The popularity of "Watch Dogs" has caused some surprises to all game manufacturers and media, even including players.

There are also video sites in major game communities, and the content about "Watch Dogs" has shown a slaughter version.

At the time of the release, although many people were optimistic, they just thought it was a game with a hacker skin.

In essence, the set itself is still based on the most famous urban-themed open-world game "GTA" under Nebula Games.

After all, this situation is not unimaginable for major game manufacturers.

Watch Dogs is Nebula Games' first open-world game on the VR platform, and the timing of its appearance is also very ingenious.

That's bound to be an instant hit, and the best thing about VR mode is the immersion.

What players already know is the easiest way to get an immersive experience.

For example, there are so many themes in the open world, why did the original Apex and the previous UEgames all choose to be based on a modern city?

Instead of choosing fantasy or some other genre?

In order to allow players to better immerse themselves in the background of the game.

So when Nebula Games began to announce the theme of "Watch Dogs", the first thing that came to mind for most game manufacturers, even players, was "GTA".

After all, this game occupies the top of the best-selling list as long as it is discounted, or the top three, which is really representative.

You can't figure out who is still buying this game that has been online for so long.

As Nebula Games' first open-world game on the VR platform, it is also an urban theme.

Basically, many manufacturers have already defaulted, maybe this is a "GTA" skin-changing game made by Nebula Games.

It's just a hacker's skin.

As for why not GTA?

After all, the name of "GTA" is placed here, and if the VR version is ported or sequelized, it will definitely be a hit.

But this is considering that this is the first time that Nebula Games has produced an open-world game on the VR platform, although before that, Nebula Games' best game project was to make open-world games, and the strength of Nebula Games has also been proven on the VR platform through games such as "The Last of Us".

But what if you have to hit Waterloo? After all, Nebula Games still hasn't developed an open-world game on the VR platform.

And in terms of cost and follow-up impact, if "GTA" succeeds, everyone will naturally be happy, but if it fails, it will be a big loss to Nebula Games.

Let's not talk about the cost, for the foundation of the current Nebula game, this cost is honestly nothing, but the key is that the impact on the IP of "GTA" is too great.

Therefore, most game manufacturers think that "Watch Dogs" may be a trial and error and attempt by Nebula Games to accumulate experience in the development of the "GTA" series on the subsequent VR platform.

This is basically a very common behavior, and the gameplay and mode of the whole game should be the same as in GTA.

The main purpose is to accumulate experience in open world game development on the VR platform for Nebula Games, as well as an experimental field game related to trial and error.

But I never expected that there are indeed many elements in it that are similar to "GTA".

For example, the plot drive of the game is a one-way linear mode, and the main driver of the game is also based on the exploration drive.

But as soon as the game was launched, many people were shocked, this is not a simple "GTA" game with a layer of hacker skin.

Judging from some of the content released by major game live broadcast sites and video sites, the core gameplay of this game is completely different from "GTA"!

In GTA, players can experience shooting, drag racing, flying planes, yachts, triathlons, and playing cards very realistically, which is also one of the important selling points of the game.

The same is true of Watch Dogs, which is mixed with many unique mini-games, but in terms of core gameplay.

Yang Chen and the team of Nebula Games have made a lot of changes to the "Watch Dogs" in the dream memory.

In fact, in the dream memory, "Watch Dogs" is a little embarrassing, the plot of the first generation is very good, although it seems to be just a bitter revenge story, but through the plot performance in the game, the character of Aiden Pierce is well shown in front of the player, and this character also has a high popularity.

But in terms of gameplay, it's a little lagging behind, it's not that it's not good enough, but compared to his promotional content, it seems that there is some serious shrinkage, coupled with optimization and picture problems, which also leads to "Watch Dogs" having a shrinking dog name.

And by the second generation, "Watch Dogs" has evolved more and more completely, compared to the less cool gameplay in the first generation, all kinds of mini-games in the game, with special hacking capabilities, can be said to be much more interesting.

But there is also another shortcoming, that is, compared with the plot of the first generation, the plot of the second generation has some crotch pulls, and the interspersed chaos of various branch main lines gives the player the impression that it is not as impressive as the revenge journey of the first generation of Aiden Pearce.

Yang Chen and the team have also put a lot of effort into this, that is, to make players feel the presence of hacking skills in the game.

Especially with the unique immersive experience of VR mode, the player's experience is completely different.

For example, in the game, Yang Chen and his team have also added many more interesting mini-games.

Drive a sports car to a racing frenzy, and when you fall behind, use your hacking skills to quietly make things easier for yourself, such as lowering the lifting pole of a certain section of the road and blocking this section.

Enter the casino to gamble, lose some miserable times, through hacking into the casino camera, so as to know the size of the hole cards in the hands of others, use cheating methods to become a gambling god who must win every gamble.

In addition, just like "GTA", in Chicago in the world of "Watch Dogs", Yang Chen and his team have also created a free world that is realistic and vivid enough.

And this is also the most important content of the open world, after all, the real core of the open world game is: the world.

Even in "Watch Dogs", Yang Chen and others also tried to use some special AI technology to allow players to better feel the freshness and reality of the city of Chicago.