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Watch Dogs (360, PS3, PC)

By vert1 (Jun 05, 2012) (#1)

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

Sliding over a car hood while shooting your gun to kill someone = win.

I love the high concept story behind this game, but I have concerns about the actual gameplay which could be cumbersome. I've never been crazy about open world games, but I am hopeful this one turns out as well as it was revealed.

Just spent most of the morning watching E3 videos and this was the only one that completely wowed me.  Not as much for "sliding over a car hood while shooting your gun to kill someone", but for the amazing realism in everything - character movement, clothing animation, smoke and dust, the huge explosion - and in the sheer magnitude of the urban environment and multitude of characters and models on screen.  And with excellent acting to boot.  Only in the driving scene at the end does it look like a current gen video game.

It'll be interesting to see how this looks on PS3 and 360 as that preview must be running on a very high-spec PC.

Adam Corn wrote:

It'll be interesting to see how this looks on PS3 and 360 as that preview must be running on a very high-spec PC.

Agreed. The game is confirmed as being a 2013 title for PC, 360, and PS3, but it's heavily rumored that it will be a launch title for Orbis and Durango, especially since Ubisoft likes to get on new consoles as early as possible, and new consoles present a great opportunity to launch a new IP. I guess we'll find out for sure at E3 2013.