@MadchesterManc And you, sir, just scored a triple-awesome with the "fire"-pic, the "tree"-pic on Twitter and the Lilo and Stitch reference. First genuine smile of the day for me! Thanks.
Ayup, I'm one of those. Never owned the original Xbox, but PS1 and 2 and went with the 360 because it came out earlier. Never bought a PS3 because I could only afford one console plus the games and also, my friends mostly were on Xbox 360 at the time the PS3 launched. Not to forget Sonys disgusting arrogance at the beginning of the PS3s life cycle.
For the most part of last gen, I was a very happy 360 owner despite 3 or 4 of 'em RRoDing on me. Then I was absolutely shocked and disgusted by MS' original policies and decided to return to the PS nation and am very happy with my decision. Might get an X1 eventually for the Halo games, but surely not anytime soon.
@Mathieran I read last year in an interview with the devs that despite all the heavy mp-options and possibilities, Destiny is still also a story-driven Bungie game and that if you don't like to play multiplayer, you can chose to play the story all by yourself and alone. Something along the lines of "We really want people to play the multiplayer, because we think its awesome and adds to the game and we try hard to make all the social stuff as easy and cool as possible, but if that's not your thing, you can still play the game all by yourself."
Was glad to read this, then, because even if I think I'll give at least the co-op mp of Destiny a shot, I'm mostly a solo player as well, so a mp-only game like Titanfall would be a no-buy for me.
Didn't get the game at launch back then, because it was already clear for me that I'd buy a PS4 and I was hoping for a PS4 version. Well, as they say, good things come to those who wait.
God damn, this looks gorgeous, can't wait!
To be fair, it's still absolutely astonishing what Rockstar managed to squeeze out of the aging last-gen consoles. Even on PS360, the game was a technical masterpiece, me thinks.
This Far Cry 4 stuff is supposed to be ingame? I find that hard to believe...at least that this is PS4. Maybe PC on ultra, but after the first Watch_Dogs trailer and the final game, I'm skeptical.
@Gamer83 Agreed. The Division looks amazing, settings-wise and such.
Well, I'm a sucker for Halo, so: damn it. Seems I will have to get an X1 eventually. Halo 1-5 in shiny will do this for me.
Also love Gears (which wasn't shown, I know) and Crackdown. Solid conference. Sony's better packing some real AAA premium stuff and not only moar Indies. I want to be impressed.
The TR reboot was awesome. Played it first on PS4 and was quite impressed with the graphics. The gameplay was fun, too, so I'm definitely hungry for a sequel to see where this will go...and of course to finally use Laras iconic dual-wielded guns more than once!
Well. they sure did put all their Faith in that teaser image...okay, I'll just go now.
On a serious note, though: the first game blew me away with its art style and design. Sadly, the game itself was not for me, but I'll always remember it as one of the visually most outstanding titles of last gen, so I'm at least interested to see more about part two.
Thanks for the handy list, guys! I really appreciate the hard work all of you pour into the site! And thanks extra for including Berlin in the list!
Have an awesome E3, everybody!
@Midget_Sammi Wouldn't it be better to take Tuesday of, then? I mean, since the press conference starts at Tuesday morning at two? Or did I mess up some times?
"Shuhei Yoshida and I laughed over this rumour at dinner,"
Yeah. And then they said something like "And they still believe they're gonna see anything of this game during the next five years or so." and laughed even harder.
C'mon guys. Don't even mention the game anymore (I mean Sony, not Pushsquare)...anything coming now until you actually show it again is actually just cruel and hurting fans and the game...but hey...Duke took about 14 years to be released, so there's still hope, I guess...
@Rapidaz So I guess 95% of the video games out there are also not for you? Because...y'know...they're never going to happen, right?
Have fun playing Farm Simulator, then.
Concerning on who would win: Max Payne...he's just too bad-youknowwhat. He could bullet-time-jump through a meat grinder, down a bottle of Whiskey and still kick Aidens [bleep] afterwards.
@JaxonH Yes, I would say that. And for the record: I absolutely loved playing inFAMOUS, but I think WD is better. inFAMOUS was a beautiful game with slick controls and I love the scenes with Delsin and his brother and such, but there wasn't really that much to do at the end of the day and the open world was rather sterile.
Watch_Dogs has LOTS to do...several different side mission-types from "normal" stuff to mini games and over the top digital drug trips. Plus, the whole world is much more organic and filled with people, there seems to be happening non-scripted stuff all the time and you really get the feeling of being in a real, living, breathing city.
In short: it's one of those games that just sucked me in and didn't let me go. I boot it up to play for a short while and suddenly, five hours are gone...five hours in which I didn't play any campaign mission but just roamed the city, doing random stuff. It has some rough edges, but I absolutely love its atmosphere and gameplay.
