Watch_Dogs (PC/PS4/XB1/PS3/360/WiiU)

[Salodin]

It's an easy explanation that the algorithm isn't there for what they're complaining about, since all the brains behind ctOS jumped ship as soon as they saw what Blume was going to do with their creation. The real explanation is that it's a AAA Ubisoft game that's getting 7 and 8s across the board after a lengthy delay. There is room for improvement, but the game is pretty good for what it is.

[Qalbert]

and if nobody gives feedback and raises criticisms then how are they gonna know what improvements to make? discussing flaws isn't mindlessly bashing a game

[BadKarma]

ITT: People complaining about something being unrealistic or unbelievable when the entire premise of the game is hacking the planet with your phone.

[6souls]

PC patch is being developed, not ETA on release. - https://twitter.com/SebViard/statuse...36622171930624

Uplay drm is supposedly fix for the moment. - https://twitter.com/watchdogsgame/st...69108161007617

[Salodin]

ITT: People complaining about something being unrealistic or unbelievable when the entire premise of the game is hacking the planet with your phone.

ITT: People complaining because of a gameplay mechanic that would make the game impossible to enjoy.

[Qalbert]

again no one is saying the game should be 100% realistic, or that being in view of a camera should constantly trigger police intervention, just the fact that it happens 0% of the time is a missed opportunity to play upon the whole theme and message of the game. which is more likely to trigger a "surveillance is bad" response in the player, spying on an npc talking about farts, or occasionally having to deal with the police through a gameplay mechanic, even if it's only a 5% chance or something that a camera is being monitored. discussing constructive criticism here, and a valid suggestion, get off your goddamn high horses.

[Qalbert]

side note, what if the game detected you had a kinect or ps4 camera active and one of the privacy invasion missions, when you finished hacking into the system, just displayed your living room or whatever, completely unexpectedly. idk maybe that's stupid but I think it would have been an interesting touch

[Salodin]

side note, what if the game detected you had a kinect or ps4 camera active and one of the privacy invasion missions, when you finished hacking into the system, just displayed your living room or whatever, completely unexpectedly. idk maybe that's stupid but I think it would have been an interesting touch

That would be a cool little touch. Your other suggestion is shit though. If cameras only had a 5% chance to trigger detection then wed have people bitching in here that with all this security from ctOS they can't even keep their detection up 100%. So unrealistic, etc, just like you guys are complaining about now. You guys could have a donut made of solid gold and complain that there's a hole in the middle. Good ideas are good, but aside from the above and gripes about glitches, everything else is whining...for what exactly?

[notorious bum]

[Salodin]

If you want to talk about missed opportunities, I'm still scratching my head as to the point of reputation in this game. Unless I'm not noticing it cause I'm capped on good rep. I'd love a good hero/anti hero system that changed dialog or scenarios a bit ala Mass Effect.

[notorious bum]

I haven't tried to cap it, but I did find it more entertaining when it dropped low enough where people got all paranoid when I'd just flash a gun or "love tap" one of the pedestrians.

[Krandor]

They skipped out on a lot of thing that could make the game better, it's just the simple fact that underneath the added hacking features, it's just your standard sandbox game little extra content. You could go and rock a mission stealth style, but why bother when you get more xp for just whipping out a gun and going for a headshot on everybody.

For the whole moral/karma thing, why is constantly hacking people's bank accounts not factored in? I remember one specifically where a guy was tagged as just filing for bankruptcy, and I proceed to pull $800 out of his account.

[Qalbert]

think the higher it is one way or another the less likely they are to call cops, think I heard an npc say something like "I'm sure you've got a reason for this" when i stole his car

[notorious bum]

It's almost as if they had 2 completely different teams start and finish this game. There's not a lot of reasoning why they made decisions like that, besides the tryhard attempt at being like its older brother, GTA.

Hell, this game may have really blown the doors off the next-gen as a linear, non-sandbox game that worked more like MGS with a stronger storyline and real limitations to your tools and weaponry. It's first E3 showing gave off that vibe for me and I think that's why so many have this "meh," mostly forgettable experience.

[Qalbert]

well let's hope the inevitable WD2 is as big an improvement as AC2

[Correction]

Special cameo in Act 2

Spoiler: show

I can't wait to kill her.

[Jaxzer]

It's almost as if they had 2 completely different teams start and finish this game. There's not a lot of reasoning why they made decisions like that, besides the tryhard attempt at being like its older brother, GTA.

Hell, this game may have really blown the doors off the next-gen as a linear, non-sandbox game that worked more like MGS with a stronger storyline and real limitations to your tools and weaponry. It's first E3 showing gave off that vibe for me and I think that's why so many have this "meh," mostly forgettable experience.

I'm thinking mid-development they realized the sandbox aspect became way too ambitious. WD2 could redeem itself like AC2 only if they give it a couple years to learn how to utilize the new hardware, but this is Ubisoft. It was an ambitious effort but nowhere close to Rockstar quality. I'll take my money to Red Dead Redemption 2.

[Krandor]

There's no new hardware to learn, people need to not make that argument for this console Gen. They're mid range PCs wrapped in a shiny box.

[Mazmaz]

One of the youtubers I follow is doing a LP of this and he's AWFUL at the driving. Are the controls shitty or is he just terrible?

[Salodin]

Gamepad controls are great, but some cars have terrible cornering. If you see him on a motorcycle you can tell real quick if he's just terrible since those things are such a blast to drive.