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Watch_Dogs’ Demanding PC Specs Aren’t Final; Game Delayed for the Sake of Creative Gamers

A few days ago specs for the PC version of Watch_Dogs were posted online including a whopping 6 GB of ram required, but Creative Director Jonathan Morin mentioned today that the requirements aren’t final, and are subject to change before release, which is good, as they were quite demanding. In addition to that, he also gave more information on the game.

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theXtReMe13695d ago (Edited 3695d ago )

There is a great 18 page article in Edge magazine this month about Watchdogs. Why it was delayed, the systems in place to make sure gamers have a different experience from the person beside them and the technology behind everything that makes this game so awesome. It's a great read, and is available online via Newsstand on Apple devices and through other online magazine readers. Definitely worth the read. It goes into great detail about how intricate the systems are controlling the world simulation and how each action you make can send a rift throughout the game world. Each citizen that populates the Watchdogs Chicago, has their own back story and are randomly generated so there is no repetition and each gamer has his or her own unique experience. The system also allows for gamers to be their own Dexter Morgan like character, who can stalk a certain demographic and punish them for their sins.

Read about and purchase it here: http://www.edge-online.com/...

Mister_Dawg3695d ago

I hope the specs are really being pushed finally on pc.
Looks like the PS4 and XB1 will bring a big jump in my pc games too. Nice.

I've 16GB of ram, so the 6GB they're saying is no bother ;-)

Metallox3695d ago

Pass me 2GB of your RAM T_T

lets_go_gunners3695d ago

Steam once reported that 50% of their customers had 4gigs or less of ram. So no need to feel bad.

LAWSON723695d ago

I have 4gb and the only game that has used more than 2.5 gb is BF4 64 players. I will be surprised if 4gbs does not run the game, either way though it is not like RAM is that expensive.

Pjuice3694d ago (Edited 3694d ago )

Yes steam reported that years ago. 8gb is the standard now. you can get 8gb ddr3 for $60 dollars now (same price as watchdogs). there really isn't a good reason not to have atleast 8gb of ram unless your motherboard is to old to use ddr2/ddr3. If you already have 4gb your looking at a $30-40.

Scenarist3694d ago

i had 6.. but last month one module died.. im down to 4

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kiz26943695d ago

Same just recently built my gaming rig, with 16gb of Ram i'm glad didn't go with the 8gb because I built it to play the next gen multiplatforms such as this game, and love to know i could to ultra on this.

Mister_Dawg3695d ago

@Metallox. Would love to oblige but can't find a knife sharp enough ;-)

@lets_go_gunners. That's so true. The majority of pc gamers don't have top end machines, but they can still play most games at decent levels too.

@kiz2694. I've had this machine for nearly two years now. Back then memory was silly cheap. I'm sure I paid around £80 for 16GB. I've even set aside 4GB as a ram cache to speed up the machine's responsiveness. Couple this with raid 0 ssd, my machine is stupidly quick. Next stop is saving up for a newer gpu. My oem 660 can still do a good job for now. But that's what us pc gamers are like, always craving more power ;-)

tee_bag2423694d ago

I don't care if the required specs are brutal. 16gb ram and 2x4gb combined vRam me thinks me ready. I just want it to look like the early 2012 gameplay videos.

LAWSON723694d ago

2×4GB VRAM How does that work Xfire/ SLI does not double RAM

tee_bag2423694d ago

SLI. I have to 2 x 4GB cards. Yes I know they don't combine. Thats why I wrote 2 x 4GB instead of 8GB :)

iplay1up23695d ago

Well if it requires 6 megs for PC and my PS4 has 8, how close are the PS4/PC going to be graphically. I know that the last trailer was pretty crappy looking, and was thinking if this is on PS4, how are the PS360 and Wii U versions going to look? I do know the Wii U version is said to look "in between" Not great, I would guess. This game just may be the game that shows gamers why they need to upgrade to a newer console.

I wanted this game for Wii U, but may have to go with the PS4 version, damn. I want to hack with the gamepad. Oh well I am going to have to wait and see.

barb_wire3695d ago

You're forgeting though the video card in the PC.. PS4 has 8GB total, I'm assuming that includes the video processing (kinda like intergrated gfx on PC) - of that 8GB, isn't 5GB usuable for games?

PC requires 6GB memory BUT they also recommend 2GB video card.. graphically the PC should (optimum word there, should) be miles ahead of the PS4, especially since that 2GB card is doing nothing but the GFX and not everything at once.

ok, babbling over..

jazmac3695d ago

Just another call of duty - ghosts in my opinion, that game had really high RAM requirements and it was established the game really only needed 2Gb at any given time...

