I H8 Memes
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Is the video in the OP from the (current gen) console version? Cause that was a blurry and jagged mess with pop in everywhere. Looked to be running at about 20 fps whenever the guy turned the camera too.
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14 minutes of open world Watch Dogs gameplay [hacking, combat, driving]
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Trickster
Member
PC version
I H8 Memes
Member
This doesnt make any sense at all. How did it go from the first version we saw to this? And there is no reason for any pc game to be that blurry. And the framerate? Whatever set up they were running the demo on at 2012 E3 has been surpassed by now. How does the framerate get worse???
Trickster
Member
It's actually not that much worse than the initial reveal if you go and look at it. In the initial reveal at the start, you can see that some buildings close by are pretty low quality compared to other buildings. In the reveal gameplay we also don't see large distances being traveled quickly unlike in the recent fotage, which will obviously reduce the amount of pop in that will happen.
Also in the reveal after aiden leaves the building and goes outside when it's nighttime, you actually can notice some pop in on some assests as he's running towards the intersection.
My take on the visuals is that it's pretty clear that the game looks a lot better during nighttime. Which makes a lot of sense. You're gonna have a lot of lightsources that you don't have during the day. And pop in will be harder for the player to spot.
Honey Bunny
Member
We need to see the same scene from the reveal video in the final build, that'll put the discussion to rest. My gut says they won't show it to us again, and when consumers get their hands on the game it will look worse - I just wonder whether reviewers pick up on it.
Metroid-Squadron
Banned
Yeah, I'm such a troll for thinking a multiplatform game is good looking. Amazing logic right there.
PrimaNocta
Member
Looks good to me. I'll pick this up on day 1.
Trickster
Member
Why would reviewers pick up on that? They just need to judge how the final game is, not whether it lives up to what was shown or promised earlier.
Messofanego
Banned
Just out of interest, why are you excited for GTA V? I wouldn't peg you for being into a Rockstar game. I haven't kept up on that game like most of GAF, so the only interesting thing I've heard is the character switching. As long as it uses the Euphoria engine and hasn't improved on controls, I'll never get into it.
Because it's going back to San Andreas, and I don't mean the location. They're bringing back so many of the fun stuff that used to be in the series before 4 and doing even more new stuff like having an explorable ocean floor. No one makes open worlds like Rockstar so if they bring the fun stuff back then no one can stop them.
Honey Bunny
Member
To inform the people purchasing the game that it does not look like they may think it does
Messofanego
Banned
Fun and Euphoria don't go together at least in a control sense, even if the original activities return. But then that's just me spending way too long getting through a door in their games.
Trickster
Member
But that's not really what the point of a review is.
Honey Bunny
Member
There is no point. A review is simply a critical opinion. If the differences are notable enough that the reviewer feels they are worth mentioning, it has its place in a review. And I'm wondering whether they are.
Daffy Duck
Member
Earlier in this thread someone confirmed it via a post from twitter.
so that crap was even the PC version? facepalm
I hope ubisoft will address their engine problems as soon as possible. Far Cry 3 was awful on pc and not even close to what was promised at E3
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
The game doesn't look fun at all.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Game looks the same as it always did, shadows of the trees, litter rolling around leaves flying about
I don't get the hate this game for nextgen consoles is gettin since it shown, and now the hate it's getting now the PC version is the same
I don't get the hate this game for nextgen consoles is gettin since it shown, and now the hate it's getting now the PC version is the same
So where exactly is the promised exclusive PC tech enhancements:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=660373
If the demo is actually PC build, and not just a PS3 build running on PC (why would the devs do something like this anyway?), then color me unimpressed.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=660373
If the demo is actually PC build, and not just a PS3 build running on PC (why would the devs do something like this anyway?), then color me unimpressed.
After seeing ACIV today and Watch Dogs yesterday, I have to go with ACIV. They are so similar in nature but Watch Dogs seems so bland and boring. A big empty city with just a bunch of traffic lights and roadblocks to switch on and off.
