A launch trailer was released for Ubisoft's upcoming hacking video game Watch Dogs, which is gearing up for release.
The launch trailer differs from its earlier trailers, showing some of the action sequences like car chases and shooting which are a part of this open-world title. Also in a brief cutscenes, we can see that earlier the protagonist Aiden Pearce was not like what he is in this game. However, he was changed by something he saw that led him to be a hacker.
This nearly 2-minute video also shows that players will be able to ride boats, ride on top of trains and take out the lights of the whole city, when chased by police helicopter. Also shown are point blank kills from Pearce in fast moving frames. Players can also activate traps in order to deter rivals.
The setting of the game is a fictional Chicago, where the whole city is managed by a single operating system - CtOS. Players will be given a smartphone that is the basis with which hacks can be initiated. Further, apps like profiler and crime prevention system in the smartphone allow players to get access to any citizen and other pops up notifications on crime respectively.
The game looks like fun to play as players can hack into almost anything and steal money, identity or they can stop traffic or turn off the supply of electricity.
The game features both single player and multiplayer modes. In multiplayer modes, the game will also have an eight-player free roam mode, car races, competitive decryption combat, and a CtOS mobile challenge.
Meanwhile, Variety has praised the Watch Dog publishers for knowing how to promote the game before it is launched.
(YouTube Courtesy: Watch Dogs)
Minimum Requirements for PC version
The game has reportedly better resolution on PC platform than on consoles. The PlayStation 4 version has been capped at 900p and Xbox One at 792p, where as the PC resolution is 1080p and beyond, reported Load The Game. Below are the minimum requirements for a PC version of the game –
CPU: IntelCore 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Ghz or AMDPhenom II X4 940 3.0Ghz
Memory: 6GB RAM
Video Card: 1024 VRAM DirectX 11 Shader 5.0
Sound Card: DirectX9
Hard Disk: 25 GB
Watch Dogs Movie
There have been reports that the game will be made into a movie, reported Variety. This movie is likely to package along with other Ubisoft games – Far Cry and Rabbids. These were reportedly being set up at Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. This follows reports of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell being made into movies at New Regency.
The game will be rolling out on 27 May, 2014 for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360. A Wii U version
Conan O'Brien Review's Watch Dogs
TV host Conan O'Brien was definitely clueless when he played the game and gave a review of his own, a rather funny type, saying he could not drive the vehicles, or his controls were wrong. He is also shown shooting at NPCs randomly. He also gets killed many times.
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