Good review. Again. You guys could try to mess up once in a while, you know?
Concerning Watch_Dogs: still pumping hours into the game, still PS4s most enjoyable game yet, for me personally. And I am so looking forward to the sequel. I really can't wait where the series goes in the future...and how Ubisoft will crank it up to 11, hopefully.
Yeah, I think you must do it with one of Ubis games on PS3/PS4. I created my Uplay on the PS3 when I played Far Cry 3 and was asked to provide a username, email and password during the process. After that, my PSN account seemed to connect with the Uplay account, because I never had to provide the Uplay-account infos when I played a Ubisoft game on PlayStation, but Uplay worked just fine without logging in specifically.
@Sutorcen I don't remember exactly, but I think I created a Uplay account via my PlayStation. This connected then to my PSN account, thus I didn't ever have to enter my Uplay login-info ever again when I used it from a PlayStation.
My point being: while creating the Uplay account, I had to pick a password and chose another one than my PSN-password. So this might be why the Uplay-login on PC doesn't work with your PSN-login-data.
Isn't there a possibility to click "forgot password" or such when you try to login via PC? Maybe it's as simple as clicking that and request a new password.
@Sutrocen No need to be sorry, people want different things from games. And just to be clear, I was also a little disappointed by Watch_Dogs graphics, initially. And in general, I love and crave good graphics. But in Watch_Dogs case, the gameplay is so good that I don't mind the lower-that-1080p visuals and would still rate it 8 at least.
I'm with @Davros79 on this one. Personally, I think denying WD an 8 or 9 out of 10 just because the graphics aren't 1080p @ 60fps is nonsense. I think art design, density of the game world and, most importantly "is it actually fun to play?" is way more important that pixel-counting. And in the gameplay areas, WD excels. Would I've liked the graphics to be better? Sure! Would I like every single game on PS4 to run at 1080p @ 60fps? No doubt. But foremost, the game should be enjoyable, and I can only say again that for me, Watch_Dogs is the most enjoyable game on PS4so far. It just sucked me in and made me forget the time. Haven't had that in a long time, so I say it deserves every 8 and 9 out there it got.
I haven't read any reviews, btw, because nowadays, most reviewers seem to have a very self-entitled attitude and seem to look for bad things to point out, instead of focusing on the parts of a game that are fun and the game manages to pull of. Don't get me wrong, of course a good review should also point out the messed up and not-so-well done parts of a game, but I feel like most reviews go down the "This game is fun, but luckily we found something to nitpick about in the last moment...god forbid we almost would've had to publish a positive review"-road. Pushsquare is one of the very few sites on teh interwebz that do fair and thourough reviews, imo.
Oh, and concerning GTA: I haven't played V. I'm sure the attention to detail is amazing and what Rockstar managed to get out of the aging hardware of PS360 is a technical marvel, but I've played every GTA from 3 through to IV that came out on home consoles, and the gameplay hasn't really changed much, if at all, sice 3. It's always "Go from a to b, shoot guy c", go from a to b, pick up car/parcel at b, drive to c, shoot guys". I loved the atmosphere of 4, but I never finished a single GTA, because halfway into the game, the gameplay itself bores me to death. That, combined with the messed up checkpoint system was a deal breaker for me to finish the game. Nonetheless, GTA games seem to get 9 and 10s all over the place on default, just because it's...you know...GTA.
And for the reasons @Davros79 stated, you really can't compare WD and inFAMOUS, because WD does much more in its world and allows much more interaction with pretty much everything. I love inFAMOUS SS, though.
Last but not least, I don't know which version of Watch_Dogs you have, but "barely runs at 30fps"? Really? I didn't notice any slowdowns while playing, the framerate is rock solid. Digital Foundry did an in-depth-analysis of the PS4 version, btw. They state that most of the times the game runs at locked 30fp and they had to work hard to drag the engine down to 24fps once...and managed this only by destroying a whole street full of cars with the rocket launcher and then speeding through it. From what I have seen of the game so far, I can confirm their statement.
@Davros79 I've never played GTA V. I loved GTA IVs atmosphere and characters and enjoyed to just mess around in the city, but since I was planing to get a next gen console even back then, I hoped for an eventual port for the PS4 (so please, Rockstar, make it happen...in shiny, native 1080p and 60fps! ). But I'd guess that in terms of atmosphere and attention to detail GTA V is still king. If a port would happen, I would definitely buy it. How do you think those games compare?
@THEundying27 Hum, I never noticed any performance problems with SS. I think both games run smooth. Since I'll finish my second (evil) playthrough of inFAMOUS eventually, I'll keep an eye open to see if I notice any differences, now that I know how Watch_Dogs performs.
