[E3 2012] Watch Dogs - E3 Gameplay Demo

The gameplay demo of Watch Dogs from Ubisofts conference

[@MaxLittleBuddy]

It's been 8 years Still waiting for this game to come out

[@yol_n]

checkout modern warfare 2 lol

[@marekmarciniuk1435]

it was realeased

[@MaxLittleBuddy]

@@marekmarciniuk1435 That is a bootleg I don't see the main character being a smartass in that one

[@iitylernallen]

It has. This version is what I'm playing, its the complete edition. You're not going to be able to match the scenes perfectly and a few things have been removed, but the game does look like this now. I went to the same spot and they only removed a manhole cover which produces the smoke. There is one on the other side that does smoke. The sign also does not have the blue animation behind the letters, but I think that was a style choice as there are many signs in the same that see animated so removing it would not improve frames. The only major difference is interior lighting. Idk what they did, changed bloom or what, but I think the trailer is using a filter. Lighting as I'm aware is an engine thing and cannot just be reconfigured to look like another engine unless you rebuild how the entire lighting system works, different reflections, refractions, polygon shading and all that fun stuff.

[@MaxLittleBuddy]

@@iitylernallen I mean... the characters are changed, plot changed, the tablet mode coop thingy is completely gone. The final game is not the same as the very scripted E3 2012 demo.

[@spunkflunk]

If you believe in other dimensions, in one of them gamers are playing this version of the game...

[@matrixmage64]

You... you've made me hate my reality, something I really didn't think possible...

[@ILIKECHEEEEEEEEEESES]

Honestly, I'd feel bad for them. I really wanted to play this mission but looking back at this gameplay, I can see that the game mechanics were a bit off and clunky and the hacking is quite strange. Could you imagine having to constantly switch the object you wanted to hack every single time in the weapon wheel instead of one single button? It'd get old and annoying in a tense gun fight or a heated car chase. Also, the game footage shown here is on a high-tech state-of-the-art PC that is running it on Ultra High settings in 1080p at about 40-50 frames per second. The game is great where it is right now, but some things, like the violence probability meter or this particular mission, should have stayed in my opinion.

[@matrixmage64]

Ya sure, things like that, but I mean the other things, like how there are news things about the storm, and there is increased wind because of it, and the cans blowing in the wind. Also people running to grab people out of cars, and the guy screaming about his wife, all these things were supposed to be dynamic. Imagine if every time you used the traffic light hack, people would scream and run to go help people, it would make the world feel so much more real and full of life. Now that's the game I want to play.

[@SAW31197]

Matrixmage Imagine how old it would get though. It looks really cool when you see it once but after hearing the same voice actors saying the same lines every time you hacked a traffic light you would get sick of it

[@LukeSparrow221]

With mods it basically looks like this now.

[@jedifan65]

"You're a liar, I know the truth" Wow Aiden was telling us that the graphics weren't gonna be like this this whole time.

[@marcburmholdt5382]

Lol

[@STURMWESKERv12]

+Lorenzo Escalante No lol say Yeees your Right Brudaaa

[@marcburmholdt5382]

+Izuna Uchiha Yeeesss ur right brudaaaa

[@Parkerzim]

I didn't realize how bad that they screwed us over until I watched this again after getting the game, not only graphics wise, but the way people interact and how they act.

[@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD]

I agree. What I'm watching here is NOT the piece of crap I purchased. LOL

[@aleksandar5323]

They had a few extra chips working backstage at that Demo , don't you think? :)

[@SwimmingRobot]

Is Aiden talking to Ubisoft at the beginning?

[@mudboi]

lol

[@Powsifu]

lol i said that too

[@wannabean6622]

Haha at the end he's threatening Jonathan Morin. "No... No ! Wait ! Giwve me anowther week. The Graphics aren't downgraded, it's a sweamwess open wowrld !" All that's missing is the speech impediment and the whole Canadian video game developer thing.

[@groveforlife1682]

+Knowan " you liar "

[@RamboStudiosTV]

SwimmingRobot you're so right

[@TheLaXandro]

Did anyone notice that Aiden's character was downgraded as well? He smiled and sacrastically flipped Jordi off here! He had emotions other than being grumpy! Wow!

[@Lazymind234]

+Brandon Yan Looks way more interesting though. I like the nerdy style, that's kinda what we hackers are. Nerds.

[@wannabean6622]

Nah the new character is a hipster gangster. Nothing wrong with that, it sounds cool. Though he does try to be Aiden too much.

[@juanpablogimenez8442]

"we"?

[@RedStreak24]

Lazymind234 so you are a hacker huh?

[@dogestranding5047]

TheLaXandro When did he flip Jordi off?

[@poppysgtspanky]

Aiden seems a lot more interesting here

[@Auto.mind.fm.]

yeah they destroyed him

[@wannabean6622]

Aiden actually has a sly smile here, not that Jawlock smirk from the real game. Plus he doesn't look like Lightning after a sex change with the upper part of his face looking older in the demo. Also him and Jordi can have a chat that sounds like two human beings talking, not Tony Stark talking to a grumpy Siri.

