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…
Mickey2010
Looks brilliant cannot wait to see more Stole the show for mei dont know what anyone can show me to top that.
Jakster123x
Wasn’t expecting to be impressed by any games at Ubi besides AC3, but this was awesome.
fattyuk
I’ve been wanting some sort of hacking game for ages now, over the moon with this lol about time for a decent “shock” announcement rather than bloody kinect voice control or new dancing games lol.
Quinlank
Wii U? I suspect this may turn up tomorrow at the Nintendo conference. Interesting if so, as this would be the first real title that look like a step above anything the PS3 and 360 have currently produced.
Izorpo
before they mentioned Chicago… I thought that was State Street, I saw Nick Cave play at that theatre back in 2002
there is a plus to playing a game in a city you use to live in if they have correctly mapped out the city. would love to play this game but my guess is it won’t make it to the consoles. It took 40 minutes to install Heavy Rain, the install on this would be hours
rht992
That looks incredible. The guys at Rockstar have a new rival on their hands
fattyuk
Watch dogs is a launch title for the ps4 =]
cc_star
PC, Orbis & Durango
WM21
http://www.videogamer.com/pc/watch_dogs/news/watch_dogs_is_an_xbox_360_ps3_pc_title_ubisoft_confirms.html
indigo19
That looked outstanding. if that is the starting line for next gen, then count me in.
stage1
HOLY… I WANNIT!
hawky525
http://i.imgur.com/uUefF.png