@Davros79 You're right and I hope you didn't get me wrong. I didn't want to diss Watch_Dogs in general, I just think the graphics could've been a little sharper. I agree that Watch_Dogs has a much more dynamic and complex game world than SS. And since SS is overall a little sterile if compared to WDs world and lacks the dynamic weather- and lighting system, I can see why Suckerpunch was able to crank up the visuals a bit more.
I am merely a little bit disappointed that Watch_Dogs doesn't look as good as in the first trailer Ubisoft released in 2012, that's all. If I have one real gripe with Watch_Dogs graphics, it's that the facial animations in the cut scenes look a little wooden compared to inFAMOUS, which is a pitty, because SS did this so fantastically good that it really helped the immersion a lot. So I hope that Watch_Dogs sequel will deliver more in that area.
All that nagging doesn't change the fact, however, that Watch_Dogs is the most enjoyable game on PS4 so far...for me, at least. It's an amazing game, and this is what counts in the end.
I'm sure nobody at Microsoft plant for this to happen. I mean, seeing games that have bean exclusive to Xbox to leaf for other platforms? But what can you do if other gamers root for this game as well? Guess MS was barking up the wrong tree? But they still have enough green, so they should be good, I think.
Remember, though, this is just a rumor we heard through the grapevine.
@Davros79 Indeed you can't expect an open world game to look as good as a game like The Order 1886, but inFAMOUS Second Son is an open world game, too and it blows Watch_Dogs out of the water, graphics-wise. So I think the graphics could be better, especially since the reveal trailer from 2012 looks much better, but hey...
That said, I am having an absolute blast with the game. Haven't really spent much time on the campaign missions, but just roaming the city and doing stuff is fantastic. I love the hacking mini game when you hack into a cTOS center and the attention to detail to on-the-street citizens is amazing.
I find myself not hacking peoples bank accounts that are poor, for example. "Oh, a telemarketer that makes only 26.000 a year? Nah, I'm going to leave his money alone. A surgeon/banker/rich guy with 116.000 a year? Aw, you can spare a couple of thousands, buddy!" Also love the random phone conversations you can hack into and the chat logs you find and such. It all feels very organic.
I also love the hacking of the surveillance cameras when you infiltrate a cTOS center or gang hideout, when you "jump" from camera to camera and the buildings switch to this black and white grid while changing the POV. It all feels very smooth.
Don't even get me started on the digital trips...I sank 1.5 hours alone into Spider Tank yesterday.
Sadly, after playing yesterday, my save game got corrupted and wouldn't load anymore. After I finished playing yesterday night and went back to W_Ds main menu, suddenly a trophy popped up I definitely didn't earn and after that, I couldn't continue my game. I didn't tinker with it or anything, so this is "just" a bug/glitch. In the end, I had to re-download a save game from the cloud, which means that about 7 hours of game progress are lost. But hey, it's just a video game...so 1st world problems, right?
@Mrskinner Cool, glad you like it as well. And: good taste, sir!
Sadly, my savegame got corrupted and I had to re-download an older one from the cloud, meaning that I have to re-play about 7 hours of time or so I sank into the game yesterday.
@SimonAdebisi Sorry I helped to blow you wallet, sir, but this game is awesome. I have only played 3 story missions or so and already sunk over 4 hours in side missions alone. As cautiously as I normally am about hyped games, this game rocks...hard.
I have stuff to do and just can't get myself to leave the PS4, because I have to play more.
Edit: Might fire up a 720p Twitch-stream later on, if you care to have a look at the game. My PSN-id is Reverend_Skeeve
@SimonAdebisi Cool thing is, that while Watch_Dogs is indeed very serious in nature and much less crazy and over the top than GTA, you can take "Digital Trips", which are basically psychedelic drug trips...this starts one of four (five, if you have the season pass) side games, where you can go absolutely crazy, since it's not in the "real world", but only a hallucination. So you can for example mow down zombies in a Death Race inspired Mad Maxian car or wreck havock in a Ghost in the Shell-inspired Spider Tank. It's absolutely over the top and by this, you actually get the best of both worlds.
Hell, I am even tempted to buy the season pass because I got hte game dirt cheap. I have 20,- bucks sitting in my PSN account I was saving for Helldivers and/or Resogun-DLC, but I might just take the plunge because it would mean...well...moar Watch_Dogs.
I have been playing this since yesterday and I'm having a blast. The graphics sadly are a little bit underwhelming if compared to the target render from E3 2012, but the game itself is excellent, it seems. Lots to do, good dialogues, excellent voice talent and so much to do. A very well done open world game.
