Watch Dogs

Kylo Ren

Looks amazing.

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

SeantheMan

Only thing interesting about E3 for me so far, that and Trey Parker/Matt Stone on South Park

Gunmonkey

Seen reports that ubisoft has claimed this will arrive on the current gen of consoles and PC, not next gen. Most likely the graphics will take a hit, also no release window announced.

Liking the game though, want to see more of the abilities you can use to change the game world, disabling a guys phone to get into a building is nice the first time but would grate if you have to do it every 30 minutes. And want to see more of the MP aspect, reminds me of an old game called The Crossing that was never relased that tried toblend MP with a SP game so want to see how Watch Dogs handles it.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

was it confirmed it was MP? and not just one player 2 characters?


cos if it's MP then **** this game, which is sad as it looks incredible

Gunmonkey

Heres the conference with the original part not in the video above. Its around 1:30:40 where the (I think) MP part comes in.

Player gets a message saying "Intrusion Detected". Now either you switch to that character (named Bixxel_44, sounds very "online persona-ish") and play protecting the main character under control as an AI, but it flags up "New Group Objective" for the extra character and implied there is a group "we need to protect him" and a few names in the city as it fades out "Valkyrie" "Siren" "Fidget" "Cryptic".

Now since they have shown both the player making the escape as Pearce and this extra character, I dunno. Might have jumped the gun with the idea of MP hovering over your SP game or could be a subset of characters that you can jump into for a different view and gameplay to allow replayability.

Still makes me want more info. Also, Ubisoft confirms that was a PC running the game so dunno what a console version will be like.

hightower1

Hope they allow a bit of latitude in how to handle situations for instance if your being chased and need to evade will it allow you to dynamicly select options like straight out gun fight, cross an intersetion then switch off the traffic lights to jam the road or perhaps knock out the blocks power to throw it into darkness?

Same applies for objectives such as gaining access to the art gallery in te demo. We saw him knock out the phone (I think) to distract the bouncer but could you knock out the lights instead? Set up a car crash on the street to distract or maybe send an automated message to the emergency services to the address to busy the door man.

Flexibilty in gameplay like this would really add a lot of depth.

VinLieger

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

was it confirmed it was MP? and not just one player 2 characters?


cos if it's MP then **** this game, which is sad as it looks incredible

Huh? Whats wrong with it being multiplayer? And i thinks its pretty much been confirmed, also when they finished there were clearly 2 people with controllers on either side of the stage.
I think its more co-op or counter-op than direct shooty multiplayer

Sarky

Assassin's Creed with haxx0rz? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY UBISOFT

Shiminay

I think it has the potential to be the modern day Spy vs Spy in a MP environment - 2 or 3 per team *MAX* walking around a city block looking like regular members of public like Assassins Creed - you only spot them by seeing them do something funky or scanning, but scanning could reveal your position too etc. I quite enjoyed the AC multiplayer, but hated the "levelling" stuff cause unless you were playing all the time, it was too imba for people with no life. I'm not opposed to levelling multiplayer stuff as a rule mind you, but I think the balance wasn't quite right for AC.

wes

Best game of E3 so far for me. The rest of ubisofts slate are also pretty good, but Watch Dogs looks like something different and very cool.

Nollog

Looks great, looking forward to more information at e3.

krudler

its sorta deus ex meets assassins creed with some cover based shooting in there as well, nice mishmash of stuff and the graphics are great

Corkfeen

I'm actually more excited about this than GTA IV now. It could be one of those games that's spectacular or awful. I'm hoping that it turns out to be the former... I've been waiting ages for a game that I could allow me such choices. :pac:

paddy kerins

This just about sums up my feelings towards this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQCP85FngzE

cherryghost

According to Gametrailers.com E3 all access, the game will be PC only initially with consoles coming later

titan18

cherryghost wrote: »

According to Gametrailers.com E3 all access, the game will be PC only initially with consoles coming later

This game sounds better every minute

Sierra Oscar

cherryghost wrote: »

According to Gametrailers.com E3 all access, the game will be PC only initially with consoles coming later

Really? That sounds interesting! It would not hugely surprise me if that was the case and they waited for the next generation of consoles before actually releasing it on consoles. I would imagine the current generation of consoles could struggle to run the game judging by the preview video shown at E3.

cherryghost

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Really? That sounds interesting! It would not hugely surprise me if that was the case and they waited for the next generation of consoles before actually releasing it on consoles. I would imagine the current generation of consoles could struggle to run the game judging by the preview video shown at E3.

Hopefully gametrailers.com upload it later but it was shortly before the Platinum reveal. His said 'high end PC required', then he said 'console release will be sometime afterwards and after that I don't know.'

