Looks fun and looks like it has a lot of varied stuff to do, looks as good visually as Infamous it does not in my opinion. Either way these previews have me hyped. I also think it looks pretty good visually especially for cross gen.
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Watch Dogs - New Gameplay Footage
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Yeah, that is a worry. Gametrailer's previews though said hacking was a fun element in the game, so here's hoping.
bigboss370
Member
lookin good, lookin real good
for some reason this image got me a bit more hyped than all the footage released today. how the fuck does that work >_>
Gen.Grievous
Member
I will probably spend hours just instigating police chases and mucking about with the traffic and road lights. I like how the game is really dark at night. The lighting shines in these moments.
Zok310
Banned
LoveCake
Member
It says in the article that it's the PS4 Dev-Kit that the footage is taken from;
Watch Dogs Creative Director Jonathan Morin has commented on the footage were using here, suggesting the following: "For everyone asking for the online video of #WatchDogs - Yes it was captured on a PS4 devkit (same pipeline as the others) cheers!"
Lets see footage from the game running on each system, a trailer with in-game footage for each console & min spec PC & recommended PC spec, otherwise there will be a lot of angry PS4/X1 owners come release day.
The game does look good from the videos, but what is the legal interpretation of them showing something that when you buy it it's not as described ?
Vinterbird
Member
They're not going to show anything other then the PC/PS4 version until release. It would be incredibly stupid to show the worse version of the game, when you're trying to sell people on the experience.
kriskrosbbk
Member
Are you still not aware that is an ongoing SONY campaign for this one.
All the footage we have seen so far is from the PS4.
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
What's frustrating me is why didn't they show allot of this footage before. To me it's looking much better. My PC pre-order was cancelled because of the earlier "naff" footage
It looks like l could order the key for £20 but it's using uPlay, which i'm not familiar with.
It looks like l could order the key for £20 but it's using uPlay, which i'm not familiar with.
qa_engineer
Member
That's exactly what he's saying. He meant there is no Xbox footage at all because 1) its not the best looking 2) Sony has exclusive marketing rights.
Vinterbird
Member
I said PC/PS4 because the PC version was at the most recent event - so it's not being hidden away like the XB1 and last-gen versions. But you are correct. All of, that we know of, the consumer facing footage is from PS4.
ryanofcall
Member
Hmmm not sure about the Multiplayer stuff. Chasing with the Helicopter looks fun (It's kind of like the Multiplayer in Zombi U, except you could control Zombies there... ZOMBIES!), hacking other players might be fun, not sure about the capture the fla-..err..data stuff though - it looks a bit generic imo.
Are we expecting more multiplayer modes?
Are we expecting more multiplayer modes?
i hope the length is true, someone from ubi said he finished the story at 30% and played 50hrs
also txaa should be so good in a city https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqfsPuH3v3c @ 33sec
also txaa should be so good in a city https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqfsPuH3v3c @ 33sec
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
It wouldn't be a dev kit anymore. It would just be a PC with higher specs than Ps4.
Kssio_Aug
Member
I dont really believe that. But I am not even sure if that would be good. Long games are good as long as they can keep the player interested from the start to the end. 50hrs seems a lot to finish an Action game campaing and not feel repetitive.
But like I said, I dont believe that informafion. I guess the campaing may be about 15-20hrs if that much (what would be good imo).
I Eat Thumbtacks
Neo Member
New Q&A video is up: http://youtu.be/ww7oo2UIsOg
- Still working on resolution - 1080p not confirmed here.
- you can kill NPCs
- 25-30 hours for main story, doing everything is >100 hours
- playing good or evil doesn't change story but the simulation
- ~70 vehicles
- you can buy cars but not customize
- Different hideouts - resets wanted system and you can choose the time of day
edit: I misheard something.
I Eat Thumbtacks
Neo Member
The game releases in just one month and their still working on resolution? That doesn't sound very good.
I am pretty certain it is.
fluffydelusions
Member
I'm sure they just don't want to say it
pettson3816
Member
No free roam MP? Fuck! That is sad news indeed.
Why not? I don't think people would outrage if the resolution is at 900p... oh wait.
I can put paid that this game and the Daytime lighting you are franticly crying on about whim-sickly will be fine in the final game and you will look like the obsessed WD hate Crusader you are... Serious question now all jokes aside...WHY do you hate this game so much and yet are still buying it?
bryanee
Member
Wasn't free roam already confirmed?
Yeah it looks great...but it does not LOOK as great as SS but then it is handling a shed load more that SS to boot and is not made specificly to the benefits of said machine, the engine is scaling 5 platforms across Gen..they have done a superb job!
A dev kit is just a PS4 (or X1,360 etc etc) in a larger system with plug in options and the ability to run software without licence and capture video...the innards and process are 100% the SAME as intended platform, otherwise work on your own platform and convert. It defeats the object of it!
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Well it looks good now. One wonders why they didn't show this several months ago.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
He actually said in the interview that there will be free roam mp without any rules, quests or goals.
ekim probably misunderstood.
KojiKnight
Member
I just realized... the protag from Watch Dogs is what my grandparents visualize when they hear the term "Cyber Terrorist"
(edit) Copious amounts of shakey cam and motion blur... Well looks like I won't be playing this game (was getting motion sick just watching the vid).
(edit) Copious amounts of shakey cam and motion blur... Well looks like I won't be playing this game (was getting motion sick just watching the vid).
SJRB
Gold Member
Your summary is slightly wrong: there definately is free-roam multiplayer, but it's not mission-based or restricting players to certain rules or guidelines.
This happens all the time in modern game development on consoles. Optimisation has to occur at the end of the development cycle.
The game has probably gone gold or is about to any day now. The team will continue to optimise things after that date because the game can be patched relatively easily. There can be considerable consequences to missing the ship date, so they will probably ship, then patch shortly thereafter.
This.
Ken Masters
Banned
1080p not confirmed? The fuck?
This shouldn't be surprising and actually explains some of the comments of resolution and aa issues. They are probably just gauging reaction to finalise resolution frame rate and what compromises may be needed to IQ. There is no better place to do that than a showing such as the one they just had. That's probably also why there were more ps4s there as well as only a few PCs. This is common
SniperHunter
Banned
game looks pretty good on PS4
Ken Masters
Banned
If they can't match the resolution and frame rate of AC4(PS4) I will no longer defend this game
Skinny Pete
Banned
Looks like fun. Maybe Watch Dogs 2 will look prettier but this will be worth a purchase IMO.
Ken Masters
Banned
WD2 won't be a cross gen title so it would probably be significantly better looking
Skinny Pete
Banned
Yea can't wait till we are done with this cross gen bs.
Jesus , you were really trying to justify your original articles "omgd00m" narrative.
Apophis2036
Banned
Why would it though if they are already struggling to hit 1080p/30fps ?. I really hope we don't go back to 22fps in open World games like GTA, AC ect just so they can add slightly better textures...
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
There is a big difference between buidling a game with Ps3 and Xbox360 in mind and building a game with only Ps4, XboxOne and PC in mind.
NextGen only titles this fall will show a huge leap over crossgen titles.
Ken Masters
Banned
because the 360/PS3 engine most likely wasn't optimized for PS4/X1. Also understand that working on so many platforms at once is only taking away from further optimization from the newer hardware
and I agree that I really hope this isn't sub 30FPS, because after infamous SS and AC4 (PS4), I can't go back to anything less then a locked 30FPS