So I manage to kinda ignore the "bad" graphics and simply enjoy the ride. And that's what it should all be about, in the end, right? I think other than inFAMOUS, I haven't enjoyed a game this much on PS4 yet. Lots of potential and one hell of a taste for the inevitable sequel. Well done, Ubi!
I want this! It seems to have exactly this 90s-vibe I crave for (again) in a good FPS. Also, I love the alternate history setting and the crazy over the top action this seems to have.
Well, that was short indeed. Looks gorgeous, though.
But the heavy letterboxing...one has to wonder if it isn't because of "cinematic reasons", like the devs claim, but because the PS4 wouldn't be able to render the game at that quality in 16:9 fullscreen. Would definitely prefer to play the game without any black bars on my TV, cinematic feeling or not.
I love the setting, so I'd rather see the game sooner than later for entirely selfish reasons. That said, there's already more games that interest me coming out for the rest of 2014 than I can reasonably afford, so if The Order should get delayed, it'd spare me the sweet pain of choosing between it and other games I'd want to buy.
Besides, as has been said above: moar time means moar polish, so I wouldn't be bothered if it got delayed.
But if The Order really's going to miss 2014, I hope Sony does a better job of communicating the delay than they did with Driveclub.
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Re: First Impressions: Testing the Hype in Destiny's Exclusive PS4 Alpha
@MadchesterManc And you, sir, just scored a triple-awesome with the "fire"-pic, the "tree"-pic on Twitter and the Lilo and Stitch reference. First genuine smile of the day for me! Thanks.
Re: E3 2014: A Staggering Number of Xbox Fans Have Converted to PS4, Says Sony
Ayup, I'm one of those. Never owned the original Xbox, but PS1 and 2 and went with the 360 because it came out earlier. Never bought a PS3 because I could only afford one console plus the games and also, my friends mostly were on Xbox 360 at the time the PS3 launched. Not to forget Sonys disgusting arrogance at the beginning of the PS3s life cycle.
For the most part of last gen, I was a very happy 360 owner despite 3 or 4 of 'em RRoDing on me. Then I was absolutely shocked and disgusted by MS' original policies and decided to return to the PS nation and am very happy with my decision. Might get an X1 eventually for the Halo games, but surely not anytime soon.
Re: E3 2014: This 7 Minute Destiny Trailer Tells You Everything You Need to Know
Just played a bit of the alpha. I love it.
Re: E3 2014: This 7 Minute Destiny Trailer Tells You Everything You Need to Know
Wow. So wants. Naow.
@Mathieran I read last year in an interview with the devs that despite all the heavy mp-options and possibilities, Destiny is still also a story-driven Bungie game and that if you don't like to play multiplayer, you can chose to play the story all by yourself and alone. Something along the lines of "We really want people to play the multiplayer, because we think its awesome and adds to the game and we try hard to make all the social stuff as easy and cool as possible, but if that's not your thing, you can still play the game all by yourself."
Was glad to read this, then, because even if I think I'll give at least the co-op mp of Destiny a shot, I'm mostly a solo player as well, so a mp-only game like Titanfall would be a no-buy for me.
Re: E3 2014: How Much Better Does Grand Theft Auto V Look on PS4?
Didn't get the game at launch back then, because it was already clear for me that I'd buy a PS4 and I was hoping for a PS4 version. Well, as they say, good things come to those who wait.
God damn, this looks gorgeous, can't wait!
To be fair, it's still absolutely astonishing what Rockstar managed to squeeze out of the aging last-gen consoles. Even on PS360, the game was a technical masterpiece, me thinks.
Re: Live: Watch the Ubisoft E3 2014 Press Conference Right Here
@N711 Yeah, AC Unity looks amazing...sadly, I have zero interest any more in the AC games...or the setting of the French revolution.
Re: Live: Watch the Ubisoft E3 2014 Press Conference Right Here
@N711 You weren't impressed by the graphics of Far Cry 4? Well, okay...let's just say I was.
Re: Live: Watch the Ubisoft E3 2014 Press Conference Right Here
This Far Cry 4 stuff is supposed to be ingame? I find that hard to believe...at least that this is PS4. Maybe PC on ultra, but after the first Watch_Dogs trailer and the final game, I'm skeptical.
@Gamer83 Agreed. The Division looks amazing, settings-wise and such.
Re: Talking Point: Will Sony Have Enough PS4 Material to Topple Microsoft's Game Heavy Show?
Well, I'm a sucker for Halo, so: damn it. Seems I will have to get an X1 eventually. Halo 1-5 in shiny will do this for me.
Also love Gears (which wasn't shown, I know) and Crackdown. Solid conference. Sony's better packing some real AAA premium stuff and not only moar Indies. I want to be impressed.
