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Kotaku Confirms London Setting for Watch Dogs 3
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eh, as someone who never finished wd1 - hated Pierce, hated pretty much everything about the story - i think Watch Dogs 2 actually had a fairly strong sense of identity--one that I hope they plan to maintain, and expand on, in Watch Dogs 3. it's kinda Hackers, but more contemporary, and that's exactly what i want.
if they go back to a more wd1 sorta approach, i'll probably lose interest, honestly. my affection for the franchise starts with 2.
also i liked syndicate's victorian london. i dunno, it didn't feel drab to me--grey and smoky, for sure, but alive.
the - fantastic - soundtrack really helped.
yeah for sure, i really enjoyed the fighting in sleeping dogs. and the parkour, tho that's one area i'd expect ubisoft to be able to improve on.
London is a solid choice due to cctv everywhere. I guess makes it easier for the hacking/ surveillance mechanics in the game.
I would have loved something we haven't had yet in a major open world game like Moscow or Prague
I would have loved something we haven't had yet in a major open world game like Moscow or Prague
Been waiting for a modern day UK-based open world for a while. As some in this thread have said, AC Syndicate was the closest to scratching that itch in a long time.
Will be really cool as I do like the way Watch Dogs does their open worlds... despite not liking the first game at all.
Will be really cool as I do like the way Watch Dogs does their open worlds... despite not liking the first game at all.
I don't have any issue with London but I can't get really excited for a new Watch Dogs game after the second game.
Probably I am one of the few that I enjoyed the first game and didn't like at all the second.
Probably I am one of the few that I enjoyed the first game and didn't like at all the second.
If it riffs off of the current London youth culture, which it likely will, a lot of people especially in US are going to be lost with all of the slang and colloquialisms we use. RIP.
I'm hyped to see more of it though.
I'm hyped to see more of it though.
London is an excellent choice, but I'm definitely a bit worried about the game itself. I liked both WD1 and 2, but I definitely hope the gameplay is more like WD1.
WD2's gunplay was way worse, Marcus was way too fragile, the bigger focus on stealth was good on paper but, the fact that you couldn't even movie bodies felt like a huge design flaw. The non lethal toolset was too sparse too, and in my opinion just way too tedious. Almost all of that would've been forgiven if they kept the slowmo mechanic, but they didn't so.... lame.
WD1's gunplay, slowmo and Aiden's brutal finishers combined with WD2's gadgets and non lethal options would be the GOAT.
WD2's gunplay was way worse, Marcus was way too fragile, the bigger focus on stealth was good on paper but, the fact that you couldn't even movie bodies felt like a huge design flaw. The non lethal toolset was too sparse too, and in my opinion just way too tedious. Almost all of that would've been forgiven if they kept the slowmo mechanic, but they didn't so.... lame.
WD1's gunplay, slowmo and Aiden's brutal finishers combined with WD2's gadgets and non lethal options would be the GOAT.
scooters, bicycles, skateboards free-runnig, you aint gotta drive everywhere
the only way this game smashes it is if they implement the Underground systems and stations, tall order, I know but damn, it would be day 1 for me.
Bicycles haha like in San Andreas. Skateboards now you mention it.
London and many European cities are cyclist-friendly.
In fact, if you're running from the police in the UK, you're better off on foot than by car
For fucks sake Ubisoft you're making me hate all your games
I love mindless open world games but you've killed Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and now Watch Dogs for me
I love mindless open world games but you've killed Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and now Watch Dogs for me
I didn't mind the gunplay, but I hated the temporary nature of all of the non-lethal takedown options. I thought it'd be fun challenge to do a no-kill playthrough, but when I started getting spotted/triggering alarms because the first guards I'd knocked out regained consciousness before I was done working my way through an area, I decided to become a take-no-prisoners murderous bastard.
Please tell me you're not saying London is an Asian setting ...
Off all the non-American settings, which we rarely get, London is the most common one. I don't find it particularly new or exotic, it's a pretty bland setting I've seen across so much media. But I understand.
London is one step forward as I was bored to dead in Chicago and San Francisco didn't do much for me, but more importantly they need to drop the 'how do you do, fellow kids' bullshit and learn that streets aren't made out of soap so the driving turns out to be at least somewhat competent.
I know I live in The Netherlands and have been to London. That was also my point about driving a car. Our streets are small. It's better to run like you say then go with a car into a dead ending street.
I mean it's cool that they're setting it somewhere other than the US but let's not pretend like Ubisoft has made anything resembling a masterpiece GOTY-caliber game in the last decade, if ever.