[@rubayatraiyan9477]

+Knowan *jarvis

[@frostysmoothy1585]

Christopher McCain he knows

[@AxalFlameHart]

I'm surprised that E3 made him at least a bit more likeable than in the final project damn it Ubisoft

[@loganrocks1311]

EVEN HIS VOICE SOUNDED BETTER IN THIS

[@lasergame33..]

lol

[@krzysztofkluzek355]

HIS FACE WAS EVEN MORE OLD AND BADASS

[@GGzZeus]

+Krzysztof Kluzek reminds me of Tom Cruise TBH

[@Bestgameplayer10]

My face when i see a good pussi - He looks half Asian at this stage of the game development. I actually prefer it. But he sounds just the same @Logan. ( Though you were probably joking ).

[@dogestranding5047]

Stix N' Stones Nah, he's badass in the game too.

[@AwareOfficial]

The explosion, the way the NPCs interact with each other, the way the NPC react to something (like this guys girlfriend that got shot in the car which killed her instantly), the way Aiden picks up the gun from his taken down enemy, the cutscenes that switch from cutscene to actual gameplay, the takedowns, the gun fight, everything in this demo was so perfect. The visuals aswell. Ubisoft massively fucked this game up. Don't get me wrong, the released game is still amazing but... I wish we got that version of Watch Dogs. This could've been my favorite game whatsoever!

[@dotei6617]

i agree man

[@giacomo7701]

First lesson in marketing: marketing serves to create expectancy in the customers' mind, but if the end product does not equal or surpass the hype, you are fu**ed up

[@Avotoast]

Car accidents in this game are still badass though

[@dohnjoe9211]

Most of those takedowns are still in the game, at least the lethal ones.

[@conorfinlay7375]

This demo still looks better than watch dogs 2

[@madpriest7822]

you've posted something that tons of other people did, all of you thinking you're original haha

[@Enigmalake]

Haha so true. The hype was...studio magic

[@jdbruiser]

At least Watch Dogs 2 was a great game, better than what Watch Dogs ended up being.

[@shinwari3504]

Mad Priest haha no one cares it’s a comment. stfu.

[@TheMillionDollarDropout]

I bet you $500 it will still be just a little bit better than WATCH DOGS 3 lmao.

[@kuledinho]

LMFAO, I just realised the monologue from Aiden 0:20 - 1:05 describes Ubisoft quite well.

[@FALG31]

Well, considering that many of Ubisoft's last releases do have a big inspiration on technology, the "digital shadow" part does make much sense. Not to mention that the Assassin's Creed's world and Watch_Dogs' seem to be in the same universe, which would prove the digital shadow that Ubisoft casts

[@gyflies]

Fernando Langalú The liars part also makes sense because Ubisoft are a bunch of liars. This trailer and a bunch of other trailers and all those interviews with people who constantly talk about this game like it's going to be the next big thing after GTA V are all lies.

[@FALG31]

Brandon MacLeod Yeah, like I didn't know about that. I know that Ubisoft's releases have been quite lacking once they started with Assassin's Creed, but I never mention about it because as lacking as they are, Ubisoft is still my preferred company. True, their games COULD be better, but it doesn't mean they are 100% unenjoyable

[@gyflies]

Fernando Langalú I'm talking about them being a bunch of liars. In fact just watch this trailer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWWZkICNebp4pLs Now please tell me that you seriously think that the PC version of WD is not an unoptimized piece of crap because that's what happened to it.

[@FALG31]

Brandon MacLeod Tsk, PC ports suck in general, not just Watch_Dogs. Besides, someone "out of the grid" (so to speak) released a mod for the graphics to look like E3's demo. Can't do anything about the AI though, but it's a start. Anyway, I know what you're saying, but if I have to quote a famous youtuber gamer, I'd say "I hate the fact that I have to hate this game." Again, I love Watch_Dogs, as the concept that once was. And I like the final result, but it doesn't mean I'm satisfied. I'm immensely dissapointed after seeing this trailer you showed me. It's a love-hate relationship, but I had that feeling for several games already. For the future of Watch_Dogs, I fuckin' HOPE Ubisoft does on the second installment what was supposed to be on the first one.

[@scorp8576]

It's not just the graphics that's been downgraded! It's even the animations! Look at how Aiden took down the guard! It's better than the current takedown animation!

[@epiccat7772]

Yeah but it takes forever and if you ere in a criminal convoy than you could die easily while taking down a guard but smh whatever, we will just wait for Watch_Dogs II :D

[@MichaelCHorler]

IKR?! What the hell Ubisoft?!

[@dogestranding5047]

+EpicCat there should've been different animations for when you're undetected vs detected

[@kolibrimbrink5348]

yeah, I wish they kept them in the game, it would have made millions and it would make us as players feel like bad asses.

[@dogestranding5047]

Riley6 Family It already did make millions.

[@FyrestormGaming]

RIP the dream that never came to be

[@knuckledraggers5396]

+TheNSAgent watch dogs 2 coming out, they said they know the issue for one and will patch it all up. hopefully. i think it was the timing like just like gta 5, if they waited (x1/ps4 just launched)and only release it for the next gen and pc then i think personally think the game would of been better. now if a watchdog 2 comes out there wont be any need of releasing it on the previous "gen-consoles" so they can go ham on the next one. There are more than enough people on the next gen consoles

[@arisumego]

I learned when i was a kid never to pre order anything, and this was the game that taught me that lesson.

[@fearingalma1550]

I preordered the limited edition. It’s still with me, a monument to bullshots and optimistic vertical slices. This game had so much potential and they just squandered it

[@SeriousDragonify]

Yet so many didnt learn that lesson. Cyberpunk 2077 is example where braindead fans are still defending it.

