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Watch_Dogs Comparison: Current Generation vs Next Generation Character Models

Watch_Dogs is going to be released soon. What about the comparison between current generation and next generation. We have got our hands on both versions footage so we decided to compare them both against each other.

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ape0073843d ago (Edited 3843d ago )

it's not current gen, it's a cheap cgi

ShinMaster3843d ago

The lighting is entirely different. Not sure if we should compare yet.

UltimateMaster3842d ago

The next gen looks much more realistic.
But I don't know why it's so dark.
It wasn't THAT dark in any of the PS4 trailers I've seen.

lilbroRx3842d ago

I'm seeing a lot more than "different" lighitng.

The lighting is all around more detailed and higher level.
The clothing is more detailed and higher res on top of having texture effects.
The faces and skin clearly have more texture detail as well.

MWong3842d ago

The lighting, shading, texture and detail in the next-gen versions are far above the current gen versions.

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cyguration3843d ago

Why is Watch Dogs underscored?

JimmyHACK3843d ago

That's the way the name is branded and typed for the game, with an underscore between the words (Hacking/Coding theme).

cyguration3843d ago

Thanks for explaining that. It's the first time I've seen it underscored like that.

BISHOP-BRASIL3842d ago

No surprise you didn't seen it before, most people will never use it.

Just like everyone spells Infamous instead of InFAMOUS (the whole idea was to make the word "famous" outstand to "infamous") or Socom instead of SOCOM (which is actually an acronym, hence should be all capitalized).

Half-Mafia3843d ago

Do people really take threads from NeoGaf and then make them into a article for hits.

BISHOP-BRASIL3842d ago

It happens more frequently than you might think... Even big sites like IGN, Gamespot, 1up and such will every once in a while take a hint from a NeoGaf thread. The difference is that they actually fake it better.

Imonaboat13843d ago

As usual ... Ps4 Xbox One and pc are next gen so they should be superior to current gen (Wii u Ps3 and Xbox360)

Ulf3843d ago (Edited 3843d ago )

Sadly, you forgot some qualifiers.

High-end $1200-$5000 gaming rigs are in their own class.

The average gaming PC is not much better than the HD 4000, in terms of GPU performance, and the HD 4000 is weaker than the X360's Xenos GPU.

Even modern Haswell-based rigs don't compete with the consoles, because they either ship with an internal HD 4600 or HD 5200 (which only just stacks up to a 360), or they ship with an entry level GPU like the HD 7450 or GTX 630 -- both of which only barely top the internal GPUs.

The amount of in-use hardware that tops XB1/PS4 performance is pretty dang small, because it costs so much, and takes too much knowledge/skill to put together and maintain.

You can pretty much count on the researchers at AMD and nVidia to peg the most minimal upgrade to the "average gaming machine" with their first mid-range GPU, at any time. They do that for a living -- they want to sell GPUs, after all. Thus... HD 7730, and GTX 640 -- both of which do not come all that close to matching the XB1 or PS4, but are decent GPUs.

Trekster_Gamer3843d ago

And the number of people that own these high end PC rigs PALES in comparison to Xbox & PlayStation user base...

_QQ_3843d ago

@ above why does the user base matter? the point of PC gaming is having the option to make a rig that can game at 1400p even700$-900$ rigs can achieve impressive numbers for console standards. options is the name of the game with PC no need to get defensive.

Ulf3843d ago

A $700-$900 rig probably will be on par with the PS4/XB1, though.

Why would you want to spend that extra $400?

Also, if you are an average chump, isn't taking your rig into Staples, or sending it back to Dell, or whatever, a big pain whenever you need to do something like "update your graphics drivers", which you have no idea WTH that is?

