Talk:Watch Dogs (video game)

Pirated version in table?

Do we really need this? The fact that one of the pirated copies circulating contains a virus might be informative, but I don't think it should be placed in the table. Add a sentence or remove completely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.58.133.8 (talk) 12:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Did a manual undo to clean up the potential vandalism in the release table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.58.133.8 (talk) 12:47, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Developer

ubisoft montreal is the dev. been in development for 2 years. currently only confirmed for ps3. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.54.33.182 (talk) 23:28, 4 June 2012‎ (UTC)

Not only confirmed for PS3. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.159.37 (talk) 16:48, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

E3 video

Video shown at E3 was most likely run on a PC using an Xbox 360 controller. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.233.210.158 (talk) 03:44, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

need citation to put that allegation in. However, I'll add a paragraph about the E3 demo controversy with a citation from a website (which links a video comparing them side-by-side). Note that I'm not a gamer, don't own the game and am not an expert/enthusiast, so someone will need to improve it. But the criticism made many news site.

Reception

I'm not a frequent Wikipedia editor, so I didn't change it myself, but the last couple sentences of the Reception section (under Pre-relase) are very poorly worded and confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.242.79 (talk) 14:37, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

I changed it so that the year is specified instead of "the next year" and made it clear that the entire paragraph is covering pre-release. - tychay (tchay@wikimedia) (talk) 18:47, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Platforms

It's worth noting that Ubisoft's word on their twitter was that it would be released on PC and consoles, there is still some speculation about whether the consoles it will be released on, are next gen. 80.0.148.127 (talk) 14:35, 12 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.0.148.127 (talk)

DYK nomination

{{Did you know nominations/Watch Dogs}} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Axem Titanium (talk • contribs) 18:16, 9 June 2012‎ (UTC)

Elusive

"The game features an elusive online multiplayer element"

is "elusive" the right word here? the answer is "probably not" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Superwesman (talk • contribs) 19:16, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Clarifying some things between article sections

Okay, I just thought I'd point this out asap. I read in the Gameplay section that:

1. Aiden Pearce is Irish-American.
2. Aiden Pearce is voiced by Noam Jenkins.

Which doesn't make much sense. I mean—yes, that's interesting. It still doesn't explain why a protagonist's background details—specifically, ones that are unrelated to the game's gameplay—are in a section that mainly focuses on the Gameplay. This may be obvious, but shouldn't I have read about those things in the Plot and Development sections of the article?

—017Bluefield (talk) 05:55, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Adding a link to a wikia project?

I've been working on a wikia, which essentially is a much more expanded version of the article here. I was wondering if it would be of assistance to readers if we added a link on the article to the site; Watch Dogs Wikia. The site itself adheres to all of wikia best practices, and could offer readers who wish to go more in-depth (for things like characters, weapons, gameplay mechanics etc) the opportunity to find out more.

JBanton (talk) 11:50, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

We do not link to Wikia sites, per point 12 at WP:ELNO. Thanks Trut-h-urts man (T • C) 12:55, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Should we remove the Assassins Creed 4 Easter egg part in reception?

I think we should remove it because it feels out of place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.176.42.172 (talk) 04:29, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Possible timeline answer

File:The loop 125

Up until now, I don't think that we've been given a definitive date of when Watch Dogs takes place. I was reading an article on examiner.com, and they noticed something interesting. There's a banner hanging over a road that says The Loop - 125^th. This must mean that it's the Chicago Loop's 125th anniversary. The Loop was founded in 1930, so this must mean that the games takes place in 2055. Thoughts? I can't upload the link since Examiner.com is apparently on Wikipedia's blacklist. 173.179.92.34 (talk) 19:28, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

The banner is a screenshot from a game trailer (welcome to chicago), so you can provide a link to the trailer and not the article.

Yuyukorin (talk) 23:16, 7 April 2014 (UTC)yuyukorin

Multiplayer hacking smartphone

I amended the line "The second player must stay within a certain radius of the first player for the download to progress." to "The first player must stay within a certain radius of the second player for the download to progress." As it is in the interest of the First player to stay within the radius of the Second player to continue the hack. The Second will be trying to escape or hunt down the First player - I think it reads better this way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.74.187.27 (talk) 10:45, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Release Date

This says it's May 27th world-wide. However, I've pre-ordered it: since I live in Asia, apparently I have to wait another month for 'localisation'. If someone would like to confirm that Steam is wrong and I do get the May 27th release, it would be nice. If not... well, the release date on the page is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.25.199.53 (talk) 13:12, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Watch_Dogs runs at 1080/60 on ps4

does someone want to add this. http://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/watch-dogs-ps4?CMP=soc_us__gm_psblog_topbanner_3_4_14

No it doesn't it runs at 900p on PS4 and 792p on XBone at 30fps on both consoles. 74.103.250.78 (talk) 00:30, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Source http://www.gamespot.com/articles/watch-dogs-runs-at-900p-on-ps4-792p-on-xbox-one/1100-6419607/ 74.103.250.78 (talk) 00:42, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Release chart

