The Watch Dogs Thread!

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eVo7 said:
Yea, a 60 dollar adapter. More than any controller itself. :really: No adapter needed on PC. You also need a seperate program to set it up for use in which you then have to use a PC to configure it to work w/ console. It also says nothing about Wii Mote support, it just says Wii U pro controller.

Cons:
Extremely limited use with PS4. Using with Xbox 360 or Xbox One requires slightly awkward authorization process. Customization tools can be overwhelming.

From their website.
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Yeah and no need to wait for drivers tocome out or for game to actually support xbox or ds controller.

I got it for $50 and I also bought Wiking Macro controller before which cost me ~$280.

You just need to download the free customisation software for it or get it preloaded how you want, can also make it work as rapid fire etc.

It has settings file for wii controllers so ok.

Using with xbox or xbox 360 requires very simple one time authorisation (so Cronus can copy your wireless connection key)
Customisation tools can be overwhelming as they have every option possible in it so how is that a bad thing? Just look at what it does
 
Yoyoniner said:
Well to be fair, there was no gap in effects, lighting and screen tearing with AC4 like there is now with WD.
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to be fair? lol the true unbiased gamer speaks!

All I know is I instantly saw a difference in the ps4/xb1 version of ac4, and I can barely tell any difference here if at all. No way n hell could I pick the correct version in a side by side, no problem in ac4, instantly its apparent.

Btw this game is ugly on ps4, the first mission at night doesn't show off the game's strengths at all. I can't imagine the last gen version looking much worse(they probably do) but GTA 5 imo looks better overall, and thats giving WD a 900p advantage. Sad.
 
On this other forum yesterday people were very excited and had nothing but good things to say about the game. A day later and they are completely changing their tune. They cuss at the driving...understandable IMO. But they also say that every single mission is basically the same, constantly the hacking of cameras and having to distract baddies. At first the hacking sounds original, but if you get to do this every mission, it becomes tedious. This is what they say...not me. I have yet to play it myself.

There are also some that say they love the car chases and what not. I guess some people truly enjoy the driving then, cause i am sorry it still looks like s*** to me. I played Driver SF today and it's well done in there. There's weight to that car, it leans when going around corners and you get the feeling you are indeed controlling something heavy.
 
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de3d1 said:
to be fair? lol the true unbiased gamer speaks!

All I know is I instantly saw a difference in the ps4/xb1 version of ac4, and I can barely tell any difference here if at all. No way n hell could I pick the correct version in a side by side, no problem in ac4, instantly its apparent.

Btw this game is ugly on ps4, the first mission at night doesn't show off the game's strengths at all. I can't imagine the last gen version looking much worse(they probably do) but GTA 5 imo looks better overall, and thats giving WD a 900p advantage. Sad.
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AC4 is 900P vs 1080P with no differences in effects, screen tearing or lighting. WD is 792P vs 900P with better effects, lighting and far less screen tearing. Yeah that gap sure is closing!
 
MosquitoSmasher said:
On this other forum yesterday people were very excited and had nothing but good things to say about the game. A day later and they are completely changing their tune. They cuss at the driving...understandable IMO. But they also say that every single mission is basically the same, constantly the hacking of cameras and having to distract baddies. At first the hacking sounds original, but if you get to do this every mission, it becomes tedious. This is what they say...not me. I have yet to play it myself.

There are also some that say they love the car chases and what not. I guess some people truly enjoy the driving then, cause i am sorry it still looks like s*** to me. I played Driver SF today and it's well done in there. There's weight to that car, it leans when going around corners and you get the feeling you are indeed controlling something heavy.
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The driving controls well imo. But maybe too well. You can round corners almost flawlessly, but it's easy to over steer and go over the curb too.

Driving really fast through the city seems way more responsive than any game of its type imo. But the cars don't have weight as you say. That's why it's kind of hit and miss on rounding corners.
 
Dno69 said:
The driving controls well imo. But maybe too well. You can round corners almost flawlessly, but it's easy to over steer and go over the curb too.

Driving really fast through the city seems way more responsive than any game of its type imo. But the cars don't have weight as you say. That's why it's kind of hit and miss on rounding corners.
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That's what i was just thinking. The driving is almost flawless. I haven't messed up driving once whereas in GTA games it would be a reason why i failed a mission. Maybe it's not perfect but i'm not seeing how it's somehow any worse than any GTA game.
 