[@AustinVirden]

Assassins Creed Unity taught me that lesson

[@PeterEhik]

Will this game ever be released??

[@TheCentennial4]

hopefully watch dogs 2 maybe be like this

[@DarshUK1]

I hope so, still holding out for a "definitive version" because my PC could easily run that E3 demo. And not some half-assed 2k version with all dlc. I want that exact E3 version!

[@Deagle-Beagle]

+Tharsshanan2 You can turn the shaders on through mods. They kept them in the game files and just disabled them.

[@DarshUK1]

+Kainenz0r yeah I've seen the shader settings video or "E3" version but it's still not as good as the original demo. I really hope it comes out eventually

[@jorgizoran4340]

+Matt Josh it is released

[@jukesbyluck3573]

I think That even watch dogs legion won't reach this greatness

[@cooldude2027]

Greatness, but when you look at the top comments, it’s people shitting on this game

[@im2good4ulc53]

@@axelcool1234 it's literally a work in development they even have delayed watch dogs legion for another year

[@Meansoduck]

It doesn't... not even close.

[@thedopeson]

Legion is gonna be amazing. You tripping.

[@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95]

@@im2good4ulc53 they delayed it another year huh? XD

[@NickAwesome007]

what the hell has happened??? this version looks one thousand times better than the new one

[@user-tc2hc9pd6k]

I believe this is a high end PC but don't correct me.

[@corrion1]

Adam Boumedine apparently even the pc version looks like shit along with the console versions

[@LucidDreamn]

Crazy how these graphics can still hold up even 10 years later

[@edlb10]

you mean 8

[@kdxmas7902]

@@edlb10 hes from the future

[@yunaruby6920]

Pre rendered CGI like this lie still live up even in 2025

[@dank8923]

@@yunaruby6920 lol it's not even pre rendered cgi , it was all gameplay but everything was scripted

[@yunaruby6920]

@@dank8923 its gameplay but its enhanced by computer effects to give ompression of supreme graphics every company uses computer effects in the trailers.

[@Peanut_Arbuckle]

The Watch Dogs franchise still has yet to catch up with this original demo.

[@BobLee-df4zh]

You're right, it's better.

[@dwaynejackson7443]

They spent more time on this E3 demo than they did on the actual game they released,

[@digglebick]

6:49 this sort of interaction between NPC's is far too complex. I seriously doubt that this is any sort of representation of what the game will be like. This demo was definitely pre-rendered.

[@hueyfreemanhisanimatedfrie925]

vanisher911 like all E3 demos are.

[@trapped_monkey]

Huey Freeman E3 demos are supposed to advertise the same game they release.

[@joseedgarruanovareyes2399]

At least in the actual gameplay, npc's start recording

[@DR61411]

This guy called it

[@awesomedude2556]

digbick It still happened in the actual game, but it was still definitely down-graded in other aspects

[@GameDevPLAYS]

Now that I've played the PC version for a while, I can say that the downgrade is obvious. Thanks Ubisoft, you've done it again. (slow clapping)

[@reecetuber9231]

At e3 it's was pre rendered

[@PragmaticTornado]

Oh yeah. Way downgraded. Even at max graphics, I dare say even GTA IV (2008) looks better. And unless you have a monster rig, you ain't playing this game at max settings. Needs more optimization for sure.

[@AllenFG86]

Viper i think there will be an update for the release tonight and it will optimize everything a bit better....Hopefully.

[@CanadianBacon989]

Manoman What are you smoking? Every single graphics option is available to both AMD and Nvidia. why are you speaking such ignorance? I own both AMD 290x and Nvidia GTX780ti they both play the game the damn same, maxed graphics. Only difference is Nvidia cards can choose TXAA and AMD cards can't. That doesnt matter though because TXAA is shit makes the game all blurry. MSAA looks better anyway, so i just use that whether I'm on my NVIDIA pc or my AMD pc. I have a full Nvidia/INTEL PC in my living room hooked up to my 55" TV, and an AMD/INTEL PC in a separate room hooked up to a 27" 2560x1440 monitor. And to the point about the downgraded graphics. Its is WITHOUT A DOUBT downgraded from this. Lighting,weather, animation,particles,reflections,explosions and ESPECIALLY CHARACTER FACE ANIMATIONS AND DETAIL are all lowered from this demo. That being said the game looks stunning maxed out@1440P over all I'm happy with the visuals but upset with them for being misleading.

[@egriffin4164]

Manoman i've watched a video a friend uploaded and he had a high end PC with a top notch nvidia video card. It does not look as good as this first gameplay video. But I understand developers have to make changes and sacrifices to make deadlines. It's just kind of shitty. I wish they'd under promise and over deliver instead.

[@Neutrinoce]

I hope they don't make a graphical downgrade to the division.

[@SrGwynnbleid]

they will

[@Moosenist]

And don't forget they will -_-

[@dashieoutlastgames594]

OMG... THEY BETTER NOT OR IM DONE.... urgh fucking ubisoft. even if they do though maybe it wont be as bad as watch dogs cause in 1 of the trailers it still says The division will be or is the first game with this much detail. :l

[@jmxbox]

I don't think they will. This game was slotted for current gen and next while The Division was never slotted for current consoles. Although Ubisoft could easily prove me wrong.

