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There will not be a jump button in Watch Dogs, confirms Head Animation Director

When answering some questions on twitter, Colin Graham confirmed there will not be a jump button in Watch Dogs.

Yi-Long3665d ago

That's too bad. It's a game. I want to play. I want to press buttons so my guy does things.

If everything is just 'steering' the guy and he does everything himself automatically, the gameplay can become quite boring pretty quickly.

GarrusVakarian3665d ago

Ubisoft have a habit of not including buttons for basic functions in their games, lol.

Assassins Creed still has no crouch button, now WD has no jump button.

WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?!

lets_go_gunners3665d ago (Edited 3665d ago )

Its gonna be press space or "A' or the play station equivalent to take cover and press it again to leap over.

matrixman923665d ago

the good new though,assassins creed has a jump button...it does absolutely nothing for you in the end, but it has it lol.

Maybe this game just doesnt need it

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TheGrimReaper00113665d ago

I think I wont mind having no jump button in Watch Dogs, as long as they work around that

I still dont understand why you cant crouch in Assassins Creed though

Army_of_Darkness3665d ago

It's to make sure you don't jump on anything they don't want you too ;-)

Yukicore3665d ago

They do that because they don't have to build a complex ragdoll engine.

People can't bullshit around and break the game, and there won't be as many bugs possible.

It's a simple workaround to many problems, although it's often very fun to jump in open world games, like GTA, where the feature is implemented brilliantly, makes you feel free when playing game.

But it also often causes unrealistic moments and annoyance. I think Watch Dogs will be better off without jump button.

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Rickgrimes953665d ago

I see the big deal I feel fine running around in assassins creed holding one button

Sly-Lupin3665d ago

This.

Also: Zelda has never had a jump button, either, yet you never see people complaining about its omission.

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Elwenil3665d ago

The Adventure of Link was all about jumping.

kupomogli3665d ago

You can also jump with the jump feather in Link's Awakening and the cape in Four Swords.

UnHoly_One3665d ago

Batman: Arkham series has no jump button.

I don't see the problem at all.

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AgentSmithPS43665d ago

People will be getting trapped in a room with an 11 inch high curb.

They need to give a Nobel prize to whoever makes it so you don't have to jump over things so short...

DFray9193665d ago

lol!!!!!!!!! best laugh i had all day!

Dynasty20213665d ago

"...the gameplay can become quite boring pretty quickly."

Doesn't stop people buying Halo every time.

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AceBlazer133665d ago

Ugh, i hate when games don't have jump buttons.Not a deal breaker but still ugh.

Genesis53665d ago (Edited 3665d ago )

Yeah it sucks! Just as bad as the ones that do have jump buttons but the character can't jump over anything more than 3 feet high. For some reason I really hate that!

Skate-AK3665d ago

Sounds like Red Dead Redemption haha.

Jughead34163665d ago

Like Dark Souls 2. Deep combat system, but no jumping. You have to be able to leap in some way though. Maybe we can vault waste high objects or something.

Studio-YaMi3665d ago

@Jughead3416
You actually CAN jump in Dark Souls,it's either rolling(pressing circle button) or running jump(running and then pressing the left analog stick <L3>).

No regular one jump button though...

Palitera3665d ago (Edited 3665d ago )

WTF?!

One guy says Dark Souls has no jump, the other complains about invisible walls on Dark Souls.

Have you really played the game?

The jump height in Dark Souls is realistic and if you use terrain to your advantage, you can reach some higher places.

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On topic, it will have a roll mechanic and he climbs reasonable objects, so, while I think it is strange not to have a jump button, it seems that it would be useless and, in theory, I'm fine with their choice.

ramiuk13665d ago

except in a cut scene when they can just 8ft high

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Heisenburger3665d ago (Edited 3665d ago )

^this

When I clambered on the hood of a car as Joel in The Last of Us, I thought as I leapt an entire three feet(as opposed to Nathan Drakes' seemingly infinite leap length): "Best. Game. Ever."

Lol I'm joking, of course, but I did get a kick out of the juxtaposition between the two main(sic) Naughty Dog characters.

All that bs being said, I am really looking forward to Watch Dogs. Ubisoft is one of the few publishers that I know give me the bang that I require for my buck.

I can appreciate people that have grown tired of AC, but in a world of on-disc *dlc and retail exclusive preorders, Ubisoft gives you plenty of bang!

Gremdude3665d ago

He was saying in Red Dead you can't jump over anything more than 3 feet high. It was more like 1 foot high in my experience. BTW, the jump animation is ridiculous in that game.

brich2333665d ago (Edited 3665d ago )

Weird because my Controller doesnt have a jump button to begin with, I have a,b,x,y,rt etc...

Studio-YaMi3665d ago (Edited 3665d ago )

Tough crowd hahaha!

thereapersson3665d ago

Probably because he listed XBOX controls. If it was PlayStation symbols, he'd have 100 agrees and a well said / funny bubble.

ravinash3665d ago

It's just hard to get the symbols.
XOA#

badz1493665d ago

Maybe because it ain't funny?

Jughead34163665d ago

Dang man you got all disagrees.

Pinkdolphinyfg3665d ago

Hey man you got a chuckle out of me so heres a like at least :)

brich2333665d ago

Cool. It was sarcasm btw.

urwifeminder3665d ago (Edited 3665d ago )

Pretty major fail that , can hack into a network with his phone but can not jump the sidewalk hilarious stuff UBI.

cfc783665d ago

Not sure how you get about town but iv'e never had to jump a sidewalk yet surely he will just walk it.

urwifeminder3665d ago

You have not lived till you skip and jump up the gutter.

ravinash3665d ago

If he was to busy playing with his phone hacking stuff, wouldn't he just trip over the sidewalk?

cfc783665d ago

As long as he can climb and vault over stuff this shouldn't be a problem.

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

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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.

TheEnigma313995d 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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