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Watch_Dogs - Digital Shadow Trailer

Digital Shadow Trailer of Watch_Dogs.

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-Foxtrot3665d ago (Edited 3665d ago )

I like the look of this game but it's so influenced by Person of Interest you can't ignore it. Especially the way this trailer is designed.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Not a bad thing but I kind of wished they would at least acknowledge it.

Rickgrimes953665d ago

This game was in development before person of interest was even a show

-Foxtrot3664d ago (Edited 3664d ago )

Just because something is in development doesn't mean it's got everything done like concept, ideas, gameplay mechanics, visuals, effects etc

How do we know when it first started development in 09 it wasn't something completely different that we got now. Hell you never know before they started to milk Assassins Creed this could of started out as an AC game in the present and was supposed to be the original Assassins Creed 3.

Person of Interest came out in 2011, obviously it would of been in development a year before so in 2010.

So it's not hard to imagin that when Person of Interest came out with all the things it does animation wsie with the machine (The way it locks onto people etc as it watches) they didn't get inspiration from that by the time they released it a year a bit later in 2012.

I still think it ended up being heavily influenced by it when the show came out.

Besides if it wasn't shown off untill 2012 and the show came out in 2011 then again they came out first.

crxss3664d ago

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rdgneoz33664d ago (Edited 3664d ago )

@Foxtrot It started development in 2008, and was influenced by the actual city of Chicago. It has around 24,000 cameras set up throughout. In 2009, an individual who worked for the board of education and was under investigation, was found dead in a river. After searching through terabytes of data, the cameras showed the last 48 minutes of his life which proved it was suicide. As the article below says, it proved the fiction behind the game is already true.

If anything Person of Interest was influenced by the city of Chicago.

Edit: Here's a good read (one of the few polygon has):
http://www.polygon.com/feat...

Ashunderfire863664d ago

Well the movies Live Free or Die Hard, and Eagle Eye had that concept of hacking city computers, traffic lights, and etc before Watchdogs. Watchdogs does this all with a cell phone.

cannon88003664d ago

@crxss

chill out chris lou

crxss3664d ago

@cannon omg I'm a celebrity

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Rickgrimes953664d ago (Edited 3664d ago )

@foxtrot. Yeah when it first started in development it wasn't anything like the finished product but neither was the last of us. The game is based around Chicago and the 24,000 camera hyper connected city an they came up with this concept in 2008So I don't agree that person of interest had any influence over watch dogs

micx3665d ago

This game has to yet prove itself. The downgrade troubles me.

Palitera3665d ago (Edited 3665d ago )

Even "downgraded", still looks good and sounds fun.

On topic, did the link in the trailer work for anybody? It only lead me to the Watch Dogs homepage.

watchdogs.com/digitalshadow

Conzul3664d ago

just use "digitalshadow.com"

jazmac3664d ago

Seems if you're Scottish the system fails completely, I'VE FOUND THE WEAKNESS!

Longshot283665d ago

how can a game prove itself, when it isn't released yet..lmfao

micx3665d ago

Do you have a problem with reading the first sentence?

starchild3664d ago

Which downgrade? The game looks just as good as it did last year.

micx3664d ago

No, there is a huge downgrade from its initial reveal. Just compare the footage.

starchild3664d ago

I HAVE compared the footage. There MIGHT be a small downgrade compared to the original E3 2012 demo, but we need to see the same section under the same weather conditions to say for sure.

In any case, that first reveal footage was running on a high end PC and the consoles weren't even announced at that point. Besides, it has looked the same ever since we got actual PS4 footage so I don't know why some of you are acting like we just found out there was some terrible downgrade.

trenso13664d ago

what troubles you exactly? This "downgrade" didn't change the gameplay at all, and last time i checked we are playing games, not graphics. The game still looks good so i don't see you "troubles"

468893373664d ago (Edited 3664d ago )

I've compared identical footage from this year to the trailers from 2013 and the only differences between the two is in color palette and lighting. Graphically it's still the same. If anything the game has been improved in terms of draw distance, there's less pop in, and the colors look more vibrant than last year. It is truly a shame that visual improvements get labeled as "downgrades".

Bruce_Wayne3664d ago

Oh, the downgrade from 2012 in which PS4 was still two-thirds of a year away from being revealed? If you're talking about 2013, then there isn't too much to worry about. It looks fun and smooth either way. I'd rather like for them to sacrifice a bit of the gfx for better gameplay such as stable fps and and less glitches, considering the fact that the game already looks good enough.

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Derekvinyard133665d ago

This game looks great! Wonder how good the ps3 version is gonna be

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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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