on anything other than PS4, this is like if you woke up from a coma on Christmas Eve  :mindblown
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 24, 2014, 02:26:23 PM
Demoed it via the usual means.

It seems perfectly competent. I mean it certainly didn't blow me away to the level of the hype. But then I was never on the hype train like gaf so my expectations towards it were never out of wack. It seems very much like it could have easily existed in the 360/PS 3 generation. Which once again is not a diss. There is nothing wrong with that. It's just sort of odd how this came to be the poster boy for next gen.

It looks okay I guess. I mean I turned it up just to see what it looked like on the high end and it didn't really blow me away either on that aspect. It doesn't seem especially well optimized so I turned it down to like medium after that but then I'm not a crazy graphics guy.

It feels exactly how you would expect. Like the people who made Assassin's Creed made an open world game. It has the same kind of feel and mission design even though the environments and such are modern and it has hacking and stuff. When you play it, it will feel like an ubisoft game. That's both good and bad for different reasons.

The driving feels a bit stiff and slow. The roads feel a bit narrow. It didn't feel as fun navigating the world as say GTA 5. And btw whatever they say after playing it, its pretty clear they delayed it because they knew they needed separation from GTA 5. Releasing when they originally planned would have been a disaster because this game doesn't feel as epic as that title did. Once again that's not the diss it sounds like. If this came out at any other time, it would be fine. It would be judged on its own merits and flaws. But coming out so close GTA, it would suffers in comparison with that title.

One aspect I do like is that stealth seems to be an option. The second mission you have to infiltrate a construction site and hack something. I suppose you could go in guns blazing and just kill everyone and do it but it was fun to do it in a stealth way. And the way I did it is probably not the way some other person would do it. I like that. That is something that GTA doesn't really have as nearly every situation in that game is resolved by a shootout and if there is stealth, its a very prescribed version of it. This felt more free.

The voice acting and general story seem awful. I'm also not a fan of serious business tone but that's just a personal opinion.

It seems "okay". It's not revolutionary and its not a trainwreck. It seems like most video games that exist. I would guess it would get like 8's in reviews by the mainstream media but I've only played a bit so who knows how it continues and how the game continues to progress.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on May 24, 2014, 08:40:45 PM
(...) It feels exactly how you would expect. Like the people who made Assassin's Creed made an open world game. It has the same kind of feel and mission design even though the environments and such are modern and it has hacking and stuff. When you play it, it will feel like an ubisoft game. That's both good and bad for different reasons. (...)

Part of me wonders if this was ever going to be the Assassins' Creed modern setting game. There are always those near-future sequences in AC, very, very limited glimpses into the world where... is it "Desmond"? Where the assassin descendent is running through the office or a parking garage and then BACK TO THE PAST, FLUNKY. This is another game with stealth and action and an amazing killer going against secret organizations... hey.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: benjipwns on May 24, 2014, 08:51:04 PM
Final mission of a sequel going to be rescuing Desmond and merging the two series.

Assassin Dogs: Watch Creed

Where a bunch of doge ninja assassins go around killing people to uncover and stop a plot involving forcing the entire planet to watch Creed's music videos because of hidden encoded secret messages that activate human DNA.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 24, 2014, 09:17:50 PM
(...) It feels exactly how you would expect. Like the people who made Assassin's Creed made an open world game. It has the same kind of feel and mission design even though the environments and such are modern and it has hacking and stuff. When you play it, it will feel like an ubisoft game. That's both good and bad for different reasons. (...)

Part of me wonders if this was ever going to be the Assassins' Creed modern setting game. There are always those near-future sequences in AC, very, very limited glimpses into the world where... is it "Desmond"? Where the assassin descendent is running through the office or a parking garage and then BACK TO THE PAST, FLUNKY. This is another game with stealth and action and an amazing killer going against secret organizations... hey.

Maybe

Or it could be the limitations of their engine that make the games feel very similar. The movement still feels a bit off like in Assassin's Creed.