Saying that though if Assassin's Creed IV is anything to go by the game might run like shit on PC.

tee_bag2423694d ago

Assassin's creed IV runs fine for me. I've seen worse jobs

LAWSON723694d ago

AC4 ran fine for me and I agree about RAM I will be surprised if it actually used more than 2-3GB of RAM. Whoever thinks 8GB is not enough for PC gaming is just so off. I understand if you do heavy media work and need 16GB but that is the only way you will need more than 8GB. No next gen game will require more than 5GB of RAM and that is probably a stretch. When games do need 16GB of RAM I think your old 16GB RAM will be obsolete to newer faster RAM anyway. I think it is a waste of money and that cash should have went towards a better GPU or CPU. I understand if you got loads of cash and no budget uou might as well but for someone on a budget for a gaming rig it is a waste.

jazmac3694d ago

What are the specs for your computer? and when you say fine...do you mean 30 fps fine? or solid 60 fine because i can get it to run max settings at 30 no problem but maintain a solid 60 is impossible no matter what i do.

I've seen benchmarks for the game as well and it seems on any single card it ain't running at 60, hell even dual gpu cards like the 690 or 7990 ain't quite making it.

I think our definition on what fine is are vastly different.

LAWSON723694d ago

Well I played it at 1080p avg fps 54 with I believe high settings minus crazy AA, probably did 2xAA or even FXAA (I play on a 21in monitor so jaggies are not really a problem). Now the game I could not run was AC3 that game had terrible performance, even on lowest settings my fps would go between 20-60 fps even on normal settings. My specs are 3570k and GTX 760 also ran pretty damn well on my HD 7950

starchild3694d ago

I use double v-sync through RadeonPro and I max it out at a solid 30fps.

I know 60fps is better and I would prefer it, but a steady 30fps is ok. Especially when the game looks this damn good. AC4 is easily in the top 5 best looking games on PC. It keeps good company with the likes of The Witcher 2, Crysis 3, and Tomb Raider on PC.

tee_bag2423694d ago

@ Jazmac

Max setting @ 60 FPS. That's my definition of 'running fine'. Here's my 3D Mark 11 score if you want to see what kind of horsepower I'm running -
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11...

I don't know why you're having trouble. You should run HWinfo in an On Screen Display like Rivertuner and see why that is. PM me if you need a hand.

jazmac3694d ago

lol while I'm not familiar with laptop components, their's a really good reason that you can run it at 60 the fact you've got SLI with 2 of the best laptop graphics cards you can pretty much buy and an i7 extreme edition cpu.

The score (while 3d mark isn't a particularly great representation of how your computer can handle games) even shows that your alienware laptop far exceeds the score of high end gaming PCs.

Now don't take this the wrong way and I appreciate that you offered help but just because you have a ridiculous laptop and can run it at 60 does not represent that the game isn't poorly optimized and could've been made better for PC.

tee_bag2423694d ago

My original point was trying to get across that it's not a broken piece of messy crud port like GTA4 and others we've seen over the years with random FPS dips for no good reason.
I might be looking through rose tinted glasses though. I only played a couple of hours when it came out and got bored. AC doesn't seem to do it for me.
Anyway game on fella :)

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x8003694d ago

It's not gonna require 6gb ram I would say the most it needs is 4.5gb that's at the max. So don't worry guys.

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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.

RaidenBlack1002d 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.

LucasRuinedChildhood1001d ago (Edited 1001d 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.

HankHill1001d 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.

obidanshinobi1001d 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.

LamerTamer1001d 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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gantarat1002d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee1001d 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?

RaidenBlack1001d 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.

BlaqMagiq11001d ago

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

Profchaos1001d 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.

BlaqMagiq11001d ago

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

chicken_in_the_corn1001d 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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smolinsk1001d ago (Edited 1001d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos1001d ago (Edited 1001d 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_toad1001d 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.

LamerTamer1001d 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.

TheSinsibleOne1001d 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.

LamerTamer1001d 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.

TheEnigma3131001d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack1001d ago

They are remaking Sands of Time.

TheEnigma3131001d 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."

vallencer1066d ago

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

Pridefall1066d ago

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

mikefizzled11065d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921066d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1066d ago

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

Gameseeker_Frampt1065d 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.

WeAreLegion1066d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1066d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1066d 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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