Let's Talk Watch Dog - Cause it's the best thing on E3 right now

[Arcanum]

Status update: downloaded the latest AMD beta drivers. Game actually runs now. Occasional stuttering but I'm running 4GB of RAM, and not the minimum of 6GB, so that's to be expected. Otherwise, the game is running nicely. Might even up the texture quality and see if it doesn't blow up in my face. Baby steps.

Also, to Kim:

I've played the game for all of 10 minutes. I don't know the extent to which the game delves into the ethical issues of the hacking and spying and whatnot, so I'm not really going to touch on what the game does or doesn't do because I have no idea yet. I'm not saying I have high hopes that they touch on the ethical issues of your invasions of privacy, but the hope is there.

Also, "people will attack / try to kill you for X" is a poor reason to have an issue with its inclusion in the game. It's like saying "some people will go out of their way to kill black people in GTA, so black people shouldn't be in the game in the first place." What people do with what's presented to them in a sandbox game is representative of the person playing it, not of the game itself.

If there were no mention of trans people in the game, despite all the other random descriptors in the game, there would be people complaining about Ubi refusing to acknowledge them. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

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Originally Posted by Locke cole

So, then... why should we want to follow this character, if his actions aren't defensible? I'm guessing the game doesn't turn out to be a Spec Ops-style condemnation of the character and player.

Well here's the story so far from what I've played in the first 10-20 minutes.

The game literally starts you off with the a cinematic of the main guy hacking into a bunch of people's stuff and siphoning their bank accounts. Someone gets upset at your rampant hacking, and orders a hit on you. The hitman fucks up or something and kills your niece. Now you want revenge against whoever ordered the hit.

I'm not saying that answers your question in any way, just giving my abridged version of the intro. Do with that what you will.