Playing a bit more and yeah the stealth in this game is the best thing going for it. It feels better than Assassin's Creed which always felt like a sub-par stealth game imo (I didn't play the last one so maybe it got better in that regard). You have enough tools and maneuvers and hacking ability to make the stealth fun and make you feel powerful against the AI. the AI isn't great or anything. In fact its pretty dumb. But whatever. That's the case with most stealth games. Otherwise its a standard open world game. But the stealth options make it more fun.

I really don't like the city structure compared to GTA. It's like GTA knows how the make the world. The streets are big enough so that you can use your vehicles how you want. I constantly feel like the city streets are cramped in this one and that driving is a bit more of a pain than I want it to be. Maybe that's just something it takes time to get use to. But I also think its partially a design thing that rockstar is better at.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on May 26, 2014, 01:14:04 AM
I really don't like the city structure compared to GTA. It's like GTA knows how the make the world. The streets are big enough so that you can use your vehicles how you want. I constantly feel like the city streets are cramped in this one and that driving is a bit more of a pain than I want it to be. Maybe that's just something it takes time to get use to. But I also think its partially a design thing that rockstar is better at.
Yeah, I feel that Rockstar's world building is consistently the best in OWGs. The use of landmarks, color, building style are quite accomplished. I feel like I know where I am and which way I'm facing most of the time. But what I think you mean are player metrics for the size of vehicles, size and amount of NPC vehicles, and their placement on the streets at any time. I think they're spot-on there most times as well.

The feeling in GTA III and V when you're blowing down a major boulevard at full speed, and threading the gap between two cars stopped for the red light you're ignoring is... pretty awesome. It's a great way to lose cops on your tail.

I never managed to feel in control enough of the cars in IV to pull it off consistently, which lead to stress, which lead to me not trying it very often.

Driving in Saints Row has never been a high point; SR I and II, the cars handled as though they were on rails; no slop, no spin, no fishtail -- just varying degrees of acceleration. In SRtT and SR IV the physics improved but still never felt as polished as GTA.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 26, 2014, 02:13:13 AM
We got an early copy today and so far this game is a great blend of AC and Splinter Cell with a huge side of GTA. I love the creation system and the way they handle upgrades. I'm looking forward to my PS4 copy on Tuesday.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on May 26, 2014, 04:38:11 PM
I'm going to get this at Midnight and stream it if anyone cares. I almost don't want to get it though. Just seems like another meh Ubisoft game.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: drew on May 26, 2014, 08:20:43 PM
will tune in to troll all your loli shit surrounding your television.

anybody in for a paypal bet?  I'm thinking a good over/under is around 5.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: fistfulofmetal on May 26, 2014, 08:26:54 PM
will tune in to troll all your loli shit surrounding your television.

anybody in for a paypal bet?  I'm thinking a good over/under is around 5.

he's not gonna be pointing a webcam at his TV you idiot.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 26, 2014, 08:30:50 PM
But his webcam could be pointing around him. So many sexy loli dolls on his shelves.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: drew on May 26, 2014, 08:41:29 PM
exactly.  and how dare you step to me fistfulofwhatever i will literally crack you in halves, son.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on May 26, 2014, 09:08:16 PM
I don't know where you got this loli image from, but I have a feeling you're going to lose that bet if you think there's any loli stuff here.

I mean go ahead take a look at my shelves:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/Rahxephon91/IMG_1600_zpsc0df866a.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/Rahxephon91/IMG_1601_zpsd6bb75b1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/Rahxephon91/IMG_1603_zpsd9e4b7b0.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/Rahxephon91/IMG_1605_zps7bee8d56.jpg

Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: drew on May 26, 2014, 11:33:12 PM
I couldn't even make it past the first pic, it looks like an obelisk forged by one of the Old Ones to ward off pussy.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on May 26, 2014, 11:36:09 PM
I couldn't even make it past the first pic, it looks like an obelisk forged by one of the Old Ones to ward off pussy.
Well then its done it's job.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on May 27, 2014, 12:46:10 AM
:dead
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on May 27, 2014, 01:00:19 AM
There's like a 100 people here for this midnight. Did not expect that. I guess this game is a big deal. I still think it looks pretty average.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on May 27, 2014, 01:40:15 AM
http://www.twitch.tv/rahxephon91

