Watch_Dogs’s dark vision of technological totalitarianism is heading to PS3 and PS4, and we were lucky enough to see the first live gameplay demo in San Francisco earlier this week (played on a DualShock 4, no less!). We’ve carefully studied the footage, asked pressing questions, and present you with this breakdown. Read on, then submit your questions in the comments below!
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@2 I think that is the game UI when you look at people’s profiles
Watched the video which isn’t showing the PS4 version…
Cause those command input are X, B, LT, RT…
Glad to hear that the game will have a single/multiplayer overlap! I really liked how “Dark Souls” combined its single player and multiplayer. I look forward to see if it will be something similar.
@2 & 3
I thought those were piercings on her face? lol But what do i know.
@6 they are, that was the joke…. don’t know what @3 is talking about ha
O M FREAKING GROSH! i’m more exited for the combination of the ps4 and this game than any game i can remember.
This game keeps sounding better and better. Something in me is hoping the multiplayer is like a mix of Assassin’s Creed hunter/hunted gameplay mixed with some GTA4 type modes. PS4, can’t wait!!
I’ve wanted an open world game set in Chicago for such a long time. Everything I hear about this game sounds great and looks to reaffirm my decision to want to pick up a launch ps4.
Aiden Pierce isn’t your typical videogame protagonist. “Aiden is a man with a dark past who has made questionable choices,”
Someone hasn’t been paying attention for the last 10 years.
@7 oh sorry they are piercings, i thought there were part of the UI or something
I’m looking at Watch_Dogs to feel more like Sleeping Dogs, but just more accessibility & interests to look at. Pretty sweet that not everything has to be done in a stealthy way either, kinda like getting up-close & personal.
Hope you guys talk about this on the podcast – which hopefully goes up later today.
will ps3 and ps4 online play overlap though? thats the real question, this early in the ps4 lifespan i would hope they can make it possible. but i know its unlikely
The most interesting note in this article is that somebody got to touch the Dualshock 4…..lucky.
Don’t get me wrong I’m into Watch Dogs, I just feel that I already knew this information.
“Aiden Pierce isn’t your typical videogame protagonist. “Aiden is a man with a dark past who has made questionable choices”
Ehm… sounds like a typical videogame protagonist to me.
I’m happy I can play offline if I so choose
Is it possible to stealth our way throughout the entire game? Please say yes!
Watch Dogs and GTAV are my most HYPEDDDD games this year. Open World Games are the best. hope this Gets good Reviews by Release date.
@ 18 GhostMachine1 – I agree…yes please say yes…and I also agree with KrisButtar….offline all the way…this game is promising but I dont know if I’ll buy.
I am definitely going to get a PS4 for this game and inFamous: SS.
One recommendation, if the tittle of your post says that there are 7 thins we should know, you should number them. It’s better for the reader.
Good stuff! I’m so excited for this game!! Just a heads-up for fellow gamers in the comments section, websites like Revision 3 and IGN have really good previews of NEW gameplay for this game, go check it out!
First day buy ps4 I can’t wait for this game..it looks like it may be the best open world game ever (gta 5 is why I say may) but this is such a cool unique idea and it looks fantastic!
This game looks amazing.
No blogcast this week Sid, what’s up?
Sold.
I forgot to add that last weeks blogcast was to quite. I listen to all of them on my Vita and have never had any problems hearing you guys speak, but last week was very quite. I had to hold the Vita up like a phone if I was not using ear buds. Thought you would want to know.
Sold.
Hey Sid,
Thanks for elaborating a bit on Aiden. I couldn’t help but agree with others comments…I threw in myself, “Okay, he’s a hacker…I guess that’s a ‘lil different.”
Your reply was much more insightful and I appreciate that.
So for the multiplayer can we think of something like gathering different players to make a massive DDOS attack on some advanced machines / towers in order to enable access to some secrets?
Just wondering… :)
For some reason I feel an Infamous 2 style online would fit well into this game. Though @ 27 that sounds like it would be fun too. Maybe even something Dungeons and Dragon’s like, (stay with me ) where you have multiple players all trying to accomplish one task, while One other player acts sort of like the Dungeon Master of Chicago deciding what to throw and you and when.
I just don’t want it to be something innovative that comes off being pointless.
You always go full Batman.
Can the player choose to have same-sex relationships with Aiden in the game? or a mix?
I really liked Alpha Protocol and the different choices, but being forced into opposite-sex relationships was one of the major irritations for me in that game.
@30 I didn’t even know this was possible as I didn’t get very far in the game (or maybe it was because people were yelling about Mass Effect too loudly at the time). I like having options, but as a game developer I know an option that like creates an exponential amount of addition work, so if there is only one path as far as an in-game relationship is concerned, I’m okay with that.
“Watch_Dogs’s dark vision of technological totalitarianism is heading to PS3 and PS4, and we were lucky enough to see the first live gameplay demo in San Francisco earlier this week (played on a DualShock 4, no less!).”
Has this video been made available to the public yet? So far I’ve only seen the videos like the ones on the official Ubisoft website which didn’t have a PS4 exclusive video (they do have a PS4 exclusive wallpaper though =).
Please disregard that, it has been officially posted – http://youtu.be/A049QMa5_UM
Bleh I wish you could edit posts, I meant to point here – http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/10/4317314/watch-dogs-voyeurism-moral-choices-and-clever-ai
ps4 im hype for you
Thank you Sony I wish you the best
Definitely hyped. Pre-ordered this game and now to wait till PS4 is up for pre-order =D
hello i realy cant wait for this game but i need to know few things
you hack you can fight but what can you do whit the money you steel?
buy new guns in store or clothes custiize
you saying it like real life thing game?
then we axpect we can do more then you say?
we can robber a back or jewely
we cen use money go to the stor but guns end custumizesion stuf to custumize your guns reddot laser sight
or but car cars custumize it or but clothes en make you own you?
tell me i see you can steel money en kill en drive but we whant to know more then little thing
you said this is a game like in real life
so we axpect we cen go to a store en we can buy en custumize the guns we can buy the car custumize it
we buy clothes cen we make our own persoon?
end cen we drive chopers cen we buy house make it a safe house we cen sell thing we cen make are own store?like guns shop drugs shop or car shop
you cen steel car guns or what ever int he game so you cen upgrade you store like gta ?
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@ number 2. I think they are ment to be piercing. Seeing as she looks herd core. Cheek and lip piercings. Already pre ordered this game plus drive club and a shiny new PS4. Cant wait. Hopefully the PS4 will support remote play for the vita right out of the blocks, and not have to wait for an update!
I’m a big fan of open-world games like ithis, but I have to say, Watch_Dogs doesn’t look all that great to me. I’ll continue to watch it, and follow it, because I really do want to be impressed with it.
HYPE!
Whoops! They left some facial motion capture dots on the hacker girls face.
lol