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'Watch Dogs' will allow players to control helicopters

While Examiner did break the news of not being able to fly aircrafts back in August, Ubisoft has confirmed that players will be able to hack into helicopters and control them that way.

Watch Dogs creative director Jonathan Morin was explaining how players can hack into each others game and he did talk about how one of the ways players can disrupt others is by taking control of helicopters that are searching for players.

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-Foxtrot3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

I really feel like if your going to do an open world game these days then you have to give us the freedom to explore the place with as many ways as possible.

Least it's a thing to add onto Watch Dogs 2. When you have a game like GTAV for example where you can do so much with the world and you go onto ANOTHER open world game your mind will want to do the same kind of stuff in that game aswell because you've been exposed to so much....if you can't you might feel a tad disappointed. Obviously some things don't belong in WatchDogs from GTAV, different themes/tones but I still would of liked to explore the place in an air vehicle

It's what I hated about L.A Noire, such a big map and you couldn't do anything.

RuleNumber53854d ago

I hear you on this one. But I think we need to give Watch Dogs a chance to establish its own identity as a franchise, independent of GTA. It's obviously the tendency we all have to want to compare Watch Dogs and other open-worlders to GTA, but I think the harder we try to not do that, the better.

WorldGamer3854d ago

GREAT INSIGHT crock7......

Gotta wait and see what they do and respect their creative choices. If you want the same features as GTA, go play GTA.

Folks complain a lot about a game not being like something else. KZ is a great example, with the weight of its guns, and people complaining it wasn't like CoD. Well, it's not CoD, it's KZ.

I hope WD ends up doing its own thing. They need to do what they have to to convey their creative vision.

OPEN YOUR MIND FOLKS.

mhunterjr3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

I disagree. If you want to pay gtaV, go play gtaV. Watch dogs I'd a different game, so naturally the player character has different abilities. Ubi shouldn't waste their time trying to cram everything gta in their world, they should spend it making their world stand on its own.

-Foxtrot3854d ago

I never said they should

I just said it's hard for people who have came off GTAV to come into a game like WatchDogs which is also an open world game which is limited in stuff to do outside of the main missions.

However if it's an open world game they have to keep it interesting for people who want to explore.

mhunterjr3854d ago (Edited 3854d ago )

@foxtrot

There is plenty to do it watch dogs. No you can't go golfing, or parachute from the top of a mountain... but those things would be out of scope and out of character.

as Aiden, you can roam around, listening to other npc's and intervene in their lives for better or worse. You can also hop on-line and hack other players.

So the things you can do outside of the main missions are within the games themes.

CrossingEden3854d ago

Um, no, sandbox city doesn't mean every building should be scalable and every vehicle should be drivable. Hell I wouldn't even be surprised if Aiden didn't even know how to actually drive a helicopter, which is completely different from a boat and a car.

EXVirtual3854d ago

That's cool. Watch Dogs will definitely be a good game, but I think Ubi over did it with all the trailers. Then again, I'm just gonna have to wait and play whenever I get the chance.

ps3vita4life3854d ago

Yeah, I definitely agree!! Ubisoft put out waaay too many trailers and gameplay videos for this game. It's like they showed us the entire game (I kid, I kid). At the end of the day, I think Watch Dogs will end up being a great and successful game.

RuleNumber53854d ago

Yeah I mean Ubi did a great job of saying a lot about Watch Dogs without really saying much at all. I mean how much do we really know about Watch Dogs' story, Chicago, things you can do, places outside of Chicago you can go (which they did say you can do), and so many other things. We've seen a lot, but we don't know much, if that makes sense.

CrossingEden3854d ago

They did so many trailers and we still don't know who the main antagonist or dedsec is. :/

chrissx3854d ago

So like during a fire fight you can hack up a chopper to come unleash hell on the cops/thugs....sounds tight

310dodo3854d ago

I keep getting hate for this but GTA V has really made this game seem really lame.

Chicago map isnt that big but if the Cops can fly heli's why cant Aden?

pandehz3854d ago

Im glad its not like that ridiculous do-what-u-want kinda world that is GTA.

Watch Dogs is more grounded and I love its take on density over distance. Also Dam oh dam GTA feels so comical with lame humour being its filler entertainment when the shooting is horrid and gameplay is just a rinse n repeat.

Watch Dogs feels fresh. Nuff said

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The entire WatchDogs series is 87% off and it's not even Black Friday

If you are looking for a bargain, check out the huge discounts across the entire WatchDogs series on Steam.

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Watch Dogs Deserves A Remake, More Than Ever

With the world of information and technology, privacy and security growing every day, Watch Dogs deserves another chance in the spotlight, now more than ever.

RaidenBlack1000d ago

The only Ubi title that deserves a faithful remake right now is Splinter Cell 1.
All 2014+ Ubi titles are just underwhelming. Especially ones from 2016+ are just cancer.

