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Ubisoft Explains Why Watch Dogs On PC Had Hidden Graphic Options

Earlier this week, Watch Dogs made headlines after modders discovered hidden graphical files that transformed the game to something that more closely resembered the dazzling E3 demo everyone was shown in 2012. Today, Ubisoft took the time to explain why these files weren't used—and responded directly to accusations that they "downgraded" the game.

F4sterTh4nFTL3599d ago (Edited 3599d ago )

This will be good. Ubisoft says they turned things of because they "cared" about the games performance. Ubisoft I have got news for you, it did not work & the game still has lots of performance issues for many players, stuttering on Nvidia cards & lower than expected fps on AMD cards.

FarEastOrient3599d ago

The Ubisoft PR spin doctors has been busy since E3. First the women avatars for both FarCry 4 and AC Unity, along with the uproar over Watch Dog and The Division graphics. What issue is going to pop up next?

Rocky53599d ago (Edited 3599d ago )

No give people what they advertised in the season pass.

Checkout there forums for 24 page sticky + crap loads of threads

False advertising :-/

This company doesn't give a shit about its customers.

rdgneoz33599d ago

"First the women avatars for both FarCry 4 and AC Unity"

Go play AC Liberation, black female lead character for all your political correctness. Also one of the lowest rated games in the series (62 to 70 meta) and sold so well they gave it away with Black Flag.

starchild3598d ago

Most of the settings in the mod aren't an improvement to me. The game looks great and runs well for me without the mod so that is what I will stick with.

MarkusMcNugen3598d ago

@rdgneoz3

That was a PS Vita game ported to consoles and PC. It got the a terrible score because it was a handheld game to begin with and never belonged on a console. I own it, the whole game feels weird to play.

Not to mention how retarded the gameplay is. I mean, you have to switch between three different dresses/styles just to be able to do basic stuff like assassinations. My girlfriend doesnt even like the game, and shes beaten Assassins Creed 2 and Brotherhood.

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OrangePowerz3599d ago (Edited 3599d ago )

They should have just leftthe options in the game with a note saying that it could make the game unstable.

And yes it is a downgrade when you show of a game with better visuals and later turn the options off because it makes the game unstable. They can spin it around all day long, but that doesn't change the facts.

zackacloud3599d ago

I cant understand what ubisoft is doing?? They put a lot of hype in the game then they cut it and downgrade the graphics??? Just why?
The game made solid 8 and the game just need a lot driving, jumping, car speed, shooting while driving, make money more useful and alot

WATCH DOG is a good game but not great.

Qrphe3599d ago

Performance has become worse for me. The only significant graphical change was depth of field so I just recent back to default settings since Im not a fan of it.

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Ubisoft's Recent Antics Have Me Fearful For The Sands of Time Remake

Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."

thorstein9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.

*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*

Chocoburger9d ago

At this point, only dummies have any hope left for Ubi-junk games.

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Disney adds Blizzard and Ubisoft veterans to its games leadership team

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Behind XDefiant's Toxic Work Culture, Crunch, and Years of Delays

Behind XDefiant's toxic work culture, crunch, delays, and a group of directors and managers internally referred to as 'The Boys Club'.

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just_looken29d ago

Man the industry just keeps on going with all this bs and to think this is ubisoft again remember what happened with that skull bones team same crap.
https://www.theverge.com/20...

This game will be tossed out broken unplolished with a bloated budget trying to be cod but will fail sense ubi can get there shit in order. If i was me i would have gotten rid of this boys club asap there is alot looking for work out there.

jznrpg29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

Every industry has these issues

Some companies I’ve worked for were great and some were toxic as hell (UPS when I was a teenager was extremely toxic and I have heard it still is) It all starts at the top. They either hold people accountable , set standards and treat people with respect or the crap rolls downhill.