Going with ACIV. I'm sure WD's graphics and the game itself wont disappoint in the end but damn, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed.
Going with ACIV. I'm sure WD's graphics and the game itself wont disappoint in the end but damn, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed.
shinobi602
Member
I still think people are jumping the gun a little early with WD. We still haven't seen any of the actual story missions play out or see all the different hacks we can carry out, there are a lot more than what they've just shown us.
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Deleted member 80556
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The Sony conference gameplay from E3 was a mission I think.
Honestly, story is the last thing I care about in both of these titles. I want a big, beautiful, interesting world to roam around in, explore new areas, find fun things to do, etc., and at this point at least it seems like ACIV offers so much more in that department. The seamless transition from walking around Havana to sailing your pirate ship on the open Caribbean is enough to sell me of ACIV's value of an open world title over Watch Dogs to me.
You're not expecting deep or varied missions in a Ubisoft game right? Most of them are going to be go here kill guys, go there chase guys.
I mentioned this already but I feel like we've already seen most of the important and common types of hacking. If we're lucky there will be some 1-time instances in missions where you can hack special things and make unique events happen but the rest will be hacking people's phones, cameras, laptops, traffic lights and those traffic blocker things. And to be honest they've shown all of those soooo much in these videos that I'm already bored with them before I've even touched it.
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Deleted member 80556
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They said that there are 30 different types of hacking.
But I suppose that most of those types will be "cellphone in the hand of a guy", "cellphone left alone in a table while a baby is crying", "laptop with no interesting stuff", and so on.
EDIT: I really hope GTAV fulfills the hype it has. Hopefully devs will see what a real fun open world games needs.
Resolution
Member
The game is starting to look more boring after each new video.
Permanently A
Junior Member
Wow, that blur in focus mode looks like crap. Hopefully someone can figure out how to mod it out.
Game looks pretty good aside from that.
Game looks pretty good aside from that.
shinobi602
Member
Right, but was it a full mission from beginning to end? It didn't look like it.
The hacking element has sounded like a gimmick from the start. I got bored with it after some of the initial reveals, since I assumed that it would basically be nothing more than a single button gadget you aim at stuff for the most part -- at least in terms of gameplay.
It might have been interesting if there were tons of systems that depended on each other for various things to allow for emergent situations along with procedural generation of building interiors and stuff (PC's, laptops, etc.), but I did not expect that at all.
It might have been interesting if there were tons of systems that depended on each other for various things to allow for emergent situations along with procedural generation of building interiors and stuff (PC's, laptops, etc.), but I did not expect that at all.
Yep right on the money!
Are you trolling or what? I agree that it was no way near e3 demo but awful? hahahhahah
DemonCleaner
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Metroid-Squadron
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yeah sure
Already addressed here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=80030557#post80030557
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=80035653&postcount=638
Try again.
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Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
Good point, I think that after letting T-Dog escape, the escape from the police is up to the player.
shinobi602
Member
As well as the beginning when Aiden is in the car, I doubt the mission just starts like that.
you can't be serious. lets just ignore everything else going on in that gif.
it's not just the particles that impress. infamous 2 had particles too.
Pestilence11
Member
I never really thought about that until now lol. That part would've been a lot cooler if it was realistic and the guy got more and more tired after each fence hop. Then out of breath grabbed someone on the street as a human shield or something out of desperation.
Edit: Just realized I'm a member now, thanks for having me GAF!
How do you just notice that?
Edit: Holy shit, after multiple years of waiting, I am too!
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Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
Dunno. The police is looking for him, he has his car parked and he suddenly gets a call from T-Dog?
Doubt it. The mission is probably longer than what they showed.
Psychoward
Banned
This is a Ubisoft game.... Might want to temper your expectations.
shinobi602
Member
I've enjoyed almost all the Ubisoft games that I've played.