Watch Dogs engine originally built for a racing game
"They were working on a driving engine, working on something. We had the Driver license. This was years ago," Ubisoft North America President Laurent Detoc told IGN. "Then we were thinking, 'no, this is not the way we want to go with a driving game,' so we canceled that and restarted. It's not like Watch Dogs started as Watch Dogs. The Watch Dogs project was initially another game."
Detoc added that some parts of the engine were then incorporated into Watch Dogs after the team reshuffled and added a new creative director. Ubisoft was also working on another driving game at the time – either Driver: San Francisco or The Crew – so it made sense to cancel the project. "What happens is that a game gets canceled, and then you take pieces of that game to make a new one. We could have had another driving engine from another team in another place, and then it would have been used by the Watch Dogs team."
Watch Dogs, which was originally due to launch this year, was pushed back to Spring 2014 in October. The delay contributed to a drop in Ubisoft's stock, though company president Yves Guillemot is adamant "the team needed additional time to realize the game's full potential."
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/12/27/watch-dogs-engine-originally-built-for-a-racing-game/
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DollPosted:
Katsumi Well this is surprising.. Watch Dogs is looking to be a great game from what i have seen
It is quite surprising, thought this looked good as a shooter game, can't imagine what the driving will be like!
KatsumiPosted:
Well this is surprising.. Watch Dogs is looking to be a great game from what i have seen
TeKzPosted:
AueMKP Good thing they switched, the racing scene is falling apart.
I completely agree with you, theres like no racing games left
The only decent racing game left is Forza 5 and even that's not to good!
1492Posted:
MKP Good thing they switched, the racing scene is falling apart.
I completely agree with you, theres like no racing games left
iIIuminatiPosted:
Australians Racing game or not, this game looks amazing.
Couldn't agree more, looks fantastic!
AustraliansPosted:
Oasis So the cars in Watch Dogs should handle well?
That is a good question, hopefully theirs a driving system like a proper driving game.
HOFPosted:
ThlackOasis So the cars in Watch Dogs should handle well?
I was thinking the same thing. UNLESS they completely screwed up the driving mechanics and that's why they restarted but Ubisoft is pretty damn good at making games so I am sure thats not the case.
Can't wait to see if they did a good job or not. I think they would since it was originally built for a racing game.
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