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'Watch Dogs' couldn't be more relevant to modern-day society, says Ubisoft

Watch Dogs will be a modern-day open-world game that many, many Ubisoft fans have been waiting for, but it's going to be a lot more than just a vast world with detail and density at every turn, Watch Dogs looks like it has serious depth to its story. As we look at Watch Dogs' storyline and the elements Ubisoft has implemented into the plot, its hard not to see how intense this game may get at times.

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micx3665d ago

It could be, but I don't anyone's willing to go that far.

randomass1713665d ago

It's an open world game with hacking. Think GTA or Assassin's Creed meets Ghost In The Shell. Not entirely new but not entirely unoriginal either. :P

Negative773665d ago

That's why I think I'll stick with GTA V. Still not too sure about this one.

randomass1713665d ago

I'm not sure either lol. It's going to be a big solid rental for me. If I like it enough, I'll buy it!

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cmazza3665d ago

I swear if they announce micro transactions for this game...

cmazza3665d ago

it's never too late to do a 180

Sayburr3665d ago

"it's never too late to do a 180 " No company in their right mind would do that :)

EasyOneTwoThree3664d ago

@sayburr

*cough* xbone *cough*

SteamPowered3665d ago

Yeah, main character with his nose glued to the screen of his phone. That is actually a fairly accurate portrayal of modern society.

TitanUp3665d ago

trying hard not to look at previews and interviews but its so hard i believe the developers are releasing too much information about the game.

gameslayer24113665d ago

Well even with all of the info they are releasing, they are keeping the story out of it. I personally think that using the CtOS to detect and stop crimes and learn about thousands of unique NPC's makes the game much more interesting. So far all of the interviews and previews have been about the AI and the Tech in the game. But none of it has revealed too much of the story or all of the hacks that you can do (Maybe shown 10 or so Major hacks out of the 100's" But yes I get what you mean, we had almost zero info about ISS and it made it that much more awesome!

MadLad3665d ago

I get the hype, but this one isn't really on my radar to any real extent.
This year, for me, is dominated by indies.

randomass1713665d ago

Which ones are you looking forward to? I'm very interested in A Hat in Time and Shantae Half-Genie Hero. :)

MadLad3665d ago

For me, it's stuff like The Forest and then Kickstarter projects such as Pillars of Eternity(Project Eternity), Wasteland 2 and Divinity:Original Sin. I am on the PC side of things, if you haven't noticed.
Now that the Witcher 3 has been pushed to 2015, The Forest is probably my most anticipated. That said, on the console side, Quantum Break and 1886 have me very interested, even if I don't own the consoles themselves.

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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.

RaidenBlack997d 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.

LucasRuinedChildhood997d ago (Edited 997d 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.

HankHill997d 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.

obidanshinobi997d 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.

LamerTamer996d 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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gantarat997d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee997d 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?

RaidenBlack997d 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.

BlaqMagiq1996d ago

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

Profchaos997d 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.

BlaqMagiq1996d ago

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

chicken_in_the_corn996d 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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smolinsk997d ago (Edited 997d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos997d ago (Edited 997d 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_toad997d 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.

LamerTamer996d 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.

TheSinsibleOne997d 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.

LamerTamer996d 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.

TheEnigma313997d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack997d 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."

vallencer1061d ago

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

Pridefall1061d ago

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

mikefizzled11061d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921061d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1061d ago

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

Gameseeker_Frampt1061d 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.

WeAreLegion1061d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1061d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1061d 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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