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Looks like it might be good.


Watch_Dogs: Open World Gameplay Premiere Commented [North America] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LZM3_wp2ps#ws)

Looks amazing, like we mentioned in the other post.

http://www.datahopa.co.uk/forum/pc-games/watch-dogs-game-demo/ (http://www.datahopa.co.uk/forum/pc-games/watch-dogs-game-demo/)

If you don't get this game then you are not a gamer any more (Snowy)  :angry:

It looks similar to the Assassins Creed 3 engine, by Ubisoft too, if it is then it,s going to need a pretty modern PC to be able to play it anywhere near the kind of graphics that we see in the videos. It was AC3 after all that made me upgrade my CPU, Mobo and RAM.   

It looks like the release date has come forward to Summer this year, when I get it's actual date I will book a month off work to play this.  ;D

The official site says fall of 2013. (http://watchdogs.ubi.com/watchdogs/en-gb/home/)

This is one of the few games that has me interested. And I feel like I'm not a gamer any more.  :sign-sad:

Must have missed that first time around.  I agree though the environment looks amazing and the animation is very convincing.  Just from the video I get a feel for it's immersiveness.  One to put on the list.

Ok, after watching this trailer, I'm intrigued. Still not as much of a fan of gunplay than I used to be, but I'll look for it once I get the new system up and running. :)

It's an open ended game which means you will be able to do what you want when you want, just explore the city if you like. Ubisoft are good at this type of game, at least they have been up to now.

Anyway Dave you don't have to use guns, a baseball bat would do just fine  :LOL:

The latest trailer... I think they crossed the line between reality and CGI

http://cgeverything.co.uk/2013/06/10/watch-dogs-e3-trailer/ (http://cgeverything.co.uk/2013/06/10/watch-dogs-e3-trailer/)

WD-E3-CGI-Trailer-UPlay-EXP 480 on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/67988814)

It's been taken down.  :(

It's still on Youtube.

Watch Dogs - "Exposed" Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1DS3RAAofc#ws)


Some of it looks a little too good to be true, doesn't look like actual gameplay to me. 

Here is a new vid with some more info about the game and some new real gameplay, mixed in with a bit of CGI here and there.

WATCH DOGS | PREVIEW | GINX (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x91AUpXOF0#ws)

Watch Dogs Your Questions Answered (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apaygDwyeCo#)

Watch Dogs delayed  :(

Looks like there were a few bugs to iron out and to be fair Ubisoft games are normally pretty bug free on release, so it's going to be worth the wait.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24554511 (http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24554511)

A vid explaining a bit more about the game.

Watch Dogs Preview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz8AAwDeopg#ws)

If you believe all this then the system requirements are basically a gaming rig :

http://www.pcgamer.com/uk/2013/10/08/watch-dogs-system-requirements-announced-specify-64-bit-os-and-minimum-6-gb-of-ram/ (http://www.pcgamer.com/uk/2013/10/08/watch-dogs-system-requirements-announced-specify-64-bit-os-and-minimum-6-gb-of-ram/)

...which as a game I guess that fits...

But what do we think of the i7 for recommended CPU ?

Found a useful site for comparing CPUs. I put my i5 up against the recommended Watch Dogs CPU, the i7

It appears to my untrained eyes that there is not a huge amount of difference.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/435/Intel_Core_i5_i5-4670_vs_Intel_Core_i7_i7-3770.html (http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/435/Intel_Core_i5_i5-4670_vs_Intel_Core_i7_i7-3770.html)

2%, 7%, 11%? Hardly worth notice. The 22% increase in memory intensive performance ~IS~ significant, though, and games like Watch Dogs are quite likely to be memory intensive (and I'm not talking about vid memory, which is completely different).

The bit that is the most worrying for me is pixel shader 5 or better, this is a Direct X 11 game.

Min 6 GIG of RAM sounds good, explains why it needs 64 bit windows. 

As for the i7, time will tell, the earlier i7's were slower than the latest i5's so I'm not really worried about it. Gut feeling says we will be fine.

I think it will be fine too and yes Dave the memory thing did make me think.

Swings and roundabouts I think, but interesting and thought others might find it useful.

Data, this HD6870 has Shader Model 5.0

The other thing is that even if you can't run it on top settings, most often you don't notice much difference if you drop it down a notch. At least that's what I have found with LOTRO - I can't tell the difference between high and ultra.

Yes I know your card is pixel shader 5 Freddy  ;) , hehe good timing.

Talking of timing don't forget that we have some nice quick XMP RAM in our systems, we have a better memory bandwidth than an i7 off the shelf.  :D, I mean you can't beat 7.9 WEI so what kind of PC will they be expecting people to have to play the game.

