Watch_Dogs

[RonaldsModernLife]

The game comes out on Tuesday (May 27th), but since a whole lot of people already received the game thanks to getting it delivered early, I was wondering if anyone here got their copy and wanted to share their opinions of it.

I on the other hand pre-ordered on Steam...so I have to wait until Tuesday.

 

[universal_fanatic]

Should be getting it delivered tomorrow or Tuesday! Cannot wait, as this has been one of my most anticipated games!

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Picking mine up tomorrow. Is the review embargo tomorrow also?

 

[RonaldsModernLife]

Picking mine up tomorrow. Is the review embargo tomorrow also?

Yeah. It's really not supposed to be out yet, but it seems everyone who preordered the game via Ubisoft got the game on Friday.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

Already preloaded it on Steam, 7 more hours to go! Out of the early reviews (or "unofficial" ones ) I've only seen 1 negative review, and the reviewer was too busy comparing it to GTA V.

 

[knokout1]

1 negative review? I've seen umm...quite a few.

 

[RonaldsModernLife]

1 negative review? I've seen umm...quite a few.

One guy I was watching on Twitch gave it an 8/10.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

1 negative review? I've seen umm...quite a few.

This is the only negative review I can find.

 

[knokout1]

I've just heard things along the line of repetitive machines, the hacking system not fulfilling the potential it could have, small map, bad controls, poor optimization. I wouldn't necessarily trust reviews that are out before the game is launched, most are probably legit, and I know the game was given early to some, but game companies do pay reviewers for a good review to build hype for the game.

 

[universal_fanatic]

According to posts on Reddit (so take it with a grain of salt) a lot of people are giving it 8/10's as well. Seems that everything is pretty good except for the driving physics...and a game with a lot of driving should not have problems in that area. Some are justifying the poor driving because Aiden is always busy looking at his phone

 

[RonaldsModernLife]

According to posts on Reddit (so take it with a grain of salt) a lot of people are giving it 8/10's as well. Seems that everything is pretty good except for the driving physics...and a game with a lot of driving should not have problems in that area. Some are justifying the poor driving because Aiden is always busy looking at his phone

I saw some gifs of some really bad driving physics, but GTA V didn't do a great job with that either.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

I've played for about 90 minutes, and here's my first impressions:

The game looks beautiful (on PC). The detail in the characters are great.
Hacking is neat, especially the descriptions of people. "Facing demotion", "Watches sitcoms", "Frequent porn site visitor" (yes that last one is real) to name a few.
Yes, the driving is as bad as people have said. It was funny at first crashing into stuff, but for a side quest where you have to deliver cars across town in 90 seconds, it's frustrating. After hitting accelerate, 2 or 3 seconds later you're flying and are prone to crash on turns.

 

[RonaldsModernLife]

I played for about 2 hours last night and yeah, the controls are not all that great. Driving is damn near impossible, you're gonna crash...a lot. Other then that, the game is pretty fun and on my cheap PC with an i3 and GTX 750, it can handle the game at high in 1080p.