{"id":62894,"date":"2014-03-29T10:27:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T08:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=62894"},"modified":"2014-03-31T15:22:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T13:22:16","slug":"watch-dogs-counters-graphics-gripes-with-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/62894-watch-dogs-counters-graphics-gripes-with-new-video","title":{"rendered":"Watch Dogs counters graphics gripes with new video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/62525-watch-dogs-then-and-now-a-controversy-brews.html\">controversy surrounding Watch Dogs and its &#8220;downgraded&#8221; graphics<\/a>\u00a0after the game&#8217;s story trailer was released early in March?<\/p>\n<p>Well, Ubisoft have sought to prevent gamers from gathering their pitch-forks and torches by releasing a new video detailing the city in which the game is based.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcome to Chicago&#8221; focuses\u00a0on the technology that went into creating the virtual city, and it would seem Ubisoft have done their best\u00a0to show off the game looking graphically gorgeous. The initial trailer was criticised and said to not have met gamers&#8217; visual expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The new trailer,\u00a0rendered by a new graphics engine specifically built for Watch Dogs, has done a better job of showing off the game&#8217;s aesthetic potential. Take a look at the two trailers below and judge for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trailer 1<\/strong> (The one that made people angry)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NuAbH8Z8iwk?rel=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trailer 2<\/strong> (The one that might make you less angry)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HCUaNtEDWAs?rel=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2014-03-28-watch-dogs-graphics-look-better-in-the-latest-trailer\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/62833-are-you-a-virgin-mygaming-survey-results.html\">Are you a virgin? MyGaming survey results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/62891-bt-games-canal-walk-store-launches-with-weekend-specials.html\">BT Games Canal Walk store launches with weekend specials<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/62866-who-owns-duke-nukem-3d-realms-fights-gearbox.html\">Who owns Duke Nukem? 3D Realms fights Gearbox<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has Ubisoft saved face with this pretty little intro to their virtual Chicago?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":56484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7965,7702,21,4771],"class_list":["post-62894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-gaming-video","tag-graphics","tag-headline","tag-watch-dogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62917,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62894\/revisions\/62917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}