[@Neutrinoce]

jmxbox "Next gen" means nothing, console from last gen and this gen are hardly different, I play on PC so i'm expecting some good graphics.

[@Auto.mind.fm.]

even that takedown at 5:57 doesn't exist in the real game

[@vicou2029]

It was a pre Alpha

[@Auto.mind.fm.]

Ok

[@paradoxzee6834]

To be honest this takedown looks more brutal than the takedown in the final game, so I am glad they tone that down

[@Auto.mind.fm.]

oh I like it like in the alpha version

[@khalilabtal96]

No it's a target render, not a pre-alpha

[@user-zz1uf6kx6x]

I come back here once a year and watch this

[@RyMann88]

This is all proof that Ubisoft has awesome ideas, but they don't have expectation management. All of the effort that was put into making this demo (yes, it was a real playable thing) could have been applied to the whole game.

[@Ziadcoolable]

RyMann88 how do you know this was a "playable thing"

[@ZapSh]

Look at the character movements

[@silverfern165]

Every WD1 demo was scripted however it was still playable. I recall there being an area that was way limited, and you couldn't go out far into areas like Pawnee. Possibly, at that stage of development, Pawnee doesn't exist. There are numerous versions of the E3 2012 demo's, and E3 2013 also had playable demos.

[@smoothboi3347]

Well said 👏

[@tyknowsnothing]

RyMann88 LMAOOO ik u was hurt when u found out

[@deltakodiak]

This demo is better than most 2022 games rn

[@mjareacts2731]

Stop the cap!

[@d3nyd]

After playing on Ultra on PC and watching this, the only major differences in graphics is the amount of depth of field during normal gameplay and the fog on the street. At nighttime in the rain, the retail version looks pretty close to this for me.

[@CommunistKitty237]

Someone with a sense of reason and someone who's not wearing the tinted hype glasses, thank you.

[@d3nyd]

Don't get me wrong, the pre-release version still looks better, but it's not like they did a Dark Souls 2 downgrade. It's slight at best. Watch Dogs just doesn't look great in the daytime. I imagine the pre-release version would have been the same.

[@CommunistKitty237]

d3nyd Definitely, it seems to me like game devs are opting more for a more orange and yellow day rather than a white one, take a look at Infamous Second Son, went from the bright white day to orange-ish, graphics wise nothing changed besides the lighting. E3 2012 for WD definitely looks better, even if it's ever so slight, that's not to say the final game isn't jaw dropping as well.

[@kajuanlockett8980]

Agreed!

[@bensonderskov]

Look Aiden's head. ALOT of changes.

[@ymiwatchen]

7 years later I’m still waiting for this game

[@im2good4ulc53]

2 more years and u will have watch dogs legion which will be close to this

[@im2good4ulc53]

@Defalt they didn't do that with watch dogs 2 tho, every game has its ups and downs doesn't mean they messed it up, u can't have a spot on game of perfection

[@cluclap]

I mean graphics gave surpassed this demo idk why they couldn't do it now

[@user-zz1uf6kx6x]

its called graphics mods

[@azmodanpc]

@@im2good4ulc53 Watch the RTX trailer just released...This E3 demo looks much better.

[@thealgeriandesert305]

2023 and still wait for a remake to this masterpiece to be like the video

[@MrKingKong1645]

This demo is better than the entire game of watch dogs

[@grimsleeper5945]

Same I'd rather pay £40 for a beautiful, fun and intriguing 10 minute demo than £40 for a boring, long and tasteless game with ok graphics.

[@carlmarx6286]

+Hellbringer457 No. Just no.

[@carlmarx6286]

***** No.

[@carlmarx6286]

***** No.

[@carlmarx6286]

***** no

[@MrKeepitup83]

The old model of Aiden was much better than the current one. Sad they changed the face.

[@HombreAlabama]

Aidan pierce doesn't even look like the one in the new trailer

[@HeySlickThatsMe]

Yes I know I'm few years late, it's Aiden Pearce and both are the same person in the demo and final game They had to change the face due to "licensing" issues, someone at ubisoft from the legal department thought that the older model looks like some sort of real life actor so they changed it

[@lifeandgaming2545]

This demo is still amazing to this day. damn you Ubisoft this could have been one of the greatest games of all time despite the gameplay, atmosphere, graphics and the presentation it had. Ubisoft pulled one of the biggest switcheroos in gaming history especially since it's a new IP that looks fantastic. After the game got released well....you know the story.

[@jos7886]

Easily one of the most scrutinized and under-appreciated games I've ever seen. Been a fan of GTA for a long time but it's peculiar how V got away with so much mediocrity in many places and horrible AI but nobody dares to question it.

[@undefinablereasoning]

Josey Anomalous They didn't advertise it before hand. Its OK to sell shit as long as you advertise it as shit. Otherwise you are false advertising and that's illegal. Now the game itself is alright, I'd put the graphics at somewhere between GTA IV and V. With the following mod: www.moddb.com/mods/watch-dogs-enhanced-reality-mod/downloads/new-extra-hq-mod-31 It is almost on par with the demo shown.

[@valleybiitch]

Yeah, GTA V needed a bit of touching up, but it was bounds and leaps better than this game. At least Rockstar didn't lie.

[@MrC77]

They should release this version on PS5.

[@raven31012]

series X/S too.

