My beef with watch dogs
Firstly, before I could even play the game my install crashed not once not twice but three times. After fighting u play with login I was lucky enough to be able to bypass these crashes and install the game . (I5 with 550 TI). My frame rates are mostly stable, except during cut scenes where they randomly spike and drop all over the place. So far I am unimpressed with the games story and feel this game was severely over hyped, I set my hopes way to high for this. Texture pop in is an issue , even more so then with GTA. It seems like cars are never visible more than a block or two away.
Sounds effects are murky, muffled, or just plain awful, as if recorded under water. For example, I can hear glass being broken in my car or other car I hit, but cant see it. One sound effect cant finish before it gets cut off by the 2nd sound effect, light poles are a prime example of this.. The AK-47 sounds like a children s toy. http://www.toysrus.com/graphics/prod...-2789443dt.gif . The sound effects sound like they borrowed them from early 90's sound board. Every time I draw my gun no matter my location or proximity to people someone yells “ hes got a gun”.
The AI can apparently see through walls. Hiding behind 4 walls on a concrete pillar inside a parking garage, I was able to steal a vehicle, only to have an NPC on the outside of the garage call the authorities on me with xray vision.
I have yet to see an in game police car patrol, other than when you have a wanted level. Police AI is super and knows your location at all times. The best place to elude the authorities is going off road or somewhere they cant get to you, and if you harm the authorities you lose rep. ctOS in unfair and random, safe one moment spotted the next in the same location with no pattern at all ctOS beacons are placed in the most messed up locations including one that is inside a mountain.
I feel like the physics are straight out of an old roadrunner cartoon. Even when colliding with things when not pressing on gas fails to slow you down, but a rock or a tree at the slightest angle stops you in your tracks. Constant screen shake for no reason upon acceleration. The damage model is practically nonexistent. Cars act as if they have no suspension and they seem to pinball and ricochet off of other objects.The boat physics as well, trying to beach my boat caused it to shoot backwards instead of softly slide onto shore.
When doing a stunt jump I just barley missed, coming up short on a concrete block and it shot me up into the air higher than my original jump height. Expect to see funny gifs and glitches on youtube shortly with this masterpiece. Also, Car settings don’t save. If you turn off the radio and then get out of the car and get back in the radio is playing . I have yet to find a in game music track that I enjoy and in game new reports can not be disabled . (other than Chicago, lawl but that's one of personal preference) First person driving camera is very restricted and you can only tilt the y axis 10 degrees to either side. Want a good laugh ? Drive a motorcycle. Its almost impossible to get thrown off that thing.
If this is anything like real Chicago I can see why it has such a high murder rate. Id want to kill to after playing this game for more then 5 minutes.
In conclusion. Poor driving, Bad/Rambo AI. Non existent Physics. Poor vehicle handling, and a lack of customization controls (Mouse acceleration anyone?), have left me with a severely sour taste for Watch Dogs. If you haven't bought it yet, wait till it goes on sale or patches start rolling out before you pick it up. TBH I think more care went into this post than did for Quality control and testing. I hope the rest of you are enjoying it because I'm having a real hard time, and thank you for reading my thoughts and opinions.