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[Shtof]

That's a smart ad. They're targeting the correct demographic.

 

[B.O.O.M]

Very clever marketing

 

[Liha]

viral Marketing - mission accomplished

 

[glow]

Brilliant ad. I'm holding off on my trip to Los Santos til next spring though. I already live in Chi so I'm just waiting for November to arrive

 

[jsnepo]

I'll be staying in Los Santos for a while though through GTA Online.

 

[PFD]

From Steam:

This is amazing

 

[Ubiquitar]

I'll be there!

 

[kick51]

I'm already in Chicago and Ubi "AAA" games are boring and shallow, thanks.

 

[rain elbows]

SoGood.gif

Well played.

 

[GraveHorizon]

I didn't know Watch Dogs was supposed to have a huge open world with a ton of stuff to do in it. It always seemed to me like a story-driven game with plenty of scripted/contextual sequences, and a bit of multiplayer crossover.

 

[Amir0x]

That's a pretty neat ad - doesn't disparage the competition, and in some way endorses them in fact. But also encourages those fans of the open world game to check this title out as well if you liked GTAV. Very nice.

 

[Mesoian]

I didn't know Watch Dogs was supposed to have a huge open world with a ton of stuff to do in it. It always seemed to me like a story-driven game with plenty of scripted/contextual sequences, and a bit of multiplayer crossover.

They haven't done a terribly great job telling people what Watch_Dogs is...which reminds me of the early assassin's creed marketing days where they weren't trying to tell people about the Animus stuff.

Seems like they're keeping surprises hidden.

 

[sibarraz]

Its funny considering that back in the day the devs of watch dogs where making shots at gta which were not exactly respectful (they are the devs of fdriver right?)


But back on topic, the ad was hilarious

 

[bodyboarder]

Nicely done.

 

[tensuke]

I didn't know Watch Dogs was supposed to have a huge open world with a ton of stuff to do in it. It always seemed to me like a story-driven game with plenty of scripted/contextual sequences, and a bit of multiplayer crossover.

As far as I know the entire version of Chicago is open. The only caveat is that you can't hack stuff in a district until you've hacked into that district's main servers, kind of like taking outposts in FC3.

 

[slapnuts]

Yeah i really dig the humbled humor by Ubi ....same feeling i get from Sony with its PS4 which in all honestly i haven't felt from Sony since their original PlayStation console many moons ago. This upcoming gen is looking more awesome as the days go on!!

 

[Blearth]

It's really not.

 

[nintendoman58]

Hah. That's some pretty funny advertising there. Can't wait for this game. I'm always up for a new sandbox with promising innovative gameplay.

 

[jooey]

Really ballsy marketing.

about as ballsy as a cube entering a square-shaped hole and falling into a pit of cubes

 

[kasane]

This too:

This isn't ballsy, just plain obnoxious. They put this on the Dota-allstar site before pendragon completely nuked it

 

[Teknoman]

Kinda feels like a print ad you'd see in the nineties. I like it.

 

[Savitar]

The catch for that is you have to play SR4 though.

That's the bonus on top.

 

[family_guy]

So it's an 8.5-9.5 game with few technical problems, but awesome gameplay, story, characters and soundtrack, all wrapped in amazing open world? I'll take five, please.

I guess you didn't play AC3.

 

[POWERSPHERE]

16 years olds writing copy.

 

[CorrisD]

Good on you Ubisoft, same for the GAT V DLC, It's nice to see an ads that involves a competitor that isn't based on putting them down or pure mockery and are just friendly jabs. Unlike some companies that end up doing quite the opposite and then end up apologising or taking the ads down.

 

[moargoolus]

Guess two months weren't enough...

[Watch Dogs delayed until Spring 2014]

 

[rothbart]

Guess two months weren't enough...

[Watch Dogs delayed until Spring 2014]

You should've at least posted the source to your info while reviving this thread...

http://blog.ubi.com/watch-dogs-delay/

 

[keltickennedy]

EDIT: Whoops

 

[devotedgmr17]

I figured this thread would pop up on the front page of GAF after that announcement.

 

[MMaRsu]

EDIT: Whoops

Old thread brosef

 

[UNCMark]

This wasn't marketing afterall. It was how long they gave their own devs off to play GTA. Game is so good they need more time.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

Best I can do in paint.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Best I can do in paint.

My sides!

 

[Domstercool]

So it seems the advert for Watch Dogs was talking about the GTA V PC release. Thanks for the hints Ubisoft.

 

[brogan]

Definitely worth it. Definitely. Like 100% worth it.

Your paint skills are godly though.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Best I can do in paint.

Wait, how do you get transparency in Paint?

 

[F0rneus]

loldogs.png

Best I can do in paint.

Fixed

 

[BibiMaghoo]

Wait, how do you get transparency in Paint?

You can't that I know of.

Fixed

Was modern day Assassins Creed not Chicago based?

Spoiler

I'm reaching

 

[L~A]

That was some clever advertising, but it sure came back to bite them in the *ss!

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Warm crow pie.

 

[geebee]

Never thought this was clever. Ubi are one of the big offenders like Activision when it comes to obnoxious, multi-million dollar marketing campaigns. Happy to see it come back to bite them in the ass.

 

[Stabby McSter]

Never thought this was clever. Ubi are one of the big offenders like Activision when it comes to obnoxious, multi-million dollar marketing campaigns. Happy to see it come back to bite them in the ass.

how is this not clever?

 

[geebee]

how is this not clever?

It came off as a overly confident to me.

 

[Bear]

This ad bugs me because it should be "Two months is enough to visit Los Santos".

Spoiler

[/grammarnazi]

Aside from that, it's a pretty amusing acknowledgement of their biggest competitor. Too bad it doesn't work anymore.