[@luck22ization]

Why? PS4 can handle this pretty well. It's a 8th gen game after all

[@brehbreh1067]

@@luck22ization it needs ray tracing and I don’t think that the ps4 is capable of that.

[@NujuBIONICLE]

UI in this looks fantastic :(

[@danm.9132]

Agree , grimy world , arcadey gameplay and ui perfect mix ;(

[@remerdy1]

Anyone come here after Watch Dogs 2? Hopefully it'll be better than the original (although the original isnt as bad as people say)

[@anonymoosegr1802]

Lol you got me

[@TheRubbaRazza]

I agree. Watch Dogs 1 didn't live up to the hype, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm super hyped for Watch Dogs 2. I have a feeling Ubisoft listened to the feedback they got from the first one and are going to massively improve it. I feel like the squeal is going to be the Assassin's Creed 2 of the Watch Dogs series.

[@mr.smartypants1826]

I came on the comment section just to see if anyone else was watching this after the watch dogs 2 trailer, lol😆

[@elanfouch7595]

after the e3 gameplay it was a major downgrade

[@crypto3125]

Yeah, downgrade in textures, lighting, sound, everything

[@lasergame33..]

gameplay from the ps5 ?

[@Carlosdreamur]

lasergame33 Xbox 720

[@alividz6499]

Time lapse paradox

[@jacobs5697]

@@alividz6499 lasergame33 is from the future

[@Insesticide]

Xd

[@aboogiewithdahoodie]

Games on ps5 look like PS4 pro rn, we need to give it 5 years for the masterpieces to be created. They being developed now, great work takes time

[@THEJALEV42]

I actually think this game is fun as hell. I enjoy the story missions, the side missions have a sense of freedom to it. And the hacking abilities are efficient and fun to use. People seem to hate on this game because of their high expectations. did this game live up to the hype? Not really. But it's still a strong title and u hope they expand on it in the future. 8.5/10 for me. :)

[@thegreathadoken6808]

The expectations didn't come from nowhere, they came from Ubisoft selling a spectacular looking promise in 2012, only to nerf it horribly a year or two later at release, and it never reached the level promised by this promo.

[@alex-fw1bl]

RIP Watch dogs from 2014-2014.

[@guilhermeoraggio9951]

looks better than WD2 gameplay...

[@leonthesleepy]

On a technical level, the shadowing, lighting and volumetric fog do look better, but the art style is a lot more mundane and there arent as many details as WD2 from what i have seen. Fingers crossed that WD2 doesnt get a downgrade tho

[@rip-headphone-users2625]

No shit, which is why I have reasonable expectations for 2.

[@guilhermeoraggio9951]

BlueBallz this pobrably run in a GTX680 SLI

[@guilhermeoraggio9951]

Youri van Steeg the best 2012 gpu is the gtx 680

[@Model_BT-7274]

it got downgraded on PC too

[@lucky88shp]

Shit! Even in 2019 this is impressive! I still remember when I saw it live on E3 2012 live streaming....absolutely mind-blowing!

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

So where are those peoples who said "RIP GTA"? Back before game was released after E3 gameplay was launched they kept saying that GTA is dead and Watch Dogs is awesome. Now... They got the truth on their faces.

[@Auto.mind.fm.]

sadly... I was one of those guys lol 😂😂

[@salchichaconmma]

if the game was actually like this it would have been rip gta :(

[@STURMWESKERv12]

+Izanagiii Hell Yea

[@4ebyrashkalife]

wd graphic better than gta

[@darthheisenburg3807]

Personally, I hated GTA V, so I always thought this would pretty much take it's place. Oh how naive I was.

[@jrodificator1]

PC master race will get this game in all of its 2012 glory

[@getsbaked]

I sure hope so, the new trailers are looking god awful.

[@snyderkurva]

we wont unfortunately, it would have to be a different game. It is just not in the code anymore :/

[@ladyinwight]

snyderkurva What are you talking about? The recent trailers were PS4...

[@jrodificator1]

abiogeneticAbortion Jeff And the recent trailers sucked balls. Nowhere near the 2012 quality.

[@bobagopaa]

yeah...

[@albertomartinez714]

It'd be cool if Ubisoft remade Watch Dogs and actually live up to (and surpass) this tech demo

[@DeathNeff]

This was the beginning of Ubisoft's End

[@ErasLIVE]

why ubisoft made watch dogs 2 without this nice grey cyberpunk atmosphere from this trailer. So sad((

[@giagarex]

They were trying to be woke

[@mamosbatonas30]

cuz u see watch dogs was dark n serious n stuff and watch dogs 2 was bright filled with jokes n shit

[@lordmasterization]

hipster clowns from California thats why

[@daniilyurkov2580]

It has 6 years passed already, but I'm still looking for the song at 6:08

[@zglu4919]

Daniil Y yeah, good one

[@PathToRecovery]

it was probably an unused track

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

I finally found it after all these years it’s a song called Darude -sandstorm

[@gothamgymnast4638]

@@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr so funny

[@rexriply]

couldn't they at least keep the wavy trenchcoat cause that looks badass.

[@im2good4ulc53]

They did actually

[@gothamgymnast4638]

@@im2good4ulc53 they didnt the physics for it are downgraded in retail version

[@im2good4ulc53]

@@gothamgymnast4638 in some instances his trenchcoat does wave I've played it but not has as much shown here.