They took a lot of liberties with Chicago thats for sure.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: fistfulofmetal on May 27, 2014, 03:20:27 AM
so i see that Ubisoft continues to make the same game over and over again.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: pilonv1 on May 27, 2014, 05:53:36 AM
looking forward to the Watch Doges 2 reveal at e3
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 27, 2014, 11:06:53 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GQ7lisyoxc
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 27, 2014, 12:18:39 PM
yeah, this game is pretty grand theft assassin

seems fun so far, though
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Sho Nuff on May 27, 2014, 12:29:20 PM
HACK ALL THE THINGS
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 27, 2014, 12:59:09 PM
I took money from a Lymphoma patient :(
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on May 27, 2014, 04:38:14 PM
So do I want this?  I love AC games.  How disgusting is the 900p?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 27, 2014, 04:43:57 PM
So do I want this?  I love AC games.  How disgusting is the 900p?

Game is like GTA + AssCrud. I'm only about an hour in but it seems p. cool.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: magus on May 27, 2014, 05:04:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8hLYvIoNl4

ubi :neogaf
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rufus on May 27, 2014, 05:31:20 PM
Good old open world jank.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on May 27, 2014, 07:05:33 PM
Good old open world jank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ureJNOfG1V0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPGwQEk-ZKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYdCvN-ukRY

Sometimes they launch funny, but get cleaned up later. I have no idea what Ubi's track record is like though.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on May 27, 2014, 09:41:47 PM
This 900p/30fps bullshit is barely tolerable.  They'd better patch this to 1080p like they did with AC4.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: StealthFan on May 28, 2014, 04:20:40 AM
this game is cool
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 28, 2014, 10:11:01 AM
Hack everything, even the window reflections!!

(http://i.imgur.com/T3leCeT.jpg)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: magus on May 28, 2014, 10:22:12 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSNyiSetZ8Y
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rufus on May 28, 2014, 10:23:45 AM
Can't wait for ray tracing to become a feasible rendering technique.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on May 28, 2014, 11:56:32 AM
This game is boring.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: brob on May 28, 2014, 12:50:39 PM
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/ubisoft-watch-dogs-game-pr-stunt-ends-up-with-ninemsn-calling-in-the-bomb-squad/story-fnki1jcy-1226934649833

 :neogaf :ufup :trash
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on May 28, 2014, 12:55:03 PM
Yeah there's no character reflections in this game.

If you were looking for that "next gen" game, well Watch Dogs is'nt it.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Mupepe on May 28, 2014, 01:34:57 PM
1) This game looks terrible

2) This game looks terribly boring

3) This game looks terribly different from what we were first shown

4) Fuck this terrible looking game
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 28, 2014, 01:44:57 PM
I completely agree the graphics are underwhelming although I would argue that's a case of original sin in that the overhype was based on graphics which is a gateway drug for overhype when it comes to the hardcore section of the market. It was presentedly falsely. But that always happens with this next gen stuff shown early during the current gen.

I would argue the bigger problem is the gameplay isn't anything especially new.

That being said, that same argument applies to pretty much all of the current gaming market. It just seems like this one is getting punished a bit more harshly because of the hype backlash.

I legit don't think the game is "bad" or anything when compared relative to what is out on the market. It just doesn't stand above anything else on the market either. Which is where the hype machine problem arises.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Purple Filth on May 28, 2014, 03:28:33 PM
http://blog.ubi.com/watch-dogs-record-breaking-sales-day-one/

Quote
In its first 24 hours of availability, Watch Dogs sold more copies than any previous title in Ubisoft’s history!

