[Watch Dogs] GTA4 impregnates Deus Ex, while NVidia PhysX watches like a voyeur. +DRM

surrealitycheck

With this ballin trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcMRkyoHKeA

Ubisoft announce the existence of Watch Dogs. It looks, frankly, as balling as michael jordan holding 12 basketballs.

ALSO DIS INTERVIEW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suj8Ukbl6zY&feature=player_embedded#!

Enig

Definitely shot to the top of my anticipated list. Please please please be on PC.

Adda

This is the QR code from the video https://dotconnexion.ubi.com/

Dram

Looks good...but then again...it's Ubisoft. So it'll likely be hamstringed by some godawful DRM on PC.

Henroid

Ubisoft confirmed that video to be sourced from the PC and it will also be out for PS3 and X360.

But goddamn does it look sweet.

Salvation122

Looks pretty good. Didn't watch the ubi conference because I didn't expect there to be anything I cared about, kind of regretting that now. They have a date (or at least window?)

Gaslight

Dram wrote: »

Looks good...but then again...it's Ubisoft. So it'll likely be hamstringed by some godawful DRM on PC.

I'll be honest, when I saw this thread title my first thought was that it was about some new DRM controversy.

emnmnme

It looks like it has everything I want in a videogame. Stealth, hacking, gunplay, multiple solutions to problems - I dub thee Deus Ex 4.

hatedinamerica

Now that's how you make a trailer.

Mild Confusion

emnmnme wrote: »

It looks like it has everything I want in a videogame. Stealth, hacking, gunplay, multiple solutions to problems - I dub thee Deus Ex 4.

It looks good.

So don't jinx it!

DouglasDanger

this looks neat

cooljammer00

Lotta people in the gaming press were pontificating that the game was for next-gen due to the graphics and individual AI scripting thingies, but good to see it's not.

manwiththemachinegun

This game will be terrible and I have no idea what the big deal is...

Pleaseohgoddontscrewthisupforpcubisoft

Mike Danger

This is all the things I want.

TOGSolid

Super awesome game stuff! Yay!

Ubisoft! .... uh oh ...

Henroid

TOGSolid wrote: »

Super awesome game stuff! Yay!

Ubisoft! .... uh oh ...

What a world we live in, huh TOG?

Enig

Was there any confirmation on it being multiplayer? The E3 stage demo video seemed to suggest that.

(In the stage demo it didn't show him drive away in the car. When the helicopter showed up, it switched to the perspective of another character on top of a building nearby. That character's mission was to help the "main" character.)
Edit: See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKRWubusKBU&t=1h30m20s Watching it again, it definitely looks like multiplayer.

Kadoken

This looks awesome. There are two Dogs dubbed games that look like the shit. I also see some product placement, our assassin there was using an iPhone, due to the look of the icons and the light background. He seemed to have 4 text messenger icons though. Just add some shoot dodge to go with that bullet time then all my open-world dreams will come true. Also 4 player campaign co-op.

TychoCelchuuu

Fuck me in the ass and feed me shotglasses full of dried cranberries, I'm only 3 minutes into this video and I want to buy this game twice.

Etchwarts

Yes

Yes


YES

olanmills

Though I'm not expecting it, if the graphics will look that good on PS3 or 360, that would be amazing.

This game has a lot of "holy crap I just spent two hours screwing around without accomplishing anything" potential.

Lalabox

So, I'm wondering with the little tibits of information that can pop up for random people, if, it being ubisoft, they are going to have a few which are along the lines of 'pirates software', 'steals from game companies', or something.

At any rate this looks to be so goddamn amazing I don't even know.

Klash

Proof of concept: Assassin's Creed would be God damned awesome in a modern setting.

Now there are three coming-soon open-world murder-people games that I want. Prey 2, Dishonoured, and now this. I don't know what it is about hunting people down, but it sure makes for good gameplay.

Heisenberg

This looks fantastic but that stop light change with the cars crashing had to have been scripted.

Foefaller

Klash wrote: »

Proof of concept: Assassin's Creed would be God damned awesome in a modern setting.

Now there are three coming-soon open-world murder-people games that I want. Prey 2, Dishonoured, and now this. I don't know what it is about hunting people down, but it sure makes for good gameplay.

Dishonoured I open world? I thought it was *just* the Steampunk Fantasy lovechild of Thief and Hitman.

Axen

SirEtchwarts wrote: »

Yes

Yes


YES

Captain Carrot

Foefaller wrote: »

Klash wrote: »

Proof of concept: Assassin's Creed would be God damned awesome in a modern setting.

Now there are three coming-soon open-world murder-people games that I want. Prey 2, Dishonoured, and now this. I don't know what it is about hunting people down, but it sure makes for good gameplay.

