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Watch_Dogs Pre-order Bonus Trailer by GameStop Is So Out of Character it Hurts

Setting aside the fact that retailer specific pre-order bonuses are a blight on the industry, trailers for pre-order bonuses at GameStop are often hit and miss. The one for Destiny‘s Sparrow Shrikes was awesome. On the other hand the video publicizing Watch_Dogs’ bonuses is… not so awesome.

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Christopher3656d ago

Painful to watch. Just think, we've officially been complaining about this type of stuff for 8 years.

WeAreLegion3656d ago

The guy who does the ending narration for GameStop commercials sounds like such a tool. Is it so hard to find actual people for this stuff? The stuff they show in the store is equally cringeworthy. I worked there for four years. It was hard to deal with.

TearsOfARapper3656d ago

I'm with you man. I still have nightmares about the Sonic Colors trailer along with Bayonetta. Those songs drove me to insanity around the holidays. The only one I enjoyed at work was the Buy 2 Get 1 with the kid having 3 arms.

WeAreLegion3656d ago

Haha. I liked that commercial, too. It was legitimately funny.

GortJester3656d ago (Edited 3656d ago )

Woah Woah... Bayonetta's commercial was amazing, and that song was the shit... You ever listen to the dubstep version? *and yes, this is coming from someone who worked in Gamestop 44+ hours a week during that time as well*

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rainslacker3656d ago

lol. I frequent GS and know that they play those videos on a loop. I always wondered how the people working there could stand it. I kind of likened it to when I worked at a grocery store and they played one CD of Christmas music for the whole holiday season. To this day I really can't stand to hear White Christmas.

I guess after a while you kind of tune it out...but it does play pretty loud, and their announcers are terrible.

Metallox3656d ago

It's bad but I find it a little funny and ridiculous, so no complaints here.

Muffins12233656d ago

Yea don't understand the hate. There purposely making it look stupid and that's what makes it funny to me. People think that there actually trying to do something serious ,there the idiots.

SteamPowered3656d ago

The term Cringe-Worthy has been thrown around a lot these days. But I think this clip is worthy of Urban Dictionary.

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The entire WatchDogs series is 87% off and it's not even Black Friday

If you are looking for a bargain, check out the huge discounts across the entire WatchDogs series on Steam.

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Watch Dogs Deserves A Remake, More Than Ever

With the world of information and technology, privacy and security growing every day, Watch Dogs deserves another chance in the spotlight, now more than ever.

RaidenBlack1025d ago

The only Ubi title that deserves a faithful remake right now is Splinter Cell 1.
All 2014+ Ubi titles are just underwhelming. Especially ones from 2016+ are just cancer.

LucasRuinedChildhood1025d ago (Edited 1025d ago )

Seriously, are we so far removed from Ubisoft actually making good games that people now praise Watch_Dogs in retrospect?

"Watch_Dogs has remained one of my favourite games of the last ten years." Jesus Christ.

HankHill1025d ago

I remember being so disappointed in Watch Dogs when I played it at release. It was alright, but I think I fell for the hype and I needed a game to play on my new PS4.

obidanshinobi1025d ago

This is what happens when mediocrity gets praised as good.
Standards are slipping across the whole entertainment industry.
What was once considering rubbish is now considered as OK, what once was OK is now being praised as good etc etc.

LamerTamer1025d ago

Everyone has their own likes. I liked it a lot myself. I played through it twice and liked the car chases and the open world with fairly decent environments and missions. It suffered from the whole downgrade thing where they showed graphics that weren't actually there. No game will appeal to everyone but it was still ambitious for it's time.

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gantarat1025d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee1025d ago

For certain! AC1 was brilliant at the time but with new graphics and gameplay it would be amazing! Do you prefer old combat or new though?

RaidenBlack1025d ago

I'd say a reimagining of AC1.
I direct AC1 remake would be a bad idea. It'll need better story pacing and significant better world building.

BlaqMagiq11025d ago

Old. Let it play like how it did with AC2-Syndicate style gameplay but refine the setting and story.

Profchaos1025d ago

It would need a lot changed for it to be enjoyable again as even back in 2007 on launch we were all complaining about it's repetitive gameplay go here perform one of three side quests repeat then assassination now do it over and over until a big battle with a unforgiving checkpoint system.

BlaqMagiq11025d ago

Absolutely. It needs it. The only AC I truly didn't enjoy.

chicken_in_the_corn1024d ago

I'd prefer it didn't. Ubisoft would make it so bloated, it wouldn't be anywhere near the original

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smolinsk1025d ago (Edited 1025d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos1025d ago (Edited 1025d ago )

As a fan of the franchise legion was garbage and I regretted my purchase for the first time in the franchise the entire thing felt like an experiment in NPC behaviour and released without the writers input on what makes a good story.

I don't think I'm alone in that feeling though as wrench and Aiden are brought back and the campaign was rewritten to fit them.

I am tempted to buy the season pass to play it again with Aiden but fool me twice shame on me I'm waiting for a deep sale

camel_toad1025d ago

Agreed. Despite the annoying hipness of the characters in part 2 I thought it was a really fun game. I was extremely disappointed and surprised at how many steps back they took with Legion. You'd think it was made by an entirely different team. Or was it?

It was just so devoid of fun.

LamerTamer1025d ago

Honestly one of my biggest annoyances with Legion is that they took out the camera views for the driving. I mean the behind the car view that they stuck us with is near unplayable. I always used a first person driving view. After two releases why did they take OUT features? I don't get it.

TheSinsibleOne1025d ago

The fist watchdog game was the best by far
After that they weren't weird and annoying with that hipster stuff. Aiden was a badass.

LamerTamer1025d ago

I thought so at first too. I got used to it and it ended up being good after some play time. I just had to give it a chance.

TheEnigma3131025d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack1025d ago

They are remaking Sands of Time.

TheEnigma3131025d ago

That's good news. Hopefully it's done right.

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Inside the Driver game that died so that Watch Dogs could live

From VG247: "When cars slide, they leave tyre marks. In a game like Driver, they’re an aesthetic touch, part of the inherent cool of a handbrake turn. But those dark shadows in the road also tell a story. From tyre marks, you can determine the speed of a vehicle, when it started to skid, and its ultimate direction of travel – long after the car itself has vanished into the distance."

vallencer1090d ago

Different spellings in different parts of the world friend. Tyre is a correct way to spell it.

Pridefall1089d ago

Dunno why you got downvpted when tyre is correct in Australia.

mikefizzled11089d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921090d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1090d ago

Why did they stop making some of the best games ever? Driver was one of them.

Gameseeker_Frampt1089d ago

Assassins Creed 2 showed Ubisoft how to make money and Far Cry 2 showed them that gamers don't like complex ideas. Now Ubisoft just turns out games that are just variations of the same thing.

WeAreLegion1090d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1090d ago

A story driven game with pure driving gameplay. I'd love to see a new Driver game or a remake of the first one.

ApocalypseShadow1090d ago

Yes. This one. A definite remake of the first without adding any ridiculous fluff. The first game had great physics and sound for its time. The start of the car in the beginning cinema I watched constantly. My father and uncles were big muscle and classic car freaks. Only thing crazy about the game was the relentless cops in the last level. Insane the way those police cars were and launched at you.

Bleemcast made it look better just like PC emulators. But would definitely take a remake.

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