Cash money motherfuckers  :shaq

also the GAF thread on this aka "i wanted it to bomb, boo hoo" :neogaf
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: magus on May 28, 2014, 03:53:38 PM
I wanted this game to bomb too! why? because it's like a monolith of everything wrong with modern western gaming it's just more noticeable than usual because this game was also supposed to be a next gen showcase

Boring sandbox,drivey,gunny gameplay? check
Serious "cinematic" story? check
Overblown trailer that has nothing to do with the actual game? check
Bugs indicating minimal amount of fuck? check
Extreme advertising push? check

This game finding success has damned us to at least 2-3 more snore worthy sandbox games
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 28, 2014, 04:01:25 PM
I had no idea you didn't like this game, magus.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 28, 2014, 04:07:06 PM
yeah, it's a real shame you'll be forced to buy all those games, magus
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 28, 2014, 04:21:00 PM
Get salty as fuck about videogames, brehs.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: magus on May 28, 2014, 05:15:01 PM
Get salty as fuck about videogames, brehs.

truth is the weeaboo association threatened to take my weeaboo badge back if i didn't write something scathing about a western game... it was either that or playing another compile heart game :fbm
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on May 28, 2014, 06:03:12 PM
Even Infamous Second Son is better than this trash.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on May 28, 2014, 06:09:22 PM
I'd rather felch a dog than play any more than the half hour I did.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on May 28, 2014, 06:20:56 PM
It looks like most of the trophies are hard to get, too.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 28, 2014, 06:48:36 PM
Keith send me your ps4 copy. The trophies/achievements are easy. Love watching the dumb players try and find you in mp.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on May 28, 2014, 06:49:33 PM
I'm all digital, baby.  Which burns me in this case.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on May 28, 2014, 09:45:17 PM
After another hour and a half...this is the most mediocre open world game I've ever played.  Skip.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: AdmiralViscen on May 28, 2014, 10:08:28 PM
Time to buy wolfenstein
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Bebpo on May 29, 2014, 02:57:09 AM
Not sure if I want to play this.  Didn't think I wanted to because it looked like a boring turd and Ubisoft collect-a-thon games are all dull and repetitive but at least with AC I like the universe and stabbing people from above.

But some people are really digging this, but TVC likes AC like me and really hates this.  What to think >_<


Probably will wait until it's $20.  Looking at the PC specs thread it seems like my Nvidia 580 which is roughly equivalent to the modern Nvidia 780 will run this about the same as PS4 ("high settings", 30fps).  So whichever drops to $20 first I'll grab.  Actually wanted to try using redbox for the first time ever to try out this and Wolfenstein but apparently PS4 games on redbox haven't rolled out to So CA yet :(
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: StealthFan on May 29, 2014, 04:41:24 AM
I am cooling on it the more I play but it's still pretty decent.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: AdmiralViscen on May 29, 2014, 08:53:48 AM
Videos of it look fun enough to me.

TRU has B1G40% off for this and Wolfenstein, I will probably do that. It's not like anything else is coming out for the next 4 months.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: a slime appears on May 29, 2014, 10:42:02 AM
Videos of it look fun enough to me.

TRU has B1G40% off for this and Wolfenstein, I will probably do that. It's not like anything else is coming out for the next 4 months.

 :ohhh

Not a bad idea. Although it's guaranteed these games be cheaper by the end of the year. Especially Watch Dogs since Ubi games drop like rocks.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 29, 2014, 11:48:11 AM
I think Jeff's review from Giantbomb is pretty much dead on. One thing I completely agree with how garabage and disjointed the story is. (I felt the same about the AC games). Like in GTA whether you like or don't like the story is a personal opinion thing, but I always generally understand what I'm doing and why I'm doing it.

In this game, it all very confusing. You forgot why you are doing the things you are doing because it seems quite odd. And you are constantly getting calls before you start a mission while you are on a mission, and you wonder what the hell the person is talking about. Is he talking about this mission. Or the next mission.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 29, 2014, 12:45:58 PM
I just like causing chaos. I'm forever raising blockers and bridges just to wreck shit.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 29, 2014, 02:50:55 PM
:bow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idA9BEA4Hxs :bow2
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 29, 2014, 02:55:56 PM
so, i guess they achieved their goal of being technically on par with the gta games

also, whenever i read or hear "disgusting" used as a descriptive term for video games it sends up all kinds of special fellow alerts
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 29, 2014, 03:14:12 PM
Babby's First Open-World
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 29, 2014, 03:32:36 PM
I guess I just don't understand why this particular game is catching so much hell. So far it's no more/less buggy than any other OW game I've ever played (not that I think it's particularly good). Same with the mediocre storylines and brain-dead AI for NPCs and cops. I mean, I love RDR, but it's full of glitches, and the story goes nonsensical around the Mexico section. Also, you can shoot up a bunch of whores and a dozen marshals, and as long as you outrun the red circles on the map you can come back to the same town two minutes later and no one acts like they know who the fuck you are. You run up in a gang hideout with a posse after you, then you have two groups of knuckleheads trying to take you down while ignoring each other. It's that way in every OW game. The cops and bad guys stop chasing you after a while so you can get on with the game. If they hardlined that kind of realism the AI would never stop, and you'd never be able to finish.

Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 29, 2014, 03:58:47 PM
I guess I just don't understand why this particular game is catching so much hell.

It's the hype machine. People are backlashing on it. I also agree I don't think its a bad game or anything. But the hype was at such a level that just a normal or just slighty better than normal game was going to get ragged on.

The game definitely has flaws. Large ones I would argue in some cases. It's nowhere near as good as something like GTA 5 or RDR. I don't even think its as good as Sleeping Dogs honestly but that's about the level its probably at. Maybe slightly worse for me than Sleeping Dogs which I quite liked.


But yeah its not a trainwreck like some make it out to be. It's all about what you expected coming into the game.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 29, 2014, 04:16:53 PM
I just get a chuckle out of all these open world glitch compilations.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: magus on May 29, 2014, 04:30:52 PM
i enjoy gaming schaudenfreude

and using the word schaudenfreude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYzsRMaQpo

(http://i.imgur.com/dZs4zvb.png)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Brehvolution on May 29, 2014, 04:37:29 PM
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8201934848/h809851EA/)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on May 29, 2014, 06:01:36 PM
My only problem so far beyond the genericness is that this dosen't seem to be a good recreation of Chicago. Which is kind of the only reason I bought the game.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 29, 2014, 06:04:17 PM
streaming hogs now

twitch.tv/frostitution
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 29, 2014, 06:30:35 PM
Demi playing dat AssDogs.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Mupepe on May 29, 2014, 07:44:10 PM
Demi what the hell didn't you understand about "this gift is no longer available"??
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 29, 2014, 08:07:35 PM
hack until it becomes available again
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 29, 2014, 08:16:25 PM
Demi what the hell didn't you understand about "this gift is no longer available"??

uPlay is garbage. It was probably a hiccup.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: AdmiralViscen on May 29, 2014, 09:45:54 PM
Videos of it look fun enough to me.

TRU has B1G40% off for this and Wolfenstein, I will probably do that. It's not like anything else is coming out for the next 4 months.

 :ohhh

Not a bad idea. Although it's guaranteed these games be cheaper by the end of the year. Especially Watch Dogs since Ubi games drop like rocks.

Yea, but by the end of the year I will be playing Destiny or something. I can't think of a single retail release I want until then so I might as well have something to do in the meantime. $36 is good enough and I was tempted enough by Wolfenstein to pay full price for it anyway.

I ordered them, free shipping is slow as fuck so next week I guess.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: a slime appears on May 30, 2014, 08:55:00 AM
I'm relying on GameFly and it's shit service so I'm pretty sure you'll be playing one or both of those games before me. :lol
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: AdmiralViscen on May 30, 2014, 09:27:23 AM
 :pimp
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 30, 2014, 09:30:13 AM
This game does seem kinda boring. I'll put more time into it this weekend.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on May 31, 2014, 09:01:30 PM
This game is BORING

Save your money on this one
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on May 31, 2014, 09:08:01 PM
 :fbm

Too late.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 31, 2014, 11:32:35 PM
Yeah, I already traded it in for 42 bucks. Was okay at first, got real old real quick. It's not a bad game, I've just already played it a dozen times.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Raban on June 01, 2014, 12:39:26 AM
This game is BORING

Save your money on this one
I've been meaning to watch you stream it, but then I remembered I needed to watch grass grow instead.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on June 01, 2014, 12:57:33 AM
I'm not streaming this anymore. This is worse than AC4.

Maybe Murdered will be better - hopefully GameFly sends it
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: G The Resurrected on June 01, 2014, 03:36:23 AM
That awful eh? Well this what you get for asking for that game over something you really wanted. 😆

I took back my PS4 copy
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Bebpo on June 01, 2014, 04:32:41 AM
I'm not streaming this anymore. This is worse than AC4.