[@ryan8121]

I really wish that the game looked this great and performed like it does right now. It would be the definition of next gen.

[@Dellerss]

Yeah, but that wouldn't be possible with today's hardware. I think it'll take at least 5 years until an open world game looks as good as this trailer and runs ok. That's if the CPU development doesn't keep slowing even more down. I really think CPUs are what's holding things back the most these days.

[@MaggotCZ]

Dellerss Bullshit nowdays games uses like 70% power of CPUs( not oced ) otherwise it is optimization matter. Its more like GPU is bottleneck nowdays.

[@ratzlp0li]

Dellerss Are you trolling mate? Do you even know what a CPU is lol

[@_justcoolin_9789]

Dellerss More like 4 years , The consoles of today can run this at 30 FPS cap Good PC’s can run it faster. Now all Ubisoft has to do is release this version of the game , some remaster or definitive edition.

[@Keiktu]

@@Dellerss hi, 4 years later and it seems to be you're right, take a look at Watch Dogs 2 and it's massive CPU usage

[@gorillaisdork8319]

Now that Unreal Engine 5 is out, I wonder if Ubisoft will be able to remake the first game and include all the QoL improvements, visuals, mechanics and everything the e3 demo showcased.

[@driiverr3655]

The actual game desperately needs a remake in this style.

[@lGNITED]

Yeah.

[@mezzops1716]

yeah and they can add in RTX

[@Andreb237]

Its my dream

[@blackdav7195]

This demo still better than legion

[@JoaoGabrielMelazzo]

Lembro que eu tinha um Xbox 360 , e esse jogo me deslumbrou de uma forma inexplicável. Eu assistia todos os dias esse trailer achando que isso poderia ser real.

[@tylertheguy3160]

Enough time has passed that this game is now nostalgic.

[@Yuri-xx2gi]

But this game never existed

[@alejandrocabrera0903]

Its amazing how this game has been announced for 2 years and still doing a god damn good job keeping fans excited this game is awesome mixture of GTA5 and AC

[@Dash120z]

Looks like the PC version would be the only one to have these incredible graphics..

[@CookedRigatoni1]

They should re-release this game as a “remaster” with just the e3 graphics

[@Avve-qe8ly]

How to make a good Watch Dogs 2: Just take the E3 demo and make it into a game...

[@bentenLP]

this looks sooo great.. I would buy it .. IF IT WOULD EXIST!!! But the new story trailer showed us ... it does NOT exist... The "new" watch dogs looks like gta 4 with icenhancer...

[@adamsczech]

it looks worse, i hope that story trailer wasnt recorded on PC

[@bentenLP]

Was recorded on ps4 ... But ubisofts PC games look very similar on ultra as they do on ps4

[@MsCelebrityshow]

***** I hope this one won't i'm gonna pre-order it.

[@anonanam5874]

azfar70196 No.

[@ChokeAndPokeGaming]

azfar70196 He said "No." Because there is little difference between the PS4 and PC on Ultra.

[@134lalaland]

One of my small annoyances is in this he sounds pretty normal but in the newest trailer, he's undergone the Batman effect. Maybe just once I want a main character not to sound like a blender full of rocks.

[@felixihejetoh1330]

😀

[@TopBurger239]

THANK YOU HOLY MMRG

[@VictorL141]

are you serious? his voice is badass.

[@IntricationZ]

If you meant Christian Bale's Batman, then yes. Kevin Conroy's Batman is aweome.

[@keno6697]

Still come to this video to cry every once In awhile.

[@nogz01]

2021 and still waiting for THIS game...

[@rachiebabii916]

You shall find what you're seek in bankruptcy patience fuckhupper.

[@randomrandom84642]

If they remaster this game with all the things show here - AI, Shaders and animations it would be a hit.

[@MonsterJuiced]

Big differences I notice here(even after mods): > NPC's interact more naturally and with some kind of instinct. Note the people helping those out of the car and the heartbroken driver trying to wake up his girlfriend. > Gas station fire, it's HUGE and ends in a very satisfying explosion. The version we have now even after all the mods is still minimal and with no explosion like this. We just get the explosion sound, sparks and small flames. > Traffic collision: Far more cars involved. > This was a mission entierly cut from the game. > The rain looks nicer, it's more dense. There's rain dripping from the edges of objects such as the overhead section at the front of the theatre. > Coat physics, there's much more fluidity and freedom to the coats allowed area of movement. After the coat physics mod is installed, we still only get the lower flaps moving but even that seems pre-animated. > Aiden has slightly more snap to his character.

[@temukizi777]

4 years late but the heartbroken guy is a passenger not a driver

[@capedaly]

11 years later im still waiting for this game

[@ronin_boogz]

me too.

[@mr.bookum]

Man it’s a shame it didn’t get the love it deserved if it had the e3 graphics 😂

[@Red_dead_Redemption_4_Life]

Can you do that slide at 7:46 and hit the guy with the gun like that in the Actual game?

[@capedaly]

@@Red_dead_Redemption_4_Life i think you cant

[@Red_dead_Redemption_4_Life]

@@capedaly man what a shame how did ubisoft not got sued for this sh**?!

[@chandlerisded]

revisiting this after the watch dogs legion demo was great

[@ftrwrwbg]

How did this game become so disliked? This was just about the biggest thing out of E3 when they showed it. People were going crazy with hype. Now it's still not even out and it already feels like everyone hates it.

