Watch Dogs - GTA meets Deus Ex?

[Caliga]

I would hire him.  He knows how to sell bad games.

Well apparently it's still selling well, despite the less-than-stellar reviews.

[MadBurgerMaker]

The reviews of this game don't seem to be that bad at all.  Looks to be generally around 8ish out of 10. 

[Caliga]

The reviews of this game don't seem to be that bad at all.  Looks to be generally around 8ish out of 10.

Right but with the pre-release hype you would have thought Ubisoft reinvented gaming or something with this thing.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Oh, I see what you're saying. 

I don't really follow that kind of stuff all that much, so wasn't aware of it getting that kind of hype.  All I saw was that one trailer with the gunfight in the street that looked pretty cool, but not super groundbreaking or anything. 

[garbon]

The reviews of this game don't seem to be that bad at all.  Looks to be generally around 8ish out of 10. 

Not the PC reviews. It sounded more like a 7 at best which is also something I would shell out 59.99 for.

[garbon]

Oh, I see what you're saying. 

I don't really follow that kind of stuff all that much, so wasn't aware of it getting that kind of hype.  All I saw was that one trailer with the gunfight in the street that looked pretty cool, but not super groundbreaking or anything. 

On the prior page, I noted it apparently had 173 pre-release awards.

[Razgovory]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?783700-Ubisoft-caught-red-handed-intentional-downgrading-PC-version-of-Watch-Dogs

TL;DR: Ubisoft wowed everyone with the look of Watch_Dogs at E3. Later, they used inferior assets for the PC version, but apparently made the mistake of leaving the E3 assets in the game.

...massive discoveries/improvements. He has discovered that almost all of the shaders and improvements seen in 2012 and 2013 are still in the game files, such as the e3 2012 explosions. For now he has managed to implement dynamic shadows from headlights, the increased rain density, increased NPC density, as well as 2012 e3 bloom and lens flare.
When he manages to unpack certain files, he will be able to activate everything, such as POMs, etc.
Originally Posted by Included in the mod...

Included in this mod(not all features are available yet):

-Changes to the default fog values
-Enabled bokeh DOF for the main cameras
-Stuttering Improvements
-E3 2012 Bloom
-Performance Improvements
-Enabled Headlight Shadows
-LoD Changes
-Reflection changes
-Added 3 new cameras to the game(closer, normal, further)
-Rain changes(High quality rain drops, properly reacting to light, etc)
-LensFlares(WIP)
-Lighting changes(TESTING AND WIP)
-Civilians density changes

And many more things.. SOON.

I have a question.  Why would they do that?  That doesn't seem like something that would make a lot of sense.

[MadBurgerMaker]

On the prior page, I noted it apparently had 173 pre-release awards.

  Just saw that.  Very nice.  I want to see a list of these awards people are giving to games they haven't even played yet.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

The reviews of this game don't seem to be that bad at all.  Looks to be generally around 8ish out of 10.

with the score-inflation of the last decade or so you need to readjust to a 6 out of 10

[Caliga]

Yeah, there's that too.  I dunno if it's still the case but at one point supposedly the revenue streams for most of the game review sites (e.g. GameSpot) were so dependent on game company advertisements that they were basically ordered to give all major studio releases OSSUM reviews for fear of jeopardizing that.

Like 5 or so years ago there was some big thing at GameSpot where some editors quit or got fired and supposedly it had something to do with that.

[Razgovory]

I remember that.  Guys name starter with a G.  Gaidar, Geiter something like that.  He reviewed Kane and Lynch and gave it a bad review.  Lost his job.  That shit's been going on for a long time.  Probably since game reviews were in magazines.  You are better off checking blogs, forum posts and videos on Youtube.

[Caliga]

Yeah, that sounds right.

So a major studio release getting an 8 out of 10 is a pretty mediocre review, in fact.  If it was P'dox it would be a great review.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I dunno.  Everything I've read about it seems to lean toward "Story is stupid, but the game is generally fun." 

I wonder if my computer would be able to run this thing with those E3 graphics.  That preview video really did look nice.  Why wouldn't they have that as a built in option for computer users from the beginning?  Seems dumb of them.

[Norgy]

Not shelling out for this. In December, it's on sale on Steam.

[Ed Anger]

I might get it at 15 bucks to shoot more virtual ethnic minorities. Supposedly you can go after te gays too.