Maybe Murdered will be better - hopefully GameFly sends it

Why didn't you like AC4?  The pirate story was not bad at all for a videogame, especially if you like pirates and are interested in the tale of the golden age of pirates.  Sailing around was fun and the gameplay was more refined/fun/less glitchy than 3.  Only real downsides were the pointless collect-a-thon items, a handful of poor main missions and the story skipped around A LOT and was not presented as well as it could've been.  But Kenway was a good lead.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on June 01, 2014, 11:46:17 AM
That awful eh? Well this what you get for asking for that game over something you really wanted.

I took back my PS4 copy

I dont mean to sound unappreciative. Thank you for sending it to me. I did want this game - its just a disappointment.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: thisismyusername on June 01, 2014, 12:31:26 PM
That awful eh? Well this what you get for asking for that game over something you really wanted.

I took back my PS4 copy

I dont mean to sound unappreciative. Thank you for sending it to me. I did want this game - its just a disappointment.

How so? Burnout on "Ass Creed" like games, or other things?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on June 01, 2014, 04:14:47 PM
I just spied on Aisha Tyler.

I'm done.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Sho Nuff on June 01, 2014, 05:31:01 PM
I thought about getting this from Redbox but instead I'm playing Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns on my Wii and not at all regretting my life decisions
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Purple Filth on June 01, 2014, 08:13:50 PM
I just spied on Aisha Tyler.

I'm done.

sound like a high watermark tbh
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on June 02, 2014, 03:48:19 AM
I thought about getting this from Redbox but instead I'm playing Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns on my Wii and not at all regretting my life decisions

Dude you were playing DARK VOID the other day as well. When did this masochism streak surface?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 02, 2014, 09:41:03 AM
You were right to ditch this game, demi. These guys have no taste.

(http://i.imgur.com/3xS2rNW.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/pcazw0a.png)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on June 02, 2014, 09:51:05 AM
Fuck this game
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Brehvolution on June 02, 2014, 12:21:59 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/EA1gcZd.gif)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on June 02, 2014, 12:35:16 PM
There's a Privacy Invasion involving a guy complaining about getting sent the wrong "Sexy Ayumi" doll - he is the "Fedora Federation" president, or something.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 02, 2014, 07:08:04 PM
The sidequests in this game are so dumb. "Knockdown" the bad guys, breh. Oh, but they're surrounded by 20 dudes with AK-47s, feel free to kill all of them. I wonder who thought that would be fun.

Oh yeah, it was the people that made Assassin's Creed.  :neogaf
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on June 02, 2014, 07:47:16 PM
Buy Grenade Launcher, and just kill everyone. The AI is dumb as bricks and will run towards you eventually.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: fizzel on June 03, 2014, 09:21:29 AM
night time looks good, rain looks fantastic, daytime it looks fucking putrid.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: MCD on June 03, 2014, 12:42:58 PM
Watch_Dogs sold (to consumers) over 4 millions units during its first week:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=114565420&postcount=1
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Mupepe on June 03, 2014, 02:00:49 PM
well deserved
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Tasty on June 03, 2014, 02:06:32 PM
On the one hand, it's a new IP. :leon

...On the other, there doesn't seem to be much "new" about it... :larry
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: fizzel on June 04, 2014, 03:41:02 AM
Blimey.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 04, 2014, 08:50:46 AM
Typical TTQ on a Ubi open world game for me is around 10 hours, I think I got to 3 on this one
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Brehvolution on June 04, 2014, 04:43:57 PM
I hope I can activate this game and download it instead of installing from the DVD. If I have to install via DVD it's going to take forever. :noah
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: benjipwns on June 04, 2014, 07:00:06 PM
The sidequests in this game are so dumb. "Knockdown" the bad guys, breh. Oh, but they're surrounded by 20 dudes with AK-47s, feel free to kill all of them. I wonder who thought that would be fun.

