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'Watch Dogs' news: Why no aircrafts, varied NPCs, crafting and more

Watch Dogs is largely based on the ground, not allowing players to fly aircrafts for good reason, and it will also have varied NPCs at every turn, along with a simple, yet effective crafting system.

Jonathan Morin, who is the creative director on Watch Dogs, talked about the reasons behind not wanting to add flying in the game and how it relates to Watch Dogs emphasizing different areas that other games don't touch.

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listenkids3696d ago

Something, something, complaint.

mogwaii3696d ago

Looking very average with every new article

NintendoYouth3696d ago

thank you.

Watch Dogs looks so borring with every trailer or info.
everything is "You cant do this, this, or this...because of the hack phone"

give me all of the options plus the hack phone.
let me decide whats fun

Shadonic3696d ago

Honestly the hacking is whats interesting about it, having air craft flying and stuff would honestly not fit into the game, its not GTA It's supposed to be pushing closer towards a sort of real world ish anti hero sort of thing. It has all the basic things honestly in an open world. Now im just seeing people complain over anything.

starchild3696d ago

I guess Infamous Second Son sucks too because you can't fly helicopters in it.

Get real. Every game doesn't have to the same things.

The only question that matters is whether the things a game does focus on result in a fun experience. Watch Dogs looks great to me so far.

PrinceOfAllSaiyans3696d ago

Like I said this game becomes less interesting everyday.

dcj05243696d ago

That's literally the exact opposite of what's happening to me. Each article makes me more excited!

Bonkerz3696d ago (Edited 3696d ago )

One of my most anticipated upcoming games. My type of gaming, hacking, action, missions, and cars. Who doesnt like this kind of title?

malokevi3696d ago

Right up my ally, too. Splinter-cell style stealth mechanics, GR style shooting, GTA-style freedom, cars, explosives.... I know I'm going to love this game. Definitely a day 1 buy, barring disastrous reviews.

skydragoonity3696d ago

I remember when i was excited for this game as i was for infamous second son... Not anymore.

NintendoYouth3696d ago

Im sorry but no airplanes, and heli's is just lame.

GTA and SR are popular because they give us so many options.
SR2 is bare bones, but still fun as hell.

Watch Dogs is trying to be "different", but I dont think gamers really want that

Shadonic3696d ago

Dude GTA and SR are known for their over the top no real logic behind how said characters can do such things type of gameplay. There trying to move away from that trope of every open world game having to have some wacky nonsensical world that's so heavily popularized today. You got the new GTA and you get SR every year now and you want more but with Hacking!!?!?! WTF!! Your playing as Aiden Pierce your a Hacker whose lost his family because of hacking caused him to see something he was not supposed to see. I dont expect or want a Hacker to be running over buildings with super speed and smacking NPCS with dildos randomly like you want from the latest saints row. I dont want him to randomly know how to fly a Helicopter because he went to flight school for 1 day. Its supposed to be close to realism at the least if you want another GTA or SR then go back and play the newest GTA that just came out last year or wait for the next SR or play the latest one.

NintendoYouth3696d ago

@shadonic

You keep saying "they want it more realistic"
so..

1. Hacking everything in the city in 2 seconds is realistic?
2. airplanes and helicopters do not exist in real cities?
3. Aiden can get into shootouts/steal cars/hack ATM's but cops never catch him?

cmon! I thought you wanted "realism"?
Nothing but excuses for not being able to compete with the king of Open world cities GTA

s45gr323696d ago

I want this game to be different from all open world games. If it was incorporates splinter cell type mechanics, deux ex hacking capabilities, with the freedom of GTA that is cool. But what this game should truly bring is NPC with their own agenda meaning reading the newspaper, holding hands, eating drinking, etc.

Shadonic3696d ago

They kind of have that i guess, thats something that GTA 5 had and its not really new i think. You could clearly see NPC's drinking coffee and doing the other things you mentioned in the 2013 gameplay.

Shadonic3696d ago

Did i say complete realism ?

you obviously haven't been fallowing the information about this game.

1 ) Each and every part of the city is controlled by the CToS system which also gives all of its residents free wifi. The hacker we play as gains access to a device that can obtain access to CToS allowing him complete control over the city. He doesn't exactly hack every 2 seconds as he has to go and gain access from the specified CTos stations for each district giving him access to the different accessible electronic objects in said districts of the city so not exactly hack every 2 seconds.

2) of course they exist but it doesn't mean that we need every single open world game needs to have some sort of operable air travel to be a successful or good game, you for some wild reason believe that every single open world game needs it because its open world. This restriction honestly makes the game even better. It makes the character and the game feel more lifelike. He's not one of the swat cats or a GI joe who can drive anything and everything whose dabbling in hacking. He is a Hacker with a very powerful tool at his disposal that lets him control the city.

3) If you honestly have to put up this question like this then its no wonder why your so bent on flying vehicles. The dude can literally control everything from the power system to the polices own tools used for stopping criminals on chases and you wonder how he gets away ? Even your beloved Helicopters can be taken out by that tiny phone or the other players hes able to be assisted by with the tap of the finger on their I pod touch ( as shown in the E3 2013 gameplay reveal ) you just want it because GTA had it and it wouldn't add anything to improve the gameplay but would definitely add a negative effect by being something that completely takes the player away from the actual playground the streets of the City itself.

I mean Jeez man if you have such a hard on for flying jets and plains then why not go back and play GTA 5 or go buy one of the many 10$ flight simulators or download one of those flight shooter MMO's I dont want Flying Watch Dogs i just want Watch Dogs.

You dont even want a competition you just want newer GTA. Your arguments are as flawed as the ones with people saying that games like Destiny are trash because you cant quick scope or call in a attack Helicopter. Your not even looking at what the game has that makes it interesting and fun but for what its missing compared to the usual run of the mill open world games.

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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.

RaidenBlack1003d 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.

LucasRuinedChildhood1003d ago (Edited 1003d 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.

HankHill1003d 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.

obidanshinobi1003d 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.

LamerTamer1003d 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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gantarat1003d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee1003d 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?

RaidenBlack1003d 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.

BlaqMagiq11003d ago

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

Profchaos1003d 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.

BlaqMagiq11003d ago

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

chicken_in_the_corn1002d 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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smolinsk1003d ago (Edited 1003d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos1003d ago (Edited 1003d 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_toad1003d 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.

LamerTamer1003d 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.

TheSinsibleOne1003d 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.

LamerTamer1003d 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.

TheEnigma3131003d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack1003d ago

They are remaking Sands of Time.

TheEnigma3131003d 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."

vallencer1068d ago

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

Pridefall1067d ago

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

mikefizzled11067d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921068d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1068d ago

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

Gameseeker_Frampt1067d 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.

WeAreLegion1068d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1068d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1068d 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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