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Yoyoniner said:
AC4 is 900P vs 1080P with no differences in effects, screen tearing or lighting. WD is 792P vs 900P with better effects, lighting and far less screen tearing. Yeah that gap sure is closing!
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It is, comparison vids show more than numbers. Again, I can't tell a single difference in those WD vids, AC4 is drastic. End of discussion. Sorry it upsets you.
 
Not only is the driving bad, but collision detection is horrible when driving lol. This is suppose to be next gen and we have GTA V out classing this game in pretty much every aspect.

Also, I can't get over the fact of how bad the cars look in this game. WTF?
 
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coolstorybro said:
Not only is the driving bad, but collision detection is horrible when driving lol. This is suppose to be next gen and we have GTA V out classing this game in pretty much every aspect.

Also, I can't get over the fact of how bad the cars look in this game. WTF?
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Yeah, the cars look pretty bad.
 
coolstorybro said:
This is suppose to be next gen and we have GTA V out classing this game in pretty much every aspect.
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Let's be fair though. GTA V should have been a next gen game and basically is with last gen graphics. I mean Rockstar only spent how long between GTA IV and GTA V? I would hope the game was just about flawless and it was.

Watch Dogs on the other hand was pretty much an afterthought for next gen. Ubisoft started development on last gen consoles. It got delayed and ended up being a next gen game as well. Not really a great comparison.
 
TDbank24 said:
Let's be fair though. GTA V should have been a next gen game and basically is with last gen graphics. I mean Rockstar only spent how long between GTA IV and GTA V? I would hope the game was just about flawless and it was.

Watch Dogs on the other hand was pretty much an afterthought for next gen. Ubisoft started development on last gen consoles. It got delayed and ended up being a next gen game as well. Not really a great comparison.
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Both WD and GTA V started development in 2009.
 
Personally I think the game is hella fun. yeah driving could be better but I've found that if you don't drive like a maniac it's OK. I think it accelerates too fast and they need to make the camera snap behind the car sooner after a turn.

Some of the gameplay on the campaign missions is really good so far, and the side missions are very interesting especially unlocking the ctOS towers. Enjoying myself so far.
 
As I expected, you need a monster GPU to run Watch Dogs at 1080p 60 fps average. Look at these charts for 1080p 60 fps very high quality. I guess they didn't use ultra because of the stuttering bugs on ultra at the moment.

1080p 60 fps average VHQ w/ no AA you need a 7990 or 780 or better.
1080p 60 fps average VHQ w/ 4x MSAA you need a R9 295 2X (yes, the $1500 GPU) or 780 SLI (about $1000) or better.

Ouch. I thought 1080p 60 fps gaming was supposed to be affordable these days on PC.
 
consolewarz said:
As I expected, you need a monster GPU to run Watch Dogs at 1080p 60 fps average. Look at these charts for 1080p 60 fps very high quality. I guess they didn't use ultra because of the stuttering bugs on ultra at the moment.

1080p 60 fps average VHQ w/ no AA you need a 7990 or 780 or better.
1080p 60 fps average VHQ w/ 4x MSAA you need a R9 295 2X (yes, the $1500 GPU) or 780 SLI (about $1000) or better.

Ouch. I thought 1080p 60 fps gaming was supposed to be affordable these days on PC.
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Welp, my GTX 570's going to go in the corner and cry now.
 
consolewarz said:
As I expected, you need a monster GPU to run Watch Dogs at 1080p 60 fps average. Look at these charts for 1080p 60 fps very high quality. I guess they didn't use ultra because of the stuttering bugs on ultra at the moment.

1080p 60 fps average VHQ w/ no AA you need a 7990 or 780 or better.
1080p 60 fps average VHQ w/ 4x MSAA you need a R9 295 2X (yes, the $1500 GPU) or 780 SLI (about $1000) or better.

Ouch. I thought 1080p 60 fps gaming was supposed to be affordable these days on PC.
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Most of the time it is affordable. Blame Ubisoft for this mishap. Either way you can still play better than console settings relatively cheaply.
For 30fps @ 1080p (better than consoles) and on HIGH you can play comfortably with a 750ti. Oh also....NVIDIA THE PEOPLE WHO TEAMED WITH UBISOFT TO DO THE GAME CONFIRMS IT. Not some crap Russian site. These are official benchmarks from the GPU maker.