Re: Live: Watch the EA E3 2014 Press Conference Right Here
I liked what I saw of Hardline, surprisingly...and I'm normally not a multiplayer guy.
And launching the beta live during the show on PC and PS4 was a slick move. Wow.
Re: Live: Watch the EA E3 2014 Press Conference Right Here
Oh my god...the lady narrating the Sims demo has such an over the top "aren't we having the time of our lifes"-cliché voice I want to throw up.
But Battlefront 3...Jesus...that looked breathtakingly awesome!
Re: Hungry for More Lara Croft? Square Enix Trademarks New Tomb Raider Titles
Yes, more, please!
The TR reboot was awesome. Played it first on PS4 and was quite impressed with the graphics. The gameplay was fun, too, so I'm definitely hungry for a sequel to see where this will go...and of course to finally use Laras iconic dual-wielded guns more than once!
Re: E3 2014: You've Got to Have Faith in This Mirror's Edge Image
Well. they sure did put all their Faith in that teaser image...okay, I'll just go now.
On a serious note, though: the first game blew me away with its art style and design. Sadly, the game itself was not for me, but I'll always remember it as one of the visually most outstanding titles of last gen, so I'm at least interested to see more about part two.
Re: Guide: What Time Are Sony, EA, and Ubisoft's E3 Press Conferences?
Thanks for the handy list, guys! I really appreciate the hard work all of you pour into the site! And thanks extra for including Berlin in the list!
Have an awesome E3, everybody!
@Midget_Sammi Wouldn't it be better to take Tuesday of, then? I mean, since the press conference starts at Tuesday morning at two? Or did I mess up some times?
Re: Killzone: Shadow Fall's Co-Op Mode Extracts Intel from Tower Defence
@GreyFox You're welcome to join us, of course. Add me on PSN if you like: Reverend_Skeeve
And mention that you're from Pushsquare, please.
Re: E3 2014: Don't Panic, The Last Guardian Has Not Been Cancelled
"Shuhei Yoshida and I laughed over this rumour at dinner,"
Yeah. And then they said something like "And they still believe they're gonna see anything of this game during the next five years or so." and laughed even harder.
C'mon guys. Don't even mention the game anymore (I mean Sony, not Pushsquare)...anything coming now until you actually show it again is actually just cruel and hurting fans and the game...but hey...Duke took about 14 years to be released, so there's still hope, I guess...
Re: Mortal Kombat X Will Allow You to Finish Your Foe in 1080p on PS4
@adf86 @Demi_God Both excellent ideas! Love 'em!
Re: Killzone: Shadow Fall's Co-Op Mode Extracts Intel from Tower Defence
Day 1, man, day 1! I love everything co-op!
Re: Killzone: Shadow Fall's Co-Op Mode Extracts Intel from Tower Defence
Oh yes...can't wait to dive into this asap! I'm looking at you, @Scollurio
Re: E3 2014: Loot Entertainment's Fluster Cluck Gets PS4 in a Flap
@Epic So did I.
Re: Who Would Win Wednesdays: Aiden Pearce vs. Max Payne
@Rapidaz Oh, now he's trying to insult me! Keep it up, buddy...best and quickest way to get you banned from this site!
But how on earth did you know I like breast feeding? I thought that was my special little secret.
Re: Who Would Win Wednesdays: Aiden Pearce vs. Max Payne
@Rapidaz So I guess 95% of the video games out there are also not for you? Because...y'know...they're never going to happen, right?
Have fun playing Farm Simulator, then.
Concerning on who would win: Max Payne...he's just too bad-youknowwhat. He could bullet-time-jump through a meat grinder, down a bottle of Whiskey and still kick Aidens [bleep] afterwards.
Re: Review: Watch Dogs (PlayStation 4)
@JaxonH Yes, I would say that. And for the record: I absolutely loved playing inFAMOUS, but I think WD is better. inFAMOUS was a beautiful game with slick controls and I love the scenes with Delsin and his brother and such, but there wasn't really that much to do at the end of the day and the open world was rather sterile.
Watch_Dogs has LOTS to do...several different side mission-types from "normal" stuff to mini games and over the top digital drug trips. Plus, the whole world is much more organic and filled with people, there seems to be happening non-scripted stuff all the time and you really get the feeling of being in a real, living, breathing city.
In short: it's one of those games that just sucked me in and didn't let me go. I boot it up to play for a short while and suddenly, five hours are gone...five hours in which I didn't play any campaign mission but just roamed the city, doing random stuff. It has some rough edges, but I absolutely love its atmosphere and gameplay.
Re: Weirdness: There's a Rapping Trout with a Really Foul Mouth in Watch Dogs
Weird.