[@Novm13er]

Cuz they on the trailer graphics look like the world is almost real life in this gameplay i mean. But the leaks have shown that game is nothing like it....

[@aldolsd8303]

the graphics? haha is for real nerds,the game looks amazing on ultra and the history is not bad

[@okokokokokokokokkook]

jim veronna your comment gave me cancer

[@JellyDrive]

Li Raven Well on PC its close

[@aldolsd8303]

ok,nerd

[@OnderHassan]

There is no way in hell the PS4/XB1 versions will look like this. It will have to run at 10fps lol

[@OnderHassan]

***** True. But be prepared to pay a fortune for it lol

[@TheOnePistol]

Infamous Second Son looks just like this if not a little better and it runs fine.

[@joshsopko6584]

This is PC. And pc graphics are actually going to be better than this according to ubisoft. Game development started on the pc for watchdogs, we don't get watered down bull shit for once. pc master race!

[@TheOnePistol]

No shit, this stupid console vs pc crap is just a pointless waste of energy. PC will always be better when it comes to power no matter what, we get it! That doesn't mean consoles are bad.

[@kuro8158]

E3 2013 gameplay played on ps4 by the way

[@Randii225]

This can be done on the ps5. They should remake it or remastered it

[@ihatemyjob9502]

IN 2012 I WAS WATCHING THIS TRAILER OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME NOW ITS 2020 AND I'M BACK IT STILL AMAZES ME EVERYTHING IN THE GAME LOOKS REALISTIC I LOVE THIS PART THE MOST 6:10

[@oneandonly3443]

Yep, because it's a cgi, damn ubisoft

[@tennisthelegend]

@@oneandonly3443 It's not, look up The Worse mod, it's the actual graphics used in this e3 demo, the dev found it was removed from the files but restored it.

[@xChroniclesHub]

Im really satisfied with tthe game so far after playing it for 10 hours on the PC. Never got close to being bored once. The multiplayer was also really neat! I loved the tailing mode where you simply stalk other players without them knowing. I see alot of great upgrades in the released current verison in the game in comparison with this 2012 gameplay, I don't see why they didn't keep that focus aim though? It looks really cool! I don't think it has with graphical limitatons to do, not even on the XBOX ONE and PS4. Anways to sum it up I've had an awesome experience so far and the story has been mindblowing. Much better then expected.

[@JimBobe]

🧢🧢

[@jholdinar]

waw at 6:50 a person helps someone in now its all fish AI

[@user-op9kq9vc2o]

Shout out to Sean Ranklin

[@SDWAN2015]

I wish I could have that music that played at the beginning and end of the presentation. I love the way it sounds

[@CurtisLittlechild92]

Part of me feels like this was pre-rendered. Because only recently are we seing games (like RDR2) even come close to this level of visual fidelity.

[@sagii86]

No it wasn't. It ran on a rig less capable than today's PC/PS5/XSX. It has no ray tracing, just ahead of vfx shaders and gameplay mechanics. Near future titles will be far more impressive than this example. Don't forget, the order 1886 is still the most impressive showcase ever showed in real-time in terms of assets, character polygons and VFX and that ran on a base PS4.

[@andrewwilson7434]

"Why is everyone complaining about graphics? Its about gameplay!" This......this is why people are complaining about the graphics of the final version of "Watch Dogs". How do you go from "woah!" to "oh" in the graphics section?

[@arturoperezify]

Re-release this version on PS5 and Series X and call it Watch Dogs: E3 edition

[@funkyfuck9098]

There are current games on ps4 and x1 that look better than this lol no need to be on ps5 and sx

[@hueyfreemanhisanimatedfrie925]

Aiden acted a little bit too much like Vito from mafia 2 and Jenner from the secret of NIMH in this demo when he confronted DeMarco... *A FUCKING SAVAGE!!!*

[@rentalsnake6542]

This demo was the last time I ever believed a game developer, thanks for shaking the faith and trust of every single video game consumer in the world Ubisoft 👍.

[@InsanexPunisher]

If they could give of this for next gen, I’d give them another shot. This game is merely perfect on paper.

[@dohnjoe9211]

Give us a remake of this game for PS5, Xbox series, and PC. I'd buy it.

[@shattercross]

This is a textbook example of how a vertical slice designed to market a game and the actual game can differ so drastically. The actual game was fun but it was nowhere near as technically impressive as this trailer made it out to be.

[@undergroundcity1624]

A few months ago someone on Nexus released a E3 2012 Mod that lets you game look like E3 2012 it looks amazing and makes the game feel more alive

[@khalilabtal96]

sweet lies, tell me sweet lies. The real watch dogs that we'll never get, never forget...

[@ProGamerAdvanced]

People bitching about the game's graphics. A good game is not born out of graphics only. A good storyline, deepness, and storytelling are the main topics of a good game. And a good gamer looks first at these 3 topics and not the graphics. Of course, graphics give you the immersion, but think with me: a good book is the one that makes you think about the possibillities of the story, makes you think about possible plot twists. A good gamer recognizes a good game by it's story, mechanics and a bit of graphics. Watch_Dogs may have disappointed us with the Downgrade BUT that doesn't mean it is a bad game. Gosh... Look at South Park: The Stick of Truth. That game has a cartoonish graphics BUT it makes you feel like you're in an episode of South Park, just because the story is similar to the series' and because the characters are so good. I don't care about a game's graphics, for me that's just a bonus, but the real thing to me is how the game envolves me and develops itself towards the end. That's how I look at it. I love Watch_Dogs, it's being amazing so far.