Yeah I think it will be okay :)

WATCH DOGS - We Are The Universe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McK4jCTQlUs#ws)

That definitely makes me want to play  8)

It's close now  :)

Check this out:

Watch Dogs on Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00844SQ5K/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00844SQ5K&linkCode=as2)

Cool, nearly £20 cheaper than the PS4 version too  8)

QuoteThis item will be released on May 27, 2014

Thought I'd put this in to see if it changes.

Good idea Snowy  :thumbsup:

Here is a new vid with some more game play and a look around the city, not in English but It doesn't seem to matter.  :)
Watch Dogs - NEW GAMEPLAY REVIEW - [March 2014] - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1JQ5ZATbEs#ws)

I see Watch Dogs is available to pre order on Steam  8)

But I also see it's £39.99  :o

I'm not sure I can justify spending that kind of money on a game, might have to hold fire for a weekend deal  :(

It's back on Amazon at £36 and 27th May date.

I'll have to wait until it comes down a bit too I think, I just bought a load of gravel and some timber for the garden.

Thinking of taking the leap with the DVD version - I imagine downloading it on launch day will take forever.

Steam servers are normally up to the job when a new release comes out and if you get it on Steam you will be downloading come midnight, no need to sit by the letter box  :LOL:

I think I will get it on Steam, almost run out of space in my house to put the DVD boxes  :D and I really like the way Steam keeps the games together.

Glad you are thinking of getting it Freddy  :)

I think I will go for the DVD version still. It's £5.00 cheaper than on Steam. It's at least 30GB and that will take probably half a day to download on my connection. Mail comes at about 8 AM. I'm not one to fret about getting it quickly, but I do get tired of long downloads.

OK that's been ordered from Amazon. Might even go down in price, well here's hoping  8)

Well done Freddy   :thumbsup:

I have just taken the plunge

Watch Dogs is in my Steam game library  :yahoo:

Nice, I will have someone to play with  8)

Yeah, it's going to be a hoot  :D, Snowy has it on order too  8)

I'm away on holiday to the lake district from the 24th until the 1st. Will be back to play after then.

Have fun, Snowy, and catch a few fish for me. :)

Watch Dogs is downloading from Steam as I post this.  8)

27 mins remaining.

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Download complete, took 32 minutes in total.

The game will unlock to play at midnight.

13.6GB doesn't seem a lot.

Anyway, good to see. Mine should be here tomorrow morning, I will install and patch if needed, but probably wont play till the afternoon some time. Don't get too far ahead  :D

I'm excited to see what my graphics card can do - this is my first next gen game  8)

The game is playing really well on my i5 with the R9 270, what was that about needing an i7  :scratch-head:

Up to 11% gameplay and have just got my apartment.

The controls are a little tricky at first, if you are familiar with Assassins Creed then it shouldn't be a problem but if you are new to this type of game play it might take a while.

So I'm in single player mode but I keep getting hacked by other players, what is that all about ?

This vid explains some.

Watch Dogs Gameplay: Online Hacking! Oh Yeah! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35T0D-8Iq_Y#ws)

So a brace of questions regarding this bit of gameplay:

1.) Are there any downsides to being "hacked" while in single player?
2.) I noticed that the goal of this mode is to hack, but not kill, the chosen player. Is it possible to be killed in this way?
3.) If you ~CAN~ be killed by the individual hacking you, will that screw up your single player game at all?
4.) Doesn't this open up (re:killing, of course) a whole new form of griefing people?
5.) Is there any way to shut this off?

Ok, more than a couple of questions, but... :)

Quote from: DaveMorton on May 29, 2014, 15:06:39 PM
So a brace of questions regarding this bit of gameplay:

1.) Are there any downsides to being "hacked" while in single player?
2.) I noticed that the goal of this mode is to hack, but not kill, the chosen player. Is it possible to be killed in this way?
3.) If you ~CAN~ be killed by the individual hacking you, will that screw up your single player game at all?
4.) Doesn't this open up (re:killing, of course) a whole new form of griefing people?
5.) Is there any way to shut this off?

Ok, more than a couple of questions, but... :)

I will attempt to answer the questions Dave :)

1. Yes there is a downside to being hacked successfully, you lose some of your notoriety and notoriety is a kind of score that ranks you in world.

2. You can't be killed by the hacker, but if you are being hacked then one way to stop it is to kill the naughty hacker. (It's only a game though, he will come back to life)

3. I think 2 answers 3 but I will just add that notoriety doesn't seem to affect single player mode.

4. I don't think it could be classed as griefing for a number of reason but the main one is that the game will choose who you hack, you can't really pick on anyone.

5. Yes I have found that you can shut it off but then you lose all your notoriety that you might have got in racing for example, I have chosen to leave it on.


I will just add this, you only seem to get a hack attempt when you are free roaming in world, if you are on a mission then you don't get hacked.

Hope that helps  :)

The evil side of my personality is a bit sad now, but the (larger) good side is telling the evil side to stuff it and grow up (with no small amount of satisfaction, I might add). :)

It is possible that I might have some of that wrong, so don't quote me on it but I think it's correct.