Shiminay

It's make a great launch title for Next Gen, but they should totally get it out to us PC gods, I mean players first to help point out what parts they'll have to dumb down, I mean optimise...

DarkJager

The game looks great but if it's multiplayer/co-op only? No thanks

LH Pathe

Would this run better on console or typical pc setup?

Last pc I owned was an amiga circa 20yr ago; so wouldn't be in the loop there all I recall was Rage struck me as next-gen and ran smooth-as on consoles, 60fps full details not a frame drop suggesting the ps3 has a lot more to give whilst the rage thread was jammed up with pc tech talk aka struggling for best optimization.

SeantheMan

cherryghost wrote: »

According to Gametrailers.com E3 all access, the game will be PC only initially with consoles coming later

God I hate Ubisoft on PC. ...worst DRM ever !! , we will probably have to give in our passports to play

hightower1

cherryghost wrote: »

According to Gametrailers.com E3 all access, the game will be PC only initially with consoles coming later

Do you have a link to that?

Opinicus

Looks like a mix of Deus Ex, GTA and Max Payne. I just had a crisis...

Ciaran500

LH Pathe wrote: »

Would this run better on console or typical pc setup?

Last pc I owned was an amiga circa 20yr ago; so wouldn't be in the loop there all I recall was Rage struck me as next-gen and ran smooth-as on consoles, 60fps full details not a frame drop suggesting the ps3 has a lot more to give whilst the rage thread was jammed up with pc tech talk aka struggling for best optimization.

Depends on the game and the PC.

Rage was a particularly bad example as there was a bug that caused a lot of problems at PC launch. If a game is designed right it will run well on a ~€500 PC and look a noticeable better than anything a console can do. Problem generally is lazy or inexperienced devs that don't know how to port a game to the PC, or publishers that give them a shoe string budget and limited time to do it.

But Ubisoft normally has decent ports that run well although they don't add a lot of options to make it look better than the console version. But if this is being developed PC first it might play and look noticeably better on the PC.

gizmo

LH Pathe wrote: »

Would this run better on console or typical pc setup?

As it stands, there's absolutely no way to know how it will run on consoles. The demo that they showed made extremely heavy use of DirectX 11 features so if it were to come out this generation on consoles they'd have to replace much of that with DX9-based stuff. My bet is that they'll use the PC as the lead platform and see how development goes as the move towards the next-gen of consoles continues and then make a decision on other platforms later.

Gunmonkey

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/06/06/watch-dogss-second-character-was-another-player-online-is-in-the-dna-of-watchdogs/

So they are trying to blend people playing the single player as Pearce and multiplayer players with their own seperate objectives. Could be interesting, maybe they are engaged in a hacker war and scanning Pearce gives your team a sub-objective with bonuses for completing it. And would assume there is a way to deactivate Mp players connecting with you, or wit would be good to include it.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

aaaaaand that's my interest in watch dogs gone, shame.

funky penguin

I'd only be interested in people I know playing with me, but to be honest it's too early to guess what MP aspects will have. Really dislike online play.

VinLieger

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

aaaaaand that's my interest in watch dogs gone, shame.

Not a fan of multiplayer/co-op?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

in theory it can work I guess.. but in general not really a fan. probably something to do with the fact that I've never had any friends who genuinely wanted to play co-op games, any time I've tried they spend the entire time ****ing about trying to get you killed instead of trying to complete objectives. Explosion man on the xbox being a horrible, horrible example of this.

if it was dark soulsish.. where you could play your SP game and other people may or may not jump in.. might not bother me as much but the way they described it it's kinda sounding.. mmo-ish

hightower1

VinLieger wrote: »

Not a fan of multiplayer/co-op?

I wouldnt be myself too, I love single player games and the narrative and to put it frankly my opinion of most online MP communities is very very low so I would have no confidence in them not ruining my single player experience if they tend to not even be able play non story driven MP experiences as intended.

Thoughts of playing a moody tense story ruined by some dope 360 spin shooting l33t skilz Xxx through my story mode gives me the shudders.

In saying that they hardly ship this game as some weird MMO so I imagine its something you can turn on and off otherwise they would be completely cutting out those who dont play online. I imagine its the same system as test drive where you have a single player game to progress through but set in the same world as others playing their single player game, again, that could be turned off also.

hightower1

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

any time I've tried they spend the entire time ****ing about trying to get you killed instead of trying to complete objectives.

Same here, I mean take battle field as an example. That game is very team focused and you need everyone to work together and if your on a team where everyone wants to do their own thing you just end up having the worst time.