[@RRaptor1985]

I'll show you new, shiny, fast, beautiful car, handling like a hell, tinted windows, crazy ass rims. I'm going to sell it to you for full price. You get hyped. ...... few weeks past ...... You get same looking car. But not as shiny, some rust here and there, rims are not even there, handling is aweful, windows are normal and one is even broken.... Now you tell me how satisfied you will be?

[@EonKool]

Too bad that the storyline is predictable, the gameplay can be fun for a bit but gets stale fast, and the large amount of bugs that shouldn't have gotten past any QA. Ubisoft stated that the game would be "true next-gen" but the game hardly looks any better than Sleeping Dogs, if at all, plus the fact that it runs like absolute garbage on PC.

[@TheIshikawaRin]

Elijah Fairbanks I am still a bit disappointed with the downgrade though. As much as you and Uchiha Obito are right.

[@appetizingly1330]

That's not the damn point, though. Ubisoft advertised the amazing graphics as one of the games selling points and on that level, it doesn't deliver. I don't think people would complain like that if it weren't for all the false promises.

[@ProGamerAdvanced]

For those that were Flagged as Spam: I understand the disappointment, just because I got frustrated as well, everyone got. But the thing is, when the game was shown 2 years ago, it's still in early-medium stage of development, depending on how much time Ubisoft spent on this game. When you are in an early-medium stage of development, the game doesn't have as many content as in the retail version. So they could work more on graphics to present to us, but they made a mistake, they didn't plan the future. Since the graphics were so goddamn great, it was creating problems to its release. Probably the game couldn't run smoothly because it was gigantic. They don't want to remove in-game mechanics or story, or map. So the last resource is to downgrade graphics to improve gameplay. Not only for it to run on PS3 and Xbox 360, but on every platform, otherwise the game would be released next-year, next-gen only. Since they presented it to us 2 years ago, they probably didn't want to extend the release for even more. Can you understand my point?

[@seanrubin626]

Wow. I'm totally blow away as to how amazing this 2012 E3 demo looks compared to the actual current release of the game.

[@MrInfamouslover]

I remember when I saw this the first time I thought it was awesome and now I finally got the game 2 years and 4 months and 30 days later :)

[@TheBladeOfTerror]

Still one of the most impressive explosions I've ever seen.

[@sinkoprvi3477]

I wanna be in the universe where it was always like this...

[@XenoAlbedo]

Now that I look at this again, this demo didn't look too graphically impressive either. It just had some nice rain and reflections that made things look better than they actually are. Look at the brief scenes in the beginning of this video that show the game when things aren't wet and shiny. It looks just as bland as it does in current videos.

[@CJNiiva]

Its not the graphics people are actually complaining about, its the bloom effect, and that is still active on PC, and the shadows of people, is actually there on this Demo aswell as on the PC:) but they didnt choose right on the consoles, higer resulution instead of shadows, thats the crap :/ but since I'm on PC, I guess I won't buy it for my PS4 afterall:P

[@MGOniciuffo]

The city still feels more alive imo. The people talking and the wind blowing the trees, and when the incident happens, the people around try to help and rescue the injured. None of this happens in the final version if i recall correctly.

[@XenoAlbedo]

MGOniciuffo That is true, but I honestly suspected from the beginning that this entire demo sequence was heavily scripted. It would definitely have been nicer if NPCs did this in the final game though.

[@CJNiiva]

I personally think that this will be the case in the final game, that the version shown in paris was a dumbed down version to make the retail look more like the E3 demo :)

[@XenoAlbedo]

***** Probably. I watched some gameplay videos of it on ultra settings. While it's hard to tell due to KZbin compression, they certainly looked similar, especially at night or when it was raining.

[@ramonaragondiaz9258]

Watch dogs E3 mod is as close as I can get to look like this. I noticed here the sky has more of a green tint to it at night. The flames at the gas station looked pretty bad here. The E3 mod restores cars that were supposed to drive around the loop like the fasto and the Mitsubishi lookalike cars.

[@CheckedSports]

Im still waiting for this game to release

[@fadilnahdi3915]

this E3 still looks realistic than most of the games in 2020

[@dieglhix]

quantum break is from 2016 and looked like this trailer

[@fadilnahdi3915]

Diego V quite decent actually

[@mezzops1716]

they could easily remake this game and give us these graphics now that we have things like RTX

[@gloriasomma4036]

everyday a broken person comes to watch this trailer... to see what could have been greatness

[@jman090]

even tho it's been out for 2 years,I still enjoy watching the beauty of the previous graphics

[@pixelatedwarrior8990]

"You're a liar. I know the truth. I know how you think." Aiden is talking to ubisoft.

[@shoaibzafar5663]

Even cyberpunk 2077 and gta v couldnt come even close to this great ness

[@digitalwest3449]

Theres just...something about it. The way the trash rolls across the floor and the noise it makes, the lighting, and the fog. The particulate matter drifting in the wind. just...the graphics. Damn, ubi, this game had so much potential visually.

[@medic3761]

a remastered version of this game would be amazing