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Much like Assassin's Creed, I don't think Aiden could dress, act, or look more suspicious if he tried.
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 It would appear the game actually takes place in the far flung cyber future of 2013 A.D.; 11 months after Lena's death.
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May 3, 2015 08:29
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Rinkles posted:
The year is 2012. It is the future.
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May 3, 2015 08:31
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I had forgotten they put "At Age 6" on her tombstone, just in case the players are to distracted by the spectacle of this marvelous game to do simple math.
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May 3, 2015 08:32
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Rinkles posted:
The game was originally supposed to be a launch title for the PS4 and XBONE, at which point those dates would have been more or less accurate. The central conceit of the game is that the Northeast Blackout of 2003 was discovered to be the fault of a hacker so some guy decided to put everything (and yes I mean everything) in Chicago on a single centralized network to prevent that from happening ever again. No that doesn't make any sense. There's very little in this game that will.
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May 3, 2015 08:39
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klen dool posted:I don't like him, he has a dumb voice And then he opens his mouth for the first time and Michael Keaton anti-hero voice? How the heck did you get here on Facemask McTrenchcoat's larynx? Is it showtime? I hope it's showtime.
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May 3, 2015 08:41
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Bearpigman posted:As one of the poor bastards who wasted his money on the deluxe edition of this game, I can confirm that the Aiden statue is perfect for one thing: Why do you have the other figurine
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May 3, 2015 08:47
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Kurieg posted:This is what got me to pre-order the game. I was expecting tight, self contained environments with multiple points of entry and exit and multiple paths to success using hacking as a weapon and a downplay on guns (Since you basically have to weasel a handgun out of jordi). Thing is, for that trailer, the Aiden Pierce there is much more likable than the one we got. He's more than just a growly voice.... he's like Matrix from Commando with his little interaction with the guy he's going up against.
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May 3, 2015 09:14
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That pixel effect was really cool on the main menu but it's just really obnoxious during cutscenes. By the way Chip, are you playing this on PC or PS4?
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May 3, 2015 09:46
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Rinkles posted:
I feel like someone made this gravestone in MS Paint. It's three text boxes on a generic stone texture.
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May 3, 2015 09:46
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I hope you guys find Aisha Tyler during the LP.
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May 3, 2015 09:50
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You know, I've guested in the other LP a few times and I still don't know why the game is called Watch-Underscore-Dogs. Also, I'm pretty sure I heard Chicago on the in-game radio at one point. Obvious, I know, but it's my dad's favorite band so I always get a little nostalgic when I hear them play.
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May 3, 2015 10:17
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Anime Reference posted:What in the world is wrong with the motorcycle engine noise? The pitch steps when it revs, like they couldn't figure out how to smoothly slide it. That is not a problem any game made after the late '80s should have. Yeah, it sounds like it was Auto-Tuned. The car physics looked pretty awful too, especially compared to GTA V, which has a really good balance of a sorta-detailed physics model and arcade controls. GTA V car suspensions camber inward on jumps or if wheels end up off the ground, and they generally handle like you'd expect them to, but you can also powerslide around and do huge dumb stunt jumps with air control. On PC, even driving with a keyboard works pretty well. This game, however, seems to have been made by someone who thinks cars turn by pivoting around the center of mass. It doesn't seem like there's any actual interaction between the car's front tires, suspension, and steering system and the road. It's also really choppy like there's no smoothing of the rough keyboard/controller input into an approximation of how steering wheels work.
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May 3, 2015 10:34
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I got this game cheap on a sale recently and beat it and did most of the side content. It was alright. That's my watch dogs story.
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May 3, 2015 10:45
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:Why do you have the other figurine because he bought the gold edition of watch_dogs duh
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May 3, 2015 10:46
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It really doesn't look like a bad game per se, I mean, it's just standard Ubisoft bullshit. The story and writing, now those take it to another level.