Don't grow up too much Dave and leave me behind  ;D

Found out a little more.

Some things you do in single player game can take your phones firewall down, it is when your firewall is down that you can get hacked by other players.

Starting to make sense now.

So it seems that the game punishes a lack of vigilance. I whole-heartedly approve! :thumbsup:

Just got home. Not played yet but found this helpful YT vid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJGZhbuL61k#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJGZhbuL61k#ws)

 :LOL: :rofl:

 :LOL:

101 Things To Do in Watch Dogs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vocDVPpMXLM#ws)

Thought this was interesting too, tests have been done with the i5 and i7, would you believe it they are identical FPS.

http://www.techspot.com/review/827-watch-dogs-benchmarks/page5.html (http://www.techspot.com/review/827-watch-dogs-benchmarks/page5.html)

Cool, now I don't regret not getting the i7  :D

Yeah I think we can feel smug Freddy, the i5 is the CPU of choice for gamers, put the saved £100 into the graphics card.  :thumbsup:

On another note I have been trying to not post any negative comments about Watch Dogs but I have not been able to play the game for over a week now, I am suffering from the 90% loading screen bug which completely breaks the game. Still waiting for a patch from Ubisoft.

Here is a nearly 300 page thread about the problem.

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/882580-OFFICIAL-Game-stuck-on-loading-screen (http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/882580-OFFICIAL-Game-stuck-on-loading-screen)

HURRY UP UBISOFT

I suppose a reinstall is out of the question? :scratch-head:

Everything has been tried by the gaming community, you name it they have tried it. The game needs to be patched.

I picked a few posts at the beginning of the thread, and the last 2 pages worth, and you can plainly see that the natives are getting restless. So sorry that you're experiencing this, Data. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be. :(

Quote from: DaveMorton on June 17, 2014, 16:39:08 PM
I picked a few posts at the beginning of the thread, and the last 2 pages worth, and you can plainly see that the natives are getting restless. So sorry that you're experiencing this, Data. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be. :(

Thanks Dave, your sympathy is much appreciated, if only I could cash it in with Ubisoft to hurry them up on the patch.   

The patch has just been announced, should be able to play WD soon.  :hunting:

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/892700-Watch-Dogs-Patch-(6-18-14) (http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/892700-Watch-Dogs-Patch-(6-18-14))

WD has just updated. You may be good to go.

I still want to play multiplayer with you.

Ahh, thanks Snowy  :)

Yup it's patched and working here  :yahoo:

Played another 3 hours last night, the game is running well with the patch, I have lost some of the audio data tapes that I had found in game but that doesn't really bother me, will just have to find them again.

The game does still have the very fast moving mouse in the menu, don't think that was patched.

Scratch that, I just found a setting for "Mouse menu speed" set mine to 20%, feels about right now  :thumbsup:

Any idea on how to move Ubishite to a a different drive Data ?

Nevermind, I decided to just reinstall it.

Really getting into this game now. Done loadsa collectables and have spare points. Started doing main missions and I'm getting there.
Got hacked and first time shot a few wrong people and lost but second time didn't panic and got the guy. My notoriety went from 0 to -100 to +250.

Can we play together, Data?

I've asked Mrs Data and she said I can come out to play, for a while  ;D

A tangent but interesting...

Is Watch Dogs Possible? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJLpfQ4X4Ok#ws)

Don't like the way he is imitating Michael's style, but I thought that was really interesting.   :thumbsup:

Why don't you like it, Freddy? They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all. :)

After watching this one, I saw a couple other "what if" videos, done in the same style, by the same person/team. The one about Godzilla was rather interesting.

I don't think it's flattering really - just annoying sorry  :-X

No worries. To each their own. :)

They are all part of the same team. I watch all 3 each week-ish. I only post the Michael ones normally, though.

This is the other guy.

Meat Of Dragons? -- LÜT #42 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQVCeLvLHmw#ws)

What topic is this thread ?

Yeah, we sort of went off topic, didn't we? Oops?

I will bring it back on topic with a handy tips vid.

Watch Dogs: How to tell If Someone is in YOUR Game! (Watch_Dogs Tips and Tricks) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4roFQEFKfNE#ws)

There was an error at the end. Aiden was getting into the driver's seat with a guy already there.

Quote from: Snowcrash on July 07, 2014, 20:11:08 PM
There was an error at the end. Aiden was getting into the driver's seat with a guy already there.

Yes one of the many minor bugs in the game. I know they are working on a second patch, maybe they will fix some of the silly bugs like that.

Finished it, got 134 hours out of it, all missions and side quests done.

Good game, good game.

Very nice graphics.

Outstanding weather system.

Some novel gameplay with plenty of driving.

The best bits.  :D