Most online communities in my experience are filled with teenagers and their leet speak xXX Sn1p3z Xx gamertags who cant seem to play a game as intended and insist on trolling or glitching at almost everything. its prob just the age they are at wherethey feel the need to break things or make it their own as best they can and simply dont give a flying one about the others relying on them. Introducing a demographic and element like that to what could be a great single player expericnce woudl ruin it. As you said hopefully it will use a dark souls like model and they are trying to play it up as more of a feature impact than it actually will be in the end product

Shiminay

Are you playing on XBox? If so, there's your problem. Almost never get any of that nonsense PC and especially not on the Irish based BF3 servers, always a good bit of craic slagging each other off (never anything even remotely approaching abuse) if you're in on the TeamSpeak and people only like to play as squads/teams.

hightower1

Shiminay wrote: »

Are you playing on XBox? If so, there's your problem. Almost never get any of that nonsense PC and especially not on the Irish based BF3 servers, always a good bit of craic slagging each other off (never anything even remotely approaching abuse) if you're in on the TeamSpeak and people only like to play as squads/teams.

Yeah, Im on xbox and tbh after E3 Im looking at other options.
PC seems to be the last true gaming platform but the notion of spending around 1500eur on a halfway decent rig is daunting.

Wossack

hightower1 wrote: »

Yeah, Im on xbox and tbh after E3 Im looking at other options.
PC seems to be the last true gaming platform but the notion of spending around 1500eur on a halfway decent rig is daunting.

..and unfounded half that will get you a good one

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

yeah have a quick browse through the pc building forum
ther'es loads of "have X money want to buy gaming pc" and just have a look at the various things people suggest

it's possible to build a good machine on a budget, it wont be the best of the best.. but you wont need that to (1) play great games and (2) have them look better than consoles

Shiminay

It's been a *very* long time since a gaming PC cost anything even remotely close to €1500 my good man (but if you had that sort of money, oh my...). €700-€800 will get you a *lot* of machine and the guys on the PC Building forum as Sir Digsby has said will be very quick to help out.

Varik

http://kotaku.com/5922204/watch-dogs-alternate-reality-game-accidentally-gives-users-a-reason-to-worry-about-their-real-world-privacy

Anyone who signed up to Ubisofts site for the game recently got an email with some in-game fiction about the demo, and this email sadly included all the email address of those who signed up among the cc addresses.

If you got an email from dotconnexion@gmail.com you're going to be rather pissed off at Ubi.

http://dotconnexion.ubi.com/index.html

jate3d9u1qxmwc

Looks sooo good it's like the modern day assassins creed hacking people's phones and then killing them or ruining their lives.

tok9

Searched Boards but couldn't find a thread for it.

Anyway new trailer today and it's out November 22nd (Not sure if this was confirmed before).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WuZ8wuQvw0

Have to say this looks a lot more interesting than GTA5 to me so far.

Kylo Ren

I set up a thread but it looks like it got deleted? What's the craic mods?

AlmightyCushion

I've been dying to play this since I seen the first trailer for it. A lot of inspiration taken from the TV show Person of Interest which isn't a bad thing.

Pushtrak

I'm looking forward to this one, especially seeing as it doesn't look like we'll be getting The Outsider. Also, am a fan of Person of Interest, and as said, they share a certain likeness.

tok9

Keno 92 wrote: »

I set up a thread but it looks like it got deleted? What's the craic mods?

Was certain I'd seen a thread before too.

Falthyron

Keno 92 wrote: »

I set up a thread but it looks like it got deleted? What's the craic mods?

Boards.ie viral campaign to demonstrate the power of the protagonist in Watch Dogs? :pac:

If the game is how they show it to be in the trailers, and if the in-game demonstration we saw at the PS4 announcement is 'free flowing, non-scripted' action, then I want this A LOT. Interesting concept and UbiSoft do some great stories.

Looking forward to more!

Josey Wales

Keno 92 wrote: »

I set up a thread but it looks like it got deleted? What's the craic mods?

The thread is here.

Use Google to find it.

Mr E

Merged.

2Mad2BeMad

Falthyron wrote: »

Boards.ie viral campaign to demonstrate the power of the protagonist in Watch Dogs? :pac:

If the game is how they show it to be in the trailers, and if the in-game demonstration we saw at the PS4 announcement is 'free flowing, non-scripted' action, then I want this A LOT. Interesting concept and UbiSoft do some great stories.

Looking forward to more!

id say it was scripted heavily
most games would be even if their a free flow type of game on release because ubisoft nor do any other company want to mess up during a presentation of their game :P
but still looks awesome

Sephiroth_dude

*wets self*


Hurry up November!

Kylo Ren

Josey Wales wrote: »

The thread is here.

Use Google to find it.

Apologies mods.

*Tips hat*