Found one of Rayman Raving Rabbids in the game...I like those easter eggs.
Re: Review: Watch Dogs (PlayStation 4)
@longshot28 @Scollurio This.
Good review. Again. You guys could try to mess up once in a while, you know?
Concerning Watch_Dogs: still pumping hours into the game, still PS4s most enjoyable game yet, for me personally. And I am so looking forward to the sequel. I really can't wait where the series goes in the future...and how Ubisoft will crank it up to 11, hopefully.
Re: June PlayStation Plus Freebies include PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate and Trine 2 on PS4
I was on the edge to buy Trine 2 anyway, so this is very nice for me.
Re: Ed Boon Kinda Confirms New Mortal Kombat After Poster Leak
@THEundying27 I think he was speaking about Mortal Kombats ultra violent gore theme that even got some of the games banned.
@SimonAdebisi I respectfully disagree...Mortal Kombat is about the gore and violence as much as the fighting. Just my humble opinion, though.
Re: Talking Point: Has Watch Dogs Hacked Your PS4's Heart?
You're welcome.
Yeah, I think you must do it with one of Ubis games on PS3/PS4. I created my Uplay on the PS3 when I played Far Cry 3 and was asked to provide a username, email and password during the process. After that, my PSN account seemed to connect with the Uplay account, because I never had to provide the Uplay-account infos when I played a Ubisoft game on PlayStation, but Uplay worked just fine without logging in specifically.
Re: Talking Point: Has Watch Dogs Hacked Your PS4's Heart?
@Sutorcen I don't remember exactly, but I think I created a Uplay account via my PlayStation. This connected then to my PSN account, thus I didn't ever have to enter my Uplay login-info ever again when I used it from a PlayStation.
My point being: while creating the Uplay account, I had to pick a password and chose another one than my PSN-password. So this might be why the Uplay-login on PC doesn't work with your PSN-login-data.
Isn't there a possibility to click "forgot password" or such when you try to login via PC? Maybe it's as simple as clicking that and request a new password.
Hope this helps.
Re: Talking Point: Has Watch Dogs Hacked Your PS4's Heart?
@Sutrocen No need to be sorry, people want different things from games. And just to be clear, I was also a little disappointed by Watch_Dogs graphics, initially. And in general, I love and crave good graphics. But in Watch_Dogs case, the gameplay is so good that I don't mind the lower-that-1080p visuals and would still rate it 8 at least.
Re: Talking Point: Has Watch Dogs Hacked Your PS4's Heart?
@Sutorcen
I'm with @Davros79 on this one. Personally, I think denying WD an 8 or 9 out of 10 just because the graphics aren't 1080p @ 60fps is nonsense. I think art design, density of the game world and, most importantly "is it actually fun to play?" is way more important that pixel-counting. And in the gameplay areas, WD excels. Would I've liked the graphics to be better? Sure! Would I like every single game on PS4 to run at 1080p @ 60fps? No doubt. But foremost, the game should be enjoyable, and I can only say again that for me, Watch_Dogs is the most enjoyable game on PS4so far. It just sucked me in and made me forget the time. Haven't had that in a long time, so I say it deserves every 8 and 9 out there it got.
I haven't read any reviews, btw, because nowadays, most reviewers seem to have a very self-entitled attitude and seem to look for bad things to point out, instead of focusing on the parts of a game that are fun and the game manages to pull of. Don't get me wrong, of course a good review should also point out the messed up and not-so-well done parts of a game, but I feel like most reviews go down the "This game is fun, but luckily we found something to nitpick about in the last moment...god forbid we almost would've had to publish a positive review"-road. Pushsquare is one of the very few sites on teh interwebz that do fair and thourough reviews, imo.
Oh, and concerning GTA: I haven't played V. I'm sure the attention to detail is amazing and what Rockstar managed to get out of the aging hardware of PS360 is a technical marvel, but I've played every GTA from 3 through to IV that came out on home consoles, and the gameplay hasn't really changed much, if at all, sice 3. It's always "Go from a to b, shoot guy c", go from a to b, pick up car/parcel at b, drive to c, shoot guys". I loved the atmosphere of 4, but I never finished a single GTA, because halfway into the game, the gameplay itself bores me to death. That, combined with the messed up checkpoint system was a deal breaker for me to finish the game. Nonetheless, GTA games seem to get 9 and 10s all over the place on default, just because it's...you know...GTA.
And for the reasons @Davros79 stated, you really can't compare WD and inFAMOUS, because WD does much more in its world and allows much more interaction with pretty much everything. I love inFAMOUS SS, though.