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May 3, 2015 10:52
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:You know, I've guested in the other LP a few times and I still don't know why the game is called Watch-Underscore-Dogs. Before the game came out I thought the "watch dogs" were supposed to be the player and their cool hacking buddies watching over the city, but Aiden is such an rear end in a top hat and buffoon that I'd rather have a rabid wolverine.
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May 3, 2015 11:15
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anilEhilated posted:It really doesn't look like a bad game per se, I mean, it's just standard Ubisoft bullshit. The story and writing, now those take it to another level. A big reason a ton of people loathe it is that Ubisoft made it look cool as hell in the leadup to the PS4's release and it didn't equal the hype at all.
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May 3, 2015 11:24
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RatHat posted:By the way Chip, are you playing this on PC or PS4? I believe he mentioned in one of his streams (where he was replaying MGS1 I think?) He mentioned he was doing it on PC? Or maybe I'm misremembering it as his desire to do MGS:V on PC. Considering that PS4 button prompts are showing up, and that, as far as I know, the dualshock doesn't have any official PC support, I'm going to guess it's on PS4.
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May 3, 2015 11:41
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Finally in on the ground floor of a Chip LP  I'm so glad I can't afford a PS4 cause I was mega hyped by the ideas in this game and I would have got this game on release and been instantly disappointed. Aiden is just terrible.
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May 3, 2015 12:18
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It'd be pretty cool and interesting from an design standpoint to see side-by-sides of the "in universe" landmarks and their closest real life counterparts. It's an awful lot to ask Ironicus to drive around Chicago and photograph each landmark, but if its on the cards...
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May 3, 2015 12:33
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The game seems like it had so much potential and the concept pitch is really cool, but man the execution is not and that's a shame. Should be interesting to see the story go off the rails at any rate.
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May 3, 2015 12:33
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Calax posted:At least Watch_Dogs overworld is better than Mafia 2's Ubisoft is not a very well managed company. Bluhman posted:I believe he mentioned in one of his streams (where he was replaying MGS1 I think?) He mentioned he was doing it on PC? Or maybe I'm misremembering it as his desire to do MGS:V on PC.
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May 3, 2015 13:01
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This game seemed pretty lame, but then I got to the singing fish, and realized that none of the criticisms made about this game matter and it is clearly the best game ever made.
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May 3, 2015 13:05
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:Also, I'm pretty sure I heard Chicago on the in-game radio at one point. Obvious, I know, but it's my dad's favorite band so I always get a little nostalgic when I hear them play. Wake up Sunshine is on the soundtrack and, strangely, is used during the end credits where it seems completely at odds at everything the game presents up to that point. There's nothing else on the soundtrack that I'd consider classic rock or easy listening (it's mostly weaker hiphop and EDM.) EDIT: Watch_Dogs does show PS4 button prompts if you use a DS4. I think the latest AC titles do too, but Ubisoft seem to be the only AAA company supporting it officially. Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 13:13 on May 3, 2015 |
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May 3, 2015 13:11
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Is it hosed up that I think that the lamb plush the lil kid had was a more better characterized written character than the kid herself?
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May 3, 2015 13:16
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Wow, I think this is the fastest a game has made me dislike the protagonist. I guess it stands out in that way at least.
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May 3, 2015 13:17
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Black Mage Knight posted:Wow, I think this is the fastest a game has made me dislike the protagonist. I guess it stands out in that way at least. We're only scratching the surface. It gets absolutely hilarious how much the game tries to apologize for his character later.
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May 3, 2015 13:23
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Mokinokaro posted:We're only scratching the surface.
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May 3, 2015 13:27
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anilEhilated posted:Yeah. The thing is, I could easily see him working if the game showed at least a tiny bit of awareness of how much of an irredeemable rear end in a top hat wannabe badass he is. But nope, they play him completely straight and try to justify his poo poo. The weird thing about Watch_Dogs is that Aiden hates Big Brother. But Aiden has no problem hacking into people's private files, stealing from them, and secretly watching his sister and nephew. He is the thing he hates, which could be interesting, but they don't do anything with it. Who watches the Watch_Dogs?
