The Ubisoft conference is just coming to a close over in Los Angeles and it’s ending on an intriguing note. They’ve just unveiled Watch Dogs, a third person open world game set in a world where cities are controlled by computers, loaded with a huge operating system called ctOS, that regulate and track every aspect of urban living.
You play as Aiden Pierce, a paranoid but intelligent man with the ability to hack into people’s files and phones from an in-game smartphone and jam communications. It looks like a kind of Grand Theft Auto with a futuristic, cyberpunk vibe. Some of the presentational elements have quite an Assassin’s Creed look to them too. It’s looking beautiful and very refreshing to see a major game announcement made with live gameplay.
There were some great rain effects on show, amidst genuinely stunning visuals all round. A kind of bullet-time slowdown mechanic kicked in at one point too, further increasing the stylish visual spectacle.
It had nice seamless transition to another player too.
No platform was announced although, to look that good it must be running on an extremely well specced PC or on some very specifically designed hardware, at least…
XisTG
And if that is on a PS3, hats off to you Ubisoft.
hazelam
like most of ubisoft’s demo it seemed to be played with a ps3 pad.
need to hear more about this one.
fattyuk
lol did no on else see the bright colour a/b y and x buttons!
doomsday619
Definatly 360 controller lets hope for it to be on ps3 too, the game looked awesome.
TSBonyman
I was going to say it was a bit like Deus Ex but a more present day setting.. ;)
It looks quite great, changing the traffic lights could be entertaining..
gazzagb
Game of the show, incredible stuff!
Tanzil
This was amazing. Looks bloody brilliant. Imma pass on Sony’s since i’m nackered but the “other” game of show was Far Cry 3. Boobs. That is all
BIGAL-1992
I saw it, it was a damn impressive game. Will keep an eye on it.
Pritchie101
Watch Dogs looks fantastic!! Pre order for me!
Gamoc
That was one of the best E3 reveals I’ve ever seen, genuinely brilliant. Gameplay in a reveal, too. Just amazing.
Dan Lee
Heard a few buzzings that this is a next gen title
E8_BALL_
Roll on next-gen if true, can’t see that running on current gen consoles. Exciting if that’s the kind of leap we can expect.
fattyuk
didn’t it say at the end.
next generation gaming.
hawky525
I guess that means at least one of the next gen consoles will be out within a year then (besides the Wii U), otherwise why would they show this now?
I’ll take that as good news as I’m ready for the next lot of consoles.
E8_BALL_
“Didn’t it say at the end, next gen gaming”
I havn’t reached that point yet:) Just dloaded it from PS3 Youtube in HD.
(Gives those PC GTA.IV mods i’ve seen, a slap in the face.)
cc_star
Just amazing, not been blown away since uncharted2 reveal… but Ubi just blew everyone away with that
cc_star
No wonder Rockstar didn’t show up with GTAV*
* Yes, I know R* don’t do E3… But that was wow.
doomsday619
Agreed absolutely amazing.