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[3bdelilah]

The real reason for the delay?

...... is that they didn't want to cannibalise their AC4 sales. At least I'm fairly convinced that was the main reason.

 

[BronsonLee]

Let's all protect Aiden together, just like the reveal!

*proceeds to hack him at every opportunity*

 

[ahuffman]

Just as long as there is an option to play completely solo it's all good. Personally I don't want people invading my game, but I can certainly see the appeal for others.

 

[Terrible_Majesty]

that this mp is going to take away resources from ubi bringing the sp graphics up to par pisses me off.

 

[Theecliff]

Wow... that's actually totally unexpected and pretty cool. I'm not expecting anything substantial, but it'll be neat just to run round with some friends.

Will this be completely separate to the single player campaign?

 

[Neuromancer]

that this mp is going to take away resources from ubi bringing the sp graphics up to par pisses me off.

Don't worry, I can't imagine that is the case.

 

[jmizzal]

sounds cool, I wounder when they will start to show off this multiplayer, maybe in April or late March before the marketing push

 

[-Deimos]

Does this mean we can coop missions?

 

[Goodacre0081]

beta incoming?

 

[SirCrush]

Makes me wonder if this feature will be added later on or maybe it's DLC. This is a helluva selling point and yet even this thread only contributes a few sentences to the idea.

 

[Neuromancer]

beta incoming?

Oh I hope I can get in, if this is true.

 

[Glorious Ownage]

Awesome news

 

[Pestilence11]

Repetitiveness, in terms of missions and hacking, was one of my biggest concerns when I first heard about the game. I'm glad they did something to lessen it at least.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Only 8 players is fucking lame

 

[flaxknuckles]

That's half than Gta IV. I'll stick with that game for my open-world multiplayer shenanigans then.

 

[See You Next Wednesday]

I liked the freeroam in GTA and RDR so this could be interesting

Free roam in those had 16 players.
You think a game supposedly developed for next gen would have 32 player online, you know like old PC 12 year old games had.

It's not like the map can't accommodate that many people.

 

[DrBo42]

This game mode wasn't previously announced and now we're bitching about the player count? Guys come on.

 

[TheCloser]

They're too busy piling up on the graphics thread.

for a good reason....

Free roam in those had 16 players.
You think a game supposedly developed for next gen would have 32 player online, you know like old PC 12 year old games had.

It's not like the map can't accommodate that many people.

This game isn't next gen, the sooner you accept this, the better.

 

[Neuromancer]

This game mode wasn't previously announced and now we're bitching about the player count? Guys come on.

I know seriously.

2 player co op free roam would have been good enough for me.

 

[PetrCobra]

inb4 "No multiplayer for Wii U"

Or the exact opposite - extra MP modes for that version, seeing that it will come out much later they surely would have time for that, not being forced to launch on time with the other platforms and all...

 

[Setsuna]

Free roam in those had 16 players.
You think a game supposedly developed for next gen would have 32 player online, you know like old PC 12 year old games had.

It's not like the map can't accommodate that many people.

those games are entirely to hectic with 16 players nothing ever gets done

 

[NerdEyeBlind]

But what about the important things? What will the FPS and resolution of the free-roam mode be?!


So sick of the recently growing obsession of tech stats vs. playability, especially on games that aren't even out yet.

Spoiler

Welcome to NeoGAF, I suppose

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

This.

It feels like conceptually Watch_Dogs wanted to have a unified open-world free roam experience where you could jump in another player's world and view what other Aiden's are doing, while also doing your own stuff on the side... but it's probably hard to achieve in a way that's teased at the original reveal.

It would be nice if the game's storyline somehow makes the multiplayer mode make sense like the alternate dimension angle you mentioned.