Oh yeah, it was the people that made Assassin's Creed.  :neogaf
http://games.on.net/2014/06/ubisoft-game-the-review/
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on June 05, 2014, 02:54:30 AM
I love ass creed but I couldn't handle even 3 hours of this shit show.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: pilonv1 on June 05, 2014, 06:20:26 AM
Glad I skipped this, will get it for $5 in three months and never install it
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: radioheadrule83 on June 05, 2014, 09:17:20 AM
Behold the power of hype.  I have a feeling the legs are going to be shit, but with upfront sales like that, it doesn't matter that much.

over / under on Destiny enjoying a similar level of hype powered sales? I'm thinking with Activision backing it'll be huge, but y'never know, it could all dampen off like Titanfall hype

Not ruling out the possibility of Destiny actually being cool though
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: a slime appears on June 05, 2014, 11:57:06 AM
I haven't yet played the game thanks to GameFly's fantastic service but I had a crazy opinion that was curious if it was true. Based off screen shots and video; GTA5 just seems like a better looking game to me. Obviously it can't match the technical fidelity of Watch Dogs but there's something about the art style and Rockstar's design direction that makes that game more visually interesting to me than Watch Dogs on PS4/ONE. I guess I'm a sucker for attention to detail.

Glad I skipped this, will get it for $5 in three months and never install it

That's my plan! Most likely $15 Black Friday fodder.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 05, 2014, 11:59:35 AM
I haven't yet played the game thanks to GameFly's fantastic service but I had a crazy opinion that was curious if it was true. Based off screen shots and video; GTA5 just seems like a better looking game to me. Obviously it can't match the technical fidelity of Watch Dogs but there's something about the art style and Rockstar's design direction that makes that game more visually interesting to me than Watch Dogs on PS4/ONE. I guess I'm a sucker for attention to detail.

The art style and design is definitely far superior in GTA. You get a sense of being in a place in GTA 5 as you move across the world and city. Watchdogs has that Assassin's Creed feeling of being in a very constructed videogame "world".
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: TVC15 on June 05, 2014, 03:37:40 PM
I wish I had bought a physical copy of this so I could take a dump and then puke on it.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on June 05, 2014, 03:46:32 PM
I'm glad I did buy it physical. Traded that crap in and got Fire Emblem and Dragons Crown for Vita!
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Yeti on June 07, 2014, 02:50:35 AM
(http://giant.gfycat.com/FrankFlawlessAlaskanhusky.gif)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rufus on June 07, 2014, 10:06:28 AM
Reminds me of police chase mode from Driver. I would always pick the San Francisco map for this exact reason.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on June 07, 2014, 10:25:17 AM
Just finished the story. It ends in two button presses. Zzzzzzz
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 07, 2014, 12:03:16 PM
The whole time I played it I kept thinking "This probably would have been a decent game back in 2010."
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on June 07, 2014, 03:06:10 PM
Multi is awful, as expected. I fucking hate this game so much.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 07, 2014, 05:27:52 PM
I was never even able to connect :lol
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Trent Dole on June 07, 2014, 06:59:22 PM
Get hyped for a reskinned AC brehs.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 08, 2014, 03:16:27 PM
What should have been:

(http://i.imgur.com/MulDsAS.gif)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 16, 2014, 10:36:10 AM
Ubisoft's real-time bullshot generator:
(http://i.imgur.com/xl5jZJS.jpg)

Peeps have been poking around in the game files, trying to get it back to that E3 2012 look. Seems to be going pretty well so far.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114

I played around with it a little bit this morning, and right now the LOD is borked to hell, but you can turn it off and they said they're fixing it. It's still a WIP.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: a slime appears on June 16, 2014, 11:06:33 AM
Ubisoft's real-time bullshot generator:
http://i.imgur.com/xl5jZJS.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/xl5jZJS.jpg)

Peeps have been poking around in the game files, trying to get it back to that E3 2012 look. Seems to be going pretty well so far.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114

I played around with it a little bit this morning, and right now the LOD is borked to hell, but you can turn it off and they said they're fixing it. It's still a WIP.