A 770 MINIMUM for playing at Ultra @ 30fps and 1080p. (again better than the PS4/Xb1 will ever get)

Truth of the matter is....if you want 60fps/1080p @ Ultra in Watchdogs at the moment you need a beefy system. Driver updates will balance it out better, but that chart from Nvidia illustrates that you can play console settings (and with better effects) on a 750ti @ 1080p....a sub $200 card.
 
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I've played this a ton now & I have to say it's a great start to what will surely have a sequel. Rarely does a GTA style game come out the first time & nail it, but this does a solid job. I wish was that during the campaign you had more unique ways of hacking tons of different things. I felt like they missed a lot of opportunity there. I wish there were a lot more side missions. I mean, there are a good deal of them, but there's really only 5 other things to do in all honesty besides the main campaign. Those events where you intervene with the criminal are throw away too as they all play out the same way, wait for crime probability, run over & beat the dude down. lol.

Also, money is useless in this game because you can Hack tons of it once you upgrade your Hacking skill. There needs to be a lot more unique things to buy. I think they should have used more of the map for the campaign as well. I was driving around & saw tons of unique things & you don't always get to go to those environments to do something important.

Other than that, I love how silky smooth this game is & how they didn't go overboard with the graphics. It's funny, sometimes you're playing & you're like: this looks like a**hole, then other times it's absolutely jaw-dropping next-gen. I think a lot of it has to do with certain spots during the daytime mainly & some of the trees that aren't really detailed from far away. (they look good up close though)

8.5/10 from me & definitely a "buy" type of title since nothing else is really coming out all summer. This is the best you can do right now & it should give you plenty of hours of fun the campaign alone! Great start to a new series. This is clearly "best new series" to come out so far next-gen for me over TitanFall. This blows that out of the water, TitanFall felt like an overpriced Arcade game with barely anything to unlock/do in it.
 
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I am playing the good guy which is what this game is designed for
this is NOT GTA
right now I am called a vigilante.. a hero to the citizens
discounting the fact I am borrowing their, ah, funds
but I have been chasing purse snatchers and stopping crimes

outside of the first mission I have not played the main game
just doing the side stuff and walking around

I have 13 songs so far etc
 
consolewarz said:
As I expected, you need a monster GPU to run Watch Dogs at 1080p 60 fps average. Look at these charts for 1080p 60 fps very high quality. I guess they didn't use ultra because of the stuttering bugs on ultra at the moment.

1080p 60 fps average VHQ w/ no AA you need a 7990 or 780 or better.
1080p 60 fps average VHQ w/ 4x MSAA you need a R9 295 2X (yes, the $1500 GPU) or 780 SLI (about $1000) or better.

Ouch. I thought 1080p 60 fps gaming was supposed to be affordable these days on PC.
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Can't read that gibberish, so I go to this site....english.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/watch_dogs_vga_graphics_performance_benchmark_review,9.html

The requirements aren't bad. A 770 yields about 55 fps. An R7 265 yeilds about 34 fps, and is less than $150. And that's still higher settings than what next gen consoles will get you.
 
The Living Tribunal said:
th of the matter is....if you want 60fps/1080p @ Ultra in Watchdogs at the moment you need a beefy system. Driver updates will balance it out better, but that chart from Nvidia illustrates that you can play console settings (and with better effects) on a 750ti @ 1080p....a sub $200 card.
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Exactly. The game is simply poorly optimized right now, that's not pc gaming fault. Look at the performance boost BF4 got really quick once DICE started optimizing BF4. People struggled to get BF4 to run smooth.....now, people are getting 100+ fps.
 
1080p 60 gaming is cheap, this game is just unoptimized and a bad console port. Just because 1 game is terribly optimized it doesn't mean that thousands of others are. It requires a ton of VRAM.
 
de3d1 said:
It is, comparison vids show more than numbers. Again, I can't tell a single difference in those WD vids, AC4 is drastic. End of discussion. Sorry it upsets you.
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The only difference in AC4 is literally 180P of resolution. Everything else is identical. Good for you, I guess ignorance is bliss.
 
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