Dishonoured I open world? I thought it was *just* the Steampunk Fantasy lovechild of Thief and Hitman.

Dishonored is indeed not open world, it's a series of levels.

DouglasDanger

Henroid wrote: »

TOGSolid wrote: »

Super awesome game stuff! Yay!

Ubisoft! .... uh oh ...

What a world we live in, huh TOG?

i see your concern

the assassins creed games and the splinter cell games and far cry were some of the worst games of the last 10 years

(no, they were not, and you are a goose)

Etchwarts

They could be referring to Ubisoft's horrid DRM.

I've no firsthand experience with it, but it is infamous.

Lalabox

Ubisoft make great games, it's just that for the most part they are not worth getting on pc. Ubisoft often seem like they are actively sabotaging their games for computers.

TOGSolid

DouglasDanger wrote: »

Henroid wrote: »

TOGSolid wrote: »

Super awesome game stuff! Yay!

Ubisoft! .... uh oh ...

What a world we live in, huh TOG?

i see your concern

the assassins creed games and the splinter cell games and far cry were some of the worst games of the last 10 years

(no, they were not, and you are a goose)

Oh cut the shit. You know damn well that Ubisoft's track record for oppressive, draconian DRM is insane. Anyone who games on the PC is completely justified to put the brakes on their hype train and instead wait to see how Ubisoft is going to fuck this up for us.


And Far Cry 2 was pretty bad.

Oh, and pretty much anything with the words Ghost Recon in the title has been getting more retarded with every release.

Assassin's Creed is pretty legit though.

Foefaller

Didn't I see a article somewhere with about Ubisoft "reavauluating" thier DRM policy?

Might have been wishful thinking.

TychoCelchuuu

I hate UbiSoft DRM as much as anyone else but

1) I dunno if we need to shit up every UbiSoft game thread with it and

2) Other games do it too (COUGH BLIZZARD COUGH) so it's not like it's a UbiSoft thing so much as it's a shitty publisher decision thing.

I also wish to note that in the time between watching the first three minutes of this video and watching the other 6 minutes I mentally bought the game 8 times. My I AM SO PUMPED list now looks like this:

1. Dishonored
2. Zeno Clash II
3. Watch Dogs (aka ZERO HISTORY THE FUCKING GAME)
4. Assassin's Creed III
5. Repeat 1-4 9 times because I'm so excited for them.
6. X-COM
7. Probably other stuff
8. Dishonored again

Egos

I have to say there is something a tad disconcerting about seeing your city in a GTA-esque game. I'm not sure exactly what it is.

They really got it down well.

Henroid

Egos wrote: »

I have to say there is something a tad disconcerting about seeing your city in a GTA-esque game. I'm not sure exactly what it is.

They really got it down well.

Oh they actually modeled it on Chicago instead of just saying it is when it's not? BONUS POINTS!

Raiden333

so I can't figure out if the protagonist is supposed to be an insane vigilante or just a hitman or what. He sounds all moral and just in the intro, and he saves that one guy and uses a nonlethal takedown on that guard... But then he also causes a massive pileup that kills at least one innocent person, probably more, which is a pretty reasonable expectation when causing an accident of that magnitude.

Game looks fucking awesome though.

Ninja Snarl P

Hoooot shiiiiiit.

Of course, now the problem is that I have to look forward to this super-kickass-looking game when I had no idea about it 10 minutes ago. THANKS ALOT, JERKS.

Oh, and seeing how bad the DRM for this will be. If Ubisoft has the brains to just let Steam handle that, I won't care. But if Ubisoft decides to employ more of their outrageously terrible DRM for this, I could see skipping this. That would make me very sad, but I have no desire to let a game company hold my games hostage to their shitty design.

Axen

Henroid wrote: »

Egos wrote: »

I have to say there is something a tad disconcerting about seeing your city in a GTA-esque game. I'm not sure exactly what it is.

They really got it down well.

Oh they actually modeled it on Chicago instead of just saying it is when it's not? BONUS POINTS!

Totally agree.

They could have been like, "Welcome to Windy City! Over there is the Pears Tower and over there is where the Blue Socks play. Don't forget the Windy City Theatre!"

Ugh.

DouglasDanger

i wonder how scripted this trailer is

TychoCelchuuu

DouglasDanger wrote: »

i wonder how scripted this trailer is

Probably like, a ton.

Taramoor

DouglasDanger wrote: »

i wonder how scripted this trailer is

The actual playthrough on stage had a few difference, particularly in the car crash. So it's not as scripted as it could be.

He did purposefully rotate the camera to take in the gas station explosion though, so parts of it happen the same way every time.

However, I did notice the "Control Train" option that he briefly hovered over. That could be fun.