LucasRuinedChildhood999d ago (Edited 999d ago )

Seriously, are we so far removed from Ubisoft actually making good games that people now praise Watch_Dogs in retrospect?

"Watch_Dogs has remained one of my favourite games of the last ten years." Jesus Christ.

HankHill999d ago

I remember being so disappointed in Watch Dogs when I played it at release. It was alright, but I think I fell for the hype and I needed a game to play on my new PS4.

obidanshinobi999d ago

This is what happens when mediocrity gets praised as good.
Standards are slipping across the whole entertainment industry.
What was once considering rubbish is now considered as OK, what once was OK is now being praised as good etc etc.

LamerTamer999d ago

Everyone has their own likes. I liked it a lot myself. I played through it twice and liked the car chases and the open world with fairly decent environments and missions. It suffered from the whole downgrade thing where they showed graphics that weren't actually there. No game will appeal to everyone but it was still ambitious for it's time.

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gantarat999d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee999d ago

For certain! AC1 was brilliant at the time but with new graphics and gameplay it would be amazing! Do you prefer old combat or new though?

RaidenBlack999d ago

I'd say a reimagining of AC1.
I direct AC1 remake would be a bad idea. It'll need better story pacing and significant better world building.

BlaqMagiq1999d ago

Old. Let it play like how it did with AC2-Syndicate style gameplay but refine the setting and story.

Profchaos999d ago

It would need a lot changed for it to be enjoyable again as even back in 2007 on launch we were all complaining about it's repetitive gameplay go here perform one of three side quests repeat then assassination now do it over and over until a big battle with a unforgiving checkpoint system.

BlaqMagiq1999d ago

Absolutely. It needs it. The only AC I truly didn't enjoy.

chicken_in_the_corn999d ago

I'd prefer it didn't. Ubisoft would make it so bloated, it wouldn't be anywhere near the original

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smolinsk999d ago (Edited 999d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos999d ago (Edited 999d ago )

As a fan of the franchise legion was garbage and I regretted my purchase for the first time in the franchise the entire thing felt like an experiment in NPC behaviour and released without the writers input on what makes a good story.

I don't think I'm alone in that feeling though as wrench and Aiden are brought back and the campaign was rewritten to fit them.

I am tempted to buy the season pass to play it again with Aiden but fool me twice shame on me I'm waiting for a deep sale

camel_toad999d ago

Agreed. Despite the annoying hipness of the characters in part 2 I thought it was a really fun game. I was extremely disappointed and surprised at how many steps back they took with Legion. You'd think it was made by an entirely different team. Or was it?

It was just so devoid of fun.

LamerTamer999d ago

Honestly one of my biggest annoyances with Legion is that they took out the camera views for the driving. I mean the behind the car view that they stuck us with is near unplayable. I always used a first person driving view. After two releases why did they take OUT features? I don't get it.

TheSinsibleOne999d ago

The fist watchdog game was the best by far
After that they weren't weird and annoying with that hipster stuff. Aiden was a badass.

LamerTamer999d ago

I thought so at first too. I got used to it and it ended up being good after some play time. I just had to give it a chance.

TheEnigma313999d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack999d ago

They are remaking Sands of Time.

TheEnigma313999d ago

That's good news. Hopefully it's done right.

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Inside the Driver game that died so that Watch Dogs could live

From VG247: "When cars slide, they leave tyre marks. In a game like Driver, they’re an aesthetic touch, part of the inherent cool of a handbrake turn. But those dark shadows in the road also tell a story. From tyre marks, you can determine the speed of a vehicle, when it started to skid, and its ultimate direction of travel – long after the car itself has vanished into the distance."

vallencer1064d ago

Different spellings in different parts of the world friend. Tyre is a correct way to spell it.

Pridefall1064d ago

Dunno why you got downvpted when tyre is correct in Australia.

mikefizzled11063d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921064d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1064d ago

Why did they stop making some of the best games ever? Driver was one of them.

Gameseeker_Frampt1063d ago

Assassins Creed 2 showed Ubisoft how to make money and Far Cry 2 showed them that gamers don't like complex ideas. Now Ubisoft just turns out games that are just variations of the same thing.

WeAreLegion1064d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1064d ago

A story driven game with pure driving gameplay. I'd love to see a new Driver game or a remake of the first one.

ApocalypseShadow1064d ago

Yes. This one. A definite remake of the first without adding any ridiculous fluff. The first game had great physics and sound for its time. The start of the car in the beginning cinema I watched constantly. My father and uncles were big muscle and classic car freaks. Only thing crazy about the game was the relentless cops in the last level. Insane the way those police cars were and launched at you.

Bleemcast made it look better just like PC emulators. But would definitely take a remake.

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