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    Watch Dogs

    Game » consists of 24 releases. Released May 27, 2014

    A third-person open-world game from Ubisoft, set in an alternate version of Chicago where the entire city is connected under a single network, and a vigilante named Aiden Pearce uses it to fight back against a conspiracy.

    Difference in last gen and current gen game?

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    #1  Edited By BeardDuder

    Looked arround a bit this morning and didnt find any real detail. So anybody know if there is any huge difference between last gen and current get (outside of graphics) on Watch Dogs?

    Side note: I have a PS3 and want to get watch dogs, but just haven't made the leap to PS4 yet.

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    #2  Edited By Steadying

    Aside from graphics and frame rate, I don't see why there would be any differences. I don't think they've ever actually talked about the last gen versions, though, so who knows.

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    The game is functionally the same, just graphical differences.

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    @chance_s I believe there was some talk about the multiplayer features being more restricted on last-gen consoles, but otherwise there shouldn't be any differences.

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    I think the current-gen versions feature denser crowds, but beyond that I haven't heard of any practical differences.

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    #7  Edited By kedi2

    I remember hearing something about the last gen versions not having some of the multiplayer modes that are in the current gen versions.

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    Since it's a Ubisoft game, the framerate on last gen consoles will probably be jerky and it won't look anywhere near as good as the PC or current gen versions. Other ancillary things will probably be gone to make it easier on the CPU - smaller crowds, less cars, that sort of thing.

    You'll probably be fine buying the last gen version. If you're sensitive to framerate issues, something which Ubisoft has had a track record of these last few years, you might want to hold off. Otherwise it's probably just fine.

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    Wait a few years. A bunch of games have to release on old gen and that doesnt help advance tech much. Its fun to just say publishers should just ignore old gen and just focus on nextgen, but AAAs need to release on both to even survive.

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