Last but not least, I don't know which version of Watch_Dogs you have, but "barely runs at 30fps"? Really? I didn't notice any slowdowns while playing, the framerate is rock solid. Digital Foundry did an in-depth-analysis of the PS4 version, btw. They state that most of the times the game runs at locked 30fp and they had to work hard to drag the engine down to 24fps once...and managed this only by destroying a whole street full of cars with the rocket launcher and then speeding through it. From what I have seen of the game so far, I can confirm their statement.
*rant over Sorry for the long post, guys.
Re: Talking Point: Has Watch Dogs Hacked Your PS4's Heart?
@Davros79 I've never played GTA V. I loved GTA IVs atmosphere and characters and enjoyed to just mess around in the city, but since I was planing to get a next gen console even back then, I hoped for an eventual port for the PS4 (so please, Rockstar, make it happen...in shiny, native 1080p and 60fps! ). But I'd guess that in terms of atmosphere and attention to detail GTA V is still king. If a port would happen, I would definitely buy it. How do you think those games compare?
@THEundying27 Hum, I never noticed any performance problems with SS. I think both games run smooth. Since I'll finish my second (evil) playthrough of inFAMOUS eventually, I'll keep an eye open to see if I notice any differences, now that I know how Watch_Dogs performs.
Re: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Looks Set to Root Down on PS4
@get2sammyb Thank you, kind sir!
@TOMBOY25 Love that meme!
Re: Talking Point: Has Watch Dogs Hacked Your PS4's Heart?
@Davros79 You're right and I hope you didn't get me wrong. I didn't want to diss Watch_Dogs in general, I just think the graphics could've been a little sharper. I agree that Watch_Dogs has a much more dynamic and complex game world than SS. And since SS is overall a little sterile if compared to WDs world and lacks the dynamic weather- and lighting system, I can see why Suckerpunch was able to crank up the visuals a bit more.
I am merely a little bit disappointed that Watch_Dogs doesn't look as good as in the first trailer Ubisoft released in 2012, that's all. If I have one real gripe with Watch_Dogs graphics, it's that the facial animations in the cut scenes look a little wooden compared to inFAMOUS, which is a pitty, because SS did this so fantastically good that it really helped the immersion a lot. So I hope that Watch_Dogs sequel will deliver more in that area.
All that nagging doesn't change the fact, however, that Watch_Dogs is the most enjoyable game on PS4 so far...for me, at least. It's an amazing game, and this is what counts in the end.
Re: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Looks Set to Root Down on PS4
On topic, though: I shall keep an eye on this one.
Re: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Looks Set to Root Down on PS4
I'm sure nobody at Microsoft plant for this to happen. I mean, seeing games that have bean exclusive to Xbox to leaf for other platforms? But what can you do if other gamers root for this game as well? Guess MS was barking up the wrong tree? But they still have enough green, so they should be good, I think.
Remember, though, this is just a rumor we heard through the grapevine.
Alright, I'll stop now.
Re: Talking Point: Has Watch Dogs Hacked Your PS4's Heart?
@Davros79 Indeed you can't expect an open world game to look as good as a game like The Order 1886, but inFAMOUS Second Son is an open world game, too and it blows Watch_Dogs out of the water, graphics-wise.
So I think the graphics could be better, especially since the reveal trailer from 2012 looks much better, but hey...
That said, I am having an absolute blast with the game. Haven't really spent much time on the campaign missions, but just roaming the city and doing stuff is fantastic. I love the hacking mini game when you hack into a cTOS center and the attention to detail to on-the-street citizens is amazing.
I find myself not hacking peoples bank accounts that are poor, for example. "Oh, a telemarketer that makes only 26.000 a year? Nah, I'm going to leave his money alone. A surgeon/banker/rich guy with 116.000 a year? Aw, you can spare a couple of thousands, buddy!" Also love the random phone conversations you can hack into and the chat logs you find and such. It all feels very organic.
I also love the hacking of the surveillance cameras when you infiltrate a cTOS center or gang hideout, when you "jump" from camera to camera and the buildings switch to this black and white grid while changing the POV. It all feels very smooth.
Don't even get me started on the digital trips...I sank 1.5 hours alone into Spider Tank yesterday.
Sadly, after playing yesterday, my save game got corrupted and wouldn't load anymore. After I finished playing yesterday night and went back to W_Ds main menu, suddenly a trophy popped up I definitely didn't earn and after that, I couldn't continue my game. I didn't tinker with it or anything, so this is "just" a bug/glitch. In the end, I had to re-download a save game from the cloud, which means that about 7 hours of game progress are lost. But hey, it's just a video game...so 1st world problems, right?
Nonetheless: awesome game.
