YouTube’s member ‘Cartelstrims369’ has created an amazing comparison between the Demarco side-mission of the E3 2012 build and the final build. This video shows some additional features that have been removed from the final version of the game. The E3 2012 build featured smoke effects comparable to Nvidia’s PhysX GPU-accelerated smoke effects that were present in Batman: Arkham series. Well, this gorgeous effect has been completely removed. Not only that, but the interior of Demarco’s club lacks shadows, as well as mist and and smoke effects. It’s also obvious from this comparison that the lighting system has been downgraded as everything feels so ‘unnatural’ compared to the E3 2012 build. Moreover, the bloom effects during slow-motion have been removed. Enjoy! Continue reading Watch_Dogs – Final Retail Build Versus E3 2012 Build – Full Demarco Mission →

GTA IV is still considered one of the best looking open-world games on the PC (thanks to all the graphical mods that have been released these past years). Therefore, it’s only natural to expect a comparison between Rockstar’s old title and Ubisoft’s Watch_Dogs. YouTube’s member ‘Eduard Mackarchew’ has created a video comparison between them. As we can see, GTA IV sports some effects that are not available on Watch_Dogs, such as shadows being casted by the headlights of your car. And while the visuals in Watch_Dogs are better (I mean, we’re comparing a game that was released almost 6 years ago with one that is coming out tomorrow), the attention to detail in GTA IV’s world is way beyond what Ubisoft has achieved. Also, while there are individual waves in GTA IV, I personally prefer the water effects in Watch_Dogs. Enjoy the video! Continue reading Watch Dogs VS Grand Theft Auto IV – PC Video Comparison – Attention To Detail Comparison →

Our reader ‘Khodam Hoelo’ has shared with us a video, showing Watch_Dogs running on AMD’s 8-core processor, FX-8350, that was accompanied with an Nvidia GTX780 GPU. As we can clearly see, there are major slowdowns even when this 8-core CPU is clocked at 4.4Ghz. Good news is that the game scales on 8-core CPUs. The bad news is that the game did not stress that particular CPU (as well as the GPU) while the framerate was taking a dive at 40s, suggesting that both Nvidia and Ubisoft will have to release patches and new drivers in order to further polish it. Continue reading Watch_Dogs Suffers From Optimization Issues, Runs With Sub-50FPS Without Maxing Out AMD’s FX-8350 →

Our reader ‘lDamage I’ has informed us about a new gameplay video of Watch_Dogs from the PC version. This video shows the game running with a mix of Ultra and High settings on a GTX670. The interesting thing here is that lDamage I has enabled FRAPS, giving everyone a glimpse of how Watch_Dogs runs on this particular card (when accompanied with an i5 3550 3.7ghz). Enjoy! Continue reading Watch_Dogs – Ultra/High Mix Settings With FRAPS On GTX670 Footage →