_QQ_3843d ago

@ulf, true PC gaming isn't for everyone, but anyone over the age of 16 should be able to learn the works via Youtube TBH. also Steam OS will hopefully make PC gaming much more user friendly.

webeblazing3842d ago

Drivers update automatically, so do windows, so do games, n a lot of motherboards starting 2 have software that update every thing on your motherboard

Cueil3842d ago

A 700 dollar Rig would blow away the PS4 and Xbox One... it's not even a contest. If updating graphics is that much of a big deal you can just do it through steam

Chrischi19883842d ago

Not true,

first: you dont need more than a $700 rig.

if you tend to buy more than 10 games on your platform, then this is not more expensive than a console, since games are way cheaper on PC, if you look a little.

second: A standart gaming rig has nothing more than HD4000? This is hilarious. A $100 graphics card is better than that, I would get a better one, with only $400 for the whole system. Then you cannot forget, that we talk about a growing install base, for PS4 and for PC, only that PC parts will get cheaper and cheaper and more powerful and PS4 becomes cheaper and stays the same. So in about 2 years, you wont need a $700 rig to compete against PS4 and every new gaming PC will be better. People act like the standart PC cant run most new games, but that is not true. You people always act like PS4 competes with an High End PC, but it actually merely competes with a mid range gaming PC, meaning one with an actual graphics card. Installbase of PS4 might become great, doesnt mean, that PCs isnt great already and will grow even further. Mid ranges from nowadays are already competeable with PS4, in 2 years that are low end gaming PCs, with a Mantle API compatible graphics card, that will blow away a PS4 and everyone with a little PC knowledge knows that pretty well, but there is a reason people buy consoles, because they dont want to put up with all that hardware stuff, but then they should actually stop talking about hardware of consoles, like that matters any, they cannot even run 1080p games, how should the games look like in 4 years from now? Still 720p, where PC are probably above 4K. Talk about quality^^

PC gamers know what to expect, because your next gen, is our gen before current. And no, I am not talking about a $2000 rig. PC gamers know what they are talking about, console gamers want to become like PC gamers, talking about hardware and stuff, but somehow always show, how ignorant and wrong they are. Only Console gamers with knowledge about hardware and so an, are those, who are actually PC gamers and own a console, for whatever reason.

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MajorAly3843d ago

Actually Wii U is an eight-generation console just like Xbox One and PS4 will be. Only thing is that Wii U is seriously underpowered in front of PS4 and Xbox One.

deadfrag3843d ago (Edited 3843d ago )

Well underpower or not i will take Bayonneta 2... for Wii U over any PC or next generation Watch dogs on the fly!And i can play Watch dogs most likely on ultra graphics;on my rig or in my future to be PS4.

_QQ_3843d ago

@deadfrog no need to be defensive, Bayo 2 looks great,so does infamous and dead rising. The games look great, thats all that matters.

Gemmol3843d ago

yall keep saying seriously under power its not like the Wii vs ps3/360 that was a big difference......Wii U stronger then ps3 and 360.....and last i heard ps4 is only 8 times stronger then ps3/360 so difference between games from Wii U and ps4 will be a difference but not ps3/360 to wii difference....all those expecting that need to compare PC to Wii U if you want to see a big gap in difference....Pc can do the same to Ps4 and xbox one so in words of great G enjoy your games and put specs away

lilbroRx3842d ago

Don't insult my PC by lumping it in with your garbage consoles. They aren't on my hardware's level and never will be.

razrye3842d ago

It's probably a piece of crap.

KonsoruMasuta3842d ago

WiiU is an 8th gen console. The Wii was Nintendo's gen 7 console.

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Viking_Socrates3843d ago

Is that really the difference? Impressive, kinda glad I'm going for next-gen.

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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.

RaidenBlack996d 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.

LucasRuinedChildhood996d ago (Edited 996d 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.

HankHill996d 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.

obidanshinobi996d 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.

LamerTamer995d 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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gantarat996d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee996d 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?

RaidenBlack996d 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.

BlaqMagiq1995d ago

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

Profchaos996d 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.

BlaqMagiq1995d ago

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

chicken_in_the_corn995d 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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smolinsk996d ago (Edited 996d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos996d ago (Edited 996d 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_toad996d 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.

LamerTamer995d 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.

TheSinsibleOne996d 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.

LamerTamer995d 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.

TheEnigma313996d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack996d ago

They are remaking Sands of Time.

TheEnigma313996d 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."

vallencer1060d ago

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

Pridefall1060d ago

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

mikefizzled11060d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921060d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1060d ago

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

Gameseeker_Frampt1060d 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.

WeAreLegion1060d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1060d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1060d 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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