Watch_Dogs’ NPC movements inspired by ghosts in Pac-Man

Somewhat surprisingly, one aspect of Watch_Dogs was inspired by Pac-Man.

Creative director Jonathan Morin told Japanese publication 4Gamer that the game’s NPCs took a note from the ghosts in Namco Bandai’s classic game.

He explained:

“For example the NPCs of Watch_Dogs have the movement pattern of the ghosts appeared in Pac-man. In the algorithm of the ghosts, when there’s only one of them, the movement is simple. But if you increase them to two or three it suddenly becomes complex.”

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