Re: Round Up: Watch Dogs PS4 Reviews Make a Strong Connection with Critics
@Mrskinner Cool, glad you like it as well. And: good taste, sir!
Sadly, my savegame got corrupted and I had to re-download an older one from the cloud, meaning that I have to re-play about 7 hours of time or so I sank into the game yesterday.
Re: Round Up: Watch Dogs PS4 Reviews Make a Strong Connection with Critics
@SimonAdebisi Then I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and don't regret your purchase!
Re: Round Up: Watch Dogs PS4 Reviews Make a Strong Connection with Critics
@SimonAdebisi Sorry I helped to blow you wallet, sir, but this game is awesome. I have only played 3 story missions or so and already sunk over 4 hours in side missions alone. As cautiously as I normally am about hyped games, this game rocks...hard.
I have stuff to do and just can't get myself to leave the PS4, because I have to play more.
Edit: Might fire up a 720p Twitch-stream later on, if you care to have a look at the game. My PSN-id is Reverend_Skeeve
Re: Round Up: Watch Dogs PS4 Reviews Make a Strong Connection with Critics
@SimonAdebisi Cool thing is, that while Watch_Dogs is indeed very serious in nature and much less crazy and over the top than GTA, you can take "Digital Trips", which are basically psychedelic drug trips...this starts one of four (five, if you have the season pass) side games, where you can go absolutely crazy, since it's not in the "real world", but only a hallucination. So you can for example mow down zombies in a Death Race inspired Mad Maxian car or wreck havock in a Ghost in the Shell-inspired Spider Tank. It's absolutely over the top and by this, you actually get the best of both worlds.
Re: Round Up: Watch Dogs PS4 Reviews Make a Strong Connection with Critics
Hell, I am even tempted to buy the season pass because I got hte game dirt cheap. I have 20,- bucks sitting in my PSN account I was saving for Helldivers and/or Resogun-DLC, but I might just take the plunge because it would mean...well...moar Watch_Dogs.
Re: Round Up: Watch Dogs PS4 Reviews Make a Strong Connection with Critics
I have been playing this since yesterday and I'm having a blast. The graphics sadly are a little bit underwhelming if compared to the target render from E3 2012, but the game itself is excellent, it seems. Lots to do, good dialogues, excellent voice talent and so much to do. A very well done open world game.
So I manage to kinda ignore the "bad" graphics and simply enjoy the ride. And that's what it should all be about, in the end, right? I think other than inFAMOUS, I haven't enjoyed a game this much on PS4 yet. Lots of potential and one hell of a taste for the inevitable sequel. Well done, Ubi!
Re: Review: Wolfenstein: The New Order (PlayStation 4)
@odd69 Actually, Wolfenstein even predates Doom. It's one of id Softwares first games, released before they even made Doom. Yes, it's that old.
@BoobooMama Ayup, never gets old.
Re: Review: Wolfenstein: The New Order (PlayStation 4)
I want this! It seems to have exactly this 90s-vibe I crave for (again) in a good FPS. Also, I love the alternate history setting and the crazy over the top action this seems to have.
@AlexStinton Excellent review, sir!
Re: Live: Watch Sony's The Order: 1886 PS4 Stream Right Here
@MadchesterManc Alright, I see. Thanks for the clarification!
Now that you mention it, I played the Beyond demo on PS3 and didn't even notice the game was letterboxed...just that it looked gorgeous.
Hopefully, we'll see more at E3 and maybe even get a release date.
Re: Live: Watch Sony's The Order: 1886 PS4 Stream Right Here
Well, that was short indeed. Looks gorgeous, though.
But the heavy letterboxing...one has to wonder if it isn't because of "cinematic reasons", like the devs claim, but because the PS4 wouldn't be able to render the game at that quality in 16:9 fullscreen. Would definitely prefer to play the game without any black bars on my TV, cinematic feeling or not.
Re: Talking Point: What if PS4 Title The Order: 1886 Removes Its Top Hat 'Til 2015?
I love the setting, so I'd rather see the game sooner than later for entirely selfish reasons. That said, there's already more games that interest me coming out for the rest of 2014 than I can reasonably afford, so if The Order should get delayed, it'd spare me the sweet pain of choosing between it and other games I'd want to buy.
Besides, as has been said above: moar time means moar polish, so I wouldn't be bothered if it got delayed.
But if The Order really's going to miss 2014, I hope Sony does a better job of communicating the delay than they did with Driveclub.
Re: Amplitude HD Pumps Up PS4's Volume in March 2015
Dat gif.
Re: Metro: Redux Will Make the Apocalypse Magnificent on PS4
@Ginko Nope, didn't google. This is what I remember from reading the first book and playing the first quarter of the game about 2 years or so ago.