Watch_Dogs doesn’t force the inclusion of GTA V elements
Although Watch_Dogs is an open-world game, the team hasn’t forced the inclusion of similar elements as Grand Theft Auto V, a successful title in the genre. And so just because GTA V has helicopters, it doesn’t mean you’ll be seeing the same vehicle in Ubisoft’s upcoming release.
Creative director Jonathan Morin told VG247:
“When you do a game you always want to make sure that what you put in is to the service of the game. I think GTA has a great fantasy and everything they put in it reinforces that fantasy. What you don’t to do is start copying or start feeling the pressure of your neighbour like, ‘Oh my god we need a chopper.’”
It’s true that some elements will carry over. Cars, for instance, are obviously necessary. However, Morin says Watch_Dogs’ focus is placed on hacking at the end of the day.
“You do need those obvious things, but afterwards it was all about hacking, and it’s constantly got to be about that. It doesn’t mean we couldn’t have put in a chopper or something else in, but it would have always have been – if we had done it – because it fits or there’s one cool thing about hacking we could do with it.
“It’s always about reinforcing our fantasy so that the player not disappointed. Players are good at asking. I get bombarded on Twitter like, ‘Oh, can you buy real estate? Can you do it?’ and they ask all those questions. It’s funny because on one side it’s cool that they want to know what’s going on in the game, but on the other I’m curious. I ask, ‘Why are you asking me if you can do stuff you already did? Why are you not asking me about the stuff you’ve never done?’
“It’s funny. People talk about what they know, so instead of saying, ‘What else is in Watch Dogs, that is not possible in other games?’ they go [points at water bottle], ‘Oh I tasted that water, it was great. Do you have water in your game? It’s funny. I just find it funny.”