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May 3, 2015 13:34
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Will this be a 100% run of WATCH_DOGS? Are you going to be able to climb all the towers and stop all the crime ever in Bizarro-Chicago?
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May 3, 2015 13:36
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Giant gates blocking off big streets in the middle of a city like Chicago is the most bizarre thing in this game so far.
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krytton posted:Will this be a 100% run of WATCH_DOGS? Are you going to be able to climb all the towers and stop all the crime ever in Bizarro-Chicago? You have to do a bunch of the towers during the plot, iirc. Though to be honest the towers in this didn't bother me as they're very puzzle like. EDIT: \/ Yeah, that's the best way to describe WD. It's just plain soulless. It's going through the motions required of an Ubisoft AAA title without much thought put into any feature. Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 13:43 on May 3, 2015 |
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chitoryu12 posted:I don't think W_A_T_C_H_D_O_G_S is a bad game by any means, just more mediocre than it has a right to be. A lot of the mass hatred it got was not for being outright bad, but for being hyped as Game of the Year material and appearing as basically a budget GTA clone. Timepiece%SibaInyu being aggressively mediocre is actually worse than it being bad, because there's just no fun or soul put into it. At least with bad games, you can have a laugh at broken physics (though thats something you can do in w_d to be fair), weird dumb AI that runs into walls, weird character animations, etc etc. You can derive enjoyment out of good and bad games alike, but something this mediocre? This bland? This loving souless? It's awful. It's worse then a bad game because of it. Plus Aiden is a loving garbage character that the game expects you to sympathize with, but that's more spoilery and we'll see later.
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ThatPazuzu posted:The weird thing about Watch_Dogs is that Aiden hates Big Brother. But Aiden has no problem hacking into people's private files, stealing from them, and secretly watching his sister and nephew. He is the thing he hates, which could be interesting, but they don't do anything with it. Who watches the Watch_Dogs? It's gonna be like Remember Me was isn't it? Like it's going to look like some kind of ironic statement but in the end is just one huge-rear end hypocritical loving waste of writing cuz nobody bothered to remember the point of their story other than "HACK1N6 1Z C00L Y0!" The Vosgian Beast posted:This game seemed pretty lame, but then I got to the singing fish, and realized that none of the criticisms made about this game matter and it is clearly the best game ever made. Pyradox posted:I feel like someone made this gravestone in MS Paint. It's three text boxes on a generic stone texture. Rirse posted:Chip, how hard is it to LP this dull serious sandbox game when you work for a company who makes the hilarious and very fun Saints Row games? 
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Bearpigman posted:time to break out the chart Why do none of these have all of the bonus crap? Not even the Ubisoft Uplay Exclusive Versions have all of the bonuses! Why is the hat only in the Vigilante Edition? Why is the Everywhere But North/South America Dedsec Edition the only one with a map of Chicago, the cards, and the badges??? 
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May 3, 2015 13:40
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Bearpigman posted:time to break out the chart Wait, what the gently caress? Why does the Dedsec Edition not include the Dedsec Pack?
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May 3, 2015 13:44
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This game gets a lot more entertaining if you start pretending Aiden's phone is a sonic screwdriver.
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Kunster posted:Is it hosed up that I think that the lamb plush the lil kid had was a more better characterized written character than the kid herself? Not when she's got one or two lines and the only interaction we see between her and her daduncle is in a minute-long cutscene! It's not even like it would have been hard to make us care more, something like Arkham Asylum's opening where Aiden is out with his daughtniece and eventually heads for the car would be good because they'd be able to talk a bunch, establish what the relationship looks like, and so on.
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:I had forgotten they put "At Age 6" on her tombstone, just in case the players are to distracted by the spectacle of this marvelous game to do simple math. I'm actually relieved they remembered to put the death date after June so that she would actually be 6.
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