WOW, those changes really does make it look great. Wish the engine was optimized enough for it to run like that on next-gen. :'(

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3857/14238494378_58bd906922_h.jpg)
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: demi on June 16, 2014, 11:09:16 AM
Are there gameplay tweaks that make it not a piece of shit?
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 16, 2014, 11:41:23 AM
Are there gameplay tweaks that make it not a piece of shit?

Sadly it's impossible to mod out the UbiStank.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 19, 2014, 09:59:51 AM
This tickled me.

Quote
Watch Dogs is a great game built by a huge team of very talented people. But it’s not perfect, and we can’t be arsed with it any more. Here’s why the VG247 crew has moved on.

The writer then goes to essentially say the following over 3 pages.

The hacking is a gimmick.
It's too long and padded.
The city is boring.
The driving sucks
The graphics are underwhelming
It's really buggy.
The PC version sucks.
It's a bit racist.
The lead character sucks.
The story sucks.
The voice acting sucks.

So why is this a "great" title again?


http://www.vg247.com/2014/06/19/why-weve-stopped-playing-watch-dogs/3/




Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rufus on June 19, 2014, 01:59:01 PM
That's just the reviewer habit of trying to be 'fair' to both sides, only to end up looking like they have no confidence in their opinions. You can't just say what you think, because this is product evaluation or top down quality assurance, so a well made and polished turd is still well made and polished. So, don't be too harsh, they might pull access. At least acknowledge the budget. After all, the developer has (tried to) check these here quality boxes.
This is felt more acutely the more expensive a title is/looks, how many assurances were made during previews and other events that this and that is going to be fixed, how bad the crunch was, bonuses tied to metacritic ratings, what other reviewers think/say, etc. etc.

And hey, some readers might even lilke it the way it is, despite of whatever perceived faults it has, so there's your out right there.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: I Love You on June 21, 2014, 06:57:43 AM
I'm glad I did buy it physical. Traded that crap in and got Fire Emblem and Dragons Crown for Vita!

Oh no...Dragon's Crown is the free Vita game on PS Plus this month. It's a nice game too.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Beezy on June 21, 2014, 09:45:47 AM
I'm glad I did buy it physical. Traded that crap in and got Fire Emblem and Dragons Crown for Vita!

Oh no...Dragon's Crown is the free Vita game on PS Plus this month. It's a nice game too.
Not in the US.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Rahxephon91 on June 21, 2014, 12:43:30 PM
I'm glad I did buy it physical. Traded that crap in and got Fire Emblem and Dragons Crown for Vita!

Oh no...Dragon's Crown is the free Vita game on PS Plus this month. It's a nice game too.
I can't be going digital with my what?... 4gig Vita card. Physical all the way. Plus it comes with a box!
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: Freyj on June 21, 2014, 03:49:19 PM
I'm glad I did buy it physical. Traded that crap in and got Fire Emblem and Dragons Crown for Vita!

Oh no...Dragon's Crown is the free Vita game on PS Plus this month. It's a nice game too.
Not in the US.

I went and checked too  :fbm
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: chronovore on June 28, 2014, 05:02:10 AM
http://smile.amazon.com/Watch-Dogs-Clouds-Interactive-Ebook/dp/B00K5RELPS/

John Shirley, arguably the father of cyperpunk, wrote a tie-in novel for Watch_Dogs. Wow.

Sadly, the only review so far is a 1-star idiot complaining about how its Kindle functions don't support his preferred orientation. Pfeh.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: DCharlieJP on June 30, 2014, 03:18:42 AM
played it on PC
then installed the worsemod and SweetFXed it
Game looks nice after that , but good lord... bored after the first mission, with no real desire to play any more.

Gud jub, wuch dug.
Title: Re: Watch Doges
Post by: thisismyusername on June 30, 2014, 09:23:03 AM
played it on PC
then installed the worsemod and SweetFXed it
Game looks nice after that , but good lord... bored after the first mission, with no real desire to play any more.

Gud jub, wuch dug.

I was hoping they'd deep discount it during the Steam sale (unrealistic I know) but -20% is just  :lol Ubisoft.

I'm glad I did buy it physical. Traded that crap in and got Fire Emblem and Dragons Crown for Vita!

Oh no...Dragon's Crown is the free Vita game on PS Plus this month. It's a nice game too.

no1curr