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Features Standard Edition Classic Edition ANZ Special Edition Special Edition Vigilante Edition Uplay Exclusive Edition Limited Edition Dedsec Edition Digital Deluxe Edition Uplay Deluxe Edition Gold Season Pass Exclusivity Australia and New Zealand Europe, Middle-East, Asia and Australia Uplay Store (Ubishop) North America Europe, Middle-East, Asia and Australia Only PC and Playstation Only PC, Uplay Store (Ubishop) Playstation Store Game Disc Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Digital Download No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Needs basic game Additional content White Hat Pack Only Playstation No No Only Playstation Only Playstation Only Playstation Only Playstation Only Playstation Yes Yes Only Playstation No Breakthrough Pack No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Palace Pack No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Signature Shot Pack No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Untouchables Pack No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Cyberpunk Pack No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Blume Agent Pack No Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Dedsec Pack No No Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Chicago South Club Pack No No Yes No No No No No No No No No T-Bone's Single Player Campaign DLC No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Conspiracy Mode Digital Trip DLC No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Watch Dogs Map of Chicago No No No No No No No Yes No No No No Exclusive Packaging No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Original Soundtrack No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Aiden Pearce's cheese grater No No No No Yes No No No No No No No "The Making Of..." 10 minute gas station video Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Aiden Pearce's Vigilante mask No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No Steelbook No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No 23 cm (9 inch) Aiden Pearce Figurine No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Artbook No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No 4 Augmented Reality Cards No No No No No No No Yes No No No No 3 Exclusive Badges No No No No No No No Yes No No No No

What in God's name is going on with this release chart? It would appear to be classic video game trivia, which is a shame for all the work put into it. If there are highlights from the chart, they can be mentioned in the prose. And for those interested, look at the Twitter response it's getting... czar ♔ 06:53, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

While the chart is ridiculous (and that's completely Ubisoft's fault), it's completely accurate. And the Twitter response is justified to be honest. - Wattlebird (talk) 08:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

I see nothing wrong with it as it is a well detailed table. I agree with Wattlebird, Ubisoft have created many editions and the table reflects that. People on twitter are complaining that they are selling so much DLC before the games release, not about the table. -Grokorn (talk) 12:53, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Is the Twitter response relevant to the inclusion of a detailed release chart? iaoth @ 13:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree this table falls into WP:VGSCOPE, but it's not the reason it got coverage on Twitter; on the opposite it's a pretty cool showcase of the insane amount of editions for the same game. Actually, the very fact that there are too much editions deserves a sentence or two in the article (as covered on Polygon for instance). --JimeoWan (talk) 15:07, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

For the record, I removed the chart because of WP:VGSCOPE and the Twitter stuff was just an additional FYI. Also I agree with the above about there being enough reliable coverage to mention how journalists reacted to the number of editions. This said, we haven't and don't include charts with incredible minutiae such as this in our articles. czar ♔ 01:24, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

While I agree that it may fall beyond the scope of what is normally covered, given the vast amount of websites and social media have linked here for this specific information, it may be helpful to many people to leave it up until the day of release. It helps people make a choice of which version they would want to buy the game, and it is screwed up, but by Ubisoft. I feel we are doing a discredit to the author by hiding it, as the table itself is relevant for the public. That being said, maybe make it a wiki page on its own, or an outside link to somewhere. Excalibrax (talk) 09:39, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Watch Dogs Wiki has a copy of it: http://watchdogs.wikia.com/wiki/Watch_Dogs#UPlay_Pre-Order_Edition_Comparison --Mika1h (talk) 16:11, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

While this is beyond the regular scope, I think it's relevant to illustrate why the SKUs of Watch Dogs are getting so much attention by media outlets today. The information is accurate, relevant, and important to the discussion. ShadowlessClick (talk) 06:41, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Indeed, the information is still important, as while additional content is secondary, it nonetheless defines what this game is, and the experience people have of it, you can't just name "Watch_Dogs" the whole package. Now it's common practice to mention the existence of additional content and different editions in the article, like in those two other Ubisoft games, Far_Cry_3#Marketing_and_release and Assassin's_Creed_IV#Marketing_and_release, so this seems like the way to do it. But while there is indeed no chart for these, only a couple paragraphs mentioning the additional content and the different editions, there's no way to make the information about Watch_Dogs clear other than with a chart, because of the increase in numbers and complexity of available editions. So maybe it would be a good thing to reconsider the non-use of charts for such information, because it's not going to get better over time. --ByeByeAnotherDay (talk) 10:53, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Having an excessively detailed table, in this situation, isn't making anything clear. In fact, I'm willing to bank on the chart having so much meaningless information as the primary reason for all this media attention - if anything, Assassin's Creed 4's release editions were even more convoluted (on top of retailer-specific DLC, that thing had four collector's editions), but there wasn't an outrage about it because there wasn't a table formatted as to present the information in the least flattering light imaginable. 72.235.13.240 (talk) 20:43, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

How does that preclude the discussion on Watch Dogs various SKUs as a notable aspect of the game? Idle Thumbs spent over half an hour discussing Watch Dogs' SKUs in relation to the game industry as whole and that podcast is composed entirely of veteran video game developers who know what they're talking about. Removing the table and not mentioning the SKU discussions at all is willingly ignoring the actual discourse about Watch Dogs and misrepresenting how it is viewed. ShadowlessClick (talk) 04:23, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Um, this chart has many mistakes. Just go to each site it refers to and look at what is included. When the chart was made maybe the DLCs were correct but there are a TON of mistakes now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djdelirius (talk • contribs) 08:47, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 May 2014

Please change "Eleven months after his actions led the death of his niece" to "Eleven months after his actions led to the death of his niece" because the preposition 'to' is missing from the original. 79.17.152.175 (talk) 10:25, 29 May 2014 (UTC)  Done Thanks for pointing that out. - Arjayay (talk) 10:39, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Gibberish sentence

The sentence that begins "And in all this..." does not seem to make sense. 2001:630:53:26:3035:D7FD:D5B0:4A05 (talk) 15:06, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Multiplayer Free roam

In the article it stats "Free roam multiplayer for 8 players" only for Xbox 360, it will not have free roam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rabbitmcv (talk • contribs) 20:06, 2 June 2014 (UTC)